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The Placer herald., 1862-12-27
DR.. J. N. M 7 Frs,
PROBATE NOTICE.

In the matter of the Estate of John Harper, de-
ceased.
In Probate Court, Placer County.
YNHOMAS HARPER. brother of said John
L Harper, deceased, having this day filed in
this Court his petition, setting forth that after
paving all the Indebtedness of the deceased, there
remains a residue in the hands of the Administra
tor, and praying that the adm inisration of said
estate may be closed, the Administrator be dis
charged from his trust, and that the estate be dis
tributed to the lawful heirs of the same:
1t is Ordered. that all persons interested in the
estate of John Harper, deceased, be and appear
before the Hon. Probate Court, in the town of
Auburn, at the Court term Of said Court. on Mon
day, the Goth day Of January, A. d. 1868, ut 10
O'Clock A. NJ, then and there to show cause why
an order of distribution shall not be made Of the
residue of said estate among the heirs of John
Harper deceased.
1t is also further Ordered, that copy of this
order be published Tor four successive weeks il
the Placer Herald, weekly newspaper printed
aud published in sud county.
Given under my hand. at Probate Court in Au-
burn, December Z3rd. 1868
h. Il. VANDECAR.
Probate Judge.
- IN WITNESS whereof L. William Cory
l.. S. Clerk OF the Probate Court OF said cOun-
- ty. have hercunto set my hand and affx-
ed the seal of said Court, this 23rd day OF Deer.
1862.
dec27 4w WIN. CORY, Clerk.
The Placer herald., 1862-12-27
Political Prisoners DISCHARGED.

Messrs. Mckay and ellis, confined for
several months past, in Fort Alcatraz, for
alleged reasonable conversation and prac
tices have been discharged. The telegraph
intimates that their release was conditional
but we are informed upon good authority
that such is not the case. Without previous
intimation, their prison doors were thrown
open, and they were told to walk forth free
men.
The people Of California may have but
| little concern as to these men, but we submit
to all liberty.Ioying citizens that grievous
infringement upon law and right, in their
case. has been made. With the whole maj
chlnery of government in undisturbed oper-
a,ion-tle courts open for the punishment
of crime against the nation or Individuals
these men were arrested without process of
law - ncarcerated without examination
and have now been discharged without trial.
1t must occur to every candid mind that If An
ofense was committed against the laws, there
SNOulu have UeeH all luulCtIuent, uldl, anu
punishment. But in this case we find men
deprived of their liberty for several months,
and then discharged without even knowing
the charges against them, or the names Of
accusers, if any. And all this is done under
government Of plainly written constitutions
and laws. We are accustomed to hear Of
such arbitrary acts of power in Austria, but
that they should be tolerated in free Amer
lea, the land of liberty, of free speech, and
a free press, exciies our special wonder.
Acts of this character had become so fire
gu mt in the Atlantic States, tha. the people
became really alarmed in respect to their
rights; and in the recent elections they thun.
dered tLer opposition thereto with SO much
power through the ballot box, that it seems
the Administration at Washington has heedl
ed the warning, and thrown open the doors
of their political bastiles This order being
general, he political prisoners of California
also emerge from the gloom of their cells
but they owe their liberty not to the indigl
nant protests of the people of this State
who seemed reapsed into the most complete
apathy as to their fate, but to the awakened
people of the East, wh2 had more frequently
and directly felt the strength Of power IN
regulated by law.
The discharge of all political prisoners
without trial, must be taken as a confession
that the Administration has acted without
law, and is now anxions to retrace its steps
from dangerous ground. We suppose that
hereafter men charged with treason are to be
dealt with legally, in order that punishment
may only be meted out to the guilty. II
will be encouraging to find ourselves return
ing again TO constitutional landmarks-it
will give more appearance, tina: in the great
struggle now overshadowing the land, We
are really contending for the Union, the
Constitution, and tie enforcement of the
laws"
The Placer herald., 1862-12-27
AMERICAN RIVER WATER AND MIN
ING COMPANY

Il Water and Mining Company are hereby
notified that its board of Trustees has this day
levied an assessment of FIVE PER CENT, upon
the capital stock Give dollars per share,) payable
at the Ireasnrer's office, in FOLSOM, ON THE
THiRTY.FlRST DAY OF DECEMBER, A. D.
much as will suffice to make the amount assessed,
will be sold at public auction in the Office Of the
Company, AT FOLSOM, AT ONE O'CLOCK, p. NJ Of
the thirtieth day of January, A. d. 1868.
A. T. ARROWSMITH, President.
G. T. PALMER, Secretary. ~
Folsom, December 9th, l852.-my
The Placer herald., 1862-12-27
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

ME FIRST ANNUAL MEETING of the Pla.
Il Ger County Agricultural Society will b.
held at Auburn, on Wednesday, the 7th day o
January, 1868. general attendance is request
ed OF all members, and all those desiring to be-
come such. An election will be held for perDa-
nent officers for the year 1863
$ Is, WYMAN, Secretary.
Lincoln, December 18th. 1862
Placer county papers, please copy.
The Placer herald., 1862-12-27

QUEER FoRMATIoN.-On the Hughes claim
at Quail Hill, near Copperopolls, Calavaras
county, specimens of rock have been found
presenting the appearance Of "clinker," a sub
stance found in forges and furnaces, in which
stone coal has been burnt. In this strange
looking substance are embedded small gob,
ues of gold, showing clearly that the whole
substance has been molten by sub,erranean
heat
The Placer herald., 1862-12-27

THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AT LARGE
FROM ILLlNoIs.-There is considerable in.
quiry as to what is meant by the term
"member of Congress at large from Hi,
nois." 1t is this: The abolitionis,s in the
Legislature eerrymandered the State-laid
it off into districts before they knew for
certain how many members would be allot,
ted to it. They thought it would be thirl
teen-it got fourteen. Under these crcum
stances, as the Legislature had not convened
the whole State was called upon to choose
the fourteenth man, there being no district
allotted to him. At the next session of the
Legislature the State will be redistrcted for
fourteen members. Gin. Enquirer
The Placer herald., 1862-12-27
FRESH ARRIVAL
AT WILMEN T'S-

NONSISTING OF CHINA TEA SETS
~ Motto Coffee Sets, Toilet Sets, Flower
Vases, Toy Sets for Children, &C., &C., and many
other fancy articles suitable for the season.
December goth, 1862.-2w
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-08-08
SynIpnslIizcTs.

There are English sympathizers, ca.
madam sympathizcrs, aud French sympa-
thizers; but they are of slight account
when compared with the sympathzers of
the Northern States. The latter are ey-
es-dropping and transmitting to the rcb-
els. Had Washington been burned i'm
the first week of the rebellion, md the
Government removed to New York or
Philadell hia, we Jeriy believe it would
h v, been n saving OF millions oflreasu Q
aud tens Of thousands OF lives. And
why! Hundreds who have been. and
still are, black hearted rcbels--holdino
office in the different departments at
Washington, would have joined the reb-
ol army rather than remain so far from
re beldom. Their means of comnunica-
ting giniormation would have been a thous-
and times less. The plans and schemes
of our Government would not have reach
cd the rebels within n few hours of ibcir
conception as hes been the cps, tbus rar
To. day, the traitors in srG around tho
capital cost the North vastly more every
six months than the worth of nil tho
property tho Government owns or nos
sesses there. Had it not been for t5cse
sympothizcrs in the North and obou,
Washington and Baltimore, Mcclellan
would have been in Richmond long since,
and the rebellion fairly stunned if moi
throttled.
To-day, these symPalhizcrs are doing
more to prevent the filing up of ou. army
with volunteers than all rebeldom. One
OF The first acts Of the loyal men of the
North should be to see that all this class
ol sympathizers receive their just merits
like Gov. Johnson's Parsons, they should
be transported beyond the lines aud
placed where the Conscript Act of JEFF.
Davis would give them a chance to actu-
allzc their traitorism. The time mny
come when the North will feel the neces
ity of such course. Sympnthizers in
the North are the Upns trees in this Gov
ernmcnt.-CLeue, Plain Dealer.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-08-08

d. Thcsc wcu'd afford no shelter toa
ship, cor many rocks put out from deep
water near them; an anchorage is TO be
found only near the shore. Five rivers
of fifteen To thirty yards luw iuto It from
the Westi possibly another Of larger s;zc
flows IN from the North, hut that we did
not sec. The lake rises and falls about
three feet between the wet and dry sea.
sons; the water is fresh but somewhat
corthy tasted and hard.
Tic population on It's shores is prodig-
icusly large; all engage in catching fish
by nets, hooks, crcels, torches or poison.
Slavery is the ouly trade they know
An Arab vessel called dhow had lat ~
been built on tho lake TO carry slaves
across, and We daily expect a steamer Gin
part,) out from England to be carried
past she caiaracts, end launched on It's
waters for very different purpose. The
natives had never seen Europeans before
aud we had 10 bear tO be stared at tn any
amount. They were upon the whole civ.
II; no tncs were levied or dues demand.
ed. We were. however. robbed in the
sphere Of the slaves operations; the first
timc we had suffered loss by thieves In
Africa. Tho people arc much lees hon
est where slaing goes on than elsewhere,
and there they place Tot little yaluo on
human life.
We wet up to show p MISSION (scnl
out by the OXurl aud Cambridge Uni
vcrsiiice) hea,trv jOca lity on The lslind
South OF Mount Hamha' sul iu tying %
induce otrjbc c.ll,d AigwO To dcsist from
slave hunting, were attacked with rvis.
oncd arrows and gus. but for rccours
tn ii'c-lrms IN self defense would soon
have been male fcud for the yuiur,s;
they were the frst who have attacked US
IN Africa, and seemed maddencd by con.
tnucd success in cl,ycr loruys urainst
their w-country men.
Africa IA continent Of the Future. n
is impossible tor c te its capabilities. IL
is prc-cmincntly cotton country, for
here the plant is perennial, and requires
little of that hcarlhrcnking toll necc ssnry
where Il Is an exotic; no lrosts cndangcr
the crops, and the best qualities yield
! largely. Sluvc-hunting is the greatest
drawback kuown--it dcpopuhtcs the
untry so much that ltb3r becomes dead
in proportion 10 IT'S prevalence. The
Portuguese possessions on the Nambcz
are valuricss, because all the labor is de-
parted TO Bnrhoun, the subjects Of His
Most Frightful Majcsty of Lisbon having
performed the part ol The boy of the
Goose with the Golden Egg.
In addition TO the missions. OF the Eng.
| lish Universities two other missions in
/ this region ore contemplated, Healthy
localities can be secured on the hirhlands,
which arise ON our East to hriahl OF
some 1900 to 5000 feet lbovo the
sea.
| um, etc
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-08-08
Interesting Letter from Dr. Xiv
iugsIOuc.
RIVER SIunE, Jan. 6, 1869.
TO The A mericdn Geographical and Sta-
iiSiicdi Society:

hlNLh SHINE, JdUs V, loOS.
TO tie A mericda Geographical and STD
Hsticai Society:
Having lately returned from the OK
plorotion Of about 200 miles of Lake Ny.
asso, few notes respecting this part ol
the Lake region of inter-tropicai Africa
may not be unacceptable to my fellow
Members of the AIcrican Geographical
and Statistical Society:
We carried u boat rust the Murclisou
cn'aructs of this liver, In August last, O
distance of 36 or 30 miles. In that space
we have five considerable cataructs oI
100 to l50 feet each; but tho intcpmedi
ute spaces are very rapid, too us may be
inferred by the total decent being 1000
feet,
When we launched tho boat on the
Upper Shire we were vir.ually on the
lake, though 60 miles dstant, for that
part Of the river partakes much of the
character Of the lake. II SPREADS out in
one spot TO n lakelct, ten or twelve miles
long, aud five or six miles broad.
On the cd Of September we sOilcd in-
TO lake Nyussa, aud found il to be very
deep. Our means of sounding were very
imperfect, we had brought a lead line Of
80 iathoms, falling to reach the bottom
at mile from the shore we employed u
fishing line and found bottom in bay at
one hundred iathoms, or ak hundred feet; (;
but a milo outside OF the bay we felt none
with one hundred and sixteen fathons,
or six hundred and ninety-six feet.
The water is cool in conscqu nee ofits
large volume, aud alligators (Which well
fed on fish seldom mOIest mCn) allowed
US TO bathe in its waters whenever we
chose. This great luxury can be enjoyed
is but few African rivers, and palisades
are often made by the natives to protect
won, ia drawing water from these dan
gerous reptiles. The shope Of the Lake
is, with the help perhaps oil little imag-
ination somewhat like Italy on the map
The ankle OF the boot is in the narrowcst
part above eighteen or twenty miles.
that is IL we exclude the arms OF its south
ern end One Of the @, thirty miles long
and ten or twelve broad, is prolonged into
the Shire. The other, about the same
breadth, - eighteen mlles long, and III
we reject the boot shape, we may soy
that the southern end has forked np-
pearance. IL expands up toward the
north to fifty or sixty miles, probably two
hundred and twenty five, but we failed to
reach above the two hurdred. II begins
in latitude fourteen degrees twenty-five
minutes south, and extends into the
Southern borders ofthe 10Th degree OF
south latitude. II lies between the s5th
and 36th degrees cast longitude, and is
very nearly straight.
We sailed along the Western shore and
found it to be Succession Of bays all
open to the East. We were there du-
ring the prevalence of equinoctial gales,
aud found that furious storms came down
with great suddenncss from the noun
tains and high lands with which Lake
Nyassa is surrounded, heavy seas IN
which no open boa, could live ote get
up in fifteen or twenty minutos. There
are several small rounded rocky Islands
covered with forests, which are uninhab-
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0STTHE PRoGRAMME.-A leading Dem
ocrat, formerly an office holder of this
county, said in the town Vanlue, this
week, that when the tax gstherers come
around to collect, the National Admins
tration would find out that the People is
the Government; and that il they at
tempted drafting, he would die in his
trucks before either himself or his sons
should 60 to fight in this ID abol-
ton war.
This is the programme Of the Vallan-
dighummers--opposilon to the draft
opposition to everything but jeff Davis
and his Government.
We have heard the substance Of this
talk on the streets Of Findlay, dozen
times within the last week. Those men
control the Democratic~party.- Findldy
JeDersoRiaa.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-08-08
s"tnc FOi'lcs IticugE, hIo,h-


To think ;hat the orc a mar cats tho
iettcr aud stronger h becomes.
TO believe that the moro hcur. cbir.
dren study at school, tie tstr iley
learn.
To imagine tia; every hour token
from ones sleep is AZ hour gained.
To act en- the pr sumption that the
smallest room in tic house Is largc G.
nuugh to sleep in.
II erauc that whatever remedy c,rscs
one 10 feel in mtdietely letter Is ".,ood
ior' The system wiiL,I; rcgard /, ulto.
rior III cts.
To commit an ac, which is felt In IL
sell to be pr, iudca', hoping that some
how Or other i can be dun0 in your Gus,
with impunly,
To advise another person to tahc 4.
remedy which you have not tried yaur-
st!i, Or without makirg speciaI in
1nIry whether all tbs conditions are
alike. W." ~''
T. eat without on appetite, or to con
tlnua to cat after II has been sutisfi d.
merely to crafty the taste.
To eat hearty supper iust for tbs
pleasure experienced turirg the brief
time that il is passing down the throat.
y tho ,HvHoisc nf whnln nisl,t ~ dis,
ufb'd sleep, aud t. weary waking up in
the morning.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-08-08
Uiftia asrrklp Tribane
rnr SONG orTnr nrroRrY-NiNrn.
ArR--srAR srASeLEp BANNER.

We came from the shore where the swart
brow is fann'd
By the breeze as it sweeps from the breast
Of old Etic.
Where Perry, immortal. and his valiant
baud.
Once vanquished tho British in fair Put
in-Bay.
We left in the field
The harvcsts rich yield,
And our arms ior tue contest for Liberty
stecl'd
Then whore battle Is thickcst, and death
shots fall around
The bold Buckeye Vanguard" will ever be
found.
The blcst york Of our fathers shall traitors
rend
Aud o'erthrow the temple that shelters the
lteel
No! Bucclirg, wen bind up the fibrcs anew
Aud bless the bread shade Of the Liberty
Tree.
Aye, urge on the stccdl
Let our Gibson but lead.
We will welcome the onset ana shou, while
"Thc Star SioDgled Banner in Triumph shall
Der the land cfthc free, and the home Of the
brayo,'
Proud 1,g Of our hopes! Thou hast won
Heavens smiles,
Aud hast tor thy guerdon each free heart r
devotion.
Thine azure shall beacon enrth's lonclicst
isles,
And thy stars be reflected in the further.
most ocean;
Nor shred e'cr be torn
From Thy folds, that were boroe
To creations glad gaze ou our iullncy
motn,
Wheu doNu trooddou millions 10y tyrauts op
press'd
Fouuda refuge and shield meath thy broad
eagle crest.
]. J. Il.
Camp near Stephenson, Ala, July 10.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-08-08
One OF I'm.

The man in the city of Chicago who is
the most blatant and abusive in his talk
OF Republicans, designating them as
"nigger worshippcrs," promoters of"nig-
ger equality" &C., &C., is, we are told
by good authority, the father of at least
five children by a negro woman--not a
yellow woman, but q regular African,
with all the pcculiarities,. Of her race
And it is limited by our informant that of
these children four were sold into slavery
by their father, thorgh their mother was
free. Ofsuch are the Secession Democ-
Chicago Tribune.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-08-08

l'yCu h. yc secret. kcfpit eloscy--if
ytu havr the secret Of anoth r. wffcE Il
even more closely than your own. Thcre
eau b. no use for a bclrsynl Of conf
dencc---no apoloPy that can be s,fi.
II yea are in luck, wear Il ou.. If vo,
can help friend. always do n ,rls =
Wqr'hy--ii you cannot, don't rcruse hi.,
IN ihe s'yl, of refusal. A little worS A.,
or 'cok <, " ben the heart is sore. Iinocr' =. I.
c''s Tue fragrance OF the rcse, long aftcy
ihc vase is broken. '''''
II You are right, stick 10 n. II ,r,,.
never be a,raiI 10 own il. Kee, !, =,
head above the woter. and mn n,,,,., h,',',
deep the stFcom, or how swim ,Sc Z
rvu'--Somehoty viii help you. Don't
rSt--ton'i grumblc-lon't whine. D on
wbiuc. II ie 90 cnsy to be cbeerpf rs
Snarllng around, ord coed n, tured s,e,
Always rahc tic handsomcst corn
sos. 'o'P-
Dent change your business every time
you have tho b'ucs--change Is net al.
ways cneGciol. -
hycu have been cheated, don't, TO ~,
even, cheat some one else. If vou h, 90
madn bcd bargain, dJni stop ,radiry.
eu' try to mike better one next time
!, you gct IN sfrapc, get cut, unj look
.usor next tmo-ncvcr hc caught In thr
uop' People may forgive rrrors, ut
the,y h-vc no Sympathy Ger fools.
tyou wish TO b. a lcodcr-alwnys co
ahead-aud rmrmhcr the smoother tho
rou you rick cut, the l,ss comp'u;nlry
There VIII be among your followers: ard
above ull, no matter what the circun,s tan
ccs, never be the fret t. 20 back On y.,ir
friends. BE honest aud faithlul-Cs ID
,nd good lortrnc WI! btvcr desert YOU
long.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-08-08

done until you have policy defined BY
the President.
A General in the ermy who will no,
employ every negro that comes within
his lines to work, to labor, should be turn.
cd cut instantly. AS that army moves
along, every biz OF property belonging to
the rebels must be taken.
Iryour President does his duty, before
ten days, in my Judgment, there can bc
$4,000 900 Of property belonging TO the
rebels taken possession Of IN the North.
Gentlemen have no idea of the amount
of property held in the Mort west by rob.
els, from Sldcll down.
Sir, you have got more rebels than YOU
think you have in this country, aud il is
the duty of the G varnmcnt to show firm
ness and nerve aud energy in run'shing
thcm. u is our vacilliating policy that
has caused Kentucky aud other States To
be invaded, because we have not sustain.
ed cur loyal mon, ard We have not shown
To the people OF this couhtry that VIC are
determined to curry ON this war as war.
We shall never have peace until We have
q uniform aud permanent systcm. and
that syi I'M must como from the ENccu-
tive; and ii IL 10 necessary, he oulht TO
be told by you and by me: issue a rocla-
nation, not only one day, hut every hour
this is no time to hesitate; put il in the
hands of every ollj1or throuphaut the
North aud proclaim throughout the
length aud breadth of this land that
man who is not Tor this Union must for
I felt all he has.
| This Government must be preserved.
\ rebel to this great Government has no
claims t. ils protection; and the mau who
can rebel against Il ought 20 forfeit
everything aud then die.
/ listened the other day with good
deal of interest TO u speech OF the senator
from u Dtlawarc Mr.. SaulsLuy. ! in which
| think, for about half an hour, he sum.
med up whot he believes tU be the cause
Of this rebellion.
| o. course mon will differ on that point
but | have made up my mind thut this is
not the time to iird fault. | listened to
the gentleman talking about rcmurk of
President Lincoln's, tAnt the Union could
; not stand with half of the States Crco aud
half Of them slave; but | can tel! the
gentleman that there is one sentence
which have in the book before me which
has done far more injury to this Union.
/ When certain President of the United
States wrote these words: "kansas il
b therefore at this moment as much slave
State as Georgia or South Curolina;"
and whom that was followed up by do.
oision of tn Supreme Court, the highest
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-08-08

DUEISG the Presidents VISIT 10 tie
Army Of the Pctomac, he dismountcd,
.1scendcd tha ramparts of the newest fov.
tifealion, and briefly addressed the soil
licrs. he said he Rad ccme TO see for
himself and to know the situation Of af-
fairs, aud that he should go back satis-
iied I.was said they had been whipped.
1t was not Sc, and never would he. He
knew the men he saw arcnud him would
prove equal to the task before them, aud
never give up without going into Rich
mond, lie had been unable to sleep fr, m
anxiety, but after he had seen aud heard
he should so back to Washington sotis-
iied TINT il was all righI ada tAe Army
of the Potomac. lie declared his corf-
deece in the army and lis commander,
all the men and officers. all, alike, were
men deserving the confidence ofthe coun-
ny. lilo was cheered Ut svery stu
.ttnce,
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0SyA DUrcH GIRL AT A THEATER.-
"Ven first comes to Filadelly to serve |
was ferry mooch uncivilized," said Kat
rine, now tidy, intelligent lady in a re-
spectacle family. al laugh mooch and
feel mooch ashamed to remember how |
behave ven know so little. Shon--dat
is my beau den-Shon took me TO the
theSter Won night, ven / had been in
Filadeliy but tree weeks. We sit in the
gallery, and we see not good, and Shon
said he would get apother seat. So he
put his leg around the post aud schlldes
down nit te pit, and look up and call
out:
"Katarine. oh, Ka:asinel COON toun,
tish goot view here"
And leaned over, and said /,
"How can COON, Shon!"
"Shoost schlide touD."
$50 put my legs around te pillar and
schlide toun too. Dey laf SO mooch day
play not more G0t night on te stage
Everybody laff and yell and vistel ali ofer
te house. | vas mooch ashamed den,
though knows not any harm; but now
| turns red every time ] links of it,"