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The Placer herald., 1862-07-26

A BLAcEGuARp BENEDlorIoN.-At the
close of the abolition lecture by the notorious
T. Starr King, in this city, on the 4th o
July. Rev. j. A. Anderson, chaplain Of the
Third Regiment California Volunteers, pro-
nounced the following bened ction:
"And now may the God Of Washington,
the God Of Foote, Halleck, Mcclellan Lin
coin, nerve, guide and surge this whole nation
till Richmond is taken, Charleston burnt, Sc
session annihiIated, and slop shop Union
men turned out of existence. Amen
We are assured by those that know, tha:
the author of this impertinent blasphemy
and Infamous burlesque upon religion. is
clergyman of the Presbyterian denomination,
in regular orders, and that he was not drunk
at the time he offered his vulgar insult to
the decency and intelligence Of bis audience.
Such being the fact, it only proves how fan.
aticism destroys all the finer sensibities OF
the Christian and the instincts of gentle
man. Stockton Republican.
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26

The Democracy Of the Atlantic States
manifest no disposition to abandon their or
ganization inclination to coDfess that to
be patriotic they must cease to be Demo-
crats-no willingness to affiliate with par.
ty that derdes the Constitution and opposes
reconstruction of the Union. They say it
is we'll enough for the Republicans to aban.
don an organization which has no further
uses for good, and has wrought already so
much disaster, but why should Democrats
desert their organization? Those Democrats
who propose to abandon their party and
urge the breaking up of its organization,
should give careful thought to the frank ad
mission Of the Boston correspondent Of the
Springfield Republican, the abIest Repubi.
can paper published in Massachusetts, who
says:
There is latent feeling in this country,
that the Democratic party is the only one
which possesses the requisite ability and
pluck to conduct things in stormy times.
The mercantile and financial men always
have participated in this feeling to great
extent. The shambling way in which the
war has been managed by the Republicans
tends to confirm this notion.
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26
NUMBER A..
Henry CLAY in 1850,

In the great compromise speech Of Henry
Clay in the Senate of the United States, 90.
ours the following languages
Sir, before approach that subject, allow
me to say that, in my humble judgement,
the institution of slavery presents two ques.
tions totally distinct, and resting on entrley
different grounds-savery within the States
and slavery without the States. Congress,
the General Government, has no power
under the Constitution Of the United States,
in three specified particulars in that instru.
ment: to adjust the subject of representa-
ton; to impose taxes when system of tax
alton is made; and to perform the duty Of
surrenderng or causing to be delivered up
fugitive slaves that may escape from service
which they owe in slave States, and take re.
fuge in free States.
And, sir, am ready to say that if Con-
gress were to attack within the States, the
the institution of slavery, then, Mr.. President,
my uoice scouM be for Uar; then would be
made case which would justify in the sight
of God, and in the presence Of the nations
of the earth, resistance on the part of the
slave States to such An unconstitutional and
usurped attempt as would be made on the
suppositon which have stated.
Then we should be acting iu the defence
Of our rights our domicie, our property, our
safety, our lives; and, then, ! think, would
be furnished case in which the slavehold.
ing States would be justified by all consider.
atons which pertain to the happiness and Sc
curily of man, to employ every instrument
which God or nature had placed in their
hands to resist such an attempt on the part
Of the free States. And then, il un fortunate
Iy civil war should break out, and we should
present to the nations Of the earth the spec
acle of one portion of this Union endeavor.
ing to subvert an institution ip violation Of
the Constitution and the most sacred obliga.
tons which can bind men; we should presen
the spectacle in which we should haye the
sympathes, the good wishes and desire Of
our success ofall men who love JUSTICE and
truth,
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26

The UsURpArIoN.-The Cincinnati Ga
zette, whose editor is an office holder of Lin
coin and confdant of Chase, does not deny
that Lincoln has tramp|ed on the put lie lib.
erty. His declaring war-his raising armies
his invasion of the States-his arrest of cit-
zens by the military-his suspension Of the
writ Of habeas corpus-hs closing ports
his piratical depredations upon the people
were all incontestable facts and palpabe and
outrageous infractions Of the laws and Con-
stitution. The Gazette meets the issue
plumply by coniessing, that the public safety
being the supreme law, almost the first act
of the President was the suspension Of the
Constitution"
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26

The MICHIGAN DEMocRACY.-The Demo.
cratic State Convention pledged support.
to the Federal Administration in all its con.
stitutional efforts to suppress rebellion.
Abolitionism was denounced Is equally gull
ty with secession, and speedy extinction
OF both was no el for
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26

COPPER ORE FOR THE EAsT.-The clipper
ship Goconda, at San Francisco, has com
pleted her freight for Boston, among which
is copper ore to the amount Of 624 tons,
shipped by Messrs. Meador, Lalor and Co..
This copper ore was taken from the mines at
Copperopolis, from veins owned by the fol-
lowing companies; Union Company l,l65,
900 pounds; Keystone Campany, 56,62s
pounds; Calaveras Company, 27,2oo pounds
Stockton Independent.
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26
CORPORATION OF AUBURN.

Regular meetings of the Trustees on the first
Wednesday evening Of every month.
TRUsrEEs-Tabb Mitchell. President; John R.
Gwynn, G. j. Hillyer William E. Miller, and VIM.
Osburn. CLERK William Sexton. TREASURER
j. l.. Brown. MARsHAL-John G. Boggs.
Committee on Judciary-C. j. Hillyer.
Finance-Wm. E. Miller.
Streets-John r. Gwynn.
Police-Willam Osburn
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26

The SEX OF EGGs.-M. Genn lately ad,
dressed the Acadamie des Sciences on the
subject of the "Sex of Eggs" He affirms
that he is now able, after having studied the
subject for over three years, to state with as.
surance that all eggs containing the germ Of
males have wrinkles on their smaller ends,
while female eggs are smooth at the extrem:
tiles.
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26

REMEDY FOR POISONING BY OpIuM.-Dr,
Burke, Utica, publishes mode Of treatment
in cases of poisoning by opium, which is easy
of application and which SHOULD be better
known than it is. Even when such length
of time has elapsed as to allow the pertec.
absorption of the posion, so that emstics
will not act and the stomach pump is useless,
when coma from which no ordinary means,
not even galvanism can arouse the sufferer,
has set in, the administering Of drachm, inI
extreme cases two drschams or more, Of the
Tincture of Belladona every half an hour,
will almost invariably succeed in restoring
copciousness and saving life.
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26

Knows THEM. The following, which we
take from the Red Bluff Beacon a Union
Democratic paper, is to the point, and shows,
in no envable light, Silly livered" Dem.
ocrats, many Of whom are in this county:
"AFRAID OF THEIR OWN SHADows.-A Ger
tain class OF persons we wot of, are so fran
tcally afraid Of being called 'Sesessionsts,'
that they are ashamed to stand up for Dem.
ocratic principles. The moment that man
declares himself Democrat and opposed to
the measures of Abraham LINCOLN, with lis
Abolition Lazarus in his bosom, he is de.
nouced by the Black press rs q Secessionists'
Moral and political towards turn pale at the
epithet, and instead of standing up, like
men, to give the lie to their accpsers, ignobIy
succumb and glide over into the ranks Of
of the Republicans. We pity such lilly lv-
cred specimens"
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26

When the press violates the sacredness Of
homes, and oversteps the just limits of a
public censor to ntrude on the rights Of
private character, it strips itself of dignity
and clothes itself with baseness; it does not
teach, but dspraves the mind of the COM
munity and it is not the glory, but the
shame Of liberty.
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26

HEAVY ON TELEGRAPH CoMpASY,-In a
New York City Court, recently, verdict Of
thirteen thousand five hundred dollars was
obtained against the American Telegraph
Company for negligence in delivering a
telegraphic message. 1t WAS case where
the plaintiff had given orders for attaching
a debtors property, and the delay enabled
him to PIT his possessions out Of his hands.
This case should serve as an example.
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26

Cosr OF HEAT AND CoLD.-In the winter
season the wood necessary to warm the
dweler in Washoe costs from $l5 to 500
per cord, and when the heats of summer
come, it costs so cents per pound tor ice
with which to cool himself
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26

The roads leading from Virginia to Penn
sylvania are, according to the Chambersburg
and Hagertsown papers swarming with slaves
of all ages and color, and ofboth sexes, max
ing their way Northward.
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26
Correspondence of the Hartford Times]
Effect of Hunters Proclamation-. Things
in Carolina.
HuTON HEAD Nav al
Huron HEAD, Nav 81.

This department has been in some excite
ment since the promu cation Of Gen. Hun
ter's peculiar order about the negroes. You
have ero now seen that he in the first place
declares "free" all the slaves in South Carol
lima, Georgia and Florida! Some of the
Coonels let it 60 by without reading it at
the head of their regiments. Others enter
ed their protest against it, and were imme
diately put under arrest. In the next place,
the Generals order was for noncommission,
ed officers and privates, competent for com
missioned officers in the negro regiments.
But a very few offered, and they were hiss
ed and hooted by their comrades. Not a
man could be got, for love or money, out Of
the Sixth Connecticut. The Seventh sent
some few
very curious way Of procuring volun.
teers to fill up these negro regiments was
pursued. Armed bodies of white soldiers
were sent out, aud every able bodied negro,
wherever found, was driven to Hilton Head,
where they were assigned to such companies
as the commanding officer saw fit. But
such motley heterogeneous lot Of soldiers
never saw before. Not one was willing, but
all were made to perform their duties under
compulson. Such mingled jargon, such a
jabbering was never heard, except among a
tribe of monkies
All the fields are deserted, and the expert
ment of raising Gotten is upset, and the la
borers are all gone to be soldiers. These
800 negroes are over in piece Of woods
near Hilton Head, and you might rs well
try to drill and dscipl flock of sheep
They either do not know, or will not, or
more probably cannot learn. The attempt
will prove futile, and be the means of pre-
venting the raising Of food by the negroes,
and Uncle Sam will have to feed them.
The proclamation of Abraham Lincoln
came by the last mail, and it was hailed
here with the greatest expressions of joy
1t lifted "A load from the minds of every true
Union man. You can rest assured that the
abolition scheme, unchecked; would have dis
organized the whole division. One entire
regiment refused to 90 into field Of battle
on that issue, and heard many officers,
who were good, strong Republicans, say that
if this plan was carried cut they would re
sign. They cannot aboltonize this army
They may as well give up the job.
"Gdeon's band" has about played out
The women devoted their time to flirting, if
nothing more with the officers; and the
males were occupied in being insolent to
every one, and being rowed about by gang
of slalwart negroes. Every pound of cotton
sent North aOiH cost the United States 49,
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26

A gentleman who could not pronounce the
letter r, was asked to read the following:
"Robert gave Richard rap in the ribs,
For roasting the rabbit so rare"
He evaded the difficulty in the follwing in.
genious manner:
"Bobby gave Dicky thump in the side,
For cooking the bunny so little"
A parson named Owen Moore once left
his creditors somewhat uncerimoniously, up
on which wag wrote:
Owen Moore has run away,
OWN more than he could pay.
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26

PEACE AT HoME.-The morning Call,
while deploring the wild scenes OF disorder
on the Atlantic side, wisely says:
Let there be no sectional lines drawn here
that would destroy our social amty our
schools and our churches, and work irrepar,
able injury to every man, woman and child
in the State. Let us show to our brethren
in the East, and to the world, that there is
at least one spot On the earth where men
from the North and men from the South
can live together in peace and harmony
Let us do all this, and our example will dc
more towards the restoration of order thar
all the gold in our mountains could accom-
plish.
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26

The official vote of Oregon foots up to-
tai Of lo,4so. OF this number the Union
candidate tor Governor received 7,030.
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26
Fee Bill of Town Marshal.

Passed and approved Sept. 25th, A. D. 1861.
For killing each dog, not tagged. ST 80
For selling each dog tag........ ..... 90
For each License sold for exhibitions 49,. so
For services as Collector, six per cent Of the
amount of revenue collected on taxable property
levied by the Trustees
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26

An old count paid his addresses to one
Of the richest heiresses OF Paris. On asking
her hand in marriage, be frankly said to her;
"Miss B., am very old, and you are
very young; will you do me the honor to
become my widow7"
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26

EVA Frenchman, exhibiting some sacred
relics and other couriosities, produced a
sword which he assured bis visitors was "De
sword that Balaam had when he would kill
de ass" A spectator remarked that Balaam
had no sword, but only wished for one,-
Ver' well; dis is de one he wish for"
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26

ALL SPoILEp.-Here is one Of the thou.
sand and one newspaper war story inven-
tions spoiled:
gentleman who was en- gagged in the bat
tie at Winchester, Va, under General
Shields "puts a stopper" on the sensation
story that regiment of Irishmen in the reb-
el army refused to fire upon the Union
troops. The regiment in question did as
much damage to the Federal forces as any
other rebel regiment, and WIS quite as belg-
erent. 1t was stationed behind stone wall,
and was engaged by the s4th Pennsylvania,
and so fierce was the contest that "a per
cent Of the latter were disabled.
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26

Twenty five thousand persons, in the city
Of New York, soldiers wives and families
are suffering from want of food. The wo.
men throng the Mayors Office, inside and
out. The Administration is feeding 10000
runaway negroes. 1t costs $4,000 per day.
What big thing it is to be black nowadays.
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26

Elijah Ward was drowned in Humboldt
county on the 3Oth ult,
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26
HEAD QUARTERS SALOON.

IN MAIN STREET, NEXT DOOR TO THE
" Post Office takes this method OF informing
the public, that the Bar of the "Head Quarters
still continues to be supplied with the best OF IL
quors and cigars. All are invited to call and see
for themselves. Janll ~, my
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26
TEMPLE SALOON,
LBRAM RICHARDSON, Proprietor.

CORNER COMMERCIAL AND COURT STREETS,
Auburn, Cal.
TNHIS favorite resort still continues to have
Il the best of LIQUORS and CIGARS at its
Bar. There are two elegant Billiard Tables at
tached to the Saloon.
Auburn, Fob. 9Th, 1862.--my
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26
Hints for Housekeepers.

As "a general rule it is most economical
to buy the best articles. The price is, Of
course, always little higher, but a good ar
Gle always stands best. 1t is sacrifice Of
money to buy poor flour, meal, sugar, mo-
lasses, cheese, butter, lard. etc, to say moth
ing of the injurious effects upon the health.
Lard should be hard and whie and that
which is taken from the hog over year old
is the best.
Rich cheese feels sof. under the pressure
of the finger. That which is strong is nei
ther good nor healthy To keep one that is
cut, tie i. up in bag that will not admit
the flies, and hang it up in dry place. II
mould appears on it, wipe it off with dry
cloth.
The best rice is large, and has clear,
fresh look. Old rice sometimes has little
black insects inside the kernel.
The small white sago called pearl sago, is
the BEST The large brown kind has an
earthly taste. These articles and ground
rice, lapioca, etc, should be kept covered,
TO select rutmegs pick them with pin.
If they are good, oil will instantly spread
around the puncture.
Keep coffee by ITSELF as its odor effects
other articles.
Keep tea in a close chest or canister.
Oranges and lemons keep best wrapped
close in soft paper and laid in drawer.
When cask Of molasses is bought, draw
off few quarts, else the fermentation pro
duced by moving it will burst the cask
Bread and cake should be kept in a tin
box or stone jar.
Salt Goldfish should be kept in dry place
where the oder of it will not effect the air
of the house. Fish skin, for clearing coffee,
should be washed, dried, cut small, and put
in a paper bag.
Soft soap should be kept in dry place in
cellar, and should not be used till three
months old.
Bar soap should be cut into pieces of con
venent size, and left where it will become
dry. 1t is well to keep it for several weeks
before using it, as it goes fast when it is new.
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26
District Court.

b. f. Myres Judge. Meets on the second Mon
day in January, April and July, and the third
Monday in October.
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26

Jusr WHAT WE THlNK.-lhe Galena QIl.)
Courier writes:
When every farmer in the North is to be
taxed ten cents for each calf he kills, ten
cents for every sheep he butchers, and fifty
cents for every bullock he fattens for the
market, in order to buy niggers at the
South and to set them free; it is time the
people were awake to the condition of
things.
If we must be taxed in order to offer
eight hundred thousand dollars here and
there for the liberation of a few negro slaves,
we hold that it is better to pay the war tax
first, AMI if we have enough left we can then
talk of buying niggers, and for the govern
ment to 90 into the slave trade. 1t money
is SO plenty at Washington that it is offered
by the million to buy slaves with, then let
the people be exempted from taxation for
war purposes.
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26

How TO TEST THE QUALITY OF WooL.-A
Texas paper says:-"Take lock of wool
from the Sleeps back and place it upon an
inch rule. If you can count from thirty to
thirtythree Of the spiras or folds in the space
of an inch, it equals in quality the finest
electoral of Saxony wool grown,
"Of course when the number of spira's to
the inch diminish, the quality Of the wool
becomes relatively inferior.
"Many tests have been tried, but this is
considered the simplest and best.
"Cotswold wool and some other inferior
woods, do not measure nine spirals to the
inch
with this test, every farmer has in his
possession knowledge which will enable
him to form a correct judgment of the quail
ity of all kinds of wool. There are some
coarse woods which experienced wool grow
ers do not rank as wool, but as hair, on ac-
count of the hardness and straitness of the
fibre,
DEATH OF CAL1FoRNIAN.--A CORES
pondent Of an Oregon paper, writing from
Elk City wv. T) July 9Th, says;
Thomas Austin, from Placer county, Cal
iforna, accdently shot himself with rifle in
the thigh on Sunday evening last, completely
shattering the bone and making terrible
wound. lie declined to have his leg ampu-
tated, prefering death, as he was here with
out money or friends. He died on Friday
night.
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26

Oo"Hty COurt, anu CoNrt OF Sess1Ohs'
Il. H. Vandecar, Judge. Meets the fourth
Monday in January and May, and the second
Monday in September.
Probate Court.
Meets on the fourth Monday in each month.
The Placer herald., 1862-07-26
The Apostle of Peace.

In the early part Of the thirteenth ceatu'
ry, when civil war ragged throughout the ltal-
ian peninsula, and every State was arrayed
in hostility against its neighboring State,
there WIS a man sent from God whose
name was John" He was Monk of the
illustrous order Of St. Domonic, q man Of
the purest morals and most fervid eloquence,
and his mission was one Of the hoiest that
could fall to the lot Of man. 1t was to rec
oncile warng States and out Of these jar
ring elements to evoke peace. His success
IN this gigantic undertaking was almost mi
raculous; citizens, soldiers, magistrates, no
bles, all flocked to hear and be guided by
the inspired words Of the "healer OF breach,
es," and even the laws were submitted to his
revision, and he was en,reated by the author
tiles to annul all those statutes which might
give rise to future dssentions. "The preach
ing of peace" as it was called was more ef-
fec,ive than the famous Lombardy League.
saw WAS the great Peace Convention convo.
ked by John of Vicenca and held in the
plain of Paguarra on the banks of the
Adige. Never had nobler enterprise been
undertaken than that Of reconcing twenty
inimical States by the simple influence Of
Christianity, and the unaided power of elo
quence; and never had an appeal been so
irresistible and successful. The population
of the different cities assembled under their
national standards, and the mobiles and bsh
ops appeared at the bead of their vassals
while from an elevated seat in the middle OF
the plain, and heard distinctly by every in
diyidual in that vast assembly, came the
voice of the preacher, and his text was
my peace | give unto you-My peace |
leave unto you" We read that he preached
with an eIoquence till then unknown, and
concluded by debating to them treaty of
universal pacifcaton, which contained scarce,
y any other condition than the mutual for
giveness of injuries.
Can we not emulate the past9 Is there no
"healer of breaches" in our day? Will ali
the lessons of history be thrown away upon
us? Where are the superior civilizing agen
cies of our boased nineteenth century that
can arrest this destructive civil war raging
around us? Would that the spirit OF peace
and forgiveness which enobled the thirteenth
century might be cultivated throughout the
land and that the statesmen of both sections
of our country, emuating this noblest ep'
isode in history, might arrange all differences
in grand Peace Conyenllon, and raise aloft
the olive branch as q token that the angry
waters are subsding, " Y Met. Record,
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-18
NEWS OF THE DAY '
THE WAR.

Yesterday Senator Harlan, and Representative
Wilson of Iowa, accompanied 10y Col. Miller ana
Cant. Gregg, two of the officers charged by the
Rebels with the mission of efecting general ex'
change Of prisoners, including Gen. Buckner, pre-
,ened to the President petition for snch exchange
signed by IO2 Representatives and 81 Senators The
President expressed his satisfaction and promised TO
do his utmost to comply with the request,
On our third page we print further accounts of
the Rebel foray toward White House; names OF
killed and wounded in Col Van Wyck's Legion;
communications concerning Caseys command, and a
long letter from Memphis,
A Rebel mal.carrier was captured near Manas'
sss on Monday, and large number Of letters to
officers in the Confederate service were taken from
him. They contain important information. He also
had $40, 600 in Confederate money.
All was quiet with General McCleIlan's army at
4 O'Clock yesterday afternoon. THE weather was
very fine, and the roads were improving.
The report of General Peck, who commanded a
brigade in COUGHS Division at the battle OF Far
Oaks will be found on our Sth page.