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The Placer herald., 1862-02-08

ETERNAL PUN1sHMENT.-The Christian In
teligencer gives the following summary OF
of the views held by the different de
nominations of the Christian Chnrch com
cerning future state. They may be thus
classed, arranging them, exclusively, under
eight divisions:
|. The Roman Catholic Church makes
three conditions hereafter namely l. Ever
lasting joy. 2. Everlasting suffering. 3
Temporary suffering in purgatory
IL. The orthodox Protestant Church
Infinite and eternal suffering.
III. The Old School Universalists make
one condition hereafter, namely: Eterna
joy.
w. New School Universalists and Restor
ationists make two conditions hereafter
namely: l. Eternal joy. 2. Temporary and
finite suffering.
V. Unitarians make an indefinite number,
of conditions hereafter, according to the
various conditions and moral status of men.
vi. The SweJenborgians make an indefn
mite but limited number of heavens and
helIs suited to the varieties of character, but
having a supernatural origin.
VII The Spirtualiss make the other
world like this, with no essential differences,
making it a continuation of the natural life.
VIII. the annihiationists believe that the
finally impenitent will perish wholly and
come to nothing.
At first sight this looks like very formida'
bic array of varying opinions, and might
laod to tha cOnclusiOn that there is really a
wide divergence of Christian sentiment on
point so interesting and so important.
But this is lar from being the case.
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08
NUMBER %.

On ACCOUNT OF REPUBLICAN ULrRAIsM.-
We heard a gentleman remarking on the
utrasm Of many of the leaders of the
republican party, and he declared with much
emprasis that he had voted his last republi-
can ticket. The Mountain Democrat notices
Senator Perkins bill in the legislature to
admit the testimony of negroes against
white men and to compel all persons now
in office to take an oath which shall be
prescribed by the legislature. In plain
terms says the Dmeocrat, senator Perkins
proposes on behalf of the republican party,
to avoid the constitution which prescribes
official oaths, and require Office holders to
swear to support the republican adminstra-
ton at Washington, although the people
may elect officers opposed to the admnistra-
tion; but such officers on failing to qualify
nndnr the new oath shall not takn possession
of office. Go it Perkins, You're wise
and mgnanmous legislator No foolishness
about you-not bit of III
Folsom Telegraph
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08
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The Placer herald., 1862-02-08

SEWARD PRopHEroR FooL.-A writer
in al, Eastern paper thus takes off Stewards
pretention to the power Of prophecy:
But everybody knows Mr.. Seward is sub
ject to these periodical illnesses, utterng
prophecies, and while the attack lasts it is
impossible to check the copious stream of
wise predictions which he utters and which
in the end, prove as wise as the weather pre-
dictons in the almanacs. Why, on the eve
of Secession, and day before it burst on the
country, and when the dulIest saw it would
SUI civ take place, Mr.. Seward took another
member of Congress aside, and told him
there was nothing Oft: mo trouble at all,
sir. Have you noticed the galleries since
my speech? A quiet sir. All satisfied"
Now this member of Congress was not quite
convinced by what Mr. Seward said, and he
remarked to a friend that evening, that he
either was "a fool, or Seward was"
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08

JOHN TYLER. Tohn Tyler, of Virginia,
and a president of the United States from
the year ls4l to the year ls45, died about
two weeks ago in Richmofd. President
Jefferson Davis, and other Confederate State
dgnitares, attended his fnneral. His last
noticeable political act was an endeavor last
winter to settle the difficulty between the
North and South by means Of compromises
prepared by national convention Of State
delegates This convention took place, and
Tyler warned the national government Of the
certainty of civil war to reult from any
preparations TO coerce the South.
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08
SHIPS OF WAR IN THE PACIFIC. .-Ther'

SHIPS OF WAR IN THE PACIFIC.-There
are in the Pacific at this time l6 British
ships of war, Of an aggregate tonnage Of H.
729, carrying two hundred and ninety one
guns, and fourteen of them propelled by
steam. The United States have in the same
waters eight vessels, carrying 100 guns, hav-
ing an aggregate tonnage Of lo,i0o, aud
:hree being propelled by steam. France has
five vessels-one a steamer-carrying l02
guns and 3,O99 men.
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08

SALT AS ToorH PowDEn.-If, while exam,
ining under the microscope drop of water
containing intusoria, you introduce a grain
of salt, the effect will be instantaneous death
to these creatures. The knowledge of this
property of salt may be turned to account
in several ways, among the rest it suggests
~ excellent tooth powder. fit be true, as.
some assert, that the matter which is formed
on the teeth is the receptacle of animalcules, 4,
aud that these are the real agents in produ-
cing carious teeth, dip mostened brush
in salt, and you have at once the cheapest
and most preservatlve of tooth powders.
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08
We are ava @ Of the diff .nllies that lie in

We are ava G of the difficulties that lie in
the way Of the executive. While he should
keep fully up with the public opinion, yet
he must not 60 far in advance And, when
public opinion demands the liberation of the
slaves of rebel owners, the Government will
be compelled to take such steps leading to
that result as wisdom and prudence may die
tate; and still further, if the popular voice
demands that The slaves be armed to aid
in subduing the destroyers of the Govern
ment, it will have to be done.
San Jose Mercury.
The editor lays claims to being the first
on the Pacific coast who advocated the
emancipation Of the rebel slaves. 1t can,
with propriety, be said, also, that he has the
honor of being the first who recommended
the policy of placing arms in the hands Of
slaves after they are emancipated.
El Dorado Times.
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08

The PEA NUr,-The pea nut is cultivated
in Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina etc .
1t is planted in ridges about three feet apart,
and the vines stand up in perpendicular
height. The stems shoot out in AZ drec'
tons from it for about fifteen inches around.
These runners have joints about an inch and
a half apart, and at each joint strong root
strikes down into the ground about two i'm
ches deep. At the end of this root the pea
pod is formed, and comes to maturity.
Some farmers cover these lateral vines with
earth. while others leave them bare all
the time 1t is not agreed which is the bet
ter mode. When ripe, one bunch of vines
will have from one to two quarts of peas.
One acre will produce from thirty'five to
fifty bushels of peas.
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08

McKEAN BUCHANAN UP TREE.-A cor
respondent of the Stockton Republican
states that Mexican Buchanan, the actor,
who stopped at the hotel at Snellings, with
company, lost all of his baggage, lie saved
himself and some war implements IA sword
and drum) on tree.
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08

INrEREsr.-The New Workers pay annual
ly the sum of $4,000 for interest on their
city debt, Independent of their pro rata for
the State debt. If these great debts are, as
has been urged by some publicists, public
blessing, how blessed must be the condition.
of the dWellers in Gotham.
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08
THE BEWITCHED TERRIER. i.
A TAIL FOR THE EXTRAvAGANT.

TAIL rOR The EATkANAGANT.
Sam johnson was II cullud man,
Who lived down by the sea;
He owned good rat tarrier,
That stood bout one foot three;
And the way that creature chawed up rats
Was gorjuss for to see.
One day this dorg was slumberin'
Behind the kitchen stove,
When suddenly wicked flea
A ugly little cove
Commenced upon his faithful back
With many jumps to rove.
Then up arose that tarrier,
With frenzy in his eye,
And watin' only long enough
To make a touchin' cry.
Commenced to twist hisself around
Most wonderfully spry.
But all in vain; his shape was SIGH
So Orful short and fat
That thoug he doubledup hsself,
And strained hlsself at that,
His mouth was half an inch away
From where the varmnt sat.
The dog set up a Oriul yowl,
And twisted like eel
Emitting cries of misery
At every nip he'd feel.
And tumblin' down, and jumpin' up,
And turin like wheel.
But still that most owdacious flea
Kept up a constant chaw.
Just where he couldn't be scratched out
BY any reach of paw
And always half an inch beyonl
His victims snappin jaw.
Sam Jonsin heard the noise, and came
To save his animilc;
But when he saw the critter spin
A barkin' all the while
He dreaded hideritobia,
And then begin to rile.
"The purp is mad enough" says he,
And luggin' in his axe,
He gave the wretched tarrier
A pair of orful whacks,
That stretched him out upon the floor,
AS dread as calpct-tocks.
Take warnin' by this tarrier.
Now turned to sassidge msat;
And when misfortune.S flea shall come
Upon your back to eat,
Beware. or you may die, because
You can't make both ends meet.
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08
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The Placer herald., 1862-02-08

GEN. JoNEs.-This gentleman, who was
Minister to Bogota under Mr.. Buchanan,
was arrested on his return home and thrown
into prison on suspicion. The Panama cor
respondent of the Bulletin learns that Mr.,
Rice, United States Minister to Aspinwall,
has evidence which completely exonerates
Gen. Jones.
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08

The papers relate an anecdote of a beaul
tful young who had become blind haviag
recoveaed her sight after her marriage.
Whersupon Snooks wickedIy observes that
it is no uncommon thing for peoples eyes TO-
be ODened by matrimOny
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08

The Chinese Of the present day are said to
have lost curious secret. They knew for
mely how to paint their porcelain with fish
es and other creatures in such manner that
they never appeared to the eye until the vases
were filled with liquor.
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08

A witness in a Hoosier court being asked
how he knew that two certain parties were
man and wife, replied: "Why dog on it, I've
heard them scoding at each other more'n
fifty times" The evidence was held as
conclusive
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08

STATE PR1soN.-We hear that the late
storm did much damage to the State Prison.
The wind so raised, bent, twisted and openl
ed the roofs of all the buildings that they
leak like sive. Sac. Bee.
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08

"Why don't you limit YOURSELF" said
physician to an Incorporate man: ''set down
stake that you will 60 SO far and no.
further" $50 do" said the topper, "but I
set it so far off, that always get drunk
before | oct to it,"
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08

The tunnel through Mount Gents will be
seven and half miles in length When
the works are completed, the passage Of the
Alps will be reduced to twenty inmates.
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08

QUEER Loss BY FLooD.-The Telegraph
states that Mr.. Dana, of Folsom met with
singular loss, by the rise of the Amerinan
river, of about 500 cut granite curbstones:
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08

HIsroRY OF THE TELEGRAPH In BRIEF.
i he first scientific suggestion for the con
structon Of the present electric telegraph
WAS made by Ampere, in 1920, and he ap.
piled the subtle gavanic coil, the principal
on which the electric magnetic telegraph is
based. In 1887 Professor Morse publicly
described his telegraph, which was invented
in 1882, but Cook and Wheatstone, of Eng
land first applied the electric telegraph to
public business in 1888. In 1874, the first
public telegraph line in America was erected
between Washington and Baltimore, and
since then we may truly assert that the
whole world has heen electrified by the in.
vention. 1t is but II years since the frs,
line of "A miles was erected, and now ther.
are not less than $4,000 miles of line in op
Grafton in America What an astounding
development of the agencies for rapid com
munication! Scientific Anaerican.
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08

CAPTAIN KIDD NOT A PIRATE.-At a meet,
ing of the New York Historical Society,
Judge Campbell delivered an address in vim
dication of Captain Kidd, in which he show
ed that Kidd had been an officer in the Britt,
ish Navy prior to 1901, when he married in
this country and took command of mer-
chant ship owned by Mr. Robert Livingston.
lie was very much respected and the Coun-
Gil in May of that year awarded him ESQ,
and publicly commended him for certain
seivices rendered to the colony. About the
year l695 the coasts Of New England were
infested with pirates, and the Earl of Bel
mont, whom the king had sent out as gov.
ernor, proposing to the governmental fit out
II ship of thirty guns and a hundred and fifty
men, and commission Captain Kidd to COM
mand her in a cruise against the buccaneers
This proposition WAS made pom the sugges
ton of Mr.. Livingston, who expressed great
confidence in Kdd's courage and capacity
and offered to pay one fifth of the expenses
The government was then unable to furnish
the required vessel, but the Earl of Belmont,
Lords Halifax, Somers, Romney, Oxford, and
others, contributed the Necessary funds, and
entered into articles of agreement with Liv-
ingston and Kidd. These articles were duly
filed in the State paper office, on the lth OF
December, 1905, the Court of Admiralty
issued a commission, authorizing Captain
Kidd to take all French cruisers, and the
kings enemies, etc. The Adventure galley
was fitted out, and in the following April
Captain Kidd saied to New York, where h'
enlisted a full crew, and then commences
operations of a privateer. In the meantime
the whig noblemen concerned in fitting on
the Adventure, were impeached. Rumor
were spread that Captain Kidd had turned
pirate and when he entered Boston is June
l699, he was seized and sent to England
where he was convicted Of piracy, and exc
cuted in May, 1900. The mpeached lords
were afterwards acquitted.
MuGGINs AND THE MUGGINsEs- A festive
party of young fellows whiled away the
damp hours of Friday eveling in playing the
classic game Of Muygins in an up town store
The night waned away to the small hours
when it was suggested that they "pIay fol
something" This generally means lager
cigars, tods, oysters, or matters of this kind
Bnt as il; happened all the saloons and such
like "dens of inlany" were closed, they had
to make the best Of what forfets laying
around loose. Mc-spiel IL box Of Mclean 5
bilious pills, and propos ID that every time a
man lost game he should take pill
The novelty and fun of the idea took with
the rest, and they went on playing with re-
newed interest. C-was the first loser,
and he swallowed the abomnation like little
man. G.s turn came next, and he swallow
ed the peuaty without winking; and SO the
game went on. There were twent five pills
in the box, and three Of them were consid
erel Il 's4 for al me licAl putp ,se'. NJ.
swallowed nine Of them, &. eight more, c.
guIpe.i down six, j. took the remainder
while jerks got off scot free. The game
hastily terminated at three A. NJ.
Duduque Times
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08

SEVENTY SwARMs OF BEES AT WAR.-Ez-
ra Dipple, a well known citizen Of this
town, and for many years engaged exten-
sively IN the management of bees, commu
nicates to US the following interesting par
ticulars of battle among his bees. He
had seventy swarms of bees, about equally
divided On the east and west side Of his
house. On Sunday afternoon, about three
o'clock, the weather being warm and the
windows open, his house was suddenly filed
with bees, which forced the family to flee at
once to the neighbors. Mr.. Dipple, after
getting well protected against his a~saiants
proceeded to take a survey, and, if possible,
learn the cause which had disturbed them
The seventy swarms appeared to be out, and
those on one side of the house were arrayed
in battle against those on the other side;
and such battle was perhaps never before
Witnessed. They filled the air covering a
space of more than one acre of ground,
and fought desperately for more than three
hours-not for "spoils," but for conquest and
while at war, no living could exist in the VII
clnity. They stung large flock of Shang
hal chickens, nearly all of which died, and
persons passing along the roadside, were
obliged to make haste to avoid their stings
A little after six o'clock quiet was restored
and the living bees returned to their hives,
leaving the slain almost literally covering
the ground, since which but few have ap
peared around the hives, and those apparent
y stationed as sentinels to watch the enemy.
But two young swarms were entirely des
troyed, and aside from the terrible slaughter
of bees, no injury was done. Neither par
ty was victorious and they only ceased on
the approach of night, and from utter pros
tration. The occasion of this strange war
ring among the bees is not easily accounted
for; aud those most. conversant with their
management never before witnessed or
heard Of such spectacle as here narrated.
Conneaut (Ohio) Reporter
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08

REBEL MALTA resident of Wheeling
who has been prisoner in the hands of the
rebels at Staunton Virginia, several months,
was released the other day According to
the Wheeling Intelligencer he says: "The
rebels have a regular Mai system from St.
George in Tucker county, to Stanton, and
that they hear Of all our sayings and doings
out here pretty much the same as if nothing
intervened." The fact that the rebels have
half dozen underground railroads through
Western Virginia and Kentucky, and along
the Potomac, is perfectly well understood.
1t is impossible to establish an impassable
line of pickets, with or without Chinese
wall along a thousand miles of frontier.
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08

minister was travelling in the back
woods, and espying a cabin, entered on his
mission of mercy. The lady of the house
(she being the only one present, and rightly
judging his errand) when she perceived him
approaching, seized the Bible, and when he
entered, was, to all intents, busily engaged
in perusing the volume He noticed, how
ever, that she held the book with the letters
reversed, or, in other words upside down,
After the usual courtescs, the minister in
quired what she was reading.
"Oh, bout the ole prophets" was the
e>iden'ly sci. satisfactory response.
III is very edifying 20 read of the suffer
ings and death of christ" sal the minister
And so that good man is dead is he?"
asked the matron, evidently getting ineres
ted.
"Certainly ' he is"
swell, that's just ;he way. I've been a.
JOHN a long time TO take the newspapers
but he wont. Eserybody in the word
might die, an' we not git to Lear bit bout
it," said the woman in a rapid tone.
"Ah, woman, YOU are in the dark" said
the yreacher with elongated face,
YES, know we are. I've been at John
IA long time to put window in the fur end
of the house, but he won't do that either"
II perceive you are weak in knowledge" ="
81 know that I'm weak, and | guess if
you'd had the bilious fever, an been takin'
sazafrax an cateract pills as long as have,
you'd be weak, toon' replied the woman in
rather an angry tone OF voice, and half an
octave biOher than usual
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08

THE RIGHT VIEW OF TIE REMovAL.-On
the removal of the Legislature to San Fran
cisco, the Marysvile Express says:
1--WE doubt the policy of the change, and
we think majority of the people agree with
us, but that is small matter. In looking
around at the causes which induced members
to vote for change, we are impressed with
the .act that high water was not the only
one. The Union pursued avery indecent
course, better calculated to arouse in the
breasts of members feelings of animosity
than friendship. Sacramento may thank
the Union for the removal of the capital,
and, if it ever comes back, it viii. be when
the Union opposes such STEP,
The Placer herald., 1862-02-08
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