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The Placer herald., 1863-12-19

AT Lincoln, lllh inst, DIR. J. A. BoyD, in ,b.
35th year Of his age.
At the Alabaster Hotel FL Dorado County an
Deer. 18th, SoLoN STow, in the oath year Of hi,
age.
At New Castle, Deer. 18th. WM. MErcALr. ag.a
40 years; formerly from Plattsvile, Wisconsin,
Papers in that State will please COPY.
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19

The Rebels bold as prisoners at Richmond
900 army officers and naval officers, viz
One brigadsr, Neal Dow; IA colonsls, 25
lieutenant-colonels, 27 surgeons, SO assistant
surgeons, % majors, 24e captains, 2e4 first
lienienapts. and 297 seccpd lieutenant..
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19

EV }. }. Owen, who is elected Speaker
pro tenn. is the same man who last year ad.
vocated law allowing the negro all the
privileges Of white man, including the
rights of suffrage, and he said that there
was negro barber in Santa Clara more
intelligent than half the Legislature. His
election is equal to the election of said
barber. SO far as principle is concerned
COluSo San
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19
RELIGIOUS NOTICES

CHRIsr's CHURCH SERVICE (EPIscopAL.)-Divi,.
service will be celebrated at the Court 'a' Hona'
every Sunday morning, at IL O'Clock, and in ~.
c7"ning at O'Clock. The Sunday School Iii ,Hi
meet al m. REV. ADAM A. McALISTEp
Minister Officiotin,
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19
The WRATH OF THE BoRnrRs -Tb

IHE WRATH OF THE BoRDERs- The 81 tua-
ton of things along the Missouri and Kan
sas State line is graphically pictured in two
short sentences from the Leayenworth Bulle-
tin:
The general order, requiring all to leave
the border counties, has been carried OUT
All persons found without proper papers are
shot at sight.
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19

@s- When you are depressed by the gam.
sickly feeling of disordered system, which need,
to be cleansed and stimulated into healthy A.,
tion, take dose or two Of AYERS PILLS and 60.
how quick you can be stored fora shilling.
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19
MONOPOLUS MINING COMPANY.

NOTICE is hereby given to the Delinquen'
~ Shareholders in the Monopolus Mining Coul. lou.
pany, that the following shares standing IN 'nen
names upon the books of the Company upJ,aa p,a
which assessments arc due thereon, will pe 'o,a
to pay such assessments and the costs OF ad'e.
tising and sale, at Dotys Flat, Placer county ~
Saturday, December 10Th, 1868, at the hour o'
4 'nlock
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19
PRESIDENTIAL WEAKNESS.

It is fresh in recollection Of the nation
that when the Chicago preachers called upon
the President and demanded the issuance o
proclamation declaring free all slaves held
by persons in rebellion against the Govern
ment, he gave number Of cogent reason,
against the impolicy Of the measure, and
yet shortly after, without any new light be-
ing offered on the matter, he did precisely
wha. ths preachers required. The faith oi
many men, who were prone to regard the
President as man of conservative senti'
ments, was rudely shaken-and some con-
cluded that he was either weak or deceitful
Recently delegation from Missouri
known as radicals-that is, Abolitionists OF
the most ultra character, and revolutionary
disorganzers Of the worst stamp-m6n
whose thirst for blood seems to equal that Of
the French Jacobins-caled upon Mr.. Lin
coin and demanded the unconditional remov.
al Of Gen. Schofeld the military commander
Of Missouri, who was holding in check an
invasion Of Missouri border counties, pro-
jected 10y Jim Lane and Jennison, who
threatened to lay waste the country with fire
anl sword. The President gave patient
hearing to the radicals, and after mature de-
liberation. declined 10 accede to their de-.
mands, and answered them at length in a
letter, in which he justified the conduct of
Gen. Schofield, and afterwards wrote that
officer letter in which he approved his
course.
Every humane man in the country applaud
ed the action Of the President, and felt re-
leved that Missouri was not given over to
the control Of these savage anarchists. But
it seems appreciation was premature, as the
telegraph informs us this week, that dele
cation from the National Council of the
Loyal League has waited upon the President,
demanded and obtained the removal Of Gen e.
Schoheld. They further required the remov
al Of Postmaster General Blair and Attorney
General Bates, from the Cabinet.
What other deduction can be drawn from
these noted instances Of vaclalion on the
part Of Mr.. Lincoln, than that he is weak
and piable, or else full fedgel extremist
who endeavors to acquire the reputation of a
conservative by false pretense Of at first
holding back from RADICAL measures We
incline to the belief that he is deplorably
weak-that he cannot hold out against the
opportunities, threats and badgering Of his
more rampant supporters, who in the end
carry him, against his better nature, into
their own wild and reckless current. that
leads 10 the worst social and political OWLS.
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?-The Sacrament
TO Bee says bill to amend the Act regard
ing Conveyances has been introduced by Mr..
Shafter, of San Francisco; making the Act
read thus:
"All deeds and conveyances of real estate,
or any interect therein when such real es-
tate is held adversely to the grantor or
promisor, in such deed, conveyance or con.
tract, shall be absolutely void"
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19

Gss The State of Illinois claims to have
the largest OK known since the flood. He
is five years old, twenty one hands high,
nineteen and half feet in length, and weighs
thrty-sx hundred pounds.
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19

REMovAL.-Harwood 4 Cross have re.
moved their Hardware and Tin Store next
door to the Head Quarters Saloon, in the
Center Block.
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19
DIVINE SERVICE.

Divine Service will be held at the NJ. f ch,..,
by Rev. William Wilmot Tomorrow SUNDAY 81
l0a A. M. and "a p. M, and rgularly thereaf,s,.
the same hours on each Sunday AZ
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19

1@ A band ofDigger Indians, fresh from
the wllds of Mendocino, are travelling through
the State, giving exhibitions Of their native
charms, dances and etc.
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19

BALL At LINcoLN.-The order of Good
Templars, have about completed fine brick
hall, in dimension, sixty by thirty feet, and
intend opening the same with a Ball on
Friday evening, January lst 1864. The Ball
is to be given to aid the expense Of construct.
ing the hall, and it is desired that the young
people will turn out in numbers on the festive
occasion.
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19

INsANE.-Dane Barber Of Bath, in this
county, laboring under insanity, was convey
ed TO Stocktoa this week by Deputy Sheriff
Kennedy. Barber was former resident OF
the State Of New York.
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19

RETIcENr.-Gen. Scott, who lives in New
York, "it is said" Quotation from the Sac,
ramento Union) refuses to talk about the
war. Evidently sangunary matters "au't
chopin his way"
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19

W The Sonora Democrat says, owing to
the want of water in the numerous bitches
III this county, the mining population are at
complete stand still. CONSEQUENTLY bu.
little money is in circulation-and times are
the dullest imaginable.
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19

WAMLKE PREPARATIONS OF Russia
The following highly important fact, SAYS
the New York Times, concerning the militia
ry preparations and warike spirit of Russia,
we nave privately received from a perfectly
are taken is under date Of October 3Osh da,
ted ST. Petersburgh:-
The war preparations continue here upon
scale unprecedented in the history of Rus.
sia. An immense recruitment has been or,
dered throughout the Empire. Very large
earthworks and stone forts have been con.
structed at this place, Cornstadt Heslngfors,
Viborg and other places. Ten or twelve
monitors and two or three ironclads of diff
ferent construction, have been ordsrel and
will be ready for sea in May or June next
Large quantities Of cannon, and shot and
shell have been ordered from England, and
will come overland during the winter All
the Government shops are being enlarged
and every effort is making to render Russia
Independent of other countries in war ma
terial. as she is already in food and clothing
for her armies. On the first appearance ol
the war cloud the Russians dreaded i! very
much, although they were determined to do
their utmost to sustain the Emperor, if i,
came to that. Now, however, the feeling
has entirely changed, and they do not dread
it at all. In fact, | rather think they cour,
it than otherwise. Alexander's popularity is
immense and increasing every day lie is
now visiting the southern portion Of his EN-
pre, but is expected to return to St. Peters
burg in a few days.
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19

EE The national excise tax on wbiskey
" now twenty cents per gallon, and it ia pro
posed to raise it forty cents more.
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19

The N. Y. World says that the draft is be-
ing practically nullfed all over New Eng
land BY the disappearance Of the conscripte,
the enormous number exempted for disabili-
~ and over or under age.
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19

Londo" now covers l20 square miles,
The population, which incrssses 900 g
week, is pow 100000.
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19

"WAuBAyUMA MINING DlsrRIcr. This
is the name given by Mr.. John Moss to the
new mines discovered by him in the CoIora-
do country. The Los Angeles Star says it
is situated fifty miles from Fort Mohave; in
the center of fine rolling country. The
hills are abundantly supplied with timber,
and grass, and the plain intersected with
streams Of water The District is named
after the chief of the tribes of WalIapahs
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19

W Lincoln has had the small-pox-
bat the Emancipation Proclamation cured
him.
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19

ELECTION IN IDAHo.-The Walla Wala
Statesman has report brought by some per-,
son from Bitter Root Valley, of the election
returns in that section, together with the
result in the different precincts on the other
side Of the Rocky Mountains. The intelli.
gence is to the effect that John NJ. Cannady.
Democrat, received almost the entire vote in
those precincts giving him majority there
of one thousand ballots.
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19

Eg The ship Aquilla with her iron-clad
freight, furnishes a standing item TO the Bay
papers. Indeed her loss has been a windfall
to the press reporters, who are frequently
crowded to the wall for local items
1t seems that the ownership of the vessel s
cargo is becoming mixed question. The
Government, contractors, and underwriters,
are all denying an ownership in, or responsi
bility for the Comanche, and are trying to
free themselves from money loss in the
matter. In the meanwhile, the porters who
lately undertook to raise the Aquilla. are
anxious about their pay. and talk about at
taching and selling vessel and cargo to pay
their claims. Some shoddyite will line hi,
pockets out Of the wreck, yet.
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19

Scsrletiaa prevails to an alarming extent
in San Francisco, says the Journal
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19

FRASxISo.-No private citizen, high or
low, can send q letter OF document Of any
kind, or anything, TO any officer or public
man at Washington or elsewhere Excepting
to members Of the United States Senate aud
House of Representatives, without prepay
ing full postage thereon, whether such mat
ter is upon official business or othsrwise.-
lie must prepay letters TO the President Of
the United States, his Cabinet officers and
othsrs in public stations With the aboys ex.
ceptionS
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19
Another Man Hung by a Vigilance
Committee.

Los ANGELES, December l6.-Charles
Wilkens was indicted for the murder of John
Sanford yesterday, by special Grand Jury,
This morning the prisoner was brought into
the District Court for arraignment and
plea. He plead guilty to the charge of muir
der, and sentence WAS TO be pronounced
against him tomorrow morning at o'clock,
when the vigilantes in larger numbers en-
tered the Court room and took the prisoner
from the custody of the Sheriff and hung
him.
Wilkens was criminal of the deepest
dye. lie made full confession ofhis crimes.
lie was an English Mormon and his parents
reside in Salt Lake City. He was engaged
in the Mountain Meadow massacre, killed
two men in Yreka, was sentenced to the
State Prison from San Luis Obispo for grand
larceny, and made his escape some time since.
BY his own confession he has murdered nine
men, John Sanford being the ninth. While
on his way TO the Courtroom, in the custo-
dy Of Sheriff King, an attempt to rescue was
made, when shotgun accidentally exploded,
which wounded one man in the log and an
other in the foot.
SHIP BUILDINa IN SCorLAND.-A CORES.
pondent of the S. F. Bulletin writing from
Scotland says:-There are SO iron sea going
vessels now being built on the Clyde, bel
tween Greenock and the city Of Glasgow
More than three.four,hs Of these are propel
lers, the remainder side wheels. 1t is pos
sib!e that some of these may be sail vessels.
as we cannot always tell by the iron frame
what the exact nature Of the ship may be
when finished These vessels are all clipper
models, very sharp at the bow and where
they leave water aft. They are all with the ex-
ception Of three, entirely constructed of iron
- iron keels iron covering, iron compart>
msnts, iron ribs The durability ofthese YES
sells and their economy is worthy of our Sc
rious attention.
Among the 60 iron vessels above mention
ed, are five iron-clad, three of which in Ma
piers yard were labeled, For the Turkish
Government-4,22l TONS" The model Of
these were all alike-ram in the front, but
otherwise like good and fast sea boats beam
56 feet, Al feet from keel to bomb proof
Above the bomb proof the bulwarks to be
Of wood, and removable in a fight; l6 water
proof compartments; ribs, keel, and every
part TO be Of iron. They will look on the
water very like our Niagara now looks
One Of the other iron cads has ribs of oak,
with iron plating.
The object Of this letter is simply to call
attention to the Importance ofincreasing the
facilities in the United States of building
iron'clads; for if one port can build 63, how
many can England build in all her ports?-
Also how long will it be before Great
Britain monopolizes all the carrying trade of
the world?
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19

INFLATED CURRENcY.--Thec currency ones
ton is one Of absorbing interest with pru-
dent, intelligent men. They know that
Chase's greenbacks add nothing to the
wealth of the country. Speaking of tho
present inflated prices Of everything the New
York World says:
"Ihe truth is. we are in the midst of mad
intoxication induced by an excess of ire:
deemable paper money. Everything will 60
on swimmogly until pay day comes, and
then-heaven he us all! In the meantime
it would be we'll for every one to make hay
while the sun shines. We advise all who
have made money by the imitation to invest
it in real estate and sound dividend paving
stocks. BY doing so, and keeping out Of
debt, something will be saved in spite of the
storm, which is as certain to come as death. )"
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19
BIRTH.
DIED.

On Thursday, the 10th inst, at Dry Greek IN,
wife of f. A. Redwine, OF son.
The Placer herald., 1863-12-19
TAXING THE MINES.

The machinery is preparing and the
thumb-screws being set to force from the
miners Of the Pacific Coast untold millions
by direct taxation upon their claims. The
people Of the East favor it, large party
in Congress are ready to insist upon it, and
the Secretaries OF War and the Interior re'
commend it. And even herein California
and Nevada-we have men so impoltic or
Indifferent as to urge the same thing. Tho
Constitutional Convention of Nevada provid
ed for the taxation Of the mines to raise rev.
enue for the new State, while in our Legis-
lasure, Mr.. Hi,tell, of San Francisco, has
proposed to remove the exemption that has
always heen made in favor Of mining claims.
and make them taxable as other property.
From the foregoing it will be seen the
Pacific mines are threatened with double
direct taxation from the General Government
and from the State. The people Of the Att
Ian!ic States, who have seen the vast treas
ure shipped TO their shores from California,
cannot understand why the fields that con.
tains these precious metals, and upon which
miners have entered upon without restraint,
should not be taxed directly to supply the
wants Of the national treasury. They view the
matter in a partial light. The aggregated value
OF the precious metals produced here seems
to them, and in truth is magnificent gem.
Where so much wealth is obtained, they
think there mnst be valuable property for the
assessors schedule. They don't know or do
not appreciate the fact that the millions that
appear in the shipping lists is the aggrega
tion Of the toll of tens Of thousands Of men,
scattered over vast territory stretching
from the borders Of Mexico TO the British
possessions, and from the Pacific ocean to
the Rocky Mounans-obtained by infinite
toll, exposure and hardship and that among
this large army Of laborers, large majority,
do not more than make the current expen.
ses of their living. They do not know that
mining is the most uncertain lottery in
which money mind and muscle was ever
invested. Until they do know tbis-untl
facts and arguments are piled mountain high
to remove their pre- e-conceived notions, they
will be clamorous for taxation upon this, the
great industrial interest Of the Pacific. But
ifminers are careless, if they are not prompt to
counteract these movements, in little while,
not shovel Of earth, or a pound of rock
can be raised in the mine without the auth.
ority of mining license. The freedom of
the mines will be at An end-and the fields
heretofore so inviting to the energy and la
Dor Of the poor men Of the country. will be
under the lock and KEY Of the ine1orable
taxlgatherer.
As to the taxation of the mines on the
part Of the State, the remedy can be directly
applied to the Legislature by petitions, re-
monstrances and Instructions on the part of
constituents.
This question is destined soon to grow in
Importance, in both State and nation, and it
is none too early to Drepare for its discussion
The mountain Democrat., 1863-10-31
DEWOCRAFTC PLXTF0R11.

Resolved, That the Democracy Of the state Of
California are In fsv0T Of an unaltsble adherence
70 the Constitutions Of the United States, with all
its guarAntees Of civil liberty uuimpaiFed.
Resolved, That We are In favor Of the restora-
tiOn Of the Whols American Union that We Tscog
mise 70 its fullest extent the right and duty Of tie
government 70 resist BY constitutional mode rebel
Hon or insuEreettOn againSt itS lawful supremacy
but We recognize that right eolsly ssr the purpose
Of restoring Its constitutional authority and for
other purpose Whats0eveF.s
Resolved, That IL is the duty Of the State Of
California, a. member Of the Uniea. to yield
obedience 70 ell Constitutional acts Of Congress and
the Federal Executive, and that any individual Of
any party, who ahaM endeavor 70 incito tnsuETec-
tion or rebellion within her bordsTs disAHsetiOn
and diseOrd among hsr VsOVle, h traitor to her
Resolved, That the aim and object Of the Dem
cratic party is TO preserve the Federal Union and
the rights oft several StAteS unimpaired; and
they hereby declare that thsy do not consider the
ad8inistrItivs usurpatiOn of extraordinary and
dangerous powers not granted By the Constitutions
the Su5versiou Of the civil By tie military law In
States not In insuTTsction or rebsfion-the arhi-
tTary military arrest, imprisonment, trial and
sentence Of American citizens In such States
where civil law exists In full force and reign
the suppression Of freedom Of speech and Of the
press-the open and ATowed disregard Of State
rights-the fanatieal attempt TO place the negro
on = social and political equality with the white
raee-and thG employment Of unusual test oaths
-Ns calculated 70 preserve or restore . union Of
Ne iexg1sA H>sses IS S0Ep5tIS9s sgOyeysEpsDt
"deriying its just powers from the consent Of the
governed"
Resolved, That We are opposed to an secret pO-
litical organizations and societies, ~ dangerous
to the liberties Of the people and destructive 70
our republican form Of government.
Resolved, That We claim and demand a. inalien-
able rights, freedom Of thought freedom Of speech,
and freedom Of the press, and further declare that
government agents should at all times be held 70 q
strict accountability to the people, and that all
errors Of such agents should be liable to the full
and free discussion for the purpose O correction BY
the bAllot-box.
Resolved, That We deAOunce and unqualihedly
condemn the EmancipaIio Proclamation Of the
President Of the United States - tending to pro-
tract indefinitely civil war. incite serve nsuTrec
tion, and inevitably close the door forever to
toration Of the Union Of these States.
Resolved, That We disappreve Of all COngres-
siOnal laws tending to substitute paper currency
in Calio, mia in place Of our own metallic circula
ting medium.
Resolved, That the spirit and meaning Of the
Democratic Platform Of this State are comprised
in the words, The Constitution as 1t is and the
Union ~ 1t Was.'
The mountain Democrat., 1863-10-31

GOVERNMENT PLUNDERERs.-The sup.
porters Of the Administration have been
correctly named Government Plunderers.
While the people are suffering and ex-
travagantly taxed "to prosecute the
war vigorously" Abolition loafers and
scoundrels are coming money out of the
calamities Of the country, and are encOur-
aged in their villainy by the powers that
be. The way they are fleeing the Gov
ernment is illustrated in the fact that q
ship carrying 5000 sacks Of corn was
chartered to sail from New York to New
Orleans for $l2O per day, and was only
one hundred and twenty two days on the
trip, making the corn cost for freight
alone two dollars and fifty cents bushell
In another case the vessel was out SO
long, at so extravaganza q charter, that
the corn cost $5 per bushel for freight |!
The owners Of the vessels are loyalists
and savage denouncers Of peace Demo-
Gratis They want the war continued to
put down this wicked rebellion. Such
wretches are employed by the Admins
tratiOn to manufacture public opinion
and advocate its war policy.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-10-31

SEWARD CONVICTED OF IGNoRANCE.-A
New York paper convicts Mr.. Secretary
Seward Of some blunders in history, in
bis recently issued circular letter. Such
mistakes as placing Prince Rupert's Is
land near the headwaters Of the Missis'
sippi; calling the motto of the Garter the
mette of the British National Arms; at
tributing 10 Cardinal Richelieu the occu-
patton and fertilization "of large pOr-
ton Of this continent from the Gulf ol
Mexico to the Straits of Belle Isle, "
though the Cardinal had been dead a
quarter of century ere the Mississippi was
discovered; alluding to the cage Of Ca.
noens rs coevaf fwith the introduction
Of slavery to this continent by Portugal,
though the poet died half q century be-
fore that event-these blunders Of his
past diplomatic correspondence, the crit
&c thinks were bad enough, but like ig-
norance Of passing events is inexcusable.
NJ. Seward in Sic S;.cHiaE lately pub
hsH0d to our Ministers abroad, speaks of
a0 ordinance Of emancipation having been
adoptsd in Missouri which terminated
GaSesy 10 seven years. The ordinance
alluded TO does not even pretend to give
slave his liberty short of thirteen years.
1nd 20. leave ct least half the slaves now 10
AlsSonFi slaves for life.