The Placer herald., 1863-04-25
NUMBER "a.
CLIPPINGS.

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enemies. Sargent has lately written private
! letter accusing Phelps of lodging the vote on
the emancipation measure
The ST. Louis Republican, of March 23d, says
Gen Denver has arrived in that city; and that
his resignation has been accepted. Wonder if
the General won't turn up in California in time
for "A Gubernatorial Convention.
Strawberries are selling in the San Frrncso0
market at sl.25 per lb.
CosrLY.-In Lyon county, Nevada Territory,
deed was filed last week which had on it stamps
amounting to S220.
| Two San Franciscans recently went trout fish
ing to the vicinity of Half Moon Bay, and caught
seven hundred trout in twenty six hours.
man named John Brown assaulted his wife
the other day iE San Francisco, when she turned
on him with an axe and injured him seriously.
During the late storm more snow fell on the
mountain roads to Washoe than ut any previous
time during the winter.
1t is reported that A. A. Sargent will be u
candidate for Governor before the Abolition State
Convention.
The least a vehicle has in it the more noise it
makes. SO with fools head the empticr it is
the louder it rattles.
The work of smelling copper ore in the Cali
forniI Copper Smelling Works, near Mount dab
10, it is thought will be commenced inside of two
months from the present time.
MURDER. A desperate named Spanish Joe.
was recently murdered near La Paz Colorado
mines) 1t is said that he had within u few years
killed nine men, one olwhom was deputy Sheriff
of Guba.
| Frederick W. Mansel, clerk in the banking
house of Statler Il Arlington, Virginia City, NJ
| t., absconded from that place on the night of the
5th inst. taking with him nearly $4,000 of his
employers money.
4 reward of $1,000 is offered for his apprchcn-
| sion.
GHoG.-Mixcd liquors are called ''grog" be-
cause Admiral Vernon. who was the first to mix
his sailors allowance with water, was ncknamed
! "Old Grog,' from his wearing grogram coat;
and this name. grog, was given to the adultcrated
! liquor he compelled the scamen of his fleet to
drink
| A CoNpEsCEND,NG DARKEY.-A military officer
wished to compliment negro by drinking with
him. "Wcll captain" replied Cuff, Use very
dry, so | won't be ugly abont it, Some nggas is
too proud to drink with milishy ossiler, but l
think milshy osster when sober, is just as good
as nigga specially if the nigga is dry.
TOBACCO CULTuRE.-A number of farmers in the
northeastern portion of Colusa county are plant
ing from five TO ten acres each OF tobacco
HUMBOLDT SALr.-It has been nscerained (says
the Virginia Union) that beneath the stratum of
loose salt lately discovered in Humboldt District
N IT,, there is bed of crystalized salt, ten feet
thick. Pieces of this rock are as transparent and
white as clean ice.
ROME AT NooN.-The spring deepcns into sum
mer and before the last days of June have come
the city is empty. silent. aud Roman The run
bakcs all day on the lava pavement, and they who
are in the streets at noon creep slowly along in
the shadows, clinging closely to the walls. The
shops are all shut for two hours, and the city
goes to sleep. The splash of fountains sounds
| loud and cool in the squares; few carriages at
intervals rattle along; but it not for the
burning sun and dry air that beats up from the
pavement you might rather suppose it midnight
| than mid day.--Story's Roba di Roma.
| Gen. Banks. it seems, has had great deal of
trouble in his command at New Orleans, owing to-
the Introduction of negroes as soldiers. Most all
of the officers in the New York Regiments re-
| signed, and the privates are deserng rs fast
as they can get opportunities. This elevation of
the negro is becoming bad business and the
Administration will find it out some day or
another
A writer on natural history gives the following
diinition of II ram: "A ram is an animal whose
bntt is on the wrong end OF him."
There are thousands of negroes at st. Louis,
sent there by military commanders; and it is
becoming troubles question as to what dis
position shall be made OF them
Fossil remains of the horse has been found ON
Owens river, thrty-ive feet below the surface.
This is thought to be the first discovery of the
kind west of the Rocky Mountains.
Scolding is the pepper OF matrimony. and the
Ituics are thc pcppcr'poAes.
1t is estimated that not less than twenty-five
millions o dollars have been stolen by the Quar-
termasters of the Army. With such rich pacers
to work in we doubt whether these rascals want
the rebellion crushed.
Owing to the absence of pennies the groccrs
of New Haven, Connecticut, are giving nutmegs
for change. Whether the article is genuine or
manufactured is not stated.
In tract distributed by the Mormon preach
ers. the following question and answer occurs:
"What shall be the reward OF those who have
fOrsaken their wives for Righteousness sake? A,
hundrcd-fold of wives here and wives everlast
ting hereafter"
MINING NOTICE The Red Bluff Independent
publishes the following mining notice; which was
placed on a stake, not a hundred miles from Red
Bluff:
We de undersinc clam dree hunlral veet Iso'
far dat way rs dis way dree hundred veet from
dis notis so much dat side rs dis nit all de
dips angs sburs vat de grouu cover. dis
logashin ish made for goold sbur Don copper
Just as we mind to.
We doondersined.
The Colusa Sun says there is a wild grape
vine growing at Sycamore Slough that is IA
inches in diameter.
They are preparing to cast a 2C-inch gun at
Pittsburg, Pa, which will weigh, in the rough
nearly 100 tons. 1t is Ito be finished in time for
the nextwar."
The Erpositor, lately destroyed in Visalia by
a mob Of soldiers will soon be revived at NJ Her
ton Fresno county. Six hundred dollars have
been contributed toward buying the necessary
material. 1t will be published, as before by L..
p Hall
There is man in Rose. Wayne county. who is
close fgurcr. He recently brought into Courta
bill for attending the funeral Of Il neghbor as
follows: "For team attending the funeral. S2s
Tor services rs captain OF funeral, ST. total, So.
The Savannah .Ne,cS says there were at latest
dates l3l Yankee vessels ut Hilton Head--3
rOG-cads, l3 eunboas and l20 Transports.
Averaging their entire fleet, transports and all,
ut 800 men each, the lor,e amounts to 10000.
Joseph Brown colorel man. died at Easton,