The Placer herald., 1863-11-28
NUMBER 13.
CLIPPINGS.

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PACIFIC RAILRoADs.-It appears that they
have two Pacific Railroads at the East. One
runs from Chicago, and the other is calcu-
lated to connect ST. Louis with San Francis.
CO. Gen. Fremont is President of the latter.
VIM. II. Leighton, the actor, died lately
in San francisco, from consumption. He
was native of Massachusetts, and member
Of the Masonic fraternity. His efforts 10
California had not been generally successful.
The New York Evening Post, one of Mr..
Lincoln's organism chief says: If slavery is
to be continued in this country, we want the
Irish and Catholics to take the place of the
negroes, and let the more intelligent and
virtuous blacks be liberated
The Detroit Free Press, of the 10th ult
says that the health of Gen. Cass was i'm.
proving and he was considered ont Of dam
ger. Gen. Cass is now eighty one years old,
having been, born in 1882. In that year
were also born John G. Calhoun, Thomas H.
Benton, Daniel Webster and Martin Van
Buren-all dead.
COPPER IN SoNoMA CoUNTY.-New and
rich developments in copper veins continue
to be made at Cloverdale, Sonoma county.
The Santa Rosa Democrat says that speci-
mems of native copper have been taken from
the Washington tunnel. The mines on Dry
creek are also improving as the tunnels in
crease.
A Scotch minister, very homey in his ad'
dress, chose for his text passage from the
Psalms: Il said in my haste, All men are
liars" say" promised his reverence by
way Of introduction, "yo said it in your
haste, David, did yel Gin ye had been here
ye might have said it at your leisure, mon."
Eighteen of the coored walters of the
Delavan House in Albany, were drafted. Six
teen of them took the skedaddler's railroad
for Canada, and the other two have exemp.
ton marks.
The GREATEST ARE DEAD.-Bulwer says:
honor the reverence to noble tombs too
implicitly to believe that any living great
man can equal great dead man A great
dead man is shrined ideal of excellence, u
living great man is struggling fellow NOR
tai.
The immigration at New York alone for
the year up to date is computed at 100000
while that for 1862 was 76 900, making an
increase of "a 900, or 5000 more than the
entire total of 1862.
There is this difference between happiness
and wisdom. He that thinks himself the
happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks
himself the wisest, is generally the creates,
fool.
REESE RlvER.-On Monday, November
10th, snow fell at Reese river to the depth Of
several inches.
There is firm in Elgin, Illinois, known
as "Gray n Lunt." Half their letters come
to them directed "Lay Il Grunt."
FIRE.-The extensive Saw and Lumber
Mills at Mendocno, belonging to Godefroy,
Silem & Co., Of San Francisco, were des.
troyed by fire on Saturday. Loss $lOO,0 900.
A SINGULAR PREDICAMENT.-Mr. J. ii.
Hardie, who was drafted and held for service
in the 9th district, being granted weeks
furlough. subsequently obtained commits
sion as lieutenant in the 9th u S. Infantry,
claimed his discharge from the Board, which
they could not give him, no provisions being
made for such a case. New York Paper.
A Burlington boy of II secretly married
n girl of Ia recently, and the bride mother
hearing of it, went to the wedding, took off
her bonnet and shawl, and gave both sound
thrashing.
EEA traveller, on miserable, lean steed,
was hailed by a Yankee, who was hoeing his
pumpkins by the roadside.
Halo, friend, where are you boundl"
81 am going TO settle the western country"
replied the other.
"Wel, get off and stradde this pumpkin
it will grow and carry you faster than that
ERE beast"
BULLIoN.-About half ton Of bullion
per day is shipped from Virginia City. The
bullion is worth about three dollars an ounce
on the average.
The battle field of Chckamauga, says a
correspondent of the Atlanta (Georgia) In.
telligencer, extended abou. ten miles, and the
carnage was tho most frightfuI yet witnessed;
far exceeding Charlottesville, Gettysburg.
Murfreesboro, or Shiloh, the constant and
terrific roar of artillery never was exceeded
E& 1t is proverb at our colleges, that
the students who graduate with the high.
est honors, are seldom heard of after
wards"
OHIo SHEEP TO BE PAsrURED IN ILLINOIS
AND IowA.-One Of the most singular rel
suits of the failure of the hay crop in Ohio,
is that over $4,000 head of sheep have al
ready been shipped from Harrison, Jefferson
and other counties, to the West, to be pas.
tured on the great prairies Of Illinois and
Iowa. Two hundred and fifty sheep can be
placed in one car, and the freight on these
is $55 from Canton, Stark county, Ohio to
Chicago. Steubenvlle Herald
The number of Provost Marshals, Assist,
ant Provost Marshals, clerks, aids, helps, en-
rolling officers, engaged in carrying out the
Conscription Act, is set down as numbering