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The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

The WAR CLERGY.-Ihe fol owing ex>
tract from the columns of the New York
News is appropriate, and speaks for ITSELF
The whole article is well worthy of, but too
long for publication in our columns:
There is another class who support the
war simply because they find the war so
convenient thing for supporting themselves
Country clergy, who had been starving on
five hundred a year salary, found ,ha, the
war opened for them wider fields of useful
ness, aud more glorious opportunity for
saving souls, on twelve hundred a YEAR
Loyalty with this class means simply bread
and butter. The continuance of the war Sc
cures this; its cessation would send them
home ia starve. 1t matters tile to these
pious souls how many souls are sent to their
final account, all unprepared, ly cannon
shot and saber stroke, SO that they are not
forced to dine with Duke Humphrey. Bu,
we 10y no means wish to disparaye the church
on account OF the wickedness, folly and in
sincerity of those who minister AT its a'tars
We agree with Bishop Warburton, who
says in his letters: The Church, like the
Ark of Noah, is worth saving; not for thu
sake of the unclean be1sis that almost filled
il, but for the little corner of nationality that
WAS as much distressed by the stink within
AS the tempest without"
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

RED CoATs.-A detachment Of royal
British sappers and miners, under Captains
Graub, Parsons and Laird, and Lieutenant
Palmer, Of the Engineer service, arrived from
Victoria by the steamer on Saturday and left
for Panama, en- route for England, by the
Constitution, t, day. They wandered about
our streets in full coors on Saturday af,er-
noon and yesterday; attracting much atten-
ton from the novelty OF their uniforms
which made them as conspicuous among our
dark-dressed citizens as SO many scarlet
tlamingoes strayed among gray-pl lumaged
northern BIRDS
Democratic Press. Woy. 2SM,
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

CoRoNER's INQuEsr-Jusli Moore, Of
Ophir, held an inquest yesterday, on the
body of Stephen Watts, a colored man, who
was found dead in his cabin on Sailors
Rsvine, on Thursday morning. The jury
found verdict of death from natural
causes'-od age. Stephen WAS about 65 or
20 years Of age. lie was native Of Peters
burg, Virginia, and came to California from
be remembered by many, as a miner on
Spanish Flat, near town, for several years,
where he worked with good success.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

A young soldier in the army of the Poto-
mac, writing to a friend in Boston, modeslly
requests II needle book, having lost his at
Gettysburg. The article was forwarded in
due time, and wrapped in the folds was a
card photograph Of General Mcclellan. In
acknowledging the gift the soldier wrtes:-
"The picture Of Mcclellan is very fine
looks very natural, all that is wanting is the
emile. II did my eyes good to see il. 1t
had to 90 the rounds Of the regiment, and
from the old members received six hearty
cheers"
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28
Democratic Press, Nov. 2sM.

The Boston (Mass.) Courier says: "The
fact that Andrews, the noted leader of the
New York mob has been quietly removed
from Fort Lafayette, and taken no one knows
where, while other less conspicuous rioters
have been tried and punished, is exciting
considerable attention, and is believed 10y
many to confirm the statement made some
time ago, that Andrews WAS special agent
sent by the War Department to excite the
riot, and draw, if possible, some leading
democrats into completely with it. in order
to ruin them before the people. Failing in
this, it is now surmised that he has been
quietly released. The Democratic journals
Of New York cry loudly 70, his production
and trial.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

SOLDIERS FOR THE SoUrH.-The steamer
Senator will inaugurste her return TO her
old trade by conveying to Camp Drumm a
Company of soldiers. The approach Of
winter rendering travel over the deserts of
Arizona much less difficult and dangerous
than usual, the Government intends to COM
mence system of explorations, having for
its object the opening of the gold fields
which are known to lie in the great basin,
and afford the hardy pioneer and frontiers
man, ample protection from the tornahawk
and scalping knife Of the willy Indian. In
order that the troops which have been lying
in camp at Fort Yuma and Camp Drumm
may he used in making these explorations.
the Commander Of this Coast has directed
a portion of the Sixth Regiment Of Califor'
MIA Volunteers to proceed South, t' act as
garrisons to the posts which would other
wise be left destitute by the Withdrawal OF
The troops now in them, for the purposes we
have mentioned above. S. r. Call.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

LB- The Russian Ball, at San Francisco,
has been severely criticised in the Bay pa
pers as being splendidly uncomfortable af-
fair-the supper and cloak rooms being
wholly inadequate in their arrangement, the
guests had to snatch and grab for the ea.i
ables, and the hats and coaks went into a
general "swap and dicker' programme.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28
A. Ward is Coming

c. T. Browne. otherwise Artemus Ward,
the wax-fgger Snowman all the way from
Baldinsville, lnjianny, having gone slightly
into the lecture business, will norate a piece
to the citizens Of Auburn, at Lafayette Hall,
on next Tuesday evening, all about the
"Babes in the Woods" That |, cture will
have to be heard to be appreciated
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

prevalent complaints through this section Of
the State. |: would seem as if twothirds Of
the community were suffering from these af
fectons. There are also some more cases of
scarlet fever, that it is feared may prove fa-
tai. But few families in town have escaped
this dsease-but fortunately, in many cases
in a mild form.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28
NOTICE

HS hereby given. that the undersigned will
a apply to the Register of the State Land Office
in Sacramento. al his office. on Saturday. January
3D. 1864. or rs soon thereafter rs the application
can be heard. Tor the issuance of Patent for he
North half of Section Snvcnccn. Township NO.
II. North Range No. 6 EIst Mt. Diablo Meridian,
located in United States Land Office. the AN
day Of December 1858, it being State School
Land JOHN GERBER.
November 2Sth. 2SG3.--lm+
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

The patriots of the Rev. luton are fas.
passing away, and soon the las, will be sum.
moned to his final resting place. The young
est OF them now is about ninety four years of
age. On the lsl Of Ju'y 1862, there were
but sixty'two of them living, since which
time over one third of the number have died
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

PRoposEp DIREcT STEAM LINE BETWEEN
LIVERPOOL AND CnICAGo--A regular line
of sailing vessels between Cleveland (Ohio J
and Liverpool has been established. 1t is in
tended, also, by persons in Liverpool, to es
tablish line of screw steamers to sail from
that port to Cleveland and Chicago direct.
The steamers vii! lie of as large a capacity
for cargo as the Welland canal and locks
will admit Of The vessels will be Of iron OF
the first clas'. and to occupy not over twen-
ty-one Gays in the passage from port to port
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

new cure for consumption is talked
of-a cream diet. Eat AS much pure sweet
cream AS the stomach will digest (and as yon
can ceD and the. effect, it is said will be
quite as apparent as from the use Of the bes.
cod-ver oil. AS a medicine, it has also this
singul; advantage: Many kinds Of food are
said to be far more palaiable by boun,ful
admix,ure Of the medicine.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

ES- The dry, cold weather is favorable to
those who are engaged in rebuilding on the
site of the burnt district, and time is being
well improved. Some houses are enclosed
and able to defy the storms, and others will
be in the same category in few DAYS
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

TIE LEGISLATURE the amend.
ments to our State Constitution, the session
Of the Legislature will commence this year
on Monday, the 7lh day of December-a
month earlier than formerly. The sessions
are limited to one hundred and twenty.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

FINE COPPER SPECIMEN.-A very fine
Specimen OF Copper ore, from the Eureka
Company, Nevada County, may he seen in
front of the Express Building, Montgomery
street. TIE specimen weighs 226 pounds,
and was taken from shaft at the depth of
seventy feet only. Scientific Press.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28
RELIGIOUS NOTICES

CHRIsr's CHURCH SERVICE (ErTscoPAL.)-Div;r.
service will be celebrated at the Court Hon.'
every Sunday morning, at III o'clock, and in a.
:7nning at O'Clock. The Sunday School win
meet atcp.M. REV. ADAM A. McALISTEp
Minister Officiatinp
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

Tho largest locomotive in the United
States, if not in the world, has just been
built for the Philadelphia and Realng Rail.
road Company. 1t has twelve driving wheels.
and weighs more than one hundred thousand
pounds.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28
DR.. E. j, WHITCOMo'
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN.

HAVING again located in Auour@G, GaSce u
III o.er his services to the pubic; Oraeeuty
corner the brick, opposite the Temple ''s
occupied by NJ. E. Mills, Esq.
Auburn, Nov. 9Th, l862.H
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

Among recent batch of Confederate
prisoners is one man only twenty -four years
of age, whose hair is as white as snow. lie
says it was frigh: in his first fight which
caused it.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28
Dutch Flo! Enquirer.

A BIC TUSxEL.-'lhe Pajaro Times, speak
ing of the tunnel at the powder mill near
Santa Cruz, intended for the purpose Of
bringing water through the mountain, SAYS:
"Already 1000 feet have been rum mostly
through the solid rock. The tunnel was
begun on both sides of the mountain, oppo
site, with the intention of meeting in the
center; 52G feet on the north side have thus
far been completed; which leaves 245 feet
yet to finish The men who are working
upon both sides of the tunnel, and more than
500 feet apart. can plainly hear the sound Of
each others drills"
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

The Huntsville (Ala) Confederate says,
gentleman direct from Charleston denies
!he report prevalent there, that one of the
large Blakely guns at Charleston had burst
at the first fire. lie says it is still in posi,
tion to do its appropriate work at the proper
time.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

The valuable Flour Mill and Tannery, own
ed by Charles Maclay & Bro, situated at Nc.
Car'ysvile, in Los Angeles county, weIe en-.
,ireiy destroyed by fire on the l4th instant
Loss $4,000.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

As il took over two months to load the
Aquila, the Cargo being fairly built up within
her, it would probably take ten weeks to
discharge her under the most favorable
crcums, ancea
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

wThe noble generosity Of San Francisco
is manifested in the late subscription Of the
citizens Of that place TO the Soldiers Sanitary
Fund. in tho amount Of $4,000.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

Artemus Ward says there are no daily
papers published in his town, but there is u
ladies' SO Aing circle, which answers the same
purpose.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

WoN'r TAKE GREENBACKs.-Uncle Abe
will take nothing but gold for his services at
the White House. lie is but carrying out
one Of the cardinal principles of the party
gold for the ofiiceholders and rags for the
people.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

Plumbago has recently been introduced as
the basis of cement for steam joints and
the general metallic connections of the engi-
neer. 1t is composed of six parts Of plum
bago, three of Stacked lime eight of suIphale
of bary,a, and three Of boiled Iinsecd oil.
This compound, it is said, secures perfectly
air and sleamtight joint, much superior to
that obtained 10y the use of red led.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28
BIRTH.

On Saturday, he 2lst inst, the wife of s z
Wclch Esq. Of II daughter. M
On Wednesday. the 18th inst, at Auburn st.,
ton, the wife Of D. W. Perkins, of a son. "'
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

BoLn.-Some thief or thieves, on Monday
night, walked into the shop of our neiyhbor
5. Y. llalsey, and conveye! ,heretrom in n
clandesl'ne manner, two full tanks of quick
silver. Our friend was flying around Tues,
day evening, on the hunt, and in the after
noon appeared fatgued from his exerlions.
and had about arrived at the conclusion that
1t was no use to hunt any farther that the
thief had the best of him in about hundred
dollars, and would probably keep it. Another
outrage veiled in mystery.
Iyfcb LJot E,on,,o,
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

A piece Of copper weighing 35s pounds,
and nearly pure. WAS found in "a ploushed
field near Detroit a few days ago A bright
mark caused by the tooth of IL harrow led to
its discovery.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

STATE FUNDs.-On the 2ls; instant, there
was $62l.225 Sc in the State Treasury, Of
which $lO9,S34 SO was in the General
Fund.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28
DIVINE SERVICE

Div inc Service will be held at the NJ. E. chr..,
by Rev. William Wilmot tomorrow Sunday =,
10 A. NJ. and II P M, and rgularly thereaf,sr y.
the same hours on each Sunday
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

The price of cotton ii, the Government
sales in New York ranged from so to 90 cents
according to qualities and condition.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

EV Wood, which sells at Sacramento at
six dollars lord, is being shipped from tha,
city to San Francisco, where it sells for nine
dollars per cord.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

New York at l2O l'2 to 1877, during the
week ending on the % ult
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

Mrs. Warbler, who advertised in Maine
for husband, has received over seventy ap.
plcations, and still MARBLES for more.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28
CnATrANooGA.-1he Richmond Examine

CnATTANoOGA.-The Richmond Examiner
Of Oc ober 10Th says:
"Chaltanooga is rapidly becoming the fo'
Gus around which the main strug .e of the
two nations is concentrating. No efforts are
being spared hy the Yankees to enable Rose
Grams to hod his position: he can hardly hope
to do more during the Winter. The spade
has. hv this time, strengthened his position;
so much as to render it unassallable in
'front.'"
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

FAvoRs.-We acknowledge the attention
Of Mr. HAZEL, of the Auburn Drug Store,
and j. w. Sullivan, ncwsman of San Fran
cisco, for latest eastern papers and perlodl
Gals.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

B. +. Finn has presented the editor Of The
Red Bluff Independent with sample of
Rock Island salt. The mine is nexhaus,i-
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

The Portland Oregonian says we are re-
quested TO state that Mr.. Newberg. who it
was feared had been murdered in the noun
tans several weeks since, he turned up all
right at Lewiston.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

At the Government Printing Office in Wash
ington City. there are about 500 names on
the pay roll. including men women and
children. There are ll2 compositors in the
Congressional Department--Ja,nes English,
foreman; and John II. Cunningham, assistant
In the Executive Departm Mt. there are 80
positors--Franzoni, foreman; j. Harvey
Roberts, assistant. The others are employ
ed in the drying, wettng, marhling and job
rooms. A considerable number of young
women are employed in the press rooms TO
feed the white sheets to the presses.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

THE NICARAGUA TRANSIT CoMPANY.-AE
ter pro,rac,ed negotiations between the Nj
carayuan Government and the Central Amer
lean Transit Company, Sr Moino, the Mica.
raguan Minister at Washington, has detnile-
ly and positively refused to recognize that
the Company have any rights whatever un.
der their former charter, and insists upon
confiscating the Companys property, as bav-
ing been forfeited by non fulfllmsnt Of con,
ditious Of the charter, ". 7. Tribune,
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

Salt LAkE.-Tbe population Of the city
Of this name. is estimated at twenty thou.
sand,
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

Female complaints should be cured, os thu
surely can be, by few doses of AYERS SAD
SAFARILLA.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

ELK.-The herd Of elk purchased for King
Victor Emanuel in Oregon and Washington
territories, went East on tie steamship Con.
stitn,ion to-day. They are ten in number,
and will cost for transportation alone, 10y the
time they reach Italy, 81 900 each. Several
of them are large, sturdy fellows, with horns
well grown, and will doubtless attract a
great deal Of attention on the other side of
the herring pond The patty having them
in charge have also number Of other Amer.
lean animals which they take home with
them. 1t would seem that nearly all of onr
most valuable species of game animals and
birds are to be domestrated in Europe-
The pina'ed grouse or prairie chicken sent
from Illinois few wears since, have been
accima,ed and have commenced breeding
in England; the Virginia deer is already AS
much at home there as the native stock; the
turkey is rs common there as in our own
farm yards, California quail are to be trans
ported there in large numbers; thrre is hard
y possibility that the Elk experiment will
prove Il f, lure -Den Press
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

OLD TINES RErunN1No.-The Solano Her
aid publishes letter from 7. NJ. Morton,
dated Austin, ReessRiver, llth November
in which the writer SAYS:
IL have an office with Col. Forman and
Gov. Weller-,wo stoves, buuks, furniture.
etc for 500 per month, which is very
cheap here. We do our own cooking, chop!
ping wood etc SO far, Gov Weller has
done all the cooking, Col. Forman has been
second coook, and caterer, living well al
IS per week.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28
MARRIED.

At IIartford's Ranch. near Lincoln, Nov. PAN.
by II. W. Starr. j. p. GALUsITA GRAY TO E1,,.
BETH GRAY. both of Virginia in this couptv
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28
SEMnANNUAL School APPoRrIoNMENT.-

SEMnANNUAL SCHOOL APPoRr1oNMENr.-
The semlannual apportionment Of State
school money has been made 10 the several
counties. The apporionment is made on
the basis of the number of white school
children between four ard eighteen years Of
age-in those school districts which have
maintained schools dnring three months in
the year ending August 81, 1868.
The whole lumber of children who have
attended school is 76,475, and the amount
of money disbursed is $44.355-5o. For
Placer county is disbursed as follows:
Iowa Hill. IS; Wisconsin Hill, A., Dutch
Flat. III; lllinoistown. SO; Michigan Bluffs,
l4l; Forest Hill, l54; Yankee Jms, 81:
Todds Valley. SO; Mount Pleasant 54; Coon
Creek, 90; Ophir, SO; Gold Hill. 80; Smith.
Vile, 40; Union, 81; Rock Creek, %; Stewart
Flat. 80 Mad Canon. 33; Lone Star, &C;
Lincoln, lll;Dry Creek, 54; Franklin, A.;
Last Chance. 25: Lisbon 27; Gold Run. II;
Monoma and Van Trees, no apportonment
1000 children, at SO cents each, sl.lo7
%.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

The English fund for the Slonewall Jack
son monument amounts to e 500.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

y News says that owing to the large increase
in the yield, the harvest is estimated to he
worth 92O,OO0,OoO to $50 100000 more
than that of last year.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

The five million National Bank will soon
be underway in New York-documents pre-
pairing.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

The Russian feet will remain oil winter
in American watsra.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

The Chinese eat picked caterpillars, and
think they resemble trutflss.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

A New York court has at last convicted
an abortionist Of manslaughter.
A fast youth lost forty thousand dollars
in Broadway "hell," recently at tho noble
game of faro.
The crew Of the Florida have made so,.
900 each. A contemporary thinks piracy is
almost as good as contracting.
Twenty tons ofsquashes sold at Stockton,
the other day, at 50 per ton.
The Savannah News learns that Vive Pres.
idenl Stephens is at his homo in Crawtoyds
Vile.
Eight or ten loads Of Salt Lake apple.
have been sold in the Idaho mines at 50 pei
dozen.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

"Old Isaac Walton" is to have monu-
ment erected to his memory by the anglers
of Stafford, England
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

FIRE IN MAHysvILLE.-On tbs morning of
Nov. "a, in Mary sviIIe, fire broke out in
Taylor's stables, owned and occupied by
Stevens u Wood. The building aud con,
tents were entirely destroyed. From IS to
l0O tons of hay was destroyed, together with
l2 horses and mules. Nothing of any
consequence was save from the bniI,ing-
Some persons sleeping in the building lost
their money. The loss was about S. ,OOO.-
Insured for 50, 900 on building and hay
The fire originated in The manger on the
northeast corner, and was the work Of an in.
cendiarY.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

REGISTRY LAw.--Some Of the California jour
nails are discussing the propricty of the Legisla
ture, which meets on the first Monday Of next
month, passing registry law for the purpose of
preserving the purity Of the ballot box. The idea
that by compelling voters to register their names
it will stop illegal voting is no, a new one. and
yet the plan has failed in more than one instance
when tried Such law would be i'll adapted 10
California or Nevada. owing to the fact that
great portion Of their people are continually on
the move, travelling about from one place TO an
other. In old and long settled communities it
might possibly work well but we don't think it
suited to the present condition of the Pacific
Coast. Thousands of good, legal voters, would
lose their votes at every election in the event of
such an enactment. .4ur0: a Times.
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

re- The Ball at the American" on Thanks
giving evening was attended by goodly number
Of ladies and gentlemen, who formed u very pleas.
ant party. Dancing was continued somew what into
the "wee, sma' hours" when they adjourned for
home Individually and collectively gratifed with
the entertainments
The Placer herald., 1863-11-28

INSECTS AND THEIR HUMAN PREy.-Tn AZ
rica there is worm called the Guinea worm
which bules itself in the flesh of man. 1t
is long slender and round, like fiddle string;
its length varies from inches TO 10 feet -
The British soldiers stationed at Bombay
were fequenlly attacked by it; out of $50
men, 100 were attarked When it intro-
dures itself into the flash it is very minute
parasite, not more than l>G0lh part of an
inch in length. and exists on low, muddy
shores. This little intruder now grows i'm
mensely, and becomes The parent of Il numer'
Gus offspring. 1t produces itching, and a
crawling sensation, and finally a boil forms,
and when it breaks the head of the animal
protrudes, which is then caught and gently
extracted, care being taken not to break it,
otherwise serious and even fatal effects are
apt to follow. The extraction is very te,li-
Gus work. The natives cut the skin when
they are near the surface, and then eqract
them. Medical writers uescribe no less than
90 varieties of parasites which infest the hui
man system. 1t is IL notorious fact that nu-
merous parasites crawl over the surface burr
row beneath the skin, nestle in our entrails,
ana rlol ahd propagate tnelT KIM III every
corner Of our frames and scarcely tissue or
an organ but is occasionally profaned 10y
their inroads. Each has also its special dom
icil; one chooses the heart for its place OF
abode, another nhabits the arteries, a third
the kidneys. Myriaas of minute worms have
been found coiled up in the muscles. A lit
tie tluke, just like miniature founder, lives,
stepped in gan, in the liver If the skin or
the nose be squeezed, cheezy matter will
exnde, and it examined by micro scope, ten
to one several animalcues, extremely minute
but Of complaed structure, will be ssen.-
They are at present in the majority Of living
persons, and are less than Tooth part of an
inch in length, have a head, chest. abdomen.
eight legs, and very movable jaws. BY
recent researches it has been proved, beyond
a doubt, that a small insect is the cause of
the itch, and by ski!ful management it can
be caught and seen under the microscope.-
1t seems strange and humiIia,ing fact that
the human body should provide food and
hablalion for SO many and such varieties Of
the inferior creatures.