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The Placer herald., 1863-05-16

OUTRAGE ON FOREIGNERS That excel
sent democratic paper, the Plumas STANDARD,
says, and truthfulIy too, that one of the
meanest acts Of the Republican Legislature
which has has just gone out of existence,
was the passage of a law requiring foreign
born citizens to exhibit their naturalization
papers before being allowed to vote. Here
tofore, they were simply required to take
their oath, if challenged, that they had OBJ.
tanned their naturalization papers. Now,
they must be subjected to the humiliation
Of being disbeeved on their oath. In the
estimation Of Republicans, they are so con-
temp,ible in character that their oahs are
considered worthless We think we can
guess the cause Of this insulting harshness
towards foreigners. The great majority Of
them have refused to join the Abolition
party. and have anchored to the great Con-
sttutonal party Of the country, the Democ'
racy. To require them to show their nau'
ralization papers is to disfranchise many Of
them, because it is no uncommon thing that
these papers have been left in some remote
and distant place, in some other State, OF
that they have been burnt by accident, OF
otherwise inadvertently lost. Thus the
double motive is subserved, Of revenge on
foreigners for being Democrats, and of a
decrease Of votes on the Democratic side Of
the house. We pity the smallness of soul
that seems to characterize this Republican
party. Amador Dispatch.
The Placer herald., 1863-05-16

BARGAINS BY GovERMENT-The Kingston
IN. W Argus says that Thomas Cornell, of
Rondot, has sold his old steamboat Manhau
tan to the government for $42, 900, and the
old Highlander for 10000: The latter, it
says was no longer fit for towing canal boats
and competent judges think that she was not
worth $4,000 for any purpose. The Manhat-
ten would no longer answer to run on the
Hudson, and Mr. Cornell had provided
new boat to take her place. Mr.. @. is
undoubtedly one of those patriots who
favor - vigorous prosecution OF the war;
The Placer herald., 1863-05-16

WHAT NExr?-Colusa is enlivened at
present with mining excitements growing
out Of of the late discoveries in the Coast
range, near Sulphur Springs. A large share
of the travel between MarysvilIe and Colusa
consists of prospectors bound for the new
discoveries On the streets the chief subject
of talk one day is gold mines; another, quick.
silver; and another, oil springs. What will
turn up next it is impossible to tell.
The Placer herald., 1863-05-16

PIONEER PRINTING Press FOR REESE
RIvER-W. G. Phillips press and printing
materials left Dayton on the 2sth April, for
Clifton Lander county. The first number
of newspaper to be printed Oh this press,
will be issued about the end Of May. Paper
ink, ETC., have been sent out with type, so
that work can be commenced as soon as the
press is set up Virginia City Union.
The Placer herald., 1863-05-16

THE ARMAMENT OF PoRT HUDsoN.-One
of the letters captured at the Confederate
signal station near Port Hudson has this
important information regarding the arma'
ment Of that stronghold: 1--WE have fifty.
three cannon at Port Hudson; twenty-five of
them are 64-pound riAed cannon with steel
pointed balls; also 20 cannon that are 1873
Founders; also, we have forty siege guns"
The Placer herald., 1863-05-16

LAND ANIMALS IN THE Coal MEASURES OF
Nova SooTIA.-Dr. Dawson has obtained
numerous animal remains from the cliffs of
the South Joggins, Nova Scotia, among them
some reptlian skeletons, one Of which, the
Dendrerpetom acadanum, he considers the
most perfect carbonferous reptile hitherto
discovered. These were obtained from a
treetrunk fossilized in stu, and it also con-
tanned, amongst other treasures, many re.
mains of insects the most interesting being
compound eye, with the facets perfectly
preserved. Further details are given in the
Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society.
The Placer herald., 1863-05-16
HYMN TO THE FLOWERS.
BY HORACE SMITH.

BY HORACE SMITH.
Day stars that ope your eyes with man, to twinkle
From rainbow galaxies of earth's creation,
And dew-drops on her lonely alter sprinkle,
As q libation-
Ye matin worshippers! who bending lowly,
Before tn uprisin SUM- Gods lidless eye,
Throw from your chalces sweet and holy
Incense ON high!
Ye bright Mosaics! that with storied beauty,
The floor of Natures temple tesselatc,
What numrous emblems Of instructive duty
Your forms create!
Meath clustered boughs each floral bell that
swngeth,
And tolls it's perfume on the scattered air,
Makes Sabbath in the fields, and ever ringeth,
A call for prayer!
Not to the domes, where crumbling arch and
Attest the feebeness of mortal hand;
But to that fame most catholic and solemn,
Which God had planned
To that cathedral, boundless as our wonder,
Whose quenchless lamps the sun and moon
supply,
Its choir the winds and waves, its organ thunder,
Its dome the sky!
There, as in solitude and shade l wander
Through the green aisles, or stretched upon the
sod,
Awed by the silence reverently ponder
The ways to God
Your voiceess lips, O flowers, living preachers
Each cup pulpit every leaf a book
Supplying to my fancy numerous teachers,
From loneiest nook.
Floral apostles! that in dewy splendor,
"Weep without woe, and blush without crime,
O, may deeply learn, and ne'er surrender
Your love sublime!
"Thou vert not. Solomon, in all thy glory,
Arrayed," the lilies cry, sin robes like ours;
How vain your grandeur! ah. how transtory
Are HUMAN FLowERs!'
in the sweet scented pictures Heavenly Artist
With which thou painted Natures wide spread
hall,
What deli ghtful lesson thou impartest,
OF love to all
Not useless are ye, flowers, though made for plea
sure,
Blooming DER field and wave, by day and night,
From every source your sanction bids me treasure
Harmless delight
Ephemcral sagcs what instructors hoary,
From such world of thought could furnish
scope?
Each fading calyx momento mort.
Ye tounts OF hope
Posthumous glores ange-like collection,
Upraised from seed or bulb inferred in earth,
| Ye are to me type of resurrection,
! And second birth!
Were I, o God, in churchess lands remaining,
Far from all voice Of teachers and divines,
Ny soul would find, in flowers of thy ordainng,
Priests sermons shrines!
The Placer herald., 1863-05-16

~ A. M. Hills, Republican member of
the Ohio Legislature, recently said: "For-
eigners have no right to object to the settle
ment of negroes in Obio;' and wound up
by saying that he "would sooner be a niger
than a Dutchman."
The Placer herald., 1863-05-16

ALLIGAroR's NEsrs These nests resem.
BILE haycocks. They are four feet high and
five in diameter at their basis, being con
structed with grass and herbage. First,
they deposit one layer of eggs on floor of
mortar, and having covered this with a
stratum of mud and herbage, eight inches
thick, lay another set of eggs upon that,
and so on to the top, there being commonly
from one to two hundred eggs in nest.
With their tails they then beat down round
their nest the dense grass and reeds, five feet
high, to prevent the approach of unseen en-
emies. The female watches her eggs until
they are hatched by the heat of the sun,
and then takes her brood under her own
care, defending them and providing for their
subsistence. DR.. Gutenberg once packed
up one o! these nests with the eggs in a box
for the museum at St. Petersburg, but was
recommended before he closed it to see that
there was no danger of the eggs being
hached on the voyage. On opening one a
young alligator walked out. and WAS soon
followed by the rest, about hundred, which
he fed in his house, where they went up
and down stairs barking like so many pup
pies.
The Placer herald., 1863-05-16

INDIAN WAR DEBr.-The Washington
correspondent of the Union says: "The
California Indian War Debt, assumed by
your State and rembursable to California
under the Act of 1861, has been unde. ex
animation in the Treasury Department, and
only few formalites are necessary, when
the amount due the State, something over
S22o,0Oo, will be ready for the Secretary Of
the Treasury to turn over to the State of
California Secretary Chase intended, orig
inally, to issue bonds for the amount, but it
is now probable that he will notify the
proper parties that the sum in question is in
the Treasury, subject to draft. The Caifor
MIA debt will be ready for payment in the
course Of few weeks, it is thought"
The Placer herald., 1863-05-16
EE- Some very singular instances of men,

Eg- Some very singular instances Of men,
tai halucination are on record Men have
been known to fancy themselves teakettles,
and insist upon being placed on the fire,
that the water might boil; others have de-
clared that they were hour-g glasses bears,
DC; and in one case a very staid old gentlel
man became fixed in the idea that he was
convenient adjunct to Iady's chamber
Fully as ludicrous is the notion which has
possessed Boruck, the unfortunate editor of
the Spirit of the Times-a "hoss' paper.
He imagines that be is of some consequence
in the political world. Colusa San.
The Placer herald., 1863-05-16

PAJARo TIMEs.-This is the title of new
paper recently established at Wstsonvllle,
Santa Cruz county
The Placer herald., 1863-05-16

THE INsoLENCE OF DEsporIsM-When
Rev. Judson d. Bendict was about to be
discharged from his unlawful Imprisonment,
Turner, the Judge Advocate General" said
to him. There aoas no reason for bringing
you here, and it was only necessary to bring
you here to Show that the military acas above
the cioil lac." If the people want to know
precisely what the Lincoln dynasty is capa,
bic of, let them never forget that this is the
only reason assigned by one OF its minions
for kidnapping citizen Of New York from
under the very shadow of Court of Justice
which had just decided him guiItess of all
offence, putting him in jails and prisons,
and dragging him across the State to be
thrust into another and more loa.hsome
dungeon, there to languish for weeks with.
out examination and to be released without
trial, explanation or redress!
The Placer herald., 1863-05-16

THE Sort OF UNION MEN WHO COMPOSE
THE REPUBLICAN PARrY.-The Helper Book
while yet the Union existed in all its in-
tegrity-long before the fatal shot at Fort
Sumter-was printed, made the text book
of the Republican party, and contained this
atrocious sentiment: Teach the slaves to
burn their masters buildings, to kill their
cattle and hogs, to conceal and destroy
farming utensils, to abandon labor in seed
time and harvest, and let the crops perish"
Sixty-seven Republican members of Con
gress set their hands to a written, hearty and
unqualified approval of that book.
The Placer herald., 1863-05-16

FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN BIRDs.-We OBJ
served, this summer, two common thrushes
frequenting the shrubs on the green in
our garden. From the slenderness of
their forms and the freshness of their plu.
mage we pronounced them to be birds of the
preceding summer. There was an assoca-
ton and friendship between them that called
our attention to their actions. One Of them
seemed ailing or feeble from some bodily
accident, for though it hopped about, it
appeared unable to obtain sufciency of food;
its companion, an active, sprighlly bird,
would frequently bring it worms or bruised
snaiIs, when they mutually partook of the
banquet; and the ailing bird would wait
patiently understand the actions, expect the
assistance of the other, and advance from
its asylum upon its approach.
The Placer herald., 1863-05-16

MEDICAL USE OF SALr.-In many cases
of disordered stomach, a teaspoonful Of salt
is certain cure. In the violent internal
pain termed collie, a teaspoonful Of salt dis
solved in pint of cold water, taken rs soon
as possible, with a short nap Immediately
after is one of the most etfectua remedies
known. The same will revive person who
seems almost dead from receiving heavy
fall. And in an apoplectic fit no time
should be lost in pouring down salt water,
if sufficient sensibiIity remains to allow of
swallowing; if not, the head must be spong-
ed with cold water, until the senses return,
when salt will completely restore the patient
from the ethargy. In fit the feet should
be placed in warm water, with mustard
added, and the legs briskly rubbed; all ban
dages removed from the neck, and a cool
aperient procured if possible. In cases of
severe bleeding at the lungs, when other
remedies failed, DR.. Bush found that two
teaspoonfnlls of salt completely stayed the
blood-Medical World.
The Placer herald., 1863-05-16

REAL GENTLEMAN.-He never dresses
in the extreme of fashion, but avoids singu-
larity in his person or habits.
Is atfabe with his equals, and pleasant and
attentive to his interiors.
In conversation be avoids hasty, illtem-
pered, insulting remarks.
Never prizes into other peoples affairs.
Detests eaves-dropping as among the most
disgraceful Of crimes.
Never ISLANDERS an acquaintance.
Does never, under any circumstances,
speak i'll Of woman.
Never cuts an acquaintance who has met
with a reverse of fortune.
He always pays the postage on his letters
of business, and in advance for his newspa-
per and never orders it stopped" till paid
for.
The Placer herald., 1863-05-16

HE OCEAN.-Ihere is peculiar beauty
in looking off to the ocean, which, in it's
slumbers and tumultuous rolling, seem to
defy the chains of Winter, and heave and
swell in despite Of the musng spirit that how
ers over the gentle fountain or the inland
lake. Its deep and vivid blue, conrasted
with the lighter sapphire ofhesven, and it's
boundless magniicence, awaken thoughts of
poetry in the bosom even of the insensible
and uncultivated. If we look upon the sea
when flakes of snow are falling and instantly
melting, does it not remind us Of the fading
stars before the exceeding brillance of the
earthly sun! or of frail, beauteous things van
ishing in the cold sea of time! or of blessed
recollections falling from the heaven of mem
ory into the univing waters of forgetfulness!
or Of bright flowers and lovely things which
90 from the desolation of the Autumn wind2
The far-sounding, reaching, gurgling, breath
ing, snowicreated swell that unroI!s itself
upon the golden sands, and gathers together
again its colorless foldings, has volumes of
mortality and poetry in its motion. Does it
not remind us of the fading of a generation
which has done its march over the sea of
time and dashed upon the shore of death? of
the wasting of armies? Of the desolation of
hopes9 Or in its majestic, varying feature,
has it not the mimicry of a heavenly cloud9
or Of a blooming forest, moving to the influ-
ence of the sweet south wind? and does not
its breaking upon the strand, like the wind Of
Autumn, scatter the watery blossoms til they
are no more seen upon the face Of the ocean!
Yet does this unbroken water again sex the
depth of the sea and become mingled with
current of rivers; wandering vario lsly, even
to the frigid north and to the sunny south;
leapng upon jutting rocks; sprinkling the
green islands of the Mediterranean unfold
ing Itself upon the go'd-ned shores of Peru;
gurgng among the mossy recessts of the no !
low Andes, and leapng forth tothe bosom Of
the sea again.
The Placer herald., 1863-05-16

Were I, God, in churchless lands remaining,
Far from all voice of teachers and divines,
My soul would find, in flowers of thy ordaining
Priests, sermons, shrnes!
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-09-04

"a uat.sr Of use weak paints Sere 10 be found "
the vily foe he cCud mass hs 'r"e' aud oserSne'n'
the Coned r,ies al ary gwen P1tt THUS have we
fought AMI 5, e-rd hus have We paid dearly Tor 'oe
exn rrn ue have gained nd tNu' IL is that so many
-, tl have BEEN ,s and many rOads opened TO Inc
ipssdsrs. l. is not yet 90 late hewsver to abandon
NJ, ., which actual " al has proven to be erroneou%-
Hec,h vet mas our Armies and draw wisdom from the
example wasl ingtOn, whose tactics worked out the
o. at rr.bem of the first revolution When too weak
fight We can retreat, aud by having all out forces in
80 grand eOrrs cur sklful generals eau so mareuVre
item a, TO thwart foe YES y superior. The day Oi
d "a, viii nave passed away when our veteran armies
ne hur!ed in solid masses against the GOe
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-09-04
Concentration

Weaglse with the Ai''issiPPjGa that the true policy
Tor our armies is and has been from the inception f
hOsthtiss to OOaOenirAte-tO mass their forces-and
never 6ght except when something substantial is to be
gained President Davis seemed to realize this great
truth In b'z message to Congress Just after the fan of
FOr DOneOr. In that message be said the COusdsrscv
had undertaken more than 1t was able to accomplish AMI
ys strange 1t appears, the policy Of the war was s
unchanged. Our armies remained scattered They were
not massed. They have never reTnqblshsd any point
Of defence except they driven from il by the
snsny's bAyOnets starvation. We have undertake,
TO defend every approach ito our vast domain. Our
forces have been scattered along whole frontier and
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-09-04
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ri !. rs.
RICHMOND WING.
FRIDAY nORNINC, SsPT, 1, 49,
KucXVlile

Il VAS Al .ed Yesterday mnrnibg ~ e' COS em
DorArv that Knoxville wa evlen' y our 'to'P' 'S
Monday snd occupied the iOio1.n' cav BY the i0'ess
., tbs enemy. We do no. ho7 upon VIA authority
,bs statement was based and are unable to eaFo an!
,hI,, in combination OF IL. If true, the natural pre-
snmouoa would BE- ,hA, ns wihdr4wd Il Que troops
wa strategic move, and it would nos 6AiAir 10 pas
Judgment upon /. be ore kuO~ 'hA' tie strategy Is
and that Dc result We ueed not say that the P7rma-
psnt occupation of Knoxville BY the eaemy would De
heavy blow 10 ~ and cannO' believe that is H.
,andsa 10 allow this. Further. in'egercs from that
min, and Chattanooga ia awaited With anxiety.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-09-04
rHE 1--we FIGHT IN GREENBRIER.

A correspondent of the Lynctburg Republican fur
pishes the subjOined account Of the recent battle in
Greenbrier county, Va:
yerYhard battle was fought near the White Sulphur
Snrnps on Wednesday aud Thursday last in which our
forces eaint complete victory. The enemy, about
600 strong, commanded by Gen. Averll started from
Moore6eld in Hardy county, clme through Pendeton,
Highland and Pocahontas counties, in which latter
county they met and drove back beyo nd the Warm
Springs in Bath county, col VIM. L. Jackson who had
bat a small force. From the Warm Springs they came
directly TO the White Sulphur Springs In tn county,
which point they were met by our troops consisting Of
TIE 2Sd Va Regt 1t. Col Barbee; the s46th Va. Reg
sCol Brown; DeTicks Battalion, L.. Co.. Derrick; Edgsrs
Battalion l. Col Edgn; Chapmans Battery, Il pieces
apt Chapman the Sth Va. Cavalry, Coz. Con; ana
Dunn's Battalion of Cavalry, 1t Col Dunn. Co. Pat.
ton, OF the 22d, commanding the Brigade, in the alb
senCe Of Gen. Echols, aud the whole commanded by
MsjS Gen. Jones. There were five regiments of the
enemy and all mounted, and battery OF six pieces.
suppose the forces we're nearly equal-possiby the
enemy we're 800 or 400 the stronger. A number Of
charges made upon our troops, and each was
handsomely repulsed.
AL cuucsde that our men exhibited the greatest
bravery and endurance for the fight commenced about
o'clock on Wednesday morning, the 26th inst, con-
tuued through the day and night and ended about IL
o'clock on Thursday. Our loss about 80 killed, 90
to 40 wounded, and lev prisoners taken among item
Mojor MeKeudree, O. II. Lit Col Barbee had his arm
broken, lhouSh ~ wiz oe saved cannot give ANU
rately the loss Of the enemy as they buried mny Of
their dead aud took off all OF the wounded who could
be removed. They had seven 10 ten ambulsnces aud
number wagons fall their retreat, but they left
upon the battle field about 90 dead, 70 severely wound
ed, and we took besides about so prisoners.
The enemy treated citizens in the neghborhood Of
the battlefield in the and devlish
They destroyed utterly every article of household fur
nture, broke up into small pieces chairs cups. plates,
Dishes bedstsads bureaus, &c. &C., tore open the beds
and catered tue feathers in the yard tore up the
bed clothes &C. wearing apparel broke the glass out OF
the windows and destroyed the clocks Ia aWord
not an ertice Of auy description left. Toe mich
cows ere shot,, and all the corn, wheat hay, oat &c
were taken.
They reireated towards Beverly, and are pait OF
Gen. KeyA forces. Gen jones follosed them some
20 or % milrs Tut they made good their escape
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-09-04

Fort Gregg often mentioned In accounts from Charles
ton, Is the work which was known at the capture O.
Fort Sumter the Cummings Point Battery OF is upon
the same site.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-09-04
Policy OF THE LINCOLN ADMNIsrRAroN.-The New
York Caucasian says !.

Policy OF THR LINCOLN ADMNIsrRArON.-The New
York CsucassiAh says ::
We know very well what the policy Of the Admins
tration will be towards every State so it falls
into their power Maryland and Louisiana vivid
amples of their hate, cupidy, injustice and tyranny
First the people will be dsarmed; and them when help.
less their property will be seized and conscated, and
cir Ones lands and ancestral acres turned over to
the rapacous Yankee SPECTATOR Their organs of pub.
lie opinion will be suppressed their tribunals Of justice
overthrow; their State laws aside and their State
Constitution ignored In place of all these sets one SUI
preme semi-military judge, like Peabody in New Or
leans, appointed at Washington, who under the mock
cry of the forms oustoe simply registers the edct Of
the vile Abolition cabsl at the capital The whole the.
DRY Of sel-government is oVerthrown at single blow
The right of the free expression of opinion which evecy
American claimed as inenable Is tyrannicay suoyert
ed and the privileges claim for ourselves inbumanly
and wickedly denied to others.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-09-04
OuR CURRESCY.-Dr. Lewis, in article in the At
lAnta Inteigencer SAYS:

0UR CURRESCY.-Dr. Lewis, in "a article in the At
llnta Inteligencer, says:
The States in their State character, separate and
alone can bring back our money matters to healthy
condition; and, aztec long Think G, and asclose think
lag have been capable Of doing satisfied that
the States only do it. Congress has already voted
the entire credit of the Safes 10 their conederated char
acter and any further vote in that direction will bu.
add additional depression to its credit The Confede-
rate circulation must be reduced and greatly reduced
this can only be done by the States and done in this
way: The Legislatures Of the States, each for them
selves loan their credit to the Confederate Govern
ment by the issue of bonds ing low rate of inter-
est and sold for Confederate notes.-the State govern
ments to loan these notes TO the Confederate Govern
ment taking in place thereof Confederate bonds bear
ing low rate of interest. Thus can relieve our.
selves. To show the difference between State and Con.
ederate credit it is only necessary to look at the mar
ket value of State and Confederate securities.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-09-04

sing citizens engsged in r. sfter pssirg st cost tIsrs'
po tstion aud lngc adyarce ttespectliofs there
These States can supply the ecercy, # any, In NJ:
sissipp; and If Tenuessee Ksitrc,y reed breao,
rcm the ravsges OF the enemy ny have TO spare Tor
them too. Texas slo,e, slf rii 6 DO hing from inya'
SION, il stat, d. furi-h 1,ur Tor The ntre haD-
Mississippi Department ouyh Aria SIS and Mas ori
are owe flowing VITA breads Lf. II il ouiy i2syg ne,
abundant really her surpb,s arr, ttttAar OF
threatening famine and famine p,css. Why it soy