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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-01-10

yost Marshal here. lney were oel1' Ia ~
commanders Of pickets in the front: charged
with shooting at the Federal pickets. The
n;ckefs are it is said shot at, at night, ana
number Of civilians in the neighborhood nave
been arrested on this charge.
SENT TO THE OLD CAPITOL PR1soN.-
Among the prisoners sent this morning from
+ho rro~ost rnarshal's office to the Old Capitol,
Washington. was Mr.. Jacob Koxbury OF thus
c;+v. who was charged by detective with ma
KING use of language showing him to be Sc
cessionist, and using threatening words against
the Unionists Of this place.
The dispatch from Vicksburg, dated JAN =
20 the War Office il Richmond, published IN
Yesterday Gazette, should have been signed
+. G. Pemberton, Lieut.. Gen. Commanding,
instead Of J, c. Bragg.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says ~Advlces
from Norfolk in reference to the recent elec-
4;ons are such as 70 place them in the light OF
. farce. and it is said that the members VIII
not be recognized in the House.
r. the Wheeling Legislature, on the tn, III
the House Of Delegates House Bill NO. 81, to
amend the charter of the City Of Alexandra,
was taken up, but at length laid on the table
Rev. Mr.. Stonestreet, now in Rome, repre-
senting the Jesuist Society IN Council, mas
haon received with distingu shed eonsldera-
ton. .,w.
r was John Underwood, Of Occoquan, va,
who was recently arrested by Stuart,s cavalry
and taken 10 Richmond, end not }. &. Under
wood.
Gold, in New York, yesterday, at 1915 ano
1891 TD Baltimore it is quoted at l@o'
There were last year. Inspected Ill GEORGE
togn, D. G., 1T, 572 barrels OF tour,
ro,n y rz.n;Ia1,gor1 has been eleeted 6. s.
Senator from Missouri.
Gov. Tod, Of Ohio, in bis Massage supports
me snxnans;oa Of the writ OF lsa|ooa5 corpus
Zen. stuary's reported dispatch to GencraI
sra;o%, about the mules is contradicted.
Nicholas Longwovtl1, Of Cincinnati, the Ia
nous yinegrowor, is lying in a very danger
o7s Condition from paralys Of the lett side
Ia has lust passed his SJth birthday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-01-10

ATTACK ON A SCOUTING PARTY. sgu
c;al aisnatch from Stafford Count House. uast w.
January 9th, says: This afternoon d ar
Of ten Federal scouts, whilst securing sl'I aords
try about eight miles from l-ere, nearo. lnd If
stores were suddenly fred upon BY a UaD WORE
one hundred and fifty Confederates, v'!0 :. VS. er.
lying in ambush. The mon sncces so wound
GAPING capture. but two Of them were ~"
ed, one L rtally.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-01-10
Utaa g}lexandria Gaxette
SAT T7RDAY EVEN'G,~ JANUARY 10.

I,ocAL.-There was another slight tall OF
snow last night, and the weathet to day is dis
agreeable The Market, this morning, was
tolerably supplied but the prices Tor meats,
poultry, vegetables &c, keep very high
There will be another political meeting at
American Hall next Monday night; the meet
ings recently held have been very sllm-hor
the last few days considerable wood IN wagons
has been brought to town, and sold at hlgh
nrices.-A dead horse has been lying IN the
vacant lot adjoining the Farmers Bank, tor
several days past.
CONFEDERATE PRISONERS. len ContedeE
a>e prisoners were this morning sent to Inc
Old Capitol prison in Washington by the fIo-
vost Marshal here. They were sent IN by
commanders Of pickets in the front; charged
with shooting at the Federal pickets' The
pickets are it is said shot at, at night, ana q
number Of civilians in the neighborhood nave
been arrested on this charge.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25
Property Qualification for Jurors.

The dominant party in the Legislature
has done 50 many strange things, that we
are no longer surprised at the introduction
aud passages of any absurd, demonstrations
or oppressive measure; and it is therefore in
keeping with their other acts that these pro-
fessed friends to Constitution government,
and civil liberty, who are constantly declaim.
ing for the liberty and equality of all NAM
kind, should attempt to create distinction,
in society by which poor men will be deprv-
ed of rights they have heretofore possessed,
to be conferred exclusively upon men of
property and wealth.
This they have done in the passage Of a
bill through both houses, concerning grand
and trial jurors, in which it is provided that
Que of the necessary qualifications of grand
jurors shall be, that they have been taxed on
real or personal property, and that their
names appear upon the assessment roll at the
county.
The bill met with some opposition in the
House, where il was contended that the
measure wGs monstrous, at variance with the
spirit of democratic institutions, and usur
patton OF one of the most valuable privil.
eyes Of citizenship. No remonstrance how
ever awaited, but the bill passed, ayes AZ
noes 20.
We have no doubt that this bill will be-
come law 10y the signature of the Govern
or, and then the poor man will begin to re-
alize that his poverty has become a
mark of reproach, lie will be made to feel
that the benefits Of citizenship are not equal;
that his richer neighbor has recognition
under the law from which he is excluded:
that wealth is honorable and poverty is dis
honorable. And all this proceeds from the
legislation Of men who have secured place
by claiming a monopoly of all the patriotism
and devotion to republican institutions, and
horror of monarchial governments and
privileged classes.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25
A DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER MOBBED.

On Tuesday at midnight, after the work
men had left, the Office of the California
Republican, at Sacramento, was entered by
some twenty soldiers from Camp Union, who
were armed with muskets and carbines, who
overturned stands and type cases, threw
some type out Of The windows, thus intlicting
much damage upon the proprietors. Sever
al policemen were attracted to the spot by
The sound of breaking glass, but they were
met on the stairway by pointed bayonets,
and told that they could not interfere. At
ed to their quarters ut the Agricultural
grounds, to which they were traced by police
men. Sheritf's officers and policemen subse.
quently apprised Col. Pollock Of the affair,
who went with them to the Camp, and upon
investigation boots of soldiers were found
damp and wet from recent use, and guns
freshly loaded, with sand on their stocks
There could be no question that the perpe-
traitors of the outrage were soldiers.
Lar guage is inadequate to express terms
of condemnation Of the men who instigated
act. That it was deliberately planned by
men who took no part in the immediate
destruction Of tie property is believed. The
soldiers were evidently made the miserable
tools of a set of cowardly scoundres who
are unknown. 1t seems improbable that
the soldiers had any grievance of their own
against the RepubHcan, as that paper had
not given them atfront; and it must have
been through the prompting of civilians
1t matters not however, hese soldiers are
Just as guilty criminals, whether they COM
mitsed this deed upon their own voIition or at
the instigalion of others And what iudg
ment can be passed upou them. other than
they have disgrsced the service to which
they belong. They are not soldiers in the
true understanding of the word. A true
soldier respects authority, upholds the laws,
and protects property. He defends the weak
against oppression, and bares his breast in
defense Of individual and national rights.
But these fellows stole from their camp at
midnight and when honest men were stun
berng peacefully; like burglars and towards
they broke open doors and destroyed prop
erty when they knew there was no one to
resist, and when there was little probability
of Identification. Men who would be guilty
of such an act, would desert their coIors in
the hour Of danger, or beirav the most sal
cred trust committed to their charge
Neither national or private rights would
find in them defenders
1t is stated that Gen. Wright has deter.
mined to ferret out these soldiers and pun.
lsh them severely. Every man who loves
Justice and respects public order will approve
his determination and ask exemplary punish
ment.
1t is the duty of every citizen to discount
tenance mob violence, and insist upon full
protection of person and property Free
speech and a free press is a sacred right
guaranteed by Constitutions and laws: and
for the abuse of either let the law pass iudg
ment. Bot let not these holy privileges be
committed to the uncertain temper of the
mob, else society become chaotic, and all
law and order be sunk in night and dark
ness
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25
INSOLvENT NOTICE.
IN the County Court of Placer County .Caiforn
IN THE NATTER OF THE PETITION OF WM H. PARK

IN the county Court of Placer County California
In THE NATTER OF THE PETITION OF WM H. PARKIN-
son, AN INsoLvENT DEBTOR
HDURSUANT to an order of the Hon. E. Fl.
II Van Decar, Judge of the said County Court,
notice is hereby given to all the creditors of the
said lnsolvent, VIM. II. Parkinson, to be and APP
pear before the Hon. E. H. Van Dccor aforesaid
in open Court, at the Court Room of said Court,
IN the town of Auburn, on the 2sth day of May,
A. D. 1868, at 10 o'clock, A. M. of that day, then
and there to show cause, if any they can, why
the prayer of said lnsolvent should not be grant
ed, an assignment of his estate be made and
he be discharged from his debts and liabilities,
in pursuance of the statutes in such case mode
ana provided. and that in the mean time all pro-
ceeoings against said lnsolvent be stayed And
1t IS further ordered, that copy of this notice be
published in the Placer Herald, weekly news
paper printed and published in the town of Au-
ourn, IN said county, at least thirty days prior
to the day fixed for said hearing.
- WITNESS my hand and the Seal of
LIS. the said Court at office in Auburn,
~ this 23d day of April, A. D. 1868.
WM CORY, Clerk,
., ~ by D. w. SPDAR, Deputy.
April %, lS63.-5w*
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25

A HUGE LEEoH.-Ihe Sacramento Pacific
II. r. Co., is the most persistent of leeches.
Not satisfied with franchise from the Gener-
al Government of $4,000 and $4,000
per mile of road; ten square miles of land,
in the agricultural region, to each mile of
road, and as many or more square miles of
timber per mile of road, in the mineral re-
glon; it is trying to suck 100000 out of
San Francisco; 100000 out of Sacramento
county; S250,0OO out of Placer county,;
$4,000 out of Nevada county, and $780,
600 out of the State Treasury. As it seems
impossible to satisfy the cravings of the
animal" it has been suggested that our cit
liens grant it fee simple title to Placer
county, and should any of our people de-
sign remaining here, to humbly beg the
privilege of obtaining leases to their former
possessions.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25
AUBURN, APRIL Is, 1868.

The DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEES
are requested to meet at the city of Sacramento
on Tuesday, May 5th, A. D. 1868, at II o'clock,
NJ, of said day. for the purpose of. electing
Chairman and Recording Secretary, and the
transaction of other business. A full attendance
is requested. CHARLES STREET.
Corresponding Secretary.
[All Democratic papers in the State are re-
quested to copy.]
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25
Ity The Sacramento Union is really sa,

Az Tue Sacramento Union is really saw
age at the proposition that but one democrat
ic ticket shall be run in the State this season,
and yet this hypocritical sheet is constantly
denouncng what it pleases to term 'seces
sionists" for keeping up an organization If
Democrats conclude to run but one ticket,
the Unions kind better bid good bye to
their fat places, the great unwashed and
unterritied," will obtain clear title TO them
sure.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25

trade. Pshaw Trades are played out H..
trades are overstocked, and those who have lea.e
ed the 20, are u. above following them. It is too
ulating, cheating and swindling, so that Won
not violate any law, are the more profitable th w
steady, regular, productive labor. man t ,ha.
goes into physical labor nowadays is considor r,
demented, and fit for nothing else
MORE ANON
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25

Bay" The Sac Bee editor seems to be the
especial mouthpiece of the Sacramento Pa
citic r. r., and is disposed to question the
motives ofedtors who oppose the S25O,0OO
swindle upon Placer county We suppose
he is paid for it, however. What do YOU set9
Money, stock, or Placer county timber
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25

TKs" Some sensation has been created in
San Francisco this week, 10y n report from
the lsthmus that it is there surmsed that the
rebel privateer -Ald6ama has gone around
Cape Horn, for the purpose of Ievying upon
Fedora commerce in the Pacific. The San
Francisco papers ridicule the report.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25

Wont STAND lr.-The Great Pacific
Railroad has trouble near home. Sacra-
mento county is proposed to be bled $780,,
900, but the people about Folsom say they
won't. The Telegraph says that five miles
out of Sacramento the measure will receive
no support.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25

Died.

AT the Grizzly Bear House, on Tuesday last, of
rysipelas, DAVID WADE. ged about 81 years.
AR: w. was an old citizen of this county and
wei known and respected by all who knew him.
l 1 was formerly from the western part Of the
State of New York. He was buried in Auburn
on Thursday last.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25

PACK TRAINS For WAsHoE- Several
pack trains, in all about sixty mules. in
charge of Mexicans, passed through Auburn
yesterday loaded with goods for Washoe.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25

GF- The late rains have filled the bitches
in the upper portion of the county, and min
ners, merchants, and everybody are hopeful
of revival of trade.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25

E9s- No new "indcations" in copper that
we have heard of this week, but large faith is
felt in the success of number of companies
already engaged.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25

Ets- J. w. Sullivan, Of San Francisco con,
tnues his attention to us in sending the la
test Eastern journals and pictorials.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25

Ess- We are indebted to Messrs. Dude,
and Ames of the Assembly for Legislative
documents.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25
IS The Sacramento Union tall

G-s'- The Sacramento Union talks gener-
ally about assisting the Sacramento Pacific
Railroad, but does not come down squarely
to It's work, and advice specifically the tax,
ing of stock in the road by Placer and other
counties. Why is this! Does the Union
retain its opinions Of three years ago, when
it advised the people Of Placer county that
it was very bad policy for county to become
a stakeholder in Railroad incorporation?
Wont the Union be so kind as to give us
give us some quotations from its files of
that period.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25

re-" \ soldier writing from New Orleans,
to fiends at the East, confirms the report Of
the attempt to shoot Gen. Banks, but says
it WAS made 10y soma Of his own men. The
affair was hushed up as quickly as possb' e;
and the Picayune newspaper came near being
suppressed for publishing an account of it.
ODD FELLOWS CELEBRATION AND BALL
On Monday next, the Forty fourth anniver-
sary of odd Fellowship in America, will be
appro riatel Y celebrated at Lincoln, 10y Val
ley Lodge, No. lO7, and their invited brelh-
ern from a distance. A large Pavilion has
been erected in which the ceremonies of the
day will take place. Hon. j. b. Harmon.
of Sac City. will deliver the Grafton.
At night grand Ball will be he'd at the
Pavilion, djacent to the Logan House, and
every preparation has been made to receive
the numerous guests expected to be present
The supper will be given at the Logan" UNI
der the superintendence Of Mr. Mills, which is
sufficient assurance that it will be ample and
fautless.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25

It'- The Company recently organized in
San Francisco, to erect copper smelling
works AT Antioch, near the Mt. Dabo coal
mines, have commenced preparing their
grounds, have $25 900 in bank, aud hope to
be ready to smelt ores within sixty days.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25
DISSOLUTION OF CO.PARTNERsHIP.

HE FIRM OF McBURNEY Il HIGGINS hav-
Il ing been dissolved by mutual consent on
the 10th day of April, 1868, the business of the
Magnolia Saloon will hereafter be conducted by
the undersigned, who will pay all debts of the
firm upon presentation. CHAS. HIGGINS.
Auburn, April rs, lS63.--3t
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25

irss- The Placer Courier advocates the
$4,000 Railroad proposition, and SAYS
under the law of the General Government
granting lands to the Company pre-emption
claims and homeSteadS are erempted. 1t is
possible that the Courier did not intend to
convey false impression, but it
put the sentence in italics. The facts are
that in the agricultural region the Railroad
Company is entitled to five sections of land
per mile on each side of their road desir,
mated by odd sections, and within the limits
of ten miles. If any of these sections have
been pre-empted or taken up as homesteads
under the ldeCS of Congress, the company
can select the equivalent upon other sections.
The mineral lands have always been reserved
from sale, and therefore there is no authori
ty for making prescriptions or homesteads
upon them such as the Pacific Railroad act
cOAiempates There are State Laws allow
ing possessory claims upon mineral
land (but not to the exclusion of mners)
and the reservation of homesteads -these
are entirely different from pre- emption and
homestead claims under Congressional law,
and are not protected in the grants to the r r.
Co. In the mineral region, therefore, theCom-
pany will be entitled to the timber for five
sections per mile on each side of the road.
within the limits of ten miles at the least,
and perhaps the full width of ten miles on
each side (there is some doubt in this ques
ton; as as the law is vague and the land is
not surveyed) Tut no possessory claims or
or homestead on these lands can escape. The
Company takes the timber.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25

BIRTH.
=, AT Iowa Hill, on Monday last, the wife of WIN.
liner. of son.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25
DIVINE SERVICE.

The REV. w. NJ. ARMSTRONG. of the Metho
dist Church South. will preach in the Court House
on Monday evening, the 18th day of May next.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25

"YoU BEr."-This is the name of new
and fourishing mining town in Nevada
county, near Bear River, and about equi-
distant between llinoistown and Dutch Flat
The diggings are generally deep and worked
by hydraulics-the supply of water for that
purpose being abundant.
We observe that one of our old citizens,
c. p Reno, Esq, late of Iowa Hil has ia
ken the Exchange Hotel, at You Bet, and
is prepared to accommodate the travelling
public with the best the country affords.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-04-25

airy benefits to Sacramentans, the people here are
gratl1ed with the prospect of biennial sessions.
LOCAL MATTERS.
Generally speaking business is dull, though
there is great stir preparatory 20 the Washoe
Spring trade. Transfers are astir and already
many of them are on their way with their first
loads OF machinery or provisions.
A fatal stabbng ARRAY occurred yesterday be-
tween William Kelly an Irishman. and Joseph
Sheaf, a colored boOt-back. The parties live
neighbors, on a by-alley, and the quarrel arose
from Kelly driving his wagon over Sheafs yard
war of words led to the !use Of knives, when
both of them received fatal wounds. Kelly died
this morning, and Sheaf will linger for day or
two throng of visitors was passing to and
from their residences at all hours to-day Sheafs
house was open, and from appearances he was
lacking attention. With good care he might
possibly recover.
Everybody is getting rich here dealing in
Washoe Stocks, and other pieces of loose paper
1t dead thing. everybody says, to 90 into feet
ana STOCKS. Every day meet some man who has
made his pile. Every tenth man on the streets
has his pockets filed with certificates of stock in
some rich copper, silver or gold mining company
Generally silver or copper as gold claims are
now obsolete) or jam full OF specimen rocks
which, for aught anybody else may know. came
IRON some good claim thousand miles away from
the place where the reported claim is laid off,
These are speculative times rs well as war times.
and there is as much skill being developed in
tnanciering, as in open and active warfare Our
forefathers may have been skilled in the way of
getting rich by practicing industry aud economy.
but they knew little about gaining wealth as
practiced in California and Washoe. Few fathers
IN Sacramento think Of putting their cons to a