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The Placer herald., 1864-04-23
+. y. PRINCE. Secretary.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNTY GEN.
TRIAL COMMITTEE

Pursuant to notice, the Democratic Central
Committee met in Auburn, at the Placer Herald
office, on Wednesday. April 9th, 1864, when on
motion of Col. Newman, Hon. Jos. Walkup, (who
represented j. c. Ball, of Township No. l, , by
proxy) was elected Chairman, pro tenn.
On motion of 10 Hamilton, it was resolved
that County Convention be held in Auburn, on
SATURDAY, MAY 7th 1864, and that the Pri-
mary Election be held on the Saturday previous
April 30th, and that the following be the ratio
of Delegates Tor each precint:
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

SELLING A WHITE BABY.-The Grass VAL
ley National gives singular account of the
adventures of a baby. A Mrs. Lawless, of
Marysville, was compelled to go to her hus-
band at Rowland Flat, Sierra county
Owing to the weather and condition of
travel, she could not carry her baby, so she
hired Mrs. Carrigan to take care of it,
paying her three months in advance. Mrs.
@. sold the child for 800 to black prostitute
of Auburn, named Hamilton, and the latter
for $40, sold it to negress at Grass Valley,
with whom, after a long scratch, the brother
of Mrs. Lawless, found the child.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

One of the famous "six hundred" of Bala.
klava has enlisted in New Haven. Judging
by the number of these heroes who have
enlisted in our army, says a Boston paper,
at least thousand out of the six hundred
must have survived and come to this coun-
try.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23
National Democratic Committee.

New YORK. Jan. 18th 1864
At meeting of the National Democratic Com
mittee, held at New York this day, it was unaui-
mously voted that the next National Democratic
Convention, for the purpose of nominating can
didates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency
of the United States to be held at Chicago, Hi
nois, on Monday, July 4th, 1864
BY vote of the committee, at a meeting held
September I, 1868, the number of delegates for
each State was fixed at double the number of its
electoral votes.
AUGUST BELMONT, Chairman.
T. o. PRINCE Secretary
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

RoBBERy--On the night of April 18th,
the Logan House, at Lincoln, was entered by
thieves and several lodgers robbed. The
Express says:
The room of John Daily and William
Andrews, drivers for the California Stage
Company, was entered, and the former rob-
bed of seventy five dollars, which was in his
pantaloons pocket, and under his pillow.
The thief took his pants also The latter
was robbed of thirty five dollars, which was
taken from bis vest pocket. The room of
McQuade, ack'layer on the Central Rail-
road, was also entered, and that gentleman
relieved of nineteen dollars and fifty cents.
The doors of the rooms of several ladies
stopping at the house we're opened Also
Some parties have been arrested on suspi
cion.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23
AUBURN PRECINCT,

The Democrats of this Precinct are requested
to meet at the Placer Herald Office. on Saturday
evening .april 30th, for the purpose of electing
four Delegates to represent them in the next
County Convention.-2t
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

INCOME TAx.--Mr. Boges gives notice
to the citizens of Townships No. l, 2, 8, 0,
and 10, this county, that the time has arrived
for assessing income tax for the year 1868
and that be will soon call on them for that
DurDOSo
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

RECovERED.-About a year ago James
Anderson, Esq, had watch stolen from
him, and be was unable to hear anything Of
his lost "time piece" On Wednesday even
ing last, the watch was left with Mr. Andrews
for repair. James you can recover" by
applying to Sheriff Sexton, who has the
aforesaid" in safe keeping.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY MEETIN THE

DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY MEErINGs.-The
Democracy Of this county are called
upon to meet in the various Precincts
OF the county, on Saturday next, April 3oth,
to elect delegates to the County Convention,
which meets in Auburn, on the 7th of May
next. The Democracy should be up and
doing, and show by their zeal that the fires
Of Democracy" are still burning brightly
Let every Precinct be represented if possible
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

VsssELs TO Pass TO THE South OF ALcA-
TRAz.--By the last General Order issued
from Military Headquarters bearing the date
April 18th, vessels of every description enter
ing the barbor of San Francisco will be re-,
quired to pass up the channel to the south of
Alcatraz Island,
1t is asserted that the gold customs of Feb
ruary, at New York, will probably be over
S2,7oo,ooO, with only s3,oo0,o0o to pay
out.
At the Springfield Armory there is a
department known as the ''hospital," where
the odds and ends of all work are DONE
When a workman has nothing else to do
he is sent to the hospital, where he is sure to
find work enough to busy himself about
The amount paid to veteran volunteers in
boun,ies is said TO reach $90,0Oo,o0O.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

STILL MORE TAxEs.-By recent Acts of
the Legislature, the State tax has been raised
to 1925 on the 500 valuation of property.
This will make the entire tax, Of county and
State, $3,7l on the hundrd This looks like
''pilng on the agony
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

A pelican was shot near Carson City, the
other day, which measured, according to the
Independent, from the tip of ore wing square
across to the tip of the other, eight feet; from
the point Of his bill to the tip of his toes,
fourteen feet!
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23
N eptune G. and S. Mining Co.

White, Red and Blue District, Placer
County.
NJ Office is hereby given that at meeting OF
~ the Trustees of the said Company held
.4prl 18th, 1864. an assessment of TEN CENTS
per share was levied upon the capital stock OF
1864, to the Secretary, in Sacramento City, at
the office of the Company. .7ny stock upon when
said assessment shall remain unpaid on the 2lst
of May. 1864, will be advertised on that day as
delinquent, and unless payment shall be made De-
fore that time, will be sold on the lst day OF
getber with the G cost Of advertisinS and expenses
of SALE
PETER Z.ACH.fRI.fS, Secretary.
Office--.Alley bet l and j, Front and Second $751;
Sacramento Clty'
.4pril 2Oth, 1S64.-4w
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

TAKE AYERS PILLS for all the purposes of a
purgatve, for Consumption, Indigestion, Head
ache and Liver Complaint By universal accord,
they are the best of all purgatives for family use.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23
DIVINE SERVICE.

Divine Service will be held at the NJ. E. Church
by Rev. William Wilmot to- morrow Sunday at
lOia A. NJ. and p. NJ. and rgularly thereafter at
the same hours on each Sunday.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

ANNUAL ELEcTIoN.-The stockholders OF
the Bear River Company hold their annual
meeting for the election Of Trustees, on
Monday the 2nd of May next.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

A RoDEo will take place at the Chicken
Ranch, Sacramento county, on the 25th OF
this month
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

CRowDED.-The great number of passen-
gers passing through our town daily for
Washoe is really astonishing. The stages
are crammed full, outside and in.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

SALE PosrpoNED.-Commissi Move,
has postponed the sale Of the 5. I. & n
Railroad until the 3Oth inst.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23
SORE THROAT,
COUGH,
mi n

And similar troubles, if suffered to progress, re-
suit in serious Pulmonary, Bronchial and Asth
matte affections. oftentmes incurable
BROWNS BRONCHIAL TROCHES
are compounded so as to reach directly the seat
Of the disease and give almost instantaneous re-
lief.
Agents for California, Redington Il Co., San
Francisco.
.dpril 10th, 1S64.--1m
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

A DuEL.-Billy Muligan and Tom Cole
man fought duel at Reese River on Monday
lass. Coleman was hit twice-not seriously.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

AppoINrMENr.-It is reported that George
B. Evans of Tuoumne, has been appointed
Adjutant General of California, in the place
of General Kbbe. This report has not been
confirmed.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23
Democratic County Central Committee.

J. G. Ball, Chairman; 10. Hamilton. Secretoru:
Nlcnoias Lohse, Thomas Stanley, A. Kipp, Thos.
Dodd, NJ W. Hassett j H. Netf George Kruder,
U. U. Newman, James r. Nickerson
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

DIVINE SERVICE will be celebrated at the
Court House every second (2nd) and fourth (4th)
Sunday of the month. Hours of Service IL
O'Clock. A. NJ, and o'clock PM
The Sunday School will meet on every Sunday
at 2 O'Clock. P. NJ.
REV. ADAM A. McALISTER,
Minister OhiCiAting.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

ReS0lrcd, That we recommend that the only
test to be applied to participants in the selection
of Delegates to the County Convention shall be;
Are you opposed TO the policy OF the present
The Constitution. the Laws and the Union of our
Fathers? Are you in favor of a speedy and
honorable peace that will secure equal and exact
justice TO every section of the American Union?
Will you support the nominee of the Democratic
National Conventon?''
RESOLVED, That these proceedings be published
in the Placer Herald and Dutch Flat Enquirer,
On motion. Committee adjourned.
JOS WALKUP, Chairman, pro tenn.
10 HAMILTON, Secretary.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23
BASKET MEETING.

A Basket Meeting will be held near Orr's
Ranch, on Saturday and Sunday, May 7th and 9Th,
1864. Rev. o. Fisher, Presiding Elder will off
cate. The public are invited to attend
W. w. ARMSTRONG, Preacher in charge.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

The St. Joseph Herald of a recent date,
mentions sixty wagons crossing the river at
that point in single day, all bound for
Idaho and Colorado Territories. One
wagon from Maine, bore the following words
painted on the cover:
Bound for Bannock, the land of gold,
Conscripts, Injns and Mormon widows:
Our motto-Rches or more poverty"
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

The trappers in Minnesota are doing a
great busines in taking furs, which are plenty
owing to the absence of the Indians. In order
to keep away Others who might share in the
lucrative harvest. they are circulating stories
about Indian murders that answers the pur-
pose admirably.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

FIRE AT SACRAMENTO-A fire broke out
on Saturday morning, in the block on the
north side of j street, between Tenth and
Eleventh, Sacramento, which proved quite
destructive. -Four or five buildings were
DESTROYED on J street, and as many more on
Tenth. Estimated loss, about $4,000.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

The following is said to be an effectual
remedy for the blind-staggers in horses:
Gum csmpbor, one ounce whiskey or brandy
one pint-dissove Dose-one gill, in a
half a pint of gum arabic, or some other
mucagnous tea, given every three or four
hours
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

The Tallahassee (rebeD Floridian says
that one thousand (O dead bodies of Union
soldiers have already been buried on the
Olustee battlefield, while the rebel dead on
y numbered l35 exclusive of thirty-three
who afterwards died of their wounds.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

Work ON THE Pacific RAILRoAD.-Mr
Coburn informs us the rock cut, near New
Castle, will be finished by the 18th of next
month, when the company can soon complete
the road to that place, and commence doing g
business.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

The PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION Under this
heading the New York correspondent of the
S. f. Bulletin, says that "Old Abraham" is
very willing very anxious, and quite deter
there is considerable opposition to him in
prominent circles. Fremont is bound to
run any how, and politics in the East is get
ting into quite muddle. Fun ahead.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

At the Brooklyn Sanitary Fair, few days
ago, mock marriage was performed for the
amusement of the crowd. The Rev. Theo.
L. Cuyler, officiating as priest in cooked hat
and black gown!.
The New York Herald is arguing in favor
ratfles and against the clerical protests, and
says that after the death of our Savior his
followers cast lots for his garments.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-23

When the English were good Catholics,
they usually drank the Pope's health in full
glass every day after dinner az bon pere-
whence the word bumper.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-29

JOSH BILLINGS WANTS TO MAKE A
Few BETs.-I want tew make the fol
lering bets:
First-I want tew bet 1000 Dollars
that Abraham Linkom Esqr., and his
wife, and his son Bob, will be the next
President of the United States OF
America.
Secondly want tew bet 35 Dollars
that shant vote for john G. fremont
nor no luther man will, who voted fol
Abe Linkom, the last time he run.
Thirdly want tew bet Is Dollars,
that the chicarger cOnvenshun cant git
the electoral vote, ov emmy staff north
of Massey, and DiXie's line, unless it is
upper & Lower Canada.
Fifthly-I want tew bet 10 Dollars
that john G. fremont's letter of accep-
tanse embOdiZ the chicarger platform,
and enuff else, tew dam emmy man.
Sixthly-I want tew bet several hun
dred Dollars, that this war goes rite on,
and emmy thing that gifts in the way ov
it, whether it is Jeff. Davis's or the Dem
ocratic platform, gifts knocked higher
than the top ov Mount Pisger.
Seventhly-I want tew bet mi note,
for ZOO Dollars, payable six months be-
fore it is due, that Geo. B M'CleIland,
Esqr., the Rev. Fernando Wood, or Val
landingham the pilgrim, will have tew
be the nominee at the chicarger conven-
ton, elze the Democratic party will have
to make new platform tew suit some
decent man.
Eighthly-I want tew bet awl of the
rest of my real and imaginary Estait,
that General U. s. Grant kant be injuced
tew run emmy luther man but jeff. Davis,
and if he don't run agin him wuss than
steel pinted ram, within the next or
years, emmy man may hav me, my
hairs, and assigns forever, and ever,
amen. I want tew bet the above bets.
TOcrr
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-29
Mothers Reply to Just Before the Rattle.
BY c. II. PARMLEY.

Shield my boy in day of battle!
Mother prayS, with binding tears
Prays the Father keep her loved one
Till the war-cloud disappears.
Oh, she felt her heart was breaking!
When she kissed his boyish brow,
To see him turn that dear face from her,
Never half as dear as now.
Farewell mother may not fold thee
To her throbbing heart again.
But, oh! my boy, Wen ne,er forget thce,
should they write thee with the slam.
"God preserve thee" struggled upward,
But il fell not on his ea-,
AS 1t rose, a silent offering,
Heavenward, with the parting tear.
Me forget him, lone and weary,
Gone to face the cruel foe:
Oh. no! he's dearer far than ever,
Since he volunteered TO go.
Farewell! mother, etc.
Just before the battle opens,
Thou art thinking most OF me;
But an anxious mother never
Ceases to remember thee.
God protect thee in the struggle
For thy country and the right, 49,
Zen though thy comrades brave arouno the'
Sleep the sleep of death to-nlght.
Farewell! mother, etc.
Say not so, l hear thee saying,
PRAY not for thy son alone.
Other boys as brave and noble,
(Ni1the battlefield are strewn.
Nav. know that some must perish
BY the cruel-handed foe;
But, oh! if mothers prayers can save thee,
God shall turn the traitors blow.
Farewell! mother, etc.
When the fearful battles over,
am thinking most of YOU
Thinking, if my boy is lying
In the sunshine and the dew
Lying with his life-blood flowing,
But no hand to wine the stain!
Oh, tell me, mothers! is this glory,
Dying thus on battle plain?
FAREWELL mother may not fold thee
To her throbbng heart again;
But, oh! my boy, if prayer can save thee,
None shall write thee with The slain.
BELOIT, WIS.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-29
JUST BEFORE the BATTLE.

Just before the battle, mother,
lam thinking most Of you, -c,s
While upon the field we're watching,
With the enemy in view.
Comrades brave around me lying, -H
Filled with thoughts of home and God;
For well they know that on the morrow,
Some ,cW sleep beneath the sod!
CHORUS.
Farewell, mother, you may never
Press me to your heart again .. -
But oh you'll not forget me, mother,
Ii I'm numbered with the slain.
Oh long to see you, mother,
And the loving ones at home,
But I'll never leave the banner,
Till in honor can come.
Tell the traitors all around you,
That their cruel words we know
In every battle kill our soldiers,
BY the help they lend the foe.
CHoRUs.-Farewell mother, &c.
Hank! hear the bu ries sounding,
IT'S the signal for the flght-
And oh! may God protect us, mother,
As he ever does the right.
Hear the battle cry of freedom
How it Swells upon the air;
Oh YES, we'll rally round the standard,
Or well perish nobly there.
CHoRUS.-Farewell, mother, &c.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-29
NOTICE.
M'CORMICK'S IMPROVED SELF
AND HAND RAKING COMBINED
REAPERS AND MOWERS.
The Self Rdker Saves tDo MEMS Work.,

4TS kSGJ-IIURST kot%Cco tWO MSH VV"3
At time when hired help is scarce and hard
In MANY instances in 1868 the Mccormack was
driven and taken charge OF by girl, doing us
own raking in better manner than could pc
our machine through the harvest ,cith any other,
and keep and pay for the one preferred. 1t is
combined machine and redps as well as NOUS,
and n,o,Os as well as redps
CERTIFICATES.
Jonas Miller, of Wilton, Muscatlne CO., Iowa,
writes: 1.-The rake works perfectly, and is not
liable to get out of order. worked the machine
with two hOrseS, and found it as easy on them as
nloWing believe have by its use saved the
additional cost of the rake. AS mower u
slough ground without clogglng or trouble IN
any way AS a reaper and mower Consider II
the most perfect machine l have ever seem l
would sell next to my last COW rather thah 90
ave, the undersigned, purchased NJ Cormick 2
above" JAMES COOPER,
GEORGE HERR.
.e-.. TrProN, CEDAR Co., May 1; 1851
This is to certify that purchased McEor
80 acres of grain and 80 acres OF grass WlInUut
any breakage at ALL The draft was very ilgnt,
and consider it the most reliable machlne l
know of as a reaper and mower: me rahe
order Four men will bind as much after II az
five after any hand-raker. MOSES BUNkEh.
Ipurchaseda Mccormick Self-raker IN 1903 ana
endorse the above fully.
$25 cash required and three and nali years
time given on the balance at six per cent. inter
est If desired.
Weed, Bridgman 4 Kent, Agents, Muscatlne
F. Bacon. Agent, Wilton; r. B. Lyon. Agent
West Liberty; Clinton circuit, Travelling Agent
I my3OdItw7t +. A. MCNA1R, Gent Ag
! -
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-29

STITCHES IN A SHIRT.-The following
il a singular calculation of the number
of stitches in a shirt:
Stitching the collar, four rows, 5000 !;
|sewing the ends, 500; button-holes and
Sewing on buttons, $50; sewing the col
liar and gathering the neck, l ,204; stitch
Inc wristbands, 1928; sewing the ends,
|es: button-holes, 14S; hemming the
Sits. 2e4; gathering the sleeves, $40; set
ting on wristbands, 1,46S; stitching on
shoulder-straps, three rows each, 1850;
hemming the bosoms, 1893: sewing the
sleeves, 1882; setting in sleeves and
gussets, 8 $50; tapping the sleeves, 1925;
Sewing the seams, S41; setting side gus
sets in, 424; hemming the bottom, l0;
Total number of stitches, 2O,62O. And
for this work many women receive only
| 624 cents.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-29
BENNETT PETERS & co.

These Bitters are prepared, in pure Bourbon
Whisky, from combination of over twenty diff
ferent kinds of roots, barlzs and herbs, which
pared from the original formula given by the
great chief, Red Jacket, to Dr. Chaplin, who used
them successfully in his practice for many years,
and by their use gained so great popularity III
the treatment and cure of dyspepsia, liver COM
plant, constipation, Sick and nervous headache,
fever and ague, and all diseases arising from
torpid liver or indigestion. Persons suffering
from either of these loathSome diseases will
find a sure cure by the use of these BitterS,
which are perfectly pure and free from all those
drugs and poisOnS usually put up in such prepa-
rationS and palmed off on an unSuspecting pub
lie. A single trial will convince the most slep-
teal that in the RED JACKET there is virtue
which no other bitterS possess.
They strengthen and invigOrate the system.
They are unequaled for general debility.
They are a sure cure for dyspepsia.
They give a good and healthy appetite.
They assist digestion.
They are the best stimulant in existence.
They are sure preventive of Fever and Ague.
They relieve constipation.
They cure Nervous Headache.
They are perfectly pure and palatable.
They make the debilitated strong, and restore
TO strength the exhausted
Aged persons and delicate females will find
they can save large doctors bills by the use OF
these Bitters.
Beware of counterfeits. The Red Jacket Bit
tiers are only sold in bottles with our name
blown on the side. Our
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-29
The Philosophy Of Health.

The PHILOSOPHY Oh heOAtn.
"Bread and butter" are the only arti-
cles of food of which we never tire for q
day, from early childhood to extreme old
age. A pound OF fine flour OF Indian
(corn meaU contains three times as
much meat as one pound or butchers
roast beef; and if the whole product OF
the grain, bran and all, were made into
bread, fifteen per cent more of nutrl-
ment would be added Unfortunately
the bran, the coarsest part, is thrown
away the very part which gives sound
ness to the teeth, and strength to the
bones, and vigor to the brain. Five
hundred pounds of fine flour give to the
body thirty pounds of the bony element;
while the same quantity of bran gives
one hundred and twenty-five pounds!
This bone is 'lime," the phosphate lime,
the indispensable element OF health to
the whole human body, from the want
of the natural supply OF which multi
| tudes of persons go into general de.
cline" But swallowing ''phosphates'
| in the shape OF powd ers, or in syrups, to
cure these declines" has little Or no
virtue. The articles contained in these
"phosphates" must pass through ma
lures laboratory must be subject to her
manipulatioIs, in alembics specially pre-
pared by Almighty power and skill, IN
order to impart their peculiar virtues 10
the human frame in palmer phrase,
the shortest, safest, and most ln1alilDle
method of giving strength to the BODY,
bone and brain, thereby arresting dis
ease. and building up the constitution,
is to eat and digest more bread made out
of the whole grain, whether of wheat,
corn, rye or oats. But we must get an
appetite for eating more, and power of
digesting more. Not by the artificial
and lazy method of drinking bittsrs and
taking tonics, but by moderate, contin-
ued, and renumerative musculareXereise
in the open air every day, rain or shine.
And that we may eat the more OF it, the
bread must be good and cheap, and
healthful; and that which combines
these three qualities to greater extent
than any other known on the face of
the globe as far as we know, is made
thus: To three quarts of corn Hndian)
meal add one pint Ofbread sponge; water
sufficiently to wet the whole; add one
half pint of -four and teaspoonful OF
salt. Let it rise, then knead well I'M
sparingly, for the second time. Place
the dough in the oven, and let it bake
an hour and half Keep on trying UNI
til YOU succeed in making light, we'll
UdkCu lOdl. Out COOf eGCSCCuON esUA.AAA
ably by our directions at the very first
trial. 1t costs just halfas much as bread
from the finest family flour, is lighter
on the stomach, and imparts more
health, vigor and strength to the body,
brain and bone. Three pounds of such
bread lat five centsa pound forthe meal
affords as much nutriment as nine
pounds of good roast beef Costing, at
twenty-five cents, 1925 according to
STANDARD physiological tables.-HalFs
Journal Of Heath.