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The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

A PLEASANT PLACE FOR WITNESSES
The Grass Valley National tells the follow
ing: gentleman from yer the mountains
who had "A conversation before leaving Vir
ginla with one of the attorneys in the Pond
and Real del Monte case, which was tried
last week at Carson, assures us that that
was one of the highest old trials ever known
in the Territory. The with ssses, who were
numbered by scores, were all provided with
masked batteries in the shape Of navy revov-
ers, derringers and Arkansas toothpicks, >
and no fooishness appeared to be the watch
word with all. Interested parties found it
necessary several times to smuggle their witt
nesses out Of town, least the aforesaid wit
nesses might not be in condition to again les-
tify if found by the parties of the second
part When one witness on the stand was
leslifying rather strong or with too appa-
rent preciseness of detail 10 suit the other
crowd, the court room resounded with the
musical tick of pocket pistols cooking, until,
with slight imaginative stretch, by-s'an-
der might suppose himself in large clock
store,
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02
The Guerrillas---Who They Are.

A New York Herald correspondent, writing
from the army of the Potomac, says:
Gangs Of guerrilla are to be found prowl-
inc about the country on both sides of the
railroad between here and Alexandria,
Their operations have been frequently the
subject of dispatches. 1t is now pretty sat
isfactory ascerlained that these gangs are
not rebels, but outlaws. Mosby and White
are still operating in our rear, but the for
mer is known to be south of the Rappahan,
mock, having made his appearance in the vi
cnily of Cupepper within few days, and
White is supposed to be not far away. The
depredations that are making so much noise
of late are committed between Warrenton
Junction and Manassas, and the parties cont
hitting them come from the south side of
the track, where neither Mosby nor White
ever 90. The impression now prevails
among those best informed that these depre
da,ors are simply deserters from our oaon dr>
my-rascals acho hare enlisted simply for
pHlainogs purposes, and now find an open
field for their operations. They are well
mounted and roam the country with impuni~
ty, readily scattering at the approach of dan
ger, and rallying at given signals. knowing
fully the organization OF our army, and be-
ing dressed in Union uniform, they enter our
lines with impunity IS Union cavalry men.
They never destroy property or damage the
railroad, but seize any unlucky person who
appears to have vauables about him and
carry him off When at a safe distance from
our lines, the prisoner is stripped and robbed
of his clothing and valuables, and then turn
OIL loosa sometimes wi h hut of,t npr vii hOut
and that class o. men are the coveted prizes
Of these highwaymen, because they are
known usually to carry considerable sums OF
money. But let Moshy and White be re
lieved the odium Of this business The
gangs infes'ing the railroad are simply han~
dts and hiohwaymen of the worst descrip
ton and most reckless character.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02
~ A civilian at Washington, name(

EF A civilian at Washington, named
Snthson, a banker, has recently been tried
by eourt-martial for holding correspondence
with and converting information to the ene
my, and sentenced to five years confinement
in the penitentiary at Albany, New York
The case has given rise to much comment,
as another exercise Of arbitrary power-as
civilians are not amenable to military courts
where the civil tribunals are in operation in
undislurbed portions of the country; and by
a law of the last Congress, cases of the char.
acter above were distinctly required 10 be
tried by the u S. Courts.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02
THE BELLOWS BLOWS A NEW Tune

THE BELLOWS BLOWS New Tune
WHATS IN THE WINp9.-The New York
correspondent of the S. F. Call says tha, the
big man of the Sanitary Commission has Ia
ken new tack. Hear him.
DR.. Bellows has been creating a stir by
making somerset in his emancipation opin-
ions. lie has always been violent and
radical "abolilionist Of the Beecher school, y
ready to listen to nothing but the uncondil
lional and immediate freedom of the negro.
Indeed, he has made himself, for some time,
remarkably conspicuous as champion for
the instant freedom of the bond" On
Thank giving Day, however, he preached a
sermon in which he totally abandoned his old
ground, and took ground in favor Of grad.
ual' emancipation. lie even denounced the
radical New England policy, which would
make an immediate end of slavery as the best
way Of crushing out the rebellion! More
than this; he also praised General McClel,
Ian, and averred that Little Mac" had been
treated most unjustly. His change of course
and opinion created commo,on among his
quandom friends. They know not what to
hake VI IL. lHe next CuHuay lie rePeateu
his sermon in Brooklyn, among Mr.. Beecher's
most radical associates, who had always rel
carded MIR. Bellows as one of themselves
This "turn about AID wheel about" of the
reverend gentleman just as much gra'ified
his Guandom opponents as it mortified the
ultra people, and hence the excitement in
creased. How it will close, cant say.
hardly think Mr. Bellows will iecant his
new doctrines; but if he don't, the storm
about his ears will almost annihilate him.
He is bold and able man, though and not
easily frightened out of any views he may
have dellbsralely adopted.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

Mvsr Go-Ihe New York Times earnest
~ exhors young men to volunteer for the
war and save themselves from conscrpliou,
remalkng at the same time thal: The gov.
ernment is determined to have The personal
services of just so many young men as ii re.
es-volnntarily it it can, compulslorly
if it must. 1t is not so much question to
the young men whether they shall go, as
how they shall go-by choice or by coer-
cion."
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02
GORDON COPPER MINING co.

NJ OTICE.-I will expose to public sale, at the
~ door Of my Office in Auburn, Placer county
on Tuesday, the J lth day Of January, 1864, at
the hour OF one o'clock, p. NJ. the following shares
in the Gordon Copper Mining Company. situate
IN the Auburn copper Mining District. to-wit:
Share No. 4G. assessed to Patrick Krlly amount
due on 3rl and 4ih assessment Sis; share No. 81, 4,
assessed TO John Leach amount due on 4ih assess
mcnt SO; share No. So, assessed to Thomas Han
ncgan amount due on 3rd and 4th assessment SIS;
and sh'r" NO. -, assessed to Joseph Smith am t
due on 3rd and 4th assessment SIS; and share
No. l3, assessed to II. HAZEL, amount due on 4th
assessment $40.
All Of the above named shares l will sell as
azores id, or much Of each share as may bc suf-
licent TO satisfy the several assessments now due,
and the accruing COSTS according TO the bylaws
OF slid Company.
r. C. POLAND.
Secretary Of the Gordon Z. NJ. Co.
Auburn Jan. l, lS64-2t.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

The DELAWARE Smthers, the
Abolition appointee to Congress, received,
according to military report, G,22S votes.--
The democrats did not vote at ali, SO the
Abolition lyrants had every thing their own
way. The DelaWarian says:-"'lhe task is
now comprehensive work bugun a year ago.
There is no struggle now-the struggle is
over. Life is extnct-the life of our Werties
The voice of the people Of the State of Del,
aware is hushed-sience reigned in Della
ware at the election on the l0I inst. Su,
warof, the military butcher that did the
bloody work OF Russia in crushing out the
liberties OF the turbulent, freedom loving
Poles, wrote to his mistress, when he had
murdered thousands of them, and made them
bow their necks submissively to his govern
ment, that Order reigned IN Worsaw" Or
der now reigns in Delaware Order No. SO.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

DIscovERY OF Colossal STATUTE IN
RoME.-Advices from Rome state that tie
workmen engaged in preparing the ground
for the erection of a central railway station
near the Villa Missimi, have founi colos
sal statue of Fuslina, the wife of Anonius
Plus with the symbols belonging to Concord.
There are several traces of eui ding on the
head, and of red paint on the face. The
Pope has presented this statute to the muses.
um Of the Capitol, where it had been placed
by order of the Senate.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

CoNFEssEp.-Page, one of the murderers
of Magruder, has made fall confession
since his arrival at Lewiston, in Idaho Ter.
ritory. Beside Magruder, they killed four
o,har men on the same night. MUIR
derers and victims were travelling in COM
pany from the mines to Lewiston. The peo-
pie of Lewiston will not attempt to exercise
Lynch Law on tie criminals, but will permit
the law to take its course-which it will do
speedily, and to the ends Of Justice.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

Women in New York are becoming high
waymen-talng to the road and telling
men to ''s,and and deliver" Four of them
recently assaed a stalwart fellow in one OF
the streets of Gotham, and were knocked
about and severely dealt with. They then
tried it on one of their own sex, throwing
her down and almost denuding her. The
whole party was arrested aud sent to prison
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

Tho great scare on the northern border is
not justified 10y any disclosures thus far made
although sufficient time has elapsed to bring
out all the material facts. There is no evi
dence that any vessel Of any sort, large OF
small, armed or unarmed, has been tloa,
anywhere on the lakes, or been in possession
Of the rebels in any lake harbor.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

The Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle says
the powder to be used by the rebels in the
monster BIake|y guns at Charleston is quite
curiosity, looking like anything else but
gunpowder; the grains-f they can so be
called-beng solid blocks, oking like ebony,
one inch square; it would be supposed that
they were projectiIes themselves, by their
appearance, each grain weighing about one
ounce.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

The medical men Of Paris the following as
as good way Of administering castor oil to
children: The quantity of oil prescribed is
crate fire. An cog is broken into it, and the
mixture is then stirred up, so as to form
something like what cooks cal buttered eggs;
when it is done, little salt or sugar, or "A
few drops Of orange water. or some currant
Jelly, is added The sick child will cat it
eagerly and never discover the fraud.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

A Bosionan, writing home from Chicago,
says of the grave of Douglas: "A simple
mound with II wooden fence around it, tells
where Douglas lies. In short time the
town will have spread over his grave, an! the
man who was IA dictator in the Congress OF
the nation, will not have a stone TO mark his
last resting lace" "What shadows we are
and what shadows we pursue"
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

In he reign of henry VIII. there was a
small coin, Of lilIe valne. called a dandy
rat which Bishop Fleetwood obser, ed was
The origin of The term dandy, applied to,
worthless and contemplate persons"
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02
I'd ED.

At Raitlcsnakc. Dec 10Th, JAMES WILLIAM Of
Scarlet Fever, aged years, months and days;
son Of John Leach Of that place. New York pa
pers please copy
At Bloomrr Ranch. near Auburn. Dec. 20th
MINNIE, daughter Of John and Emma Switzer,
aged 10 months and "a days.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

PRENTICE ON jim LANE.-The editor Of
the Louisvslle Journal says that General
Jim Lane talks about his platform. Proba-
bly, beneath the gallow his last platform will
he erected, and be will not be liable TO stick
to il long"
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

News FROM MExIco.-The Echo du Pa
Clique, of San Francisco, gives the following
intelligence from Mexico, received by the
steamer Constitution. The latest dates from
the city Of Mexico are to the 9Th day of De
cember. The French troops had entered
Morelia, the capital of the State of Michoa-
can, without opposition, on the seth Novem
ber. Gen. Berlhier had occupied Tacambaro
and Gen. Bazaine was at Ce!aya, where Co.
monfort was assassinated; Gen. Donai was at
Salamanca, and Meja occupied San Miguel
de Allende. 1t WAS stated that the Juarists
abandoned the defence of Morelia without an
effort. Juarez and his ministers are said to
have left for Durango. Gen. Bazaine had
concentrated 10000 troops at Celaya, and
General Donai was at Salamanca. sixteen
leagues from Guanajuato. 1t is stated thai:
the Spanish and Holland Governments had
recognized the new Mexican Government.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02
A MASKED BArrERY.-The Sac. Bee con-

tains the following important telegram
VIsALIA, Dec. 3lst. lS63.-A masked
battery was discovered here yesterday, be-
tween the Fashion Saloon and certain til
shop, at one time the headquarters Of the
Dixie chivs. The persons who planted the
battery are known.
From the locality Of the discovery, it is
presumed the battery is ''r1ed"-"forty rod
whiskey.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

DIsrRIcr CouRr.-By law passed at this
Session of the Legislature, and approved by
the Governor last week, the next term of the
District Court in this county will not be held
until February next. The law has been SO
changed as to avoid the sessions Of the Su-
preme Court.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

AN INDUSTRIOUS JUpGE.-E. B. Crocker,
way appointed to the Supreme Bench in May
last to fill a vacancy, and according to the
Sac Union, he has, TO the close of the year,
written $50 decisions-whie for the whole
twelve months Judges Cope and Norton
have rendered 64-32 each. Two hundred
and eighty decisions implies much labor if
not lose-and while we may not be called
upon to exclrim "Oh! righteous jvdge!' we
can say in truth he is heavy old scribe
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

ES- An interesting letter from VIM. X.
Parkinson, an old resident Of this place will
be found in another column. He writes
from Unionvle, Nevada Territory, and gives
some favorable accounts of the mines of that
region.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

MAsoNIc.-Ata regular communication
of Eureka Lodge, No. lG, f. & A. NJ, held
in Auburn, December 2lst, 1868, the follow.
ing gentlemen were elected as officers for
the ensuing year: VIM. Wilmot, w. NJ;
E. S. Rusing,S S. w; Peter Harrison, J. w;
ID. w. Lubbock, Treas VIM. Sexton, Secy
VIM. McGinnis, Tyler S. S. We'll, and A
Comings, Stewards.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

EE Yesterday was generally observed as
a holiday by onr citizens in quiet, home
like way.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

wAn exchange defines an aboition;st
as llws:-"One that goes for an extermina.
ting war. bu; is very careful not to smell
powder himself"
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

At Moccassn Creek, Tuolumne county, on
the 3Oth of November, Frenohman asked
friend, as particular favor to kill him;
and on being refused he loaded a shotgun,
detached the barral from the stock. took a
seat by the fire, put the muzzle of the barrel
in his mouth and the other end in the fire,
and blew the eutre back part of his head
off.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

UNITED STATES SRNATE CnAMBER.-All
the halls abon, he Senate chamber are being
painted in subdued colors (disremper) and
they make very rich and elegant appearance
all the more so on account Of tho plain
finish in stucco of the walls. The Rodgers
has been placed Contrary TO the intention
of DR.. Walter as expressed sometime snce)
in the passage leading from the old House
chamber. The wlole view is grand, while
the figures illustrating leading facts in the
life Of Columbus, as well as as representations
of contemporaneous characters) are so dis
played as to make very impressive pictures
IN material very much superior to any Of
like character iu the public buildings here.
Persons who are versed in Irving's and
Prescotts histories, have but little trouble in
understanding the conceptions of the artists
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02
NOTICE, ,

nWING to the uniavorablc season, ard The i'm
" possibility OF mixing desired settlements,
cur Offices will b" kept open until July.
gsy- DEPOSITS will he received. and General
banking business continued. but no book accounts
or credits given after this date.
HALL e. ALLEN.
Auburn, January l, 1864 I'm
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

VALLEY LODGE, |. O. O. F., LIScoLN--
The following members were elected officers
Of this Lodge for the present year, at reg
uar meeting held on Thursday evening, DE
cernber 3lsl: James NJ. Nagel, N. G.; A. j..
Duval, V. G.; Jos. Dallman, Rec. Sec Thos.
S. Levy, Per- Sec; S. Beehler, Treasurer
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

METnoDIsr STATISTICS FOR 1868. - The
proceedings Of the California Annual Con
terence of the Methodist Episcopal Church
furnishes the following figures:
No. Of members for 1868, 3,944
No. of members for 1862, 3.497
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

EV A writer in the San Francisco papers
is very positive that he has hit upon the
only feasable plan to have the sunken iron
clad Comanche rescued and that is to, TO
let the Aquila and cargo be sold for song
to certain parties, who will not lose a mo.
ment in saving the wreck, and will thereby
be enabled to pay their heavy mining assess
ments and build more palatial residences.
the Bay people may understand who is hit
by such suggestions, but country readers are
as much at sea rs the sunken vessel.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

wThe Board of Engineers of San Fran
cisco report number Of the principal
streets AS "out of line. Some that should be
be uniform Width, being too narrow in some
places and too wide in others. As COM
sequence houses encroach on streets, and lots
to be full size) lap over the proper lines.
The streets don't fright and left dress" and
"front face" properly any way they can sur
vey it. A nest egg of litigation is inprocess
of'incubation that will bring forth trouble
some brood Of suits to the dwellers IN the
Bay city.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

EyA grand Trades Union, to embrace
all classes of mechanics, is now in process of
formation at San Francisco.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02
EAGLE BAKERY
loaz61ssSs1sss> 6sRsSs1ss>
,st4s11cSe.ssss<sr, s11ce.sss<sr,


On Sacramento Street, .4u6Un, Gala,
GEO. \. KEEHNER, Proprietor.
q TAKE this method Of informing my friends
n and the public, that am again doing busl-
ness at my old location; having rebuilt and en-
lirely relitted my establishment since the fire.
Auburn. Januar I'd, lS63.-3m.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

Increase, 447
Money raised for missionary purposes for
the year 1854 50.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02

DEPUTY CONSTABLE TOWNSHIP No. g.
d. Eckey, Constable elect of Township No.
2 has appointed Stephen Jamison his Depu,
ty. Residence, Ophir.
The Placer herald., 1864-01-02
3 Eek.

LEVI BE OK.
EF Mr.. Levi Beck sill call a, the office of S. K.
Il Wclch. in Auburn he will learn something
much TO his advantage
Auburn. Jan. 2nd, 1868 - If
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-03-05
TBn Nev YORK world,s washipg,on Cor.


THE New York Worlds Washington cor
respondent says that II e series of resoiu.
tons on the rebellion, unanimously ADOPT.
ed in the House or. Tuesday-oue of
which declares thar the causes Of the war
should end with it-were voted for uuauf-
mously by the Democrats ou the ground
that secesstOnism aud abolitisnism were
those causes. Our congressional platform
builders must be more exact in their state
ments of doctrine, or We shall never know
who is sound aud Who not. Nevertheless
if the New York Express may be presumed
sometimes to tell the truth, the members
of the House might be expected to vote
for the resolution in its obvious sense. with
few und unimporrant exceptioos, for ii i,
says that if Ben Wood will go back 10
Congress and attend to business he win
ind that there are but ten democratic
members OF the House who do not in prip-
ciple aud Substance agree With what Mr
Brooks said. viz: that as fact, be il right
or wrong, and as a fact to be feeornizsa
aud accepted. as much as daylight Of
dsrknssP, the slavery institution is dead,
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-03-05
1fyOu do, use
HOOaand's German Bitters!
roRL J. Net5toM Broom, D. D., Editor orth. E.ey-
eiopedfd Of Religious knoIOEedgs.

EroRI J. NeIgtOn Broom, D. D., Editor oT.hs Eaey-
eiePedfG Of Religious knOn0Iedge.
Although not disposed to favor or recommend
Patent Medlcines In general, through distrust Of
their nBEedlents and eeots, yet hnoW of no sum-
cie3t reason why man may not testify 70 the benft
he believes himself to haySTeeeVed fIom any ample
preparAtOns In tbs hope that he may thus conf it
ut0 20 the benefit 0fothers. :
LIDO fhlI the moro 4BadiIy IN regard 70
German Bltters, prepared BY DF. O. NJ JaeES0u. Of
this ctty because was preludieed RgRnSr them for
many years, under the Impression that they we're
chiefly an alcoholic mixture. am Indebted TO my
i1end Robert shoemakerS Esq., for the removal Of
this prejudice by proper tests aud for encourage
ment 70 try them, whuA suffering from great aud
long continued debility. The use of three bottles
OF these BiIters, 0t the beginning of the present
year, was followed by evident reIIe and
70 degree Of bodily and mental yigOI which had
not telt for ak months before and had almost de.
SPARED OF regulating thor -" 1nk God and
my friend for directing me to th use 81 Inem
PhtladslpN Juno %, 1861. = = '' D''O"N'
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GES BUrLER baviug reported that i've
Jews were caught While running The
blockade, Mr.. Isaacs, editor of the Jewish
Messenger, 10 New York, wrote to him
complaining that by specifying The Teli.
giOh1Of t6ei eoatfabAhd 'ttadsfs ia hs5s
an instdious religious distiuction. Gen
Butler replied that be meant only to dts.
tingutsh their nationality, as lie consiss,sd
the jews to be sill separate nation aud
concluded with this little bit of Ru,lsrios
sharpness - G3Ekl
Yet one may be reasonably p.rmi,,sd
IN speaking of that, nation, to spnnosI
there may be 10 all the Jews of tbs Sans
Two ot. WI hom certainly are in the coof.d
crate Cabinet, a, least five who, niebt1nt.
tempt 70 carry on q contFaband Irade
seeAuse' 1t may be reyeFently remembsreti.
thatsWhen the Savior, allied by Omnfsci.
snee, 1ndertook 70 choose. twelve ;eonfi.
DENTAL friends from that nation. hs. s,o,
one that was thief and had devil"
ar, isaass was not sati6ed, and wro,s
again, calling General ilBntleE.s atteption
TO the number of Jews holding tm5ortsnt
positions and delaftng that thesJs1v !.
this country is an Ametiesa. Tbe Can
erals sharp thFusts gets this fitting -.
swer: