The Placer herald., 1864-07-09

Friday, July 9Th.
The People VS.. Wilson x Rood-On trial.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS.
Friday. July l, 1864
A special meeting of the Board was called at
this date; present full Board
In the matter Of :he petition of S. r. Case W.
j. McMaster, NJ. j. King, and eighty-ive others,
! praying Tor the appointment OF j. Il. Carter as
Jtsticc of the Peace for Township No. II, and
! VIM McMastcr as Constable of Township No. IL =,
| Placer county, it is hereby ordered that the
prayer OF petitioners be granted. and that j. L.
Carter is hereby appointed Justice Of the Peace
! for said Township, and VIM. McMastcr. Constable.
On motion. James r. Rogers was appointed to
/ represent the county Of Placer at the annual
meeting Of the stockholders Of the Pacific Rail-
road Co., to be held in Sacramento City, July
| lfth, 1864, and is hereby authorized to cast the
vote of the county at said meeting.
CARps.-Ihe San Francisco papers con
tain a card signed by passengers on the
Washoe denouncing the Yosemite for the
collision at Benica on Friday night. Capt
Pool, of the Yosemite, is out in card asking
IA suspension Of public opinion until the facts
are known.
r. s. Barker was found dead near Austin
on the 81 inst. On examinations it appears
that he had committed suicide 10y taking
Iaudanum about a week previous. Deceased
was lately from Ohio.
On the 2Sth. John Bright. Mr.. Bender, NJ.
p. and VIM. NJ Everts, of New York, visit
ed the gutla percha works in London, to
witness the manufacture Of the Atlantic
cable, which is now being completed at the
rate of ten nautical miles per day.
Col. Clay, son of the Hon. Brutus J.
Clay, of Kentucky, is among the Confederate
prisoners lately captured in that State.
The principal objection the Administration
papers urge against Fremont is that he wears
his hair parted in the middle. How did he
wear it in 1856?
The city Of Edinburgh is about to be
created a Roman Catholic Archhshopric.-
Hitherto the bishops of the Holy See in
Scotland, have leen Of the grade Of missions
aries or in partlbus,
In Lowell, Massachusetts, there is an apple
tree which never blossoms, and vet is loaded
every wear with fruit. Crafts FROM it bios
som. The seeds frequently partially or wholly
exposed to view at the outside of the "bIow"
end of ire fruit, while The center Of the fruit
is as compact as that of tu'nip.
STICK To THEIR BARGAINs.-A Nalchez
correspondent Of Cincinnati paper says,
nearly all the Iessees Of plantations on the
Mississippi river are endeavoriu4 to sell lhei,
interests in the same at almost any price,
Guerrlllas swarm in every direction, and
massacre the blacks and whites found on
such plantations Unfortunately and with.
out mercy. This much we predicted from
the first. Dispatch.
AN ALADDIN EDIFIcE.-Chase financial
system. Be not dazzled by rhe exterior
splendor, beauty and ma9nticenre of it,
which has been reared 10y touch Of the
paper wand. Look beneath il--examne lis
foundations, and see the mass OF The crushed
energies If the laboring classes upon which
it is erected
Prentice says that lock Of the Pres,
dents bair clipped from the spot where he
scratched his head when he was writing his
Emancipation Proclamation, might perhaps
bring almost little fortnne at one Of the
Sanitary fairs. Wonder how much a ring
would bring from the tiucer with which "Old
Abe" scratched the sea. of Government?
Aurora Times.
The verdict on No. |, Of Dickens new
novel, soar Mutual FIiend,' is favorable. -
His publishers sold in London 80 900 copies
in the first three days Of its publication. An
American reprint, in monthly parts, is pub,
lished in New York.
A Iittle daughter Of Captain VIM. Thomp-
son, of Suscol, was drowned on the LIST inst =,
bv being pushed into the water by large
New FoundIand pup with which she was
playing. Her body was found by dredging
the river.
The editor OF the Old Piute objects to the
name of Nevada, and says that he would
their Territory would be called Lvncharuc.
tun than the utterly worn out name of NJ.
vada.
Captain Mighel, of Napa City, is building
great warehouse at that place. 1t is one
story high and covers ten acres of ground
The Reporter says that in its construction
200, 900 feet of lumber and as many thou
sand shingles have been worked up, and sew
eral tons of nails and spikes. Over $1,000
have been paid for labor on it.
On Tuesday last, three highwaymen stop,
ped man on the top Of Goodyear's Bar
hill, and robbed him of $24O. People are
talking of forming hunting parties to hunt
down and exlerminate the bands Of robbers
who iniest the mountain regions.
On the 9th instant, 5000 ounces Of crude
ama!gam was received in the Virginia City
assay Offices for ASSAY; OF this amount Thea
& Co., received 1880 ounces. On Sunday
the Pacific Stage and Express Company
shipped to California the large amount of
S83,7S0.
The females Of some Of the Indian tribes,
in order to keep silence, Gil their mouth with
water.