The Placer herald., 1864-12-31
From the Democratic Press.
How the San Franciscans were Humbug-
ged---The Biggest Sell of the
Season

now the San FranclScanS were Humbug-
ged---The Biggest Sell" of the
Season.
| "Ffghting in the Streets of RichmOnd!''
Butler Killed! Savan nah Captured!
ssGOld S1!''
Such were the shouts that suddenly broke
upon the ears of the people on Montgomery
street about 8 o'clock on Saturday evening,
and which ran like lightning over the city.
Newsboys were running along the streets
shouting, Here's your extra Alta and Bullel
tin, tells all about the combined attack of
Grant and Sherman on Savannah and Rich
mond "Grant's army is fighting in the
streets of Richmond" "Butler killed by a
pistol shot from woman" "Buy paper,
sir!" Savannah carried by storm, and % :
600 men killed." Such shouts were well
calculated to make men wild with excitement
The newsboys sold hundreds Of papers at
from 25 cents to dollar each Excited
groups of people gathered on the streets,
and as the dispatches were read aloud the
crowds broke forth into enthusiastic cheer.
ing. Everybody asked every ybody else if they
had heard the news, and if he had not, then
the story of the extra was told him, and
cheering followed. Bonfres were lighted
on Sacramento street. and at other places
through the city, and shouting crowds of
boys danced around them, making the air
ring again with their yells. Impromptu
at the Russ House. The dispatches were
read from the stages of several of our thea
tiers, and as might have been expected the
audiences became as crazy as bed bugs.
Greenbacks suddenly rose from Al cents
to SO cents, and brokers were rushing eager,
ly around to buy all they could find. A
broker on Montgomery street made about
s75 in twenty minutes by selling greenbacks
at so, 81, and SO cents. His stock was
cleaned out in very short space of time.
Many hundreds of dollars were made by the
greenback brokers by the affair.
After the wonderful story had run riot for
an hour and a half, it began to be told in
faint whispers that the extra was all hum
bug, and that neither the Bulletin nor the
4Alta had issued anv extra. The whisper
soon grew louder, and in few minutes the
city knew that it had been egregiously sold
Those faces which had frightened and grown
merry under the intoxicating influence of the
exciting dispatches, suddenly heightened out
to alarming proportions, and some men were
heard to swear and declaim fercely against
the newsboys. Policemen started after the
venders of the bogus extras, and they we're
soon captured and locked up in the station
house.
The following named individuals were
arrested: James Brady, Adolphus Cohn,
VIM. McGnnis, J. &. Holt, Edgar Paulin,
Chas. Haskns, l.. Locklan, Frank Gregg,
Jacob Levy, Paul Barber, Thomas Mitchell,
Dennis Halsey and Richard Cox. They
were re eased from the station house on
giving bail. 1t has transpired that Michael
de Young, Charles de Young and A. K
Henry were the names of the printers who
set up the matter for the bogus extra, and
that it was printed at the job printing office
of Valentine & Co. The matter will proba
bly, be Investigated in the Police Court to.
morrow. 1t is the intention of the newspa
pers, in whose name the extra was issued to
prosecute the men who got it up to the full
extent of the law. A certain daily news,
paper in town is said to be mixed up in the
affair. The name of the individual who
wrote the dispatches is in the hands of the
authorities but we are not permitted to mem
tion it. Below we give copy of the dis
patches contained in the bogus extra:
Glorious Necs!- Concerted Increment by
Grant and Sherman on Richmond and
Savannahi-The Stars and Stripes Wave
Over Mem!--Bravery of the Colored
Troops Army Whipped and driven
Within the Inner Detenses of Richmond!
Grants Victorious Army Follows!-
Fighting in the Streets of Richmond!-
Every House Fortressi-TAe Contest
now Raging - General Butler Mortally
Wounded By a Shot Fired By Woman
from Window- Grand assault on .Sa'
vannah-7He Works Carried By Storm
Fearful 4Slaughter!- Our Loss $4,000
General Hardee and 10000 Men Taken
Prisoners-I The Final BloU to the Rebel
Ion Gold DoWn to "a!
WAsHINGToN, Dec. 24.-The Government
has received dispatch from Grant announ.
cling that he attacked, in their inrenchments,
on the oath, Lees entire army. desperl
ate conflict ensued during which we suffered
severely. After a few hours fighting, a
charge was made by our troops throughout
the whole line. The rebels wavered when
our men passed on, and finally the entire
rebel army retreated in the utmost confusion.
Line after line was taken by our victorious
troops, and Lees army was driven into
Richmond itself.
New York, Dec. 24.-All the papers have
issued extras announcing the capture of
Richmond. The Iribunes correspondent
with Grant teIegraphs: "The city is ours.
Lees army was driven in confusion into
Richmond. The bells of the city rung an
ALARM and the whole population flew to
arms; barricades were erected in the streets,
and defended by even women and children.
Each house became fortress. The fighting
in the streets is terrific. An attempt to ex-
plode mine on our entering the city was
only nart;ollu cuooaeef,l Vollavs of mus.