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The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04
NEW SCHOOL DIsTRuCr.

The following alterations in and forr,.,-
new school districts have been made bv tbs po. y,
Of Supervisors: "'u
The school district heretofore known o.
Van Trees School District be divided on "s me
Eastern portion attach to Franklin District .nc
the Western portion to Dry Creek Distric, W.. .ha
dividing line between the two districts ~ 'ue
mence IN the middle of the road at Rowe's Ron"t
and thence running down said road to tbo '" ';c
oil Sacramento county. S iins
Inc divldlng line between Lone Star and Pol,
Ureek Districts, changed so as to commenoo oo -.
keener's Ranch, thence running in diroot us ~
to and including Wells Station on Drv Cra a,ae
thence down said Dry Creek to the township I;a.,
of Township No. 3. "'"'P line
A new district formed to he col1ed Wo...
District, No. 2S, commencing at a pont ~, s.on
sacramento river where the line diyid;nn t hc
counties OF sacramento and Placer toucbes ..;S s
river, thence running along said DIVIDING linz wv ~
the old Nevada road, thence North to Markbam',os
Slough, thence West to the line diyidinn ,,s
counties OF Suffer and Placer thence along said
dividing line to the Sacramento river and tbona
along said river to the place Of beginning A'0
new district formed to be called Nory;oh
School District, No. 81. commencing at McConrt
neys Crossing on Bear River, and thence rnnn;n-
Southeast to the South west corner of Rnsh'ss
Ranch, on the road leading from Cox's Ranch -
McCourneys Crossing, thence South west - W
mound three-ourths OF a mile Southeast of David
clicks house, thence in direct line to the Sontb'
east corner of James Goodies Ranch. onebaIf
mile east oil the Kentucky House, thence Sonth
to the Washington District line thence Wrst ~
the line dividing the counties of Suttar orJ
Placer, thence along said line to the place of ho'
ginning. " ''-
new district formed to be called Neilshrr.
School District, No. 80, commencing at n noin, -,
Bear River directly North OF the Nortb.west co W.
ner OF the Marble Ranch, thence Sonth to said
corner, and along the West line of said R,nch
and the West line of the Cobeshere Ranch nv,
it intersects the North line of Rock Creek Sohoni
District, thence in an Easerly direction nIonn
said line to the North Fork of the Americ,n riror
thence up said stream to the old division line
between Townships No. 3 and 4. thence M" q
Westerly direction along said line until It inter
sects Bear River thence down said river to tho
place of beginning. "'
A new district formed called New Castle Dio
trlct, NO. ~. commencing at a point ON RocL
Spring Ravine at and including Jas. R. Rooers
house and running thence to the forks of tho
Bear River Ditch, thence North west to and in.
Guiding John Anderson's house. thence alone tha
Turnpike to the dividing ridge between Anbnrn
and Dutch Ravine, thence West to and includng
Woodward's Ranch, thence Southerly to the head
OF Antelope Ravine to the Southern boundary Of
Clark Ranch thence running East PASSING and
including q. NJ. Myers house, thence in direct
line to Jenny Lind Flat, thence in direct line to
the place oil beginning
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04

AN IMPORTANT ADMIss1oN.-J. W. Forney
writes from Washington to his Philadelphia
paper "A few months ago thought we
were near the end of the rebellion at pres
ent / don't think ,pe have reached the middle
of iH'
The above is a delightful picture for the
American people. A war commenced in a
frolic that was TO be over in sixty days, has
now continued over three years, and although
the people have been constantly told by the
journals Of the Administration that it won Id
soon end, now, at last, we are informed by
one of the confidential organs Of the powers
that be, that 1--WE have not reached the mid.
die of i'll" And the statement is true, if the
present party continues iu power. Let the
people think Of that.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04
Ew General Banks out of whom the Alb.

~ General Banks out Of whom the Alb.
oitionists have vainIy endeavored to make a
military hero, has been removed from com,
mand in the military department Of Louisi
ana, and promoted downwards to be sort
Of head manager of the free negroes on the
abandoned plantations. Banks may have
administrative ability for his new position,
but as General, it was long since patent
that he was lamentabe falure-as witness
bis defeat at Winchester and Cedar noun, ain
But his last fight at Sabine Cross Roads, (he
worst defeat Of ally has terminated his mill,
tary career. and compelled the administra.
ton to remove him, to save his army.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04

PAPER-MoNEy TRIBuLATIoNs.-The paper
money era, in fact, is playing the mischief
with us all here. Paper money (greenl
backs) is now worth only fifty five cents on
the dollar, and will not often pass here even
for that much. On the New York Hotel is
a pIacard of this kind: Board in this Hotel
50 so per day in Gold; 81 90 in Currency"
Currency" is one word for green backs and
paper money generally, and you may par.
tally observe from this the enormous depre.
citation of Government notes. | say spar,
tally" because, as general rule, nobody
else in business will accept paper money on
such liberal terms as the hotel keepers, double
price being demanded for almost every neces,
sary of lite. A five dollar green-back is only
worth with us, now, two dollars and seventy.
five cents, and fifty dollars paid in green,
backs have deprecated to just twenty ,seven
dollars and fifty cents. All, how fortunate
you are to live in specielpaying quarter OF
the globe! You cannot begin to estimate
our tribulations under this illegal tender"
regime. handful Of money amounts to
nothing. We seem to have an abundance.
yet are stepped in poverty to the lips.-S. r.
Calls ". Y. Correspondence, June l.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04

The war news from the East this week
does not show any important battles, but tho
tide of war has rolled nearer to the gates
of Richmond, and the hostile armies now
confront each other on or near the historic
battle fields Of the Chickahominy The latest
news from Grants army is down to Tuesday,
May 3lst. In the latter part of last week
he moved bis army below the South Anna
river, and finding Lee in strong position in
bis front, he withdrew and made flank
movement to the eastward, and threw bis
forces over the Pamunkey river at Hanover,
town, and about the same time opened com
muncation with the White House, his new
base of supplies. In the new position, Gen.
Warren commanded the left wing, and on
Monday evening, the rebel General Ewell
attacked him expecting to turn his flank
apparently with the intention Of cutting of
Gen. Grants communication with the White
House, but did not succeed. Warren held
his ground. and reports taking a considera.
ble number Of prisoners. and that many
rebels we're left dead upon the field. On
the same evening Hancock attacked the
rebel right, aud reports having driven them
from their skirmish line and intrenchments
After the fight the indications were thai
Lee would fall back to the Chickahominy
In the meanwhile Gen. Smith has been sem
with a portion of Buffers command, from
the south side of the James river to reinforce
Gen. Grant, by way of the York river and
White House. This was the situation or
Tuesday, and it follows necessarily that
severe fighting cannot long be delay -
Indeed the probability is that this has been
one of the great battle weeks of the war.
Gen. Butler, who has become famous as a
writer of dispatches, sends word that woman
from Richmond reports meeting held there
to see whether Richmond should be surren
dered, and that the Mayor of the city had
been sent to Castle Thunder for advocating
a surrender.
From Georgia we have advices that Gen
Sherman is progressing toward Atlanta
having reached Marietta, 10y flank move
ments,) thirty miles north of that city.
The important political news of the week
is the proceedings of the Radical Abolition
Convention, at Cleveland, Ohio, at which
John G. Fremont has been nominated for
President, and John Cochrane, of New York
for Vice President. This action is threa,
to the Baltimore Convention, that meets on
Tuesday next, that it must not re,nominate
Lincoln. The schism in the Abolition party
has become serious, and the war between
the factions is much embittered.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04
A Word About National Finances.

From Hunts Merchants Magazine we
learn little about Mr.. Chase's tnanciering.
The debt of the United States, collected from
official sources for three periods during the
present year. was as follows:
February 2, 1864. ,473,2 IS
March 2, ........ 1,5l3,O72,s37 81
March 10, 1890 IVY, 429 SO
For twenty-nine days, from February Q
to March 2, the increase was SAC, 477,l23 81
or daily average of 81 ,395,762 10. For
thirteen DAYS, from March to Is, the in,
crease was $50, 286,59l 76, or daily average
of S6,4O9,66O 90! No wonder Mr.. Chase
PUSHES back and forth between Washington
and New York on special railroad cars
On September 80, 1868, the acknowledged
debt of the United States was s 1922, 1850
This compared with the amount for March
rs, 1864, shows a steady increase for the
last six months of $2,l6o,ooo per day.
The amount OF debt bearing gold interest,
we learn from the same valuable source, to
be 64,2O2,sl2. The interest on this is
S45, 1852, 60, and the principal as we'll as the
interest is payable in gold. The largest
amount ever obtained through the custom
house was received last year 500 ,O59 GAP
Now, suppose for the next seven months
the increase of debt is AS it has been for The
last six months-$2, 100000 per day. This
will add to the total debt about S46O,OOO,OO0
which at five per cent, gold interest, AS Mr..
Chase, by his ten-forleths is anxious to have
it, will add S23,O0O,0OO to the annual gold
payments of the government, or above two
millions less than the receipts Of the Custom
House. AS this two millions is all that
stands pledged for payment of about 50 ,056,-
100000 of principal, the poor loan holders
will scarcely have much for their security
beyond the faith and credit of the United
States" Mr.. Chase during the next seven
months will have to hire several special
trains.-1ge.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04

New ROAD FROM NEvADA.-The people
of Nevada City, foreseeing that they must
do something to retain the Washoe staging
and freighting business that they have here
tofore received, are raising fund to build
a branch road from Nevada into Bear Valley
to a connection with the Pacific Turnpike
This is an important road enterprise, and
will insure to that city large teaming bust
ness from MarysviIle and other points in the
valley.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04

E They have loose way of betting at
Marysville, as appears from the following ar
rangement lately made there. One man Of
fered
"Tbat if the Federal flag waved over Rich
mond within thirty days he would take a
dose of ipecsc every day for thirty days; il
at the end of thirty days the Confed erate
flag waved over that city, his opponent 10
take the same dose for the same period"
The bet was accepted, and the value OF
farming land is expected to be improved
thereby.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04

~ The last Legislature left about $780,
900 in greenbacks in the State Treasury, and
made no arrangement for their disposition.
As the legislature will not meet for two
years, and as greenbacks are gradually de-
preciating, it follows that the State is to suf-
fer considerable loss. Tax payers cannot
congratulate the Legislature on its business
tact in this matter.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04
TRUSTEES SALE.

vNHE undersigned, Trustees, will expose ior
l. public sale, at auction, in front of the Co9nI
ty Court House door, corner of Fourth ana
streets, Sacramento city,
On Tuesday, June 7th, 1854,
at II, A. NJ. a certain unsatisfed judgment now
held by them against the Sacramento, Placer anu n
Nevada Railroad Co.. for the sum Of Sill, $3.50 W.
accruing interest and costs.
Terms Cash on delivery of the assignment Oh
judgment.
1 L 1 1. !, Ro PINS99E Trustees.
June 4th ls64-0v
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04

WHAT Is MANA man OF one hundred
and fifty four pounds weight contains ll6
pounds of water, and only SO pounds of dry
matter, and that Of this dry matter "a lbs,
are flesh and IA pounds bone, and yet the
food, water and air which this man receives
amounts to more in the aggregate than
three thousand pounds year, that is about
tun and half or twenty times bis own
weight
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04

Pacific TURNPIKE.-This new mountain
road from Dutch Flat to Bowman's, on the
Henness road, has been open for some days
and we learn that number Of teams and
large droves Of cattle and sheep have already
passed over it, bound to Washoe and Idaho
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04
Fl. W. STARR,
Justice of the Peace, Township No. 10.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OLE PLACER.

1t appearing to the satisfaction Of the Court,
on the affidavit of R. S. Dodge, the Plaintiff in
the above entitled cause, that good cause OF
OF action exists against the Defendant, Lewis
Belcher, and that after diligent search he cannot
be found in the State AID that he does not know
were he is. 1t is therefore ordered, that service
be made by publication in the Placer Herald
weekly newspaper published in the town Of Au'
burn, County Of Placer and State of California,
once week for three successive months, COM
mencing the 4th day Of June, A. n. 1864.
Given under my hand, at Lincoln, this 30th
day of May, A. D. 1864.
H. w. STARR,
Justice of the Peace, Township No. 10.
June 4th.-3m
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04

~ The Fremonters, at Cleveland, have
called their new party the Radical Democi
racy." Red Republicans" would have been
more appropriate, as showing their family
connection with the "Black Republicans,
and at the same time being expressive of
their revolutionary and |eveing ideas.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04

PREMIUM ON GoLD.-Plivate dispatches
received at San Francisco on Wednesday,
reported gold at premium of 2o5 in New
York on the previous day. Mr.. Chase's pro
position to put sloo,ooo,ooo of new Bonds
on the market was probably one Of the eau
SEES to produce this extraordinary Use.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04

READINGS IN AID OF SANITARY Fund
Nj. Q. B. Pummer, of Dutch Flat, gave
Poeticsl Readings last night, at the Court
House, in aid Of the Sanitary Fund. As
our paper vent to press before the hour Of
the entertain ment, we cannot speak Of its
result. Our Acknowledgements are returned
for invitations extended.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04

@ The farmers in MERGED and adjoining
counties, says the Marposa Gazette, are
gathering in their crops, and right slim they
are. An occasional field, more favorable
than others, yields fair crop; but generally
grass and grain is exceedingly light, the
average not being more than half the usual
amount
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04
SUM IONS.
The PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA: 7
LEWIS BELCHER

fr7 HoT14E OF THE STATE OF CALIFOKNlA. To
LEWIS BELCHER.
VOu are hereby Summoned to appear before
Il me, at my office in Lincoln, Placer county,
on Thursday, the 9Th day OF September A. D. 1864
AT IN CLOCK. A. M, to answer the complaint OF
H. 5; Dodge, wherein he prays judgment against
you Tor the sum OF One Hundred and Ninety-our
Dollars, in IN action on "a certain Fromissary
Note drawn by you in favor of R. S. Dodge Tor
One Hundred Dollars. interest on the same Ninety
four Dollars. said note bearing date Coon Greek,
June 23d, A. D. 1860, and take notice, if you fail
so to appear and answer, Plaintiff will take judg-
men rs aforesaid
Given under my hand, this 3Oh day of May,
A. D. 1864.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04

Pacific RAILRoAp.-The track of this
Railroad being now laid to New Castle, in a
few days the company will be prepared to
receive freight at their commodious depot at
that point, and we may soon expect to see
considerable freight going forward to Washoe
as the new wagon roads above Dutch Flat
are about ready for business.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04
TREATY WITH INDTANs.-We learn from

TREATY WITH INDTANs.-We learn from
a gentleman direct from hunt of Indians on
Eel river, that Captain Hull, Of the regular
service has after campaign of about ten
months among the Indiana, after giving them
sufficient taste Of gunpowder, made trea,
ty BY which some 200 hundred of them have
agreed to 90 to Fort Humboldt. We I'm.
derstand that Captain Hull has or will apply
to headquarters for permission to make a
further treaty with the wild Indians, and if
permission is granted, he is confident that a
treaty can be made by which all the Indians
in the Eel river country will place themselves
under the protection Of the government
The advantage of this would be immense
save many valuable lives, and open up a
large tract of good grazing country now
covered with wild oats and clover, for the
want of which SO much stock will perish
this season. Ukioh Democrat.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04
EV The Carlisle Democrat, publishes the
letter from

G"Sfc"' ~ NoI CtI 90, Of
This is splendid place, nothing bot mig
gers, swamps, sand. tleas. and Yankee school
marms. This would be the place for you as
| know it would please you to see Dhite off
GERS promenading with colored ladies hang.
ing on their arms. One day last week | saw
several out ridng-one pair was on horse
back. Are not Abraham's children getting
along tinely9 | am on duty at niger hos
pial, and have to eat at the same table with
the patients. refused to do it at first, and
asked to be put 1T white hospital, but the
officers told me there was no distinction
made here in regard to color, that we were
all soldiers and had to be treated alike. 1t
don't suit my democratic constitution very
well but will have to grin and bear it unit!
next July-a long time yet.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04
DIED,

In the County Hospital, on Tuesday, May oath,
J. Ii. BLANKENsHIP
At the Grizzly Bear House. on June 3D. Mr..
D. D. T. Foskel. in the 34th year Of his age.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04
BIRTHS.

AT Gold HILL May 2Gth, the wife of THATCHER
Ross, Of a daughter.
AT Auburn, May 23d. the wife of S. NJ. STEVENS,
OF Il SON.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04

~ Lee & Ryland's Circus will exhibit
in Auburn, on next Saturday, June llth.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04
MARRIED.

AT Iowa Hill, May 2lst, by VIM. Van Vactor,
D. F.. CHRISTOPHER HoPpERr, to Miss CATHERINE
MosTEINER
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04
THE PLACER HERALD,
AUBURN, JUNE 4, 1864.


MICHIGAN BLUFF DEsrRoYED.-Ths i'm
portant mining town, iuIthe eastern portion
Of Placer, was almost entirely destroyed at
an early hour on last Monday morning
The fire broke out in barber shop, from
some cause yet unexplained,) and spreading
rapidly, soon laid the whole business part of
the town in ashes, with the exception of the
fire proof buildings of Leet.and Shawl.
The citizens, with true California pluck,
have commenced rebuilding, aud will soon
have their town once more on its pins.
This is the second time Michigan Bluff has
been destroyed by fire and once it had to
be moved on account Of the caving away OF
the ground'from mining opera,ionss One
move and two 6res-the Bluff has had its
full share of dsaster
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04

STAGE TRAyEL-FAsr TIME.-The Pacific
Central Railroad being now open to New
Castle, the Pacific Stage and Express CO.,
and the California Stages are running their
six horse lines in connection Herewith, and
making most excellent time. The up stages
arrive at Auburn at half past eight in the
morning, bringing passengers, postal and ex-
press matter, from Sacramento an hour and
halt earlier than ever before. The Califor-
MIA stages, that have heretofore run from
Lincoln to Washoe. are now on this route.
Both lines run full loads of passengers
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-06-04

Company have established an office in this
place for general Express and collection
business.
Robert Gordon, one Of our old establish
ed merchants has charge OF the office, and
will prove an attentive and obliging agent to
those intrustng their Express business to
him.
The Shasta courier., 1864-05-28
SUMMONS.

In the District Court of the Ninth Judicial Dis
trct, State of California
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF SHASTA.
The People of the State of California to Leon Bour-
den and Romaine Remillend (alias Roniaine
Cook greeting:
ET0U are hereby summoned to appear and an
4 swer IN said Court, unto the complaint of Dem
mis- H. Dunn, this day filed, alleging that certain
indenture of mortgage, executed by you, Roman
Remillend (alias Cook. on the 3lst day of Janua-
nv, 1862, in favor of and delivered to you, Leon
Bourden, is fraud upon the rights of the said
plaintiff. Dunn, &C., all of which in full appears
from said complaint copy of which is herewith
attached and made part of this writ. filed in
Court. within ten days after the service of this writ
if served in said county-wthin twenty days if
served in any other county in this Judicial District
and within forty days if served in any other county
OF judgment by default will be taken against you
for such costs, damages, &c, prayed for in this
complaint, and plaintiff will apply the Court for
a decree anpuliing and setting aside said convey
ance of mortgage, and such other relief as may be
proper.
Witness WM. P. DAIssEREIELp. Judge
L. 5. Of the Ninth Judicial District of said
State, this l6th day of March, A. H.
1868.
mrl9 JOHN ANDERSON, Clerk