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The Placer herald., 1864-11-12

WILD BEASTS IN INDIA.-In ths central
provinces of India are still worry large num-
her of wild animals infesIing the ronniry.-
In the month of June last there were 50 Ii
gers, leopards, hyenas, bears, etc destroyed
in the district Of Saugor alone Speriai
measures were about to be adopted for the
determination of these great drawbacks to
the prosperity Of this part of India.
DIsCouRAGINc CHILDREN is some,
where related that a poor soldier, having
had his skull trartured, was told bv the doe
tor that his brains were visible. Do write
and tell father of ii" said he, ''fl he always
said had no brains.''
GF The large receipts of Gold by every
steamship arrival from the Northern coast
prove conr|usive y that the mines Of Idaho
aud Washington Territory. British Coum-
ha, and Oregon, have been exceedingly pre-.
ductive during the past six months.
Virginia City is fast recovering from that
business depression which has prevailed there
during the past summer. The leading Com.
stock claims are now wnrk-d prudenlv and
pr'fiably. Austin, Reese River, is also on
the rise, with many new buildings going up
The Placer herald., 1864-11-12

Wool. The history of the growth of
wool is very curious. Sixty years ago not a
pound of wool was raised in the United
States, or Great Britain. or in any other
country except Spain. In the latter coun-
iay, the fiorks were owned exclusively ty
the nobility of the crown. In l794, small
flock was sent to the Elector of Saxnny. as a
present from the King of Spain, the entire
product of Saxony wool, now of such i'm
mrnse value. In 1909. during the second
invasion Of Spain hy the French, some of the
valuable crown sheep were sold to raise mo
ney. The American Consul at Lisbon. Mr..
Jarvis, purchased 400 head, ard sent them
to this country. A portion Of the pure, un,
mixed merno blood Of these focks is 10 be
found in Vermont at this time. Such was
the origin OF the immense t1ocks of fine ool
ed sheep in the United States.
The Placer herald., 1864-11-12

"FoREIoN TRAITORS The Grass Valley
National says, the election now being over,
and blarneying foreigners, especially Irish.
men, being useless. the Abolition organs
have resumed their old fashioned abuse OF
our foreign born ciizens. But the other dav,
many of these backsakes were down on
their shiny bellies trying to play charmers
toward the foreign element OF California. -
But the tactics are now changed. Appended
is a specimen from the Marysvi|le Appeal:
"A correspondent at Timbucoo writes us
that thirty-two Copperhead votes were polled
at that precinct, and among the number
there were only five Americans, the remain
der being all Irishmen. Who thinks tha,
Ireland should be free2"
The Placer herald., 1864-11-12
CONSTABLE'S SALE.

alY virtue Of an Execution 10 me directed and
aD delivered. on the 3 day OF November, A.
D. 1864. issued ont Of the Court of H. W. Starr,
Justice Of the Peace in and for Township No.
10. OF Placer county, on a judgment rendered
in stid Court on the Sd day OF November. A. D.
1864. in favor Of Ziegenhen and Wyman and
against the Gardner Mining Complny. com.
plny Incorporated under the laws of this State
to mine for gold silver and copper in the Lone
Star District in the county Of Placer for the SUM
OF Scveniy.three Dollars and biriy-two cent?
(S73 32) payable in gold and silver coin, and
costs OF suit taxed ut Thirty two Dollars (s3zl
| have this day levied upon and will expose TO
public sale. to the highest bidder for cash. in
ront OF the Justices Office. in the town OF Lin'
coin, county Of Pl cer and State OF California on
Saturday, the 26th day of November, 1854,
at the hour OF one o'clock, p. NJ. all the right
title. interest and claim which the raid Company
had on the 3lst day Of cobrr. A. n lob4, IN
and to the following described property. lo,wii:
Fortytour hundred feet Of the Ledge on WHICH
the said company mined. together with all the
dips. spurs and angles, shafts. cats and properly
improvements. houses, privileges and improve
ments on and belonging TO said Gardner Mining
Company. All Of which named and Described
prop rty | shall sell as aforesaid. or so much
thereof az will be sufficient TO satisfy the above
judgment together with costs due and 10 become
due thereon. GEORGE SMALl
Constable, Township No. 10.
Nov. Sd. 1864 3w
The Placer herald., 1864-11-12
The ARrEsIAN WELL OF GRENELLE AT

The ARrEsIAN WELL OF GRESELLE At
PARls.-The boring of this we'll by the
M-s-rs. Mulot occupied years, month and
26 days. t" the depth of 1894 l2 English
feet, or 1914 ! 2 feet below the depth a,
which NJ. Ellie de Beaumont foretod that
water would be found. The sound, or borrr,
weighed 10000 lbs, and was treble the
height of that of the dome of the Hospital
des Invalides, at Paris. In Nav, 1887, when
the borer had reached l,246 feet inches,
the great chisel and 262 feet of rods fell to
the bottom; and. although these sighed
five tons. NJ. Muot tapped screw on the
head of the rods. and thus connecting ano-
ther length to them after fifteen months
labor, drew up the chssl. On another o.
csson, this chisel having been raised with
great force, sunk at one stroke IS feel 3
inches into the chalk.
The Placer herald., 1864-11-12
CONSTARLE'S SALE.

RY virtue OF an Execution issued by S. B.
- Wooden, Justice Of the Peace of Township
No. 3, Placer County, State of California, on the
LIST day of October, A.D. 1864, and to me directed
in favor OF A. Lipsett and agans, II. HAZEL and
A. E. Munsell. judgment Sl24 90. costs S22 co.
with interest from date on judgment at the rate
OF per cent per Il b I'VE levied up
on. seized and will expose TO public sale to he
highest bidder for cash in hand in front OF the
Justices Office in the town of Auburn, on SAT-
URDAY, the 3rd day OF December. A. D. 1864 at
the hour of O'Clock, P. NJ. of said day, all the
right. title. interest and claim OF the said A. h..
Munscll in and to the following property lying and
being in Placer county, TO wit: A certain house
and lot Of ground situated on Main Street in the
town Of Auburn. and bounded us follows, t0.wit:
On the South East by Van Matters brick build
ing, occupied as Il Hardware and Tin Store, on
the North West by the Young America" Cigar
and Fruit Store; said house and lot now occupied
by John O'Neal us Saloon, being twenty five
feet front more or less, and one hundred and sew
enty-five five teet in depth more or less. together
with all and singular the appurtenances ,hereun-
to belonging.
JAMES MAHON,
Constable. Township No. 5.
BY THos. CURLEY. Deputy novl2 3w
The Placer herald., 1864-11-12
Extraordinary Insts nee Of Surgical Treat
mont.


The surgery of this army is reaching an
extraordinary high scale, as weapons reach
perfection. Men wounded in the head or
neck are fed for weeks through silver or rub.
Der tubes. The following is an instance of
the wonderful cures made ny our surgeons.
A man with throat cut from ear to ear was
thought to be mor!alIy wounded bv coun.
ell of surgeons; but the one under whose i'm
mediate care the man was. thought as he
was "a lie, he WAS justified in trying
an experiment for the good of others,
Vt 'ha ra'us time having great hopes of
ss.in.. the man. He first commenced his
task hy cutting through where the two upper
ribs meet ;he sternum, and through this or,
tce for forty days this man has been fed five
gallons Of milk per week, and sometimes his
appetite required five per day. He is fat
and hearty, and the surgeon thinks in two
weeks he shall have him able. and lhe inside
of his throat so nearly healed as to allow
him to swallow by the natural passage. lie
at first introduced stomach pump and thus
fed bis patient, and after few hours would
clear his stomach bv the same means, thus
producing artificial digestion. until it was no
longer necessary. A silver tube is now used
to feed him, and such is the progress msde
by the medical department in these parts.
that half of 4 mans face demolished by a
ball or piece of shell is replaced by cork
face, and it will be nothing strange to see
men in after wears walking our streets with
cork atlanta CORES. Sprinofeld
Repu6.
The Placer herald., 1864-11-12
The Muxxrrs OF TnEsrs.-Me,,r, A.e.' !.

The Muxxrrs OF TnEsrs.-Messrs. Ayer,Ac.
have received from Alexandria cargo =,
to pay for their medicines, which are )ar,.,-
sold in Egypt. They are evidently patha,.,
from all classes and quarters Of the Pocha,s ao,.,
nions--the cast-of garments of Hadiis and H."
adjls-wbite linen turbans, loose breeches and
flowing robes. Not the least part of their h.,I
is cloth in which bodies were embalmca .",
wound for preservation three thousand vc,rs .~'
They are now to be made into paper for A Avos..
Almanacs, and thus. after having wrapped ~.
dead for thirty centuries, are used to warn r..
living from fl,e narrow house which thew bor.
long inhabited, and to which, in spi,e or ou -. e0
guards and cautions. we must so surely o. WI 0uf
Daily Evrning Jou,r,,
The Placer herald., 1864-11-12
Proceedings Of the Board Of Supervisor.

Present full Board. In the matter Of the appli.
cation Ofcertain citizens of Townships No. 2 and
g. to have the line dividing said Townships tier.
ed it ia hereby ordered that the line dividing
Townships and 9 is changed as follows:--
Commencing at point where the Turnpike lead
ing from Auburn to Sacramento crosses Dutch
R:.vine, thence down said Ravine one half mile,
thence due South to'the center OF the ridge div-
ding the waters OF Antelope and Dutch ravines
to the original place Of beginning.
Wednesday, Nov. 9.
Road Commissioners of Townships 8. and 10,
were allowed their bills amounting to $3.50 rs.
Bills were also allowed on the General Fund 10
the amount Of 2,l44 AZ.
Thursday. Nov. 10.
Stephen Jamison was appointed Constable Of
Township No. 2. to fill n vacancy.
A license was granted J. G. Coleman & Co., to
keep Toll Bridge across Bear River at or ner
Dog Bar. and the rates Of toll fixed.
Bills allowed amounting to $905.l5.
THE Track OF AN INVADING ARMY.-We
camp on large and beautiful plantations, and
spread desoation, unavoiIably, tefnre us
As we advance, we make quite clean sweep
of live stock as the enemy have of their
slaves. When abandoning their plantations,
all their blacks are run farther south. We
have been told that they are moving them
much Of slave farmed district; it must be
so, as the amount Of labor done on planla-
tions is great The large fields of corn.
wheat, rye, tobacco, and cotton, in the most
hourishing condition, indicate the prosperity
of the country; in most instances the nhab-
tants flee before us; the poorer classes re'
main at home. 1t is truly hearts -sickenng to
see so beautiful 4 country ravayed and des.
iroyed these fine farms and pleasant homes
are truly unequaIed in any country, but the
hand of war will lay a scourge on them that
century cannot etface. On nearly every
farm we noticed a cotton gin, in which were
stored thousands Of dollars worth of the fin
est cotton. On the l9h we again confront
ed the enemy at Cassvile, who barrical~d
the town. and intended to make a stand, but
late in the afternoon he evacua ell the place
and our forces occupied it, During the BAT.
tie all the inhabitants vacated the town.
which was sacked and pilIaypd by the sol
dlers. On entering one house wa saw sci.
dier. donning the habilinents If some south,
ern lady-bark silk dress, pink of bon
net, white kids, hoops, etc, while on the
floor in mutual ruin Iav large and costly
vase that had b4en hurled into hundred
dollar mirror; added to The infused mixture
was al annihiated piano, smashed sofa, broi
ken chairs, etc. While making my way to
camp | saw splendid oil painting of the
"Surrender of Yorktown suspended from
The side of an old supply wagon, for the
qualification Of the classic tastes Of some
mule driver.
The Placer herald., 1864-11-12

PRAcTlCAL TEST OF SILVER ORE While
there appears to be mania among our peo
pie to hun, for silver ore, it may be of bene'
bit to some to know how to find out, by a
very simple process. whether any OF the met
al exists in given quantity OF rock, which
may be ascer,aned by pounding small
quantity supposed to contain silver, as fine
AS possible; then place it on a shove or any
thing handy. and held it over slow fire, TO
burn away sulphur or arsenic, which are gen.
eralIy mixed with the ores of silver. Then
take cup, or any glass or earthen vessel,
into which pour smal! quantity of nitric
acid, (aquiforlis) into which Pot teaspoon
ful Of the powdered ore, which boil in the
acid for a minute or two. Then take com
mon salt, dissolved in water, in another ,es
sci; pour small quantity of the salt and
water into the acid; if it turns white and
looks milky, there is silver in the ore
Another process is by heating the rock.
covered with borax, VIXEN the silver or % d
will protruda. The last method is not so
well adapted to parties travelling. as the first +.
for want Of facilities f,r the required heat
Ore9onidn.
The Placer herald., 1864-11-12

HORRIBLE Scene IN JAIL The Montre-
al Herald describes horrible scene which
was recently witnessed in Canada. The
Court House and prison of st. Schoasiique
caught fire. the flames spreading with great
rapidity. The prison contained six prisoners
three men and three women. The men with
difficulty were rescued The women could
not be reached. One of them appeared at a
window and piteousl irnplored, Mon Dieu
sduvez nous! saupez nous! To relieve her
was now beyond the power of man. Men,
women and children, who were spectators
of this scene fell on their knees, praying the
Almighty to pity her. On the topmost steps
of a fragile ladder we're The feet Of the Rev.
NJ Barnabe, with hands ca>ping the iron
bars, lmporing the poor creature to prepare
to meet her God. Here, at the risk of his
life, he gave the dying creature the last con
ISOLATION Of his church. Ere it was completed
the black smoke became red, and in it the
poor girl fell back TO be neither heard nor
seen again. Her mother and sister were
victims with her, but neither Of them were
seen or heard from the oulside. Sutfocation
no doubt, came early over them. These
three women had been confined for DESTROY
ing a newly born infant.
The Placer herald., 1864-11-12

Foolish and imperfect as the religion Of a
IIndoo is, it is at least some restraint upon
the in'emperance of human passions. |, is
bstler Brahmin should be respected than
that nobody should be respected. Hin
doc had better believe that deity with a
hundred legs and arms will reward and pun.
ish him hereafter, than that he is not TO be
punished at oil. Sydney Sm;A
The Placer herald., 1864-11-12

A GLoRIrIcArIoS.-The friends OF Uncle
Abe Lad g'oriica,on in Auburn, last night,
over the election news from the East. A
number Of houses we're illuminated, bonfires
we're lit, procession with torches and
iransparsncies, paraded through the town,
anvil artillery Numbered. and speeches Of
congratulalion were made. That is inst
whist the Democrats would have done, had
Little Mac carried off the Presidential prize.
The Placer herald., 1864-11-12
LATER FROM Texas. OvERLAND-T

LATER FROM Texas. OVERLAND The
Mazstlan Times of the 25ih October. SAYS:
A gentleman who reached this city last
week gives us few items of interest. lie
came from the eastern part of the STATE;
crossed the Rio Grande on the 2lst of Sep
tember. Our informant says there never
was such An abundant crop Of corn raised
in Texas as that of the present wear. The
many slaves run out of Arkansas and Lou 81
ana have been removed to Texas, and used
to a great extent in the raising of corn
Ten cents (n co") per bushe', was the rul
ing price. The past season has been most
favorable for farmers in Texas, and more
rain has fallen than during any one summer
tor the past ten years.
The Placer herald., 1864-11-12

PRETTY LEGEND.-Among the legendary
paintings recently discovered in the ancient,
Basica of St. Clement, in Rome, is one H.
'ustra'lng the poetic legend Of the martyrs
dom of Pope ST. Clement on the coast Of
Cherson, or the Crimea. After working as \
slave with other Christian victims, in the
stone qusrries, he was drowned in the Euxine
sea, but his body was miraculously preserved
IN splendid temple built under water bI
angelic hands. And every year on the an
niversary of his death, the waves rereated.
leaving passage along dry ground for the
faithful to visit and worship at that myste
rious shrine. Once (accordng to the fabIe)
1t happened that mother brought her young
child with her on this solemn occasion. and.
returning, left the boy in the temple imag-
ming he had followed with other children
brought by parents TO j lin in The same do
vouon |" her agony she found that the
sea had flowed back, submerging, before she
could retrare her steps to that martyrs
shrine. On the next anniversary she re-
turned, entered with other worshippers, and
there. to her unspeakable joy and aslonish.
men', lay her lost son asleep before the tomb,
nnscathed and unconscious till he awoke ia
her arms! This story is represented in three
distinct scenes.
The Placer herald., 1864-11-12

East indicates the election Of Mr. Lincoln.
The first items by telegraph said that it was
doubtful if Mcclellan ad carried a State,
but later news shows that he has carried New
Jersey, Delaware, Kentucky, and perhaps
several others. The dates, however, are no
later than the 9th, the day after the election,
and the probabilities are that Mcclellan will
come out with more electoral votes than are
days vet to tell how many States he has car
ried-but we have no doubt that he is de
feated and that Lincoln will continue to oe'
cupy the Presidential chair.
The Placer herald., 1864-11-12
Majority for S,ackhouse,

lNooMpLErE.-O 10 not rersivng full
returns for Supervisor in District No. ],
and for Assessors and Road Commissioners
in the various Districts, we are unable to
give the result of the vote this week. Next
week we will publish the Official returns. In
another column vii. be found the complete
vote for President and District Collectors.
We have been enabled to make these Ia.
bles more full than we otherwise could,
through the courtesy of the editor and the
proprietor of the Stars and Stripes.
The Placer herald., 1864-11-12
One Democratic Victory in Placer.
Perkins Elected in the First District Jy III
Myority
HIP! HIP. IiUKRAu!.

Although the Lncolnites have carried the
comfy by an increased majority, the impor-
tance of their victory is considerably lessen
ed in their own estimation, by the loss OF the
Collector n the FIRST Revenue District. Al
though the District went against us for Pres
ident, Dana Perkins, the Democratic candi-
date beat his opponent, Grlley, out OF sight.
Perkins majority is III. He has triumph
ed gloriously over the 'ring combination" "
and smashed the Collector slate" into frag-
u,ents. He had powerful combination Of
Influential men, with long money bags to
overcome-but personal popularity and hard
work did the business, and Dana come out
OF the fight triumphantly. This success of
our candidate has been a sumner to the op-
position and profound qualification to Dem
ocrats-and the friends Of our candidate have
been having good time rejoicing over the
event.
Mr. Perkins owes his election TO great per-
sonal popularity, and to the dissatisfaction
created in The Lincoln party, toward what
was known as the "Combnaion" in District
No. /, to secure the election of Mr.. Griley
The clique organization proved distsstefu',
and consequently many Lincoln men threw
their wei bit against it.
The Stars and Stripes for weeks attempt
ed to stem the tide that was setting in Per
kins favor-charged him with cooniz'ng
etc., but it was no use, the boys could not
be held back and We have the result in Per
kins' triumph over the party organ, the
"Combination" and all other opposition. So
hurrah for "Perk!"
The Placer herald., 1864-11-12

LB' Lew Gibbs wants i, particularly un>
derstood that he keeps se've,ri-al brands OF
choice wines and liquors. as we'll as imported
cigars. If he has "taranlula Juice" and 'tan
gle LEG" it is no reason why customers should
take enough TO kill sudd-nl ly-but has no
hesitation in warranling the high brands
as just the stuff to gorify with about election
times.
The Placer herald., 1864-11-12
GREAT FIRE IN PLAcrRvILlr.-A dispstch


to the San Francisco Alta, dated Placervile,
Nov. 9th, gives the following account of
great fire in that city, supposed to have been
the work ofincendiares:
Al half past three o'clock this morning
fire was discovered issuing from an unoccupi.
ed house in that part OF the city occupied by
Chinese. Before the firemen got to work
the devouring element had gained such head
way that fears were entertained that the
conhagraion would become general. Both
sides Of Benham street were soon on fire,
the flames consuming every house down to
the intersection of Sacramento street and up
the East side of the latter street. burning sew
eral private residences and Chinese Shops
Many buildings on Pacific street, east from
Sacramento street, were burned. More than
half the houses on quartz street were also
burned. Three houses on this street we're
torn down, which checked the further pro.
cress of the fire. Over one hundred houses
have been destroyed, two,,hirds of which
were occupied by Chinese and Spa,iards.--
|, is impossible to get at the losses; some
Chinese merchants are heavy losers, having
laid in their Winter stocks. VIM. Cooper
oWHeu tHIity tI tiic louSeS tIAt were DuTUctl.
Shortly after the frs, fire was go. under way
flames were discovered issuing from the roof
Of Page 4 Warren's stables, near the foot of
Main street, which were extinguished with
buckets. But for the timely discovery Of
this, our ctv would have been in ashes at
this hour. No serious accident happened.-
Several horses and mules were burned. The
whole was the helish work Of All inceudiary.
The Placer herald., 1864-11-12

~T The Democratic candidates have been
elected Road Commissioners in Townships
No. 8, 8, and 10. We suppose the Lincoln
candidates have been elected in the other
seven Townships, but We have no return.
The Placer herald., 1864-11-12
MAxIMTL1AN's PAcIFIcArIoN ToUR-The

MAxIMTLIAN's PAcIFICATIoN ToUR.-The
Mexico City correspondent of the London
Times, August 10th, has the following:
The Emperor started this morning for a
trip to the interior. He will be absent
about six weeks, during which the Empress
will preside at all the ministerial meetings
His intention is to visit the principal cities,
including Qneretaro, Leon, San Luis, Guiana.
juatc, Guadaajsra, etc, judge for himself
the state Of the country, and see with his
own eyes. That this excursion will be at.
Tended with the most beneficial results, no
one can doubt. His presence will do more
to pacity the country than an army of fifty
thousand man. He has the happy knack of
making himself liked wherever lie shows
himself, and there is no reason on earth why
six weeks hence his popularity should not
be as great throughout the length and breadth
of his vast domlnons as it now is in Mexico,
Puebla, and other cities throughout which
he passed on his way from the coast. The
rainy season is scarcely the period one would
choose for such a journey; but with his
Majesty, difficulties arising f,om bad roads,
want If accommodation, and numerous other
nconvenienres which would deter ordinary
mortas, have no weight. His arrangement
is, "Where carriage cannot CO. \ horse can,
and where good is to be obtained, no diff
rulties ought to be allowed to stand 10 the
way" So far AS public business is concern
ed, he could not have chosen more oppor
tune moment. The different Commiss 10 MS
are all hard at work, and as some few week,
must necessarily elapse before t'eir lahors
can be brought to close, no time will be
lost
The Placer herald., 1864-11-12

SouSD PKECINcT.-A llson's Ranch pre-
cinct, in Nevada county, cas-. s2s voteA and
every one Of tbem for NcClsllaa
The Placer herald., 1864-11-12

Why is the letter L like young lady
giving away her sweetheart TO anothsri Be.
causs it makes over . lover.