The Placer herald., 1864-06-11


Croker ~ 1oun. vs. q. l.. Evcrts Judgment
and decree Tor plaintiff i'll accordance with prayer
oil complaint,
+. B. Higgins appointed court missioner for
Placer county; the court adjourned for The term.
COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Hon II. II FELLOWS. Presiding
Monday. June 9Th.
Grand jury empanneled and sworn.
Prisoners co fined in the county Jail were
brought into Court TO exercise the right Of chal
lcnge
Guisendoffer vs. Miller motion for new trial
argued and submitted, and taken under advise
meut.
Grand Jury reported indctmcnt against A. L.
Raymond
June s.
People VS. Frey defendant discharged.
People Dugan same.
}. NJ Higgins VS. His Creditors default of
creditors entered and Sheriff appointed assignee
pncksten VS. All Foo-appeal dismissed on
tlon OF defendant.
June 9th.
People vs. W. S. Mcsick-continuance granted
on affidavit ill d.
6. o. onuor VS. His Creditors default of cred
itors entered and sheriff appointed assignee.
H. j Perry VS. His Creditors same proceeding.
People vs. Raymond -delendlnt arr,ignDd aud
Pc Pile vs. j. Worlhing charge dismissed and
defendant discharged
People VS. A. W. Henderson Indictment pre-
s'nte and filed.
People Dennis Ryan l. John McFlynn--In-
'ictment presented aud filed, and bench warrant
issued Tor Defendants
June TO-
Guisendotfer VS. s, A. Miller defendants mo-
ton Tor a new trial overruled
Ouin Day KS ). ~ Mllcr-same proceeding.
Propl" VS. Raymond defendant PLEAD not gull
". and moved. affidavit flied. Tor a confirm
ance which was granted. The court fixed the
dclendl is bail al $500.
People VS. Ryan McFlynn defendants ar
raigned and took until Monday next to plead,
Grt Jury returned heir fmI report.
People VS. Alexander Brown Trinidad - In
dlcied Tor grand luceny.
Trade Depressed by the Rapacity of Gus
tom House Officials.
Tie commercial article Of the San Fran.
cisco Bulletin, OF June s H. slys:
There ia n" question that the langnor in
the foreign trade of HE port, and which has
been a ruling feature Of that Lranch fo,
several months past, is in very great degree
attributable to the arbitrary course of man
ag~ment pursued by the various Government
Officials AT our Custom house. Certain OAR
'fe are nor" AMBITIOUS 10 SflZo goods ana
have them conh>rated or ;he purpose OF
getting their share of the spoils, than they
are to expedite and give dispatch to the
legitimate business Of the Departments. |,
is notorious that The salaries of Officials in
the Cnst"m- house are pad in Greenl,arks.
aud even with the late a vance of 25 per
cent t" cover depreciation, they are too small
tor the comfort of many; and Yet il is fact
that numbers Of them are absolutely growing
'lrh from The perqnisies of Office. Goods
are se'z~d aud conhs, ated winch, according
10 previous custom here and AL the Eas.,
should be revau-d. aud pay duties upon
higher valuations than called for bv the
original invoices. Tins the Government
Won Il have The benefit of fail duties in, cad
of losing. as illusli ared Recently in the
Bulletin in the case "f the China wine, where
The Government, lost several thousand dollars
in duties, while the proceeds of the in.
were consumed in bonuses to the ,tfirias
making the seizure. The importing mer
hans lose every thing. the Government the
greater portion of The duties to which it was
entitled while the officials swallow up nearly
all the pr"reeds. As n ease in point, Cham
payne wine, of particular brand tia, hav
been imp and entered lnjo the United
States for score of wears or more, and to
this day entered At the New York Custom
House. aud passed after referenre TO the
Department at WASHINGTON, are here still
retained upon the charge of undervauaiion,
| thus Keeping merchants our Of their goods,
aud entallng heavy l"+srs upon the importer.
A 4 4 hail.
issue, and will appear hereafter only AS 4
weekly. The town is not able to support a
daily.
Ga the LIST instant, there were fortv-two
vessels on the Wv to San Francisco from
Eastern United STATES ports, and thirty six
vessels from foreign ports.
SuIoIDE.-M w. Murray committed suicide
at Browns Valley. on June 4Il,. hy shooting
himself through the head with a pistol.
KILLtD.-A man named Jeremiah II
Woods, was killed at Woodbridge, YoIn
county. on the 4,h hy another man named
Vim Wilkinson. The weapon used was
pruning knife.
The new Stock Exchange in New York,
will he one of The hanlsomest buildings in
'"d ''V. I"e IRON contract amounts TO
$4,000 aud the quantity Of brass inside
will be astonishing.
SnEEpIsn during the past week three
thousand sheep and six hundred head of
cate have passed Dutch Flat for Washoe
aud the valleys in the mountains above.
Pipes already laid down in Austin, for the
purpose Of supplying that place with water,
extend for distance Of 100 feet.