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The New York herald., 1865-12-15

ON engine machinery "a fixtures there u - 600 in.
surarse the Excelsior ad dFirensns Insurance con
paniex
Thsbuildng is owned oy Mrs. TAanpson. IS dsn.s
sgedabnlt $50, and is Insured.
FIRE IL WILLIAM. S1HEET.
essty after eight clock las. might Hre occurred ~
tho. dwelling housa No 2t9. William street, In
the apartments occupied tSy Balm Renhodt me
ivraen early a., the aoase ans extinynished
the ire IL seems from he Fire Marshats sx-
e Sas s Pc, ge rs so 'ss s,os IN
front nf the hrcbosd which as@ took nrc ana vas de-
stroysd The house ls owned ey j Cursis Acssrmon Az
In the Commonwealth INSURANCE Company. l,,sdamaEe
doEe 10 Mr. Richols furai.ure wi be about Si2o; In
saTed for 81 0OGint The Rnis,s Insurance Com asny.
riHr AMONG csnT0S on THE Docx.
Shortly befcrs nine coscl ,as night mo- broke oas
smong bales Of cotton On pier No 81 Fast sver foot 0
Market II fhst the cotton hI been lcft
the pier thst afternoon a. he shipped eoerd the iron
steamship Hbernia fortI tIverrool The ,sght watchpaa
in charge e the Iierlo set his suprcrt and on his re-
turn fodrd the cot ON Gn FIRE II also stated b. The
captain c brig lvfsg the opposite side Of tbeper.
that lantern haA pten ef, standing bale Of cotton;
that u heavy so OF wind capsized the lantern h1een
the bales and soon after the fire broke out. The i'm
irestan thas sYamp from the lantern .et hoe 70 the
Gotten some SIX fellows rs on tho Per- and 10
Instead os/uying to put oa the lru, began ten
kldi open the eon, which mads the hrc tnrn fasssr
II Is Supposed that these fellows ia league vAh
some d iha dbck thieves, these haes
q cotton sssbosrd, than numerous beats ccn'sa,ng
and towing Yaway " the nrc did no. occur from the
lamp, then NJ Ia Just likely 10 bsyo been done de-
gnedy Nv the dock thieves for tho paroso Of punder
The loss l. ~sIimated at isawecn coo $4,000 rNs
nerss Of The owner OF Ms cotton dd not trssspirt.
riRR IN rEcH skIP.
oafesr gorrsn, Of me second precinct Of about hah-
sss ssven o'clock inst night discovered nrs in the
foyztory building No 40 Peck sip, occupied whole
fals paper and rag TIE name " the occupant
could not Ne asccrained from the Pact OF the Gro hnrn
ing away the signhoard ghs fire. IL seesaA commenced
on the Grs Geor and burned rsbldy 10 the roof not
wthstanding the nrmen promptly got several powerrnt
dued that heye was IA further dagger a tho hames
| extending beyond the oue building The building 10
| owned by M Smith. The damage to II may be esti
mated al about 1A000 said TO b insured Tho cst-
| mated loss stock isssid TO be about 5000 No
doubt tha loss covered by insurance, but a. the owner
could NOT be und the particulars OF the insurance could
not asee.ained The origin OF the fire IL a. present.
| unknown.
rrlre ~ Madison. WisconstM.
The New York herald., 1865-12-15

The CHEvAIIER WEBB IN PARIs.-We learn
that the Chevalier Webb, Brigadier General Of
Militia and Envoy Extraordinary and Minh'ter
Plenipotentiary to the Coart of Brazil, has STOP
ped at Paris on his way home to haysa cha.
with the Emperor Napoleon. We have NO donbt
that an interview between them, either at the
TuiIeries or st. Cloud, will be arranged, and
that these two important perscaages. each an
equallcd in his way, will have friendly talk
over Mexican sfFairs. The Chevalier Webb
has shown by LIS diplomatic correspondence
that he knows how to stand up manfdlly for
his own coantry.. He has signalized his sojoun
at Rio JaneirS by tie establishment Of steam
line between this coantry and Brazil and it Is
expected thas ifis brief stay at Paris will be
productive Of even mOrs lenefcent results. In
deed, he antUipAtes converting tie EN-
Reror to the Monroe Bsctrine. and bringing
homo with him Napoieonss consent to withdraw
tho French troops, the Emperor Maxirsiiisns
and the whole expeditions of invasion from
Mexican soil. We are not one Of those who
believe that the Cbevalier Webb cannot &C.
compiish this because Minister Bigelow has
not done it. Both ere good men, and beth
have been editors; Tut the Chevalier Webb
has mere force of character tbsn Bigelow asds
can bring stronger pc ssonai Influence to bear
upon Napoleon. If the Chevalisr succeeds In \
his undertaking we shall at once recommend
hfm to the President as Minister 10 France for
Hfs. No other position woald bepso suitable a
reward for such public rervice. The good
kF.sy T-ip n1ia ~ Mr
Gordon Bennett, the editor of'tii+ paper; but
after 'two'or three days consideration he de-
clinod it, ON the ground that he could be of
mose practicsl use to the government and the
country at home. The ChevasiSrfWebb will,
have no rival in ehis4 mstter; and
since it'secms settled that the French mission
is to be'flled by an editor, we think the Cheya-
lier oaght to- have it if he brirg-Napoleon's
letter ef'withdFswal in his portmanteau.
The New York herald., 1865-12-15
rrRr IN rEcE SAP.

II Fire at Madison, WisconsIM.
MAproS, Wis, Dee II, is6S
The CITY Hotel burned this morning Loss
s25 900, lpsarsd for si6.oQQ
The New York herald., 1865-12-15


ON engine, machinery - fixtures tisse u - 900 in
surarse In the Excelsior iad Irensn,s insurance con-
pauis~.
The, ,bnlding is owned oy Mrs. T,nngson. Nis dsms
aged about $50, and is lssured
The New York herald., 1865-12-15

Gulf and Atlantic i'm clouds and spreads them
over the favored South, dropping rain in just
such showers as the cotton plant needs. Too
much rain, as in the rainy season of most tropi-
cal countries, would not do, nor too long con-
tinued drouth, for this delicate annual plant.
Nature has given It here in the alternate
showers and hot sunshine just the right
climate. As the same conditions OF soil and
climate are not found elsewhere TO produce
this fine long staple cotton, 1t is clear the
Southern States must continue 10 be OF the
utmost value for the production OF Il. Every
one has heard of the rich sugar lands OF Loui-
siana, which are inexhaustible. and the soil Of
which never wears out. Then there arc the fine
wool-growing and stock-breeding regions oil the
several States and of the vast plains Of Texas,
the extent and value Of which few have any
idea. But besides all these explored and par
tally developed resources, there arc number
Of others in the forests, in the bowels Of the
earth and in the streams. The water power
which can be applied to the purposes OF manu-
featuring, where the raw material is right at
| the door, and in the most genial climate, is
almost unlimited. From hundreds Of streams
| that come down from the mountains, towards
| the Atlantic on one side and towards the Ohio,
Mississippi and the Gulf on the other, there are
numberless fine mill sites. There is not one
State without such. OF late years enterprising
people began TO use this water power to very
limited extent. Georgia, perhaps, was fore
most in manufacturing industry; but still the
South was almost entirely an agricultural coun
ry. The people themselves did not turn thei'
The New York herald., 1865-12-15
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Sew York, Friday, December 10, 1865,
The Placer herald., 1865-11-25
The Great Railroad ENTERPRISE.

A short time since, we stated that parties
holding a majority of the stock Of the Cali
fornia Steam Navigation Company, had ar
ranged a grand Railroad and Steamboat
programme, for building Railroad from
Placervile to Newport, at the Junction of
the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, and
for the purchase of the Oakland and Alane-
da Railroad and Ferry lines. and the COM
pletlon of the Railroad from Oakland via
Vallejo's Mill to Stockton. The article has
been extensively copied, and varously com.
mented upon. The San Leandro Gazette
publishes the article entire, and says:
The above article would be of much in.
terest and Importance to the people of this
county, if its premises, its foundation was not
entirely untrue. However, it will do for a
sensational item"
Sensational or not, the Placervile Mirror
and Union, both endorse the article as cor
rect, and intimate that they have been in
possession of the facts for some time, but
kept them back for reasons best known to
themselves. They also state that parties are
already in New York, ma king purchases of
the iron and rolling stock for the road, and
that it will be completed to Rio Vista or
Newport by Spring, and that there is no
doubt but the entire scheme will be carried
out. Now we happen to know. that Col
Wilson, the chief stockholder of the Califor.
! mia Central Railroad arrived on last steamer,
and made all the necessary arrangements for
the immediate completion of the Railroad
| from Lincoln to Marysvile, and we also
know, that there are persons that are deeply
interested in the scheme, that were very
much disgusted at our publishing the facts re
Iatng to the enterprise as they were desirous
of securing an additional amount Of the Cali
ifornia Steam Navigation Co.'S stock, at as
low figure as possible, and we also know,
that two days after the publication of our
article, the q. S. N. Co.'S stock advanced $2
per share. The only way we can account
for the above comments of the San Leandro
Gazette, is, from the fact that Messrs. Cohen,
and Atberton, two of the largest property
holders in Alameda County, are at present,
owners of majority of the stock of both
Ferry lines, and have objections to the
scheme being made public until they have
fixed up certain little arrangements for their
pecuniary benefit. We can inform the Ga.
zette that our information was based upon
reliable data and that there is no doubt about
the carrying out to the very letter, the
scheme for the Railroad from Newport or
Rio Vista to Placerville, and unless certain
interested parties in Alameda county, are
blind to their own interests, the road from
Oakland to Stockton, will be an accomplish
ed thing within eighteen months.-.San Ma
teo Gazette.
The Placer herald., 1865-11-25

er, why right then for few minutes hate
the whole Yankee nation. Jerusalem, how
my blood biles. The institution what was
handed down to us by the heavenly kingdom
OF Massachusetts now put over US with pow
der and ball! Harmonize the devil! Amt
we human beings! Amt we got eyes and
ears and feen and thinkin? Why the whole
OF Atrlky has come to town, women and
children and babies and baboons and all. A
man can tell how far it is to the city by the
SINE Il better than the mile post. They won't
work for us and they won't work for them.
selves and they will perish to death this win
ter as sbure as the devil is a hog, SO called
They are now baskin in the summers sun,
livin on roastin ears and freedom, with nary
ldee that the winter will cum agin, or that
castor oil and salts costs money. Sum of
EN-, hundred years old, are whining around
about goin to kawlidge. The truth is my
friend, sumbody's bad ly fooled about this biz.
ness. Sumbody has drawd the eleant in his
lottery and don't know what to do with him.
He's jest THROWN his snout around loose,
and by and by he'll hurt somebody. These
niggers will have to 90 back to the planta.
nary one of 'em, and when you hear any.
body say so you tell 'em tits lie," SO call
ed. | golly, I aint got nuthin to support
myself on. We fout ourselves out of every
thing exceptin children and land, and sup
pose the land are to be turned over to the
niggers for graveyards.
Well, my friend, don't want much. aint
ambitious, as | used to was. You all have
got your shows and monkeys and sirkusses
and brass bands and organs and can play on
the petroleum and harp of thousand strings,
and so on; but I've got only one favor to AK
of you. | want enuf powder to kill big
yaller stump tail dog that prowls around my
premises at night Pom honor won't shoe,
at anything blue or black or muIatter. Will
you send it! Are you and your toaks 50
skeered of me and my foaks that you won't
let US have any amynishun? Are the squrl
rels and crows and black rakoons TO eat up
our little corn patches! Are the wild tur'
keys to gobble all around us with impunitys
If mad dog takes the hiderfoby is the
whole community to run itself to death to
get out of the way? goly! it looks like
yonr pepul had all tux the rebelfoby to, good,
and was never gwine to git over it. See
here, my friend, you must send me a little
powder and a tickit to your show, and you
and me will harmonize, sertin.
With these few remarks think feel bet.
ter, and | hope | haint made nobody ftin
mad, for Pm not on that line at this time.
am trooy your frend-al present or ac'
counted tor. BILL ARP, so called.
The Placer herald., 1865-11-25
The Wrong Man.

The National authorities at Washington,
verifying the adage that "a guilty conscience
needs no accuser," have been scattering
whether at expense Of the people or at pri-
vale cost we know not--a labored defence
of certain illegal acts, prominent among
which is the trial and hanging, by Military
Court, of Mrs. Surratt. Documents Of de-
fensive character have been sent to G. Ii. Eh
bridge, member of Congress from the Fourth
District of Wisconsin, but they happened to
strike the wrong man, as witness the follow
ing response:
Fox pU Lac, Sept. %, 1865.
Judge Advocate Gen. Holt-My Dear Sir
The following circular letter, addressed to
me, has been duly received, to-wit:
WAR DEPT, BUREAU OF MILITARY JUsrlcE
Washington, Sept. II, 1865.
by direction of the Secretary of War a
number of copies of the argument of Hon.
John A. Bingham, in the case of the assassin
conspirators, and also number of copies Of
the opinion of Attorney General Speed, are
sent enclosed in envelopes to you in order
that they may be we'll distributed through.
out your district. 1t is especially desirable
the legal profession should be furnished with
the information which these documents con,
tain.
J. Hour, Adjutant General.
The copies of the argument and opinion
which you desire "may be well distributed
in my district are also received The impor,
tance of it to yourself and the Secretary of
War may or may not justify the expense
consequent upon the publication aud dstri
button. The people of my district will not
! | presume, mind the expense in these days
oflight taxation. But trust you will par
don me the suggestion that black and horri
| bic as is the crime in the consideration of al
good men, of the assassination of Presden
Lincoln, neither the blacknes of that crime
nor the arguments and opinions of the learn
ed gentlemen, will prevent my constituent
and, when the history thereof comes to be
written, posterity generally, from branding
the military trials of civilians as infamous
violations of our constitutions and laws
DO not, pray you, flatter yourself that
you and the Secretary of War can, BY the
circulation Of these documents at your own
or the peoples expense, convince your coun.
trymen that arrests without warrants, i'm.
prsonment without trial, sentences without
conviction, trials without ndictsments or
jury, and the worse than mockery of your
victims in military trials, are anything but
crimes-gross outrages of the peoples rights
and liberties, and foul violations of the peo'
pies Constitution.
Respectfully,
CHAs, Il. ELpRIpuE.
The Placer herald., 1865-11-25
WHY?

To tax a farm worth a thousand dollars
$50 and exempt 100000 in bonds9
Mr. A. has 1000 dollars invested in a
grocery store one week before the Assessor
calls Mr.. B. has 100000. Mr.. A. puts
in his 81 900 stock on the Assessors books
and is taxed $50 for it. Mr.. b. puts his
81 100000 in bonds the day before be meets
the Assessor, and thus escapes paying an
honorable tax of three thousand dollars. He
also draws seven thousand dollars interest,
making an increase of ten thousand dollars!
Why2
Because sl despotic and aristocratic gov.
ernments seek to win the interest of the
wealthy in favor of the Government against
the labor of the poor.
Beware of a scorpion for he will sting.
The wealthy bond,holders want the ne,
groes to vote, for with their money they ex-
pect TO control that vote hereafter.
If a poor man votes for negro suffrage aud
is in favor of exempting the wealth Of the
bond-Lolder he will find that he has been
working out his own damnation.
When an abolition politician, who has
been twisting and bunting office all the days
of his life tells you he don't want office, tell
him he is liar, and the truth is stranger
to his tongue.
What is the use of man being humbug.
ged?
When you hear any leading abolitonist
telling how he loves foreign citizens ask him
why he mobbed them and helped to burn
Catholic churches ten years ago9
These things are worth considering and
thinking over.
1t will show the record of the opponents
of democracy in a bad condition.
To give the negro the right of suffrage will
not free the factory girls of New England
who are forced to work l6 hours day fo
from two to three dollars week and boart
themselves.
1t will not make shoddyites pay poor wo
men more than sixpence for making a shirt
Why don't some of the office holders
hereabous who have been enjoying them.
selves for four years while the brave boys
in favor of those boys.
They won't.
Calico and everything else is dear while
the produce of the farmer brings mighty
small price.
This was brought about by the abolition
rule.
The time was when small amount of
money would pay for large amount of
goods and taxes were very low.
That was when democrats managed the
affairs of the Government.
Now it takes large amount Of money to
buy small amount of goods and taxes are
enormous
The aboltionists rule.
The thing is plain and blind man can't
he p but see it.
Unless the people come up to the work
and he'll the democracy redeem the counryt
there will be but little left to redeem except
tax titles. Fremont Messenger.
The Placer herald., 1865-11-25

|. Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary are considered as wishing to con-
tinue the subscription.
2. Ifsubscrbers wish their papers discontinue
ed, publishers may continue to send them until
all charges are paid.
8. Ifsubscrbers neglect or refuse to take th cir
papers from the office or place to which they are
sent, they are held responsible until they settle
their bills and give due notice to discontinue.
4. If subscribers move to other places without
informing the publisher, and the paper is sent to
the former direction, they are held responsible.
Notice should always be given of the removal.
S. The Courts have decided that refusing to
take paper from the. Office or removing and
leaving it uncalled for, is prima facica evidence
of intentional fraud.
The Placer herald., 1865-11-25

The Merced Herald says, there are thou
sands OF bushels of acorns at the mouth Of
the Merced river this year. The people of
that portion of the county are gathering
them to fattan their hogs on. They also
feed them to their horses, the horses prefe.
them to barley and will fatten on them.
The Placer herald., 1865-11-25

That old fool and hypocrte, Parson
Brownlow, says he would not start with
Democrats on journey to Heaven. There
is no danger Of his ever starting on that
trip with anybody. His journey will be in
the other direction, where he will need no
blankets.
The Placer herald., 1865-11-25

The people of Colorado have voted their
new Constitution up, but negro suffrage
down. Why don't the Abolitionists force it
upon them, any bowl What business has
Colorado to be disoval7
The Placer herald., 1865-11-25

The Monitor newspaper of San Francisco,
has been sold to Dennis Lyons for $4,000.
The Los Angeles News has been purchas.
ed by A. ]. King & Co., and will hereafter
bs conducted as Democratic newspaper.
The Placer herald., 1865-11-25

ARrEMUs Wards SpEEcH-Lsdies, ses |.
turnin to the butful femaiIs whose presents
was perfoomin the fare ground, hope you're
enjoyn you're selves on this okasion. and
that the lemonade and ice water of which
you air drnkin freely may not turn again
you. May you always be so fare as the son.
as brite as the moon, and as beautiful AS an
army with t3ags-also plenty of good close
to ware. To yore seks, commonly stiled the
fare seks, we are indebted for our bornin as
well rs meny other blessns in these low
grounds Of soro. Sum pore sperroted fools
bames yore seks for the difficulty ia the
garden; but know men are as deceitful as
satan, and when the apples was plum ripe
Adam would have rugged cider press, and
like as not went into a big bust, and been
driv off unaware. Yure first mother was
lady, and her dawters is ditto, and non but
lotin cuss would say any thing agin yu.--
Hoping that no waive of trubble NAV ever
ride akross your peaceful breasts, konclude
these remarks with the following ceutyment:
Woman-she is a good egg
The Placer herald., 1865-11-25


CHASE ON THE RAMPAGE.-The Monmouth
Review says: "Chiet Justice Chase, who
lately went on an electioneering trip down
among the free Americans of African des
cent" at an expense of thousands of dollars
to the Government. has returned and gives q
cheering account of the condition of bis col
ored friends in the South. A Washington
correspondent of the New York Herald says:
"Mr. Chase has returned from bis trip
South, and it is said bis observation of the
conditions of society where he has been, in
duced the belief that the black is destined to
be the ruling race throughout the land of
save-holding States. The whites are ener.
waited and demoralized, and certain to be
eradicated. The blacks are vigorous, pro.
gressve, and bound to become a dominant
people in less than quarter Of a century.
Lie predicts negro aristocracy will spring
into full existence in all those States; elect
negro members to the Federal Congress al.
most without opposition, and hold the legis-
laton for that section completely in their
own hands,"
What humiliatng spectacle. The Chief
Justice of the United States, disgracing the
robes Of the most responsible judicial posi-,
ton of the Government with such sickly,
pettfogging twadde as is contained in the
above paragraph"
The Placer herald., 1865-11-25

One thing was remarkable in the recent
election in Connecticut. Almost every SOL
dier voted against negro equality. This
shows how much the Abolitionists can ex-
pect of the soldiers.
The Placer herald., 1865-11-25

PLUckY--The Hartford Press tells story
of a recent accident on the New London
Railroad. An intoxicated Irishman was sit-
ting on the track, when the engine struck
him and tossed him down an embankment.
The conductor backed his train to pick up
the dead body. The victim was found alive,
however only somewhat bruised, and taken
to Norwich. Here the conductor kindly
offered to send the man to his home, a few
miles away, in hack, but he insisted on his
ability to walk, and refused to be sent home.
The conductor pressed the matter, when the
Milesan, who had stood the but,ug of the
COW catcher so well, hris,led up with, "Go
away wild yer kerrdge. III 90 home by
myself; an if I've done any damage to yer
ould ingine, bedad III pay it on the spot"
The Placer herald., 1865-11-25
Respectfully,
CHAs. II. ELDRIDGE.

The CoNNECrICUr ELEcTIoN-The result
of the recent election in Connecticut. against
amending the State Constitution SO as to
permit negro suffrage, has given the Abol'
tionists huge disgust. The New Haven
Journal, an intensely loyal sheet thus gives
vent to its pbelinx:' ut appears that the
Union men of Connecticut are not yet half
educatel.' They have been defeated because
they choose to be- Victory was in their
grasp. They have preferred defeat. When
they know enough to forget their prejudices
and to do right whatever comes, they will
deserve success. Until then, defeat is just
what they seem to desire. The telegraph,
as it clicks out the vote of Connecticut, will
arouse in many loyal heart contempt for
the State, whose voters are still too coward,
ly, too blind or too prejudced to grant sim
pie justice to the black. Copperheads will
60 into extacies of rejoicing, and we'll they
mayl A New Eng land State, in spite of her
honorable record for the past ten years, has
cast such vote as would disgrace Virginia
and would do no credit even to the white.
washed rebels Of South Carolina"