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TIA ESi;lNiNG.
Proclamation by th" Governor.

TEc year tia, is drawing 20 a close has been
one OF sigma! and hhGntiiml m"rcIcs. lhc
,cm,mst ui rebellion which da"Ecuch and de.
vastnicL Tic lan,! ana !rit dcs""to thousands
VI; once happy homes, has passed away, M"
rcacc again hicsSrs the lanai with the sur
Shine from her white WINS The great aTnIa.
mrnts. the lc.icns Of armed mrn. ih" thG"ders
o; wars terrible. cEgincry. and the terror,
blood aud death Of four years s;uprnonS
conflict, cxi,, Only in the pnst, AMI have left
scarcely a sl,nlow to darkcn the smiling peace
which the prescn, year has brought nS. Nor
is peace the only boon secured by the dread
arLi,ramcn; !oIc2d upon the country. Lasting
tranquility has been secured. hcca"Sc The
source of all our disorders has been destroyed,
and the grca, principles which undcr!'c our
Government have been vindlca:rd, strrnSih.
cncd and purified. TREASON and usnr"a'ion.
w.,ch as>ailcd good government an. na;urh!
right, havrNtccn Ovcr"wcrcd and diSarI"r"
aud the pc"I PIE q! the tni;el States hrvc not
oniv stricken oil the >hacklcS OF ioni millions
of bon,!mcn, hui; have cmanciratcd themselves
forever from the fc:tcrs which aggressive ana
organized iniIu;iy has bccn able 81 long to
IMPOSE
From the CLAUS into which We were thrown
hv wicked men, hcnr:cemt Providence
brought forth this Young Commonwealth, and
freed us from our ancient deSre'!a;iGnS. y
people redeemed, rcScncrued and Olsen.
thralc,, with orr priceless heritage Of liberty
and law secured TO pOstcritv, we, indeed,
above all others, owe thanks 10 the Great
Ruler and Prescrver WHO walked with us
through the valley Of gloom and depression.
Nor should VIC hc Enmindlul Of material
blessings. In tho year thai is past, unusual
prosperity has attended the enterprises and
industries OF the people. The earth has yielded
bouu,i!ul harvcsts, and the oil Of her tatness
abundaully. SO far from the pcstlicncc and
famine usually consequent upon war, unusual
health and plenty prevail; and all look for.
ward with pleasant anticipation TO future
Of rich promise, which shall veil in oblivion
the unhappy past. Confident, too, that peo.
ple who have shown such fori;uIe in the day
of trial, possess the virtue to maintain forever
the noble results their sacrifice and suffering
have secured, and acting in harmony with the
Recommendation Of our hono:cd Chief Mags.
trate,
!, Arthur l. Roremnn, Governor of the
State Of West Virginia, grateful 10 God, in
common with my fellow. citizens, for Ills sig.
nal mersies, and in humble recognition and
acknowledgment thereof, do appon. and SET
apart Thursday, the seventh day Of December
next, rs n day Of Thanksgiving and Praise to
Almighty God, to be kept everywhere within
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The War Department has decided,
with tho approval Of General Grant, not
to restore the property Of eS Governor
Henry A. Wise Of Virginia. Gen. Ter
rvs action in refusing to give up the
estate is fully sustained. Wisc's house
is still used az school Cor the children
Of freedmen, and John Browns daugh-
;crs are the teachers.
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THE EXECUTION or WIZ took place
in Washington on luSt Friday the lotn
inst, the President refusing to rcprleve
him, This is as it should be; whether
Wirz was responsible for the dee'hs Of
our Union martyrs or not, he was their
actual murderer, and never was more
guilty and cruel murderer hung.
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Rebel Waterloo in the kanaWha
Valley.

The Wheeling lntetI'Gcncer says
We are permitted to publish '"c .H'
lowing extracts from lo'se' I" y,
man in thsS ety. wr'''c" '9 " ''
the kanawha Valley:
DEAR SiE:-NeTeF nas 'rc"So"
ccivcd such siSnal anu "a"as'"S
bukc in the Nana%ha a!'ey' Us II ~.
ccivcd yesterday Never since l"c ,n va.
not even when lace S'''c''r'''' WI"
there as many ""9 S'..S ,I 49, 49,. r,n,
present. They are routed "T's: : 'o III
and dra"oon'. I've! .''e" NV" -.;"I
trick, hy which thcJ 'cn't'e' " r"' .'"'
triumph last year. OF running "''" , "'n
who did not like the repetition Out .oSc'
rebels. But, alas Tor tH"'r cause II WIS
10 go N.Y. =,
Morris for Senate, fa'F'cS anu "s'"
for House, wore the CONSERVATIVE can
lidatcs, pledged to repeal the oat'' O''1'
vote down the constitutional aWeh"mc"''
aud abolish the la" requiring f'oc's l"s'
returned Tram The army to take rcF'''"
oath hci"r" Sa'"% on' rf""'''' %G
Dix Tor SENATE New h':','F ah" :"a'FS
for House, were the ''t''S"'""' o"''"
candidates. Every eH"F- was 1''uc'
The old Doctor almost eSc'G'r" MS
early efforts ut clcct'onccr'"S' but us
failure was complete. -
There was not mHch cha!'cn@'"" VI
vntrS Su,nr oil tnS Uiu ifl>iDcTallC
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West Virginia Land Script.

Governor Borcman advertiSes in an
other column for sealed proposals till
December lot, for the l5O,UUU acres Of
United States land warrants, donated to
this State for the endowment Of an Az
ricu!tural College in Yves, Virginia.
These warrants may be bought in lots
as small as 100 acres aud may DC !oca.
ted on any public lands Of the United
States subject to entry at ono dollar and
twenty-five cents per acre. They may
be bought for much less than a dollar
aud quarter per acre, and emitting the
holder to lay them on public lands any
where, offer to our people, Of both large
and snail means, a safe and promising
investment. We suppose our West Eir'
.inia capitalists will feel some pride
200, in ,akiu: up this scrip and promo
ting the noble branch Of industry the
fund is to cudow.
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y National Convention Of soldiers
has been called to meet in Washington
on the fourth Wednesday in January,
for tho purpose Of effec'ing permanent
organization, and to urge upon Congress
and the Departments the justice of cm.
ployiug soldiers and scamcn in prefer.
once TO others.
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Commissioners Notice.

Ili-.,.n l"'rS

lli-I'n l,"'>
W 'r'''"ria
,'rrc..., Laid I"si p.r.H i:.h ":'"r>.
N>i.,,7 e ,r,.:.,. .cr", -" ah"r" "'::' " ~"
u,..'"; I.riu 49,. 81 t." irCl.i court '' -; 80
I.i:S !, w,li. lu.r't. ",l,': t:s. Il 49, '','"'.
n:'- ,. .,, hat ii.:' ',I!'" ' G"i,rci 4" "' IN
Il: i:uwr.r 49," -: the Master i"'uis>'"""> g. '.'>
r'ur', w.: -" VUri'";" :" h'"'''1ln ~" -'"" "' u"
ri,:., ~ c.a, .iiri' IL" '";r" !.,r! Company:
.J Wiin wr:r TIE ir":":> "f .,ll t"rph,H When ;"'
inr! :!l,. mrG.;i"" ~ TIC liz accrued; w." h>''f-
:tiu mA,; partnership m""'r;! t'y ""n"i' "h'h "'>
.ili. To- The s:ci."n -" ii" l';'i"'i"- "''', AMI IL
r,.Er:
81 \,c": ia H." ,rl"I,' d. apo" III" jni+h"i; q!
T.p,u,. l.. .I.,r ~ i', hill m"i.',"I"i a:!'n.i iii
H:lr,,>. n,,:! v. l;r""! !i."GiN l!nN' ~" "i'''''
II .'.r under ,i.y."y ,,: r'iir: 4" !" HL!n" t"li'!
I'"r.ri IN N".. lr.".i. 80!
Tic parties III liz" L'":' rrG'" VII !r'" "h' n'''''
shat John l.; lrwrl Cninni>> 81 't'' '"'l'i
i'! ur..,r 4; Il" -rr, H"I.l ia tie I''~r al t"rl'
,l III" llM ,k,g 81 H..m"r. l> ~ ';i'I'rr" ~"
duties sr hy >aid 'rr"". an! !! IT," .,in shall
r": lee "r"l"'rl ;M.r day. :h'll "'rHTn ii' 6'y
To- Gay ,i la. shall h' completed; "h''" they
may l;,rI! with ihr'r ,">;i'n"'.y, ~.
,iv,m 'Y!rr MY !h!, i!I> 4h dhy 81 N"H'lhr'. l>"'
JOHN l. EIMkS.
iv4 Master t,.lnIi.i. >i"irT.
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The Railroad QUESTION.

The people Of kanawha county,
scared By the false representations made
to them by interested parties, voted
against the subscription Of stock by the
county to the West Virginia Central Il.
r., and the R.pntiirnn of last week is
In high slce over the result-!or it was
a C1a~rrn'irc victory. Yes, the Con.
srrya,ives do not want Railroads; they
do not want Free Schools; they arc op
posed to improvements of all kinds. We
shall cndeavor to end space in few
weeks to present this subject in its true
light. The ilca that by refusing to
subscribe 4 very small amount Of County
Bonds the people Of kan1wha have not
{" discouraged the building Of the Rail-
road" is simply absurd. What men of
capital" will undertake to .t"r"" Rail-
road, or any other improvement, upon Il
people?
The R'p"Ih"n" admits tha, the Rail-
road will pay: admits that We need it,
that it would help us possibly to the To-.
cation of the Capital here, and yet op.
poses the people taking stock in it.
Strange consistency! Has some one oi
the Conservatives little too much pro-
pcrty liable to taxation2 But this has
been the character Of our Eci=hbor-i,
mikS on one side and acts on the other.
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CoSGREss.-Tbere is growing dis
satisfaction with the spirit manifested BY
Southern Congressman elect, and il;
seems probable some of them will have
hard time Of it to get sheir seats this
winter,
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Cheap Lands.

,'r,:rn rErru:ALS ln TIE WHOLE or MY
= ;.; ., "a" Agricultural r"!"." Scrip. i>>'"'! :" h'
Si.rr 81 So, N.r,aj, Is IL" Finite" states. which con.
is - - w,r:''. g." lGn acres rI"i. val! b" :cr"''e'!
nr;ri l. -. u,'":i.l"r !. l>i'
ignI. ,,> ira, s,:,s.n propositions - pas 70: ti'
. ~ cab ~ t. L...!.. Az! WI; hc -! i''>>'" I"
: T. H.. Ia -; ,-.i'. Whr"a:, We Va ,i"i "Id'I''i
" .r"I",. - h:.',r.TLi '"l!'." snip. A.! VIII y"
u;,...,ri =: = ". - 1T n'rrInl'"c. l>tn'.
E,l1n.. wi! ., .r", frr-dh':.'! - ih'' "'';'i"~
t.; Ram tia. T. / lMEEN!N. ';'.",':"r. ,
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NIAISISIIII>,

IN 'TT-vICKEES-On Wednesday. Nov. Sti Fh". u!
I:cilm Slack. Esp, at the r"t:I"iir' "l tr ILL.,. o.,
father near the Mopil Of Coal, hr. JnllS H. LII Il"
Nil. LurA VrcnxE>. Al o: KamaM hi County.
We CONGRATULATE our friend upon hi. hSp"y CHOICE "'
The Way wl.ic ir!s obey ) - happiness. MOI E"'
INK roL,!rn IT, VIII hc plr!oacd 10: hot being positive
al. the sill jet.
Hin. lN6,. ~ kr": " De-
Williamson, Mr. Ds,n E"'AS " Miss MANY T. M"'AN'
A.! -, rlar!r.:ut Kara"ha County, West Va.
DI.yI n.-ATIIEET,X.-un Thursday. Oct !GtiI, l'G''.
:: lr,irrrair West W.. hy ia" Rev VT. MIG. Mr' D..
!. m.IAr, Telegraph Operator. ni Iiar'">'"'' "e1'
Ea to Mis-, N,Gr:: Ar'EEi">, OF F"i'"riEdl'
y, roruu.K-ELAkE--rn Wednesday. Hov. Sih. $50
a, ih, r. .,Ir,r %: tie hri"> ''h"r hy ~" E''. "
NrI'nrin,L Mr.. u. u. M't'"EHHI I" Mss liAHA'i H.
"a ,kr. AZ -: i.allia county, nh;".
Thrrrir:cr> n.r. m,o.r Ai'ly rm''n'"rd md f''"r"
.,,,v ,l,.,> :.,r In" "A of lr~!, rri,"' My E'''
happy Im!: ,"y al ,! "!n,, j"I in which Ia" safe
al Ma;r!:ayn!, ro'Wci 'h': t!'" ''a.A'' = >'l 10
.-iuu.i.
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ErHHCHIr1-
TJNAkE Nn1ICE. HAT nN TIE arm HkT or IL 9.
/ cENi,i.E, l>GI lr.w"en i.r "irs 81 uiue in tie
forenoon and Mn tho AFTERNOON ui that dLy, tie
Law uHIr. a: Micr & Smith. IN a." town 81 Staiainn
County Of Au;u>;l. an! So" u! Virginia. SHALT T'
GEES! To take H." '"r".ri".S ri j. w. rlnhr'!, x. H.
G,;;rt Edward MrHL!"'i. al J. j. Stack. to- Hr u'-
evidence for in y salt now I'c"liIg IN ihr tirct
tnu-; Tor Kanav!!a '"tny. Wherein y"m the s'd Jacob
&; stanton Jo,r.I W. $tlul" aII A.ci.hL =. Strn'"n
p,r:!rr> - ai" Al uIrr TIC firm AMI stS." NJ
j. g. : L. VI Stanton hw! Company. arr plaintiffs. a:'
an .'ui.ani I. =, !:Un cLu>". u" .Eih. 81 the
.a.i .m> tni.g .G ., 10 rn,GIsiTr ar. rrii. run-
uc:cc ,i"uld tot hc cninp.r.. shat a4y. tho Isi
ins 81 III. will lr #"inuined fr"m inar {" Iine.
u,,.il he sad drio>:,ions .l",il T." conll"frl.
Dated: Charleston kanawia C";nty. West virginis,
NnyrI:i or Til isf;. JOAN ECitOlS.
ayi D." Counsel.
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G.. y. PALMER, PROPRIETOR,
WEST VIRGINIA, .s- At Rules
L,kI in II. Ccrk's one, n III. Circuit Court Q:
KH'w!Ia County. m The G:.: Monday ~ N","mis: Tres.
y Joseph S.iri!,

', Joseph S.i"l!,
IN Ch,nc-:y.
H." E.nk Il tharle.'nn - n'.,N
IN, " jet -! III. ,&i' :, :" .ulJ"r: - ,a!- 'An.!.
;r.' q ln near Rr"E.m"oi ~ TIC Comfy e Lart,,p
he p:"p-:y 81 he l,nT -! thAr-t:Ja. nit hset~t :"
iI"ny fi'/h::ii SIR ".I.s,. -: irs: 90 .i.:y tc!r.
mint II $50 g. w,;' .-gs irr'sci there's, nra IL.
EIh .,y q. sir. ,.Gi v:E. "a. lrt :rT.. ecs'sr~
Nram.i a. I1un. a! il favor 81 A,tL Sh:ti.s ~ he
Apr'I i,nm the K,uswa Circuit Court Ish;: ARD -
r-.;r.:u aid fii'US .ai; ilink ::o,n s-nE
''tus away ii! TIC, ri iaaL. hai {, apl:aIrE. l..
al',.il 'c ia III, "T.e. IiAt the S. I,rr.I fi,Jcu:a
= n''-a-sg:,ii ~ .hs Sfar. nn'n!. Ef r!siGl:H
"'"r" ill.,; he .p,,r hs.' vii t.. 'r"n:G sl:t:
Id" T' "i' 81 tn. .'''l. f.. :.r .a''"I.i.' Hs'tL
IN TIC W"s Virginia Lt:E.. newspaper Published i;
sail I"u'y 81 Kaaswh', !ni d., Mirai Ichs lee n.c.Ar!
:" pr";sc! Lis in; res; IL IN, IT
T">": JOHN SLACK. Glsrk.
Nu,, :. l>G,, AVA
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Administrators Notice.

\TuTrT l. HEE'IA GIVEN. THAT TIL: Il IL, II
y h~r hn> lC'u a;Ts;'' iIn,i'.'-"r Il tue ,,tn;.
-: samuel I"'r'i,c: '.''"1--l. NJ ":,"I' irit,
iii "strr requested :" uI,, ilnr y ralru"ni ,r.,
persons having cltrs h:.ir.; H., estate. To rrr.rr
them fer A,,u.iiA.nl.
ItpIl\ Y llSNtNf.II
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Oyors2n.s Of tic Poor.

-g-H;: BOARD o. uvrES..E:S "F IiIE POOH FOR
] nl..wi,, ,"rir,v. NJ! u,r"; ~ ~" "ur liniNc e."
H.. ri">'I H,,.,iNI Is ii! !TEIE, ,iir ih a: uir"
,,-. NJ ., ~! ,:'!nIi.c" u: 30" i"",ArTS "l u"
iolr. = r~.T'',ni. I"EH "I,id"n>.
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john S.IISNlHGUAM
Notice 10 take Dispositions.

+" J"'"b &. Shinton. I"'Ti ". Ma"nn. and
.!rra''IiI {. Stanton. part#crs un'ic" the
firm name and style G! J. Il. & j. NJ. STAN.
TnH & COMPANY:
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The Disability Of Rebels to Sue

The Act of the Legislature PassGa
February %, 1862, preventing hcoeIS
and sympathizcrs from suelnS and man.
toining suits in our courts, we nope 'ne
coming Legislature may repeal
No honest Union nan will take al :
vantage Of that Law, and we lind mat
when both parties have been c?ua,,'y
guilty, in rebellion or sympathy the &c.
PENDANT can non sui. tic plaintiff. ~
the time it was passed We were IN inc
midst Of terrific war. and 1t was very
appropriate then as an act Of sell defence
We think a judicious stay law would be
more satisfactory than this disabling; act t;
We are in favor of giving rebels al
the rights q; citizenship except the ''Gn'
of office, and the elective franchise AL
ter a probation ofyears this may be con-
frrrcd upon them, but not until by acts
Of good faith they have proved the sim
ceri,y Of their Professions ber1f"y
lnioa.
We agree with tho imi"", though We
do object to Rebels assuming to t'"c"'
prrarh, or practice iaE, the three means
by which our people were led as'rHy'
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

Mcclellan receives the smallest vote Of snv
Presidential candidate except at the election
in 1904, when Pinckney, the Federal candi-
date, had only IA votes.-Republ;can ev.
1t is true that, owing to the loss Of sever.
al of the States by very close votes, General
Mcclellan has small number of electors.
but he has nearly double those cast for Ste.
phen A. Douglas, in 1850. Douglas received
l2 electoral votes and Mcclellan 81 votes.
This is, however, no indication of bis popu-
lar strength. Lincoln received one electoral
vote for every ten thousand of the peoples
votes that he got. General Mcclellan, on
the contrary, is only credited with an cleo.
toral vote for every ninety thousand of bis
popular vote. In other words, Lincoln re.
ceved nine electoral votes on the same
amount of strength that gave General Nc,
Clellan one. 1t is not wonderful, therefore,
that there is a great disproportion of electors,
Look at it: 100000 of the peoples votes
give General Mcclellan 2l electoral votes;;
100000 of the peoples votes give Lincoln
2lO electoral votes. Mcclellan and Pendle-
ton have received more votes from the peo,
pie than were ever given to any President or
Vice President elected, with the single ex-
ception of Lincoln and johnson. This may
be very bad and overwhelming defeat, but
if it is, we fail to see it.
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

RULES FOR VoTING IN BALrIMoRE.-At a
meeting of the Judges of Election, held at
the Criminal Court room, on Thursday be-
fore election, it was
lst Resolved, That the oath prescribed
in the new Constitution be put to every per-
son offering to vote, and that they also be
sworn to answer truly all such questions as
may be propounded to them.
Cd. That the simple taking of the oath
will not be considered by the Judges con.
elusive evidence of loyalty.
Sd. That the Judges be instructed to put
such other questions to voters, outside o.
the oath prescribed by the Constitution, as
shall satisfy them that the party offering to
vote is not rebel or rebel sympathizer.
4th. That the Judges be requested to com
nit any person offering to vote who, in the
opinion, has sworn falsely.
BY order of the Judges of Election.
WIN. STIRLING, Chairman.
d. w. GRAY, Secretary.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07
Peculiarity of Handwriting.

1t is remarkable fact that no man can
ever get rid OF the style of handwriting PEI
culiar to his country. If he be English, be
always writes in English style; if French, in
French style; if German, Italian, or Spanish,
in the style peculiar to his nation. Profess
sor B states: 81 am acquainted with a
Frenchman who has passed all his life in
England, who speaks English like one Of our
own countrymen, and writes it with ten
times the correctness OF ninety'nine in a
hundred of US, but yet who cannot, for the
life of him, initiate our mode of writing.
knew Scotch youth who was educated en-
trely in French, and resided eighteen years
in that country, mixing exclusively with
French people, but who, although he had a
French writing,master, and probably never
saw anything but French writing in bis life,
yet wrote exactly in the English style; it was
really national instinct. In Paris, all the
writing masters profess to teach the English
style of writing; but with all their protest
sions and all their exertions they can never
get their pupils to adopt any but the crampI
ed hand of the French. Some pretend to
be able to tell the characteristics of individ,
uals from their hand-wrilings. know not
how this may be; but certainly the nation to
which an individual belongs can be instantly
determined by his hand writing. The differ
erence between the American or English and
the French handwriting is immense; school,
boy would distinguish it at a glance. Mix
together hundred sheets of manuscript.
written by hundred Frsnchmen, and an
other hundred written by Englshmen OF
Americans, aud no one could fail to dstin.
guish every one of them, though all should
be written in the same language, and with
the same pens and paper The difference
between Italian, Spanish, and German hand
writing is equally decided. In fact, there is
about as great a difference in the hand wr
tngs of different nations as in their langua
ges. And it is singular truth that though
man may shake off national habits, accent
manner of thinking, style Of dress-thougt
he may become perfectly identified with an
other nation and speak its language as we'll
perhaps better, than his own-yet never car
be succeed in changing his hand writing to I
foreign style"
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07
Cincinnati Enquirer.

LAYING Down THEIR ARMs.-Shoddy ora,
tors and shoddy organs assured the people.
of this State before the election that the,
success Of Lincoln would SO dshearten the.
rebels that they would Immediately lay down.
their arms and beg for peace. We are anx.
ious to know when this gratifying entertain"
ment is to come off. We are growing i'm.
patient. The people are growing inpatient.
Times up, but the rebels don't seem to see.
it. Have we again been the victims OF
misplaced coniiience'' 1t looks like It,
Mountain Democrat,
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07
Rates OF Advertising:
, lines one square. this sized Type;
Law OF Newspapers.

|. Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary, are considered as wishing to con-
tinuc the subscription.
cd. publishers nay continue to send them until
all charges are paid.
3, Ifsubscribers neglect or refuse to take their
paners 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 tacica evidence
of intentional fraud.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07


MARvELs OF THE ALCHEMIsTs.- The pre-
tended secret Of the alchemists was the trans
mutation of the baser metals into gold,
which they occasionally exhibited to keep
the dupes who supplied them with money
in good spirits This they performed in
various ways. Sometimes they made use Of
crucibes with false bottom. At the real
bottom they put quantity of gold or silver,
This was covered by portion of powdered
crucible mixed with gum or wax, and bard
ened. The material being but into cruci-
ble applied, the false bottom disappeared;
and at the end of the process the gold or
silver was found at the bottom of the cruel.
ble. Sometimes they made a hole in piece
Of charcoal, filled it with oxide of gold or
silver, and stopped up the hole with little
wax; or they stirred the mixture in the cru
cibe with hollow rods, containing oxide of
gold or silver within, and the end closed
with wax. By these means the gold or silver
wanted was introduced during the operation,
and considered as a product. Sometimes
the cunning wights used solutions of silver
in nitric acids, or of gold in aquarega, or an
amaIgam Of gold or silver, which being
adroitlv introduced, furnished the requisite
quantity Of metal. common exhibition
was to dip nails into a liquid, and take them
out half converted into gold. The nails were
one half gold and the other half iron, neatly
sol lered together, and the gold was covered
with something to conceal the color, which
the liquid was capable Of removing.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

1t is expensive to get sick; there's Lin,
coin tax upon sickness. 1t is expensive to
be in health; there's Lincoln tax on health.
1t is expensive to die; there's Lincoln tax
on death.-Louisville Journal.
But the Journal has one consolation left.
There is no tax on lying Washington
Chronicle.
That is because the party that does the
lying does the taxing. .--LouisviNe Journal.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07
An Ode to Gas.

Luminous blaze!
| never seen the like in al my born days
Tallow candles amt no moren II tar
When you're about;
And spirit lamps is no whar,
Bein clean dun out.
Sparkling lite!
| think never seen anything half so brite-
Everything is amazing clear;
The hidjus glumc
Is defunct; and every cheer
Is aparient in the rune.
Glorious halo!
Your skintelashuns make surprising display;
You don't need no snufiers,
But you are just scrude OUT
When you are squenched by puffers,
OJus fumes arysc.
Brillyant flame!
The mites was next 10 darkness when you came
But HANDLES has vansht
Before you. and lard oil gone to grass:
Every greasy nuisance has been banisht-
IlurruW for Gas