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The Placer herald., 1865-05-13
SHERIFF'S SALE.

NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue of au
~ order Of sale issued out of the District Court,
l4th Judicial District, in and for the County OF
Placer and State of California, on Judgment
and Decree rendered in said Court on the Sth day
Of May, A. D. 1865, in favor Of Il. NJ. Hall, b. w.
Allen and Henry Hubbard, and against William
Osburn and Catharine Lawler, and the property,
herei natter described for the sum of one thousaho
nine hundred and sixteen dollars and seventy,
three cents in gold or silver coin of the Unlted
States, will expose at public sale to the hlsnes'
bidder for cash lin the gold or silver coin OF tnc
United States,) at the Court House door IN 'ne
town of Auburn, Placer county California, on
Saturday, the 3rd day of June, a. d. 1863,
at 10 O'Clock AM, the property in said order ol
sale described as follows, tO-wit: All tnat Ccl'
tain property situate in Placer county, Cal, des,
cribcd as follows, to.wit: All the right tue a"'
interest of the said William Osburn in and 10 u
certain branch or spring of water Located He" .aa
Z. w. Finley's house, short distance east OIL .no
town of Auburn; also, one other branch or sprlns
OF water located near the Lime Kiln, former
ly known as Holmes Lime Kiln and on Au-
burn Ravine about one and one-fourth @ nc'
above the town OF Auburn in northerly d'reC-
tion, said spring is located on the lands formerly
owned by Milton & Hudson, also all the wa'et
works connected Herewith for the purpose y,
conveying water from the aforesaid meh'lonou %
springs or places of obtaining water to the to"i
of Auburn and nsed by the inhabitants thtlIU1 tt,
together with the water rights, water the rsu''
Of way, together with all pipes. cocks, iaucee.s
logs and fixtures connected Herewith for con'ey
ing the waters to and from the springs ana s 1ne
reservoirs implements, machinery and prlvl,essu1
and franchises thercunto belonging said Ma.u,
Works, formerly known as Smth;& Woodln Is 'sa wa
ter works, together with all lands connectes 'neno
with, together with all and singular the eno- temo
ments, hereditaments, and appurtenances 'ne'0
unto belonging or in anywise appertalnmIng;,
Sheriff of Placer County
By order of Plaintiff, H II. Fellows, Atorno'
for Plaintiff. Auburn. May l3, 1861
The Placer herald., 1865-05-13
Grass Valley and Illinoistown Turnpike,

his road Is now open TO point at the
head of what is known as widow McGuire's
ravine; here it defects westwardy and run.
ming about three miles, reaches Bear River:
crossing this stream, after a short mile, it
intersects the road leading from Auburn to
Dutch Flat Taking the Auburn branch of
the road, five miles brings you to the depot
of the Central Pacific Railroad at Clipper
Gap, and travelling six miles further you
reach the town of Auburn.
From Grass Valley to Auburn, by this new
road, the distance will not exceed twenty
three miles. Every portion Of the road is
good, and will admit the transportation Of
heavy loads in proportion to the strength of
the teams; but, that section of the road, nine
miles in length, constructed by the Grass
Valley and IInoistown Turnpike Co., is
most admirable in every particular; and as
the grade cuts no where exceeds ten inches
to the rod, the traction Of the largest loads
can be accomplished with ease, and passen-
ger vehicles can 60, full tilt with comfort
and without peril
There are, sufficiently frequent all along
the way, fine springs of cold water, which
will be furnished in few days with aque-
"uo'' al" t"hho " quouCu tho tu'ot VI
laborng beasts and tired men, and at the
same time to supply the sprinkling wagons
for keeping the road free of dust We un-
derstand that the stages of the California
Stage Company will be placed on this road
in few days, to run from the Auburn
Station.
The Central Pacific Railroad will be cons
pleted to Clipper Gap by the middle of next
month; this will place us seventeen miles at
over superb turnpike.
The Grass Valley and Ilinoistown Turn.
pike Company have let out their contract
for the completion of the road to the rail
road depot, to be established near Illinois
town. and it will be in complete readiness
to serve the public, so soon, or before, the
cars will be running to this point. The com
merce Of the county of Nevada, now so
rapidly augmentng in wealth and prosperity,
is destined, from this time forward, TO pass
over this highway, traced out as it is, by the
finger of the Almighty and perfected by the
skill enterprise and energy of man. Nevada
county demands one splendid trunk turnpike,
connecting with the railroad that shall serve
her commerce alike both winter and sum,
mer, free Of mud in one season, and dust in
the other. This necessity will be furnished
us by the Grass Valley and llnoistown
Turnpike Company. Their road will tap the
Central Pacific Railroad, little over ten
miles from this town. It's entire cost when
macadamized and graveed will be about
| fifty thousand dollars. Grass Val. National.
The Placer herald., 1865-05-13
REPLY OF SECRETARY M'CuLLouGH.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT. March %, 1865.
Dear .Sir:-Your favor of the 2Sth inst
is received.
ifornia. that United States notes could not
be received tor taxes, and the subsequent
Act Of the Legislature of the State, which
seemed like an attempted notification of the
National authority making these notes law
tul money, have undoubtedly doue much
mischief TO the State, and not a little to the
country generally.
Whatever opinion may have been enter
tanned IN regard to tue propriety or necessi.
ty OF the issue OF these notes, and the max
ing OF them legal tender, when Congress, in
view Of the situation of the country, and on
the recommendation of the Secretary of the
Treasury, upon whom was devolved the re
sponsibility of providing the means for the
prosecution of the war, determined this ques-
tion it was, in my judgment, the duty of
California to conform her policy to this de.
termination. The Legal Tender acts were
war measures; and California could not place
herself, as she has done apparently, in oppo.
siton to these war measures, without ind
rectly assailing the national credit, and cast,
ing her influence in no small degree on the
side of those who, with bloody hands, were
attempting the dismemberment of the Union.
That such was the intention or tho spirit OF
the people OF California, no one supposes.-
Iruer or more loyal men than the majority
of the people of that State, are not to be
found in any other State in the Union. Un.
fortunately, they permitted their preference
for a m a al lie and ba ipA, 1l
the bankers to place the State in opposition
to the financial policy of the country, and to
prevent her, in this particular, from being in
hearty sympathy with the other loyal States
Although situated upon the Pacific, no
State has deeper interest in the preserva'
ton of the Union than California, and none
should have been in advance of her in sus
tanning these measures which the loyal peo,
pie of the country had adopted as means
of accomplishing this object.
In regard to the wisdom of her policy in
adhering to an exclusive metallic currency.
as far as California herself is concerned, it
may seem to be almost ndelicate for me to
express an opinion. When, by refusing to
recognise the authority Of Congress in max
ing United States notes lawful money, she
places herself in antagonism to the credit OF
the government, every supporter of the gov
ernment, no matter where he may reside, has
the right to criticse and to condemn her
action; but her domestic policy, so far as it
affects California alone, is matter in which
the citizens of other States have no direct
interest. | have, however, very decided
opinions upon this subject, and as you seem
to desire an expression of them, have no
hesitation in saying that, in my judgment,
California would have been a much richer
and more prosperous State if her circation
had been a mixed instead of an exclusively
metallic one; that she has not only failed
to cooperate with the other States in main,
tanning the Government credit. but has mis-
apprehended her own interest in discountel
nancing tho use of paper money within her
limits.
The Placer herald., 1865-05-13
WASHINGTON, March "a, 1865.

WASh1NGToN, March "a, 1865.
Hon. Hugh Mccullough, Secretary of the
Treasury-Dear Sir.-The State of Calfor-
mia is the only loyal State in the Union with
the exception of Oregon and Nevada) where
the National currency is not used as circus
lating medium. The Supreme Court of that
State decided at an ear day that Legal
Tender notes were not receivable in payment
of taxes, on the ground that tax is not a
debt, in the legal and technical sense of that
term, as used in the Legar Tender law.
The Legislature Of California enacted, in
1868, what is known as the specific gold
contract law, the object Of which is to enable
the courts, by process of law, to enforce the
specific performance of all contracts for the
payment OF money, when it is specified in the
contract that the sum, when due, shall be
in gold coin One effect of this law is to
entirely prevent the circulation of the Ma
tional currency in California, making it
merely an article of traffic, it's value being
regulated by the price of gold in New York
The result is that all Federal officers, and the
army and navy, are forced to convert, at a
great sacrifice, the currency in which they
are paid, into gold, at the market rate of
greenbacks, before it can be made available
to them, sometimes reducing their pay more
than one halt, which is very oppressive, par
ticuarly upon those employed in the militia,
ry and naval service, and in the end calcula'
ted to affect very injuriously the public SER
vice on the whole Pacific coast
While many true and loyal men in Cali
fornia sincerely entertain the opinion that
the gold policy is not only the best for their
State but is also the best for the General
Government, the opposite opinion is held by
large numbers of loyal citizens and from
present indications, | do not entertain a
doubt but that the next Legislature will open
the way for the introduction of the National
currency as the circulating medium of the
State.
Knowing the influence that your views
have with the loyal people of California on
all questions relating to the financial policy
of the Government, have taken the liberty,
as a citizen of that State, of addressing YOU
this note for the purpose of elicling your
views on the questions here suggested
Hoping you may find it convenient to re-
ply, | have the honor to remain, very re'
specially, your obedient servant,
THOMPSON CAMPBELL.
The Placer herald., 1865-05-13

SAN Francisco ELECTIoN.-Th San Fran
cisco city and county election takes place on
Tuesday next. Two tickets are in nomina.
tion-one by the Peoples Party, the other
by the regular Union organization. 1t was
reported last week that the Democrats would
run a ticket, and that Geneea Naglee.
commander under Mcclellan, 10 the
Peninsula campaign, had been selected for
Mayor, but it appears this was mistake
The Peoples Party have re-nominated near.
iy all of the present incumbents, who have
generally given satisfaction in the discharge
Of their duties. The Union party have
placed upon their ticket several persistent
office'seekers, and to Judge from the head
of their ticket, DR.. Rowell, for Mayor, their
selections have not been such as to secure
public confidence. DR.. RoweIl is a blatant
demagogue and mobte, and probably one
of the worst selections that could have been
made for so important a position. Other
candidates on the ticket are more favorabv
spoken OF. The candidate for Sheriff is
Capt. Bluxsome-seemngly strange nom
ination, considering that he is the veritable
"33 Secretary" of the old Vigilante days of
SO, and that he is the nominee of the
"Short'Haired" wing of the dominant party j..
The two tickets represent the two factions
of the party. The regulur Union being the
Short" and the Peoples the Long Haired"
ticket. AS the Democracy have declined
to make ticket, the part they may take in
the election, is matter of much local ini
terest and speculation. Holding, as the
Democracy of Sacramento did at the Spring
election, the balance of power, whichever
way their vote is thrown will decide the
contest. Judging from the composition of
the tickets we incline to the belief that they
will support most of the nominees of the
Peoples Party, and insure the election Ger.
tainly of the greater part Of that ticket.
The Placer herald., 1865-05-13
POPULAR LDAN OF THE PEOPLE,

Less than $500 900, 900 of The loan authorized
by the last Congress, are now on the market
This amount, at the rate at which it is being
absorbed, will all be subscribed for within fonr
months, when the notes will undoubtedly com
mand premium, as has uniformly been the case
on closing the subscriptions to other Loans
In order that citizens of every town and Sec
ton of the country may be afforded faciea for
taking the loan. the National Bank. State Banks.
and Private Bankers throughout the country have
generally agreed to receive subscriptions at par.
Subscribers will select their own agents, in whom
they have confidence, and who only are to be re-
sponsble for the delivery of the notes for which
they receive orders.
JAY COOKE.
Subscription Agent, Philadelphia.
March rs, 1865. ap29 3n.
The Placer herald., 1865-05-13

STATESMEN WANTED-The severe labor of
the soldier in the Rebellion is now about at
an end, and the more difficult labor of the
statesman is ready to be commenced. 1t
remains to be seen if amid our public men
there are enough possessed of sufficient
patrio tism, comprehensive ideas and great
ness of purpose to perform the task which
devolves upon them. Oar country pre-
eminently stands in need of wisdom, virtue
and integrity, to guide the action of its
public men. The greatest of our trials are
yet to come, and if the statesmen and poiti,
clans of the Nation fail in this its time of
great need, all that has been won by hard
fighting will be lost. More, our country
and its institutions will be shattered into a
thousand fragments. The good book says,
that sin multitude of counselors there is
safety" 1t is from multitude of counsel.
lors, actuated by conflicting passions and
motives, that our danger is to be appre
hended. S Il. Call.
The Placer herald., 1865-05-13

IMPORTANT DIsCovERY.-A curious dis.
covery has recently been made public in
France, in regard to the culture of vegetable
and fruit trees. BY watering with a solution
of supbate of iron the most wonderful
fecundily has been attained. Pear trees and
beans which have been submitted to this
treatment have nearly doubled in the size of
the productions, and noticeable improvement
is marked in their favor. DR.. Becount Re-
ports that while at the head of the estab,
lishment at Eughien Of the suphurous
springs, he had the gardens and plantation
connected with it, watered during several
weeks of the early spring, with suIphurous
water, and that not only the plantation pros
pered to remarkable extent, but the flowers
acquired peculiar brilliancy of coloring and
healthy aspect which attracted universal at
tention.
The Placer herald., 1865-05-13

New QUARTZ MILL-We are informed by
the owners of the silver claim, known as the
Layne Claim, situated few miles from Fol-
som, in Placer county, that they are now
making arrangements for the erection of a
mill at a convenient point on the American
river, for the purpose of working the rock
taken from the claim Some time since they
erected works for the purpose of testing the
rock at the claim, and the result is such that
they intend at once to put up large mill.
The shaft on the claim is down about eighty
feet. The ledge is increasing in width, and
the rock is growing richer. We would
not be surprised to hear the music of four or
five quartz mills in this vicinity in less than
year from this time. Folsom Tel.
The Placer herald., 1865-05-13

No country can prosper for any consider
able time where money commands so high a
rate of interest as it does 10 California, and
nothing would tend more directly to reduce
that rate of interest than the introduction of
a sound paper circulating medium
Paper money has been found to be ne.
cessity in all commercial countries, and es.
pecally in the United States; and what is
true elsewhere must be true in California;
With her splendid climate, her fertile soil,
and her nexhaustible mines, her wealth and
population ought to have been more rapidly
increased than they have been for some
years past. With her great advantages,
what has prevented her from receiving a
constant flow of emigration from the other
States? What has prevented her from being
a commercial and manufacturing State?-
What is now repressing the enterprise of her
enterprising people, but the fact that money
is dear, and credit, to great degree, ignor-
ed?
California needs well regulated credit
system; she needs q paper circulation to
quicken enterprise and give impetus to bust
ness; she needs lower rate Of interest; she
needs to be cured of the mania for an excu.
sive metallic currency; in a word she needs,
in addition to the recognition of United
States notes as currency, sound banking
system-suc as is provided for by the Ma
tional Currency Act-and she will linger in
the career of greatness and prosperity until
these needs are supplied.
Regretting the necessity am under, by
reason of pressing official duties, Of replying
thus briefly and hastily to your letter,
| am, very truly, yours,
La.
The Placer herald., 1865-05-13

RAILROAD OPENING. - The early pas
senger train of the Central Pacific Railroad
will run for the first time to Auburn this
morning. The stage stock Of the California
Stage Co., was removed from Newcastle to
this place yesterday, preparatory to the
above change.
The laying Of track is being carried for
ward meanwhile, and it is confidently ex-
pected the road will be opened to Clipper
Gap, eight miles above town, during next
month, when the Virginia City, Dutch Flat,
Grass Valley and Nevada stages will connect
there.
The Placer herald., 1865-05-13
District Court Proceedings.
Hon. 7. B. MCFARLAND, Judge.

Monday. May Sth, 1865.
E. Mcdonald VS.. Bullock ct al-Delerdant's 5
motion for continuance annullcd.
The People VS.. w. A. .Henderson-Jury empan-
nelcd, consisting Of the following named persons:
}. S. Jones, A. H. Benton, G. w. Curl, NJ. Hoff-
man, J. II Carper, J. Greenbouer, G. b. Bailey,
Thomas Holden. b. 7. Gilbert, Geo. w. Mitchell,
Chas. Green and E. T. Holley. Opening argu.
ments Of counsel made. Tuesday aud Wednes-
day was occupied in the examination of witnesses
in the case; and on Thursday the Jury returned
into Court with verdict of Murder in the Sec
ond Degree" The Court then adjourned until
Tuesday, the 10Th inst
The Placer herald., 1865-05-13
NOTICE.

IN the night of the 10th Of March, aC%E
" 1865. some person left small N/-IS
WHITE HORSE on the "Homestead e u
Ranch" two miles below Auburn. He has q
short tail, and reached name. looks as if it was
fresh cut Oh. and has been ridden very hard, and
appeared to he very tired. The bars were iet
down and the horse turned into my lot at night
Any person owning said horse will pleae come
and get him and pay charges.
THOMAS NELSON.
April 29tb 1865 St.
The Placer herald., 1865-05-13

MARIposA EsrArE.-The Mariposa Gazette
says that this estate has passed into the
hands of the Dodge Brothers of San Fran
cisco. The company had become so embar
rassed by the large attachments levied upon
their personal property as to render chan ge
IN the man agement necessary
The Placer herald., 1865-05-13

The Missouri Convention adon,.,
article providing that after the lst Of fs0n an
1875 no person shall be allowed to t"'a'y' ""y'
in the State who is unable to reaJ " vote
through physical causes. Auo,her except
provides that foreigners NAV vo,a o,a "'.cle @
after declaring their intention 70 0%e % year
citizens. w oecome
The Placer herald., 1865-05-13

-. . HIy
Bills allowed to the amount of S4.094 81.
The Board refused to act on the bill of S. 3.
Woodin, for services as Justice Of the Peace, for
Township No. 3.
The contract for keeping the INDECENT sick of
Placer county, for one year, was awarded to Dr..
Thomas, at the rate of S. per week for each per-
son, and 500 per month for medical services.
The Clerk was instructed to index the book of
Minutes Of the Board.
County Auditor made his report of the fnan-
cia transactions of the county for the previous
four months, up to May lst.
The Placer herald., 1865-05-13

Is IT TREAsoN?-Senator John p. Hale,
just before he left the Senate to accept an
appointment to foreign post, at the hands
of President Lincoln, made set speech, in
which the following remarkable passage oc.
ours:
"We believe that the proper preservation
of State Sovereignty, State Rights, State
Power, is as essential to the successful oper-
alton of the system of our Government, as
the Union-and if one or the other is to be
destroyed, it had better be the Union than
the States"
If this sentiment had been uttered by a
protessed Democrat it would have been de-
nounced by the Abolitionists as rank heresy,
and the author would have stood promine ent
chance for residence in bastile; but being
uttered by a favored son of loyal New Eng
land, be is rewarded by IA fat appointments
Penna. JeferSonian.
The Placer herald., 1865-05-13

FREIoHr.-The large number of teams,
With from four to ten animals each, going
mountanward, shows that large orders for
goods are being filled in the lower cities for
the mining districts. This ought to be a
sign of plenty of water and prosperous
times among the miners, and we hope it is.
The Placer herald., 1865-05-13

Court REcEss.-Judgs Mcfarland was
called away from Court on Wednesday, by
serious illness in his family, and his place
was supplied on the bench by Judge McKune,
on Thursday. At the conclusion Of the case
Of the People vs. Henderson, Court adjourn.
ed until Tuesday, the 10th inst.
The Placer herald., 1865-05-13
Lost or Stolen see $25 Reward.

Of the oS So%s 1% %aSar" Ss Ra
vine, ghteen miles west Of Auburn, np0WN
on Sunday night, 7th inst, TWO DARK Bko"n WV
HORSE MULES, of middle size, Weighing 1hS ,hs
about 1000 lbs. each, and both branded oi tn to
left shoulder. The above reward will oe p.'" hc No
any person who will deliver the mules ~ , of Of
ranch of the undersigned, Or at the l"uI" pIacer
Mum 4 Sharp, on Pleasant Grove Creek lav,s nrt
county or send information Of their wherea'o"''
so that they can be recovered uopru
Auburn Ravne Is miles west OF Aupu'A'
May 13-2wr
The Placer herald., 1865-05-13

CLouDY.-Last evening was sultry and
cloudy, which ought to be rain indication,
but remembering that all signs fail in dry
time, we have no confidence in a wettipo
down until it comes.
The Placer herald., 1865-05-13
Proceedings Board of Supervisors.

Thursday, May 4th. 1865.
License granted toJ l.. English to collect toll
for crossing his bridge at Bear River.
The Dutch Flat and Donnor Lage Wagon Road
Company: were allowed to erect a toll gate on
their road in the vicinity of Dutch Flat one at
Polly's Station, and one at Bonner Lake; their
rates of toll established as follows, payable in
cold and silver.
The Placer herald., 1865-05-13

Virginia City, Montana Territory, is a
thriving village of two years growth. 1t
contains 1000 inhabitants, and supports two
churches, two theatres, three schools, and a
newspaper.