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From the 11i Weekly Acqdian Recorder, FEB. 8
FROTE TEHE STATES.
New York, 2nd, P. NJ.

New York, 2nd, P. N.
Rebel papers say 1900 bales Of cotton
were burnt at Wilmington on the 28th-
several carloads were also burned.
Several Northern States have already
ratified the amendment to the United
States Constitution, aboIishing Slavery.
Information from Gen. Sherman states
that his army is rapidly moving on
Charleston. At last accounts he was
within 40 miles of that place.
The main body Of the Rebel force is
concentrated near Charleston.
News from Fort Fisher states that the
Federal gunboats have gone up the Cape
Fear River to lombard the Rebel forts
near Wilmington.
A Washington despatch says President
Lincoln has gone TO Fortress Monroe TO
confer with the Rebel Peace Commission
ers. He left this morning.
Gold closed this morning at 20311-2.
New York, Feb. 1.-The long debate
in Congress, on the proposition to amend
the Constitution, a%boIishing slavery
throughout the United States, closed yes
terday, and the amendment was adopted,
yeas 119 nays 56. 1t had previously
passed the Senate.
Letters from the arm of the Potomac,
dated the goth ultimo, says that there is
nothing to report, except the arrival with
in the Federal lines of squads of deserters
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gntt t1ntitGtfot,
To the Editor of the St. CrOix Avis.

Dear Sir,
IN your paper, No. Is of this year, you
speak of Mr.. T~hompson's discharge, and
tell the public that | sacrifice the interest
of the schools, by discharging the most
competent teachers, to crafty my own
private dislikes. | have been called p 0
to sue you at the law, for abusing the
liberty of the press; but I feel much
more inclined to forgive you, for | be-
lieve that you have been misIed, and
actually did not know what you were
writing. My greatest dislikes are those
things which are contrary TO the interest
of the schools, and I presume, that no
man can better judge what teachers are
the most competent for our Country
schools, than the Inspector. If had any
private dislike to Mr.. Thompson, | would
certainly not have given him a third trial.
That the phonetic system (Which you call
an outrage on the english language has
any thing to do with the discharge of Mr..
Thompson, is a mere invention 10 hide
the real cause. Mr.. Thompson has taught
Theoretically, and he might tell you, that
by means of that outrageous system he
has been able to make at least one boy
Of Petersrcst school a good reader, in one
gear. For Mr.. Thompson's sake | am
sorry, that you compel me publicly to
state the reason for his discharge, and l
will only briefly say, that Mr.. Thompson,
after having made himself guilty of a
daring neglect ofduty, Qhough frequently
warned) was at last reprimanded by me
in writing, and called upon to mend his
fault, and that instead of acknowledging
his wrong, he wrote me an impertinent
letter, in which he challenges me to dis
charge him, 'as soon as [ wish"
The children in Bassin want teachers
as well as those in the Country, and I
hope Mr.. Thompson will find in town a
sphere Of usefulness, more suited to his
wishes than the Country has proved to be.
Your remarks on my appointment are
a reflection on the Royal Government, to
whom | must refer you. Since more than
"a years | consider myself a loyal subject
and humble servant Of His Majesty the
king of Denmark, striving at the same
time to be a faithful servant of my hea-
venly master, without any fear of man.
You are requested to give this letter a
place in your next paper, and to excuse
me, when [ decline any further public
communications on the above subjects.
Your obdt. Servt.,
J. GARDIN.
Friedensfeld, February 90, 1865.
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rEs:T55 A,VTS"


WE give place in this days impression
to a letter from Rev. Gardin, not because
he has been so generous as to forgive US,
but we would that be, in justice, should
have a hearing. AS the regarding
Mr.. Thompsou's discharge is contradicted
by him, we can do no more than leave
the matter to the decision of the public,
in case Mr.. Thompson is not able to con-
tradict Rev. Gardiu's assertions.
Not long since we met up with a re-
mark Of johnson that the elderly Of the
press is a blessing when we are inclined
to write against others, and a calamity
when we find ourselves oVerborne by the
multitude Of our assaiiants." This re-
mark we find very true, especially in the
present case, except that Rev. Gardin
has not, as yet, been overborne by the
multitude Of his assailants.
To constitute himself, in one single
sentence, both plaintiff and Judge, in hold
ing out a threatofthe power ofthe law over
our heads, and then giving sentence that
we have abused the liberty of the press,
is really too much of a good thing and
only what we could expect from MIR.
Gardln who presumes that no man can
better judge what teachers are most
competent for our Country Schools than
himself. Rev. Gardin in constituting
himself public censor of the press,
although that office has been abolished
by law, does not make himself so
in our view, nor does his observation
that we "actually did not know what we
were writing' render him in our eyes the
Only sane man IN the community. Such
remarks OILY manifest q spirit which will
bear no contradiction or opposition,
We are very GLAD to hear that Peters
rest school Us turned out one bog a good
reader in one gear. We should be happy
10 make his acquaintance; for we would
like 10 hear him read from a book which
we might select for that purpose, provid-
ed Mr. Thompson assures US that he ne
yer taught that boy TO spell on the good
old method-a practice, we believe, that
sometimes takes place. in.Rey. Gardln's
absence.
If our remarks on Rev. Gardin's APP
pointment care a reflection on the Royal
Government" we can plead no better
authority for them than that a Com
mittee in our Colonial Council in its
last Session reported as follows -
''The Committee recommends that there
be taken steps to put an end to the
anomalous state Of affairs that a for
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foreign body dominates the Inspector of
the rural schools, the appointment to so
important a situation ought to be in the
hands Of his Majesty"
, 1865-02-21

OUR GOOD OLD LEGISLATIVE ENACT
MENTs.-The cost of erecting a single
wall step outside a shop in this town was
as follows;
Mason work, including materials and
workmanship l 81
Fee TO the Royal Building Inspec-
UOI = w
DO. to the Police Office 2 90
SIS 81
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The Royal }IaiI Steamer Tasmanjan ar
rived at st. Thomas on the 18th inst. She
brought no Jews of importance.
, 1865-02-21

(From tile ST. Thomas Times, February 49,
The Placer herald., 1865-04-08
The Casas Grandes of the Colorado.

Arizona miners occasionally refer to tho.
ruins of old Indian buildings on the Coiora.
do, some forty miles up the river above La
Paz, on the east bank. They are said TO be
similar to those on the Gila river a few
leagues above the Pimo villages, ind the fact
Of their being "ruined towns" is much doubt.
ed. On Ehrensberg's Map of Arizona and
South California (ls5s,) they are located as
above indicated; that is all known about
them. AS the western portions of the Colo
rado valley are asserted to contain remains
Of the ancient Indian population in old
likely that Ehrenbergs location on the east
ern side may be correct; and if so, these
halfcivilized races of Alta California must
have occupied an extent of country five bun.
dred miles in length and breadth, between
the Gila and the Mormon settlement Of
Utah. and from the Rio del Norte, in tho
vicinity of Santa Fe, to the base Of tho,
California mountains. The Spanish Chron-
icIes between 1910 and 1000 relates that
the population of this vast territory was
very numerous, and not much less than
100000, Of which probably not more than
$4,000 remain at the present time in New
Mexico and Arizona. The extensive ruins
of houses, towns, Notifications and irrigated
lands within the above limits indicate u
thckly settled country formerly, and the
great question is, what has become of the
people! Some writer's assume that thew
were wasted by the Spanish wars and mining
labors, while the Spaniards of the early times.
before 1900, say that they often met with
old ruined towns and heard of rich countries
farther west, and also farther north. Davis
of New Mexico, says there is an Indian
tradition that the old Pueblo nations were
broken up by volcanic and earthquake con.
vulsions before the Spanish time.
The Placer herald., 1865-04-08
Mileage Paid to Pacific Coast Represen.
tatiVes.

The New York Tribune. in the course Of
An article urging upon Congress retrench.
ment in the matter of contingent expenses
and mileage, advised that body to have no
more documents printed than those TO whom
they are sent will gladly pay postage on, and
thus save S250,000 per annum; and adds the
following:
This is not more atrocious than other
swindles, but it is a little more glaring.-
Every man knows that the allowance of "S8
for every 20 miles" traversed in going to
and another IS for every 90 miles Travelled
in returning from each session of Congress,
is not what it should be. The basis fr
computing the probable cost OF Congressional
travel was fixed when steamboats, and rail-
roads were yet undreamed of, when stage
coaches that traversed 40 miles per dav,
over our most execrable roads, did very well,
and when the cost of travelling was in money
four times and in time ten times wha: it is
now. The casually travelled route"-from
Kentucky to Washington, for instance-is
twice as long as it formerly was, though it
can be Travelled in quarter of the time and
at a third Of the expense. Every one feels
the iniQuily of paying members from the
"S'Ac CoosU Clo,ooo W 81 ,OOO cdCU per
annum as ",nieage"-often for journeys
never made. Every one knows that Con.
gress would correct the abuse if Congress
did not profit by it; and public faith in the
integrity as we'll as patriotism Of Congress is
impaired by its default. Members realize
the iniqui,y of this gouge, else why is the
mileage schedule so carefully hidden from
public scru'inyl We could not procure it
for publication to-day without pains-taking
inesse and effort; we could not publish it
however nakedly, without being suspected
by at least 20 members, of malignant intent
to damage their individual regulations. How
can public men cling to An abuse which they
confess themselves SO thoroughly ashamed!
Of!
The evil does not stop with Congress-.
Every messenger who bears the Presidential
vote of State to Washington. insists on
being paid the mileage of member, and
no one dare gainsay him. We presume a,
least $4,000 have just been taken out Of
the Treasury to pay the mileage Of the three
messengers who brought to Washington the
IL Electoral Votes of California, Nevada
and Oregon, though $4,000 would have paid
generously for the service, and $4,000 would.
have been eagerly accepted by worthy, re-.
sponsibIe men. Why must such glaring
abuses be endured in these days of taxation,
that cuts to the bone?
The Placer herald., 1865-04-08
TERMS:
p,v,,le iu Gold and Silver Invariably in Ad-
vance.
Rates Of Advertising:
Law of Newspapers.

|. Subscribers who do not give express notice
10 the contrary are considered as wishing 10 con-
tnue the subscription.
2. II subscribers wish their papers discontinu-
ed publishers may continue to send them until
all charges are paid.
3. Ifsuh.cribcrs neglect or refuse to take their
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 rom the Office. or removing and
leaving il uncalled for, is prima Jaciea evidence
of intentional fraud.
The Placer herald., 1865-04-08

A WAR WITH ENGLAND.-Tho London
Times, a!luding to the Canada complications
and the desire on the part of some Of the
leaders of the Administration party to pro
woke hostlilies with England, says:
I'm the present state OF Northern feeling
there is too much reason to fear an outrage,
which may render rupture inevitable
Americans neither appreciate the strength
of England, nor understand the unaoiml'y
with which the war would be prosecuted it
forced upon a reluctant government and ma
,on. The first result Of the war would be
the immediate and irrevocable establishment
Of tho Southern independence.
The Placer herald., 1865-04-08

PETRoLEUM LANDs.-We learn that the
farm of Mr.. Seaver, on the lower portion of
San Pablo Creek, writes the Contra Costa
Gozette April list, has been sold for $40 800
within few days past. The extent of land
is said to be about two hundred acres. The
object Of buying was to bore for Gle" An
offer of more than twice the above sum is
said to have been made for two hundred
acres on the rancho Of Messrs. Grover, Huer-
slel & Lauterwasser, near the head waters of
San Pablo Greek. The purchase here, too,
if made, would be for "ile," there being
strong indications of an oil well on the
premises.
The Placer herald., 1865-04-08


WHAT GEN SHERMAN SAID.-We com
mend the following passage from conver-
sation Of Gen. Sherman with gentleman
who visited him at Savannah, to the atteni
ton of those who hug the delusion that the
rebellion is crushed. The question was ask
ed: "Bu,. general. with all our recent sue
cesses, and with the plans in view, don't you
think the war is nearly at an end?'
To which he replied:
"At an end the war at an end! Well,
sir, if you wish my opinion on that subject,
will state that, SO far from being at an end,
the war is only about TO begin. The policy
of giving up their sea and river coast cities,
although taking away some Of the prestige
Of the Confederacy, is making it materially
stronger than if they retained them in their
possession; while the opening of the same
cities to trade by the federal government is
sufficiently supplying the rebels with all the
goods they used to receive by blockade rum
ners at cheaper price, and with less risk
and Inconvenience to themselves"
According to the Gen. there will yet be
opportunities for those who are anxious to
seek flame at the cannon's mouth" Loyal
gents with military nclinations need not
become disheartened.
ShuUsburgh Wis) Local.
The Placer herald., 1865-04-08

9 Farmers, cut the following and paste it
in your scrap,book: The leaves of the elder,
if strewed among corn or other grain, when
it is put in the bin, will effectualiy preserve
it from the ravages Of the weevI. The juice
will also kill bedbugs and maggo!s. Insects
never touch elder bushes. The leaves Of
elder, when scattered over cabbages, cucum-
bers and squashes, and other plants subject
to the. ravages of insects, etfectualy shield
them. The plnms and other fruits may be
saved by placing on the branches. and among
them, b4ncbss Of the leaveA
The Placer herald., 1865-04-08

not. II is dream,land and 10 more. The
dreamers walk As in a trsnce-poIitical SOM
nabuls,s- bound 10y their own spell, serving
a tyrant Of their own invention, and running
the course Of inevitable ruin. The great
machine tears along, and, though the work
Of their own hands, they cannot stop it, or
even mitigate its fearful speed. l, WAS made
to distance all, and crush all, besides them.
selves; but mankind looks on aghast, and
sees its makers the victims.
II is the immense scale of this fatal pre-.
possession that cuts off remedy and escape.
The idol Of American worship embraces a
continent-nsy, world; it includes all the
future; it claims to suhj"gate the entire
realm Of human thought. 1t is treason and
heresy TO stop short Of the whole visible and
speculative sphere. The world is to be re.
generated on this new model-,he New
World, then the Old. Accordingly, the pres
ent holders of this august destiny can give up
nothing. 1t was decapitation in China to
doubt that the Emperor was brother ofthe Sun
and Moon, and it is political death in Amer
ica to doubt that all nations will receive the
law from Washington, annex themselves 70
its mild realm, and bow to its easy yoke. In
the Old World-which has been ba,tled and
buffstted, and baa.en by hard facts, if not
into wisdom, at least into submisson-wh
4 conqueror is defeated he gives up his conf
quest; when a State cannot fight The world,
it says so and gives in. BY the same rule
when a private man has played for great
stakes and lost he sets down and makes the
best of it, lie knows that it is possible
to exist without a large fortune, without a
high position, without dignifed employ
ment, without many friends, without An acre
Of land, without even house TO call his
own. He congra,uates himself if he has
not lost honor and sunk into a caste below
his habits and natural instincts The most
overweeuing and overstepping ambition may
end by accommodating itself to a very hum
bic place and finding happiness in self respect
and self content There are few, indeed,
that have not had 10 surrender good deal
Of their early day dreams. The American
cannot do this The dream, which others on
this side the Atlantic can better describe in
all its grandeur, is too strong reality for
him. Having worshipped it and obeyed it
having laid on its shrine all he held dear, he
is now its humble slave lie must do as it
bids him, and 20 through blood and flames
to enforre its dire behests. No partial sac.
ratice will appease it. All or nothing he
asked for; all or nothing it demands at his
hands. So long as that idol stands on its
pedestal, the war must rage on; and we sec
no symptom of its early overthrow.
The Placer herald., 1865-04-08

THE MINES GIVING Ou7-Judging from
the fact Of remarkably heavy deposites at tho
Branch Mint in San Francisco, the mines Of
California and Nevada must be yielding now
with unusual lberality. The officers of the
Mint say the Spring business opens heavier
than it ever did before. The large receipts
Of gold from the mines of this state result
from the facilities for profitable placer wash.
ing on an extensive SCALE afforded by the
generous rains Of this season. In many dis
,ricts where drift mining generally obtains,
great quantities Of aurtsrous earth had accu.
mulatsd, which are now being washed. The
severe winter in the north checks mining op'
erations in Oregon, Idaho and British CO.
lumbia. and the treasure receipts from these
regions have fallen very low. Hence il is
apparent, says the Bulletin, that the heavier
deposits at the mint come from our own
mines, and they Indicate that the opening
season will be one of the most prosperous
ever known in the State.-Soc. Bee.
The Placer herald., 1865-04-08

An "emigrant" who had been somew hat
roughly dealt with by the wild Ca, gentry"
Of Virginia City, thus expresses his opinion
of that lively town: "lf Gabriel happens
to light at Virginia City theyre'lI be no
resurrection, for they'll swindIe him out of
his horn before he can make single damn
toot."
The Placer herald., 1865-04-08

The Del Norte, the first ocean steamship
built in California, will be ready to make her
trial trip in about three weeks. She is in.
tended to run between San Francisco, Hum
boldt and Crescent Ci,v. Her dimensions
are: Length of keel. 1877 feet; bres l,h of
beam, 80 feet, depth Of hold, ~ feet 3 ip.
length over oil, 400 fsst, o3.o3t- a
The Placer herald., 1865-04-08
BEET SUGAR-We are astonished that
l1l. l., N.,I:i..,.a L.,a L.,

BEET SuGAR.-We are astonshed that
nobody in California has ever made anv at
tempt, more than experimental, to manufac-
ture sugar from the white beet In France,
three. quarters of the sugar in use is made
from the white beet, and chemical analysis
goes to prove that in California the beet
contains much larger amount o! saccharine
matter than the French beet. The following
statistics of beet sugar in Germany, we CLEAN
from late paper. In 1858 there were
about 250 factories in operation, which used
up more than 36,OOO,OOO cwts. of beet root
Twenty years ago only 100000 cwts. Of
beet root were worked up into sugar. Then
l8 cwts of beet root were required to pro-
duce one cwl. of sugar; now only l2 cwts
are needed. The duty levied produced
S0,000,000. The enormous profit derived
from the cultivation is we'll known. In
Austria alone, le,5OO, 900 cwts are grown,
and l4,500,OO0 cwts. are worked up by 1926
factories; and ~ Of those each use above
100000 cw,s. of roots annually, one using
as much as 100000 cwts.
The Placer herald., 1865-04-08

A company opened an office in Change
Alley, during the South Sea mania, to re
csive subscriptions for raising one million
dollars, for a purpose to be made known
after the sum was raised. The people flock
ed in and paid five shilings on every fifty
dollars they subscribed. A large sum was
thus collected, when an advertisement was
published announcing that the subscribers
might have their deposites without any
deduction, as the project of the directors
was merely trial 10 see how many fools
they could make in one day.
The Placer herald., 1865-04-08

EY- Ths most influential man, in free
country at least, is the man who has the
ability a. well AS lhe courage TO speak What
ls thinks when occasion requires Il. e
The Placer herald., 1865-04-08

THE OIL FEvER-Up to The present time
Sacramento has been but little affected by
the oil excitement. The Sacramento Union
Of March goth, says: "While San Francisco
and the entire coast has been deeply agi,a.
ted on the subject, the residents of this vicin-
ity have maintained their self possession.-
There are, however, unmistakable signs tha,
the oil fever in its most virulent form is like
" to visit Us. Meetings are being held and
combinations formed, ETC.. for the purpose Of
securing claims in the petroleum sections Of
the State, where the surplus capital Of Sac
ramento may find investment"
Missouri IS FREE-The Tribune declares
that Missouri is free-becauss a clique Of
traitors in tina: State have decreed the eman,
cipation Of other peoples slaves! Missouri
is free! Free from law and order. free from
Constitutional right. free from freedom Of
election. freedom from all liberty of thought
word or deed. Poland is free-with the
glorious right open to her Of Siberia or the
knout. Hungary is fres-with the iron
hand Of Austria pressing down the throb-
bings of her heart. Maryland and Missouri
are free-to stand by with scowling brows
while their liberty and their property are
alike crushed under the chario, wheels Of a
cut throa. fanaticism.-N. Y. News.
JOHN CHINAMAN FOR IDAHo!-The Chinese
are represented by the Nevada papers as
flocking to Idaho in great force. The Hum
boldt Register Of March 25th says:
A long procession of these dusky emigrants
reached town on Tuesday evening, on foct
and parked; and each day since the num'
at their cam ping ground has swelled. These
fellows trudge along on foot, the same as we
see them always in motion-amost every
one having large bamboo pole over his
shoulders, with heavy bundle Of clothing
mining tools, provisions and cooking traps,
at each end of the bamboo. These fellows
will scratch about during the summer in
claims worked out by white men in the
Boise Basin. and next winter will be dry
washed by the roughs copgregated in such
numbers in that dslsctabls region.
The Placer herald., 1865-04-08
3. +. MYREs,

attorney and Counsellor At Law "A uburn.
()tF1CE in building on Court street. next door
", " to the Temple Having resumed the practice
VI law will attend to all business intrusted to his
care In the several courts Of the State. jellmy
The Placer herald., 1865-04-08

LE.HALE. u.H.rErIovs
HALE ( FELLOWS.
Attorneys at Law,
w I'LL PRACTICE in all the courts of Placer
c cw ana adjoining counties, and in the Supreme
o'art' ONCE in brick block opposite Temple
Auburn. March llth, 1865.