The Placer herald., 1865-07-22

Tor Instance. ON The prison. bflg al Satfdinthl"
and how Robinson Crus,e happened TO be
lnrarcera,ed there etc.
Say Your PRAYERS, Selkuk. and do not pro-
woke God aud men hv sc"lhug Al those who
do. More anon, if vnu wish VI. fr"m old.
JOHN ATKINSON.
The Burlington. (Vt) Times says that ffty.fvc
| thousand desrltoIs und"r one OF the LAST procl,-
nations OF President Lincoln have emierated
from Canadr, reported at Captain GLEASON : office,
PoLrrICAL DOCTRINES - The Placer County
Union Convention among others, adopted the loi-
lowing resolution:
Resoiced. 7 hat the loyal citizens Of This county
look forward with anxiety 10 the adoption OF the
National currency notes rs Il circulating medium.
We had IN idea that "Natioual Curr ncy Notes
were already "Crcnlaiing medium : But they
won't bring dollar for dollar. notwithstanding
the anxiety OF loyal citizens" for their adoption.
California gold is better than Washingo oa rags.
every day in The week. and all the resolutions
that can he passed won't max. particle of diff
ference. TIL" political mugginses OF Placer county
don! represent their own party in this State on
the orrcnback qucstio'. The sentiment OF Cal.
ilornia is in favor OF the metallic currency OF her
rich mines. 1t is iutrinsclIly good and passes
cur cnt not only in this State aud Nation, but
lhrou ghout the civilized world. The party that
arrays itself against it must 90 to the wall in
this State. TO dead certainty. - Sonora Dtme-
crut,
THREE LEGGED CHICKEN E B Taylor.
farmer. cxhilrd at our office the other day
young chicken with three legs. The mother
haichcd out brood oi seventeen, and among
| them this one with three LEGS which is the lar
-c> and most healthy one OF the lot. The extra
! leg has only one toe. lcing otherwise peri, city
formed. Mr.. Taylor is very proud Of his liIllc
| pet aud will take great piiGs to raise it.-SOnO-
ma Dcm.
The Salt Lake 7r1cgroph hoists the name of
| Brigham Young for Governor and llrber G. Kim
! hlal or Lieutenant Governor for the State OF
| Desert The name of George A. Smith is pro.
! posed for representative to Congress from the
new State.
The French are reported TO hnvc seized the
| guno islnd of Dortle in the Pacific.
| A Hart ford plumber has accidentally discover
| ed that the smoke from little charcoal fire under
"A tree " i'll ,uffocate hundreds Of worms upon it,
little sulphur placed on hot embers answers
the same purpose.
To MAKE SHIFT BosoNS SHINE-TEY IT. Take
two ounces Of gum arabic powder. put it into a
pich"r and pour on it pint or or more O. boil
ing water. (according o the degree of srcagih
you dc>ire) and theu having covered it. let il
stand all night. In the morning pour il carefully
from the drcgs into Il clean bottle, cork il for use,
4 tablespoonful OF water stirred in pot OF starch
hat has been made in III" usual manner will give
the linen Il beautiful luster
The Nye county (N'vD .Nr,cs says tlvrc is a
good opening in that region for banking aud
assay Office
Why dgpt." sd a lady who wished to
| rally her servant Gll for the amusement Of the
! company. upon the fantastic ormmcnting OF Il
hu4r pie. did you dn this? You are quite au
artist. Pray. how did you do it ?" In,Eldp, mum
| it WAS myself that did It, replied Bridge "lsn'i
it pretty? did it with your old false teeth, num-
A Russian Lady recently presented TO the Pope
a pair of slippers, in which were placed &C, ,0O0i
in bank notes.
The anli-rcnt troubles are roviying in Central
New York and soldiers h We hecn sent TO enolce
the legal rights OF Van Rensselaer,.
Wolkmcn are engaged in Gle ring the cells at
Fort l. fdyttte, aud rrnovatln9 all parts of that
work Heavier sdn> have also been mounted.
Captain Todd Of the rebel army Mrs Lincons
hrothcrO his wife and three children have arrived
in New Orleans from Mobile.
An oil well near Vernon Indiana, has lately
caught fire and burns with blaze OF about twelve
feet in hight. accompanied with dull explosions
III sholt intervals.
A white marble Methodist chapel has just been
built in Phladcphi, al Il cost Of Sl5O,OoO.
There is Newspaper carrier in New Haven
who has walked thirty miles day regularly for
the last three years.
There is womin in Quchc> one hundred and
thirteen years old Her children rand.chillrcn
and grett-grlnd children number two hundred
ano twenty-siX.
The wettiest girl in Bardstown. Ky, died lately
from light lacing
The GRAPE Fly The grape fly, an insect that
nipsts vineyards is destroyed by passing light
| hi unHnr Ia hrInchnS nT hn vin
Craig. Nevada County. tried it, and was success
iu. says the Transcript
GRAIN Chop. The San Jose .NrrcWy July 49,
SAYS that the new crop of grain is coming in
brskly. as y't mostly barley. the yield Of which
in this county would seem 10 be sufficient 10 slut
the market o.! the ShIc
The Democracy of Pennsylvania are called TO
meet IN State Conyention at Harrisburg on the
Gath Of August next.
Michigan produced seven million dollars of
copper last year.