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The Placer herald., 1865-07-29
Spfit from Dome to Base.

No attentive and intelligent observer OF
the present political signs, be be Long Hair,
Short Hair or Democrat, can come to any
other conclusion than that the Adminis,ra
ton party in California is irremedably split
and broken apart their party edtice rent
from dome to base-and that the like fate
is fastening upon it in the other States Of
the Union. Here, the Senatorial question
is made the pre,ext, on the part of the Long
Hairs, bu, the truth is, that there are radical
differences Of opinion in the party. upon
questions now becoming national in discus
sion, that admit Of no reconcilement in a
party made up of such ncongruous and dis
cordant material
The boltings that commenced few weeks
ago, IN defiance of regular organization,
have spread from county to- county - each
faction pursuing that course when find>
ing itself in The minority - and the spirit
OF disorganization will be carried into the
State Convention, TO meet on the 24th cf
August, and BY means Of the double deega
tions that will hs present there from nearly
all the large counties, the disruption vii be
made final and complete.
The State Convention will dissolve as
promptly and decisively as the Sacramento
possibly not with such violen!
bity and bitterness Of feeling that will be
little short of desire TO pomnel each Other
with bludgeons and brass knuckles.
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29
CASCO GOLD, SILVER AND COPpRU
MINING COMPANY

Meadow Lake District, Nevada County.
NOTICE is hereby given that at MEETING Il
~ the Trustees Of said company held at tho of.
flee Of the company in Yankee Jim Oh the sGtt
day Of July 1865, it was ordered that rc.publica.
ton be had for assessment No. l. levied Angus,
18Th, SG4 OF five cents per share upon the capi.
ial stock OF said company, payable in United
States gold coin, is due and payable TO the Sec.
retary at his Office in Yankee Jim. ANY stock
upon which said asses sment shall remain unp,id
on the 2Sth day Of August, 1865, will be adfyet.
tsed on that day rs delinquent. and unless pay.
mcnt shall be made before will be sold on The
18th day OF September, S65, TO pay the den
qucnt assessment, together with the costs of adj
vertisng and expenses Of sale.
r. o. CRAVENS,
Secretary.
Yankee jim July 20. lSG5.-4w
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29

CoLUsA DEMocsATlc NoMINArIoNs-At
the Democratic County Convention, held at
Colusa last Saturday, the following nomina.
tions were made: Sheriff, Samuel Wright;
County Clerk, Jackson Hart; Treasurer, J.
Il. Woods; District Attorney. b. Shepard
son; Assessor, J. Small; Coroner and Public
Administrator |. N. Cain; Superintendent Of
Schools, John G. Addinglon. The nominee
for District Attorney was one Of the tempo.
rary sojourners at Acatraz, under military
arrest, Marysuille Express
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29
CARD.
AUBURN, July 26lh, 1865.

To the Editors of the Herald: - Seeing a
statement to day in the filthy sheet called
Stars and Stripes, that had encouraged an
attack upon the office and private property
of the Auburn Herald wish to say through
your columns. that although being strong
advocate Of the Union party have always
opposed mob law. 10 show the falsitv of
this infamous report l will state that bad
not f'e-n in the town OF Auburn for more
than Two weeks before the assassination OF
President Lincoln, and not until his funeral.
And can ,ru,hfuy say that have never
used any language that could have conveyed
ANY snch Impression.
CHOATE
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29

MORE BoLTING.-In Solaoo county, the
other day. the Long Hairs finding themsel-
yes in minority in convention, bolted, and
called mass meeting to make nominations
in opposition to the Short Haired ticket.
In this manner the work of disintegralion
goes on, and lie extending throughout the
State. There is no longer any union in the
Union party Of California, and the hostility
between the factions is becoming more en-
bttered every day.
The Democratic press Of the country long
since assured the people that the
dominant party could not hold together
moment after the clash Of arms should cease,
and we have the propbesy verified to the
latter.
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29

EY- In another column will be found a
card from Mr.. Choate, in answer to charge
made against him, by the Stars and Stripes
of the 26th inst. Of an attempt 'to raise a
crowd to tear down the Herald office on the
night Of Lincoln's assassination"
As wc are interested in this matter, We
accept Mr.. Choste's word in preference to
the Stars and Stripes; but would recommend
that organ, as it has undertaken to hunt up
those who we're desirous of mohbng the
Herald on the occasion referred to, TO give
the public the benefit of its know ledge of The
cowardy aud sneaking conspirators nearer
home, who under the cover Of midnight
darkness. proposed to "raise crowd to lear
down the Herald Office" and the property
Of private citizens.
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29

To the Chairman or Secretary Of each Democratic
County Central Committee in the State Of
California.
Yon are respectfully and urgently requested to
send to the undersigned (actng President of the
State Democratic Central Committee,) the names
and post Office address Of each member constitu-
ting your Committee. Your immediate conph
ance with this request is desirable
40. GO0nS, Vice President.
State Democratic Central Committee.
yacraIhento, June 80, 1866
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29

SALE OF LoTs AT CoLFAx.-In another
column will! be found the advertisement of
the sale of lots in the new town of Cultax,
on the line of the Pacific Railroad one half
mile above Ilinoistown. The sale will take
place to-day. As the site of the TOWN is up.
on an odd, and agricultural section of land,
it will, in due time, be patented to the Rail-
road Company by the United States. 1t will
therefore be Of the first Importance to pur-
chasers Of lots TO understand whether the
title they obtain carries with it the prospect
i've claim Of the r. r. Co., or is merely pos
sessory.
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29

EE President Johnson recently issued An
order releasing two citizens Of N. York, who
bad been tried and convicted by military
commission, on the ground that the accused
we're amenable alone to the civil authorities
of the State wherein the ofense was com,
mittsd.
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29
ADDENDUM.
PER OVERLAND TELEGRAPH:

PER OVERLAND TELEGRAPH: o.x
PHILADELPHIA, May l7tb' io0..
I'd Series all sold. Commenced on 50 oon He| oi,f|
Two Hundred and Thirty Millions lIavvoSSi5th lIa.oS i5th
precisely like other two series. excePs to Day
July, and Government reserves 'se ao csrrency.
SIN per ceD'' ia o''0 ''''' JAY COOKE.
Subscription Agent, Ph'la'e'p''
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29

Eg The weather has been almost unbear
ably hot dnring the week-even more fer.
vent than the Sacramento primaries. Wont
some Esquimaux about the North Pole open
the door and let "norther" slip down this
way.
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29

HIGHWAY ROBBERS. - Mr.. Predmore, a
,ea,ns,er, while returning from Dutch Fiat to
Clipper Gap, on Tuesday, was stopped by a
couple Of bighwaymen, between Gold Run
and Madden's Toll House, and rslved Of S52.
On the same day. near the same place, at an
earlier hour, several Chinamen were robbed.
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29
POPULAR LOAN OF THE PEOPLE.

Less than $500, 100000 of the loan au1no''1''
by the last Congress, are now on the Market
This onount. at the rate at which ii is De'"S
absorbed, will all be subscribed lor "''u'"
months, when the notes will undoubtediy '0~
mantl PREMIUM as has uniformly been TUG ~"
OH closing the subscriptions to other Loans
In order that citizens of every town anu 'ss
tion of the country may be afforded iac'hVe' ~
taking the loan, the National Bank s'"'e Dau.
and Private Bankers throughout the country n"''
generally agreed to receive subscriptions o. ps.'
Subscribers will select their own agents, in wnon
they have confidence, and who only are .:.,
sponsiblc for the delivery Of the notes io' "''''
they receive orders. 1o)Hr
Subscription Agent, Phllade,Poo'.s e,Ioo sm.
March 25, 1865. "P1'
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U. S. 7-30 LOAN.

UY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF
I'D The Treasury, the undersigned has assumed
he General. Subscription Agency for The sale OF
United States Treasury Notes beariag seven and
three tenths per cent. interest, per annum, known
as the
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29
THE PLOT OF THE TOWN

can be seen at any time at the office of our ..,
Mr. JOHN KNEELAND, at Ilinoistown' s'u'
KOIIN Il KINDS store, in Auburn
H. KOllN No.2, San Francisco, 628 M,,lo.
street; and at
l.. ELKUS' store, corner J and Second stre.,.
Sacramento.
KOHN & KIND
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29

SHORT HAIRS IN YuBA CouNTY.-1he Peo
pies Union or Short Haired Convention in
Yuba county, met in Browns Valley On Sat
urday last and nominated full Legislative
and County ticket, and appointed delega'
ton 10 the State Judicial Convention. Their
platform favors the Monroe doctrine, oppo
ses the taxation or sale of the mineral lands,
and takes strong ground against negro suf-
frage. On this subject the following was
adopted.
Resolved, That while we are willing to extend
to the African or negro race upon this continent
all their natural rights and protect them in the
enjoyment of the same, we still believe this to
be "a white mans government" and that allow
ing or permitting the negro to vote would he the
introduction of system unnatural, impolitic and
degrading.
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29
LOAN.

These Notes are issued under date June loih
1865, and are payable three years IRON lh'' lime,
in currency or are convertible, at the option OF
The holAer, into
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29

EB The S. +. Bulletin, advises the Long
Hairs of that city to take no part in prima.
ry elsetious-as they would be certain of de.
seat-but to elect independent delegates to
:he State Convention. This is tacit al,
mission that the division in the party is ir,
reconcilable, and that two State Conventions
will he held on the Gath of August.
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29

SLIGHTLY INcoNsIsrENr.-At the Long
Haired" Convention lately held in this coun
ty, 1t was unanimously resolved that "we
reiterate our policy of re,renchmenf, in an
economical administration of our county,
State and National affairs"
At a subsequent stage Of the proceedings
delegate offered resolution instruc,ing
the Legislative nominees to procure the pas
sage of an act TO reduce the fees Of the Clerk
OF the Supreme Court, so that the emolu
men;s of the Office should not be dispropor-
toned to The salary and fees Of other State
officers. lhe resolution went on TO recite
the amount of fees accruing to that office in
given time, which showed that tbs popu
lar impression that the Office is worth some
$50, 900 or $4,000 per annum was about
correct Immediately upon the offering Of
the resolution delegate moved that it be
laid upon the table, and member Of the
committee on reso utions, who had reported
the economical resolve, moved as an amend.
ment, to pitch it out of the window" The
proposed instruction was thus snnmarlv
sQueched, and the author hushed to silence.
10 an outsider 1t seemed proper, enough
that an Abolition convention of Placer coun
ty should propose a retrenchment in the of.
flee of the Clerk of the Supreme Court, par
iicularly as the incumbent Of that office WAS
elected from that party from this county.
and more particularly as the convention had
just put itself upon record in favor of econo-
my and re,renchment in Estate affairs" but
the delegates couldn't "see it," With true
Abolition consistency, they were airy on the
promise" but unwilling sinners at "psrfor.
nance" Queer party! queer convention!
They will and they won't
They will be damned if they do
And be damned if they don't"
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29

Judge Clark decided in Sacramento, last
week, that the gambling law does not Justify
the indictment of any persons except the
propretors of the game, or the building in
which gaming is conducted. Under the rul
ing ten men were discharged who bad bee,
arrested for gambling.
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29
AUBURN, JULY, 20 1865.

NOTICE. The members of the Democratic
Central Committee OF Placer County are request
ed to meet at the office Of the undersigned, in u
burn, on Saturday August 18th. 1865.
10. HAMILTON,
Julv 22nd. lS5. Chairmein.
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29

PAT ON THE PIKE Recently. after put,
ting on the line of stages on the OrovilIe and
WoodvIle pike, a large cedar limb, near
Forbestown, overhanging the road, was found
to obstruct their passage. The overseer Of
some work hands was informed of the fact
when be started with an industrious son Of
the Emerald Isle, who had lust landed on
our shores. The stretching limb of the
giant cedar reached low to the ground on
the opposite, when Pat, with axe in hand,
was helped into its branches and ordsred to
cut off the offender. With but little expe
rence in America, particularly in pruning
with an an AK, he indusrously commenced
his work, thoughtlessy standing upon the
portion of the limb he vas severing from
the tree, when suddenly down came Pat
limb and aae, with a tremendous crash
The overseer hearing the crash and screams
Of Pat instantly ran to his relief, but found
him worse scared than hurt, fortunately es-
Gaping without scratch OrouiUe Record
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29
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" C0LFAX."
I'HE SURVEYS AND PLOT OF THE Tow,,
L ol Colfax having been completed, -0"N
LOTS WILL BE OFFERED FOR CAV,
ON THE GROUND,
ON SATURDAv
JULY goth, 1aea.
This new Town is located upon the
Line of the Central Pacific Railro.A
Half Mile above Illinoistown,
and tho
Track will be laid to that Point bv n.
18th of September, 1863:

~ Collax will be the nearest point ~, 4,
Railroad for the business OF Grass Valley No .ue
da. San Juan. Downicville, iowa Hill Fo..a. F,s.a
Hill, To,ld's Valley. Michigan Bluff, and Y,nna.s
Jim, which business will insure i, STABILIZE "s
permanence. WIN
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29

BENzINE AND INSECT PARAs,rEs.-We
copy the following from toe American Aeri
cuturist for June:
The European journals lr,eniion the sue.
cessful use Of benzine to destroy the parasite 6
which nfest dogs, and we have no doub, it
will be found equally efficacous in removing
those which trouble other animals. 1t has
also been employed to kill the minute insect
which causes the disease in the human body
called scabies-conmonly known as itch.
When used upon dogs it has been found to
answer better when very much diluted than
when pure. The preparation recommended
is, benzlne, five parts; soap ten parts, and
water eighty five parts; which is cauivaen,
to one ounce LccHH1ine. two ounces Of soan
and one pint Of water 1t is proper to slate
that we have not tried this preparation upon
plants, when insects make their appearance,
and hope others will make experiments with
it, and report the results. 1t will be well to
proceed cautiously with it al first, and try it
upon some plant Of no great value. It should
he borne in, mind that tenzine is very volatile
and that the vapors Of it are very utarlabe
and care should tie taken to guard agains.
accidents. very small quantity, even the
vapor will kill insects. We had a short tim.
ago, neglected woolens which were badly in.
tested with moths, and as The material was
past saving, we wished TO destroy the crop Of
moths and prevent their spreading. The
articles were put into a trunk, and about AN
ounce Of benzine was sprinked over them
and the trunk closed tightly. Upon examin.
alton the next day not a living moth could
be found, SO thorough was the work of de-
structiOn.
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29
u. S. $40 Six Per Cent
GOLD BEARING BODNS.

These bonds are now worth premium Of u'n'
per cent. including gold interest frcm NoVem'e'
which makes the actual profit on the 7'3O loan :"
current rates. including interest, about len pe'
cent per annum. besides its EXEMPTION FROM S'Ai1
AND MUNICIPAL TAXATION, WHICH ADDS fhoA o'''
TO THREE PER CENT MORE, according to 'he i'''
levied on otrer property. The interest is paya'
ble in currency, semi-annually, by coupons u"
tached to each note, which may be cut OIL a"0
sold to any bank or banker.
;.,Au.ori N
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29

The SUMMIT MINES - Referring to the
mines lately discovered near the summit, the
Nevada Transcript says:
Parties coming in from the new mines
give glowing accounts of their richness. The
general formation of the region is granite
and Q number of lodges of various sizes are
found, many of them from twenty to thirty
feet wide. Three town sites have bern Sc
lected, but the one most iavoraby located is
Richvlle, below Meadow Lake
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29
fairness. The Chairman of the Committee was

-
Long Hair, and the part he acted looks as if his
faction had an understood programme. that was
to be carried out; and in the attempt to place
their Secretary at the desk, is related above it
shows that the Longs were ready for the wager
of battle, even to indulging in those tistc accom-
plishments SO generally attributed TO their Short
adversares That they made mistake, is evil
dent from the result.
The affair was disgraceful TO all the parties en-
gagged in it. 1t was disgracciul to the Capital of
the State and particularly disgraceul to the
party that claim in the name of patriotism and
fidelity TO the Union, the right to rule the desti
nies Of the country.
Never in the history OF California has similar
scene been enacted in a Convention. In our
early political contests. when the Democracy was
dominant. and frequently quarreled and some
times splitthey never indulsed in such outra geous
and )awless exhibitors rs this. The "Chvs." so
long the target OF Abolition abuse and derison,
never strewed the floor OF their Conventions with
wounded and dying men, or redeemed the water
tanks of Capital or town until they were pools Of
blood.
The dominant party, in their own household,
have inaugurated riot and bloodshed in the Cap
itol OF the State. Is this the kind OF feast that
the electors OF California are nvte to in the
present State canvass?
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29

UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE.-We are glad to know
that the Executive Committee Of the Emancpa-
tion League OF this city. in conjunction with
gentlemen of all professions are devsing meas.
u,e for the expression of popular sentiment on
the great question OF universal suffrage. Mass
meetings, the dissemination of information
through the press, and the exercise OF proper in
fucnces, by the delegations and otherwise, upon
the Executive and Congress, are among the in
strumentalities to be used Boston Common
,ceaHh.
Some of the socalled Union papers, but really
miscegenarian institutions, of California should
copy the above The question Of negro suffrage
is not to come up at the next election, say some
Of the dodgers. This is mere cunning, to throw
voters off their guard. As it is elsewhere, so will
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29

Lone HAIRED DIsrRIcr NoMINAr1oNs.-
The Long Hairs met in District Convention
at Hin noistown and Forest Hill this week
and made Supervisor nominations for Dis
'ric,s No. 2 and 3. For District No. Q, W.
G. Richmond, a more than double dyed ne
gro suffrage Abolilionist was nominated for
Supervisor. In District No. 3, A. B. Scott,
the present conscientious incumbent, was re-,
nominated for defeat
For Township No. 8, a. N. GambelI, Of
Auburn, and Mark Buckley. Of NeiIsburg,
were nominated for Justices of the Peace:
and b. 4. Gwynn and Joseph b. Lsngdor
of Auburn, for Constab!es. We are not ad-
vised as to whether it will be Joe or Frank
who will remove to the upper end of the
Township and practice in Uncle Buckley's
court.
The Dstric. Convention for District No.
/, will lie held at Lincoln to-day. If in
character with the Convention of last wear.
there will be some sore heads after adjourn.
ment, but j, is to be hoped they will not be
caused by "spittoon" aud "hickory cane"
tactics, such as were used at Sacramento on
Tuesday.
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29
NOTICE.,

Yankee jim, July 20, lSG5.-4w.
The Placer herald., 1865-07-29
NOTICE ETO THE DEMOCRACY.

July 22nd, ls5.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1865-08-25
The Guerrilla Champ Ferguson.

The trial of the guerrilla Champ Ferguson,
in process in Kentucky, brings out some horri-
bic facts. The monster admits the killing of
about fifty men. He claims to be rebel off
Ger.
The following is a specimen ofthe testimony?
Moses HuddlestOn sworn. SHave known
Champ Ferguson for ten or twelve years, and
was taken prisoner by him on New Years
night, 1853, about eleven o'clock. He was at
my brother Elan HuddIeston's house, in Adair
county, Ky. was lying on the floor asleep
when Champ came in and woke me up. He
said: 81 will fight you now" My cousin, my
brother, and j, went up stairs to fight them;
couldn't say who shot first. We had fought
them about an hour when my brother was shot
By that time the house was on fire. Ferguson
ordered us to bring my brother down stairs
We did so and he shot him again. He was not
dead when he shot him the second time After
killing him they plundered the house ofan they
wanted. They even pulled my dead brothers
boots off Ferguson went up to the bed where
my brother-in- law lay Mr.. Braxton) and said:
Damn him, won't pester him; be viii die
soon anyhow My brOther-in-law was very
low, and we expected him to die that night /
was member of the Fifteenth Kentucky cav
airy. and my cousin, with some of the men
who were in the house, carried by brother in
He was dead then. The party now started for
CreelSborO, and took me and my cousin along
with them as prisoners. They went on as far
as Mr.. Wheat's store about three quarters of a
mile, and stopped Here they stole some goods
and horses, after which they started to Captain
DOwdys. Ferguson was in command, and with
his party fred as he neared the house. He then
made me and my cousin go and BEE whom he
had killed. Saw two men dead. Ferguson
was wiping his knife across the heart of Peter
Zackery aud said if it had not been for his knife
the rascal would have killed him. Allen lack
cry was lying dead also ON the ground The
knife that Ferguson was wipiDg on the heart of
Peter Zackery was about twelve inches long
When he rose UP from wipiDg his knife he
dropped something took TO be an old pocket
book. They went from there to Greensboro and
took us with them. A guard was left with us.
and Ferguson and portion of his men went
into the town. l saw them take horse from
a little boy who begged hard for his release,
but TO no avail. They started from there to
Burksville, Kentucky. When we reached El-
lott, FurgesOn halted for breakfast. He told El-
lott that he had killed three d-d Lincolnites,
and that he intended TO kill them whenever he
saw them. At Burksyille we fell in with Nor
gan S command, and was parOled.'