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The Placer herald., 1865-01-07
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Tribute of Respect,
Delta Chapter No. 81. Royal Arch MasOns,
at lheir Hall January 9TH. lSG5.

UhereaS. our worthy companion, HENRY
GooDING has been cut down in the noonidc of
life, and has fallen victim to the memorable de-
crees OF fate therefore be it
Resolved. That it is both meet and proper that
we give expression to the inherent sentiments of
the heart, and place our record, amongst the
archives ol our earthly sanctuary. this humble
but endcarng token of the high esteem in which
we held our departed companion. and of the grief
indulged by all of US at this our sad loss and dire
ailictOn.
Resolved. That we hereby bear testimony to
the many virtues Of our dead companion, his up
right course aud conduct in all the walks Of lie,
and his nestimable department as the friend aud
patron of our beloved order.
Resolved That we grieve at this fell stroke Of
death, and mourn the fall of him who once adorn-
ed the right in Council: for he was our excellent
King. He was Warden too but now the ri ght
hand column is gone. and the Sun in the West
has closed his day on earth Tor the last time.
Resolved. That we deeply. sincerely and most
atlectonately sympathise with the bercaved rcla-
tivcs of him we mourn. in this affecting dispcn-
sation. and put forth our most ierven prayers
that He who tempcrs the wind TO the shorn
lamb'' will look down with compassion upon the
widow and fathcrless in this their hour of desc
lation, and will fold the benevolent arms Of His
love and protection around those who are thus
bereft Of their earthly stay.
Resolved. That while we mourn the loss of our
dear companion, friend and brother. we have an
abiding faith and indulge the fond hope that in
the brig ght morning of the worlds resurrection his
mortal frame, now laid in the dust by the chill
ing blast OF death, will spring into ncwncss OF
life, and expand in immortal beauty in realms
beyond the skies.
Resolved. That the foregoing Preamble and
Resolutions be spread upon our records, and the
Secretary be required TO furnish copy to the
widow OF our beloved companion, and also copies
for publication.
j. Il. CRANDALL, Scc'y.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07
Notice, 20 Whom il Nav Concern.

ga lEREAS. in the year 1859 af1idavits were
w filed in the United States Land Office at
Marysvilie. alleging that the North West Quarter
Of Section ~. Township No. r. North Range S.
East, Mount Diabo Meridian. contained sufficient
mineral to make the same more valuable tor
mining IMPOSES than Tor agriculture. Now.
therefore. notice is hereby given. that will on
the 25th OF Jan. 1860 make personal application
to the Register OF the Ian Office at Narysyillc,
for leave TO file my dcclara'ory statement claim
ting pre- empliun right to said land under the pre-.
emption law OF the United States, and | will
then adducc evidence 10 prove that said land
had been many years used for farming purposes
and that the same is more valuable tor agrcul-
tural than for mining or minerals. at which time
and place all persons having cause to show to
the contrary are required to attend and show
such cause and make proof thereof.
G. GOULD.
December l7th lS6i.-Gw
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

EN HEREAS. in the year 1859, atlidavls were
w filed in the United States Land Office at
Marysvillc. alleging that the North East Quarter
OF Section 10. Township No, II. North Range 8,
East, Mount Diabo Meridian, contained mineral
sufficient to make the same more valuable Tor
mining purposes than for agriculture. Now
therefore, notice is hereby given, that Will on
the 25th day January, A D 1865, make personal
application to the Register Of the said Lana
Office at Marysvlle. for leave to file my declar'-
tory statement. claiming pre- emphon rsht 70
said land. under the pre-emption Mw OF Me
United States. and will then adduce evidence
to prove that the said Land has been used ior
farming purposes, and that the same is more val
liable for agricultural purposes than for mining
or minerals at which time and place all persons
having cause to show to the contrary. are re-
quired to attend and show such cause, and make
proof thereof. THOMAS TAYLOR.
December 18th, 1864. CIV
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

MORE ABOUT QUARfz.-Tbe rich quartz
strike, noticed by us last week, continues to
engage attention. Several interests have
been sold in the claim at large prices and
all the holders are sanguine that the lead is
valuable. The owners of the rich rock have
been pounding it in hand mortars this week,
and they say they are confident it will real
rock will yield from $4,000 to $4,000. They
further say that the lead is clearly defined.
about six iches in width, and encased in wall
rock. They did a little work on the lead on
Wednesday, and took out one piece of rock
that they value at $1,000. The boys are
confident that they have Gn California par
Iance) the dead thing" and we hope they
are not disappointed in their expectations
From Quartz Hill, where this discovery
was made, a plainly defined lode runs in I
northtwesterly direction, and upon it, mile
distant from the Hill, good prospects have
been obtained in the groupings, which ha:
caused the lead to be taken up as far as
traceabls.
These discoveries have turned the minds
Of men considerably to quartz, and just now
We have strong prenonitory symptoms Of E
quartz fever
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07
CHRIST CHURCH..

DIVINE SERVICE. according to the rites of
the Protestant Episcopal Church will be held in
the Court room on the SECOND and FOURTH Sry.
DAY of the month Morning Service at II O'Clock
Evening Service at ! o'clock.
The Sunday School will meet at 2 clock
Persons desiring the professional service of the
Minister at Marriages, Funerals ETC., are request,
cd to give notice to Mr. ]. l.. B,o,cne. Auburn
or address him thus:
REV. ADAM A. McALISTER,
Assistant Minister Grace Church.
Sacramento
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

Gy- Robertson, the spy and informer
who, in connection with one Finley, caused
the arrest and incarceration in Alcatraz, O
Michael Hayes, on a charge of design to fiji
out rebel privateer at San Francisco, got
up sensation report that An attempt was
made to assassnate him in the streets, on
Sunday night last. AT all events he fired bis
pistol number Of times, so as to endangel
the lives of passers by, and was promptly
arrested by policeman, for carrying con-
cea'ed weapons. He failed to appear on the
day appointed for his examination. The
role of spy, that he has undertaken to per,
form, seems to have brought him in general
contempt in San Francisco.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07
BURNS FESTIVAL.
At TIE FOREST HOUSE.
FORREST zILI,
ON THE 25th DAY or JANUARY IS6s

COMMITTEE or ARRANGENENrs:
james Hewitt, Forest Hill.
Duncan Quinn, Robert Gillespie, Bath.
r. A. McDonell Michigan Bluff.
Thomas Dolds, Todl's valley.
Thomas NJ ,rtin. pcadwOoi.
Arch. McColm. Can dj dill
George Doit, Wisconsin Hill.
John Pride. Grass Valley.
Forest Hill, Nov 10Th, 1864.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07
A RUSSIAN PRINTINa OFFIcE.-The Wil'

RUSSIAN PRINrINa OFEIcE.-The Wih
na Courier states that in Wilma, the chief
town of the principaty of Lithuana, twenty.
five years before the foundation of typogra
ply in Moscow, printing office had been
already in existence, in which Russian books
were printed. In the year 1926, in the
printing office of the burgomaster of wilma,
Jacob Baleitsch, the Apostle appeared in
the Russian language. A Latin printing
office was established in wilma in 1916, and
the first Polish one in Printer.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

EE The parties who lately issued the boz
gus extra in San Francisco, were arrested for
issuing false tslegrapbic dispatches, but the
Police Judge decided this charge would not
hold. Perhaps the Court considered the AS
sociated Press were equally amenable to this
charge, as the concoctors of the "extra."-
This point being disposed of, it is proposed
to convict Henry and his coadjutors on a
charge of conspiracy to cheat and defraud.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

The high revenue tax on matches is caus
ing great falling off in their manufacture,
and three large concerns have recently NOV
ed their establishments from Maine to New
Brunswick, as they can he imported for less
money than the home tax amounts to.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

EH- Garoting seems to be the favorite
amusement Of rogues in Sacramento at pres.
ent. Scarcely night passes without some
citizen being choked and relieved of his val.
uables
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07
METHODIST SERVICE.

THERE will be religious service of Methods,
Episcopal Church South. at the Court House i,
Auburn, on every third Sabbath of the month IN
the morning and ev ening at the usual hours.
Rcv. G. NJ. EDWARDS.
Preacher in Ch,rc.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

EE The U. s. Steamer Saginow arrived
at San Francisco last Saturday, having on
board the rebels who were captured on
board the steamer Salvador, in Panama bay.
The prisoners were placed in Fort Alcatraz
for sake keeping.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

REvENUE.-The State tax in Nevada is
thirty cents on the 500, and the assessment
roll fools up about $4,000, 900, which will
give an annual income Of $4,000.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

Gy An Englishman named Thompson
was arrested in Sacramento on Wednesday
for hoasting that he had been three wears
with Capt. Se,nmes on the Alabama. The
boaster had enlisted as soldier at Camr
Union, but few days before.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

FEDERAL APPoINrMENrs.-Daniel O'Con-
ner of this city, f. N Stroud Of Ell Dorado,
and w. G. Felch, Of Sacramento, have been
appointed Inspectors of Cigars for the Fourth
Collection District of California. Dealers
in cigars are required under the Act of June
3Oth, 1864, to have their stocks stamped on
the lst of December, 1864; but owing to the
fact that stamps COULD not be furnished by
the Treasury department at SO early aperiod,
the time was extended on this coast to Jan.
1st, 1865. A failure to comply subjects the
dealers stock to forfeiture and confscalion
MarysviUe ErpreSs,
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07
TAXING the Mines.

On this SuuJect the NeVaoa transcript IN
the following:
1t is said that Congress is going to devis
some means TO make the mines yield reve
nue.. Perhaps the fac, is overlooked tha
the mines already yield large revenue te
tho General Government. First, during the
past year miners have paid eight per cent o
their net earnings in the shape Of income tax
Second, they pay one half of one per cent. In
gold or its equivalent, equal now to one pei
cent. on the gross Weld Of their mines, which
is on an average equal to ten per cent OF 'he
profits. If the Government intends to IN
crease the tax on the gross yield 1t had bet
ter make up its mind to prevent The working q
of mines paying little profit, or for evasion
Of its revenue laws.
At the last session Of Congress Conness
introduced bill for the sale Of the mineral
lands On whose advice this measure was
proposed, or what utterances of his constltu-
ents suggested it, we know not. We think
the great majority of the miners of this State
especially those with no capital to buy mines
with, are opposed to such a measure. 1t
will be apt to restrict prospecting and new
developments except in the interest Of capi,
talisls, and il may oust many claimants who
have expended all their means in running
tunnels. etc. from the reward Of their toll
unless their is an absolute gift Of the title to
the mines now being worked, which can
scarcely be expected The whole matter is
full of difficulties, and we incline to the opin
ion that it is better to leave pretty well
alone.
1t is very easy to say "better let the mines
alone" but will Congress let them alonel
These lands belong to the General Govern
ment, and can be made source Of National
revenue by sale or taxation; and it cannot be
supposed that, while The laws Of Congress
are reaching out 10 every property and in
dustrial interest in the country for revenue
to meet the enormous annual expenditures
incident 10 the war, that SO tempting a field
for the production of revenue will be allowed
to escape. In two annual reports, the Sec
retary OF the Interior, has recommended tax
alton of tie mineral lands of the Pacific
coast-an evidence that the subject has se-
riously engaged the attention of the Admin
istration. And we may Test assured that the
proposition to raise large revenue from these
lands in some manner, will be pressed home
upon Congress. Perhaps those interested
Congress. whether there shall be direct tax
upon the proceeds of the mines, or an abso
lutte sale If the ands-one horn or the other
of the dilemma, in our belief, they will have
to accept. The question is, which shall it
be!
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

IMPORTANT DEcIsIoS. - The suit com
menced not long since by the Attorney Gem
eral to enjoin the State Treasurer from pay
ing interest on 81 100000 Central Pacific
Railroad Bonds authorized by an Act of the
Legislature of last winter, was decided by
the Supreme Court on the End inst. in favor
of paying The interest. On the following
day the Company drew S5l ,555 from the
State Treasury, the first semiannual install
men. Of interest on 1873 Bonds of $1,000
each held by the Company remaining
27 bonds, of the 1900 authorized, had been
disposed of by the Company.
1t is said that now, the Company being in
funds, will increase their force of laborers,
and diligently prosecute the work on the
road, which has been dragging slowly for
the last six months.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

The RED BLUFF PoRK TRADE.-The Red
Bluff Independent of the goth December,
remarks:
Tehama county is furnishing large supplies
for the Sacramento butcher market. Schn,
man Of the American Market, Red Bluff.
sent over 40 dressed hogs down on the last
boat. We are informed that others are 90
ing into the business, and all the surplus
beef mutton and pork in the county will be
killed and dressed for the Sacramento and
San Francisco markets 1t seems that the
scarcity of the supply of good meat in these
markets is the cause, and hence the opening
up Of new avenue for the surplus stock Of
Tebama county.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

G~ Gold has advanced in the Eastern
markets, from 2l6 to 235. The latest quo
tations are 23l and 233.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

IRON CLAD HOUSES IN New YoRK.-Thev
have corrugated iron houses in New York
The material used is a thin plate Of iron.
corrugated by the rapid action of machine,
and two of these, separated by intervening 9
joints and filled in solid with cement or
concrete. form sing le wall of any desired
thickness.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07
NOTICE.

Ii AVlNG been recently sued by G.. D. Aldrich,
Ill without having had due notice given me, this
is to notify all white men having claims against
me- that they will be paid on presentation. and it
will not be necessary to make any costs thereon,
as am perfectly able to pay any debt owe.
A. 0. BELL
Bald llill January 7th, 1S65-2w
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

y GRAND DEsIDERATUM.-lhere are two
things that the world is always seeking
viz: cheap substitute for steam, as motive
power and one for cotton. The French
think they have found the latter, at least, in
Chinagrass or nette.weed. Woven colored
and anchored clothes have already been
made from il.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

"Seymour," the Washington correspond
ent of the News, answers the question,
"How many men have been killed. or Grip
pied since The opening of the war!" as fol-
lows: Grant has lost one hundred and
twenty thousand; Sherman, forty thousand
Sige, Hunter and Sheridan, thirty thousand;
Banks, Rosecrans, Curtis and Blunt; forty
thousand; several other commanders at least
twenty thousand; in all about two hundred
and fifty thousand! in ten months, and the
rebellion that was to have been crushed in
ninety days is still rampant and defiant.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

The Culpeper Observer has the following:
Wanted at this office, an editor who can
please every one Also, foreman who can
SO arrange the paper as to allow every mans
advertisement to head the column"
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

OnIo.-For,yLwo Of the eighty seven
counties in Ohio, or near one-half of them,
gave Mcclellan handsome majorites on the
homo vote. He is beaten in the State 37,'
1852 votes, exclusive of the soldiers. One
year ago, Brough had 6l,ooo majority on
the home vote.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

The ELECTION IN BALrIMoRE.-A Balli-
more correspondent. Of the Washington
Union, SAYS:
The Mcclellan men were most shamefulv
treated on election day in that city. They
were hustled from the polls, and not allow
ed to vote after taking the oath, while the
not old enough. Old men, whose heads were
sllvered with the SHOWS of many winters,
were most .outrageously treated, and mud
thrown at them. All "my ways" of election
were carried on here for Lincoln. L. re
minds us of ;be davs Of the Pings" rip
Raps" and Tugs" If the people of this
city had been allowed the privilege Of voting,
it would have gone at least from eighteen to
twenty thousand for Little Mac. All man
ner of fraud was perpetrated.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

"PAcIFIc ALMANAc."-H. II. Bancroft &
Co, Booksellers, San Francisco, have issued
an Almanac for 1865, which beside the As
Economical calculations conla,us much other
interesting information, such as tables Of disi
:ances on the Pacific coast, list of Post OF,
fees and post masters, statistical tab les, etc.
They have also issued a Pocket Diary for
1864 very convenient Memorandum
Book, containing Calender, Schedule OF
Stamp Duties, etc. Every business man
should have one Of them
Turner, at the Auburn Post Office, has the
Almanac and Diary for sale.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07
DIED.

AT Auburn. on Saturday, December 3lst. JOIN
THOMAS, second son of Ann and James Sloan
aged three years and eight months.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

A SALT POINTER. - Amusing incidents
sometimes occur in the midst Of a fight
When our fellows burst over the works in
the capture of Fishers Hill, John Quinan,
one Of the very first, sprang asride rebel
gun shouting My gun, I've captured YOU be
jabers." The next moment he rolled off,
clappng his hand ad posteriorum and below
ed, "Och, howly mother of Moses its red
hot" The gun had been so heated by firing
that the hand could not be borne upon it.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

CLAY LoDGE, No. 10l, F, d. A. NJ, Dutch
Flat. The following officers have been elect
ed for the present year: j. Jones, w. NJ;
II. Lekamp, S. w j. S. Bloom, j. w.; E.
L. Bradley, Treasurer; II. G. Kelsey, Sec'y.
lone LODGE, No. 1877, Iowa HiI.-James
Dods, W. NJ; J. O. Spencer, :. W.; J. VAN
devier, j. w; Ii. G. Ladd, Treasurer; w. D.
Lawrence, Secretary.
RoBBEMEs- citizens OF Dutch Flat
have been recently troubled by petty robber-
les, says the Enquirer.
At the late election the Democrats cast
one million, six hundred thousand votes
and there are 200, 900 Democrats who did
not 90 to the polls. The whole Democratic
force Of the North is a pleasant little study
for Lincoln.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

WHERE Is THE LEAK?-We have been in .
formed of case which shows that leak
exists somewhere in the Postal Department
of this coast. A letter was mailed at So.
nora about month since containing S.
gold piece which has not been received yet
by the party in this city to whom it was adj
dressed. Some of our contemporaries have
mentioned similar one s. f. Bulletin.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

Siberia is in the way to become new
Poland, 200 900 Poles having been sent to
that country because of the part they had
in the movement. Thirty thousand more
lost their lives, either in action or at the
hands Of execuioners. 1t has been sup
posed that the "insurrecion" was over and
that Russia had at least fully established her
power over the land Of the Yagellons and
the Zobieskis. That it was already written
Poland wasr' and "Ogder reigns in War
SAW" But the Polish national government
has just given unexpected proof of its vitality
ly issuing proclamation declaring that the
revolution is still in progress, despite the
representations of Russia, and asserting that
the hymn of triumph intoned by the invad-
iug Russians is dying hvmn."
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

A Lincoln recruiting officer in Massachu-
sets told some white soldiers that one negro
recruit was worth two of them The SOL
diers knocked him down and beat him un.
merci'uly. The darkey recrui, did not take
the part Of the whipped officer, and prove
that he was worth two white men.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

OK Dr.--1he Democratic Press, in an
article on the squabbes over the rival Rail-
road routes to Washoe, gives the following
in reference to the Central Pacific Railroad:
at is understood that now, after squanl
dering so much public aid in this improv.
dent personal rivalry, negotiations are pend
ing between the two companies for consoli-
dalnn, and that Milton S. Latham, the agent
through whom the negotiations are being
carried on, has gone to Europe to procure
means to buy out the "Dutch Flat concern" !"
which. # successful, will demonstrate that
The arrangement Of that company thus far,
has been Il mere matter of personal specuIa
ton with the Directors"
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

Loss OF SHEEP.-The Express says: 1t is
stated that the sheep-herders in the foothills
OF Butte county have already lost heavily by
the late rains. One man has lost four thou,
sand head, and it is said that the general loss
is about thirty per cent
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

In n letter from Paris, it is said that Mr.:
Day ton, U. S. Minister, (who died in Paris,
Dec. 2,) assured the French Government,
that Mr. Lincoln, if reelected, not only
would he not attempt ANYTHING against the
new order of things in Mexico, but, further,
that he would officially recognize it as soon
as he was rid of his Congress after the fourth
of Malrh
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

The STANDARD REDuCED.-A late order
of the War Department reduces the mini
mum standard Of hight required from vpIun
teers from five feet three inches to five feet
or in other words, volunteers of only five
feet in hight will be accepted and the
"shorties' who have been signing for an
opportunity to serve their country on the
battle field, but couldn't get in on account
of their size, will now have a chance to get
in and win glory and greenbacks ad Hbitum.
The Placer herald., 1865-01-07

GOULD & CURRY. This Company, says
the Virginia Constitution. recently discharg.
ed fifty men on account Of not having pros
fitable employment for them in the mine.
1t is singular how the price of stock in this
mine fucuates, while its dividends are near.
ly the same all the time. For instance, it
was selling on the 2lst of May last, for
$4,000; June lst, $4,000; July lst, $3.50;
July 3Otb 5000; August 10th, $1,000; Sep
tember 10Th, sl25O; and October 10Th,
$3.50. The last dividend paid by the mine
was s75 per foot.