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tress which have fallen on Saint Vincent.
Here is no prolific imagination-no Chi
merical alarm-in fact alarm has lost its
powers; but we are fearfully sensibleiof
realizing the horror and despair whiclIa
sudden and awfnliruin unfolds.
On Monday, unconscious of the fate
which awaited Kingstown, the inhabi4
tants were eagerly anticipating the NOR
row-the opening day of the new house
of AssembIy-in which the question of
altering the Constitution was to be dis
cussed and this was the all absorbing
topic Of the coming political warfare,--a
contest for the Speakershib' was also
expected, and the minds of people were
excited and agitated as the time drew
near: the grinding Taxes, it was sup
posed would be reduced.-Whoo would
carry the Speakership9 Will the repre-
sentatives be faithfully Shall we havea
Crown Colony? Will the Single Cham
Der succeed 2 How will the Executive
act A crisis was impending /; and such
were the speculations and anticipations
which closed the fatigues of that day.
About seven o'clock in the evening, sud-
denly a cry was heard-FIre! and Fret
FIRE! was echoing far and near. There
was no mistake that such a calamityYhad
occurred +; the dark sky was lighted up
with a lurid light ; and fastening to.
wards the terrible beaconj we found that
the premises of Messrs. Graham, Porter
& Co., occupied by Mr. Joachim Corea,
a Portuguese Merchant, were in flames.
In order to enable our distant readers
more fully to comprehend the devastation
committed by the Fire, we must endea-
YOUR 10 give an idea of the locality
where it commenced, and the position
and extent Of the ruin. The premises
alluded TO are the commencement of a
block of buildings, almost in the centre of
Kingstown, running from the Middle
Street TO the Bay crosswise, and length
wise forming two streets-one side being
the Middle street and the other side the
Bay street: the other end Of this BLOCK
is composed of the Ordnance premises,
running also crosswise from the Middle
street to the Bay; these are held by the
Colony having been taken over by the
Government On the removal of the
Troops, and are used as Police Barracks
and lookup on one sides the other
side, which is the bay part, forms the
offices oftheI Treasurer, Auditor, Inspec-
tor Of Police, Landing Walters Excise
Officer, Post Office, Armoury and Mage
zine; in the centre are tHeHs B0ndf1e
Warehouses all the buildings iii this
block forming the two streets are ia am
pie order, most of them having recently
been repaired and built up two siofied';
the upper parts being used as dwelling
houses, and the basement as merchaneSp
stores
The fire then appeared first at The
dwelling house over Mr.. CUoir9esa'ss store,
~lloccupiedd. BY Mrs BehrnIs) and, il m1uisIt DIT
have been burning for some ne Time Ii 1uunndifss-
covered, for By the time the alarm was
raised the flames were a.shootingfsand
dartinga throughat the windows in wide
sheetsia and being fandeda bysqthea wind
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Barbados agricultural Reporter, NoU. 81
ST. VINCENT.
C%ALAMITOUS r.
Property to the value of 10000
Dollars DESTROYED.

It requires no peculiar turn of
thought or sentiment, no well turned
period or studied diction, fraught with
the copious expression of empty words )
nor any h~yperbolical conception of rhe-s
torical imagery or illustrations to tell the
stofyaor picture The calamity and Dis
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Shipping Intelligence.

ENTERED AT CHRTsTIANsTED:
Nov. 15,-Prussian brig Oscar, FL. P. Friede-
richsen, Flensborg, Merchandise.
CLEARED AT CHRIsTrANsTED:
Nov. IA, Dutch brigantine Clarinda, FL. Berti-
netti, Frederiksted, Circus Riders.
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Lutheran Church, ChrIstianstcd.

On Sunday the 18th inst, there will
be divine service held for the English Lu-
theran Congregation in this Church.
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AnsetteIser Og EntIedigelser.

Constituent Kongelig Fuldmagtig Cand.
polit. i. Meyer er under ste October sidst-
leden allernaadigst udnevnt til Kongelig
Fuldm@gtig under Gouyernementet.
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TABLE OF THE FALL OF RAIN

during the week from 9TH to 18th Nov.
Christiansted. Frederiksted. Kings Hill.
The Placer herald., 1866-10-13
NUMBER 2.

BREECHLEss Gun AND NO GUNPowDER
The London Builder says: A startling
invention in gnnnery has been announced
by Mr.. Harding, who makes not merely a
breech loader, but a gun without any solid
breech! lie takes tube open at both ends.
and this forms his gun, which lie loaded and
discharged with deadly effect. The plan 10
simply this; that a piece Of wadding il
another piece. leaving space, and, Of
course, some air between them-ciosey com.
pressed; then the powder is placed 10, and
then The ball on the powder. The breech 10
pra, tcally formed by the air contained
between the first and second piece of waddinp.
Ohe,s are inquiring if eunpowder itself
should he got lid Of altogether midst all tho
changes. Captain Dixon says, yes; and sends
one Of bis gun-cloth charges. piece of rolled
paper, so to speak, in paper case. open at
one end. The paentee claims for the gun
cloth charges, freedom from all rsk of acci.
dental explosion, except when confined in
gunbarreI or bombshel. They are nonexpIo.
sive, they burn but do not explode; il lighted
and held in the hand, they are harmless; they
may be dropped down red hot barrel with,
out fear of danger. A hundred may Be
lighted at once, and the result will not be
more explosive or dangerous than setting
fire to a handful Of shavnes, neither would
the firing Of a whole magazine be attended
will, more danger than the burning OF so
much wood, cotton or paper. The recoi is
scarcely perceptlble; the report is only one
half; smoke there is none; the combustion is
perfect, and no residue is left to foul the
barrel; and, wi,hal these charges are superior
to gunpowder as propelIing force, at least
so says the inventor. Gun cotton was, as
formerly made and used, an uncontro rolable.
unmanageable, caprcious force, besides
bei G liable to ingte at low heat and fire
10y spontaneous combustion. Gun.cloth.
this patrnlee says, as made according TO his
patent, is a strong but dociIe servant; weight
many times stronger than gnnpowder and
capable of being used with entire safety 10
existing firearms. ....
The Placer herald., 1866-10-13
LEAVING NEw YoRK.-A corresponds

LEAVING New YoRK.-A correspondent
wishes to know "upon wha, days the steam
ships Of The Pacific Mail Company leave New
Yolk, and upon what DAYS the connecting
steamers may be expected in San Francisco "
A steamship of the above line leaves New
York Al IL o'clock noon, on the Isl, llIh
and 2lst Of each month, except when those
dates fall on Sunday, and then on the preced
ing Saturday. Departures Of the LIST and
2lsl connect at Panama with steamers for
South Pacific and Central American ports
Those Of the lst touch al Manzanillo. De
parture of the ll,lI of each month connects
with the new steam line from Panama to
Australia and New Zealand. The steamer
of December lllh, 1866, will connect with
the first steamer of company's China line,
leaving San Francisco, January lst, 1867, for
llongkong. The mails are due in San Fran
cisco twenty-five days after leaving New
York, Sac Bee.
The Placer herald., 1866-10-13

THE Mosr REFINED ENJoYMENr. - The
pleasures of the imagination are the most
refined of all our enj"yme"ts.
The BKlGHTEsT JEwELs.-A competent
income, good vile, and dutiful children
are the brightest and most lasting jewels q
man can possess!
The II"ME FOR LovERs.-The spot upon
which Nature has bestowed the sweetest
charms is the spot Of al! others for two
beings their bliss Withdrawn from the profane
whom love has united and who would enjoy
their bliss Withdrawn from the profane gaze
ofthe world.
REAprNG.-R Reading abstracts the mind to
an ideal wollI, as different in many respects
from the real, that the intellectual faculties
gradually become adapted almost exclusive
Iy 10 the former, and lose all aptitude for
tue latter.
The Placer herald., 1866-10-13

A HIGH WATERFALL.-We are inform ed
says the Union Democrat, that a fall Of water
on the South tolk Of the Tuoiumne has re-.
Gently been discovered that lays over The falls
Of Yosemite 10y seven hundred feet. The fall
at the latter pace-at least the perpendicular
fails stated, we believe. at 1900 feet,
while this fall OF wafer on the Tuolumne 10
given at 1000 feet. DR.. King and Mr. Gard.
ner, under direction Of Prof. Whitney. the
State Geologist, have been exploring the sec.
'ion of country waIered hy the luolumns riv.
er and branches. and made the discovery Of
this fall. The gentlemen visited this place
the other day and after remaining day or
two, returned to the falls, where they intend
to make complete survey. The country is
described as beautiful, and the valley where
the falls are situated enchanting. ..
The Placer herald., 1866-10-13

Tnr IlEALrH OF Mr.. DAvls.-Approaching
Old Point Comfort. says correspondent OF
the Memphis Bulletin, could not help of
thinking ofthe proud heart beating there
within those walls, like Gagged eagle, and l
knew, too, from information en,irerly reIa.
ble, that his health was not what it had been
represented, and that his life was gradually
hu; surely ooEng away. Mark my prediction!
The only trial Mr.. Davis will ever have will Ls
at the bar of E. E'ernaI Justice. lie will never
live to be tried by an earthly tribunal. lie
is further on the road t. The grave than the
outside world has any idea Of; and ere long,
the telegraph will announce to the press tho
suG-rings of Jefferson Davis are at an end.
and he will be better off,
The Placer herald., 1866-10-13
PROBATE NOTICE.

In the matter OF The Estate OF D. Ii. Maoney, de-
ceased; in Probate Court, Placer County, Cal.,
September Term, 1866. Monday, Sept 18th,
1866
TPON reading and filing the petition of Eliza
u Maoney ard Charles IL. Maloney. hels Of
said deceased. praying Tor an order of distrbu
ion OF their share OF the estate Of said deceased,
it is hereby ordered, that notice of at least four
weeks lie given Ivy publ cation in newspaper
printed and published in Placer County, TO John
Witch. Administrator OF said Estate, to be and
appear in said Probate Court at the Court House
in The County OF Placer, on Saturdy the 20h day
ol October. at | 0 o'clock A. Nj, or us soon there
after a the matter can be heard then and there
10 show cause, if amy they have, why the prayer
Of SAID petition should not be granted, and an or
der OF distribution of said estate as prayed for
should not he made.
Ii is further ordered that copy of this order
be published in the Placer Herald. newspaper
printed aud published in Placer County for four
weeks succrssively prior to the said 10th day Of
Oct. A. D. 1866.
HFEILOWS,
Probate Judge.
County Clerk.
By A. N. Gambcll, D. G.
10 Hamilton, Atty. for Petitioners se2 4w.
The Placer herald., 1866-10-13
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The Placer herald., 1866-10-13

DisrILLER's BoNps-1MpoRTANr Decision.
Judge Ii ff'man rendered decision this
morning on the matter of distiller's bonds,
which at the present time is Of more than
usual interest. The SD section Of The In
ternal Revenue Act provides THAT any per-
son required 10y law to be licensed as dis
tiller, before disliling any spirit, shall in ad-
di ion to what is required by other provisions
of law, make an Application therefor to the
Assessor OF the district, and before the same
is issued the person so applying shall give
bond to the United States in such sum as shall
be required by the Collector, and with one or
more sureties to BE- approved by the Collec-
tor, CONDITIONAL" etc. The bond sued on
under this act on the oath of March, 1865,
and license duly issued thereon. BY the
73d section Of the same act, all licenses grant
ed after the lst day of May, in any year, shall
continue in force until the lst day of May
next succeeding. and shall be issued upon
the payment of a raeabe proportion of the
whole amount of duty imposed for such IL
cense.' The license in the ease at bar was
accordingly issued on the 25h OF March, and
10y its terms was to expire on the lst of May
next succeeding. The breaches of the con-
dilion OF the bond, proved at the trial, all oc
Cured after the Is, of May, 1865, and, after
the expiration OF the license, to procure which
the bond was given. 1t is conlended that the
hondsmen are not liable for breaches com,
mtled after the license expired. The Court
held in the case, that the bond was only given
for the period for which the license was pro.
cured, and that at the expiration of the license
the Liabilities of the suleties as such ceased
That the law evidently contemplated the fill
ing of new bond upon the procurement Of u
new license, the Court says: "lf this be the
true construction of the law, it follows that
the engagement Of the first boodsmen must
terminate at the time when the law requires
the new bond to be executed. | am there
fore Of fopinion that the bondsmen in the case
a, bar are not liable for breaches committed
after their liability had, in contemplation OF
law, ceased
The Placer herald., 1866-10-13

DIscoNTISUED.-Tbe Post Office Depart
meut has issued instructions directing that
after the first Of October, in all but first class
offices the letters shall be advertised by post.
ing the written names at the several offices:
and Marysvile, not ranking as fir>tcass
office. the names will no longer be printed.
San Francisco. we believe is the only Office
on this coast that is ranked ax frst.class. such
offices as Nevada, Grass Valley, MarysviIIs
and Sacramento being ranked as second. luss.
Mar, svle Appeal.
The above may be all right so far as Marys.
v'le is concerned, but Sacramento has first.
class Post Office, and the lis, Of letters will DO
published as heretofore.-Sac Bee.
The Placer herald., 1866-10-13

THD Cry AUTHORITIES OF PHILADELPHIA
The disgraceiul conduct Of the municipal
authorities OF Philadelphia, in refusing TO ex-
tend the hospi,ali,es Of this metropolis to
The President Of the United States, has COW
cred them with everlasting shame and con
tempt. Under the lash Of party prejudice,
these poor, weak officials skuked away, and
had not the manlness to meet and confront
public sentiment upon the subject. The
Mayor, with characteristic cowardce, fled
from the city in order TO avoid the imporIu.
mites of those who, though they differed with
Andrew Johnson in policy, desired to avert,
fpossible, the impending disgrace which the
course of the authorities threatened to bring
upon their bones and fresdes. Honest, i'm
partiaI,and unpre.judiced men felt iha, a great
wrong was being perpetraed by those who
were beraying the trust reposed in them by
the people. They vanly sought to prevent
the consummalion of this crowning infamy of
Radicaism. But their voices were poweress
The Mayor sank down into the lowest depth
of disgrace. The City Councils wall"wed
even deeper in the mre. Although Grant,
and Farragut, and Meade we're to he received
side by side with the President Of the United
States, these contemplate par'izans grossly
and poinedlv insulled The Chief Magistrate
of the Republic and its heroic defenders, and
by their shallow meanness made themselves
the laughing stock of An entire city. Never
was such Iebuke administered to faithl-ss
public servants as that which the Mayor and
Coun lis received from the people of Phla-
delphia yesterday. Without their cosnte-
ha N, IA. iIo,
could have possibly detrart d from the ova-
'i"n would have been The sudden appearance
in its midst of these skulkng officials, who
are now regarded with srorn and contempt
by all who take an honest pride in the good
name and fair fame of our city.
Philudelphia Age.
The Placer herald., 1866-10-13
PhiIudelphia Age.

THE LAST SURRENDER other day a
fugitive and rerusant Confederate soldier was
discovered in the depth of swamp in one of
The Southern States. On being questioned
As t. what he was doing there. he stated that
he was On his way TO join his command. The
situation being explained to him, he promptly
marched with all his accoulremen,s to The
nearest post, surrendered himself. and was
paroIed. The same recognition of the fact
of hostilities have now definitely ceased was
shown few days ago at Petersburg. A
small squad OF outstanding veterans Of the
Army of Northern Virginia, who have been
living in a cave in the vicinity of that city
since The surrender at Appoma'tox, sought
the officer in command at "Cockade City,"
and declardel themselves WiSoners-of war, ,
ard like the solitary dweler in the swamp
above mentioned, were duly paroled. These
final suIrenders Of the debris of the ConfeI-
crate forces surely end the war. How long
will the Radicals refuse to furl the battle-hag?
The Placer herald., 1866-10-13

The Bedford (Pa) Gazette says:-"J"hn w.
Geary has made speech at 'Lochiel
Iron Works. in which he took open ground
in favor of negro suffragt! lie decl' red that
he was ready to meet the issue OF negro suf-
frage, and he was not prepared to denv the
right Of voting to the coIored man. Hi,her-
to some people have thought that Geary was
not in favor Of negro suffrage. lie has SET
tied all doubts on that subject"
The Placer herald., 1866-10-13

NEVADA GRowINe.-1'he Post Offi"e depart
ment having reviewed the returns of the Ne
vaha office, has raised it to a separating Sec
ond-class office, and the salary of the office is
raised from 800 to 1900 IA year. The action
Of The Department, is based upon the receipts
of the Office and all the offices are readjust d
every two years. There are only five or SIX
other second-cIass Offices on The coas'-San
Francisco and Sacramento being ranked as
first class. In the postal order business Ne
vada is the third office in the State: San Fran
cisco being first and Sacramento the second.
Gazette.
The Placer herald., 1866-10-13

A FIELD OF WHEAT buried under an ava
lancbe in Switzerland for twenty five years, is
said to have proceeded on its growth as soon
Is the snow melted.
The Placer herald., 1866-10-13

RuMoREp MASSACRE BY ISDlANs.-Ths
Montana Democrat says there is rumor
that members of Walter Bray's troupe bad
been killed by indians, while on their way
down the river.
The Placer herald., 1866-10-13
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The Placer herald., 1866-10-13

DYING OFF.-The Tehema Observer Of last
week says that on South Fork Cottonwood
the rabbits are dying by the thousands, to the
delight Of farmers, who complain that the
rabbits are very destructive to grains and
vegetables.
The Placer herald., 1866-10-13

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