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The Placer herald., 1866-01-20

ETA. violent storm OF wind and rain
prevailed through this section during the day
and; night Of Wednesday.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-20

EVThe Tulars Times says, that Mr.. J. NJ
brown cont.mplates the erection Of a cotton
gin and press at Visalia, for the encourage.
ment Of cotton culture.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-20

Eastern tEkaopLc cALs.-Ne are again
under obligation 10 Slra,man & Co., the lib.
oral newsdealers, Of San Francisco, for the
lates, periodicals from the East.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-20

Rxr.nEMExr-Mr. r. I. Montgomery has
es,irsd from. the editorial control Of the
Nspa Register,
The Placer herald., 1866-01-20
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP ca.
From San Francisco to New York.

THE following Steamships will
L Will he dispatched on following <lE1a&
named days: Ee4G1
Jan. l9.-COLORADO. Capt. J. T. Watkins.
Jan. 30.-SACRAMENTO.C Capt. W. II. Hudson.
FROM FOLSOM STREET WHARF.
At Eleven O'Clock, A. NJ, punctually for
PANAMA.
Passengers will be conveyed from Panama to
Aspinwall by the PANAMA RAILROAD
Company. and from Aspinwall to New York by
the Atlantic and Pacific Steamship Company
baggage master will be sent through each
trip.
These steamers will positively sail at II
O'Clock. Passengers are requested TO have their
baggage on board before ten o'clock.
Cabin passengers will be bcrthed Tor Atlantic
steamer.
OLIVER ELDREDGE, Agent p. NJ SEQ,
Cor. SACRAMENTO and Leidesdorff sree,..
San Francisco.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-20

In DkDr.-Vireinia City Nevada oxs.
nearly quarter Of million of dollars.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-20

PrD. Docs.-We are indebted to Mr.. Sex
ION, Of the Assembly for various bills, resolu-
.ions, &c, .in..odacsd 10 Senate and Assem-
bly,.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-20
The Pacific Railroad Grant.

The all engro>sing topic Of the week,
amorg the people located within the lines
Of the Railroad grant, has been the news,
by telegraph, ,batlh President had signed
a patent conveying 100000 acres Of land
on odd sec'ions) to the Central Pacif 4 '
road Company. This startling news has ex,
ercised the minds Of the Legislature, as well
as the people, principally from the fact that
the resolutions passed by that body, asking
delay n the issuance Of the patent until the
State could | . heard, had been unaccoun''
ably delayed in their nsmission-having
been sent from California on the 25,h OF Drl
ce,nber, and never reaching Washington un'
| Ill the h of January-two days after the
patent bad been issued.
In connection with this news. came dis
patch from Mr.. Conness that lands contain
ing minerals were especially reserved in the
patent -bu. when it is considered that the
Government has nsver made a reservation Of
anything conaine,l in land, when making
patent conveying il, This assurance can le
considered neither satisfactory or reliable.
Satisfied Of the perpelraisn Of IA wrong up
on the STATE, in DELAYING the Legislative dis.
patch to Washington, both branches appoint,
ell Committees Of investigation. Subse.
quently Mr. Kn,z, Of Nevadn. stated to the
Senate tha, he had been assured by the off
GERS OF the Rroal Company, that the
gran, WAS for only $4,000 acres Of land. If
this is true, it will tend to aIIay The present
excitement in the counties cf EI Dorado,
Placer and Nevala (aI,hough it does not do
away with the necessity for an inquiry as to
the cause Of the delay of the Legislative
dispatch) but for ourselves, we are not pre-
pared 10 receive the assurance Of the Rail
road Company in the premises. We have
seen and heard too much Of tie un,ruthful
AMI unscrupulous means resorted to hv the
officers Of that institution, where the inter
esls Of the Company are concerned, 10 ac.
cept without qualification their statements in
reference to the matter At issue.
We are inclined TO believe that the patent
WAS for $50 900 acres of land as state in the
dispatch, and that i: covers the amount of
land claimed by the Company from Sacra.
mento to Colfax. There are six tiers Of Con-
gressional townships from Sacramento to
Cofax (the north line of the upper tier Of
townships being about one mile north Of
Col'ax.) consequently line drawn thirty
five miles due north from SACRAMENTO would
be opposite to CoIfax. The amount Of land
lin odd section>) claimed 10y the Railroad
Company is l2soo acres per miIs-this
multiplied by 35 would give $4,000 acres,
or within fraction of a number Of acres as
announced by telegraph.
Our opinion is, tha, if the Legislature is
lued into repose by the assurances tf the
Company. their premeditaed robbery Of the
valuable mines Of Central California will be
consunma,ed. What will follow that let
the future develop.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-20

NEW ISvENrIoS.- have recently ex-
smined new invention got up by Mr. Hill,
Of the firm Of Hill & Bradley, consisting of a
Grain Sower. which we think is destined to
be a very valuable instrument in the hands Of
our agricultural friends. The machine is
conducted by two wheels and drawn by tw"
horses. The sowing department is very com:
plete, and works to the great satisfaction Of
the ingenious inventor. The grain can he
guaged so as to SOW thick or thin, and har.
row can be attached to cover the grain a, the
same time. The machine is simple in its
construction, and can be furnished at such a
price as to place ii within the reach of most
Of our farmers. The labor saved by its use
would lie sufficient in sowing large grain.
fields. in a short time, to repay the outlay in
the purchase Of the machine Mr. Ii. is TAX
ing measures 10 secure patent
44ary,riNe Express.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-20

EHO"e Of the Digger Indlaos Of ibis
vicinity died on Sunday last, and his remains
received the customary funeral rites Of the
,ribe-hy icing placed upon log heap and
burned to cinder.
Capt Tom informs US that number of the
Indians of this section have died during the
winter. and that the Indian camps Of the ad-
Joining counties have lost number of their
people
Inpesfectly fed and clad, and taking but
little care to provide against the rigors of
winter, disease and death are rapidly exter
mina,iDg the once numerous Indian bands OF
the Sacramento Valley.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-20

EEIn a debate in the Senate. on tho 5'h,
Judge uager, allndlng to the taking off " "f
democl attic resolutions by ref rring them to
committees, said: "As the Senate is about
t" consider appropriations for the erection OF
monuments, perhaps it would be well to ap
propria,s money for monument to the re-,
ierr-d patriotic resolutions, for otherwise th"v
will be lost to sight and memory forever"
The Placer herald., 1866-01-20
HI RTlfy.

81, AT Lincoln. on Thursday llth inst, The wife Of
VIM. g. Dubois, OF u son "
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Dl ED.

In Auburn. on the 18th, inst, Of cancer OF the
lungs John Russell, in the 54th year of his ago
The Placer herald., 1866-01-20
MARRIED.

On Sunday, Jan. I4th, by A. N. Gambell. Ear
Martin D Boycs to Miss Sarah NJ. Rawles. bosb
Of New Castle. ''""
The Placer herald., 1866-01-20

DELEGATES TO THE MINERS STATE CONVENTION.
A number of the Mining Districts Of Placer
county sent the following delegates to represent
ramrnto on the 18th inst:
Benjamin Smith. William Mcclure, William
Duck d. E. Hirstea. S. ". Bowman. Charles
TraIton, NJ. g. Tubhs, l.. Adams. james DodS
W. l.. Lawrence. P. Bumpus. l.. B. Arnold J. S.
Colgrove. James Teog. E. II. Gaylard, A X Ben
son. E. G. Buzz-ll. 4. Hinckly, Z. a. Clark. G..
J. Clark, E. l.. Watson. 4. 4. Pond John Bos-
quit, Daniel Cho.,c Charles Mars,c. Jas Moore
3. F. Moore, G.. w. Rcemcr, p B. Faean. a. b.
Scott. A. J. AEgcll. Thomas Campbell, john
Yue. G. S. Sw -nson, William E. Miller, Horace
Baldwin, J. H. Mallett. Benz. Smith, c. A. Tuttle.
z. NJ. Hall, NJ. McGonegal. William Liston. e. E.
Carpenter, P. J. Largre, Isaac Small, j. H. Neff,
John Knee.nd, A. J. Ewalt, A. NJ. Sisson, W. D..
Lawrence.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-20

PosrAL MArrERs.-l'hs Sac. Bee Justly
complains Of The imperfeciions Of the postal
service on this Coast, and concludes tIa, the
Postmaster General is decidedly fngyish in
his ideas Of matters connected with his De.
parment. Instead Of making efforts to ex,
tend mail facilities to the people Of Calfor.
MIA and Oregon. they are threatened with
being deprived Of important mail routes al.
ready in exisence-as it is positively stated
| that mail service on the overland route from
| California to Portland, Oregon, will he dis
continued the coming summer. While the
mos. lavish and useless expenditures have
been tolerated in some Of the Departments
of the Government, a niggardly econony is
too often manifested in postal affairs, aud
instead Of the management Of the mails
conducting to the benefit aud convenience Of
the people, they are too frequently an an
novance and an imposition.
1t is fact, also, that post masters and
agents, upon routes in California, that have
been long established, aud should be we'll
cared for, are extremely derelic, in their du-
lies-so much SO, that there ia 90 assurance
Of attention aud dispa' ch ia lhe busines, Of
their Offices
In our own experience we can say there is
no certainty in the direct transmission uf
mail matter between San Francisco and Au-
burn. and rice versa. We seldom receive
our daily exchanges from San francisco I'm,
til two or three days after their publication.
Aud letters Maied here by u.s. for the latter
city, have been week or ten days in reach
ing their destination. We have no reason
to believe there is neglect or carelessness in
the Auburn post office, but at San Francisco
or Sacramento, or both, there must be.
The only reliability for regular and never
failing dispatch in The transm ission of letters
that We have found. is through Wells. Fargo
d. Co; and il the Government cannot do
better in the future than in the past. in the
Performance Of the mail service, The job
had letter bs let out TO that euterprizlng
Company.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-20
JOTTINas DOWN FROM THE CAPITAL.
rBY OUR own CORRESPONDENT

SACRAMENTO, Jan. Is, 1864.
There has not anything been done in eli
,her House worthy of particular attention,
except the settlement, after my last, Of the
San Diego contested election case of John.
son vs. Kurz, which was decided in favor of
the former 10y a vote Of 3S to a.
There has nothing very important been
done in the Senate, with the exception Of
change of base"-and flank movement
hy the Sergeant. at t-Arms-bv which the seats
are re'arranged, and old George Washington
is placed where Lieut.. Gov. j. N. Machin
was. aud pice versa. Machn occupies the
place Of The Father of his Country, in the
Senate. at the present writing.
Judge llale's bill, amending the Practice
Act in relation to the Law of Evidence,
passed to enyrossnent, with certain amend
ments.
The attention Of the city, and probably Of
the entire State, for the past two days, has
been occupied by the Miners Convention.
lion. A. A. Sargent. was nominated as tenn
porary Chairman. and Marcus ID. Borurk.
Chief Clerk Of tie Assembly, acting as tenn,
porarv Secretary. A Committee on Perma.
nent Organization. Credentials and Resolu-
tions were appointed. The temporary or.
ganizaii"n was confirmed by the Convention
Gov. Bigler, Chairman Of the Committee on
Credentials, made a report. deciding that all
parties representing either labor or capital,
were entitled to seats in the Convention.
Gov. Bgler and Gov. Stanford represent
the Mining interests Of Sacramento county
Mr.. Pearson, Of San Fran. from the Commit,
tee on Resolutions, reported this morning a
series Of resolutions enuncialing the prnci-
Piles contained in the memorial telrgraphed
to Washington, by Gov. Low, on the 25,h
Of December which dill not reach Wash,
ington until the Sth of January. There was
an attempt made on the part of the Hum
boldt delegation to include Petroleum, which
Judge lleustis Of tho Assembly, advocated
At some lsngih when Judge Belden, Of Me-
va1a, moved as an amendment to the amend.
men,, that whale oil be also included; where.
upon MIR. Campbell, Of San Francisco. moved
as a rider, that two additional products Of
California, olive oil and castor oil be added
There was a catechisng and discussion on
the part Of Messrs. Sargent and Findley, of
Nevs la-and another question asked Of the
former. hy Mr.. Williams, Of E Dorado
to whether in his last four years experience
he bad no, learned the fact, that the people
Of California. 10y their representatives. had
not elected hin to the United States Senate
which was, as it deserved to be, drowned
in bi-ses.
Hathaway, the Night Wa,chman of be
Assembly, who wears a grey surtou,, is about
shutting ii the gas, and | want TO 9" and
see Bandmann die in Leland besides
have got to prepare for rehearsal Of "Ar-
rah Ma Poyue," at 1.-Two o'clock in the
Morning." SHAUN THE Posi-.
The Portland daily press., 1866-11-06

RAVS Wanfad
Wantel.

TWO active, intelligent American Boys Apply
i Immediately to
oc30dH CHARLES CUSTIS & CO.
The Portland daily press., 1866-11-06
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.

OCTOBER TERM.-WALTON j, PREsIDIN6
MoNDAY.--In the case of Samuel r. Brown Mo-
Call, which tried last week before the Judge
he ordered judgment to be entered for the paiutii
for $50 damages and one quarter costs +
TIE Collag;n W. Case.
The Collagan will case was resumed, and counsel
for appellant called Mrs. Collagan, Rachel Pearce,
Mrs. Harding, Nathaniel Redlon, Enoch Mute and
Moses Kimball, to rebut testimony offered by the
contestants. AIessrs. Mute and Kimball came from
Boston to testify. They were subscribing witnesses
to the will in question.
Counsel for contestants then called H. p Deane.
John Rand, Mrs. Bailey, and L. b. Hutchings, which
closed the evidence in the case and Court adjourned
to nine o'clock Tuesday morning. when Judge Davis
viii commence the clsslng arg for the contcs
tants.. $500 NM. .,.--
Incur report of Saturdays proceedings we trans
posed the names Of Daniel and Joseph Harding. 1t
was Joseph who saw the pieces of paper ON the floor
and Daniel who read the paper before it was torn-
He also testified that the viii that Capt C. tore up at
that time, was codic providing for taking care of
his lot In Evergreen Cemetery, and appropriating
$1,000 for monument to be placed over it; and that
this oodicil was witnessed by Messrs Walker, Gill
dngs and Grover. This counsel for appellant contend
was the instrument executed in Growers shop.
Inc case will not probably be given to the jury un
til Wednesday, as it is expected Judge Davis win &C.
cupy all OF the forenoon and Mr. Pickering all OF the
afternoon. nA a.i4ltilfiI.i asiii 81 u.
The Portland daily press., 1866-11-06

'eonMnCtee abanded the whole matter and with
ufew without making any nominations to the
ponce BOARD. They had previously claimed the
right 10 review the entire list of registers, and
oyect any man who had not property qualifi-
cGa.non oi $4,000. This was rejected by the
boh,rssseners Nv thans and it was finally determined
" tnem that they would appoint Judge and
cierK 1 IN IN every precinct, giving the committee
unul IL o'clock tonight to make their nomina-
IONS; ; ABOUT the time named, the committee, of
ut: Wnlcn Lieut.: Gov. G. C. Cox was one, sent a
conmunication to the Commissioners, declin-
Iag i;g any i1rther action in the matter. Thus the
ns. % y, Jueges and clerks stand as at the May
mn NEW YoRK, Nov 3.
=; ne commercials Baltimore dispatch says
tnaI tne Po!lce Commissioner trouble has been
eeI'ieu W zen. Grant. The old Commissioners
are 70 appoint one Democratic Judge in each
p!ecihct, and to see that ballot boxes are pro-
vlded for the reception of rejected votes of reg
is.eIeu Se!s soters The Law Courts are to finally
gecide upon the legality of these rejected votes
Inose 1or State officers are to be certified to
oeate Legislature, and those for Congressman
Will De resumed to Congress. Is ,ss..,..' =
Inns VIII decide the case before the State and
Federal Legislatures with a prospect Of an am
icable settlement. - on am
Inc excitement Sunday and this forenoon
was lntense, but the feeling is now abating.
Ldter-fhere were one hundred and eighty
fon Hn9 Gases bas o. arms captured at Bennetts auc
loaded and capped. Another lot Of 15O mus
kets loaded and capped were seized this eve
ming at grOggery ON Bond street near thn
eastern avenue. Another lot of seyenty-nine
muskets were taken from the store of a MI
1uck on Light street. Altogether, about
SIX thousand stand of arms are reported to
have been seized. About one hundred arrests
were made to day by the police, on the charge
of ri0t0us conduct -
The Portland daily press., 1866-11-06

ENGLISH NEws.-Atr. Thomas Hughes writes
from London TO the Tribune, under date of
Oct. Goth: .ts-.g s.. .
The mystery about the Governments inten-
tion on Reform continues, and Lord Malmes-
bury, a sort of diplomatic Mrs Nicklebv has
been mincing and pratling at great agricul-
turai meeting, In way to provoke the laughter
OF his foes and the malediotion of his friends as
ne speaks with the authority of cabinet min
ister. II he is asked whether they will bring
In bill he will answer in the negative Of
course, feeling himself in the position Of q zen
tleman who is asked whether young laly Il in
love with him, &c. &c. We all know that they
VIII try bill, and confess to malicious de-
sire to see Lord Cranbourn and the country
party eating their leak next year on and be-
hind the Treasury benches. Meantime, the
shall BE- accepted at their hands, and it is said
that this is done with the approval of the lead
ers OF the late Liberal Cabinet.
Gov. Eyre will undoubtedly be tried. The
appeal OF the Jamaica Committee is being well
answered, upward Of $4,000 having been al
for Exeter has been retained by the Committee
to lead the case and will do it admirably, and
Mr. stephen his junior, the son of the late Sir
james stephen, is the best man who could
have been found at our bar for the purpose.
Inc EYRE Defense Committee, meantime, have
raised about the same sum, but it is not known
yet who is to conduct their case.
we are still in the dark as to your late cleo
tlons, with the single exception of Pennsylva-
MA This IS exasperating, with the telegraph
at work giving us the price eff gold, and other
futile intelligence. But suppose we shall
drlfe on for year or two before our leading
Journals see the wisdom of uniting to obtain
something like sensible summary of news
from your side at regular intervals Meantime
we can only hope no news is good news. -.
The Portland daily press., 1866-11-06

BUTLER IN NEW YoRK.-At a political
meeting held in New York on Saturday, Ma
Jor General Butler was introduced to make an
address. A great crowd of disorderly persona
had assembled on the City Hall steps; and at
once these began to hoot and howl. General
Butler was frequently insulted, and the crowd
kept him standing for half an hour, unable to
make himself heard. An apple was thrown at
him and hit him fairly. He eoolly took it up
and began eatingit while he waited. The Post
says: 50.
The scene during the Generals speech beg
gars description. In front of him were several
thousand of the most villainous faces ever seen
together. 1t is doubtful whether any city In
the world but New York. and any wards but
,ne fourth and Sixth, could produce such
large number of scoundrels and rufians
Inc General spoke boldly and fearlessly,
iiouuiy uefying his enemies. His manner was
IN Impressive and carried greater effect with it
ehah M ms words. He said that the crowd was
composed OF the paid hirelings of the Demo-
oratlc party, who are paid so much a week to
suppress free speech. No better argument
c9uld De presented why Governor Fenton
should be elected than this If there was any
Inihg tnat could be argued in favor eff A despot
sm and against the rule ofthe minoritv IN the
iiSlority, IL was such as that before him n.
~, AZ would take but a few demonstrations of a
IKE character to make the oraat Ponnhl;csn
party become disgusted with the free electirs
franchise. 'no ifee eiecuVs
The Portland daily press., 1866-11-06
THE STATE.

Z Ralph Waldo Emerson lectures at I,ev;.-
ton on Thursday. Subject,-"Amsrican so-
ciety. a = lf IL
The Sentinel says the Eastport people are
70 nave steam grist mill, erected by Mr.. b. L.
Chadbourne, on the Leighton wharf -I
The skowhegan Clorion says that during
the storm of last week Tuesday, nearly five
inches OF water fell at that place, raising the
river several feet
The Waterville Mail says that Mr. George
Il. Shores, of Waterville, has recentlv sold 10
Az w. Sprague, of Providence, R. l., three
pairs OF his famous Hereford oxen for the gross
sum OF Sl125, being 1925 for pair of three-year.
oids' S4OO. for pair of four-year-olds, and ssoo
for pair of six-year-olds.
-Ihe top part of the tower of Rev. DR.
Adams church in Brunswick was blown 4 own
by the gale last week.
The Portland daily press., 1866-11-06
VARIETIES.

"A Mr.. Driscoll CT Mobile committed suicide
in order to escape the annoyance of mosqui-
toes.
The first announcement in this country of
the death of the Princess Charlotte of Eng
gland, in 1917, as made in little country
newspaper in the town of Northampton, Mass,
about one hundred miles fiom the seaboard.-
This was before the days of the telegraphs,
steamships, or even regular sailing packets. In
this case the news was taken to Canada on a
British vessel: and passenger who had Lon
don paper in his pocket with the news travelled
by stage to Boston. Stopping at Northampton
over night, he accidently spoke of the news
which the country printer was observing
enough to take down and publish the next day.
The Princess died Nov. Is, 1877, but the fact
was not published in this country for about six
weeks. '.iJ- t4
An editor in this State says he cannot i'm
agine when editors have leisure time, unless
it is after the ferryman carries us over Styx-
and then we have no doubt the old fellow
would beseige us for puff on his boat"
The Portland daily press., 1866-11-06
From New Orleans.

IT,, NEW YORK, Nov. 3.
The Tribune's New Orleans special saws it is
reported on good authority that the President
mas ordered Gen. Sheridan not to make arrests
under Gen. Grants famous order, which affects
forty -four parties accused of murder Committed
In New Orleans July 18th.
oHicial information reached Gen, Sheridan
yesterday of numerous murders and ontrages
St. Laundry. P'A "a
Gen. Sheridan leaves for Texas tomorrow on
important business.
Breyet Mai. Gen, Wood, Assistant Suner;n-
tendeAt OF the Freedmenis Bureau for Missis-
sippi, says the crops in Mississippi will amount
to much less than the cost OF production. and
anticipates much privation therefrom.
he also pronounces as false the statement
that he charged that a sale of negroes took
place near Brookhaven
Brevet Maj. Gen. Mower commands the dis
trlct OF louisiana, including the posts Of JEFF
Ierson and Marshall, Texas, and is also made
Acting Commissioner of the Freedmen's Blu
reau for Louisiana. fe'''N" -"
Seventeen additional military prisoners have
Reen sent to Ship Island, to serve out Court
Martial sentences.
The Portland daily press., 1866-11-06
From Washiugte,s,

IN, WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.
The resting places of soldiers who died dur
ing the rebellion are to be marked hereafter
with cast iron head block instead of wooden
ones. About 100000 of them are required.
d. West, Esq, the efficient and courteous
Chlef Clerk of the Treasury Department, was
yesterday stricken with paralysis. His oondi-
ton has somewhat improved to-day. Is
Upon request of the Senate Of the United
states and request of Gen. Grant, the Presi-
dent @ has appointed Col. Albert j. Myer, to be
Ohief Signal Officer of the regular army. Col.
Myer organized and commanded signal corps
OF the army during the rebellion, and was the
originator of that branch of the service.
1t Is denied by both the President and Sec
retary OF War that they have given any orders
to Maj Gen. Sheridan not to arrest any of the
parties accused of committing murders on the
18th of July, in New Orleans
Inc monthly statement of the public debt
VIII not be published for several DAYS.