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The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

IMPORTANT TO SETTLERS officers OF
the United States Land Office 10 Marysville
publish for lbe Information Of parties who
may be interested the following:
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
MARYsvILLE (CaI.). March 20. 1866.
BY two decisions of the Commissioner of
the General Land Office, this day received
and which will shortly be published in the
Appeal, it is decided that in all cases Of
claimants foreign born, either admission TO
citizenship or declaration Of intention to be.
come citizens Of the United States must pre-.
cede the settlement on which the claim is
based, and this rule will be strictly adhered
to. Where persons Of foreign birth have
filed pre- emption claims they will do we'll to
ascertain how they stand in this respect and
amend their claims where requisite, or there
may be danger OF their losing the benefits OF
their Improvements entirely. All claims in
this Office will be examined on personal ap.
plication or written request, inclosing a
postage stamp, and the parties advised how
to proceed. Applicants must describe the
land inquired about. Newspapers giving a
few insertions Of this notice will render valu.
bio service to settlers.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

IMPORTANT CONVERSIONS BY LINDSEY, THE
CoUNrERFkIrER.-David Lindsey, the passer
Of counterfeit greeubacks, who pleaded gull
ty TO the indictment found against him BY
the United States Grand Jury, has recently
made full confession Of his guilt, which
duplicates numerous parties in St. Louis and
New York, who have for some time been en-
gagged in manufacturing spurious paper
money. In fact, his admissions are Of suct
Importance that United States District At
torney Lake has telegrspbed them to the
authorities at Washington. and it is not at
all improbable that Lindsey may be taken
East TO give bis tes,imoney in the matter,
1t is with this view principally that his sen
tsncs has been postponed from time to time
by Judge Hoffman. S. +. Bulletin.
Lindsey formerly lived on Secret Ravine,
in this county, where be bore a good reputa.
ton.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

CoxPLIxsNrARr.-Gen.Mc Mcdowell, in or
dsring 1t. Col. E. W. Hillyer, Of the 4th C
v, and Major Alfred Morton, Of The 7th c.
", to be mustered out of selvics, pays those
gentlemen the following handsome compli.
msnt:
"Ths Commanding General takes this oc.
easion TO commend and thank these officer.
for tho faithful, efficient. and cheerful man
nsr 10 which they discharged their several
duties. In returning to civil life, they carry
With them bis kndest wishes for their future
happiness and success"
The numerous friends OF our old towns
man, Col. Hillyer, will be pleased to learn ol
the high estimation 10 which hs was held by
his commanding officer.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

ONLY THREE MILLION MoRE.-The pro-
ceedings Of the Legislature yesterday, says
the Alta, are devoid Of interest, except in so
far As by vote Of the Senate nearly three mil,
lions more dollars ($2,s5o, ,ooo) have been
placed upon the shoulders OF the already
nearly prostrated tax payers Of the State.
The appropriation is for railroad purposes,
and to meet it ten cents on every hundred
dollars Of real and personal property are to
be levied for twenty years to come. "Pile
on the agony" grave and reverend Seignors
Of the Senate. Soon, with their city debts,
county debts, State debts, and their proper.
ton Of the National debt, the unfortunate
balf million Of people who reside in Calfor.
MIA will owe about one hundred millions of
dolldrsi
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

~ The Eigbt.Hour Law, a bill that vas
intended for the relief Of the overworked
mechanics and laborers Of the large town,
and cities Of the State, has been killed 10 the
State Senate. The bill passed The Assembly
by an almost unanimous vote, and went to
the Senate, where it was amended BY rider.
10 the effect that The law should 90 into
operation when Massachusetts and New York
passed similar acts. The Assembly refused
to accept the amendment. A committee OF
conference from the two Houses was appoint.
ID, aud reported 10 favor of resembling the
Senate amendment-which the Senate re-.
fused 10 do, and The bill failed.
Who ever heard before of State passing
bill to become law contingent upon 9th
sr States fret adopting similar Is~i Could
anything be more contemptblei BY the
votes Of her Senators, California Was to be-.
come the mere echo or shadow Of Massachu.
sets and New York. What 40 abjsct posi-.
tion for our State, which. by virtue Of being
. State, is the peer and equal Of any Of the
sovereignties that constitute the Union.
II the California Senate wished to kill this
laboring mans bill, Why not do it in a
straightforward, manly way! and not stoop
10 such miserabls, round about legislation as
they resorted to.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

BUSINESS IN THE TERRIroRIEs.-As Win
ter witbdraws, business is said to be on the
increase in Colorado Territory. Saw mills
and quartz mills are being put up, and all
things Indicate a prosperous season. There
are over $50 quartz mills there, and any mum.
Der Of saw mills.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

The SUPREME CoURr-Tbe United States
Supreme Court, in a decision made recently,
endorsed the reconstruction policy which Mr..
johnson has adopted. All the Associate Jus.
tices-Chief Justice Chase alone excepted
concurred iu resolution TO take up the cases
from the Southern States, which were suspen'
ded upon the outbreak Of the war; thus vir.
tually deciding that those States are still in
the Union, and sustaining the Presidents the.
ory and acts on the subject.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

Rich ORE.-Tbe Sac. Union says: We
were shown yesterday samples of ore taken
from the claim Of the Pacific Silver Mining
Company, near Newcastle, which according,
to the assay of Waters & Co., yield s465 46
in silver and *3 81 in gold-tota yield
S468 97. This ore WAS taken out at depth
thirty feet from the surface, at which depth
the ledge is about five feet wide.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

BRILL1ANr.-We are confident, says the
Napa County Reporter, that our present
Legislature will, for years, have the name oi
being the wisest body Of men ever assembled
iu the State. They. by resolution denounce
the President'e Administration, and upon the
very heels Of such action, pass q resolution
asking the President TO select member OF
his Cabinet from the Pacific, and then recon-
mend man for the position who is kn own
opponent Of the Presidents policy! Next.
they pass registry bill that is declared by
legal men 10 be, in many respects, unconsti-
tu.ional and oppressve-a bill that willb Q a
heavy expense and no benefit to the State,
and one which not one Of their number could
fully interpret. To crown the matter they
now propose bill ITO prevent the seduction
Of single and married women;" which proi
vides that 20 man shall be convicted Of such
charge except upon the testimony Of wit.
ness, the woman's own testimony avaiing
nothing! We can see no further necessity
Of the Legislature remaining in session after
the passage Of this bill. They have exhausted
their brains in efforts 10 promote peace, hap.
piness and honesty, and protect virtue.
throughout the State-their constituents can
demand no more Of them. Let them retire
to their peaceful bones, lay their wearied
beads upon an aged cabbage, and have some
one tickle their noses with barley straw.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

A REMARKABLE REGIoN-An expedition
against the Powder River (Oregon) Indians
passed through very remarkable tract of
country, which is described by Mr. L. G.
Bennett, engineer. Rising from the plain,
sometimes to the altitude Of five hundred feet,
were masses Of bard clay 10 the form of pyr-
amids or ruined temples, crowned with spires
and miuarets, and worn by the winds into a
variety of fantastic shapes Often these huge
masses Of clayey rock we're standing in the
midst Of the plain isolated and alone At
other times they stretched away in long
ranges Of bare bills. Veins Of trap rock ira.
verse these bills, while on the plain arour d
them are scattered iron, quartz scoria, and
various crystalized and igneous rocks indica'
ting the action of heat. On their SUBMITS
and around their base are fragments and
sometimes almost perfect fossils of marine
and other animals, the most common ol
which were turtles. Many of these seen by
Mr.. Bennett we're three feet across, and one
that measured seven feet across the shell.
Other parties reported seeing one that
measured sixteen feet across. These have
generally fallen down from the cliffs, and are
more or less mutiated, but enough remains
to show the outlines and determine the size
Of these monsters Of a former age. Mastodou
bones and enormous teeth are common.
Among the petrifactious Of q more recent
period was wolf, nearly entire.
On the ridges separating the Elk, Bear,
Minniwak, 81 aud Bear Butte Greeks we're
found large masses Of fossil fish and other
marine animals, some ofs huge size. Often
the bills seemed entirely composed Of these
remains. Exposure TO the air and storms
have broken them into fragments, yet the
outlines Of turtles, she'll fish and orthesera
could be distinctly traced The region pre-
sents indications both of volcanic action and
Of deluge.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

INcREAsE OF STooK.-Tbe San Francisco
Pioneer Wooleu Factory fled certificate iu
the County Court, to-day, certifying that the
capital stock Of the company bad been in
creased to the sum Of 100000. $l50,00o
has been paid up on account of the capital
stock, aud the company owes $l4s,d7l 81.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

MEADOW LAKE.-A gentleman lately
down from Meadow Lake informs the Neva.
da Gazette that times are quite dull there at
present, but everybody is expecting grand
rush and flush times as the season advances.
II the weather holds moderate it is OK.
pected that the main roads will open about
the middle Of April. The owners of build
ing lots 10 the town hold them at about the
same price as last Fall, though little is do.
ing in the real estate line now. The Win.
ton mill is running regularly on rock from
Pacific ledge. The first lot crushed yielded
$50 per ton. the second lot SOS,
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

New PAPER At SAcRAAENro.-A Joint
stock printing association has been formed at
Sacramento, for the purpo'e Of printing a
Daily and Weekly newspaper, and doing
general job work. The stock is divided into
5000 shares at $40 per share. The paper is
to bs Democratic in politics, and to be
named the Estate Capital Reporter" Gov.
Bigler, ]. N. Mcdonald, J. z. Davis, r. A.
Pearls aud A. s. Tryon, are tho corporstors,
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

Eli Thayer, formerly member of Congress
from Massachusetts,, is stumping Connecticut
for the Democratic ticket. In a speech At
New Haven, he said it was the duty of the
Government to let the people alone. The
constant intermeddng by Congress must be
checked, and rights must be restored which
Congress had trampled under foot. He said
il johnson had been President four years ago,
it would have been better for the country be,
cause be would have throttled Congress,
which made all the trouble. Thayer also
said be had been called radical Republican,
whereas bis fercest political enemies were
radicals
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

The BLACK Rock MINEs.-Tbe excitement
concerning these mines recently discovered,
is unabated 10 the northern counties of the
State. They are said to be very rich and ex'
tensive. They are on the Chico and Idaho
stage route, and form connecting link in a
chain Of rich mining districts the whole dis.
tance. Those who have been to Black Rock
proclaim the mines Of the same character Of
the Owyhee region.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

r. The Legislature has passed bill to
incorporate Summit. City under The name Of
Meadow Lake. Az soon as the weather be-
comes favorable (which may be looked for
after The second week in ApriD, there will bs
. great addition to the population Of tba.
District. We know Of number who are
preparing 10 locate there.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

DIsFRANcHIsINo.-Senator Hswes, says
the Union Democrat, has introduced a bill
to prevent any one from voting who does
not pay bis poll tax annually. This is an.
other lick at the poor Of this State, and in
good keeping with the infamous Registry
Law, which is expected to disfrauchse co.
900 naturalized citizens. Abolitionists log
islate to deprive white men OF the right 10
vote and confer the privilege on tho negro.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

ANOTHER RADICAL VIcroRv.-The private
Secretary Of the Governor of Iowa. says the
Mountain Democrat, rampant Radical, is
missing, with twenty five thousand dollars in
State bonds which don't belong to bim,-be
probably had been refused "Govenment
contract" and so took bis part directly from
the treasury box-only another fashionable
form of swindling the Government. What a
fine agent he would have made for the Freed.
meu's Bureau!
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

Doc TAx.-The Governor has approved
an Act Of the Legislature entitled "An Act
for the protection Of Sheep" The provis.
ions Of this Act require that iu each county
the Assessor and bis deputies when assessing
property shall assess dogs, the tax on said
animal to be collected as other property
taxes. A person owning one dog shall be
taxed one dollar per annum-for each ad-
dional dog two dollars per annum-for each
bitch three dollars per snnum. Sac. Bee
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

UpwARD.-Undsr advices from the East
grssnbscks are strengthening 10 value in San
Francisco. On Thursday, they reached the
price Of 7s l.2 cents on the dollar.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

GROVER & Bakers SEWING Machines
W. have frequently and strongly recommen.
ded these useful articles to our subscribers;
We have done 50 because we know and have
tested them, both 10 our homes and else
where. There are two pseessary things fol
housekeepers-ons Of Grover 4 Bakers sew,
ing'Machines, and Godey's Lady's Book. Il
i. not housekeeping without them.
Godey's Lady's Book.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24
$237,296,OOO
NEWS ITEMS.

MARYsvILLE CHARTER ELECTION. - The
charter election in Marysville on Monday
was warmly contested but the Radicals elec
ted their entire municipal tckt. The ma
jori'es are as follows: For Mayor, l76; for
Treasurer, es; City Clerk, IFS; City Asses
sor, 204; Marshal 1852.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24
THE PLACER HERALD.
AUBURN, MARCH "a. 1865.

THOMAS BOYCE, North East corner of Mont
gomery and Washington streets, San Francisco,
10 authorized 70 solicit advertisements and sub.
seriptions In that city for the Herald and receipt
for tho same.
J.J. KNOWLTON l. CO., Advertising Agents,
North.East corner Of Montgomery and California
streets, are authorized 10 eolicit advertisements
and subscriptions for the Placer Herald, and re.
eeipt for the same.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

FARE TO NEW YoRK.-The Pacific Mail
Company's steamship Constitution will sail
for Panama on Friday, March goth. to cou.
meet At the 1sthmus with the Coppapv's new
steamship Arizonq, for New York. Follow
ing are tho rates of passage: First cabin,
outside rooms, $210; first cabin, inside rooms,
$lo2 SO; second cabin, 800; steersge, 800.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

~ The weather has been rainy and dis.
agreeable through the week. but very favor
able 10 the growth Of vegetation. The pros'
Pects for grain and fruit were never more
encouraging since the settlement Of the
State.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

~ The recent discovery Of gold bear,
Ing quarts ledge. near Colfax, is causing
something Of . mining excitement 10 that
vicinity. We have seen some Of the rock
and would be content 10 own tho lead, if it
turns out much more of the same sort. Its
richness WAS manifest without the aid of q
glass.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

Espszss OFFIcE.-Wells, Fargo d Co.,
will open an Office 10 Meadow Lake, early 10
April. Mr.. Chas B. Higgins, Of Auburn,
will take charge Of it. Those having bust,
ness With the Office, will find Mr.. B. an affa.
bic and attentive agent,
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24
Here are the expenses Of the Freedman 8
Bureau Bill.

Commissioner $3 900
rs Clerks to same so 900
20 Assistant Commissioners. IS 900
A Clerks to same. .......... 8S 900
900 Agents for counties, ... 2,25O 900
1900 Clerks for same. ............. $500 900
Rations Tor their equivalent in value)
to 1000 900 negroes daily, at IS
cents per ration on.............. 13l, ,25o, 900
10000 soldiers, at an expense Of
81 900 each per annum. ...... 10000, 900
Incidental expenses Glow estimate).. 10000, 900
Total. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $237 ,296, 900
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

To BE HANeED.-Mchae Ryan is to be
hanged at Petaluma on Friday, March 23d
for the murder Of bis wife.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

~ Governor Low has signed the Regis.
try Law-'hs Law is designed particularly to
chest paturalized citizens out of their votes
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24
THE DEMOCRACY ARE MOVING.

The Democracy from various parts Of the
State, met in Council in the District Court
Room last night, as a sort of Committe of
Free Conference. A series of resolutions 9
introduced by Gov. Bigler endorsing the
Presidents policy and denouucing the Reg
istry Law and other Legislative abominatioua,
were passed unanimously. Speeches we're
made by Governor Bigler. Senator Pearce,
Assembymen Brown, Of TuIare, Judge Curtis
and others. A Democratic Daily styled the
State Capitol Reporter, will shortly be es-
tablished here upon sure basis, and it will
doubtless prove capital Democratic organ.
SHAUN THE PosT.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

NEw QUARTZ M1LLs.-Ths Copperopois
Courier learns that three new twenty stamp
quartz milIs are about to bs constructed at
Angels. Four mills srs now in operation
there
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

~ Mr.. V. W. Cleveland has been ap
pointed Postmaster ct Colfax.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

The. Wslch Quicksilver mine is Contra
Costa j. beginning 10 yield for the market.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

and the Pacific Islands, and less than cen.
tury, The defendants Of Asisites (who by the
provisions Of said Civil Rights Bill, will be
citizens) will be largely in the ascendant in
the Pacific States. Therefore
Resolued BY the Assembly the Sen
ate concurring that the Legislature re.
request the President Of the United States
to veto the said Act of Congress commonly
known as the Civil Rights Bill.
Resolved That bis Excellency the Govern
or, be requested to telegraph copy Of these
resolutions to the President of United States
Immediately.
A NEW COUNTY.
The bill fixing the boundary liue between
Placer and Suffer passed tho Senate some
days ago and the House Immediately after,
and has been signed by the Governor. As.
sembyman Bosquit Of your county. immsdi-
ately after the approval Of the bill wrote to
Wicoxen, the Clerk Of the Court of Suffer,
who had been down here lobbying for that
County against Placer-,hat your dslega,
ton had traded the swamp Lands at this end
for railroad stock on his,-and that is
WueTo tu0 IduSu COueS III.
The Committees on Counties and County
Boundaries reported on Tuesday in favor Of
the new County Of Granite which was stated
to take big chunk of Sacramento, and a
fair slice from Ell Dorado and PIacer-but
the name has been changed to n atoma, and
the parties are satisfied with the upper por.
tion of Sacramento. Folsom is Of course to
be the County seat, and Pete Hopper the
County Judge. The Union charges that the
move is to create Democratic county, and
the people of Sacramento fight i. so viciously
that it will scarcely 60 through.
The Senate yesterday passed Jones reso.
lutons, sustaining Congress and denouncing
the Administration. Shaw of San Francisco
introduced a substitute endorsing the Pres-
dents veto Of the Freedmans Bureau Bill,
and in view Of the censure Of the President,
Withdrawing the recommendation of the ma
jority requesting the President to give that
great orator and profound statesman, Fred
Billings. seat in bis cabinet,-wbich was
lost Horace Hawes introduced substitute
as long as the Moral Law, and nearly as
long as tho Registry Law, and equally OBJ
scure. In advocating his substitute he
warned the Union Party TO be cautious, to
beware Of their action. Horace evidently
sees the handwriting on the wall. Meme
Meme 7ekel Upharsin." Your days are
numbered"
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

The PHILOSOPHERS STONE DISCOVERED AT
LAsr.-M. Frantz, mstaIlurgist, and NJ.
Henri Faure, editor Of the France Med;cale,
have just announced to the learned world
they have discovered method Of transmit.
ing silver, copper and mercury into gold,
(which" they say. "are only one and the
same metal in different dynamic states"
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

STOCKTON AND CoPpERopoLIs RAILROAD.
The editors of the Alta have seen a tele'
gram dated New York, 9th instant, aunounc.
ing the shipment Of the first lot of rails for
this road. on ship Schroeder from Liverpool.
Tho contract for building the road was let
but three months ago, and this dispatch in.
dicates an energy and earnestness on the part
Of the contractors that must be highly graft
flying to the Company.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24

DISSOLUTION OF CO-PARTNERSHIP.
ME Co-Partncrship heretofore existing be-
Il tween the undersigned was dissolved on the
10th day of December, 1865.
J. H. HUMPHREYS,
A. S. GREENLAW.
Col1ax, March oath, 1866-lm"
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24
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This Is q most delightful
and refreshing liquid bloom
for the face, neck, and
arms. Innocent aud fra
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Moth, Frcckles. Sunburn,
Blemishes. Pimples; and
all greasy unnatural skins
are beautified by this de-
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is complete without 1t.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-24
OCULIST g. AURIST
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treatment and operntion Of
all diseases Of the Eyes and
Ears.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-11-08

At Liberty, H., at political meeting on
Thursday, after the speaking was over, a
drunken bully assaulted little drummer
and commenced choking him, when the
drummer drew his knife and severed the
jugular vein Of the bully, and let his life
run out. The drummer has not been ar
rested.
The Qusrtermsster- General has decided
to have the graves of all Union soldiers in
tho national cemeteries marked with cast
iron head blocks, with suitable raised in
scriptions. A contract to carry out this
design will shortly be awarded to some
fortunate founder.
There are at the present time about
thirty notorious dealers In counterfeit
money. in the prisons Of New York city
alone awaiting their trials, besides others
committed In most of the States of the
Union for similar offences.
Among the arrivals yesterday at VII.
lard's we observe George Wilkens Kendall,
ESD, and family, en- route for their home
from recent trip to Paris Nationa
lntslAgenc@.
| The Capitol gates were pointed out yes.
terday to . Frenchman Just arrived in the
city. he nodded approvipgly and said
"Oui-gatss. Cafeetali" - National Re.
publicGn.