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The Placer herald., 1866-01-27
The St. Martinsville na,) Courier in its

The St. Martinsville (La.) Courier in its
French edition, states that the negroes are
decidedly averse to working any more on the
plant atoms, or making contracts TO work With
the whites, especially with their former own
ers. Their idea is to buy or hire few acres
Of land and live as best they may, working
together, or bring to some negro better of
than themselves. The Planters (St. Marys)
Banner, Of the 25th, says: From our OBJ.
servations We are satisfied that there is an in,
fsrnal influence at work upon the negroes
some where, that is urging them on to their
ultimate ruin. Where do they get all their
ideas about donations Of land, houses, mules
etc.? Why this sulen refusal to work at
any price, or to make contracts to work!
Why this increasing hatred toward the land
holder, and the white mani Why this nord
mate desire to vote. as though that alone
| would secure bread and clolhingl Why
since they have their liberty. are they so un'
happy and dissatisfied Tne negroes in
this country were never so unhappy, so dis
satisfied and miserable as they now arc
Why these combinations among negroes, and
these pledges not to work for southern men
even for wages! Why these midnight as,
semblages Of negroes in some Of our neigh
boring parishes, by hundreds in one assembly
nearly thousand in one instance-wi,h
renegade white men for advisers? There is q
deep secret, damnable rascaity somewhere
in connection with this unfortunate and mis-
guided race"
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27

~Tbe telegraph announces that Judge
Field received at Washington, from. Califor.
MIA, small box, that proved to be m infer.
nal machine. On the box was pasted . por
tion Of Fields decision 10 the San Francisco
Pueblo case, and il is, surmissd that soms
parties, injured BY the decision, attempted to
get even, by presenting the Judge with the
torpedo. The S. F. Examiner thinks it was
. littls game between Field and soms Of bis
ftisnds, BY which the former might achieve,
what he would consider as glory, At cheap
rsts.,
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27
A Public Demand.

The Central Pacific Railroad Company
has been the recipient Of the most liberal
gifs from County, State and Nation. 1t ha.
gone down into the pockets Of the people
instead Of the pockets Of its stockholders fol
the means With which to build the road. 1t
has received everything it ever begged, lied
or prayed for. 1t is sndeavoring to obtain,
or has already obtained, a vast body Of min
eral land that has been made valuable by
the labor and sweat Of the industrious toll
ers after gold, and yet it has shirked taxa
tion in the most shameful manner, while at
the same time it has exactsd every cent and
more, for freight and passengers, that it is
allowed under the law. The company
charges ten cents per mile for passengers,
and fifteen cents per ton per mile for freight;
and in addition exorbi,ant rates BY measure'
meut, tha, brings forcibly to the mind Of the
victim Of such charges, the bighwayma q
demand Of f"s'and and deliver" Now, the
people Of this county ask as matter Of sim
pie justice from the Legislature, that these
rates shall be reduced. This blood sucking
monopoly will make no reduction upon ito
own motion, and the Legislature is the only
power that can reach them. There are no
politics in this. 1t is an evil and an imposi.
tion that is seen and felt BY all persons,
and the whole public demand remedy.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27

Amador mills are making great promises
A correspondent Of the Ledger writes from
Volcano:
was at the Golden Gate mine a few
days since, and, to use a California phrase
the rock is awful rich. They have a new
ten-stamp mill just completed and running
1t is thought by good judges that they will
make the biggest clean up ever made in the
county. The extensions. both north and
south Of the Golden Gate lode, have been
located, and the parties are only waiting fal
vorable weather to prospect them"
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27

1t has been said that every man has at least
one good point in his character. A gentle,
man travelling on Sunday was obliged to stop
to have one of the shoes Of his horse replaced
The farrier WAS just going to church, but sug.
gested to the traveller that Jem Harrison
might be found At home At tho next forge.
This proved to Be true, and the rustic who
led the geutlemans horse to the spot OK,
claimed:
"Wsll. must say that for Jem, for it it is
the only good point about him-he do never
90 to church."
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27

MORE TAxxs.-Tbe people Of Placer will
bs interested to learn that Mr.. Sexton has
introduced bill in the Assembly. providing
for the collection Of special head tax for
the support Of the Public Schools and the
Hospital Of this county. We only pay
head taxes TO the amount Of eight dollars to
each male person, over twenty>one years Of
age, already, possibly We could stand little
more, in order to be, (as a friend expeesse,
iD ID we'll taxed, but we respectfully sug
gest TO our representatives that these accu.
mulased "fsathers" are making the "came
bow bis back" with remonstrative grunt.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27
E%Tba memorial of the Lepialatura

ETbs memorial Of the Legislature o'
California, asking delay in the issuance Of
patents Of land to the Central Pacific Rail-
road Company. teIegraphed to Washington,
Was fourteen days in reacbiug i,s destination
lin the meanwhile the patent was issued
thereupon much indignation was expressed by
Senators and Assembymen, and Commit.
tee Of investigation appointed to ascertain
the locale OF the rascality tba: headed off
the telegraph between the State and Nation.
al Governments. Some time has elapsed
and the Committee has made 90 sign. We
hope it has not been switchsd off The track
BY any Railroad tender.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27
THE PLACER HERALD.
AUBURN, JANUARY ~, 1865.
Caucus Legislation.

V6ucuS AoSlSAatAOu.
In the days Of democratic ascendancy, a
proposition to bind representatives as partil
sans, in legislative assembly, to support a
measure intended as . general law, through
the inssrumentsli,y Of a caucus, was sure to
meet with refusal and contempt. But under
the Abolition regime things are differsnt.-
These men selected, it ia true, - the candi.
dates Of party, but when elected standing
~ the representatives Of the whole people
seem utterly incapable Of appreciating The
true dignity Of their representative position
Both in the National Congress and our State
Legislature, they gather 10 secret party eau
Gus 10 combine and pledge each other to the
support Of measures, that are intended as
laws for the Nation and State, and by that
course boldly signify their intention to make
laws that have for their sole object the sg-
grandisemept Of their party. The special
committee 10 Congr ess on Southern States
reconstruction, was gotten up in THE man
ner, and 90 far ~ that committee has made
. sign, party success seems the only object
10 view. The Aboltionists 10 the Califor.
nia Legislature, copying after their co work
srs in Congress, have also applied the screws
Of party machinery, and in caucus deter
mined to pass law Of registration for the
veters Of the S,ate-in other words law 10
chea. citizens out Of the right Of suffrage-
and then to secure the success Of their con,
spiracy, clnched the members BY resolu-
tion pledgiug each to support of the mea,
sure. l, is true they subsequently, rescinded
the last resolution, when some of the eau
cusiies began to have fsint glimmering of
the debased position they had placed them
selves ID, but they failed to observe that
their first resolution would have the effect
that the second oue declared in express
terms.
Having a large majority in both branches of
the Legislature, this action may be taken as
conclusive that a registry law will be passed;
but along with it will 60 the information to
the people, that it is = partizan measure,
6rst read section BY section and passed upon
10 party caucus, where men yielded up the
dignity and independence Of their represen.
,s,ivs character, and became the blind, infat
uated, debased and g1oveling tools Of tac'
ton.
As long as such men are selected as law
makers for the country, we will have fraud
and dishonesty 10 official position, and taxes
that will prove . wsasisome and exacting
mortgage upon the property and muscle OF
The people.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27

The ErFEcr.-Tbe Virginia Union says,
that since the decision Of the Supreme Court
Of Nevada, deciding the Specific Contract
Act unconstitutional, work on number of
mining claims has stopped, and the words
"For Sale" ,""To Let" and "Seling out below
cost" are signs to be seen on every side Of
the streets,
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27
DIR. F.W. BURGH.
GERMAN PHYSICIAN,
COR. MONTGOMERY AND PACIFIC STS.,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

II ATE PROFESSOR AND LECTURER on
IL Generative Organs at the University, Bcr.
lin, Prussia. Persons of both sexes, living at a
distance, who are afflicted with Impotence, Sem.
nal Weakness or loss OF Sexual Power. or Pri-
vate Disease, and who have been unable to Oh
tain relief, Can address DR. f. W. BURGH,
Box 1926, San Francisco.
~ Consultation by letter or otherwise free.
dec 23-my
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27

FEARFUL RErR1BUr1oN from
Kingston, Jamaica, say in the late disturbance
the negroes killed thirteen persons. The
Government ehot or hanged in return two
thousand one hundred. Besides those there
were . large number killed by maroons and
soldiers in the interior, Of whom no reports
are made.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27

Major General Steele, arrived on the
last steamer, to take command Of the mill
tary District Of Oregon, Washington and
Idaho, made vacant BY the death Of Gen
Wright.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27

CARRIED AwAY-The high water Of last
week carried away the middle section Of
English's bridge, across Bear river, on the
Auburn and Nevada road, which will in'
terrupt travel for a time.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27

~Tbe Admiral Of the Spanish feet,
blockadipg Chilean ports, is reported 10
have blown his brains out with pistol, on
learning from the American Consul at Val
paraiso, that one Of his war vessels bad
been captured BY the ChiIeans.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27

CAN'T Do ANYTHING RlGnr.-The Uuion
Democrat speaking Of the gambling bill in
'roduced BY Dutton in the Assembly, says
the remedy he proposes is q hundred fold
worse than the disease. 1t is but another
evidence that an Aboltionist cant do any.
thing right.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27

E The bottom having fallen out Of tho
road between Colfax and Dutch Flat, freight
and stage wagons have been compelled to
haul off-but riding animals and pack mules
make out to founder through.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27

THE EFFEcTs OF THE SroRM.-The storm
Of the closing days Of last week threatened a
repetition Of the food scenes Of '6l-'2, bu,
beyond bad roads and discomforts attending
the same, and here and there a moderate
damage to property, we have safely passed
through threatened ordeal Of danger. The
rivers rose at Sacramento to . hight that
caused much alarm to the citizens Of that city
on Sunday night, but the levee. proved firm
and honest barriers against the turb;d food
and although tho Sacramento stood at 22
feet inches (or within one foot and in.
chss oflhe hight Of the great Aood) as late
as Thursday, still no danger WAS feared
The low grounds along the Sacramento have
been flooded, but Inconvenience more than
damage, is only announced. In the noun
tsins the roads have been made exceedingly
bad-being FIRST covered with deep snow
that became slush under the warm rain, and
mire to wear patience and life out of men
and beasts. The Bonner Lake and Placer
vile mountain routes have been blocked and
interrupted, until certainty in stage travel
has been entirely out of the question. Pas,
sengers get along as they may for the pres.
ent-on foot, horseback or short lifts by
wagon. The Central Pacific Railroad has been
as etfsc,ualy knocked cut of time as some
prize fighters who never won the champi
on's belt-but they have managed to put
pass ugers through, after fashion, BY run
ming trains between brakes and slides, and
establishing carrying business At tho dis
severed points. But taking into considera.
ton that the storm WAS such "big thing"
in its way, the country has come on. Of it in
good shape, and We have no mournful rel
cord Of the loss Of life, and the destruction
and devastion Of millions Of property, that
marked the history Of the winter of the
great fcod.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27

ACROSS THE CoNrrNENr.-The whole dis.
tance, by the usually travelled roads, from
San Francisco 10 New York, is 1904, miles.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27
PROVISION AND GROCERY. STORE

On the Turnpike opposite the Toll He":''
Aub11xzas Oak
WHERE we keen constantly on hand gensf
w al assortment in ,our line of business. ln'
public are invited to call and see for themseepne'
NOLAN 4 DwYEk'
Auburn, Jan. 10, 1S66.-my
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO
From San Francisco to New York

THE following Steamships will
will be dispatched on following <lEffs{$
named days: ~
Jan. l9.-COLORADO. Capt J. T. Watkins.
Jan. 30-SACRAMENTO, 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
A 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 berthed for Atlantic
steamer
OLIVER ELDREDGE, Agent P. NJ. S. Co.,
Cor Sacramento and Leidesdorff stree1s,
San Francisco.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27

cE If your blood is corrupt, disordered
or vitiated, you are liable to be seized Al
any moment With a fit Of sickness. 1t may
appear in the form CT pimples, blotches Of
sores, or it may suddenly PROSTATE you
One thing is certain: You cannot have
health unless tho blood is pure. To remove
all impure matters from tho blood, Adams
Blood Purifier is admitted to be the best
preparation yet introduced to the public. II
is purely vegetable preparation, and will
harm 10 one. Its effects are immediate and
lasting. 1t purfes the blood, strengthens
tho nerves, produces a healthy action Of tho
liver and kidneys, and restores the patient
TO perfect health and strength.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27

1@Some Of the citizens Of Cootra Costa
have petitioned the Legislature to change
the name Of Mt. Diablo tn an unpronounca.
bio Indian one. A The Mount is constantly
reminding these fellows Of the broad road
they are travelling, they would have a little
legislation to relieve their imaginations Of
the continued presence Of bis satanic majest,
Only think Of the California Legislature
being called upon to exercise the devil! Why,
verdants. the Union party branch Of that
institution have long since held caucus, and
unanimously committed themselves to the
other side Of the question.
SEVERE AcclDENr.-Nick Sexton, brother
the Sheriff Of this county, had bis left
wrist broken, on Tbursday, BY being thrown
from a, ,buckiug horse. He might have es.
capped without more than fall, bnt he was
thrown against'the fence Of the Court House
yard, whsrs. bis wrist WAS caught in tho pa.
lings and bvoksu.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27
DIED..

DIED.
In Auburn Tuesday, January 23d, Michael
Gibson. a native OF Balykale, county Down, Ire
land in the 32nd year OF his age.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27
CON FIR M TION STR q.
OF IAN INTERESTING LETTER.
SACRAMENTO. November d I,

SACRAMENTO, November %, 1865.
DEAR DoCroR:-I received your letter a few
days since, asking for my photo graph. which I
will attend to as soon rs convenient At present
am very busy OIL account Of the stormy weather
being out at all times, both night and day, and
am enjoying very good health, apprebenling no
danger if properly careful, rs every one should
be. have read my letter. published in the CALI,
and other papers, and have been asked several
times concerning it, and whether it 10 correct -,
and say can vouch Tor its contents, and more
If required and so can great many other who
knew me at that time. l remain your friend.
JAMES CAMPBELL.
To DR.. BOURNE, San Francisco.
DR.. Bourne take sthe liberty to publish the
above, as many persons had prophesied the re-
lapse into bis former condition, on returning TO
his duties, Of the writer Of 'An Interesting Let
ter,' whose statements concerning the cure Of
well-detined case OF consumption have recentlv
attracted so much attention TO the Water Cure
as improved upon and practised by DR.. Bourne.
This additional testimony must prove satisfactory
to all reasonable minds 1t should be remembeei
that DR.. Bourne uses no medicines w hatayer, and
that bis patients almost universally are those who
have failed to receive relief from the medical
practitioners; yet they are cured with great ra.
pidity, and in 4 pleasant and agreeable manner
No. 10 Masonic Temple, Post street entrance.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27

SAN FRANCISCO, August %. a0oe
Advised by the Undersigned, Mr.. James lamp.
bell, OF the Central Pacific Railroad, VINO wv W.
then in most deplorable state OF i'll nea''I. .,a
placed himself under the care OF DR.. Bourne, .s ms
Water Cure Physician. Some six month: or 'io m;iv
afterward be visited this city. when acc!dearag m
met him at DR.. Bourne's establishment ana Nv, WI
happy to sly. restored to the enjoyment Of good
health aud in fiue spirits. JOHN SCLLI'AN'
The Placer herald., 1866-01-27
NTDr. Bourne treats all diseases OF the 'nE0''
chest and Inn ,xhich includes dintherla. UIOn-

chitis, incipient consumption, pleurisy csorR rR.
etc.-wth greatest success. Great rclief 10 nn
ed in advanced stages of consumption. hns.
matsm, paralysis, neuralgia, fever ana s.s 49,,
antiy, and economically. No medicine whatever:
San Francisco Ian. q, l866-3m.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-09-07
E,OCAL NEWS.

cc,vrcr1oN OF THE LYLEs MURDERERs. =
,.sa .riel Of four negroes for the murder Of Mr..
: .Ies AZ his estate in Prince Georges county,
=: Tnlv l4th last, was commenced at MARI
49,, Maryland, on Tuesday, before Hon.
~ y,;ige Samuel H. Berry presiding, Edward
- Belt, esq, prosecuting attorney, and con-
,lole6 yesterday. One Other negro, impli,
,,t,S in the murder is still at large. After
,,,,aanrNing the jury, and hearing the evidence
80 .rher Of witnesses, among whom were
h.. .-idoy of Mr. Lyles, and the Mayor and
>bre, poice officers Of this city, and listening
g., ,bs arguments Of counsel, dming which, 1t
:. said, that Mr.. Roberts. one Of the counsel
a. he prisoners made q most excellent speech,
= -hich he attributed most of the crimes COM
,;,,ed BY negroes to the banetul influence ex
aired ~ the Freednlens Bureau, the jury
r5reht in verdict Of ''guilfy Of murder in
.he first degree" Tue evidence adduced
anount> to about the same as published in the
,s2e,te, at the time OF the commission of the
2urCer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-09-07

he MEETING LAST NIGHT Not since the
~, has there been such political gathering as
.Hfr assembled last night, the proceedings
of vhich will be iound in another column. The
,,srchants and the mechanics-ncn in promi-
as9: and humble positions, were present to take
oqYt in meeting having for its objects the sup
mort Of that policy which can alone restore peace
md harmony to this distracted country. The
resolutions TO be presented 70 the mass meeting
a. the 18th, and which were read and approved
oy the meeting last hight, are mauy and patri
Ole, and deserve the support of all who
have the true interest Of the country at heart.
he speeches OF His Honor, Mayor Latham,
ind iIcssrs. Clifford and Miner had the true
r;ns, and while there were no uttcrances I'm,
rorthy OF Firginian, there was an earneStness
II The speakers remarks and the manner in
::hish they were received by the meeting, that
s2.oved the heartfelt sympathy of our commu
aisy, fer the SUCCESS Of the manly and noble
ccr7so being pursued by the President IN his
c1dcaYors to secure our rights and which must
have { beneficial effect. The meeting was an
entire success.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-09-07

FAUQUiER CIRCUIT oURT-Thc Fall term
Of the Circuit Court of Fauquicr, Judge Thorn
Is presiding commenced Oh Monday last, tho
Grand jury found indictments against the fol
losing named parties viz: VIM. Watts, foI
misdcmcanor; VIM and Frederick Watts, fol
Co.; c2cnry Lee, three indictments, all for mis-
demea2or: Peter Wooden and Robert Martcn
for felony; Noah james aad VIM. Grant-nc-
groes, Tor felony; James and Grant were tried
an6 convicted, and sentenced to the pcnitcntiary
for three years each.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-09-07

.ar MEETING OF THE BOARD oFDIREcToRs
on TIE CHESAPEAKE AND ONO C-AN Ai.-Thc
aeV Board OF Directors was in session on
NcGnesday,at Bath Springs, Berkeley county,
a., ana the suggestions relative to the i'm
rioFemcn. Of the canal, ard other matters of
Importance we're laid bcfJre the Directors for
hell consideration. Information has been re-
ce!yeG in Georgetown, that = P Manning, the
superintendent onl Chief Engineer, has been
ItMored
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-09-07
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, &c.
4 STATIC CT 0 L f. II A.
PREVENTIVE AND CURATIVE.

The cause Of Cholera is always found in II g.
ranged state Of the digestive fluids, particularly
the bile which has been put in disorder by eli
matte or other atmospheric causes. The hillary
duets are thus prevented from tu Hing their
functions, and consequently the whole circua-
ton is thrown into disorder. The more one :
system is thus deranged by unhealthy catnbleS;
or irregular habits Of living, the more easy will
we become the victims of ASlAIIC- CHOL-
ERA.
Asiatic Cholera is Il terrible complaint; it
takes its victims with Il rapidity unknown to any
other malady the slightest ncgl ect against san
itary rules is almost surely punished with death.
Yet Cholera is durable, like other diseases,
and in this Elixir we possess remedy which Is
Il perfect safeguard against it. Expericncc in
thousands Of cases, particularly in 1850, in Ger
many. and in the Cholera season Just past in
Paris, Constantinople and other cities of Europe,
has proved the use Of PROF. WUNDRUMS
CHOLERA ELINIR the surcst preventive
against the malady.
a large stock, imported directly from Gcrma-
ny, Just received from the Custom House in New
York. Put up in Bottles oftwo sizes, ut 30 cts.
and Sl.0O each. JANNkI u Co, Ag'ts,
aug 1S-tf 40 King street.
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ID d

ITO BASIL BRAWNEE AND MALINDA,
i his wife, Rcdman 7. Brawncr Stephen T.
Meade, john II. Sullivan, and the heirs OF " IL
liam Brawner, deceased, whose names are I'M
known, take notice. that Oh FRIDAY, The 9th
day of October, 1866 between the hours Of sun
rise and sunset, Of that day, at the Law Office OF
A. Il G. i. Stuart, i'll the town Of Alexandr!a
Va, l shall proceed to til Ike the dispositions OF
Albert Stuart, Charles T. Stuart, ard Others 10
be read as G. idence in my behalf, in q certain
suit in chancery, now pending in the County
Court OF Prince William county, Va, in which
| am plaintiff and you are defendants; and il
from any cause thotakins OF the said dispositions
be not commenced on that day, or il com
menced be not concluded oil that dav the TAX
ins Of the same vii! be adjourned ana continued
from day TO day, or from time To- time, at the
same place, and between the same hours, until
the same shall be completed. Yours, &c,
sep 5-t0ct5 JOHN Z. JOHNSON.