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The Placer herald., 1866-08-04
Why Letters Fail Of their Destination
Valuable Reminders to the Public.

The Albany Journal has an interesting ar.
tiole on the subject Of missing letters,'
which we subjoin. 1t should be promised
that the editor speaks from knowledge de-.
rived from bis official position in the Post.
Office of that city. Whenever letters irs
missed, the fault is charged upon the Post.
Office. But in nine cases out Of ten, it lies
with the parties sending the letter. Take .
few examples:
A short time since Government officer
was notified that two letters had been sent
to him, one containing check for $50 900
course, in great trbuation, and supposed
the delinquency to he in the Postof1ice. But
the letters were addressed 10 the city Of
New York instead Of Albany, and were dis.
covered in the advertised list, and secured,
all right.
Recently gentleman 10 Syracuse notified
MIR. Roessle, of the Deevan House, that be
had forwarded him $500, to take up 4
note. But no such letter came to hand
Search was instituted and inquiries made,
but the letter could not he found. 1t waa
finally discovered in the Postofice At Syra'
cuse, held for postage.
One Of our citizens lately put a 81, 900
draft in letter directed to Buffalo. It did
not reach its destination, and the Postoffce
was duly anathematised; when, 10! the letter
turned up among those held for postage.
A 100000 check was the writer supposed,
sent to Illinois, but it did not reach its des.
iination. In due time it was returned to
him from the Dead Letter Office. 1t bad
been directed to Michigan instead Of Illinois.
Three members Of family iu this city
own stock in a Western bank. One Of them
received the regular dividend, but the others
did not. After while it was found that
the two missing letters bad been directed to
New York instead of Albany.
Instances like these are occurring every
day. The Poslofiice Department is OF course,
held responsible when the letters
are missed, but not relieved from censure
when the deinquencies are found to belong
10 the parties themselves. For 20 one likes
to talk about his own bunders.
The chief causes Of missing letters are:
First, instruction; and secondly, neglect to
stamp them properly. OF The latter, there
have been deposited at the Office u this city,
since the first Of January, 774. Except 10
cases where the writer's are known, by hav.
ing their card upon The envelope, these are
sent to the Dead Letter Office. aa
1t should be known that a revenue stamp
s not recognized on letter. great many
letters are deposited with such stamps upon
them. These are all sent to the Dead Letter
Office.
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04
From the Springfield (Mass) Republican.
Tue Assassination Witnesses.

The Judiciary Committee of the House
are reported to be embarrassed by the bad
| way in which the witnesses as TO Davis =
connection with the assassination plot be-
have themselves. We do not see the reason
for embarrassment at all. Certainly the
committee can have no desire 10 fix SO mon.
slrous crime upon the chief traitor. On
the contrary. they must feel relieved to know
that there is no evidence Of any such crime,
and that Judge Holt's contrary opinion rest
ed upon wholly unreliable testimony.
The case appears much more worse now
for the witnesses than it did when first bro't
before the committee. Campbell, who swore
hardest to statements duplicating Davis, has
since taken back and denied all that he first
asserted, and now says that the entire testi
mony was deliberately gotten up in order TO
secure share Of the rewards for the arrest
Of Davis and the other conspirators. Con.
mover, one Of Bakers detectives. who was an
important witness in the assassination trials,
finding that Campbell's confessions were put
ting him in, bad position, obtained perms-
sion from the committee. about three weeks
ago, to proceed to New York and hunt up
other witnesses, who, "a he said, would sus'
tain bis testimony and disprove the final
testimony Of Campbell.
A deputy marshal went to New York
With Connover, to keep watch Of him, but
Connover soon gave him the slip, and has
not since been seen. 1t is not likely that he
will ever appear again voluntarily, and his
escape goes to coufirm Campbel's disclo.
sures There is not little room to doubt,
what has always been suspected by those
who carefully read the assassination trials
that the principal witneese. FOR the Govern
ment were perjured scoundrels. Perhaps
none of the convictions procured by the
testimony were undeserved, but if the cu
prits we're allowed a legal tria, instead o
trial by court martial, the country would no,
have been troubled by the unpleasant suspi-
cion that wrong may have been done in the
name Of justice. Better the escape Of some
of the guilty even than suspicion like this.
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04

A MUSICAL Cow.-The San Jose Mereury
tells the following tough story on a COW
which is alleged to be musicaly inclined: "A
gentleman residing near this city has COW
that evidently has an ear for music. She
will permit no one to milk her who will not
sing while performing that operation. The
moment the music ceases she becomes rest.
less and will break away un less it is resumed
at once, but while the singing progresses she
will remain perfectly docie. She does not
seem to care so much about the quality OF
the music. provided the quantity is sufficient.
She exhibits, truly, remarkable freak
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04

ANOTHER PRopIGY.-A few days ago ws
mentioned vine in El Dorado county II.
nous for the number of grapes it bears. We
learn by an exchange that there is also .
prolific grape vine in Oroville, Butte county.
Last year it bore 4s2 bunches Of grapes.
yielding twenty one and half gallons Of
wine. This year it produces 1928 buuches OF
grapes The main vine is about Eve inches
IN diameter, but its branches spread over .
large space.
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04
LAW OF NEWSPAPERS.

l. Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary, are considered as wishing to
continue their subscription.
2. II subscribers wish their papers discontin-
ued. publishers may continue to send them until
all charges are paid.
5. II subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their papers from the office or place to which
they sent, they are held responsible until they
settle their bills and give due notice to discon-
tinue.
4. If subscribers move to other places with
out informing the publisher, and the paper is
sent to the former direction, they are held re-
sponsble. Notice should always be given of the
removal.
S. The Courts have decided. that refusing to
take paper from the office, or removing and
leaving it uncalIed FOR, is prima facia evidence
of intentional fraud.
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04

Eg- Parties 10 St. Louis are urging q
charge of corruption against Gov. Fletcher,
in the matter Of the sale of tho South west
branch Of the Pacific railroad 10 Gen. Free
mout. 1t is stated that d. G. Freeman &
Co., responsible 6rm in St. Louis, bid
81, ,350,OOO and announced that they would
go as high as S2,oo0,OoO, If necessary, but
the road was awarded to Fremont at only
sl,3o0,ooo. The Governor has not yet 70.
pied 70 the charge.
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04

THE REESE BREACH OF PROMISE CASE
The suit Of Mrs. Caroline +. Clark against
Michael Reese, the San Francisco millionaire
for 100000 damages, will probably be
brought to trial about the middle Of July
A commission has been issued to take the
testimony OF material witnesses residing in
Victoria ". ~ and the casa will be urged
on to termination as soon as the Commits
sioner makes his report.
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04

A JOHNSON MAN-The Humboldt Regis.
ter tells of a Johnson man in that region,
who was talking with parties in a saloon,
and politics was the subject. He grew irate
that nobody defended johnson. Said he, II
voted the Republican ticket-voted for
Johnson and stand by him; what kind of
consistency it it-you fellows singin peanuts
to the President one election, and throwing
off onto him this way before ths nex,i 1t
amt mn styIel"
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04

GRAssHoPPERs.-Rec advices from wes'
tern Colorado represent that the grasshop-
pers have made their appearance 10 vast
numbers, and are making havoc among the
crop.
~ Tbrockmorton has, of course, been
elected Governor Of Texas. The little nest
Of Aboitiontion vipers in that State, may
now knaw a file. Their poison is innocuous.
Henry S. Foots has established himself at
Louisville, KY, for the practice Of law.
There are $4,000 Chinese in Californis.
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04

Rev. Dr.. Bullock, Presbyterian minister
of Baltimore, has announced to his congre.
cation his intention Of separating from the
Old School Church North on account of the
recent action of the General Assembly Of
that Church. He says that he cannot adhere
to body that makes politics test of church
communion and fellowship.
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04

WELL SAID.-"Ws hold these truths to be
selfevident," that Roads, School Houses and
Local Newspapers, are necessities that no
we'll regulated community should BE- without.
Show us people who take little or no inter.
est in these essentials, and we will show you
a state Of ignorance and Backward ess in all
the vocatons Of life, but little better than
semi -barbarism. Quincy Union.
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04

A New York morning journal Of June
lst., has intelligence Of frigbful tragedy
in the Vakill Valley. Orange county, in that
State. Two hundred and thirteen persons
have been gradually poisoned by tho use Of
-four 10 which white lead had become care.
essIy mixed, when being ground at the grist
mill
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04

EDWIN JAMES AND JUDAH =. BENJAMIN.
The English papers state that the Law So
ciety of Lincoln's Inn have admitted the late
Secretary of The Confederacy to practice at
the English bar without going through the
usual five years sludentship. This favor,
they say, has been conferred in exchange for
the courtesy shown by the Supreme Court of
New York in admitting Edwin James to the
bar.
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04

GIVE HIM FITS -Thad. Stephens is not
the most convenient kind of friend. He re-
Gently charged Charles Sumner With being a
'consummate pedant, vain and weary phil.
ologist, vandal in grammar, desecrator
of LindIey Murray, and pompous and OK,
aggerated egotst."
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04

McDowell's medical college in St. Louis is
TO be reopeued under the management Of ito
founder, DR.. Joseph N. Mcdowell. The
building was known as the Gratiot street
prison during the war.
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04

DISMISSED. The Missouri Ham ibal Mon
itor, Of a late date, says we learn from FAITH
er Cummings, that the cases Of Father Nc.
Millen, and the three Sisters of Mercy, teach.
ers in the Catholic school at Edna, Knox
county, were dismissed at the recent term of
the Circuit Court for that county. They
bad been arrested, and indicted; the Priest
for preaching, and the sisters for teaching
without taking the required oath, and their
cases set for trial; but when they appeared
last week, the cases were all dismissed, nol
pros. Father McMilIen had ridden from his
home in Iowa, sixty miles, to attend this
trial.
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04

CURE FOR WARTS AND SCRATCHES ON HoR'
sss.-When the legs of the animal begin to
swell, give them good daubing with white
lead and linseed oil. This protects them
from the mud, brings the old hairs of, and .
new glossy coat comes op, aud that is the
end Of the scrstcbes until next fall.
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04

Senator Stewart, Of Nevada, calls Louis
Napoleon, "a puppst Emperor" The wood
en- headed Senator differs materially from
the rest Of mankind, who consider the
French Emperor a consummate statesman
and the greatest Of living monarchs. 1t is
feared that. should Napoleon hear Of Stew>
arts re emark, he will either die of chagrin or
abdicate the throne.
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04

The yield of the Allison Ranch mine foI
the last six months averages 100000 pei
month. The vein is now being worked at q
depth Of 500 feet.
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04

The people of Raleigh. Narth Caralip&
rropose 10 erect monument ovsr the Rrave
Of Andrew Johuson's father. who u beFisA
n that city.
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04

EF A striking feature in the Fourth Of
July procession at Virginia Nevada was the
presence of some two thousand m iners, en-
ployed in that vicinity.
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04

Lone RE1cNs. - The longest reigus in
English history are those of the kings, each
OF the third of their respective names. Hen
ry III. reigned SO years; Edward Ill. 81
years; and George III. SO years.
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04

GUNPowDER MARKs.-Many persons re'
gard gunpowder marks as ineradicable.
The London Lancet says that DR.. Dav les
removes them by very simple process,
as follows: Smear the scorched surface
with glycerine, by meass of feather, then
apply cotton wadding; lastly, cover with
oil silk. In one case discoloration was
very great, the patient looking more like a
mummy than living being. 1t entirely
disappeared in a month by the above treat
ment.
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04
TRICHINIASIS.

Fearful and Alarming Features Of the Dis
ease..-lts Ravages in nIOwa...Circumstan
tfal Account of the Calamity In Marion
County.--Startling Microscopic Observa-
tiOMs.
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04
q. r. MYR ES,

Attorney and Counsellor AT Law, A uburn
OFFICE in building on Courtstreet. next door
" 10th Temple. Having resumed the practice
orlaw will attend to al business ed to his
care in the several courts ofthe State. jellmy
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04
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LAW CARDS.
JOHN T. CANNON,

Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
LINCOLN, PLACER COUNTY, CAL lFORN1A,
WILL practice in the courts OF Placer and
w adjoining counties. All business ntrusted
to bis care will be punctually attended TO.
Lincoln, June 25th, 1S65-my
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04

FAST TIME.-1hs New Orleans Crescent
says: "A paragraph is going the rounds to
the effect that the fastest time on record in
which mile has been run was made lately
on the Buckeye course, near CINCINNATI
Revolver is stated to have run round the
course in l:44, ll44A. These mag be the
fastest heats run in a single race, yet we are
confident that mile has been run over the
Metairie course, near this city, in years long
by, in l:434. Lecompte, the famous half
brother of the still more famous Lexington,
is reported TO have run round the Metairie,
in private trial at night, in l:43."
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04
EThe New York Post has the follow

EEThe New York Post has the follow.
ing: Some few years ago French dancer
appeared in New York, whose style was then
considered so immoral, that very few church
going people would appear in her presence.
Last Sunday attended fashionable church
and there saw that three fourths of the la
dies, in entering their pews, in consequence
Of their style Of dress, made an exposure
which might even shame the French dancer.
1t is not only in going into pews, but going
up door steps, getting in and out Of street
cars, omnibusses, carriages, ascending stairs,
&C., that the morals of the present day are
being impaired. Can ladies expose them
selves, in their present style of dress, without
impairing their dscacy.
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04

The D1FFERENCE.-Jones was travelling
with his wife, and (for freak) was so GAL
liant in bis behavior to his cara sposa, that
madam became uneasy, and demonstrated
against his attentions ss too marked for
public observation. 1.-The d--l!" said Jones,
we're married, supposed" "Yes," said the
lady, "bu. judging by your department, folks
will think we amt" "Well--what Of it?"
said Jones. "Why, not much, certainly, for
yoa," said the careful dame-"you are a
man: but we women have our characters to
take care Of" Jones was shocked into pro-
priety for the rest of the Journey.
The Placer herald., 1866-08-04

the lower valleys can be produced, and as
high as from five to eight thousand feet, u
the region Of deep winter SHOWS. all the
products Of the Northern States can be sue
cessfully grown and permanent towns main.
tanned l
In these facts we find assurance that the
increased attention now being given to Cali
itornia vein mines, it accompanied by proper
caution and intelligence, will no, result in
the disappointment which some years ago so
seriously retarded that interest, aud which
lately gave sudden check to the prosperity
Of our neighboring State. We expect our
home mines will continue to increase in "a.
vor, and account it q fortunate circumsta6r
that their management is mainly in the
hands Of an experienced class Of our own
citizens, whose past success has been earned
here, and whose continued success will pro.
mote most directly the welfare of the com.
munites in which they have cast their lot
and invested their mcans.-S. f. Bulletin.
Arizona miner., 1866-05-23
PUBLIC MEETINGS.

The citizens of Prescott and vicinity met at the Court House on Saturday evening. May l2, Judge William J. Berry in the chair, and Thomas H. BoGton, secretary.
 The following resolutions were unanimous ly adopted, riE:
 Rssolred, That we have heard with sur prise and indignation of the bill before the Congress of the United States, proposing to detach from the Territory of Arizona and add tO the State of Nevada all that part of the Territory lying west of the Colorado river
 Resoiced, That we vigorously protest and nrge our Delegate iH Congress, tine lion John \. Goodwin, to protest against such measure, which, if successful, will deprive us of a part of MOhaye county, embracing some of the richest mines in the Territory, and nearly all of Pah-Ute county, lately organized, and containing the thrifty towns of Calyille. St. Thomas and St. Joseph, and an extensive az ricultural district, which we cannot afford to lose.
 The attention of the meeting was called to the great irTegularity of the mail service throughout the Territory, and committee was appointed to draft remonstrlnce to the Postodice Department
 A meeting was held on the l7th instant. Judge Berry in the chair, when the following resolution was unanimously adopted:
 Resoloed, That while we regard the im- proyemont of the navigation of the Colorado river, and the construction of good wagon roads from that river to Prescott and Co Salt Lake, as of the first consequence to the Ter ritory, we object to the features of the so- called Pomeroy bill for that purpose, now be- fore the Senate of the United States, and urge our Delegate in Congress to oppose it, as granting to the proposed company unneces- sary privileges, and an extrayagant compen- sation, in the lavish gift of the public lands. for what may be done at comparatively light expenditure, and the demands of trade are promting enterprise to dc. without other reward than trade itself offers.
 The committee on the mails reported the following remonstrance, which was accepted. and ordered to be circulated for signatures. giz: To the Hon. William Dennison, Postmaster
 Genera, Washington, D. C.
Arizona miner., 1866-05-23
DREADFUL EXPLOSIONS.

Late papers inform us of two explosions of the new blasting oil, known as nitro-glycer- inc, attended with fearful loss of life. At Aspnwali, on the 3d of April, an explosion occurred on the steamer Earopeaa, an Eng fish vessel, destroying the ship and four hun dred feet of the wharf, and killing fifty per sons, including the captain and other officers.
 The damage caused by the explosion Is esti- mated at one million of dollars, of which the officers of the Panaina Railroad Company estimate the loss of that company at one hun dred thousand dollars. The nitro glycerine was shipped on board the Europsaa by Guion & O., Liverpool, as glycerine oil
 The second explosion occurred in the yard of Wells, Fargo < Co.'s establishment, Mont gomery street, San Francisco. on the lGth oi April, at one o'clock p. Tn. Samuel Knight, superintendent of the banking department, and some five or six others, were killed out right, and large number wounded. The building and adjoining bnildings were much damaged, and the cOncussion broke the glass on Montgomery street for many squares.
 The following from the Ata Califoraia A the l7th of April, gives the details of the ex- plosion;
 It was soon ascertained that the house Of Wells, Fargo & Co.,, who are the freight agents for the Pacific Mail Steamship Com pany, receiving by the steamer Sacramento. on her late trip up from Pananla, forty cases of rO-glycerine, which reached the 18th mus from Europe; also two cases of the same article, but in larger sized boxes than the first consignment. These boxes were marked plainly nitro glycerine,' and the latter two, one of which was addressed to Idaho and the other to Los Angeles, were refused by the party to whom they were consigned as they arrived in a damaged condition. Captain Cox, the superintendent of the P. NJ. $. s. Co.'S wharf, yesterday morning about ten o'clock, hnding they were leaking, sent them down to Wells, Fargo < Co.'s office, by John,' the driver of Hess < Co.'S mail trucks, and they were placed in the court yard m the rear of the office, where steamer freight unclaimed is usually kept As it vas a case of damage, Mir. Webster, the freight clerk of Wells, Fargo < Co., sent for Mr. IIa- yen, the freight clerk of the Steamship Corn- pany, to examine the same Both gentle men lunched at fhe Union Club, and after wards descended to the court yard by the 'xteJ1or stairway. The boxes were in the
Arizona miner., 1866-05-23

says he has induced Mr. Holladay to take. lt will revolutionzc business with this Ter ritory and with Utah, provided a proper energy is shown by the companies having steamers on the river. We lately referred to a need of activity on their part. We now learn that the late delay iys in the transporta- ton of freight have been caused by great influx of Government freight at Port Isabel, which they were not expecting. We hope they will honceforth be prepared for every emergency, and thus promote the progress and prosperity of the Territory. If we can receive goods regularly and promptly, at req sonable rates, it will De of the utmost adyan- tage to us.
 Since writing the foregoing, we have seen the advertisement of the California, Oregon and Mexican Steamship Company, in the daily Abo, announcing that the steamer O,e- g0a would leave San Francisco for Port Isabel on the l2th instant Before this she has ar rived at that place, as we fancy the trip will be made in about seven days. We hope sui fcient patronage will be shown the enterprise to insure it's complete success. It is a very great thing for Arizona, one over which every demonstration of joy should be made, for it opens a new, direct, speedy and valuable channel for trade and travel, connecting Us closely with the metropolis of the Pacific, and offering a way Of escape from the deserts of Lower California, SO repulsiye 10 the emf grant and frcighter.
 What is now much wanted is m increase of boats upon the Colorado, system in their movements, and stage lines from the river to Prescott and TuSon, SO that persons wishing to come to or leave the Territory by Port Isabel may not be delayed. With such prop CT connections passengers may, with case, come from San Francisco to Prescott, or % from here there in twelve to fifteen days, and by route altogether agreeable.