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The Placer herald., 1866-03-10
COUNTY COURT..-MARCH TERM.

MONDAY, March 5th, 1866.
People VS.. P. d. Ryan Set for 18th inst.
People VS. Dennis Ryan Set for 18Th.
People vs. Samuel Farrell-Set for l4th.
Cox CLARK vs.. Morton Set for 18th.
ThOs. Jenkinson vs.. His Creditors Sheriff ap
pointed Assignee.
G. X. Buxton VS.. His Creditors Same order.
WEDNESDAY. March 7th.
Mccormick vs. Sisson- Appeal dismissed.
Mary A. Hubbard vs.. w. D. Hartman De
fendant's appeal dismissed, with Judgment for
Plaintiff for costs.
J. S. Jones vs. Quan Ching i Co. Motion to
dismiss appeal overruled and by consent cause
continued for the term.
The Grand Jury reported the following indict-
mens: j. o. Brown for assault with intent to
inaict bodily injury; John Atkinson, for assault
with intent to infict bodily injury; Lee Carpen-
ter, Henry Carpenter and Sarah Carpenter, for
Grand Larceny.
THURSDAY. March Sth.
Atkinson and the Carpenters arraigned and
took until Saturday next to plead.
People VS.. lldreth-- set for tile 18th inst.
The Grand Jury reported an Indictment against
All Tauk, for Grand Larceny. aud against Thos
NJ. BOyce, for assault with deadly weapon.
Msry A. Fuller VS.. Il j. Brckell- Defendants
motion to dismiss appeal ovegruled, and cause set
Tor trial the oath inst.
ThOs. M. B0yce and All Tauk arraigned, and
took unit Saturday next to plead.
People VS.. Warren Reed--Charge of conceaing
property TO defraud crediors--Dsmisaed by the
Grand Jury, and an order made. discharging his
bail
The Grand Jury returned their final report and
were discharged.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10
SHERIFF'S SALE.

~ Office is hereby given, that by virtue Of an
~ order of sale, issued out OF the District
Court, Fourteenth Judicial District, OF the State Of
California, in and for the County of Placer. on q
judgment rendered in said Court, on the 7th day
OF February, 1866, in favor of 10 Hamilton and
against II. W. Brouse and Warren Reed. for the
sum OF Sl555 81 in United States gold com, with
interest ut the rate OF per cent per month. and
tor the further sums OF, Sl08 80, Attys fees, and
S39 lO costs with interest at the rate OF 10 per
cent per annum. will sell at public sale, at the
Court House door, in The town OF Auburn,
On Monday the 2nd day OF April 1866,
at 10 o clock, A. M to the highest bidder for
cash, in United States gold or silver coin. the
property described in said order OF sale as fol-
lows to-wit: One undivided one-fourth ~ inter.
est in the Union Quartz mill and lcdges the
said mill being situated ut the foot of Bald noun
tain or hill. in Township No. 2. in Placer Coun.
ty and about three hundred (3OO) yards below
the Bear River Reservoir; the sud ledges being
described as follows to-wt: The Buncombe
Ledge, commencing at the South West end OF
claims owned by the Placer Mill Company, and
extending along said ledge Soutt-westerly
across the Millertown road, to Dotys Ravine,a
distance OF forty two hundred feet; also five other
Quartz ledges lying parallel Herewith, OF
the same extent and distance and between the
Buncombe ledge aforesaid and said mill; also hVe
(5) claims on The "Gold Blossom" 10 lge situated
on the turnpike road leading from Gold Hill 10
Ophr, commencing at Cox's Claims and EXTEND
ing North.castclly seven hundred and fifty (750)
icet; also Twcnty-six (26) claims OF three nun.
dred (3OO) feet each, on IL certain Quartz lesd
situated in Dutch Ravine, about five (5) miles De'
low Auburn. IN Placer County, described US io!-
lows to-wit: commencing on one OF the said leads
on Dutch Ravine at point about four hundred
(4OO) yards below where the Newcastle road
leaves The Ravine, thence Southerly along said
lead Six thousand (6OOO) feet; thence commenc'
ing in said Ravne on another lead, about two
hundred (2UO) yards above the last mentioned
lead, aud extending along the same in Souther-
ly direction 10 the point weere it intersccts tho
first mentioned lead. about Eighteen hundred
(lSOO) feet the interest in said second leads be.
ing the undivided one-fourh (l)itbereof. All Of
the right, title and interest ol the said Ii. ".
Brouse and Warren Reed. and which they bad 10
the above described premises, on the aOth Day OF
January 1865. or have since acquired. together
with the tenemen,s, hereditamenls and appurten.
ances belonging thereto, all oil which named ana
described property will sell Us Aforesaid.
A. W. POOLE, Sheriff Placer 20.
Auburn March 10th 1s66-4w.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10

Registration Of any precinct is required to be
held, two members thereof shall be quorum for
the transaction OF business; and If in conseq
of the sickness, absence or other temporary disa-
bility of any member or q vacancy not filed, the
attendance Of but one member Can be obtained,
the places Of the members absent may he supplied
for that meeting by any two honseholders and
legal voters of the precinct who have resided
there continuously for two years at least. to be
appoi nted by the member in attendance, wit the
consent and concurrence of any Justice OF the
Peace OF the county; and in case Of the inability
to attend Of the Clerk and both the Judges OF
Elections, any Justice OF the Peace. with any two
househoders, legal voters Of the precinct. by him
to be appointed shall act rs the Board OF Regis
tration Tor that day. The householders aforesaid:
who may supply the place OF absent members OF
the Board OF Registration. shall severally be
sworn by the Justice Of the Peace faithfully 10
discba rcc their dulles rs members OF said Board
according to law.
Sec. 40. No fees or compensation shall be al
lowed to any officer for the services required un-
der the provisions of this Act, except as herein
expressly allowed und specified; provided that
when any action shall be instituted in any Court
of record Of this State by mandamus, quo war
ranto or otherwise under the provisions OF this
Act, the Same fees shall be allowed the officers
that are now provided by law in other civil cases.
Sec. Al. In all legal or official proceedings,
legislative Acts and other cases. this Act may he
referred to and cited by the title Of The Registry
Act
Sec. 40. All laws, 20 far as they conflict with
the provisions OF this Act, are hereby repealed.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10

CRowDIxo Our AND SQUEEZING IS-THE
CABINET AND CoSoREss.-Congress refuses
admission to eleven States out of thirty six
and does business on the remaining twenty
five. OF course, after peace is proclaimed, its
proceedings are null and void, and none of
its laws will be binding upon the nation
There is no vacancy in The Cabinet, but Cal
ifornia wants another member. President
johnson informed the Pacific Delegation,
which waited upon him TO urge the appoint.
ment, that he was not ayare Of a vsrancy
in his illustrious council. But what differ.
encs does that make7 Let the President
create another department adapted to the dis.
tlnguished military and political career Of
Fred. Billings, to please Cslifornia-lhe De.
parlment Of Mariposa, for instance.
S f. News Letter.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.
Through Line to New York,
CARRYING UNITED STATES mAur.,

WILL LEAVE FOLSOM STREET
<f@dHf$ Wharf a; II o'clock. A. NJ, on tho
10th. 10Th and 30th of every month
except when those dates fall on Sunday. and
then on Saturday preceding.) for Panama, con.
Meeting. via Panama Railroad, with one Of tho
Company's splendid steamers from Aspryw.IT
for NEW YoRK.
Steamer leaving San Francisco on the 10Th
touches at Manzanilfo. All touch at Acapulco
Departure OF 10th connects with French Trans.
atlantic Co.'s steamer for St. Nazlire. and Emo.
lish steamer for South America.
Departure Of 10th connects with English steou.
er for Southampton, and P. X. r. Co g stron,nr
for Central America.
Departure OF 3Olh connects with English steam.
er for TumacO. the port of the new mines.
The following steamships will he despatched on
dates as given below:
March 10th. SACRAMENTO, Capt. J. M Cavarlv
connecting with COSTA RIGA Capt. Manrv
worth, connecting with NEW YORK, Can't.
March 3Oth, CONSTITUTION, Capt. r, R. Rahv
connecting with HENRY CHAUNCEY, Capt.
Gray.
checked through-l0O pounds allowed each admit
An experienced Surgeon on board. Medicine
and attendance free.
These steamers will positively sail at O'Clock.
Passengers are requested to have their baggage
on board before 10 O'Clock
For Merchandise freight apply to Messrs. Wells.
Fargo a. Co.
For passage and all other information, applv
at the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. 8 Office, corner
OF Sacramento ami Ledesdorh streets.
march3 OLIVER ELDRlDGE, Agent
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10
SEWING MACHINES article of house

SEWING MAcHrSEs.-No article of house
hold use is so much desired as sewing ma
chine. So rapidly has this invention grown
into public favor, that it is now considered
almost indispensable to every family. Over
a hundred thousand families already expert
ence its benefits, and each week adds nearly
another Thousand TO the list, and so the ratio
Of the demand increases in proportion as the
advantages Of the invention become known.
The sewing machine of the present day is
not, however, the sewing machine of some
years back. Though retaining the first prin'
cples, many and valuable improvements
have been added, and various notifications
and alterations found necessary to increase
the speed and efficiency, render it more
simple and nosslsss, and adapt it to all the
different requirements Of the family and the
workshop. The Grover 4 Baker Sewing.
Machine Company, among the first 10 pro.
ducs practical sewing machine, have bsen
the most successful in attaining these results.
Their machines are now to be found 10 al
most every part of the world.
american Agriculturist
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10
An INTERESTING CAsR.-The S. F. Eram

AN INTERESTING CAsE-The S. F. Exam,
liner says. everybody knows that there is a
man now imprisoned al Sacramento city, who
is believed by many persons to be Wells, the
individual who committed a,rocous murders
near that city, several years ago. The pris.
oner himself, declares that he is not Wells,
but that bis name is Mcdonald. Yesterday
a perfectly reliable gentleman, made TO us the
following statement: "Wsls. the murderer,
is said to have been killed At Fort CoIvilIe,
Washington Territory, in 1868. He WAS
buried by the commanding officer of that
post A soldier by the name Of Grigg.,
whose father lives in Sacramento, and ia a
prartcng physician, identified the corpse as
that of Wells, be having been acquainted
with him intimately and for years before the
murders" If this statement be true, then
has Mcdonald paid heavy penalty for bis
resemblance TO another man.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10
SCOT in it and is decidedly "in a bad box

SCOT in it and is decidedly I'm a bad box"
After all the fuss and parade, outside pal.
aver and newspaper paragraphs, it turns out
that the individual brought down here from
Idaho in heavy irons, for Wells. the murderer,
is The wrong man,-one Donald Mcdonald,
who has been identified by such cloud of
testimony that bis eventual discharge is Ger
tain. A u things considered The Ian
guage of the classical B"ggs, "he is lucky 10
be alive" SHAUN THE PosT,
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10

1SrEREsrED.-Tbs telegraph says that
President Johnson feels quite a lively in
terest in the result Of the general elections
soon to come off in several of the New Eng
land States. As the Democratic State Con.
ventions in New Hampshire and Connect
cut Endorsed the Presidents policy, and the
Abolition Conventions did not, there cannot
be doubt as to which Of the political par.
ties has the Presidsnts y mpathy in the con.
vat 10 The States nsmsd-it i the Dsmos.
sssy.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10
TT The Pennsylvania Democracy hs

re- The Pennsylvania Democracy have
nominated Hon. Hester Clymer, Of Berks
County, for Governor. The resolutions Of
the Convention ndorse the policy Of the
President, and declare that leach State has
an exclusive right to regulate the quali6ca
tions ofts own electors; and that the white
race alone are entitled TO control the Gov,
ernment. and say that they are unwilling to
grant negroes the right to vote.'
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10
rHE PLACER HERALD,
AUBURN, MARCH 10, 1866.


THOMAS BOYCE. North East corner of Mont.
gomery and Washington streets, San Francisc
is authorized to solicit advertisements and sub
scrptions in that city for the Herald, and receipt
for the same.
J.J. KNOWLTON i CO., Advertising Agents.
North East corner of Montgomery and California
streets, are authorized 10 solicit advertisements
and subscriptions for the Placer Herald, aud re-.
ceipt for the same.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10

The telegraph has been extended up Frazer
river, en- route for Russia, and is now in
working order from New York. via San Fran
cisco, to a point near four hundred miles
above New Westminster. on Frazer river.
making in round numbers about six thousand
miles,
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10

SEAsoxABLE RAIN.-Rsin fell through
most Of Thurday and Friday,-snd while
not absolutely required to forward the
growth Of tho crops, it was welcomed as an
additional guarantee that the coming bar.
vest is 10 be most bountiful one ever vouch-
safed TO the Golden State.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10

~Tbs general election in New Hamp
shire taksa place on Tuesday next. The
Connecticut election occurs on the first
Monday, in April, and in Rhode Island on
the first Wednesday Of the same month.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10
% The California Legislature hastily

~ The California Legislature hastily 10
dorsed the proposed amendment TO 10 Con.
stitulion. (passed in the Lower House of
Congress) that actual voters should be made
the basis Of Congressional representations
But the amendment is not even satisfactory
to the Radicals in the Senate-Sumner and
others strongly opposing it. 1t is no. likely
to pass. We think the obsequious LegisIa
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10

EF The county officials elect took their
places on Monday last. With the exception
Of Sheriff, District Attorney, and Superin.
tendent Of Schools, the old officers succeed
ed themselves.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10

March 5th. lS66.-A special meeting OF the
Board was held at this date for the purpose OF
making arrangements for the payment of the
judgment obtained against the co Inty by Mar
garet hawkins; ;lso tor the appointment OF Pub
lie Administrator, and for such other business as
may come before he Board.
fresrnt, full Board Ordered. that the Auditor
draw his warrant in favor Of 10 Hamilton, as
signee of Margaret Hawkins, for SlG6O .75 and
tor sl5s,5O in favor Of W. B. Lyon for costs in
CURED by the county in the sam. suit
The following bills were allowed: J. G. Boggs,
printing. Sl9l.75; Z. A. Tweed, Board of Exam
lners, So; E. l.. Craig, allowance rs Attorney
$500; W. B. Lyon, sundries for Office and Rail
road Commissioner, Slll.50; J. W. Dickcrson
salary as Railroad Commissioner, $37 so.
The District Attorney WAS ordered to commence
suit Immediately against the owners of School
House building on the Court House lot, and for
the removal of the same.
The toll gate on Madden's toll road allowed to
be removed 10 Secrettown.
Scion NJ. Stevens appointed Public Administra.
tol, for the lu term, vice John Russell. deceased
The following were established us the legal dis
tances in the County for which Jurymen could
draw mileage, and the amounts allow. Il thereon:
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10

% The political news from Washington
has not been very exciting for the past week,
but the dispatches say the pot is boiling and
bubblug, and another explosion may be
looked for shortly upon the passage Of bill
now pending in Congress to admit the Ten
nessee delegation. 1t is proposed to admit
these representatives upon the theory .h
Tennessee is out of the Union and must be
re.admitted, and the President mas distinctly
stated that he will veto the measure To as.
sent to it would be compromising hs own
citizenship, and giving virtual assent to the
idea that be is not legally the President of
the United Sates-a position that hs does
not intend to be placed in.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10

The REeIsrRY LAWN to'dsy's issue
We publish the Registry Act" that has ex.
cited so much attention for several mon tbs
past. Having passed both Houses, it now
only awaits the signature Of the Governor to
become a law-and there is DO reaosn to
suppose he will veto it, as be recommended
the passage Of such an act in his annual mes
sage. 1t may then be regarded as certain
that the measure will 90 into operation, and
the next general election will be held under
its provisions. We ask our readers 10 give
this infamous measure careful perusal, so
they may be advised Of the character Of leg
islaton that The dominant party is indulg-
ing in. We particularly call the attention
Of nsturaIizsd ci, izens to the law-they
will find it particularly oppressive upon them
Is class. Sections six aud seven, show
that the old Know Nothing feeling Of intol.
erance is ingraued 10 the composition Of the
Abolition party. The ns,uralizsd citizen
who will give bis support to the Abolition
party afer :bs passage Of such q law, mus.
be possessed Of little appreciation of the dig
nifty Of citizenship.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10

The LAYSE CLA1M.-Ws are informed ny
gentleman residing in the vicinity Of the
Layne Silver claim, near Rock Spring, on
the Folsom road. that the company have
made arrangements to erect mill this
Spring, and work the lead regularly. The
ledge is we'll defined and yields handsomely
by working process. Some of the success
ful Washoe operators have taken an interest
in the Company.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10

FrRE.-A small frame building, owned
by Mrs. Russell, and occupied by Chinese,
situated on Sacramento Street, was entirely
destroyed by fire on last Sunday afternoon. D.
BY great exsrtion Of some Of the good work.
ers on such occasions, another building ad.
joining within six feet, was saved. As usual
on the occasion Of fire, the majority OF
persons who went, acted as mere spectators,
without lifting a hand TO extingush the
flames. The origin of the FIRE is not known
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10

~ An election for City Trustee, takes
place in Sacramento on Tuesday. The
Blacks are divided into two factions, and
will probably run two candidates. The Dem.
ocratic nominee is W. F. Knox, . popular
gentleman, who will make = good and We
hope successful run for the Office
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10

LARGE Ece.-Judgs Davenport. Of Rat
tIesnake, has sent to Mr.. Andrews, of this
place hens egg measuring 8 8 inches in
lengh,h and 6 4 inches in circumference.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
BLACKSMITHING!

u HAVING purchased the BLACK ~
rs SMITH SHOP formerly owned by Il N
~ Peter Harrison. am prepared TO do y y
all kinds OF Backsmiihng in u superior manner.
HOrse-Shoing, all round, $3.50
Re.setting, 1.5O
Picks steeled. 100
Picks sharpened, l2
All other work done at the same reasonable
rates. EDWARD TAYLOR.
Auburn, March 10, '66-ny
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10

Over 4O,0OO,000 letters we're received 10
the Chicago Postoffics, for distribution 10
other Offices, the past year.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10

Bio SrRIKE-The recent strike on 9
quartz ledge, near the Globe Ranch on the
Grass Valley road is said to have been quite
handsome ,hng-about $4,000 being ia.
ken from the groupings in few days. In
consequence quartz excitement has broken
out in the ueighborbood, and locating claims
has become the order of the day. Locations
have been made upon lodges all the way
from the Globe Ranch to Engish's bridge,
on Bear River, few miles north Of Auburn.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10

The HeaIdsburg (Sonoms connty) Stand
ard says there is not a rat in that burg.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10

EE We are indebted to Senator Johnson,
Of e. Dorado, and Mr.. Sexton Of the Assem-
bly,, for copies Of the annual report Of the
State Superintendent Of Schools docu.
lnent Of only 422 pages.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

February 2lst lS66.-A special meeting of the
Board was called for the purpose OF levying tax
es for the ensuing year. and other business.
Pre- ent. full Board. On motion. Il tax OF ST As
on each one hundred dollars of taxable property
was levied rs follows:
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10
DIED.

DIED.
At Michigan Bluff, March 3rd, Charles Jckelius
aged 45 years.
kr. J. was an old resident Of this county, and
was tom The city Of New Orleans 10 this State.
The Placer herald., 1866-03-10

Two Special Poll Taxes Of 50 each, and Road
Poll Tax of So was levied upon all able bodied
men in the Count.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-05-28
Over the RIver News.

The Steubenville Herald says that
the country bordering West Virginia
on that side of river is infested with
horse thieves and highwayrnen; and
that scarcely township in that county
(Jefferson) has escaped their depreda-
tions. Houses are broken open at
night, families are intimidated and
robbed. A few days ago, in Wayne
township, a carpet sack was found
in an abandoned house near Bloomfield, I,
in which some four or five false fnces,
burglars tools, wax for taking the print
of key holes, anonymous letters pro-
iecting the robbery of the Smithheld
Bank.
The Herald states that the opinion
prevails that these bands of thieves are
made up OF desperadoes from the van
ouished Confederate armies-probably
9uerrillas from West Virginia and
Kentucky, who, from the practice OF
wears in numbering and plundering
Union men. have but little cOnscienti-
Gus scruples about taking life and
property.
The Herald is responsible for the
following paragraph:
"A partnership has been formed in
Port Washington, Tuscarawas county,
between a lifelong Democrat and a
negro in the barbering business. In
making public mention of this, we do
not do so as reproach to the negro"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-05-28
Down the River News.

Bro. Wharton, of the Parkersburg
Times, apparently relishes, beyond all
other items, a chance to say something
for Parkersburg at the expense of
Wheeling. How many times he cons
over, re-vamps and republishes the
same items we are unable to say. 1t
seems to us, however, that we have seen
the following paragraph in his paper in
different shapes, at least half dozen
times:
"Several gentlemen from Wheeling
are anxious to purchase farms above
and below Parkersburg. They wish to
retire from active business, and they
find the land on the river banks unsur-
passed."
1t is possible that there are some gen.
glemen from Wheeling who are anxious
TO purchase farms above and below
Park kersburg-eSpecially above lt-a
good ways above it-but the animus of
| the paragraph is, that there is a desire
| to get away from Wheeling in order to
do very much better near Parkersburg,
that locality being such an enviable one,
and wheeling beingt as 1t WereI IN the
sere and yellow leaf.
We presume the fact to be that some
single solitary person from Wheeling
may have spoken to Bro. Wharton
about buying farm "above or below
Parkersburg," but we doubt ifas many
as two persons ever said word to him
on the subject in u serious way. The
country in the neighborhOod of Park
ersburg is uotoriously not choice land
| "a great deal of it is very poor-and
gentlemen from Wheeling or elsewhere,
would not be likely to be much taken
with it.
The following paragraph we also clip
from Mr.. WhartOn's paper:
"Wheeling has proved herself disloy-
al. She has voted by 225 majority that
the State is nuIlity, the constitution n
fraud, the laws bogus, the Governor a
tvrant and rebellion respectable. Park
ersbnrg has voted for the opposite. We
would suggest that security to the Leg
islature, would require that body
on its first assemblage, next winter, to
adjourn TO Parkersburg with the ar
chfves of the State. They are safe only
where the State has majority OF
friends, and their protection can be
guaranteed here, in a city where the
exercise of all power they possess in
money, bribery and work leaves the
rebels in a lean majority"
The last sentence affords hne specl-
men of ofgrammatical construction, and ,
strictly rendered, is highly compliment
tary to the legislature, indeed.