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The Placer herald., 1866-10-27

sary for the public convenience in executing the
provisions Of this act.
SIC. s. And be it further enacted, That the
right of way for the construction Of highways
over public lands not reserved for public uses, is
hereby granted.
Sec. 8. And be il further enacted, That when
ever by priority of possession, rights to the use
of water for mining, agricultural manufacturing
or other purposes, have vested and accrued, and
the same are recognized and acknowledged by
the local customs, laws and the decisions of
courts, the possessors and owners OF such vested
rights shall be maintained and protected in the
same; and the right of way for the construction
Of bitches and canals for the purposes aforesaid
is hereby acknowledged and confirmed: Provided
however, That whenever, after the passage Of
this act, any person or persons SHALL in the con-
struction Of any ditch or canal. injurc or damage
the possession Of any settler on the public do
main, the party committing such injury or dam
age shall be liable to the party injured for such
injury or damage.
SEC. 10. And be it further enacted That wher-
ever prior to the passage of this act, upon the
lands heretofore designated as mineral lands
which have been excluded from survey and sale,
there have been homesteads made by citizens of
the United States, or persons who have declared
their intention to become citizens, which home
steads have been made, improved and used for
agricultural purposes and upon which there have
been no valuable mines of gold, silver, cinnabar
or copper discovered, and which are properly
agricultural lands, the said settlers or owner of
such homesteads shall have right of pref emp
ton thereto and shall be entitled to purchase the
same at the price of 81 25 per acre, and in guam
tity not to exceed 100 acres, or said parties may
avail themselves of the provisions of the act of
Congress approved May 20, 1862, entitled "An
act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the
public domain" and acts amendatory thereof.
Sec. IL. And De it further enacted, That upon
the survey Of the lands aforesaid, the Secretary
of the Interior may designate and set apart such
portions of the said lands as are clearly agricul-
tural lands, which lands shall thereafter be sub.
ject to pre-emption and sale as other pubic lands
Of the u niled States, and subject to all the laws
and regulations applicable to the same,
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Corner of stockton and Market Streets,
SAN FRANCISCO.
HOMESTEAD FOR SALE.

MILLER S WELL KOWN MOUNTAIN VINE
Ul yard and Orchard, Soliah." Important bu-
sness calling me to Europe, / offer for sale cheap
and on easy terms. the above property situated
81 miles from Sacramento, IA miles from Alabas-
ter Cave, or miles from New Castle or Pine
stations of the Central Pacific Railroad from Sac
ramento to the east via Dutch Flat, embracing
100 acres OF land. planted with from $4,000 to
$4,000 OF bearing Grape vines, including about
5000 vines of the finest European and American
varieties, OF my own importation from there. |
received three Premiums for two best VINEYARDS
and varieties from the State Agricultural Society
There is also planted about acres OF Orchard 8
and 10 years old, with rs fine profitable and early
fruit as there is in the State There is no place
earlier than this north Of Los Angeles about 2
or weeks earlier than Sacramento Valley; per-
fectly healthy; no floods, no fever no trosts pen-
ty of water TO irrigate with several living
springs and running ravines the year around and
as healthy and good water in the house as can be
found in the mountains. Great portion of the
land not under cultivation yet is as good for Vim
yard rs that planted; the balance Grazing and
Timber land Title No. /. With it, | sell House,
Stone-wall Cellar, Outhouses. etc etc., large
Wine Casks, Pipes, Barrels, Eighth Casks, Kegs
Fermenting Vats, Wine Press and Mill. Copper
Still. Vinegar Apparatus, Wagons. etc. Farming
and other Tools. including everything necessary
to carry on the business of the Vineyard and Or
chard. | also offer for sale several thousand gal
Ions Mountain Wine, inferior to none in the State,
wholesale to dealers at sacrifice. to get empty
casks and cellar room for the coming CROP The
Wine positively must be sold before the new
crops comes in. For particulars inouire of
MR.. g. GROEZINGER. Wine Merchant. San
Francisco.
MR.. JAMES CoNpoN. Fruit Dealer sacra-
mento.
Messrs. ENOR BROS, Fruit Dealers, Virginia
City, Nevada
Or at the place. LOUIS z. MILLER.
Rattlesnake Bar. Placer county, CAL -os I'm
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prima facie evidence of the lawful authority of
the officer selling, and the regularity Of all pro-
ceedings prior to the execution Of the deed, and
as prima facie evidence that all the right, title,
and interest of the party delinquent has been
lawfully and rightfully sold and conveyed to the
purchaser, and the purchasers title to such min
ing claim shall be absolute.
Sec. 7. The provisions of this Act shall also
apply to all persons who have refused or neglect
ed to sign articles of Incorporation or deed
Of trust in any incorporated mining company.
Sec. 8. An Act entitled an Act concerning
partnerships for mining purposes, approved
April fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, is
hereby repealed.
Sec. 9. This Act shall take effect from and after
its passage.
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Mining Laws of Township No.. g., Placer
County.

County.
Article |. This District shall be known and
designated as Township No. Quartz Mining Dis
trict, and the boundaries shall be those Of the
township.
Art. 2. The Jurisdiction of the following laws
shall extend to and define the rights and privi
lcges of those who may locate claims upon veins
OF lodes OF quartz or other rock containing gold,
silver, cnnabar, or copper, within this district.
Art. 3. Any citizen or qualified person shall be
entitled to locate. or own by the location OF 9th
ers. but two hundred feet along the line, or upon
the same vein or lode. Every claim of two hun
dred feet less shall include all dips spurs angles
and variations OF the main lode together with the
crossing parallel veins or lodes, within twenty
leet OF the samo upon both sides; provided. that
the dip of any parallel vein or lode, so included,
follows The dip OF the main vein or lode Any
person locating vein or lode. within this district,
may claim at right angles from the main lode
and wholly upon the one or partly upon both side
two hundred feet Of surface ground for convenient
ly working the mine; but such claim of surface
ground shall not include others than the vein or
lode provided for in this article, nor prevent 9TH
er parties from working such vein or lode.
Art. 4. The discoverer OF vein or lode shall
be entitled to locate two hundred feet in addition
to the rights and privileges accorded to others by
these laws.
Art. 5. Any person claiming more than two
hundred feet in the same lode, except as provided
ioi III hitiCic +, anu eACept Dy actual, coma Vue
purchase, shall be considered as abandoning all
feet in excess of the first two hundred feet loca-
ted in his name, and such excess may be claimed
and recorded by any other party not owner by To-
cation on the same vein or lode
Art. 6. Upon the location of claim or claims,
a notice shall be posted upon the lodes which
shall clearly have written the name or names of
the ocators, the general direction OF the vein or
lode, the surface ground, if located upon one or
| 9th sides of the main vein or lode
Art. Z A copy of the notice provided tor in
Article 6 shall be recorded in the Book of Records
IN this district, within ten days after being posted
on the vein or lode. The record shall also state
me boundaries of the claim. it's locality in the
District. and that the claim is first second, ect,
nor'nerly or southerly. easterly westerly, from
me hrst location on the same vein or lode; but
no record shall be made of a claim containing
more than three thousand feet of the lode.
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IOWA HILL MINING COMPANY,
Location of Works, Smiths Point on Brusby
Canon, Placer County.

NOTICE is hereby given that there will be a
~ meeting of Stockholders of the above named
company held at Yankee Jim, Placer county,
california on Monday, the Sth day of October,
iooo' ior the purpose of levying an assessment to
work and develop said companys claims. and
all delinquents having shares in said company
on and after the 9Th day of October. 1866. viii
be advertised and their shares sold to paw anv
assessment that may be levied in accordance with
an act entitled an act concerning partnerships for
mining purposes.
vo,,..o r., JOHN KING, Sec'y.
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pUM . LOGS

EHVHE Subscribers having purchased Wychon"s
IL Patent Boring Machine, are prepared 10 fur
nish at reasonable prices Pump Logs, bored from
one and 4 quarter to four inches.
HART & BROWN,
New England Mill, llinoistown Road Placer Co
May 2rlh, loG5.-ny
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SAN FRANCISCO,
FLORENCE
SEWING MACHINES.

Copy of the Report of the Committee of Awards
at the Fair of the
AMERICAN INSTITUTE,
NEW YORK, 1865.
TO THE
FLORENCE SEWING MACH1NI. co.,
FOR THE BEST FAMILY SEWING MACHINE.
HIGHEST PREMIUM GOLD MEDAL.
work.
2d.--.The Reversible Feed Motion.
3d.---,The perfect finish and substantial
manner in which the machine is made
the quality of the work done.
5th.---The sell-adjusting Tension.
The "FLORENCE" was awarded the First and
Highest Premium at the State Fair of California,
the only Fair on the Pacific Coast at which any
two double thread Sewing Machines were exhib-
tied in competition in 1865.
The FLoRENCE" received the only premium
awarded by the Mechanics Institute of San Fran.
cisco, in 1864 and 1865, to any Sewing Machine.
Sewing Machine Co.. or Agent. The claim of a
competitor TO medal is without any foundation
whatever.
Wherever the "FLoRENcE" has been brought in
competition with other Sewing Machines, it has
always been declared the best. 1t is the most
simpls, the most substantial, the most efficient,
and its use is easily learned Every Machine sold
is guaranteed in the full sense of the word
Send for Circulars and Samples of
Work.
SAMUEL HILL, General Agent.
III Montgomery street,
ap14 ly SAN FRANCISCO.
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For all Inflamations of the
Eye Balls, Eye Lids Gran
ular Lids, Weakness, Colds,
Dropping OF Tears, Wounds,
Injuries Congestion, Amau-
rosis, Weak Nerves. Catar-
act, Irritation, &c. &c.
1T SAVES MONEY, TIME AND EYES.
The Placer herald., 1866-10-27
LIST 4 RIST
DR.. VAN ZANDT,

Desotes his attention TO the
treatment and operation Of
all diseases Of the Eyes and
Ears.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-07
THE WEBSTER VASE.

The Philadelphia Ledger says, in 1885,
after DANIEL WEBSTER had achieved q
great reputation as defender OF the
Constitution, by aiding General JACKSON
to defeat the publication schemes of
South Carolina, the citizens of Boston,
with appropriate ceremonies, presented
him with massive silver vase. BY the
death of Mr.. WEBSTER and his children,
this vase, always treasured as precious
relic, passed out of the family, and it
was feared it might be taken away from
Boston. Accordingly a party OF Bos-
tonians purchased it, and on Monday
presented it to the corporation of the city
of Boston, who ordered that it be kept
in The hall Of the Public Library, as .
place of deposit, where it could be viewed
by the people at all times The vase is
a large and beautiful work of art, and
bears upon it the inscription, Presented
to DANIEL WEBSTER, the Defender Of the
Constitution, by the citizens Of Boston,
October u, 1885,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-07
Adventures of Confederate Soldier.

The South CdrOlinidn says Confed-
crate soldier has Just returned home after
an absence Of more than four years in
the service Of his country He joined
the regiment Of Colonel afterwards Maj.
Gem Kershaw, in that State; suisse
quently changed his command, went 10
Virginia, was engaged in thirty-one bat
ties, and one hundred and twenty-three
sknmishes, not including the rows "
on picket, was shOttwice, returned to the
field. and in the general smash up, while
making his way to South Carolina was
captured and paroled. A Confederate
officer then pressed him and twenty others
into service TO guard a portion Of the
baggage train Of President Davis, in
which service he was again captured.
Found with violated parole in his
pocket, he was carried with his comrades
to Hilton Head, where they were tried
for their lives. The military court fail
ing TO agree, they were sent to New York,
tried a second time, and FIVE Of the num-
Der ordered to be shot, which sentence
was carried into execution. The re-
mainder were conveyed to prison, in
Springfield, Ill, within sight ofthe home
Of Mr.. Lincoln, and there remained un-
til the term Of their sentence expired.
He has had four wives, all Of whom are
dead, and by each wife pair Of twins,
whom be had not seen until his return,
since the beginning of the war. Such
a man is an. embodiment Of history
civil, political, military and domestic,
and certainly deserves medal or a mon
ument
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-07

s35Oo-when commanding regiment or
on other duty, $4,000; Lieut.. Colonel,
when commanding regiment or mill.
tary post, $4,000 ION other duty, $4,000 !
Major, $500; LIST Lieutenant, $500 !;
I'd Lieutenant, $1,000. Whenever an
officer is on furlough or on leave
of absence for a period of more
than sixty days, his pay shall be reduced
20 per cent. below ordinary duty pay for
such time as in excess over sixty days,
except when such absence from duty is
occasioned by sickness or wounds re-
ceived while in line of duty. But here
after each enlisted man shall, instead of
any allowance of bounty, receive an in
crease in his pay proper of one dollar
per month for each month of service in
the second year Of his enlistment, and
further like increase of one dollar more
a month for faithful service in the third
year of his enlistment; and when any
soldier re-enlists Immediately, or WITHIN
ninety days after the expiration OF
previous term, it shall be counted as one
continuous term Of enlistment, and he
shall receive from year to year additional
pay at the rate of one dollar per month
on each successive year that he remains
in the service.
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= - -
w. B. Reeds Speech.

II the United States Court, now sitting
at Richmond, the case of Mr.. Davis was
referred to. The charge of Judge I'm
derNood, to the grand jury, possessed all
the elements of violent partisan stump
speech The telegraph has alluded to
some remarks, made on the occasion by
W. B, Reed, one of the counsel for Mr.
Davis. Dispatches to the Western press
are fuller, and we clip the following re-
port of Mr.. Reeds remarks
May it please your honor, | present
myself, in conjunction with my col
league, as the counsel of Jefferson Davis,
prisoner of State at Fortress Monroe,
and under indictment for high treason in
your honor Court We find in the re-
cords of your honor's Court an indict-
ment, charging Mr. Davis with this high
offense, and it has seemed to US the cause
of justice, due to this tribunal, due to the
feelings of one sort or another, which
may be described as crystalizing around
the unfortunate man, that we should come
at the very earliest day to the tribunal,
and ask of your honors, or more prop
erly the gentlemen who represent the
United States, the simple question:
(" What is proposed to be done with this
Indictment Is it to be tried or is it not ?
And this is question, perhaps, that /
have no right to ask. Is it to be with
drawn, or is it to be suspended If it is
to be tried, may it please your Honor,
speaking for my colleagues and myself
and for the absent client, | say it with
emphasis, say it with earnestness, that
we come here prepared instantly to try
the case, and we shall ask no delay
at your honor's hands. further than is
necessary to bring the prisoner to face
the Court, and to'enable him, under the
statute in such cases made and provided,
to examine the bill of indictment against
him. Is it to be withdrawn If so, JUS
tice and humanity seem to us to provide
that we should know it. Is it to be sus-
pended, postponed If SO, may it please
the Court, with all respect to your
honor and the gentlemen who con-
duct the public business here, your
honor must understand us as en-
tering our most earnest protest We ask
d specify u ldi Oh any Sboi SO lhas uiaJ 10
bought against Mr. Davis, here or in any
other civil tribunal in the land. We may
be now here, representing, may itplease
the court, dying man. For ten months
he has been in prison. The Constitu-
ton of the United States guarantees to
him, not only an impartial trial, which
am sure he will have, but speedy trial,
and we have come no slight distance.
We have come with all respect to your
honor We have come with strong SYM
pathies with our client, professional and
personal We have come here simply to
ask that question / address it to the
District Attorney, or | address it to your
honor, as may be the more appropriate
what disposition is to be made with the
bill of indictment against jeff Davis
now pending for high treason
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-07
GOOD NAME.

A paper in Lafayette, Indiana, says /:
p" A new corporation, called the Lafayette
Wea and Wildcat National Ssrdine Com
pany, has been organized. The capital
stock 1880 on the ground foor), has been
invested in seine 1t is proposed to
water the stock and place some Of it on
the market for suckers The corpor-
ate seal represents fresh fish ram
pant, encircled with the memorable
words, All sound and sweet"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-07
RELIGIOUS NUISANCE.

Some of the religious Conventions re-
Gently held in the West are nuisances.
They are more intolerant than political
assemblies, and bring discredit upon the
cause Of true religion. OF the Old School
Convention recently in session in St
Louis, the Republican says: A more
perverse, obstinate, fanatical, malig-
nant uncharitable, and unchristian
set of men than composed the majority
of that body, never met together in this
country, and ifthey have done any good
whatever, we have failed to see it. The
truth is, they aimed at and succeeded in
disorgauizing the Church to which they
profess to belong-they have not only
done that, but they have been instru-
mental in fomenting political as well as
church discords, and niger on the brain
was so fully developed that the eff
feet has been to turn the church
into q school where the teachings
Of Christ have been lost sight Of, and
the majority have become nothing
else than political propagandists Of
the worst character For abuse Of a
large portion of their Church, for often
sive epithets to brethren held in as high
esteem as any one of them all, for low
vulgarity, for a total disregard of all the
decencies and courtesies Of society, they
have gone beyond any political meeting
Of which we have any knowledge. More
than two weeks were spent in wrangling,
in disputation, in trying how insulting
the majority of them could be 10 men
Just as good as themselves, and, withal,
better Christians, and all for political
effect Good bye to them we never
want to see them here again.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-07
ADVANCEMENT.

The BRENNAN (Texas) Banner says
that, under the benign and fostering care
of the Bureau, the freedmen of Ben
ham are achieving state of almost com
plete perfection in the highly important,
useful aud refined business of marble
playing At almost any hour of the day
large numbers Of able-bodied freedmen
may be seen in the streets, engaged in
the exercise of this interesting game;
and the experiences with which they
plump the middle man" keep from
getting Cat, and cry out vent dubs,
or don't fudge is highly exhilerating
and instructive
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-07
From Nashville.

Special Dispatch to the Missouri Democrat
NASHVILLE, June 5-Immense crowds
of Fenians assembled tonight at their
hall in College street. and were address
sed by OSullivan, State Centre. Con-
siderable enthusiasm prevailed, and
several hundred dollars worth of Fenian
bonds were taken Mr. Munday, Head
Centre, stated on Friday next 200 sol
diers would leave Nashville to join their
brethren in the field. The ladies present
we're formed into sisterhood to furnish
and forward clothing and sanitary stores
to the army.
To the Associated Press.
"a NASHVILLE, June 1.-The Court Mar
tial has adjourned till Monday, as Cen
eral Davis has been instructed to obey
the writ of habeas corpus served upon
him on the petition of Henderson. Tes-
timonials we're presented, relative to the
good character of Hoge, from influential
citizens of Wheeling, Va, and several
members of Congress.
A dispatch has been sent TO President
johnson, asking a suspension of action
upon the application of the British Gov
overnment for Colonel o Neil and others,
until the petition from citizens at Nash
vile has been received.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-07
PETERSBURG.

The New York World, in an article on
Gen. ScorT, says: In Petersburg This
storm-riddled town, this little battered
hulk in sea of wave-heaped intrench-
ments, where the guns of great army
have rained their deadliest, making the
mornings perilous, and the nights trailed
with fiery bombs-even here, where the
last and longest struggle for empire was
maintained WINFIELD SooTT, our mas
ter soldier, was born
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JAMES wIcKERsHAM,

Yesterday, JAMES WIcKERsHAM, one OF
the oldest and hest citizens OF Memphis,
was buried. More than twenty years ago
he came from the North, and settled in
what was then the village of Memphis,
and commenced the practice of the law.
Our now city, was just emerging from a
contest with Randolph, and for number
of years, emigrants to this portion of the
Mississippi valley were unable
to determine where the victory
would rest. Men with money to
invest, perceived that these bluffs,
or those upon which Randolph was
struggling for mastery, would become
a great chipping point Among those
who deduced from the confguration OF
the country, that Memphis was destined
TO become large town, and not only de-
feat its immediate rivals, but contest the
palm with all the towns from Cairo to
New Orleans, was the hSiehess lawyer,
JAMES WIcKERsHAN. Here he COM
menced, without dollar in his pocket,
and for years struggled for the actual
necessities Of existence, Undismayed
by distractions that paralize the energies
of most ardent young men, he kept on,
with faith and an energy that never
deserted him until fortune and distine-
ton fell as ripe fruit into his hands The
property he left is worth, probably, half
a million of dollars
WIcKERsHAN was never an orator, but
possessed the rare faculty of converse
tional exactness and mental perspieuity.
He was profoundly read in the law, and
had an acquaintance with standard lite
nature. His moral character was good,
his sentiments liberal, his temper even,
and his spirits genial He was among
the most inoffensive of men, and fire.
quently drew the remark from those who
knew him intimately, that If all men were
as upright in their intercourse with the
world as WIcKERsHAM was, there would
be no occasion for the profession of
which he was member Lvinga life
of more than fifty years, he neglected the
most important duty of mamie neg
lected to marry His triumphsl were
great and pleasing, but rendered less so
because they were never shared by the
fond and sympathetic heart of woman.
Many Of those who began life with him
here have failed, and others are no more.
Winchester aud Elmwood cemeteries tell
the story We shall not recall their
names. BLYTHE and BAILY and NooE
are among the latest They make a void
not to be filed. Peace to the ashes of
one who was at the same time, an orna-
ment to the bar, TO the social circle, and
to the city in which the best years of
his life were passed Ft