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The Placer herald., 1866-01-13

SANTA CLARA ARGUS We are in receipt
Of the first number Of new Democratic
journal, having the above title, just estab'
Iished at San Jose, by w. A. January. late
Of that excellent paper the Mountain Demo
erat. The Argus gives promise Of being a
jealous co-laborer in the dissemination Of
correct political doctrines, and we would be-
speak, from the Democracy Of Santa Clara
and adjoining counties, hearty encourage
,nent to our old friend in bis undertaking
Tbe editor in bis salulatory says:
"The ARGUS will be firm and unwaver
ing advocate Of Democratic principles and
policy, and will endeavor TO spread before
its readers such truths as will lave a
tendency to disabuse the popular mind
oi the false teachings Of the Repub
ican press. We shall endeavor to con-
vince ell men who entertain Democratic
principles; who love the Constitution and
revere the laws who would preserve our free
iuslitutions and equal rights as bequeathed
to Us by the founders of the Republic; who
desire to see peace, fraternity and prosperity
restored to the country. and the laws ad.
ministered with eyen~hauded justice, e,-that
they should unite in solid phalanx and PREF
sent an unbroksn front against the Radical
IAN that is now striving to destroy the Re-
public by dives,ing the States Of their SOY.
ereignty and creating centralized despot>
ism"
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13

New STATE MovEMENT-The New York
Express says: Advices from Nebraska indi-
cafe that the people desire to see Nebraska
organized AS n State. The reason is, that
Kansas and Colorado being States, with two
Senators each. and two representatives in
Congress, are using their power to advance
their own interests in the Pacific Railroad,
while Nebraska being only territory, has
no vote.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13
DIAMOND NuMBuG IN iDAHo-A letter

DIAMOND uuMBuG IN iDAHo-A letter
from Boise City to the Idaho World says:
The diamond fever is raging in Owyhe-
county. Several specimens have been shown
here, but with the exception of one held b,
the Governor, are small in size Man,
cubt their genuineness, hut opinion seems
to be settling in favor of their value Sla-
Creek Valley has been sraked of for diamond
claims, and crowd is there crawling around
on heir s'"nachs, microscopes in hand look
ing for valuable things.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13

A Coop IIr.-Sherman. in late reply to
the Mayor of Boston, who had invited him
to visit that city, said: "Should the acci.
dents and chances of life ever bring me near
to you, shall take the especial pride in be.
ing the guest of your great city, and while
you rej'ice in the possession OF wealth, com.
merce and all the advantages of finished so.
ciely, beg of you to make due allowance
to us of your own race who must struggle
with nature and human passions and pr+ju-
dices before we can hope to enjoy the peace
and stability you now enjoy" These lines
contain a neat sarcasm, which deserves to be
well appreciated in the locality to which it is
SENT Boston ego'isn and Boston prefer.
ence of the negro over the white, are SO no,
torous that Sherman has to put in kind
word for the latter. whom he bpgs New Eng,
land to make some allowances for when
they are inclined to be severe upon him for
not rising to their subnatpd humanity!
La Crosse Democrot.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13
MACMILLAN TO BE RECosNlzED.-A la

MACMILLAN TO BE RECoGNlzEp.-A late
eastern telegram says:-
A Washington special says the statement
with reference to the exact meaning of the
reiterated rumors concerning the withdrawal
of the French troops will be likely to receive
official confirmation in few days. When
these rum"rs first appeared they came orig.
inaIly from France. There was a condition
attending the withdrawal and that condition
was the assurance from this Government to
Napoleon that his Empire and Emperor in
Mexico should not be disturbed. Report
SAYS the pledge has been given by our Gov
ernment that no Interference would be al
lowed, and the reason of the Administration
guaranteeing this non-int erference is no
doubt the result of the belief that the Liber,
ais will be able to make short work of Maxi.
milan when once the French bayoneis are
Withdrawn, but we should not be too sure of
this. Macmillan will have good number
of Austrian and belgian troops to fall back
upon, besides these he has a contingent to
draw upon yearly for several years to come.
With these he may-the United States pur.
suing hands-off poicy-be able to esah,
lish his sway. II he does. there will be no
other course left than to recognize him. The
Government is committed in its diplomatic
correspondence to this recognition when it is
shown that the Mexican people have accept.
ed the new order of things and Napoleon
counts confidently on recognition taking
place
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13

CALIFoRSIA STYLE A few weeks ago a
marriage was sol-muzed in Nevada COUNTY,
in which the parties sci AT naught the old
fashioned notions In one column Of the pa
per appeared. among the Court news. an
item: BLANK vs. Bank-Decree of divorce
ordered "anh under the head of "Mar,iag-s. y
in the same paper, was notice announcing Q
that The female portion of the late firm had
embarked in another matrimonial enterprise
Divorce and marriage in one day is quick
work, even for fast country.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13
Excelsior Mining District.

The Virginia Union of the 4lh inst, furn
ishes US with the following items about that
region:
The snow in Summit City at the present
time is about eighteen inches, and precludps
a number of claims from being worked. The
Enterprise claim is taxing out rock which the,
will forward to Nevada City, to be crushed
as soon as the roads are pa>sable for teams
Fordyce Valley is stillin dispute; large mum
Der Of houses and other Improvements are
being made in the Valley by Fordyce and
others. The lssi to P"iIey's Station is now
open the entire distance. and TbbetiS' ex.
press makes regular lri weekly trips Parties
talk Of establishing paper at Summit Cityr
the Spring. The ExceIsiortes are becoming
adopts at snow shoe riding as it is ile only
means of travel. At Old Man Mountain work
is being vigorously prosecuted on the No
hawk, "A len and other claims notwithstanding
the deep snow and other difficulties of haul
ing supplies. The Pacific and Tight Rope
Companies. near Summit City, are also being
worked The Enterprise IN ll is bthg rapid
" completed. Wnton's mill is about ready
10 commence crushing ro.'k. and will shortly
20 to wo,k k on ore from HE Indian Boy claim
The miners in that vicinity have the utmost
faith in the richness Of the mines, especially
these largely interested have great expecta
tons for the coming spring.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13

GREAT SPRINGs.-There is a spring in the
centre of the town of Hunt svile Alabama,
from which flows a stream of water large
enough to float thirty ton ba'teau. 1t is be.
ieved to be the largest spring in the world
and it is an ol,i-ct of great interest to the pe"-
pie Of the neighborhood and visitors. An
other spring, near Florence, in the same
Slate, throws out body Of water estim tied
at 1900 cubic feet per minute.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13
The MINERS CONvENTIoN.-The prol

The MINERS CoNvENTIoN.-Ihe proposed
State Convention of miners, to be held in
Sacramento, on the 18th inst, is attracting
very general attention in the mining coun
ties, and there is every probability that the
Convention will be quite full as 10 numbers.
and it is 10 be hoped will contain sufficien,
talent and practical mining experience, so
,ha. .he deliberations will rebound to the
encourae ement aud development Of this i'm.
porlant interest. A number of questions
will naturally suggest themselves for consd.
Grafton 10 the Convention-such as the ten
ure of mineral lands by miners, the attempt
10 procure the title to large part of the
mineral lands of El Doralo, Placer and Ne.
rada by the Pacific Railroad Company,
uniform system for the location and working
OF quartz claims, and practical information
upon The saving of gold in quartz mills, by
the various kinds Of machinery introduced
OF late years. as we'll as the process of cheap
ly desulphur;zing the ores in quartz.
I, is possible for the Convention to furnish
very valuable information in regard to min.
ing, if delegates are earnest and intelligent
upon the subjects that may be presented
and on the other hand the proceedings may
he insignificant and vaueless 10 this great
branch Of our State industry.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13

DEMOCRATIC GA1N.-The Democrat tic gain
in five States is about one hundred thousand
votes last year. This will do to begin with.
Another hundred thousand gain this year
will elect conservative Congress and place
the country "all right"
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13

BAD WEArnER.-The weather has pref
sented some queer features during the week
having in that time frozen, thawed, rained
moderately, rained torrents, sleetel, blown
great blasts, that threatened to carry away
ihe housetops, and by way Of Kindness has
furnished occasional patches Of sunshine and
gentle airs. Taken altoge e,her, it has bee"
the most tangled spell of weather that comes
within the recollection Of the old Ct inhal-
tent. As the various storms eeeaed generally
to be tending monn'ainward, the Sierras
must have received deep fall of snow.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13

CALIFoRNIA GUNpowDER.-Th S. +. BuI
lettm gives the following in reference to til.
manufacture of gunpowder in California;:
The mills OF the California Powder Work.,
AT Santa Cruz. went into partial operation
about eighteen months ago. For the first
year tLey bad many difficulties, and some
accidents, to contend with, as well a, inve,-
crate prejudices to overcome, but at length
have succeeded in fully Introducing their
products, and securing the approval and con.
fdence of consumers. Up to the present
date they have made and sold nearly &c, 600
kegs of Blasting Powder, while the demand
has been greatly in excess Of their capacity
or supply. OF Sporting Powder they have
produced only between GOO and roo cases,
the mills being constantly tasked by the
pressing demand for their Blasting Powder.
They ara understood to h We no sto, ks If
either kind on hand, receipts from the mills
passing at once into the hands of consumers
We are glad to hear that the success which
very important article has compelled the
Company to increase 'heir capital in the sum
of 500, 600, and to lake st-ps to SO larg-l,
extend their works as to double their presen,
products. llencrforward cur miners and
citizens happily will not be dependent on
distant and uncertain sources of supply for
Gunp"wder, or be subject to the capric-s
and fluctuations # the market arising from
alternate securities and over stocks, as we
understand the Company propose to keep
prices AT their present low rates.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13
ES The glowing accounts given of th

~- The glowing accounts given of the
richness Of the gold mines of Montana Ten
ritory. are beginning 10 turn the attention of
the probabilities are, that during the coming
Spring, we will witness one of the periodical
exctemen's to emigrate for new diggings."
that have become SO characteristic of our
people. The Blackfoot country will be the
Mecca Of their hopes, and already number
of the miners of this county have "Back-
foot" on the brain, supernduced by favorable
advices from friends 10 that section.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13

EN Macmillan is reported to have recog-
nzed the United States Consul at Vera Cruz.
This taken 10 connection with the late east
ern news, that our Government has given
assurance to France not to make military in
reference in Mexican affairs, looks as il
Max's recognition by the United States is
not distant.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13
E-1he Secretary af The Navy is goin

EThe Secretary af The Navy is going
to have Capt. Semmes Of the Alabama, tried
for escaping, when his vessel was eunk by
The Kearsarge. The telegraph says Semnes
will be paldoned if convicted. We did not
know before that it was grave otfense for
b.lligerents to escape capture, when they
saw a chance to get out of tight place.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13

The RAILRoAD.-The Sac. Union SAYS the
Pacific Railroad Company have purchased
from Louis McLane, of the house of Wells.
Fargo & Co., 800 tons of railroad iron, suf
Gcient to extend the track from Colfax to
within four miles of Dutch Flat, and tina,
the iron will be laid down Immediately
Other iron is on the way from the States
and some will be due by the time the above
amount is laid in track. The graded track
between Colfax and Dutch Flat, is under.
stood to be nearly ready for the rails.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13
DIED,

At Rocklin. Wednesday, January 10th, ELISHA
ALLEN, in the Gath year of his age.
He was formerly from Hartford, Conn.,, and has
resided many years in Placer County. He has
several sisters living in the State of New York.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13

Frauds amounting to over 500, 900, have
been discovered in the Qlartermaster De-
partment at Louisville, Ky.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13

~ The "euIled pussons' of San Francis
CO have pelitoned The Legislature to amend
the State Constitution so AS to admit Of ne
gro suffrage. The sui ject has been referred
to the Judiciary Committee, where it will
s'umher for the balance Of the session. The
margin in the vote Of the State TO risk their
chances next year before The people, by pro-
posing the adoption Of such amendment.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13
MARRIED.

At Lincoln, January ll,h, by Fl. W. Starr, J
P, Mr.. DANIEL G NEWMAN to MISS ANNIE M
DRURY, both Of Placer county.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13

EV What's up2 The Telegraph informs
US that Secretary Stanton declined to deliver
eulogy upon Mr.. lincoln, whereupon Mr..
Holt.-Jo. Holt, was requested to do it, but
he too declined. One of our neighbors sug-
gssts that the services of John Yule might
be obtained possibly
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13

A Government agent in Mississippi, who
collected 1000, has accounted tor only
$4,000.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP en-.
From San Francisco to New York.

7>HE following Steamships will
L will be dispatched on following 80,
named days: EEab
Jan. l9.-COLORADO.C Capt. J. T. Watkins.
Jan. 3O.-SACRAMENTO Capt. W. II. HniSo,,
FROM FOLSOM STREET WHARF
At Eleven O'Clock, A. W., punctu.ny e.-
PANAMA.
Passengers will be conveyed from Pan,u, ..
Aspinwall by the PANAMA RAJI.RnaEU
Company, and from Aspinwall to New York ~.
the Atlantic and Pacific Steamship ComDanv
a baggage master will be sent through each
trip. CIV"
These steamers will positively sail q, :,
O'Clock. Passengers are requested to have tbc;r
baggage on board before ten O'Clock, '.c''
Cabin passengers will be berthed for Atlantic
steamer ''c
OLIVER ELDREDGE, Agent p.Msc.
Cor. Sacramento and Leidesdorff stroo,.
San Francisco
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13

REcoNsrRuorED.-AN New York paper says
that Alexander II. Stephens, Horace Gree
ley. Roger A. Pryor, Theodore TiIton, John
H. Reagan, Postmaster General OF the Con-
f-deracy, and Oliver johnson, Of the Anti
Slavery Standard, recently set down to
gether at a dinner at Delmouco's. We
should say that crowd was badly mixed. We
NAV look now for a convviaI gathering of
WigfalI and Sumner. Valandgham and
Beast Butler, Bed Wood and Wendell Phil
lips, Gen. Lee and Parson Brownlow. What
happy family they would make.
Sonora Democrat.
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13

Thomas J. Carver, defauItng Treasury
agent at Mobile, has been sentenced by a
Court Martial to fiae Of $4,000, and one
years imprisonment with hard labor,
The Placer herald., 1866-01-13

STATE JUDICIAL ELECTIoN.-The official
statement Of the vote polled f'r Justice Of
the Supreme Court, at the October election,
ia as follows:
Hartley; ................22,5 2,574
Sandcrson's majority, ............... 5,e63
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MIsERs IN New YoRK.-Tke New York
Citizen thus refers to numerous class in
that city !:
1t is not generally known that New
York. at the present time, contains large
plumber of msers, as inveterate and de-
graded as any or record and If we had
space we could give series Of portraits of
wealth and ayarice which would make the
reader shudder. Many of these misers are
old business men, who have withdrawn from
active life, and still keep up their faded
and weather-stained signs, and beneath the
garb of trade ply their money-saying habits.
These men will be found sitting solitary in
dingy offices. tilletl with cobwebs and the
dust of years. Money borrowers know
where to go, and here these pale and thread
bare fossils receive the best securities for
their daily loans.
Some of these half-starved wretches,
whose trembling hands can hardly sign a
check, can draw for sums that would sh Ike
Il bank. One Of the richest men in the
city in now to be found just such dingy
hole as ne have described where he loans
enormous sums daily. He was merchant
once, and his old signis still up, and inside
all things remain as they We're half a centu-
ry ago. He suffers daily for the comforts
of life, hut all this is compensated for by
the pleasure of accumulation. "They come
to me to beg" said the old man to an ac-
quaintanee, and there is not beggar in
New York that does not live as well as /
do )" statement which was quite true.
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fTs I,,1inc n yNo.&nun 5n.lx, 49,

Y, julius, a Western darkey, land
ed at Chicago, seeing an advertisement
notifying those who wished to be clean
that they might get good bath for a
quarter, thought it would be a good
idea to ask the use of them of another
darkey, who said: "Baths were used by
white folks to wash in" Accordingly,
julius started, with a bundle under his
arm, and being shown into a bath room
was left to his additions. Considera-
BILE time elapsed, and julius did not
come forth, and after waiting for about
an hour the keeper of the baths went to
the door and screamed, "Hallo! Amt
you never coming outs" Eyes, as soon
as l get tro9 MY Washing" Chow
long will that be?" "P'raps an honr
to an hour an a half" cody answered
Julius. With that the man burst into
the room, and there, all around the
room, was the darkey,s freshly washed
clothing hung up to dry; but not no
ticing it just then, the keeper remarked,
"Come, you must clear out at once !;
you've been in over two hoursm .Look
a here" said julius, in an enraged man
ner, pointing to his drying clothes,
which rather took the bathing man
down, I'D like to see You wash and
hang out two dozen pieces in less time
than I've been at it, In another min
ute Julius was landed in the street,
surrounded by his washing.
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After breakfast, Bishop Green, OF Mis-
sissippi, was introduced. The greeting
was cordial and affectionate Ar. Davis
allnded with great delieacy to some family
affections of the Bishop--to which the lat
Ter responded with a quivering lip and
fearful eye. Hereafter win give you
pen and ink picture of these two men as
they limned themselves Oh the canvass Of
memory. Here only propose to give a
part of the conversation that occupied that
whole morning. Our people all love ana
revere our late excellent President. To
meet their craving to know something
about him from the heart, or inner life SIDE
OF him, i will write some two or three
papers more on this subject l ought not
to close without saying that he evinces the
most thorough spirit of forgiveness to-
wards his enemies. Like every sensible
man he separates the wheat from the chat.
and does not condemn the Northern people
in mass neither Democrats, Republicans
nor Radicals are fends or angels They
and we are poor living mortals following
the best light we have, and should be char
liable to one anotheTs fanlts.
JOHN u. KELLEY.
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General Less Application for Par
don Interesting Correspondence.
The following correspondence has just
been published:

The following correspondence has just
been published:
HEADQUARTERS ARMIES U. s.,
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jhne 20, 1865.
General r. E. Lee, Richmond, Va:
Generdt-Your communication of date
the 18th inst, stating the steps you had
taken after reading tie Presidents Pfocla-
nation Of the 29tll nltimo, with the view
OF complying with itsproyisions, when yon
learned that, with others, you were to be
indicted for treason by the grand inry at
Norfolk; that you had supposed that the
officers and nien of the army Of Northern
Virginia were, BY the terms of their sur
render, protected by the United States
Government from molestation, so long as
they conformed to It's conditions; that you
We're ready to meet any charges that might
be preferred against you, and did not wish
to avoid trial, but that if you were correct
as to the protection granted by your parole
and We're not to be prosecuted, you desired
to avail yourself ufthe Presidents amnesty
and proclamation, and enclosing an appli-
cation therefor, with the request that in
that event it be acted on, has been receiv.
ed and forwarded to the Secretary of War,
with the following opinion endorsed there
on:
" In my opinion, the officers and men pa
rolled at Appomattox Court House, aud
since upon the same terms given to Lee,
cannot De tried for treason SO long as they
observe the terms Of their parole. This is
my understanding Good faith, as well as
true policy, dictates that we should OBJ
serve the condition of that convention
Bad faith on the part of the Government,
or construction Of that convention sub
iecting the officers to trial for treason,
would produce feeling Of insecurity in
the minds Of all the officers and men. If
so disposed, they might even regard such
an intraction Of terms by the Government
as an entire release from all obligations Oh
their part. ! will state further, that the
terms granted by me met with the hearty
approval of the President at the time, and
OF the country generally. The action of
Judge Underwood in Norfolk has already
had an injurious effect, and l would ask
that he be ordered to quash all indictments
found against paroled prisoners of war,
and to desist from further prosecution of
them. II. S. GRANT,
Northumberland
Headqr's Armies U. S., June IS, 1866.
This opinion, am informed, is substan-
TALLY the same us that entertained by the
Government. have forwarded your APP
pication for amnesty and pardon to the
President, with the following endorsement
thereon:
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A Coon WIFE.-Some good for nothing
fellow gives the following makeup Of a
good wife,
A good wife is one who puts her husband
in the side of the bed next to the wall, and
tucks him in to keep him warm in the
winter, splits the wood and makes the fires
in the morning, washes her husbands face,
and draws on his boots for him, aud never
suffers rent to remain in her husbands
small clothes, keeping her shoes up at the
heel, and stockings darned, never wonders
what her husband sees interesting in the
young woman over the way, never slams
the door when her husband is speaking,
and always removes the children when
they eat up tlieir fathers supper.
The same writer says:
Some young men marry dimpfes; some
ears; some noses; the contest, however,
generally lies between the eyes and the
hair. The mouth, too, is occasionally mar
-ried; the chin not so often. Poor part
ners, these, you will own. But young men
do marry these and many .0thef bits and
scraps of a wife, instead of the true thing.
Such as the marriage is, such is the after
life. He that would have wife must
marry woman. 1.-The can meet with one
of equal social position, like education,
similar disposition, kindred sympathies,
and habits congenial to his own, let him
marry But let him beware of marrying a
curl, or neck, however swan-like, or q
voice; however melodious. Young ladies
do also make some queer matches, and
unite themselves to Whiskers