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The Placer herald., 1866-04-21
Ratos Of ve,rtisin
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 diecontin.
ued, publishers may continue to send them until
all charges are paid.
). 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 hills and give due notice to discon-
tinue.
4. If subscribers move to other places with
out Informing the publisher, and the paper ls
sent to the former direction, they held re-
sponsible. Notice should always he given of the
removal.
S. The Courts have decided, that refusing to
take paper from the Office, removing and
leaving it uncalled for, is prima facia evidence
of intentional fraud.
The Placer herald., 1866-04-21

The Sacramento Bee which supports the
Radical Congress and opposes the President,
makes The following comment on the Civil
Rights bill:
A most Objectionable circumstance is the
including of Cinnamon, Indians and all red
yellow and purple races in the enjoyment Of
all the privileges accorded to the whites in
such a manner as to reflect to the injury of
certain Of our adopted citizens. Herein is
found the great stumbling block to the suc'
sess of the bill. Its opponents many OF them
insist that it was Intentionally and purposeIy
so worded 10 orddr to make it nullity and
insure defeat; for obviously, the civilized
mind must undergo years of preparation and
training before it can submit to the idea of
being classed on footing Of perfect equality
with every Digger, CooIie and miscellaneous
vagabond who may feel impelled to make our
shores bis home, 1t is urged that the franz
ers must have known beforehand how dis
tasteful the mere suggestion would be, and
therefore inserted it 10 order that it might
not find favor.
The Placer herald., 1866-04-21

Recently the wife Of one Of the city fathers
Of New Bedford presented her husband With
three children at birth. The delighted fa'
Their took bis little daughter, four years Of
age to see her new relations. She looked at
the dimuuitivs beings few moments. when,
turning to her father, she inquired. PA,
which one are you going TO keep"
The Placer herald., 1866-04-21

A CONTINENT COVERED WITH 1CE.-Pro
fessor Agassiz comes to the conclusion that
the continent of North America was once
covered with ice mile in thickness, thereby
agreeing with Prof Hitchcock, and other GO
illogical writer's concerning the glacial period.
In proof of this conclusion, he says that the
slopes of the Alegany range of mountains
are glacier.worn to the very top, except few
which was above the level of the icy mass
Mount Washington, for instance, is over six
thousand feet high, and the rough unpublished
surface Of ts summit covered with loose frag,
ments, just below the level of which glacier
marks come to an end tells that it lifted it's
head above the desolste waste of ice and
snow. In this region, then the thickness Of
the ice could not have been much less than
six thousand feet, and this is in keeping with
the same kinds Of evidence in other parts OF
the country, for when the mountains are
much below six thousand feet, the ice seems
TO have passed directly over them, while the
peaks rising to that hight were left untouched.
The glacier be argues was Gods great plow;
and when the ice vanished from the land, it
left it prepared for the hand Of the husband.
man. The hard surface of the rocks was
we're mingled in fair proportions; granite was
carried into the lime regions, lime was min.
gled with the more acrid and unproductive
granite district, and soil was prepared fit
for the agricultural uses of man. There are
evidences all over the polar regions, to show
that at one period the heat of the tropics
extended all over the globe The ice period
is supposed to be long subsequent to this,
and next 10 tha last before the advent of
man.
The Placer herald., 1866-04-21

The Lynchburg (virguia) News says that
valuable discoveries of iron have been made
n Amherst county, three miles north OF the
James river Canal, and that company have
leased the mines and are about to erect fur.
naees. 1t also says that there are abundant
indications Of petroleum in the same vicinils
The Placer herald., 1866-04-21
HALE, n. H. FE1NOWn
HALE 4 FELLOWS.

ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
VTTILL PRACTICE in all the Courts of Placer
w aud adjoining counties, and in the Supreme
Court Office in brick block opposite Temple.
Auburn, March llth, 1855 5-my.
The Placer herald., 1866-04-21
Taxation and Representation.

The Treasury Department states that the
revenue received from the lately rebeIIious
States from April, 1865, to the first day Of
this month, amounts to nearly $50, 1000, 900.
Louisiana has paid over 5000, 900 Of this,
while from Virginia less than 100000
has been received.
A statesman and patriot, says the N. Y.
Eapress, would see in fact like this good
reason for allowing repressn tation in Com
gress for this kind of taxation. When our
fathers we're called upon to pay duties under
the old Stamp Act, they resisted, because
they bad no right of representation; and
when, as a concession, the Stamp Act was
repealed, bnt the right to tax without repre-
sentaton maintained by the imposition of
duties on tea, paper and glass, they still re-
sisted the principle, and in the end fought it
out on this line, by war which ended in
independence. We are doing, by despotic
majority in Congress, just what the British
did century ago. and just what our fathers
in all the colonies resolved not to submit to-
Every day these taxes are increased in the
South, and every day the majority in Con-
gress refuse even TO allow the Union Repre-.
sentatves and soldiers in the late war upon
the Union side to take their seats. The
Union flag flies over all the States, upon
every Court House, and nowhere is there
any resistance to the law-but still, men
elected as Senators and Representatives in
Congress insist upon equal Taxation, and
deny equal Representation. So monstrous
wrong as this has never been perpetrated in
a time Of peace since tho first organization
of the Government. What Washington
would have thought of it when alive, we
know from the stand be took in the House
OF Burgesses in Virginia. in bis place at the
head of the Convention which framed the
Constitution, and by bis letters to bis friends
10 England. Then resistance to tyranny was
called obedience to God. Then we heard
The bugle notes of Patrick Henry and James
Otis, Of John Adams and George Washing
ton. declaring that there could be no submis'
sion to such outsages. Ii the people Of
America reverence the memory Of their faith.
ers and the vital principles which governed
their Conduct they will soon rise up and
demand with one voice that the right of
Representation shall 60 hand in hand with
the collection of Taxes.
The Placer herald., 1866-04-21
LAW CARDS.

JohM T.CANNoN,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
LINCOLN, PLACER COUNTY CALIFORNIA,
WILL practice in the courts Of Placer and
w adjoining counties. All businessintrusted
TO bis care will be punctually attended to.
Lincoln, June 25th, l865-my
The Placer herald., 1866-04-21
B. T. MYRE Es,

Attorney and Counsellor n Law, Auburn
OFFICE in building on Court street, nextdoor
~ to the Temple. Having resumed the practice
oflaw Will attend to all business ntrusted to his
cure in thei several courts the State. jellmy
The Placer herald., 1866-04-21
united STATES HOUSE,

THIS old and we'll known stand, Zone mile be-
i low Auburn on the Turnpike road has been
reAtted by the undersigned in neat and pleas
ant manner, wEerc he keeps the best of
Ls1caaor1 and C1gaE0.
II is pleasant buggy drive from town to the
"Unitcd States House," where all, who call, will
be accommodated in the best Of style.
my. ANDY POLAND.
The Placer herald., 1866-04-21

BRIGHAM YouNa.-From what may be-
considered undoubted authority, says the Viz,
ginia Union, we learn that it is the intention
of the great high priest of the Mormons At
Salt Lake City to throw himself under the
protection Of Gen. Connor, on the return of
that officer from Washington, and that in case
that he does great commoton will be kick,
ed up in the city OF ths Saints that will be
second only to our late internal rebellion.
Already some inklng Of this thing has leaked
out among the faithful, aud is creating a
growing disturbance which all the lower ones
in authority in the church are finding consid.
erabls trouble to keep down, SO as not to
create premature rebellion before the pro-
gramme is carried out. From those who
have been watching this thing for the past
few months and the evidence which have
been gathered, there can be no doubt but
what Mormondom ere another year has pass'
ed over our heads, will be extinct as form,
liable sect against the laws Of our country.
New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-19
JAPAN.

We recently announced that the Foreign Pow
ers had obtained from the Alikado. or Spiritual
Emperor of Japan, three important concessions
namely: Isl. The ratification by the MikadO OF
the treaties which had been concluded between
them and the Tycoon: 2d. The opening OF Iloga,
and Sd, the revision of the tariff. The English
papers from China and Japan have since come
to hand, and contain highly interesting details
on this turning point in japanese history.
When the foreign ships dropped anchor at
TIioga, the Tycoon was at Kioto, the residence
of the Mihado The members Of the GovogiO
Estate Council), who conferred with the foreign
representatives, promised to add their exerilons
to those the Tycoon in order TO obtain the
Mkado's sanction of the foreign demands. Ten
days were given for final reply. During this
time the city of Kioto was the scene of inde-
scribabe excitement. The heads of the anti
foreign party made the most desperate efforts to
prevent the granting Of the foreign demands.
Threats were freely made against the life of the
Tycoon. and even of the Mikado himself. The
latter declared he would not sanction the trea-
ties and depo,ed two members OF the Gorogio.
The Tycoon became intimidatcd, and thought
Of abdcating (in order to escape deposition hi,
dignity--which is not, as is commonly believed,
that of Secular Emperor but rather Of
hereditary chief OF The Daimos and regent OF
the Empire. The representations of the foreign
ministers, however, that, being at the head of
an army of 300. 900 men, he had his own fate
and that OF Japan in his hands, changed
his mind In letter to the Mikado, he asked
the latter 70 grant the demands OF the foreign
ers; and TO support this diplomatic note, he
moved with $4,000 men TO about eight miles
from Kioto Then he sent for some members of
the Mikado's Council, but the reply was that it
was unsafe for them to undertake the Journey,
on account of the rage Of the antiioreign
Damos. and that even the sacred per.
sou OF the MikadO himself was in danger
The Tycoon then marched into Kioto al
the head of 1900 men. Some chiefs Of the
anti-ioreign party were apprehended and al
meeting of all the representatives OF the Dal-
mos actually at Kioto called. Most of these
were gained over. Al last all the members of
the Gorogo and high officials of the Tycoon
called on the A[kado, and declared that they
would die at once. should they not obtain what
they had been s..' nr. One took hold of the
sleeve of His Macy, swearing that he would
not loosen his hold Of 20 until the sanction was
given. Then, finally, Tue tirSt officer OF the
New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-19
A MALlCIOUs FALsEHOOD.

We find the following il The Albany Erening
Journal of Saturday:
a little in, ident is mentioned here in political cir.
cles of a somewhat extraordinary character, which Is
yOuched for authority that seems unquestiOnabe.
The story il that a certain distinguished Senator ha
ing IN important local bill in the Governors hands.
haviug been sent for by tie Executive. Informed
bv His Exceeuoy that be did not know as he could
sign the bill he having some objections to H. and then
proceeded. without waiting for the Senators response
10 say: DO you think, Mr.. Senator, IL the House
passes the Health BILL in its amended form II viii he
better for the Senate 10 recede and thus promote the
harmony OF tie paTtyf The Senator answered: Mr..
Governor your signature TO that bill depends on my
voting to recedc you had better return the bill To tie
House where IL originated ana then LEFT the room.
fths be true as stated Oh high authority II shows
that the Governor has more feeling IL The matte! tAah
he has heretofore had credit lOT.
"We learn that Senator Plat is the gentleman re.
f,rrcd to In the above paragraph from the Albany cor
rcspondence OF Tie NrYorf Times and we are author
lied 70 state that he has declared that there is not
word Of truth in the story thus originated
The extract copied above in The Journal is
from the Albany correspondent of the Neic- lort
Tm,s and was published in that paper on the
10th inst. We are assured, upon authority thai.
cannot be questioned, that not only is the above
charge unfounded but it is a base coinage. with
out one lrord or syIiaJle of foundation.
We should like to know if this correspondent
is entitled to the floor Of the Assembly, and II
he is TO be permitted to abuse that privilege by
such impudent ialsehoods.
New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-19

mere shadows for "E. Jones Il Co." these
latter not caring TO stand before the public as
engrossing the whole of this patronage.
Might it not be well for the Legislature to
look into this matter, along with the other
abuses of our City Government they are now
giving attention to for certainly no bills more
fagrautly and scandalousy extortionate, or
useless, are paid by the city. Here we fnd
Valentines Manual costing nearly $4,000 a
year to the cty-s book which some
of our best known publishers have offered
to produce for neariy trO.thirds less than that
sun: nor does even this offer begin TO show
how great must be the extorton in this case.
More than two-thirds of that book will be found
mere reprint from stereotype plates and stere-
otype maps which are continued on unchanged
from year to year, and costing "E. Jones &
CO. not one fraction except for paper, ink and
press-work; while the publishers who offer to
print it for Sl7 600 would require to have the
whole set up and illustrated as original matter
And besides, if the AppletOns or lIarpers agreed
to furnish 10000 copies, they would do soi
while it is well known, that as a general rule,
not more than one-half of the books annually or
dered and regularly paid for by our Common
Council are ever prnted-thougb the bills and
receipts for the whole number are duly FUR
nished, certified, and paid.
It's certainly within bounds to say that all
the work done and materials furnished 10 the
Common Council under the heads of Printing
and Stationery" for the years we have men
toned, could have been honestly and fully
done and furnished, and at very handsome
profit to the parties in interest, for less than
one-haD the amounts shown to have been paid
in the bills we have recited. 1t will be seen,
also, that these bills are increasing from year
70 year: and we make no doubt that unless
checked by legislative interference, they will
soon mount up, for the Boards of Supervisors
and Common Council together, to steady ONE
MILLION DOLLARS per annum, if they have not
already reached that sum. We ask the Legisla-
ture to give this matter their attention, and
shall be happy to furnish them with further in
formation from time to time
New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-19
NEWS OF THE DAY,
EOREIGN NEWS.

Bv the arrival Of the City OF London at this
port yesterday and the Europa al Halifax yesterday
we had four days later news from Europe
The English Parliament was opened by royal COM
mission on February l. Mr. Denison was reelected
Speaker of the House of Commons without opposition
Mr. Peabody has increased lis previous muniiicent
donation for benefit OF the London by another
10000 making total gift Of quarter Of million
pounds sterling
The English Government continues to reinforce the
troops stationed in Ireland The outbreak which was
expected on Jan. 81 during the progress of the Lord
Leuteuants Drawing Room, did not take place.
The cattle plague continues increase TO an alarm
ing extent.
Louis Napoleon is said to have sont dispatch TO the
Government Of the United States demanding whether
II means 70 regard pr0tacted occupation OF Mexico as
= cqsus bsHi.
1t is confirmed that Gillian privateers have appeared
of the coast of Spain. Two powerful Peruvian iron
csds had left the English ports. The English Govern
'nen. believed it had right 10 stop them as long as
Peru was not at war with Spain; but in France ae-
cordiug to the assertion of the Paris Pae Peruvian
frgale was to be detained until the settlement OF the
difference between Spain and Peru.
According to the latest from South America IN
England the allied forces were the eve Of cn ad'
vance into Paraguay. They were 10 be satisfied with
nothing less than the expulsion Of Lopez from Para
quay.
Tue Havana correspondent Of the Associated Press
j, daily authorized to say that the statement in The
Mr. York ford in regard TO Mr. Stewards visit 20 an
MD de.camp of Maximiian, is untrue in every par
tcuar.
There is said to have been fight between the two
Liberal Generals Canaes and Cortinas, in which the
latter was woIsted The report of oapture OF Mon
terey by Escobedo is coltradieted. Manuel Ruiz one
Of the Ministers Of Juarez has gone TO Ma1mian'
Governor Vidaurri is dead.
New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-19

FIRE N WEST HOUsToS-ST -Shorly before
II o'clock last night fire broke ont in the premises OF
Ii We.r, b.ockmaker. on the third floor Of No. l5s
West Houstou-st Through the exertions Of the hre-
men tho flames confined TO the floor whence tLes
originated Loss about 8 200; insured for 81. 900.
The adjoining floor of No. l.i is occupied By W.
Kpp Manufacturer Of glass ornaments. His stock is
damaged by water to the am0un, o SJ1O no insurance.
q. & " = Starr the essees Of the entire buildings
numbering from l9O 20 leo. Pie first. second and
fourth floor, are occupied By them as an aTmory ard
arms mandatory They will lose about $1,000 prin-
cpay Us water Insured for 600 each In the GsOeeIs.
Commonwealth and Albany City Companies.
The first floors OF Nos le4 and s6 were occupied bY
G.. W. Gilbert hOrse.shoer. Loss 500 No insurance.
The basement was occupied by william Horsfal black
sui,h Loss by water slight. The buildings Nos. iN
aud l92 the second floor we're occupied by !. Dow
ers. voodurner Stock damaged TO the amount OF
$50.
w. Hardy, wood turner, damaged TO the SANE
amount W Hardy aud 7. Elrlardt. wOod-turners,
lose respectively about the same amount By gateE.
Several other tenants lose slight amounts on stock. by
water. The buildings owned by j. Bussel aud ara
damaged % the amount Of $1,000. Insured. The po-
lice OF the Twentyeighth end adjoining Precincts IN
der the command of Sergeant onnoT were early on
tie ground and rendered efficient aid in preserving
property.
New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-19

Mikado was directed to bring the Book OF the
lrrcyocabic Wills" and the Mikado granted ths
demands Of the foreign powers.
Whether the facts fully tally with the above
account, or whether the japanese have modified
them for the foreign market, it may yet take some
time to establish beyond doubt. The Anglo.
Chinese papers, from which the above details.
have been derived, expect that they will soon be
permitted to publish the letters written by tho
Tycoon to the Mikado, which will form an addi-
ton OF considerable interest to the voluminous
Diplomatic Correspondence " literature Of tho
age.
The great result, at oil events, is that tia
japanese Government has now irrevocably
bound itself to the treaties with the foreign
Powers; and from these treaties will naturally
spring very extensive trade with Europe and
America. The new steamship line between
San Francisco and the ports of China and Japan
will. when completed, give to the japanese trade
a special Importance for our country.
New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-19
SSfI,eJI 81

That the researches into the records Of iudg-
ment OF the various Courts, ard reports of the
Finance Department which have given these
monstrous figures, are not by any means COM
plete, we are quite aware; though even as here
given, they took several intelligent gentlemen,
who were well posted in City affairs, several
weeks Of active labor to discover; and that a
further search if such shall be prosecuted,
would swell the aggregate for the three years
above noticed for printing and stationery for
the Common Council atone. 10 over ONE MIL
LION DOLLARS, We have good reasons for be-
lieying. But the figures As they stand are quite
bad enough, in all conscience.
BE it remarked that not shilling OF the
money for "printing aud stationery in the ac-
counts we have given goes for Advertising" "
which is a separate item by itself and cannot
foot mp less than $500, 600 year on the average
for each OF the past three years-that is, mclud-
ing the advertising for the County Board of
Supervisors as well as for the Common Council
How much the bills for printing and sta
ti0ncry" Of the Boards OF Supervisors, Police
Commissioners, Charities and Correction, Emil
grafton, &c, &c., for the same period would
foot up, we can only conjccturc-ior items Of
this kind are carefully broken up and imbedded
in the incxtricable mystery of the Controllers
reports, sometimes merely figuring "ior pay
mcnt of judgment'--so much, or words to that
effect; and not giving either the name OF the
judgment creditor, or the character OF the work
for which he has been paid.
How largely the name of "E. Jones X Co..
figures opposite the heaviest amounts IN these
printing and stationery" bills we need not
specially remark; nor can il be requisite to
notice the reporr though currently believed,
that many of the other pcr>ons-whcther named
or merely hinted AZ rs various parties or
Sc sundric, also li.uring in laid bills, are
New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-19

Tile Uorid grattes itself and plcases The great
body Of its patrons by printing series of most
extrayagant laudatons Of the more prominent
Rebel military leaders in our late struggle. The
last of these enshrincs Turner Ashby, who died
as be had lived, fighting bravely for tho disrup-
tion of our Union, and the triumphant diffusion
and perpetuation Of Slavery The Confederate
who writes this biography makes the Rebels
always gallant, generous, gentlemanly; the
Unionists ever cowardly, brutal and treacherous,
as a Rebel naturally would. So much We ex-
pect to stand, as it is part of our daily duty to
read Copperhead newspaper. But this traitor
is allowed by Thc World to insult and libel the
loyal women OF our country after this atrocious
fashion
The Northern ladies, about TO leave Winchester.
came and said. Gen Ashby. We have nothing contra
band about us-you search our trunks l.l pr.
sg7s IS nothing that lie replied The gentlemen Of
New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-19

THE BIRTHDAY OF WASHINGTON mil
tia regiments and various other military and civil as
socia,ons OF our city intend to take part in the celebrd
ton of Wa Wahington Birthday the 22d inst IL the
evening the sth Regiment viii hold their seventh
nual reception at tie Academy Of Music and already
extensive arrangement are beng made to give the &C.
ebsatoR OF this prominent event in our history IS mlch
eclat - possible 1t is stated that Gen. Grasi aud
s;ai Gov FentOn and staf Gen. Hooker and staff.
Mayor Hoffman. Gen. Sanford Gen. Hall the field oih-
Of the First Division and other prominent military
ard civil officials are among the invited guests.