The Placer herald., 1866-07-28
CLIPPINGS.

Legislature to ratify the constitutional
amendments, whatever other States may do.
Governor Swami, of Maryland, will not call
40 extra session of the Legislature to ratify
the constitutional amendments.
A great excitement was created among
the adhelents of the negro lareau in Mobile,
lately, by the marriage in that city Of for
mer slave of General Beauregard TO a white
woman, BY the name Of Jones, and n teacher
of the freedmen. The couple have left for
the home Of the woman's parents iu the
North.
Mrs. Verrels. in Accomac County, Va,
has surprised her family and friends by Civ
ing birth to Two children, each having two
heads. four eyes, and three legs.
The President has nominated Governor
Holden, of North Carolina, as Minister to
San Salvador.
Sam Hambleton. a poor negro, formerly a
Ala. His old master hearing the orcum
stances, hired two able counsel and Sam was
acquitted.
Gen. Ben Butler took from Gen. Dick
Tayor's plantation 2l7 negroes while he
was in command at New Orleans, and there
are now but SO If these negroes living. Or
the negroes who we're living in 1860 but
one,baf are now alive. This is said to be
an established iact-a record.
HEAVY SALE.-A twentieth interest in
the Eureka mine, near Grass Valley, says
the Nevada Transcript. was sold few days
since, for $4,000 Ibis is equal to $500,
900 for the mine. AS the company are now
getting about $40 000 per month, the mine
is paying An excellent profit on the invest
ment. The interest recent y sold was pur>
chased in the company. Fr'cot, who sold
the mine about year since for 100000
was the seller.
GARRuLoUs.-At a printers festival lately,
the following toast was offered: "Woman-
second only to the press in the dissemination
Of news"
One of the steam fire engines intended
FOR The Paid Fire Department Of this city
arrived on the last steamer.
The U. S. Sub Treasurer, at San Francisco,
has shipped East $500 900 in gold hy the
two last steamers. muklng the aggregate for
the year So ,ooo,o 900.
The number of Enfield rifles exported du.
ring the war from England to America, ex'
elusive Of those which ran the bIo' kade, was
AS follows: Birmingham supplied esq.,
London, 344, ,S0-iotaI, l,O27,3s.
1t is said that in YoIo county and other
parts of this Slate. the honey bees are sialy'
ing to death.
OHIo.-1he Ohio Democratic State Exc
cutive Committee have appointed WIN. AL
len. Geo. Ii. Peudlelon, q. w. Morgan and
NJ. r. Willet as delegates at large to the
Philadelphia National Convention.
Many Cornish miners are leaving the
Michigan copper mines for the Pacific coast.
SOUTHERN CHAKI1Y.-An ex-Confedera,e
General living near Nashville has received
$4,000 from the Ladies' Southern Benevo,
!eut Association Of Baltimore for dislribu.
tion among the widows and orphans of de-.
ceased Southern soldiers.
RELEAsEp.-Joel Lindsey, the clergyman
who whipped his little boy to death at Me-
dina, Ohio, for refusing 10 say his prayers,
has been released on $4,000 bail-p-rsous
being found who were willing to become re,
sponsibe for that amount in order TO let the
wretch 60 at large.
GooD SrEERs.-Cross of Salem (Ohio) has
fifty bead of four year old steers Of his own
raising, which will average over one thou,
sand pounds weight each.
A correspondent of the Memphis Bulletin
says that certain Masonic jewels, absracied
from the Lodge in Atlanta, when the FEEDER.
Al io1 hat .itv
redeemed in Boston.
MIR. Bigelow, United States Minister al
Paris, announces that if naturalizsd citizens
of the United States, liable to conscrption
IN France, on visiting that country, will 90
at once npon their arrival and report at the
district in which their names are enrolled,
produce their evidence of naturalization as
citizens Of he United States, aud ask to have
their names erased from the conscription
list, they will be relieved Of all difficulties OF
apprebeDslons In this regard.
1t is announced that the stakeholder in
the late fight for the championship has re-
| fused to return Mace his share OF the stakes
| (f4OO) unless this pug;list returns the belt
which was given him under certain condi
tions, but which lie desires TO retain, and At
present the subject is in dispute. Both
Mace and Goss have been disqualified from
again contcnding for the English champion.
ship.
Mr. Throckmorton, who owns a rancho,
embracing some 20. 600 acres, in Marin coun.
'y, has recently discovered stump on his
grounds which takes the palm from the big
trees of Calaveras county. This stump is
SO feet inches in diameter, and is now used
by Mr.. I. for corral.
A Partisan has conceived the notion OF
opening an exhibition, at ten centimes a
head, TO show million Of money spread
ou. in gold pieces. lie thinks he will have
rush Of visitors, as the curiosity to know
what a million is like is universal
Among the latest exhibited curiosities Of
California agriculture is fig weighing five