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, 1867-08-16

An IMMENSE MKE.-The Virginia City Tespdss
gives the following account of the Savage mine /:
"For the fiscal year ending June l, 1867, there
mine 70 ,295 tons Of ore, which averaged in value
$4l - per ton-making the product Of bullion
to reach the sum Of $4,000, 900. In 1866 the ore
mined was less than half this amount and the
result, to Mr.. Bonner, present Superintendent, is
very fattering for while the old management
paid for mining and reduction $34 80 per ton,
be has so improved matters that the cost has
been reduced to about $22-making q net gain
to the company yearly of about $500, 900. The
company furnishes profitable employment to at
least 1000 people, in the mine, mill and other
places. The Savage is to-day the largest and
most profitable mine in the world and, besides,
there is enough known ore In sight 70 insure the
same fattering success for . year 10 come as has
been made in the year past.
, 1867-08-16

GENERAL SHERMAN, at recent interview
with the Pacific Railroad maguates, at his
camp on the Platte, turned to a distinguish.
ed Senator and said: "You can see from the
appearance of the country that we cannot
fight the Indians with Infantry; you NAV
hold few posts with them, but beyond tba.
they are worthless. We want cavalry; but
how are we going TO subsist them hundreds
of miles away from railroad, where horse
cannot carry ten days subsistence with him?
And do you know" he continued, " that it
will cost near thousand dollars to subsist
cavalry man one year? 1t can't be DONE
The belt Of country over which they roam
is too wide 10 be swept by cavalry, aud we
must abandon the idea and first protect the
construction of the Union Pacific Railroad,
the most important enterprise ever under
taken, which will settle the Indian troubles
faster than any other means"
, 1867-08-16
The FulaIlment Of Prophect.

When Queretaro was betrayed and fell Esco,
oedo wrote: al have made terror the order of
tne day everywhere" Those who laughed At
tnat sentence as bravado, may now accept Il a.
simple truth. All late adViees from MEXICO
snow that . state Of perfect anarchy exists
Lnere is no government or any form Of auy.
Inc most outrageous deeds are perpetrated,
houses sacked and destroyed, women outraged
ano killed, churches demolished and everywhere
oiooo nows In rivers. In the capital as well as
10 the lesser cities, the convents were broken
open, and the nuns were driven into the omen
streets. Men Of wealth are compelled to render
heavy sums to protect themselves, and II any
naekWardness 10 complying with the demand Is
SHOWN, they are shorn Of all. Foreigners, es>
peeiAlly, are the subjects of sneh persecution
as has never before been known, even in Mexico.
The Americans seem to be the particular objects
Of hate, though none Of the other natiopaiities
are spared. The American Consulate. as we'll
Us the German and French, has been torciblv
entered and robbed by the Liberals, and the
Tag torn from the roof. A very carnival of
blood, rapine, and disorder reigns.
A correspondent writing from Mexico to New
York journal, says: "Nothing but execution,
inPrisOnments and eztortions have thus far mark
the new era which has dawned upon Mexico, by
the destruction of the Empire, and over which
so many promising prophecies were, made
Eighteen hundred men, strangers and Mexicans
bearing arms, have heen shot at Queretaro since
the caPitulation Of the city and not an evening
has come, or morning broken, but what the
clang OF rifles is heard at the different public
plazas or squares. Whenever we hear these re-
ports, at eventide or at sunrise, we know that
some uncondemned Frenchmen, Germans or
Mexlcans are being pierced through and through
by rifle bullets. No trial hllowed-no confession
granted, out death, death, and blood, blood, are
demanded by this So o-called Liberal Government.
80 far as we have seen, with but few exceptions,
1t composed of a motley crowd, and one thing
is certain, no foreigner can live here The per-
secutions upon all of them, Americans as well
as others, have been begun 10 earnest. All the
Consulates and Foreign Legations were entered
ana searched last evening, against the protest of
all the respective Consuls and Ministers. Leave
the country-we don't want you here are the
greetings givea to all foreign residents"
No one conver>ant with the Mexican character
expected anything different from this. 1t was
what many of our leading journals prophesied
when the death of Macmillan was announced.
There is no salvation for Mexico but 10 the in.
reference of some strong hand, which will have
the power OF holding in check the rival factions,
and by uniting them on some great national
question, give them at least chance to obtain
ci1llization-a privilege they have, as yet, never
enloyed,-Erie Dispdteh.
, 1867-08-16

A NEW DODGE. - An Atlanta correspondent
writes " Some of the Atlanta merchants are
shrewd: A good thing was perpetrated by one,
which WAS related by him to New York drum.
mer.' The merchant aforesaid is in the ready.
made clothing business, and he told the gentle,
man from New York that when a customer came
in, after letting himvtry on several coats, he
would say to him, that be had coat which he
bad given a gentleman to take home the night
before, but was not satisfied with it and return
ed it. Perhaps it might fit his customer. Now
you know says he, all men are more or less
dishonest, SO put pocket book in one Of the
coat pockets, which costs me forty or fifty cents.
Now, when he tries on the coat he puts his hand
in the pocket aud feels this pocket book, and
he buys the coat at once for a considerable ad'
back to us about il"
, 1867-08-16

WHAT Becomes OF THE GoLD.-It is estimated
that at the commencement of the present century
the amount of gold in the commercial world was
Sc, ,557, 500 900. Yet, notvitbstandi ding the enor>
nous production of gold by California and Aus
tralia, of late years, the stock Of the precious
metal in Europe is on the decrease. 1t is stated
that of the annual gold product, full fifteen per
cent. is melted down for manufactures thirty
five per cent. goes to Europe; twenty-five per
cent. to Cuba fifteen per cent to Brazil Eve
per cent. direct to China, japan and the Indies
having but five per cent. for circulation in this
country. Of that which goes to Cuba, the West
Indies, and Brazil, fully fifty per cent. finds its
way to Europe, where, after deducting large
percentage used in manufacturing, four. ffths of
the remainder is exported to India. Here the
transit of the precious metal is at an end. Here
the supply, however vast, is absorbed, and never
returns to the civilized world.
, 1867-08-16

TIE "BLAcK Crook. Utica IN. W o.
serUsr says the influence of The Black Crook up.
on the morals of the community is very stri.
kingiy illustrated in little incident that occurs
red down in Schenectady few weeks since.
Ten or twelve misses and lads, averaging from
Eve TO fifteen or sixteen years of age, having
listened to the wonders of this play from persons
who bad witnessed it, resolved to start an anna
teur Black Crook Association. They according
ly repaired to an unfrequented building, and
stationing audience of four or FIVE 10 positions
to correspond with their ideas of theatrical ar
rangements, proceeded to ''rehearse." The ac-
tors appeared with only the covering of Nature
and The Crook was rendered to their ideas
One of the little girls, who took the part of a
ballet girl, related the circumstance to her pa.
rents, when measures were taken to "repress"
the Organization"
, 1867-08-16
THE VILLAGE CHURCH.

Dear village church, 1 love it
On the holy Sabbath day,
With It's ivy-coyered tower,
And its beechen- ATbored way;
love the children singing,
And 10 bear the organ play,
In the dear old village church,
On the dear old Sabbath day.
/ loved it in the winter,
When the holly bonghs were there,
And better still in simmer,
When sweet flowers perfumed the cir,
And through the diamond windows
Streamed many a sunny ray,
In the dear old village church,
On the dear old Sabbath day.
'Tis long since first knew It.;
But yet remember how
used to bend my little knee
And veil my little brow,
BY one who loved 10 bring me
To kneel with her and pray,
In the dear old village church,
On tue dear old Sabbath day.
Now there are many faces
Which were not there before,
And the snowy heads are fewer,
And the grass grown hilloeks more.
But he remains unaltered
To whom we used to pray,
In the dear old village church yard,
On the dear old Sabbath day.
, 1867-08-16
Not AlWaYs So.

We were not always thus apart,
Such weary miles between each heart
You DAZZLING love of mine
When summer sweetness filled the air,
When skies were blue. like maiden's eyes,
And gold. like maiGen's hair,
When winds lay bound in chains Of flowers,
And Nature smiled through all the hours,
Those fond lips answered mine.
] zee the honey fate stores up
To mix in some mors favored cup,
taste the gall ace drink;
And | am sick with envious pain;
Fevers Of doubt consume my strength
And poison every vein;
For others, lite's delight" cry,
:" But only hurts for you and ~
And then pause and think.
We shall not ever parted be
By mocking land and cruel sea.
If, on the shores of time,
Fate's baleful power must hold sway,
Let us be PATIENT" God knows best
We trust him." will we say,
And, for our faith, at Heavens broad gate
Well meet to never separate,
You darling love of mine
, 1867-08-16

A PRETTY FooT.-What more captiya-
ting than dear little boot covering a high
instep, and coming down neatly over the toes.
with bewitching tassel dangling at the ton
of the clOse-lacing. In nothing is aristo.
cracy so marked as in the pedal extremity;
the thin nostril, the long fingers, the narrow
palm, are evidences of gentle blood, but far
less so than the round ankle, the high instep
aud the hollow beneath, through which as
the high bred Arab says, q stream of water
should be able to flow while the possessor
is standing. The fiat splay foot, on the cons
trary, as surely tells of want of pedigree as
Its misshapen excreScences, its corns and
bunions drive away affection. The horse
shows the purity of his extraction by clean
limbs, neat pastern and small hoof; and the
same result is noticeable, more or less, in all
animals. Man falls in love as readily with
a seductive foot as with an attractive face:
he hnds In 1t thonsand expressive move.
ments; its firm tread speaks of a decided
character; its quick step denotes anger; its
elasticity of motion assures him of liyeliness
and good humor; its basty tread denotes
impatience; its subtle glide signifies cunning:
while the quiet but marked football guar,
antees him an affectionate disposition. The
face often deceives with an alluring smile;
it is taught or trained by design or habit;
Openness is guarded and confined; but the
foot speaks its own language, unrestrained
and untutored; and the male sex owe debt
of gratitude TO fashion for giving back hon.
est feet to the future adorners of human ex-
istence.
, 1867-08-16
Execution Of nLariminan

The following from . private letter to A zen.
tlsmAn in San Francisco, is from the Bulletin
At a distance Of about 100 steps from the place
Of execution Maxlmilian left his carriage, and
went with firm and natural step to the point
designed. Miramon and Mejia approached in the
same manner, though the latter with an express
sion of sadness on account of his wife, who had
become q maniac.
Maximilian asked who were those ordered to
shoot him, and handed an ounce TO each Of them.
Being placed between Miramon and Mejia be
embraced them both aud said to Miramon "a
gallant man is respected by his sovereigns, allow
me to yie'd TO you the place of honor" He then
made Miramon take the place in the centre, and
thus addressed those present: "Me1ieans ; the
persons Of my class and origin are named by
God either to make their people happy, or die
as martyrs. Called by part of you, came for
the welfare Of this country. 1t was not ambition
which made me come, but the sincere desire to
forward the prosperity Of my adopted fatherand,
and that of its valiant sous, to whom-before
die-l express my gratitude for all their sacrii-
ees. Mexcans may my blood be the last shed
by you, and may it regenerate this unfortunate
country"
Having thus spoken, he inclined himself and
asked the blessings of the priest. He lifted his
eyes to heaven, advanced one step, and quickly
awaited death, indicating his breast with his
hands.
Miramon drawing out a small paper and as if
ordering battle, be spoke with a voice which
touched the fbres of the heart: "Mexicaus
here you see me condemned BY military law.
condemned TO die as a traitor. In the moments
which are now mine, my life belonging to the
Supreme Being, | proclaim before the whole
world that | never was traitor to my country
] have defended my opinions, and finish my
days with the chief of my party, but my sons
shall never be ashamed of their father. The spot
Of trteacbery does not adhere to me, nor shall it
adhere to my sons. Mexicans viva Mexico !
viva the Emperor p These two vivas were
given with a stentorian voice, he stepped back,
again embraced Maximilian, and awaited death
like a hero.
Maximilan made over by bis statement the
sum of SIS, 900 900 to be divided between the
families of the Generals and other persons. Be-
fore he died he was informed that Carlotta had
died, which made him exclaim: Even in this
Heaven has favored me-" To the family of Mi
ramon be left $50, 900; aud desires Francis
Joseph to educate as his own sons worthy of a
hero, to the last bis most faithful friend. It's
said that the perusal of Maximilian's testament
brings tears to ones eyes.
Mejia, to whom Escobedo owes his life, when
informed of bis death warrant, sent for him, and
told him: al recommend to you my only lie.
gitimate son. This is all have to say to you
After having deprived him of father, give him
another in bis unhappy country"
, 1867-08-16

A VIRGINIA poet improves the occasion of the
erection of statue to Chief Justice Marshall, in
Richmond, to be somewhat facetious. The fol,
lowing is a specimen of his lucubrations
"You come rather late to your pedestal. John,
For sooner you should have been here;
For the volume you hold is no longer the law,
And this is no longer Virginia.
The old Marshall law you expOunded of yore
Is now not at all to the purpOse
And the martial law Of the new Brigader
Is stronger than habeGs corpus.
So keep you the volume shut with care,
For the days of the law are over;
And it needs all your brass to bo holding it there
With Justice inscribed on the cover"
, 1867-08-16

PooR CoLFAx.-A correspondent of the Gin.
cinnati Commercial disposes of Colfax's Presi,
Dental aspirations in this wise Colfax was
bamboozled By few crazy fellows into the be-
lief that he had chance, and the poor little
man has been worrying himself nigh unto death
ever since. He has been writing to the Feniaus
about Vinegar Hill; to the Christians about the
happy land to the Jews about Jerusalem to
the Baptists in favor of immersion to the CAL
vinists in favor of hell FIRE to the Catholics in
favor of the Pope and to the radicals hallelu-
jah for the negroes. And if this wasn't enough
to elect a man, be has lectured four thousand
four hundred and 6fty-fVe times on butfalos,
bears and wild cats"
, 1867-08-16

The Richmond Wing says that one firm, deal
ing in real estate in that city, has $1,000 acres
of land for sale. 1t believes that onehalf the
lands in the State would change hands in week
upon the offer of its value in cash. ''But trans.
actions in real estate are few, nit says, "and
sales are rarely effected, except at sacrlhce.
The reason is papable our owu people nave
not the money with which to buy, and stranger3
are deferred from making investments by reason
of our unsettled political status" This Paraly-
sis is not confiued to the sale of land. 1t per-
rndes all kinds of bnsiness.
, 1867-08-16

OBEYING ORDERs.-An individual was
once brought before the police court in Gin.
cinnati, charged with assault and battery.
He frankly admitted that he had struck his
antagonist, but said, in extenuation, that
the man had called him liar; "and," cons
tinued be, "may it please the court, was
born in Livingston, in the State of New
York. There, when man says you're a
liar, you call him liar back, and there s
the end Of it. But, your honor, have lived
for fifteen years on the Wabash, and there,
when man calls you liar, you knock him
down at once. 1 only obeyed my Wabash
instructions" Fined 81 and costs.
, 1867-08-16

UTILITY OF BEARDs.-There are moro
solid inducements for wearing the beard
than the mere improvement of mans per-
sonal appearance, and the cultivation of such
an aid to the every day diplomacy Of life.
Nature combining, as she never fails to do.
the useful with the ornamental, provides us
with far better respirator than science
could ever make, and Ie that is never 80
hldeous to wear as that black seal upon the
face that looks like passport to the realms
OF suffering and death. The hair of The nous.
tache not only absords the moisture and
mlasma OF the iogs, but it strains the air
from the dust and SCOT of our great cities.
1t acts also in the most scientific manner.
by taking heat from the warm breath as il
leaves the chest, and supplying it to the cold
air taken in. 1t is not only a respirator,
but, with the beard entire, we are provided
with comforter as well; and these are never
left at home, like the umbrellas, and all such
appliances, whenever they are wanted. Mof>
fat and Livingstone, the African explorers.
and many other travellers, say that in the
night no wrapper c&n equal the beard. Tho
remarkable thing is, too, that the beard,
like the hair of the head, protects against
the heat of the sun but more than this, it
becomes moist with the perspiration, aud
then, by evaporation, cools the skin. A man
who accepts this protection of nature may
face the rudest storm and the hardest wins
ter. He may go from the hottest room into
the coolest air without any dread and we
verify believe he might almost sleep in mo-
rass with impunity at least his chance Of
escaping q terrible fever would be better
than his beardless companions.
, 1867-08-16

LABoRs TOO MANY HoURs.-The health
of Hon. B. F. Wade, President pro tenn.
of the Senate, is said 10 be declining. The
Cairo Democrat says he is overworked. He
labors too many hours each day. giving at
least ten hours to the work ofputting himself
around several gallons of whisky. If he
we're to adopt the eight hour system, his
health would improve, unless be succeeded
in doing as much drinking work in eight
as he does in ten hours.
, 1867-08-16

Ora Nsw GovEKSoR-The S. F. AItG gives
the foIIoving account of Brigadier Gen. Moore,
the pewlv appointed Governor of Washington
Territory; " He is a veteran soldier of the army
of Tennessee. He served in the war as colonel
of the 6sth Ohio, but was subsequently, promo
red TO be a Bngadier General, and acquitted
himself with distinction. His name was sent
into the Senate Just before the close Of the March
session, aud the nomination at once confirmed"
, 1867-08-16

HIGH BUILD1NGs.-A lady, being anx-
ious to give friend, who had never been in
Edinburgh, an idea of the great height of
the buildings in that city, said that work
man, accidentally falling off the roof of a
house in which she resided, had time, after
passing several windows in his descent, to
exclaim to friend looking out of one, "Oh,
Jamie, such a fall as shall have !'
, 1867-08-16

How Could THEY?-A bellmaker, en-
deavoring to sell large gong to Quaker
gentleman, remarked that it would be very
useful in the country, for it would not only
serve as dinner-bell, but would also, in
case of an attempt to break into the house,
enable the inmates to give an alarm to the
surrounding neigbSrhood. "Friend," re-
piled the Quaker gentleman, after listenin
attentively to these recommendations, "I
will not purchase thy gong; for if I put it to
both these uses, how should my friends dis
tinguish between a late dinner and an early
burglary.
, 1867-08-16

FOND OF HIS PREAcHING.-A chaplain
of one of our peniteutiaries missed female
hearer whose sentence had expired. In a
few weeks, be noticed her in her old place.
"Why how came you back into prison
again 7" be asked. "Ob, sir" she replied;
II waited to hear you preach SO much' L
couldn't stay away any longer.
, 1867-08-16

WHENEVER we see an individual who is con-
stautly harping on the faults and i~Periee'ioOss
Of bis neighbors, either imaginary or real, ana
who appears anxious to make people believe en-, ns
has deep interest in their welfare, il you Wiil
watch him carefully you will find that be is only
finding fault with bis neigbors to cover up his
own sins.
, 1867-08-16

MEx1co.-Tbe New York Sunday NsUs says
that we owe it to humanity aud the charity Of
the age to intervene in the bloody faetionai
quarres of Mexico, to occupy her territory with
an army powerful enough to compel peace and
obedience, aud 70 annex her forthwith to the
United States" Just our sentiments, and the
sooner it is done the better.
, 1867-08-16

A Bostonian asked an Arkansas belle to be-
come his partner for the next dance, when she
answered, '' Yes, stree, and thank you too for
I've sot and sot till thought I'd tux root"
, 1867-08-16

os,oe Statesman Building, Third Street.
, 1867-08-16

TEE McCormicks of Chicago will turn out ten
thousand reapers and mowers this season.
, 1867-08-16
sgalIa @alla Statesman.
pusL1sHED EVERY FRIDAY EVENING, BY
HI. NEWELL.

EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
The Placer herald., 1867-07-20
SUMMONS.
The People Of the State OF California, IL
JOHN LORTON:

The People Of the State Of California, To
JOHN LORTO.N:
VOU are hereby Summoned to appear before
IL me, at my office in Lincoln, Placer county,
on MONDAY the 29th day OF July, A D., 1867, 1T
10 O'Clock, A. NJ, to answer the complaint of A.
IL. Estell, wherein he prays judgment against
you for the sur: Of One hundred and forty eight
dollars and sixty-3ne cents. ($l48 6l,) in an ac-
tion for the recovery of said sum on certain
promssory note for the sum Of $50 Is, interest
on the same S3l II, and book account Of S63 Is
amounting in all to Sl4S Gl, and take notice, If
you fail SO to appear and answer, Plaintiff will
take judgment by default against you in the sum
of Sl4S 81, together with costs Of suit.
Given under my hand this 18th day of April,
A. D.. 1867. Ii. W. STARR, J. P. Up. No. 10.
l. Il. S. SO cens.]
1t appearing to the Court from the affidavit of
the Plaintiff that the said Plaintiff has good
cause of action against the Defendant John Lor.
ton, and that the Defendants place OF residence
is unknown to the Plaintiff.
1t is ordered that the service Ct Summons be
had by publishing the SAME in the PLACER HER
AID, a weekly newsrHrer published in the coun
~ OF Placer, for t.e space of three months.
~ Hiveu under my hand and dated at Lincoln,
low:ish.p No. 10 OF Placer county this 18th day
of april, A. d, 1867. H. w. STARR, J. p.
apl.27-3m Township No. 10.