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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-25

A letter to the New York Sun says
Speaking OF car cushions, some years
ago | met in a car leading editor Of this
city, who stood up though there were
plenty of seats, asked him why be did
this, and his answer was that be had never
sat down in cushioned car or ferrvboat
sinoe the President of the Union Ferry
Company had described to him the pro-
cess of pulling to pieces with long hooks
and burning the worn out cushions Of the
ferryboats. Wherever the steam pipes
passed under the seats there we're long
crusts in the cpshions, composed of three
kind Of vermin, and containing millions
on millions of them 1t was this that led
them to adopt at first the cane seats, aud
last and best the Stats now in use, made
Of shape to rendersthem as easy as any
cushion. Since then | have kept oleas Of
cushions in public coaveyAnees."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-25

1t is said that Vauxhall, who was the
favorite on the Saratoga track in race,
during which he suddenly gave out, is
ruined for eyes more-thst his day as
iaee horse is over-thst turfman would
not give twenty-five cents for him. Nc
Connell and Thompson, the owners, have
won much by him, but now they will
never be able to via aaether race Not
c veet ago they we're offered $4,000 for
him, but they laughed seoTnfHlly at the
idea Of selling him Zoe such a price.
Those who assume to be posted say tha,
ias horse broke down in the near fcfe-
leg, the back tendons giving way. There
has been an enormous amount Of money
lost on him. Before the s,a.i .he odds
were at the rate Of 500 to 800, and
finally DR.. Underwood had to leave him
cas ol the pools, and sell between the
other two horses.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-25

A new defensive apparatus has been
devised in France for the protection Of
infantry soldiers against the balls OF
breech- loading muskets. Ii is proposed
to line each knspsack with thin bat bull
iet-proof plate Of Bessemer steel, and to
construct Of the same substance the ket-
ties, bread-pans,. and other camp utensils
now made Of ordinary iron, copper or tin.
These articles are to be used as shields,
bnt also can be piled up in the Geld to
form temporary bullet-proof shelter for
q battalion,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-25
King william, the +" Blind Horse

This model and saddle station has
added another laurel to his wreath OF
fame. he bore off the blue ribbon and
the handsome silver service of one hun
dred dollars at the Richmond fair last
week. he met Goddard's "Sumpter
Denmark" Hubble's "Stonewall Jack
son." Gorum's horse from Scott, and
Vanmeter's from Clark-fve of the best
stations in Kentucky for the saddle.
The excitement while the exhibition was
going on was intense, and thousands
shouted for king William" the general
favorite. The judges pronounced him
not only the best saddle stallion they ever
saw, but also the most perfect model of
the horse kind. He was at the Salvisa
fair this week, aud will be at Harrods-
burg the first week in September, and
other fairs in this part of the State.
Those who have not seen him should not
neglect the opportunity.-Ddnuille I'D.
rocdte, 10th.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-25

The PUBLIC LEDGER is published every AZ
ternoon tcxcept Sunday by X. WHITMoRE
and J. j. DuB0SE. under tho firm name of
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-25
Hugh Hastings on an. G."

The New York Commercial is again
paying its respects to Horace Greeley
as lobby agent" and, in the course Of
its criticisms. uses what the Apostle Paul
calls great " flowers of speech
Some days since it was playfully
stated in this paper that during the sit
ting of the Legislature at Albany, in
April, year ago, Mr.. Greeley went
there in The Vanderbilt interest, and
took part against the so. called Erie
bill Mr.. Greeley did not fancy being
classed as lobby man, in which capa-
city he appeared on the occasion re-
ierred to, and thereupon INDUCED in the
language of ill-bred people, whose uni.
versal argument is, You lie, you d.
scoundrel.
"Mr. Greeley cannot hope to throw
dust in peoples eyes and escape the
odium of lobby agent by a flourish OF
ram horns that it is wholesale fabri.
cation, and the author a sefproclaimed
liar, and the Commercial Advertiser "a
journal of little character and less circu-
lation.' This old dodge of the thief join
ing in the cry Of the pursuers, stop,
thief" won't do, Mr.. Greeley. The
writer of this article can show, before any
court and jury in the country, the con-
nection of yourself and the Tribune with
many of the most corrupt schemes that
ever disgraced the Legislature.
Mr.. Greeley will tell US he was in Albany
and Washington in the capacity of man
taking deep interest in every great
public improvement, This is the dodge of
every scamp when found in bad company.
But few men ever embarked in
any wickedness that they did not do it
from conscientious motives. We repeat,
Mr. Greeley can no more escape from
the odium of being a lobby agent, than
Nessus could escape from his poisoned
shirt. We shall stick as close to him as
the aforesaid shirt. We shall fasten it
to him, not by the evidence of self
proclaimed liar, but by the testimony of
his Radical friends in the State Senate,
by the editors of the leading Radical
organs of the State, by the prominent
Radicals of the party who we're at Albany
when he visited the Capital as Wander
bilts agent to influence certain Senators.
These charges are specific enough. We
mean TO stand by them. We shall con-
tinue to reiterate them. We shall per.
sist in showing that Mr.. Greeley is an |
impostor, a cheat, and fraud upon the |
people of the country"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-25

The Secretary of the nsSsury re-
eeivea on Monday seyeR.J FIVE dollars
ison resident Of Boston, who says he
cannot live without doing justice TO the
government he begs the Department
for his wite's sake noi to publish his act
OF restoration, but forgot to sgn his
name to the letter. Ten dollars have
been received from Mound City, Kansas.
TO be credited to the Conscience Fund,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-25

0u the 9th inst. a mule, the property
Of Andrew Hill, residing near kingsville,
Missouri, gave birth 10 colt which bears
the appearance of the horse, with some
resemblance to a mule This is the frat
instance Of the kind in that region,
Hhiet is very rare anywhere else.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-25
Saratoga Racy Gossip from the
PandemOnium of Fashion and
ShOddy.

ShOddy.
Correspondence New York SUM-
There is nothing new under this Sara
toga sun, so We will ruminate little to-
day, and show up some of the follies Of
life in these gigantic bird-eages called
hotels. The young ladies of New York,
after going through heavy campaign of
receptions, balls, germans, weddings and
theaters, come TO the fashionable summer
resort for rest and to recruitthe charms
for the next season. How do they rest ?
Ahem | by rising at niue in the morning,
drinking more or less water, with mild
Irritation before breakfast, lolling in the
parlors till the hour comes for making
the sgonizing dinner toilette; then a
heavy Irritation or q ride 20 the lake, and
then after tea comes the grand tgsnsfor-
nation scene in the toilette stupendous,
and the eternal hop, hop, hop, of the
one-horse ball. The poor creature who
has been through half a dozen of these
seasons and arrived at that hoFrid age so
near the thirties, and failed to End that
eligible young man for whom she has
been looking with such romantic and
tender interest for long and weary years,
may as we'll subside, shu. pan, collapse,
aud 90 home q wiser, if not better
maiden.
MORE BRAINS THAN MONEY.
"The beaux, my dssh, are awfully
scarce" Well, the fact is that most of
the young sprigs of fortune hunters that
ooue TO Saratoga have more brains than
money, and it does not take them very
lonr time to and out that the latter COM
modify is all important with pc and ma
and ike sensible youths, they refuse any
longer 10 trot ont Matilda or Sarah Jane
without the faintsst ray oi hope oil les
seninr the size of the old gents bank
account. A change has come oyer the
spirit of their dreams or drains. Two or
three seasons at this roplnghn business
and two or three refusals from Fomsntie
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-25
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" Bnciburu oontros Of .hs
complied
Ia ke
in Tennes
q w hIA N Corro liar efTennsa
The Placer herald., 1869-09-25
LAW OF NEWSPAPERS.

/. Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary are considered as wishing to con-
tnue their subscription.
2. II subscribers wish their rpapersdiscontinucd
publishers may continue to send them until all
charges are paid,
5. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
papers from the Office or place to which they are
sent, they are held responsible until they settle
their bills and give due notice TO discontinue.
4. If subscribers move to other places without
Informing the publisher and the paper is sent to
she former direction, they are held responsible.
Notice should always be given ofthe removal.
s. The Courts have decided, that refusing to
take a paper from the office, or removing and
leaving it uncaled for, is prima facie evidence of
Intentional fraud.
The Placer herald., 1869-09-25

LARGE YIELD OF WHEAr.-A correspond
ent of tue Bulletin, writing from San Die
90, says:
"Tbe quantity of wheat raised TO tho acre
In the Canyon on the ranch of Major Chase,
Is wonderful. 90 one piece of thirty five
acres the average was 67 bushels to the acre,
and on another of different kind Of wheat
the average for piece of 20 acres was 65
bushels to the acre. The quality cannot be
exec led. The threshing is now nearly over,
and when the houriog mill is com peted,
the whole crop will be baued to Newtown
and put through At least 5000 sacks of
barley we're raised in the Canyon this season.
but learn that most of it will be kept there
for use the coming Winter, as it will be all
needed and more too. According to press
ent calculation, at least 10000 acres Of the
valley lands there will be soon in wheat and
barley the coming season. Men, women
children, horses, wagons, etc, are on their
winding way here from up country, from
Texas and every other part, and the brick
makers and carpenters are working all The
time to have things in readiness for the new
comers."
The Placer herald., 1869-09-25
BEYOND THE RIVER.

There is land whose smiling vales,
Whose hills of richest green.
Whose golden "city OF our Cod"
No earthly eye hath seen,
Yet from its gates of radiant pearl,
The mortal shvnkeih ever,
For this Elysian Paradise
Lies just beyond the river.
This better land hath no more toll,
And no more care or pain;
No vail of woe or weary sigh,
Is waited DER its plain;
So pure, so bri ght so richly dight,
Death can no more dissever
The hearts that meet in raptures sweet,
Beyond the rolling river.
So near's this wonlrous land to us,
We fancy that we feel
on times he touch of seraph wings
Der our rapt senses steal
And in the depths OF distant west,
Where amber sunsets Quver,
Stray CLEANS of glory floAting from
The land beyond the river.
So near and yet so far away
So lar when faith doth fail
And we in dreary darkness dwell,
While doubts aud fears assail,
The sprays Of Jordan round US fall,
In its still waves We shiver,
Aflr it seems TO iainling hearts,
This land beyond the rivcr
And yet We are assured that One
From that br ebt world of joy
Will come. and DER the stream Of death
The dying saint convoy.
His hand will bear the spirit up,
His love suffice forever,
Why should we fear with Jesus near,
To cross the surgng river
Then let us press with eager feet,
The pathway to that land,
Where crowns, and harps, and robes, ant
palms.
Await the ransomed band,
The mortal heart, at deaths keen dart,
In anguish dire may shiver,
But thanks to God, the immortal part,
Will live beyond tn river.
The Placer herald., 1869-09-25

Is Paris, the other day, a girl was OBJ
served on the street with wooden leg un-
der her arm, while gentleman was calling
to her from a window on the other side Of
the street, gesticulating fiercev and demand
ing her return. To the large crowd which
the scene attracted, the girl made explana-
ton that she was washeSwoman to the gen
tleman, that he would no. pay her, that she
visited his lodgings to demand her money,
and that on his refusing she had taken pos
session Of his wooden leg, purposug not to
return it un til she received ber money.
The Placer herald., 1869-09-25
WkH. NEELY JOHNSON

HtfOrney and COUnSe77Or al LdlO.
MILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS
w in the Sixth Judicial District. and in the
Supreme Court, and having associated with him
II. e. johnson. will devote special attention to
all matters relating TO Public Lands before the
United States Land Office aud the State Land
Office at Sac amento and before the General
Land Office at Washington City.
business arran gements having be en- completed
with prompt and competent Agents in Washing
tonfor the speedy settlement of all Land Claimss
it is believed that unusua facilities can be Offer
ed to all persons interested in Land matters,
applications for Presumption, Homestead, Mining
Claims and all other classes of Lands drawn IL
and prepared, and correspondence promptly atd
tended to.
Office in Gllig & Motifs Building, street, be-
tween Second and Third. Sacramento.
Auburn, June 5th, 500. je5-ly.
The Placer herald., 1869-09-25
WASHOE HOTEL,
Cisco, Placer county, California.
JAMES gibson, Proprietor.

iais we'll known HOTEL located in one of the
liveliest business points in the county is now in
complete order.
THE TABLE will always be supplied with the
best the market affords
THE BEDS are good clean and comfortable
THE BAR is supplied with full stock of the
very choicest, Wines, Liquors Cigars ETC.. and no
pains will be spared to render ali customers, both
transient and permanent, com Portable.
The proprietor soil its the patronage of the
bile. Oct. II.
The Placer herald., 1869-09-25

lNeESIoUs. - Chicago has invented .
movable church for uss 10 Kansas. It a..
commodities fifteen hundred worshippsrs,
aud folds up nicely when meeting is over.
The Placer herald., 1869-09-25
1920 ACRES
VAL UABL d AN D
a. For S ale! 81

Consisting of Ms folloOing described Tracts :.
The northwest quarter of section two, Town
ship twelve, north range, eight East,
CONTAINING I6O ACRES.
This land lies two miles from Auburn, the
county seat of Placer county and Immediately
on the line of the Central Pacific Railroad; is well
adapted for agriculture, fruit, vines, or grazing
purposes; contains number Of large living
springs and sufficient timber TO last the place for
all neediul purposes for years.
ALSO
The southwest quarter of the southeast quarter
of section twelve; the south half of southwest
quarter OF section twelve; the east half OF south
east quarter of southeast quarter of section eev
en-; the east half of the northeast quarter of
northeast quarter of section fourteen the
north half OF the northwest quarter OF section
thirteen; the northwest quarter OF the northeast
quarter of section thirteen; the south east quarter
of the northeast quarter OF section fourteen; the
northeast quarter OF the southeast quarter of Sec
ton fourteen; the southwest quarter OF the north
west quarter of section thirteen; the northwest
quarter of the southwest quarter of section thir
teen, Township No, IL. North Range, six East,
Mt. Dablo Base and Meridian,
CONTAINING $50 ACRES.
This land lies and half miles cast of the
town Of Lincoln. in Placer county; is in COM
pact form, well watered, and part of it timbered,
with The main Auburn Ravine running through
it it from east TO west.
ALSO
The southeast quarter Of section ten, Township
No. IL, North Range, six East,
CONTAINING I6O ACRES.
This land lies within eighty rods Of the town of
Lincoln. has a good spring of living water on it,
and is good farming land
ALSO,
The south west quarter of section one, the south
east quarter Of section one. and the north west
quarter OF section one Township No. y, North
Range, six East.
CONTAINING $50 ACRES.
This land lies two and half miles from Lincoln,
and is valuable for the timber 1T contains, which
is in demand on the California Central Railroad
at Lincoln and is suitable for tillage when the
timber is removed.
ALSO
The east half of lot No 2 of the northeast quarter
of section four, Township No. II, North Range,
seven East.
CONTAINING 40 ACRES,
All the above lands. or any portion thereof, will
be sold at reason able prices, and on accom-
modatng terms.
1ssr Persons desiring further information will
be furnished the same on application TO this Office.
Placer Herald Office Dec. 26, lS6S.-tf
The Placer herald., 1869-09-25

George l., KINGSLEY and brother, killed
twenty deer in the mountains east of Red
Bluff, in less than three days.
The Placer herald., 1869-09-25

TnE political prospects in Pennsylvania
may he gathered from the following, par
agraph from the Philadelphia Age Of August
Goth:
During the past week we have seen sew
eral gentlemen who, in the routine Of busi-
ness, have travelled the Stale from the Dell
aware to the Ohio, and the reports they give
Of the tone of public sentiment every where
uniformly point to an overwhelming Demo-
cratic victory. Our informants are gentle
men of Intelligence, who would not willfu-
lv misrepresent facts. Their opportunities
for observation have been very extended,
and but for the fact that We can place i'm
plicit confidence in their statements, we
should feel Inclined to doubt the possibility
Of sech an enthusiastic wtkening of the
masses in behalf of the Democtalic nomi-
nees as they report.
The Placer herald., 1869-09-25

TRAPPINo Quail. Oakland Trans
cript Of September 10th thus notices a
shameful and Illegal practice:
Last week, ex-offcer Former and a mem
ber of the Oakland police force went 10 San
Pablo creek to search for offenders against
the Game law They had reliable informa-
ton that large numbers Of quail were being
trapped and kept in readiness to be rushed
into market as quickly as the law would al
low, and their investigations showed that
upwards Of 10000 birds had really been
captured. The coming Of the officers be
coming known, most Of them were released
ln one locality the entire upper story Of a
house was turned into an immense Quail
cage, and traps for these birds were found in
in every direction. Three men who had
quail in their possession were arrested, and
will be tried at San Pablo, next Tuesday.
The Placer herald., 1869-09-25

DEMoCRArIc NoMINArIoN As We have
noticed elsewhere, J udge Resrdon, of Nevada
is The Democratic candidate for Judge Of the
Fourteenth Judicial District, composed of
lbe counties Of Nevada aud Placer Judge
Rsardon's opponent, Judge Mcfarland, the
present incumbent, is a malignant and pref
udiced politician, and in every respect is un,
tit for the position he now occupies. Judge
Reardon is an ardent Democrat, it is true,
but never has been known to use harsh or
offensive language when speaking of pollti-
cal opponents. He has. as a politician, dis
cussed pending questions in digoiisd and
respectful language. and on the bench will
in 20 respect be influenced by political con
siders,ions or prejudlcs In his official ca
pacity, if elected, aud we believe he will be,
he will be influenced by the law and the
facts The Democracy of Nevada and Pla-
Ger counties owe it to themselves to rally to
lbs polls on the 2Olh of October, and :by
united and active efforts to dismiss from the
bench man bitter in his political and per-
sonsl rrejudiees and unfit for the positionI be
now s.-Reporter.
The Placer herald., 1869-09-25
UNITED STATES LAND DECISIONS.

The following communications from the
United States Land Office have beeu furnish
ed to Us for publication:
The Placer herald., 1869-09-25

ing herself alone with him for moment.
under desperate impulse, she asked Did
you, too, see me that night, Mr.. Percivsl 2
He was touched by the tremble in her
voice aud be wistful look in the dark eyes;
but he answered honestly: 1 caunot deny
that did see you
% sir ! what must you have ,houghtF
'Tbought!-why, | thought if ghost.
would come in such shapes, l would never
fear them more
The shy smile and rosy blush that bis play
ful answer called forth seemed first to reveal
to The young colegian this pale, sad vision
of The night as a lovely waxing fesh-and-
blood reality.
never hoard of Lucy Eilet 'revi.ling the
gmpsess Of be moon as a somnambulisl
after this but did hear that on another
Christmas night she stood on the hesrtb Of
The Ole farm hause, dressed all in white, in
the mdst OF The same family circle, and that
she gazed about her, and said Il am afraid
| am walking in my sleep again. and that
she then put W her hands in pretty, de-
pfecating way, and added: 'but if am John
don't wake me - Hearth & Home.
The Placer herald., 1869-09-25

UroN the least deviation from their regular
habits, many persons ars subject to TO ul stomach,
feiid breath. want OF appetite, nausea dizziness.
lassitude and great weakness Travellers upon
land or sea, should always provide themselves
with bottle Of DR.. Walkers pegetabie Vinegar
BHters. 1t corrects the arrangements OF the sys-
TEN arising from change OF waters and irregular
ity OF diet, creates good appetite, and inv gor-
ates the stomach, as well as the mental faculties.
The Placer herald., 1869-09-25
BUSIN ESS CARDS.
DIR. A. S. DUBOIS,
Physician and Surgeon,

Main Street, Auburn,
Opposite Wells, Fargo 4 Co.'s Mse.
HAVING removed from Lincoln to Auburn
may be found at his Office. or a. his Residence
near the Court House, (the former residence Off ,
W. Dickers, n.y.
March l3.my.
The Placer herald., 1869-09-25
CHEAP PROPERTY.
Four Hundred Acres.

'WO HUNDRED and FORTY of which are paid
or and patented; TWO HUNDRED AND TWEEN