The Placer herald., 1870-07-30
NUMBER 40.
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
SAN FRAsc1sco, JuLY 20, 1870.


as they were on Friday and Saturday. At half
past one news was received of the declaration OF
war by France against Prussia, and the informa-
ton spead with wonderful rapidity. The news
paper and telegraph Offices soon surrounded
by crowds ciamorous for the latest scrap of ntel-
| ligence, and each man for the moment forgot his
I own personal struggle for existence in contem-
plating the greater struggle OF armed nations.--
Man is by nature betting animal, and nuiner-
Gus We're the wagers made on the result of the
conflict. The odds varied from two TO ON tho
French winning the first battle, to even on the
final issue. Others staked their money that the
first clash of arms would be on Frencli soil and
still moro bet on the duration of the conflict.
One effect of the impending strife is already visi-
bic in the sudden development of swarm Of
newsboys, who make the streets clamorous with
their extras all about the great in Pru-s-h-
er," and another is the numerous drq,unent,un
Gun, fsticgF that take place between the corner
grocery adherents of the ri' al powers. The COM
mercial developments thus far have been COM
plete stoppage to business in the wheat market.
an advance in the price of all kinds of French
goods and the charter of the ship Ellen Num-
roe" to carry 5000 tons of coal to the French
government vessels stationed at Tahiti.
ANOTHER IMMENSE ANTI-cHINEsE PROTEST
Friday evening was signalized by another inl-
mense mass meeting In opposition to the coOlie
! equality doctrine of the universal brotherhood
men. If the demagogues of the Carey, Mooney
and Winn stripe, who are unfortunately accepted
by our working classes their leaders, tried
their utmost to do damage to righteous cause,
they could not succeed more admirably than BY
the course they are taking on the Chinese ques-
ton. Carey and Mooney openly for civil
war. The former says that he will dispute every
inch Of ground, burn every blade of grass, and
the last intrenchment of liberty shall be his grave
/ but what the blades of grass have done in con-
nection with the Chinese question that they
should be burned is not yet manifest. Mooney
| SAWS the last civil war was for sentiment but
/ he fOr forh for
stcnce He advises the formation of military
companies without delay, and is evidently intent
ON tanning the present i'll feeling against the
Chinese into acts of open violence. f1
JOHN IN ROLE.
If John Chinaman shows but little adaptabity
! to Western civilization, he adopts Western
wickedness with as much ease as if he was to the
mannor born As chicken thief he has long
been a success as despoiler of linen his equal
has to be produced: in the reals of quackery he
completes with his white skinned brethren; as n
burglar he exhibits latent talent that may be
developed into the fine art of crime, and as
irstclass rascal in all things appertaining to per-
sonal property as Shakespeare has it. 1--WE ne 'er
shall look upon his like again But who would
! have thought that he had the consummate ability
to turn note forger? Why, it requires genius for
the occupation, brilliancy to devise and exc
cute, perseverance to plan, and capital to carry
out; and while no one gave him credit for such
capacity he has quietly astonished friend and foe
by scheme that would have done credit to the
late Munroe Edwards. We deemed that mid
night raid on suice was the utmost possibility
of his achievements, and 10, we find that his
yaulting ambition is not satisfied with the lower
walks of crime, but aspires to reach the higher
branches of the profession. The story apper-
| tanning to John appearance in the new charac-
ter of n forger is somewhat too long to be con-
| cisely told, so suffice it to say that under
specious pretext he ordered lithograph of the
bank notes of the Oriental Banking Corporation
of London (dolng business principally in India
and China), procured bank note paper from
England, Il numbering machine from New York.
and thus prepared was on the point of sailing for
| Hongkong, where tiourshing counterfeiting
business would have been done when detective
Lees cut short his career by an arrest and the
enterprisng Celestial is now practically expert
encing the truth of the saying that the way Of the
transgressor is hard.
WASTE OF FRUIT.
| Six tons Of figs, two OF strawberries and two
of apricots tumbled into the bay one day last
week by the dealers, because the market was over
stocked, and they preferred to destroy the sur
plus rather than reduce the price. The result Of
| this sinful policy is, that while God pours such
an abundance into our laps, only the rich can
avail themselves of the gift and it is almost i'm
possible for the poor to purchase the necessary
! amount of fruit. 1t is usual to call it luxury,
but in this Californian climate it is far more Of
necessity and as such was intended to be within
the means of ALL
THE cocos ISLAND TREASURE HUNTERS.
Mention has been made from time to time in
these letters of the Cocos Island treasure hunters
and their search for the buried wealth of certain
defunct parties. Two three months ago an
expedition returned from what supposed to
| be fruitless voyage but it now leaks out that
the enterprise was far from being barren in re-
suit Parties who went on the last expedition
assert that they found the monuments described
in the old parchment manuscript on which they
| depend, and the schooner Francis Steele :" In
daily expected from the Island with later intelli-
gence On the next trip the schooner will take
cars and other material for n train road to assist
in excavating the place where the treasure vaults
are supposed to be. Provisions and other sup
plies sufficient to last year will also be shipped.
| and il is intended that this shall be thorough
and final search D
THE LOTTERY WHEEL. .
| 1t will be remembered that the trustees of the
NJ ercantle Library offered premium of $500
FOR the best model of n wheel for the distribution
of prizes on the 1st of September next Fifteen
models were sent H. and Il committee, composed
| of practical men and skilled mechanics,
nominated t, pass them in critical review After
"a patient and exhaustive trial they have adopted
the invention of Mr.. Lasswell being best
suited to the requirements Of the case. 1t con-
sists of diamond shaped sphere, made of glass.
strongly bound by metal bands, and certain CON-
plicat d conriyances of shafts, levers and crankR
cause it TO revolye with n double motion, thus
fife strlally shaking up the tickets The wheel
Of which this is MOTEL will have diameter Of
feet inch, being ten times the volume Of the
tickets when compressed into a compact mass.
Crocker, of Sacramento, has the contract for
furnishing these tickets, and they are to be Of
bull 's hide and will weigh in the aggregate about
nine hun lred bounds. This item alone cost tho
managers $500 As the machineis nearly trans
parent the audience will have good and fair
view Of the process of mixing have not LOOKED
into the lottery Office for the last day two, but
On Saturday they We're selling the hundred ard
fifteenth thousand, with a slow but steady d.
mand IT now very doubtful whether all will
be disposed of by the 1st of september, and it IL
already ramored that the drawing will be post
poned until October. YERBA BuENA
The banking house of Banks e. Co. Suspended
plym mt to-day, but no particulars are yet given
as to liabilities Their business was not very e1.
tensive, and was principally cordued 70 none9
brokerage. 4