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The Placer herald., 1870-03-05
Late News 1tsms.

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The entire force Of The American Navy 10
1873 vessels; that Of England, 1853 vessels.
The Ohio Legislature has made Christ
mas legal holiday.
HICKMAN, Kentucky is in danger Of being
washed into The Mississippi river.
Rev. o. P. FITZGERALD has retired from
the editorsb p Of the Spectator.
CousrERrEIr Eve dollar green backs are
in circu alton around Grass VALLEY.
Four h,,dred and ninety houses have
been erected in San Diego since August
last.
AKANsAs City, Mo-, man has recently
found five thousand dollars Of gold in dig
ging a cellar.
THERE was a colored state Convention 10
old Kentucky the other day and the coored
people there resolved against The Chinese.
GEORGE WILKES has brought! another il
bel suit against the proprlelors OF the 1urf,
Field and Farm.
The new silver dollars coined a, the Car
son Mint sell at 81 rs in Virginia City, as
pocket pieces.
UNUSUALLY heavy rains have been falling
for the past week in Oregon. The crop
prospects are excellent.
The receipts at Los Angeles from the
placer mines Of the county are now from
one 10 two hundred ounces weekly.
THERE we're l4,O55 ounces Of bullion
produced by the Manhattan mil, at Austin,
New, last week.
The cost Of tslegraphiug Dispatches in
Australia has been reduced 10 one shilling
for twelve words, and one penny for sash
additional word.
TELEGRAM from Los Angeles say: Seed
coffee has been received here from the Sand
wich Islands, and experiments in coffee cu.
turs will be made this season.
Rev. d. c. Wright. Methodist clergy
man of Quincy, Michigan, has been tried
and found guilty Of repeated acts OF adultery
and dismissed from the ministry.
The California Pacific Railroad company
have built an elegant aud commodous
freight Office on their wharf, corner Of front
and Vallejo streets, San Francisco, TO ac
commoda,e their increasing business.
MINING patents have been received at The
United States Land Office in Carson for the
Confdesce Silver Mining Company and
Central Silver Mining Company, situated on
the Comslock lode.
House. THIEVES are running off with
horses from ranches in Kern county. A
large number Of stJolling Mexicans are on
the roads, going both ways, between TuIare
and Los Angeles counties.
HERE are now one hundred and four
teen patients in the Oregon Insane Asylum.
The number is steadily increasing. This
Asylum 10 under the care and management
OF DR.. J. G. Hawthorne, State Senator from
this, Placer county, in lS55-56-
The diamond drilling machine, which
borss hole into The hardest quartz rock
with as much ease as 40 aupur enters a
piece OF soft wood, is being used at the
bukhead quarry. a! the bead Of Saneome
street, San francisco.
During the last month there have been
discharged from the State Prison at San
Quentin, twenty-four convicts, Of whom
fourteen were men who had been sen fenced
for The term Of one year, but who. under
the Communication rules, served only about
ten months EACH
The Placer herald., 1870-03-05

WORSE THAN WoRrHLEss.-Of all the
worthless, careless or inefficient Iouls that
ever disgraced the postal department Of the
United States, the mail messengers on the
route between Sacramento and Truckee, bear
off the palm. They have over two hours
between Sacramento and Auburn TO sor.
the Sacramento mail and place 10 the
Auburn bag that directed to this place
aud vet they are so internal iguoran
or lazy that large potion Of the time
it is carried ps.l, and comes back a day
or two after it should be here. The same
is the case with the Eastern mail. We ad-
wise our Postmaster to write to the postal
agent on this coast, and If he fails to correc,
the evil. then report the whole batch to the
depar tment at " asbington.
The Placer herald., 1870-03-05


NEWSPAPER CnANGE.-The State Capital
Reporter has passed into new hands. The
-6sst issue under the new management made
its appearance on Monday morning last
We extract the following from its own an
nouncemept: gasssdw .ssuais1GlN t..r
:. The Reporter has passed into the hands of a
new company, and commences to-day under q
new management. II is the Intention OF the edl-
tors 10 make II a live and vigorous newspaper
which, while Democratic in its leanines, will he
no slavish party organ, but will hold ltsell Tree
to advocate whatever 1t deems to be right, aud
denounce whatever it believes to be wrong, sup
porting no special interest, either OF corpora
ijons, clioues or Candidates, but aiming in all
things at an honest and manly course. 1t is de-
signed to improve it in all its departments as
fast as arrangements for that purpose can he
completed. But of this the deed must speak
rather Than the word.
From other sources we learn that A. A
Bennett, architect. is connected with the
new organization, and that Harry Gsorge,
formerly editor of the San Francisco Tunes,
and more recently editor of the Oakland
Transcript 10 to be chief editor Of the Re
porter. t.-. g. l.. ..... ........
We wish the Reporter under its new
management, every success.
The Placer herald., 1870-03-05

The Pain Killer is sold by oil Druggists md
dealers in Family Medicines. ntHf - iTa'Aio
REDfNGTON Il CO., and H0STETTER
SMITH, San Francisco Caly General Wholesale Q
Agents.
The Placer herald., 1870-03-05

IsBAD CoMpANY.-A bill passed the AS
ssmbly last week, generally denominated a
tids-land grab or stealing bill, with J. F.
McCauley 10 it. 1t went to the Senate.
where it was unceremoniously indefinitely
postponed by a vote of 80 10 6. The bill
bad gained notoriously bad reputation as
we'll as some OF the parties who were to
profit by its passage, and yet, in looking
over The vote 10 the Assembly, we were as
ioDisbed 10 6ad. according to the report,
that Mr.. WaIdron and Mr.. Calderwood Of
this county bad voted for it. .r.
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II OR N

BORN.
At Iowa Hill, February zSth, to l.. Solomon
and wife, twin daughters.
At Forest Hill, Feb. 18th, to Abraham Prescott
and life, o son. ...
At Michigan Bluffs, February 22d, to A. D.
Bullard and wife, daughter.
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WANTS THEM PAIp.-Tbe Stripes wants
Hall & Garrison pait for the press and type
destroyed by a mob, is opposed 10 mobs,
etc. We are glad to hear it, bu. no one
who has been a careful reader Of the Stripes
ever suspected anything of the kind until
now. The Stripes tells more news. 1t
says the war Democrats opposed the Hall
and Garrison bill throughout. Now Ban
ward was a war Democrat and he reported
that bill and supported it all the time, even
after it's veto. Now try again, neighbor
aud if yo don't know what your are writing
about, go and ask somebody that does.
The Placer herald., 1870-03-05

60 UNITED STATES STEAMSHIP Lost AT SEA
The United States Steamship Oneida
which had been on duty in japanese waters
for the past two years was sunk at sea on
the 24lh Of January last-one hundred and
sixty officers and men going down with her
The Bark Benefactress which arrived at San
Francisco on Tuesday last furnishes the fol-
lowing account of The disaster:
"She sailed on January oath, and at sevea
o'clock in the evening, when but short distance
away from Yokohama, and while me men were
at dinner, the lookout discovered lights OF the
steamship Bombay, and reported. The oneida
had lights burning, notwithstanding which the
Bombay came on striking her about the gang
way, between the main and mizzen rigging, cut
ting hole in the side of the Oneida, through
which the whole interior of the gun room was
visible, tearing away the wheel, rudder ana bin-
naclc, and killing two men. All the officers
rushed ON deck, and sail was shortened. 1t was
Immediately evident that the Oneida was total
wreck.
The Bombay kept on not balting for moment
notwithstanding that the Oneida fired guns TO
bring her hack An order was given to lower
the boats, but the long boat was the only one
available. The life-boat was manned by Doctor
sGtuddaId. the boatswan and fifteen men. Five
guns were fred. but before the sixth the vessel
sunk, and the life boat was obliged to leave the
side Of the vessel, to avoid being swamped. All
was over in ten minutes. Nine OF those were
saved. When all hope was gone the officers
gathered about Captain Williams on the poop,
and he was heard to say he would not leave the
sbip-if she went down he would go with her
He and all the others one hundred and sixty in
numbers sunk. Those in the life-ooat got
ashore and walked to Yokohama reaching there
BY. dali ght, when vessels were sent to the scene
OF the wreck, but nothing was found. .ai
The Placer herald., 1870-03-05

WoRrH LOOKING ro-Ws cali the astsa'
| ton of our readers to the advertisement 81
E. G. Denniston, TO be- found in smother
column. Especially should our Quarts Nj"
operators, Hotel keepers, etc. sxsm'"s the
ad vertiss,nsnt and apply TO this house when
requiring ny,hing in tho plating line.
The Placer herald., 1870-03-05

LAKE BIGLER AND SAN Francisco WATER
CoMrANY.-A company has been organized
to convey the waters of Lake Bigler TO San
Francisoo and we are informed the Compa-
nv has broke ground on the Truckee river
in this county. The Company now has a
bill before the Legislature autho rizng tie
people Of San Francisco to vote it aid 10
the significant sum Of ten million doliars,I
Our people in the vicinity Of the Lake are
manifesting some concern about the matter,
but we advise them to be easy as we regard
the whole thing as "bilk." In the first place,
the Legislature OF the S a'e has no exclusive
jurisdiction over the waters Of the Lake, nor
can any Company have which has been iu-
corporated under our State laws. Some
body in San Francisco may be fooled and
cheated, but the people around the Lake or
in the State Of Nevada will not be hurt
When this company gets its tunnel cut
three or four miles long, and is about to
turn the waters into the American rivsr
and start them for Auburn, it will yet be
time enough to enquire about the owner
ship OF the waters and the Jurisdiction OF
States and vested rights of land holders. A
part of the Lake has been patented and a
part belongs to the State of Nevada, and
question Of commerce between the States
is indeed very knotty one. Won Smidt
may be an excellent engineer, and yet
a very poor lawyer.
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Middle Fork Correspondence.
HORSE SHOE BAR, Feb, 2Sth

| HORSE SHOE BAR, Feb, 28th, 1870.
Mr.. Editor The clerk Of the weather has
been profuse wi tn his favors lately. Ii has rain
ed nearly ntinuously for the past two weeks.
1t was much needed Prior to the last rains, the
owners OF hydraulic and sluice CLAIMS were al
most in despair at the scanty rainfall, while
those along the Middle Fork were loud in their
praise Of the fine weather. In the last named
place the mines averaged very well the last year
some claims yielding handsomely. Matt Has
| lett's, Ned Eary's and Tom McCalfs being the
principals. Owing to The mdness Of the win
ter and the absence of heavy snowfalls we anti
cipate an early fluming season the coming sum-
mer
| The Legislature so far has done bu very little
business of general character. Its time and
talents are evidently devoted to personal and
| corporate claims. True. there are many Of the
| former that have just aud honest claims against
the State. caused by the intense loyalty of mobs
in destroying other peoples property, instigated
and supported in many instances by the author
tiles, whose duty it was to repress, not incte
mob law during the last three years Of the war.
| Yet, "too much of one thing is good for moth
ing" and as the party is TO be judged by the
acts of its representatives, 1t would be the part
of prudence to forego for the present some of
this special legislation, however deserving the
parties seeking redress may be. AS to corpora
tions, franchises, etc. the legs granted the better,
except to check those already existing and make
them conform to law, right and justice.
! 1t was a great oversight in the last Grand Jury
that it did not take cognzancc of the action of a
| former Board Of Supervisors in compromising &
SO shamelessly with the Central Pacific Railroad
Company. Their conduct in the case Is highly
rcprehcnsible. II a poor devil possessed any
thing assessablc he had to pay taxes on its full
cash value And why not corporations on their
property? What right Of exemption from tqu-
table taxation has its property over that Of clti
zens who come by theirs by honest toll and in
dustry? And what motive impelled our county
guardians to discriminate between the corpora
ton and the taxpayers of the county Mr.. Pow
er, who was a member of the Board referred to
is, OF course, excepted, as he acted like an honest
and upright man in the premises. AS tax
payer will go my " bottom dollar" if there is
any law under the Constitution to compel the
Railroad Company and all other corporations
owning property in the county to pay their just
pro rata OF taxes. 1t is hoped the present Board
posses more stamina than a majority of the last,
and that a future Grand Jury will rebuke in
merited terms their betrayal of an important
trust. FERRAB.
The Placer herald., 1870-03-05

During the last month there have been
discharged from the State Prison at San
Quentin, twen,y.four convcts, Of whom
fourteen were men who had been sen tenced
for lbe term Of one year, but who. uUds
the Communication rules, served only abou
ten mon tbs each.
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Supervisors.-.Special Session.

MONDAI, reUTuuTy Zotn.
Board met. Present, VIM. Van Vactor. w. Il.
Kinder J. D. Pratt and W. B. Lyon, clerk.
On motion, bill Of 7. B. Mcfarland for A ttor.
news fees and expenses for Brief in case of G. p.
R. r. Company, vs.. Board o. Equalization. al
lowed ont of General Fund.-. l50 90
Jury certificates for various parties allowed
out OF General Fund. d..............:.. Az 50
S. NJ. Stevens for Sacramento Union three
weeks. ....ss.s w
D. Higgins, out OF Road Fund TIP. No. 3 5 80 so
On motion the Board appointed itself CON-
mittee to visit Sacramento and consult with the
Placer Delegation as to Legislation for the coun-
ty. On motion adjourned to March ID, 1870.
THURSDAY, March Sd, 1870.
Board met. Present, W. Van vactor, w. II.
X inder and W. B. Lyon Clerk. ? - tA
On motion the following levy Of taxes for The
year 1870 was ordered: afs usr'assg
Sta'c Funu,... .....'' ..sss.s.'.''ss q"
County General Fund. d..................60c go cts
Redemption fund. d....................... ....63
County School Fund. nd....................2 70"
Railroad Interest Fund. 20
Railroad Fund. ..................... ~
Hospital Fund. .......-.-............
Making the property tax on each one hundred
dollars worth Of property 81 3D.
State Pol Tax. .........'.........'~aa ~ ~
School and Hospital Poll Tax. ........... w
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Government Securities
No. IL, s Nassau street, New York,
FEBRUARY 10, 1870.

a.... FEDEuARY 10, 1870.
The remarkable success which attended our ne
gotIatIou Of the Loans OF the CESrR&L PAcITIC
RAr1RoAD COMPANY, and the wIrERS PACIFIC
RAuRoAD co1PAxT, and tho popularity and
credit which these Loans bare maintained in the
markets, both in this country and Europe have
shown that the First Mortgage Bonds of wisely
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promptly recognized and readily taken as the
most suitable, Safc, and advantageous form flu
vestmcnt, yielding more liberal income than can
hereafter be derived from Government Bonds, and
available to taks their place.
Assured that, in tho selection and negotiation
Of superior Railroad Loans, We arc meeting a
great public want and rendering valuable scr.
yles--both to the hOIdcrs Of Capital and to those
great National works Of internal Improvement
whose intrinsic merit and substantial character
entitled them to the use Of Capital and the con-
adOnce OF lnEcstors-We now offer With special
confidence and satisfaction tho
.. Y. 4 .
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Bonds are Do depomInatIons Of
$1,000, $500, aud 500.

They will DO Issued a. Coupon Bonds, payable
10 Bearer, and may DO held In that form; or
The Bond may be TtOlsltrtd In tho name Of the
owner, with the coupons remaining payable TO
bearer attached, the principal being then trans
fcrable only on the books Of tho Company, unless
re.asSIgne6 To bearer; or IN -.
Tho coupons may be detached aud cancelled,
the Bond made permanent RtgiStkrtd bond,
transferable DULY on tho books Of the Company,
and tho interest made payable only TO tho regis.
tered owned orhIs attorney "a.
Tho three classes will no known respectively as:
LIST. "COupon Bonds payable 70 BearOr."
"a. !" ReslStOred Bonds with Coupons at.
tGehSd." pr 1g1r"t.g .a.'1it
Ga. "ROgIEtSrpd Bonds with Coupons Dc.
taehed,' and should DO 30 designated by Cores
pondentS in specifying tho class ofBOudS desired.
They have thirty years to run from january
Is, 1870, with interest at SIx per cent per aunum
from November I, 1860. PRINCIPAL AND INTER-
Esr PAYABLE IN 0oLD N THI oTTY or NETWORK.
The lntcresti6 payable III MAY and NoVENRER,
that 1t may take the place Of that OF tho earlier
issues orFiVc!Tw and suit the convenience
OF our friends who already hold Central and
wcstcrn Paclac Bonds, with interest payable IN
January aud July, and who indy desire, Inmak.
Ing additional Investments, to have their interest
receivable at different seasons Of the year.
Tho Loan Il secured by mortgage upon the
entire Line Of Road from Richmond to tho Ohio
River, with tbs equipment aud all other property
and Appurtenauees connected thgrewith.
A SINKING FUNp or 10000 FIR Amun Is
rRoVInED ron RIM REDEMPTION OF rHE BoXDS,
TO TAKE RREEcT ONE YEAR AFTER RIM CoNPLE.
rIoN OF THE Roam.
The mortgage Is for slSoOO, 900, Of which g..
10000 will DO reserved and held ID trust for tho
redemption Of outstanding Bonds Of tho Virginia
Central Railroad Company, now merged In the
CHESAPEAKE AND ONO. Id, go .iU B.
ofthe remaining 81, 900 900, aSutticIentamOunt
will DO sold TO complete the road to the Ohio
river, perfect and improve tho portion now In
operation, and thoroughly equip tho whole for a
large and active trafie. 'fi'.N
Tho present price Ia 90 and accrued interest
A Loan 40 amply scared, 80 carefully guarded,
aud 70 certain hereafter to command q prominent
place among the iayOritO securities In the mar
ksts, both Of this Country and Europe, will DO At
once appreciated and quickly absorbed.
Very respectfully,
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-CNPLENDID COAL1TINET0 LEASE.
- The Coal Shan, with about Us acres Of The
celebrated SlCubcnyille Coal, lying on the C!eVe'
land & PittsbnrRh Railroad, and the Ohio River,
one mile above Stenbenville, will be leased 10 q
GO,AHRAD aud responsible party, for term Of
i've years, at specified price per BuSHEL or
run Of Coal mined, with tho privilege OF aye
additional years, also at specified price per
huShel or ttln. .lf,Tl.1 ru
This Shan, with all the necessary machinery
attached, is ono Of the best Of any In or around
StrubenVill0; and IL In perfect order, with ca
pRcIty for clevating SEVEN on RmHF THOUSAND
BUsIiEEs Pen DAY. One or two main entries
hayo been driven, 10 that three thousand bushels
could be mined and delivered on the platform, or
Ia Railroad cars from the day Of commencement,
and Increase a. fastaB new entries eau be opened.
Good cites for building Coke Ovens. Long Rail:
road sldfngs for shipping coal, coke, or Iron, and
splendid locations for Iron Furnaces OF Rolling
MILL are on the premises; also, hva tenant houses.
Written propositions can be handed 10 J. a..
Morris and Thomas McarS, Of 9tcubenville, or 10
William Mullins, at the p. F. W. b C.SR, r.
Office, In Pittsburgh. on or any time prior 70 the
18th day Of March, 1870. Propositions will also
be received for the purchase OF the property:
mar9.S COMMITTEE.
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Constitutional Recognition of Al.
mighty God and the Christian Re-
. Il ligiOn in the United States.
Call for n National Convention.


The Constitution Of the United States
makes no acknowledgment Of Almighty
God, the Author Of national existence; nor
of Jesus Christ, who Is the Ruler Of Ma
lions, nor of tho Bible, which Is. the 1Oun.
tain Of law and good morals as well as Of
religion. This Inns from the beginning
been u matter of deep regret. 1t may.
havo been an oversight, hut 1t was, and 1t
Is, both nm error and an evil. 1t does not
reflect the views ofthe great majority Of
the people upon these great matters. It
tishonors God. It Is inconsistent with
tho character Of nearly all our State Con-
situations, and withIall the presidents Of
our early history. II has introduced, or
itlrthcreti, views and measures which are
now struggling for banGful asccndency
in State and national politics: such as,
That civil government Is only social
compact; That it exists only for secular
and material, not for moral ends; That
Sabbath Laws arc unconstitutional, and
that tho Bible must DO excluded from our
Public Schools. It's easy 10 SEQ that laws
for the prevention Of lntemperanco, Bias
pheny, Impurity or Cruelty, may be OBJ
iCcted to on the same grounds. And In.
decd wc may expect that law itself will
he defined to be tho mere advice Of the
majority, with no proper penalty but tho
disapprObation Of the public. a0
The National Association which has
been formed for the purpose Of securing
such m amendment 10 the Constitution Of
the United States as will remedy this
great defect and indicate that we orc
Christian nation, invite all American citi-
zens who favor such an amendment, with.
out distinction Of party or creed, TO meet
in convention In Pittsburgh, on Thursday,
the Third day Of March next, at 3 O'Clock,
I'm, WILLIAM STRONG,
aa PnMiI6ht Of National association,
And many other leading men of the
United States, nj.
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ALL THE FACTS IN a NuTsIELI4-Thc
points of difference between PHALoN's
NITALIA, or SALVATION ron THE HAIR,
and the other hair darkening articles, arc
these: They arc stiCky-a Is devoid Of
gluten. They arc opaque-t Is transpa'
rent. 7ney are arc muddy-n Is clear,
They produce dull tints-it produces ma.
lures huCs, Sold by MI druggists. cod.
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DIED..

sMITH.-on Tuesday, March lei, 1870, JosEFH
s. SIXTH, In tho Esd year Of his age.
Tho funeral will take place from his late resi-.
dcace In IcnwOod, this "wednesday afternoon
at two o'clock. The friends Of tho family arc lnl
yItcd to attend. .... ........
Persons from this city desiring to attend tho
funeral will and Conveyance at 3, D. Youug'G
livery stable on Main street, at half past twelve
o'clock. .r..... La ..t
CIIISLER.-In FalFmOut, nsabhAth morning,
February 37th, 1870, BENJAMIN LEE ROY CmslER,
aged g years.
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FISK & HATCH,
F.. j.. Bankers.

P.s.-ws have issued pamphlets containing
full particulars, statistical details, mars, etc.,
which will bo furnished upon application.
ar We buy and Scll Government Bonds, and
receIVO the accounts Of Banks, Bankers, COFpOF.
atIons, and other, iub3OettO check Of sight, and
allow interest ON daily balances. fObas