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The Placer herald., 1871-05-13
NUMBER 39.
VISIT TO THE HOME OF JEFF. DAv1s.-A

VISIT TO THE HOME OF JEFF. DAvIs.-A
private letter, received by citizen Of Chi
cago from a gentleman at Vicksburg, de-
scribes trip made by the latter, in COM
piny with Jefferson Davis, to the plantations
formerly owned by Joseph E. Davis. now
deceased. The following are extracts:
awe left at night on the r. L. Les, one
Of our finest steamers, and landed At the
Hurricane plantation about daylight the next
morning. This plantation and another known
as Brar6eld, were occupied before the war
by Joseph L. Davis and his brother, Presi-
dent Davis. They were sold by Joseph f.
Davis, who owned them both, to his favor
ite freedman, Ben Montgomery, for $780,
600, payable at the end of ten years (1st Of
January 1876, interest at per cent, pay
able annually. Ben, who is very black.
put thoroughly educated before the war, met
us and gave us breakfast, waiting on the
table himself, but not offering to take seat.
After breakfast we had a carriage snd rode
over the magnificent estate, the extent of
which you can form some idea of, when l
tell you that Ben Montgomery made last
year $500 bales of cotton, and large
quantity of corn. We dined at Briarfeld,
the former residence of Jefferson Davis,
and now occupied as a residence by the
aforesaid Ben, and you will not be sur
prised to learn that the former slaves of
Davis greeted him with all the warmth Of
expression Davis met them cordially, and
encouraged them by many kind words. AZ
ter dinner, at which our wealthy host again
waited on us in elegant style. we passed on to
a very large and valuable plantation which
has been purchased by Ben Montgomery and
added to the Davis Estate, and which will
add to his crop this year probably ! 900 bales
more, making 5000 in all if is good crop
year.
The Placer herald., 1871-05-13
Constable Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED
ID out of the Justices Court of James Moore,
It Ophir, Township No. 2, Placer county, Call
fornia, on the l7th day of April, A. d. 1871,
md to me delivered. in favor Of the People o.
the State of California, and against the undi-
vided one half of n and SEA section q, y
\. RGE, 4s) acres and against Ma of SW a
section 81 Township / N, r six L, 50 acres,
md n u of N W = section p, Township i n.
II 6 f. 50 acres, in all G40 acres, assessed to 6.
W Leet, IN A. d. 1870, judgment Sl2 As
and for damages and costs of suit in the sum
>34 GS, all payable in United States gold co IL
have this both day of APRIL, A. ID. 1871, lev
led. and will expose to pcblic sale on the land
On Monday, the eed Day of May, A. ID. 1871,
at ten O clock A. NJ, al the above described real
estate lying and being in Township No. !. Pla
,er county California, together with all the i'm
nrovements thereon, or so much thereof as will
be sufficient to satisfy the above Judgment and
costs and accruing costs.
D. NJ. WALKER,
Constable Township No. Q.
Rockln, April 20, 1871. a29-3v
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Assessment Notice.
Ninn Rica Mining Compnny--Locntfola OF
Works, Auburn District, Placer County,
State Of California.

NvOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT AT A
n meeting of the Board of Trustees of SAID
company, held on the twenty-fifth day of April
1871. an assessment of twenty cents per share
was levied apon the capital stock of said compa-
ny, payable Immediately in United States goid
and silver coin. to the Secretary, at the Off OF
the company. Room No.2. 41o California street.
San Francisco, Cal. =,
ANY stock upon which said assessment shall
remain unpaid on the 30th day of May, 1871,
shall be deemed delinquent, and will be duly ad
vertised for sale at public Auction. and unless
oavment shall be made before, will be sold
On Tuesday, the Goth day ofJu"c, 1871,
to pay the delinquent assessment, together with
costs of advertising and expenses of sale. BY
order of the Board of Trustees.
GEO. r. SPINNEY, Sec'ty.
OFrrc-Room No. 2, third floor No. AIS Cali
fornia street, San Francisco, California.
a29-5w.
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cact justice to all erclusre pricileges none"
FIRST LOVE.

/ had just donned my first taii-coat,
My whiskers had but started,
When Araminta crossed my path,
And left me broken hearted.
! fancied she had auburn hair
(Twas more like new burnt bricks)
Her favorte was number one,
Her gliter number six
But as pressed her freckled hand
A rather clumsy seven,)
l shut my eyes bade earth farewell,
And dreamt ! was in heaven.
vowed she was ETHEREAL,
An angel and a saint;
/ madly kissed her blushing cheek
Alas! the blush was paint.
And when another she espoused.
And asked me to the bridal
My brain was turned, my spirit crushed,
My thought was suicidal.
But somehow, with another now
share connubal joys,
And she. buxom widow-has
A dozen red-haired boys.
The Placer herald., 1871-05-13
Administrators Sale Of Real
Estate.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN
~ pursuance OF the order of the Probate
Court Of the County of Placer, i'll the State Of
California made on the 11th day of March, A.
d. 1871 in the Matter of the Estate of JOHN
KING. deceased, the undersigned administrators
Of said Estate viii sell at Public anction, to the
highest bidder for cash, and subject to confirm
alton by SAID Probate Court, ON
MONDAY, the 18th day ofMay, a. ID. 1871,
1t 10 O'Clock. A. n. at the Courthouse door il
The town of Auburn, Placer county all the right,
title and interest of the said intestate at the tim,
Of his death and all the right, title and interest
that the said Estate has by operation of law ol
otherwise acquired other than, or in addition TO
that of the SAID intestnte at the.tme of his death,
IL and to all that certain Real Estate lying and
being si!ua' in the County of Placer and STATE
of California, and particularly described as fol-
lows. to-wt:
"The undivided one-hnlf of that certain min
inc claim known as the Dead Horse Mining
Claim, formerly known the Tom FarthinA
claim, situate near the village of Yankee Jims:
Also the undivided one-half of that certain
tract of Mining ground extending from the Mn
ing claim above described down and adjoining
the Baxter claim, SAID mining ground being stu
ate in Yankee Jims Gulch, in Township No. 5:
Also the undivided one-fifth interest in and to
the Small Hope Tunnel, and Mining Claims, ly-
ing and being situate on Smith Point or York
vile in said Township No 5:
Also the undivided one-haf Of certain tail
ngs claim lying in Second Brushy Canyon, III
Township No. 3. commencing at the Geo. Fly
laims and extending up said Canyon four thou
sand feet more or less:
Also tn un livided sixty-sx feet in the For
tuna Quartz Mining claim, situated in Devil 5
Canyon, in Township No. 5:
Also tract o! land lying near the town Of
Yankee Jims, north-eastery of Swindle Hlll
Point partly enclosed by a fence, and known as
The Davis Ranch:
Also certain brick store and lot Of land ly-
ing in the town of Yankee Jims on the south
side of Nam street, bounded on the east by a lot
owned by Henry Stander; on the west by the
Wetherby lot, and on the south by the Wetherby
Ct:
Also certain barn and lot of land lying in
The village of Yankee Jms, bounded on the
,outh by Main street. on the west by the road
leading to Iowa Hill; on the north by lot o;
land owned by c. Wire, and on the east by n lot
of land owned by o. w. Henderson:
Also a lot of land lying in the town of Yankee
inns bounded on the south by Main street, on
the west by the lb rt lot; on the north by a LOT
oi land owned by VIM. Hodge and Jacob Wclk-
II: and on the east by an alleyway.
Terms and conditions of sale-cash in goo
DIN OF the United States-ten per cent of the
3urchase money to be paid an the day OF sale
md balance confirmation of sale by the Pro
ate Coult. Deed at the expense of the pur-
shaSCrS. 1HOAlAS JAMioON,
Admin strator.
FELLOWS & NORTON Attorneys for admins
iIutor.
April Goth, 1S71.--ap22 .4w.
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Copy of notice posted on the Claim.)
Application for. Patent to
Mining Claim.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO WHOM
~ it may concern that an application has
been made by the Nina Rica Mining Company
n Corporation duly incorporated under the laws
of the State of California to the Government of
The United States for n Patent to the following
described Quartz Gold Mining Claim. viz
known rs the Nina Rica Quartz Mining Claim.
situated in Auburn Mining District, in Placer
County, State of California, being bounded by
the mining claim of the Morris Company,s claim
on the west and the Ophir Copper, Silver and
Gold Mining Companys claim on the west and
north, there being no other mining claims bonn
ling this said claim, and more particularly des-
cribed as follows. to wit; on surveyed land. be
ING in the n. T.. ! of NV u and the n. W. a
of n. f. 4 of Section II, and S. w. 4 of n T..
quarter of Section 8, Township u North, Range
: East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian. in
the district of lands subject to sale at Sacramen-
TO California and containing about II acres; said
claim being still more particularly described in
the diagram posted and filed with said applica
ton
All persons holding any adverse claims thereto
are hereby required to present the same before
fha Register and Receiver of the United States
FOR Sacramento Land District, at Sacramento.
California, within ninety days from the first day
of publishing and posting hereof
Dated April 2lst, 1871
NINA RIGA MINING CO.,
BY EDWARD SLossoN, Sup't-Applicant.
Hale n Craig, Attorneys fo' applicant--ap29.
The Placer herald., 1871-05-13

NARRow-GAUGE RAILROADS. - Narrow
guagc railroads with wooden rails are strongly
advocated as adapted to 'hinly populated
districts in Texas and other States, where
traffic is light, and where it is utterly i'm
possible to get money to construct ordinary
roads Charter have been obtained for tMo
such roads, and they are likely to be built
soon. A railroad thirty inches wide. and
eleven miles long, is to be built in Green
county, Tennessee, at cost of S2o ,ooo
The rails are to be of wood stripped with
iron.
The Placer herald., 1871-05-13

A WESTERN editor advertised that he
would take ga good dog in payment for a
years subscription. The next day twenty
three dogs were taken to his Office, and two
days later, score or more of farmers,
living at distances of from eight to twenty
miles, appeared to subscribe for the paper,
rendering dogs in payments. And, to cap
the climax, the Mayor of the city has notified
him that a tax of 81 must be paid on every
dog owned in the place.
The Placer herald., 1871-05-13
b->>~-

WHEN a steady, wellbehaved young man
is seen shaking hands with a pump, and
bidding it an ailectionate good night or sing
ing 'Toor oil Corbson Robscl ew, there may
oe faint apprehel siJn h 1t he has been TAX
ng something"
The Placer herald., 1871-05-13
NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP.

yJ,HE UNDERSIGNED HAVING TAX g.
en- possession of the old and we'll & 6
lpown Blacksmith shop on FIFTH St., ~
LINCOLN, Known as the Hickey shop, Is
now ready 20 do all classes Of work in the line
at the SHORTEST NOTICE, in the most Work
man-like manner, and at the
Lowest Prices.
7 have large stock of material on hand which
enables me to fill all orders without unnecessary
delay. Customers can be acconmoaateu aiSo
repairing
w.pons. Carriages, Farming Implements,
etc All persons desiring anything in my line
are invited to give me trial. c,,or,>-c -
rg- Special attention paid to SHOElNG, ana
ali that class of work done In the most com
p'''' JOHN HANNY.
February 25th, 1s71.-am.
The Placer herald., 1871-05-13

The ARRANGEMENT.-The Louisville
Coyor-Jou1p,al states that it is understood
that when the President starts to California
he San Francisco Committee on Presents
will meet him at Cheyenne in order to ascer-
whether he expects real estate or gold, or
both.
The Placer herald., 1871-05-13

AN Immediately married couple went from
the bridal altar to dry goods shop in Keo-
kuk, the other day After sundry purchases
had been made, the ignorant clerk asked the
lady to buy hat for her boy. With queen
like dignity she responded: No; l have only
been married about twenty minutes. have
no boys yet.
The Placer herald., 1871-05-13

A YONG lady of one Or the first f'milies Of
Bridgeport, whose father made fortune
selling mosquitobar blankets for army use.
went into drug store the other day, and
asked 70, bottle of chair manure" 1t was
"renewer" she wanted.
The Placer herald., 1871-05-13

AMAG1cIAN says che can cause brand y to dis
appear from n tumbler.' We know lots Of fell
lows who could do that trick as easy as swol-
ering. Guess the only difficulty in the way of
accomplishing it is in finding the fluid.
The Placer herald., 1871-05-13
No. 135.
Application for a Patent
Quartz Gold Mining Claim.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE. !

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.l
Sacramento, California, April 2lst, 1871
The NINA RIGA MINING COMPANY, a
corporation having filed its application in this
Office for Patent to a Mining Claim, and the
law and instructions in such cases provided
having been complied with, 1t is hereby ordered
that the annexed Notice Of such application be
published for ninety days, in the PLACER HER
AID, newspaper published nearest the location
Of said claim at Auburn, in Placer county, State
of California. JOHN G. McCALLAM,
Register.
The Placer herald., 1871-05-13

Mr.. LoRENzow DAY, of Chickasaw county
Mississippi, having married Miss Martha
Week, a local poet comments
"a Day is made, a week is lost,
But Time should not complain
There'll soon be little days enough
To make the week again.
The Placer herald., 1871-05-13

A New ORLEANS vagrant objects to sleep
ing in the station houses Of that city because
they insult him by asking him to become
policeman.
The Placer herald., 1871-05-13

B. F. BUTLER says of the test OATH II
roll it as sweet morsel under my tongue"
A Southern paper says: "lf it was a silver
-poon or soup ladle he would put it in his
pocket"
The Placer herald., 1871-05-13

arthur" said a good natured father to
his young hopeful, 81 did not know until to-
day that you had been whipped last week"
"Didn't you pap" replied the young hopeful.
81 knew it all the time"
The Placer herald., 1871-05-13

NEWSPAPER CHANGE.-The Northern En-
terprise, heretofore an independent paper
has changed hands, and comes out openly
democratic.
The Placer herald., 1871-05-13

At Vicksburg the frequenters Of saloons are
not asked what beverage they prefer, but
asked to- Nominate your family disturb
ance"
The Placer herald., 1871-05-13

A CARELESS Chcagoan has been fined SO
Tor throwing his wife out of the window, to
the danger of persons passing underneath.
The Placer herald., 1871-05-13

A MOVEMENT is afoot in New York for IN
American expedition to explore Jerusalem and
the Holy Land.
The Placer herald., 1871-05-13

Mrs. Grady, residing on Staten Island, re-
Gently gave birth to four boys.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-12
SUBSTITUTE FOR TIE BLOT ACT.

Senator Blair, of Missouri. assisted
by Senator Bayard, of Delaware, has
made an onslaught upon the Baton
Rouge rioters which is really harsher
than anything which the melting
tenderness of our disposition has been
able to shape into utterance. 1t will
be seen at glance that Blair knows how
the riot at Baton Rouge originated; first,
i'll the inability of certain parties to carry
their point by coaxing, then in their at
tempt at bullying which failing, their
disappointment contaminated i'll rioting.
And this last sad ending we allow Che
Senator to use his own language to de-
scribe:
All men thinking highly Of the methods
dictated by their nature. ascribe the frustra-
ton of their desires to the want of sufficient
vigOr. Then they redOube the efforts of
their impatient cruelty, which. producing
AS they must produce, new disappointments.
they now become irritated against the OBJ
jects of their rapacity. develop into action.
and then vengcful fury and malice i'm
placable because unprOvoked; and reintorc-
ing their avarice with their vices they are
now no longer human; from cruel men they
become savage beasts with no other vestige
OF reason left but what serves to furnish the
incentives and refinements of ferOciOus sub
tlety, for purposes of which beasts are in
capable and at which fiends would blush.
If the reading of the above paragraph in
Baton Rouge does not have a distressing
effect, We shall miss our calculation. 1t
will do to deliver when copy of the riot
act can not be had conveniently.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-12
TEN TO ONE.

If the Geographic agent Of the Asso-
ciated Press, at Washington, is not ku-
Klux man himself, he is evidently in sym
pathy with the order, for he made it con-
venient in his report on Thursday morning
to give us about ten times as much Of Frank
Blair's report in favor of the ku-klux as
he did of the report against that secret
league. And yet there is little cause of
complaint, for careful reading of what
the majority reported is sustained by the
minority protest. For instance, the ma
jority declared that outrages existed and
ought to be suppressed, while the minor
ity declared that gross outrages had been
committed, but as they had been exag-
gerated it was scarcely polite to be vio-
lent in suppreasing them. The majority
inferred that these outrages had been
committed for political purposes, and the
minority follows up with its suggestion
to let the outrages pass without action,
which is to say that, as this violence has
been perpetrated to effect political end,
it would be impolitic to arrest the effect
by suppressing the cause. Blair is a
great COW in his ability to kick over the
milk pigsin after it has been filled from
the unctuoUs udder of his rhetoric.
More of this ten to one argument can be
forwarded at our expense if its facts and
conclusions are of the same order as the
above.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-12
ON CARONDELET STREET.

The effect Of the proposed arrangement
between the Slaughterhouse Company and
the butchers was sharp and more decisive
than any one on the streets had antici-
pated, and, if we are to take the course Of
the market as an indication, the project
must be on the verge of contamination.
Yesterday morning the stock opened at
23,, at which price 100 shares were sold.
Thenceforward the advance was rapid,
and sales were made, in ascending order,
at 23aa, "a, 26, 26s and 27-in all amount
ing to several hundred. At the close the
great engineer of the stock bid 80 for 1000
shares, but, of course, without finding a
response. At the board the stock was
offered at %, against 81 bid. The arrange
ment with the butchers is understood to
be as follows: The latter were to receive
10000 shares at 25, and to have
five out of the nine directors at the
next election. 1t is confidently asserted
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-12

Nor is it the outcasts of society alone,
''the poor and tn lame, the halt and the
blind, who throng the highways and lie
down beneath the shade Of the hedges.
A very considerable part of this motley
crowd is composed of young men, buoy
ant with high hopes and nerved by
laudable ambition.
Away from the restra lining influences
and enrolling appropriations of home life,
they find in the crowded metropolis none
so eager to help them as those seeming
friends who would help them only to de-
struction. In the drinking saloon, the
gambling hell and the bagnio are con-
stantly to be found those who have yielded
to the seductive template as that beset
them on every hand because,
save in the monitions of strug-
Cling conscience they seem to be
forsaken of all good influences The
Christian community (C seems almost III
different to their welfare Forgetting
that it was long ago said by one who
"knew what was in man, "Ie ccN not
come unto me-" They seem also to have
forgotten that to reach these reluctant
ones they are commanded to go out into
the highways and hedges and compel them
to come in The advocates of purity OF
life and spotless integrity of character
should strive in its adventurous attractions
to render such course as alluring as its
opposite. This is the main object aimed
at by the Young Mems Christian AsSo-
cation To employ the language of an
eminent divine
The main purpose Of young mems Chris
tan associations is to help young men to
escape from the special temptations which
lie in their path, and to provide them with
such social and other privileges as are
thoroughly leavened with Christian in
fuence 1t differs from the objects aimed
at by the Church. in that it has immediate
reference TO the wants of class, and
adapts all its methods to the peculiar needs
Of Young men, rather than to the general
wants of every one. As natural cOnse-
u,lence, these methods are such as accord
with the special working capacities of
young men, and as such are an offset to
their temptations. Social meetings, not de-
votiOnal, are properly made use Of, because
youth have special fondness for society.
Public entertainments are also employed as
a means, because during the period of early
manhood recreation OF this sort has spe-
cial attractiveness. These and other vari-
GUS appliances used by our associations are,
in general, wisely adapted to the particular
end i'll view. viz: To save young men by
young men for Christ.
We have already noticed the effort be-
ing made to establish this organization
in our city, and would refer our readers
to the special notice in another column,
and urge their attendance upon the meet
ing at the Bible House, on Tuesday eve
ming next
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-12
CARD OF THANKS.

HALL JEFPKRsoS STEAM Engine COMPANY No. p
Through the medium of your excellent paper, we
tender the sincere thanks OF the officers and mem
beers of Jefferson Steam Engine Company No. y to
Mrs. NJ. Weydie for the generous impulse which
prompted her to bestOw the beautiful reaths
and flowers which decorated our engine on the
fourth of March. Mrs. B. Spitzmuller and
daughter will be long and gratefully re-
membered for the splendid wreath given to
the active company, and Mrs. John Becker and
lady friends shall not be forgotten in the
general rejoicing aud reunions, for their happy
and generous offerings to the exempt society, the
wreath they bore proud on the occasion. To
Mr. L. Frantz. marshal, Charles Ledig, assistant,
and J. Alexander, aid, will please to bear in mind
that we still feel the happy effects of the sump-
tuous repast they kindly furnished with after
the parade over, and they have our lasting
thanks for their delightful, expensive treat.
1t is the wish of our company, both active and
exenpts, to continue in the future to merit, both
by act and effort the kind wishes and respect of
all who honor us, and available effort shall be
left untred hereafter to secure what we have
received in the past.
With gratitude, l remain, truly yOfIrs,
mhl2 GEORGE UNGER, Secretary.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-12
CARD OF THANKS.

The undersigned in behalf of Vigilant Steam
Fire Company No. g. do hereby tender their since
and heartfelt thanks to Miss A. PoiDcy, No. 26'
ROYAL street, tor the beautiful wreath presented to
us on the fourth instant; also to Mr.. A. Polncy for
the liberal supply OF refreshments furnished us on
the occasion; to Master Robert William Colonib'
corner Galvez and Hospital streets, for the beauti-
ful wreath on engine: to Messrs. A. Elmer
Bladder. f. Toregrossl, Jesse Albert, j. s. Meilleur.
and G. S. Beln for the presentation of a new, rich
banner; and to Mrs MOntardier, No. 10 Bourbon
street for the tasteful work on the banner.
To Mrs A. Zimmerman, No. 81 Bienville street
for the sumptuous dinner.
TO the Chief OF Police for his kind attention
during the procession
PETER HERMANN,
J. KIEFER,
CHARLES ifEMARD,
Committee.
New Orleans. March II, 1871. lnhi2 lt2p