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The Placer herald., 1871-08-12
GOV. H. H. EEATGII7.

How HAIa Is FoR&ED.--T understand toe
philosophy Of this phenomenon, essential to
the very existence of plants and animals, a
few facts derived from observation and a long
train of experiments, must be remembered.
Were the atmosphere at all times Of uniform
temperature, we should never have rain,
hail or snow. The water absorbed by it in
evaporation from the sea and the earih's sur
face, would descend in an imperccptible va
por, or cease to be absorbed by the air when
it was fully saturated. The absorbing power
of the atmosphere. and consequently its ca
pability to retain humidity. is much greater
in cold than in warm air. The air near the
surface Of the earth is warmer than it is in
the region of the clouds
The higher we ascend from the earth the
colder we find the atmosphere. Hence the
perpetual snow on very high mountains i'll
the very hottest climates. Now, when, from
evaporation, the air is highly saturated with
vapor-though it be inNisibe-if its temper
ature is suddenly reduced by cold currents
descending from above, or rushing from a
higher to a lower latitude, its capability to
retain moisture is diminished, clouds are
formed and the result is rain. Air condenses
as its diminished capacity cannot hold. How
singular, yet how simple an arrangement for
watering the earth.
The Placer herald., 1871-08-12

KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEopLE.-Says the
Petaluma Crescent: The rate of taxation
from 1854 to 1861, inclusive, was only 60
cents on each 500.
Keep it before the people that for six years
following, under Radical rule, the rate aver
aged 104 cents on each 500. That the
State debt increased during the six years of
Radical rule from S3, 1925 600 to $5, 224, :
272.
Keep it before the people that during the
last four years the Funded Debt has been
reduced nearly $4,000, 600, and that the
Funded Debt is now only $3,311 800; and
keep it before the people that during the last
four years the average rate of taxes on each
Sl0O has been only 92l cents, and that
$500, 900 have been added to the School
Fund, which is an asset; that the State Cap
itol is an asset; that the Prison extension
building is an asset; that the Gubernatorial
mansion is an asset, and that the State Nor
NAL School building is an asset making total
assets abou. 50, 900 900.
The Placer herald., 1871-08-12
Annoyaaecs of tho Press.

70 sue the newspaper press for libel is a
matter of every day occurrence. 1t is not
only the sensational, - hap-hazard, reckless
class of newspapers that are pursued by men
of notorious bad character for pretended
damages to their "reputation," but the more
substantial, cautious and sagacous. The
most unprinciplcd men that hang around our
Courts and practice their villainy under the
shadow Of legal forms, are the pests who
most frequently attempt Matchmaking the
press, fla public journal, in dischal ging its
duty, exposes the rascality of a certain bad
man, or class Of men, it is immediately sub
jected to a suit for libel and damages to a
fabulous amount. These characterless in
divduals present their assumed grievances
before a Grand Jury, and the latter too often
listen flvorably to their appeals, and the
consequence is, that faithful journalists
who conscientously labor to bring the
truth before the public, for the public god,
are compelled to appear in the Courts to de-
lend themselves from the mhcton of heavy
penalties. 1t is true that not one case in ten
is decided against the publisher, (Which
proves tile malice of those who bring the
suits) but although the publisher triumphs,
it is at heavy cost. Lawyers and witnesses
have to be employed and paid for, valuable
time is consumed and the publisher is har
assed with veXatious anxiety. The law con-
cerning suits for SANDER is SO construed, that
a person without position or character, save
for infamy, can annoy publishers as easily as
if he were as spotless as the purest saint in
the calendar. We believe it to be the duty
of Grand Juries and Courts to be more cir
cumspect in the recognition Of SANDER suits
against the press. 1t impairs journalistic
independence and usefulness, where rascaity
must be passed over in silence for fear that
by telling the truth some individual deserv
ing the penitentary may be offended. -
Pacific coast 4dreytiSer.
The Placer herald., 1871-08-12

''SLosHIN ABOUT. "-During certain
Court time in Pike county, Alabama, there
was a trial for a general row, and witness
testified that one Santonstall "jest kept
sloshn' about. AS this remark about the
chivalrous SlantonstaIl was frequently re-
peated, said the lawyer for the 'dcfense;'
"Come, witness, say over again what it
was that Mr.. Slantonstall had to do with the
affair"
"Slantonstall? Why I've told you seve-
raj times; the rest on EN- cnched and pair
ed off, but Slantonstall, he jest kept sloshin'
about"
"Ah, my good fellow" exclaimed Nat,
quite testify, eve want to know what this
is. 1t isn't exactly legal evidence in the
shape you put it. Tell us what you mean
by sloshin' about.
"Well," answered the witness, very de-
liberately, "I'll try. You see John Brewer
and Sykes, they clinched and fout. That's
in a legal form, amt it?'
ooh, yes" said Nat, ego on
"Abney and Blackman then pitched into
one another, and Blackman bit off a piece Of
Abney's lip-that's legal, too, amt it?'
"Proceed"
"Simpson and Bill Stokes and Murray was
altogether on the ground, bitin' and kick
ing one another-that's legal, too, amt it?"
eyes, but what about Slantonstall?"
"And Slantonstall made it his business to
walk backward and forward through the
crowd with big stick in his hand, and
knock down every loose man in the crowd as
fast as he come to 'em. That's what call
soshin' aboutI'
The Placer herald., 1871-08-12

LAWYERS BOTHERED One Of the oldest
questions ever submitted to lawyers is now
puzzling those of Hartford, Conn. 1t seems
that man recently died there, leaving a
widow, childless, but expecting shortly to
become a mother. By his will he provided
that if the expected child should prove to be
a boy, two-thirds of the property should go
to him, and one-third to the widowed moth
er. If, however, the child proved a girl,
only one third of the estate was to go to her
and two-thirds to the mother. The result,
of course, was awaited with an interest even
greater than that usually bestowed upon
such events. The result is-the widow has
become the mother of twins-a boy and a
girl. The lawyers are in despair.
The Placer herald., 1871-08-12

HASN'T is related that a boardinghouse
keeper in Arkansas was once disturbed by a
report that his boarders were mutnous be-
cause of the TOO frequent appearance of hash
upon the breakfast table Accordingly he
descended to breakfast the next morning,
laid one portentous horse-pstol on each side
of his plate at the head of the table, and
said; "Any gentleman who says he don't
like hash dies Mr.. Brown" he continued,
turning to the next boarder, ''will you take
hash?''
The Placer herald., 1871-08-12

WRITTEN FOR THE PLACER HERALD.
REMEM BER ME-.
By G. {. L. Horn.

o, pray grant my request,
Remember always me
AS one whom you can trust.
Think of me as a friend
Not of the summer kind,
But rs one who when sought
You will be sure to find;
To whom to aid gives joy,
To meot your secret wish
Will be pleasure sublime;
One who would gladly rush
70 serve you unto death,
And think himself well paid
If he meets with success.
o, plea.e remember nc,
AS friend remembers friend
Whose love eXalts the soul,
RESTS not with tongue or hand;
Whose mutual esteem
Gives basis to a bond
Separation cannot break,
Misfortune cannot rend.
o, thus remember me,
And always will bless
The hour when first we met.
To me it's happiness
To know myself esteemed
By kindred spirits true
Farewell remember me,
As will always you.
The Placer herald., 1871-08-12
THE San Francisco Bulletin of the 25th is

THE San Francisco Bulletin of the 25th is
responsible for this:
Last Sunday afternoon lady was walk,
ing along Kearny street, between Bush and
Pine, her head furnished by the usual sup
ply of chignon and curls, when suddenly the
whole affair was discovered to be in flames
Two gentlemen passing were the first to OBJ
serve the conflagFation, and at the imminent
danger of making themselves ridiculous,
they rushed gallantly to the rescue and
boldly tore the cracking appendage from the
country Of its adoption. The flames were
extingushed without the fire alarm being
given. The origin Of the fire is not known,
although it is supposed to have been a gen.
uine case of spontaneous combustion, as the
color of the hair was red A strong wind
was blowing at the time, and little extra
friction might have served to ignite the in
candescent mass.
The Placer herald., 1871-08-12

WE repeat our question: If the loss of
the railroad trade made Booth an anti-sub-
sidy man, is not the presumption fair one
that to regain it would re-convert him back
to subsidy? In other words, if financial loss
affects his political principles one way, may
not financial gain influence them in an oppo-
site direction San joaquin Republican.
The Placer herald., 1871-08-12

An old farmer said to his sons: sBoys,
don't YOU ever wait for summit to turn up.
You might just as well 60 and sit down on a
stone in the middle Of a medder, with pail
atwixt your legs, and wait for COW to back
up to you to be MIXED"
The Placer herald., 1871-08-12

An old lady reading an account of dis
tnguished old lawyer, who was said to be
the father of the New York bar, exclaimed
"Poor man! he had dreadful sot Of chill
dren.'' '"'t =
The Placer herald., 1871-08-12

The SOUTHERN COUNTIES. Hon. A.
Comte, Jr, has just returned to Sacra-
mento, after an extended tour through the
southern counties, and reports the whole re-
gon in blaze of enthusiasm, from Santa
Clara to San Diego, and the Democratic
maiorties will be larger than ever,
The Placer herald., 1871-08-12

The taking off of horse thief out west
the other day is thus chroniclpd: "Mr Jim
Clemelnton, equine abductor of Minnesota,
was lately the victim of a necktie sociabe. "
The Placer herald., 1871-08-12

r.hi or left, sudden prick n Tie opposite
side OF each sturgeon causes the pair to take
the desired course; when greater speed is
desired, they ere pierced near the tail; when
they are required to halt, She soad is reached
forward and they a.e pricked in front of the
head.
The Placer herald., 1871-08-12

{" Now, my little boys and girls, said a
teacher, 81 want you to be very quet-so
quiet thai you can hear pin drop" In
moment all was silent, when little boy
shr:eked: "Iet her drop
The Placer herald., 1871-08-12
A SMALL Boar

"A SMALL Boat
DRAWN BY FISHES.
A letter from
Easton, Pa. speaks
of a novel use
made of surgeons
by L. Phillippi
and Colonel j. r.
Sitgreaves of that
place. They cause
a couple of the fish
to draw a small
boat, in harness,
ard attach them
also to two imita-
ton swans, which
float above them
and prevent tn ir
diving. The boat
is shaped like a
shell. The mode
of harnnessing the
surgeons is pecu-
liar. A b ro a d
india-rubber band,
encircling each fish
behind the pectoral
fin has q brass
ring attached on
top. I h + o IL gh
these rings a stout
ashen pole, about
eight feet long, is
inserted. and to
two staples in the
pole the traces are
fastened. There
is also a gum elas-
tic band around
each sturgeon, just
behind the dorsal
fin, with a loop in
the side, holding
the opposite ends
of a much slighter
pole, to com pei
them to swim at Il
regular distance
from each other,
Phillippi, who acts
as driver, has his
seat in the bow,
and directs their
course with a goad
which is a long
pole, and thick as
ones S wrist, with a
sharp spike stick
ing out at right
angles from the
end, and it is sur
prislng with what
alacrity they obey.
W hen they are TO
he turned to the
49,, l.. l.P, .,j
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w. CLONES, NJ. D.

w. C. JONES, M. ..
Physician and Surgeon.
FOREST HILL, Placer County.
REFERENCES: Es:-Drs Lane & Murphy, San
Francisco; Drs. Frey, Thomas d Nelson. Sacra-
mento. jan7T1.my.
The Placer herald., 1871-08-12
DR.. A. S. DU ROlS,
DR.. j. 7. HAMILTON,

Physician and Surgeon,
Lincoln, Placer County, California.
Can be found at all times, when not absent on
Professional Business, at his Office, on Fifth St.
feb27-my-69
The Placer herald., 1871-08-12
DR.. p. BROSS,

Practicing Physician,
COLFAX, PLACER COUNTY, CAL.
sep7-my-67
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-01-12
The Commander.in.C c hief of the French
Army of the North.

Louis Leon Caesar Faidherbe, now
Commander-in-C Chief of the French
Army of the North, was born at Lille
on the Sd of June, 1918. He was ed
ucated at the college in that place, en-
tered the polytechnic school IN 1888,
then went on to the military school at
Metz, which he left in 1912 with lieu
tenants commission in the 1st regiment
of engineers. He served first In Al.
geria, where he remained throughout
1874 and 1S45. Having obtained the
rank of captain, he sailed, in 1S4S, for
La Guadaloupe, where he acquired
much colonial experience, and became
Injured to life in the tropics. Having
failed In obtaining an appointment
at Senegal, he returned to Algeria
IN 1850, where he constructed the
outlying fort of BOu-Saada. took part
in the campaign of -Kabylia, under
Gen. Saint-Arnaud, and also in the ex-
pedition of Gen. Bosguet to the Alger-
ian highlands. The services he per
formed at the time of the disaster
which then occurred were rewarded by
the Cross of the Legion of Honor At
the end of that year-1852-he was. at
his reiterated request, sent to Senegal
Here he soon gave proofs of remarkable
administrative ability, and, after two
years residence, showed such knowl-
edge of the needs, the dangers, the
economy, and the practical policy of
the colony that in 1854 he was made
Governor of the French possessions in
Senegal NJ. Faidherbe now devoted
himself to the fulfillment of the task
he had so long wished to take in hand
the thorough renovation OF the colony
He carried on successful warfare with
the Moors of Furzs, but his principal
warlike achievement was the struggle
he carried on for some time, and over a
great extent of territory, with
the prophet El-Hadii- Omar, who
had conceived the idea of
founding vast Mussulman Empire in
Central Africa, and driving out all for
eign intruders. He compelled this
apostle Of Islam to submit in 1860, and
left Senegal to command the sub-divis-
ion of Sidi-bel-Abbes, having been
made Lieutenant-Colonel of Engineers
in 1855, and Colonel in 1858. But his
absence was soon felt in the colony, his
policy was not maintained, his instruc-
tions were neglected, and everything
retrograded. On the Goth of MAY,
1863, NJ. Faidherbe, raised to the rank
of Brigadier- General, resumed the reins
of government in Senegal. Two years
after, his health requiring his return to
less murderous climate, he took the
highest command in the sub division of
Bone. NJ. Faidherbe has written much
on the manners, language, and history
of the African nations, as we'll as on the
topography, geology and archaeology of
the districts they inhabit. He is a
member of the Geographical Societies
of Paris, London and Berlin.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-01-12
Stealing an Infant.
From the Y. Y. Commercial Advertiser

From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser
A very singular circumstance recently
happened to a lady living in Harlem, in
One Hundred and Twenty fourth st.
The person we refer to, the wife of a
man employed in the custom house ser
vice, became the mother of an interest
ing child about two months ago. After
the birth of the child, she was so i'll
that she could not nourish it, and a
nurse was procured, who took care of
the child for some weeks. In the
meantime the husband and father
met with serious accident, which so
disabled him that he was con-
fined to his house. During the illness
of both, the nurse was in attendance,
going to her home occasionally. One
day on her return she informed the
father and mother that a neighbor of
hers in Twenty-ninth street had lost
her little baby, and was anxious to find
one to nurse, that she was very nice
lady, and would take care of the dear
consulted in regard to the matter sug-
gested, and being poor and unable to
pay the expense of the nurse, consent
ed to let the baby be placed in the care
of the lady mentioned. The nurse
gave the lady's name as Mrs. James
Bradshaw, living at No. 10 West
Twenty ninth street
Last week the father so far recovered
as to be able to get out, and the wife
impressed upon him the duty of going
to see their "dear little one" as they
had not seen the nurse in some time.
He went, OF course. but could not find
the number, and supposing he had
made mistake, concluded to examine
the paper left by the norse-he did SO
and found it to correspond with his re-
collection. He made another effort to
I find the person through the police, but
has not yet succeeded in finding any
trace of the lady or the nurse. The
poor afflicted mother is bordering on
madness over the loss of her babe
What is moro inhuman than robbing a
mother of her child? That a woman
should do this is a degree of heartless-
ness that we never supposed could be
possessed by woman;'but when we re-
member that the worst fiends in society
wear petticoats, and that Restello still
pursues her calling despite the police,
we are not surprised
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-01-12
Particulars of the Assassination of
Marshal Prim.

The New York Herald's special cor
respondent at Madrid writes the 29th
of December in regard to the assassin
alton of Prim:
"I was at the opera when the news
first reached us. The curtain fell on
the first act, when, as the audience
strolled through the lobbies, Govern
ment messenger rushed in with haste
inquiring for Prim Instantly, as if
by magic, the cry went forth all over
the house, 'Prim has been shot =
'Prim has been assassinated How
the news was first uttered aloud, how,
with electric rapidity, it ran over the
pit, the boxes, the gallery, and the sa.
looms, it is impossible to say; but
as the cry spread the effect was
tremendous. Deciding to go to
the fountain-head for news, / fastened
to the War Office, where the General
lives. There was crowd of carriages
at the entrance of the ornamented
grounds surrounding the palace of war.
A throng of idlers were Obstructing the
sidewalks and ways, In spite of the
thick snow As l went up the wide
staircase, the guard, which had been
instantly doubled, sorrowfully pointed
out the reddish blotches on the balus-
trade. The Generals blood, he whis-
pered. The Generals Adjutant gave
me the first correct story. He witness
cd the scene, having occupied front
seat in the carriage. His own version
of the affair is as follows: Prim and
two aids, as usual, left the Cortes at the
conclusion of the debate in the evening,
at half-past 7 o'clock, and entered a
carriage and drove rapidly in the short
est way from the Cortes to the War
Office. The streets were deserted at
the time. At the point where the Gale
del Tured debouches into the Alcalla,
the broadest street in the city, through
a narrow passage, two hired cabs were
drawn up and obstructed the way This
is so common an event, however. that it
would scarcely attract notice; but Lieut.
Mayo, my informant, dropped the glass
/ in the door nearest him and looked out
/ Just IN time t. see two men, who were
carrying guns under their long Andalu-
sian cloaks, advancing from the shadow
of the cabs. He had barely time to
cry out Stop, General, They are going
! W l1c- Will EIC HiuLLlCs VI bhC
! derbusses were dashed into the car.
riage through the windows on either
hand, shiv ering the glass to atoms, and
the contents discharged point blank at
the occupants in the back seat, who
must have been undfstingEishable in
the darkness The next moment the
assassins darted back under cover OF
the cabs, and so around into the AL
Gala, where they mounted two horses
that were there tied to trees, and in an
instant were safe from pursuit because
of the snow and darkness. The coach
man dashed the horses forward against
number of cabs, upsetting one, and
drove in hot haste to the War Office
where the wounded men alighted
Prim simply remarked to the sentinel
I am wounded, but not much"
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the little children who are looking
longingly in at The gay windows, make
them happy too"
Oh, what joyous Christmas it was
For five years the old man dwelt with
them, and then he sank calmly to sleep,
loving hearts and gentle hands soothing
him.
And then, from a lawyer of high
standing, came the startling informa-
ton that William Hartley and Florence
were the only heirs to all the immense
wealth of mark Granger Then. too,
it was, they knew that Carts heartless-
ness and rude, unkind speech had
wrecked all his prospects of ever pos
sessing his uncle's wealth. He knew
it, too, when the news reached him In
the will there was but one request: !:
make the old folks and the children
happy" it was They follow his bid
ding. Every Christmas finds them
doing the work they love so well.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-01-12

THE books of the German importing
house, at New York, seized for violation
of the custom laws, were released on
Thursday upon payment of fine of
5000
THE dead body of man named
Thomas Kennedy was found Tuesday
morning near No. 81 North Wells
street, Chicago, with every evidence
that he had been murdered.
A WORKMAN at the Nashville depot
fell between the cars at Louisville, Fri
day forenoon, aDd several loaded cars
passed over his body, severiny It in
two and manghng it horribly.
The distillery of McCceery. d Nelder
located in tie suburbs of st. Louis,
was burned on Monday last, together
with large amount of stock. Loss,
$50, insured for s1S, 900.
JUDGE VAN BRUNr, of the New York
Supreme Court, Friday dismissed the
complaints against DR.. Hodges, for
alleged negligence In not bestowing
care upon the wife of Mr.. Monroe.
THOMAS Moss, olics English Tom,
charged with robbing the United States
Collector at Hamilton, Ohio, July Sd,
1869, of So, 900 worth of Internal Rev
enue stamps, arrived in ST. Louis, and
left Thursday night for Ohio in charge
of an officer
The celebrated case of Fredericka
Reikl, a girl of twenty-o one, against
Robert Barnes, of Cincinnati, seventy
two years old, worth half million, for
breach of promise and seduction, dam
ages $50, 1000, was concluded at eleven
o'clock last evening, at Princeton, in a
verdict for the defendant.
Hon. s. w. KELLOGG, member of
Congress from the Second District of
Connecticut, has commenced a libel
suit against Dr. J. J. Jaques, of Water
bury, claiming $4,000 Mr.. Kellogg
charges Jaques with the authorship of
various slanderous letters concerning
him, which have been published from
time to time in different journals.
THE condemned murderer Lawrence
Sullivan, who killed John O'Brien in
New York last June, is hopelessly in
sane in the Tombs. Warden Slocum
hdo pcCu W hih III iIouS
and in padded cell. DR.. Neal, as the
Tombs physician, visited the district
attorney yesterday afternoon, and re-
quested that the condemned man
might be sent to the Lunatic Asylum.
Sullivan is not expected to live until
the day liked for his execution.
ABOUT 9 o'clock Wednesday night, as
a boy aged about nine years, named
VIM Wolf, son of Mr.. S. Wolf, resid-
ing at 33 London Terrace, West Twenty
third street, New York, was returning
from private evening school in Ninth
avenue, and when in close proximity to
his own door, was seized about the neck
by some unknown person, while cloak
or shawl was thrown over his head to
prevent his giving an alarm. 1t was
not unit he felt himself being rapidly
hurried in the direction of Ninth ave
nue. that he fully realized his situation.
When about seven or eight doors from
his own residence, he gathered all his
strength, broke loose, and fed in the
direction of his fathers house. The
unknown party disappeared. From the
description furnished, it is supposed
that what was apparently female, was,
in reality, a man in feminine attire.
This is another of those bold attempts
at stealing children of wealthy and re-
spectacle citizens for the purpose of
securing the reward