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The Placer herald., 1871-01-14
NEWS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

In Nevada county at the present time there
are sixty crushing mills, used to reduce
quartz or cement These contain, in the ag-
gregate, 4S0 stamps. 1t is estimated that
during the year 1869 not less that $50 900
tons of quartz were crushed in that county.
There is in the show window of L. Ross Il
Son, San Jose, pear of immense size; its
weight is four pounds six ounces.
The Enciaal states that the asphaltum pipe
Company, located near Moulton's wharf, Al
arneda county, shipped to White Pine, one
day last week, 5000 feet of three inch pipe.
During the eleven months ending Decem-
Der 31st, there were 229 patients sent from
San Francisco to the insane Asylum.
On dd that Brigham Young is writing a
book to be entitled "What l know about wo-
men," What Horace Greely knows about
farming is nothing compared with Brigham 5
familiarity with his subject.
Charles II Belknap, of Nye county (Nev. }
has been appointed by Gov Bradley as his
private secretary.
II. W. Brooks, workman in the Navy
Yard at Mare Island, as painter, has eloped
with the wife of citizen of Vallejo. No clue
to the robber.
F. A. Tritle, the defeated candidate for
Governor of Nevada, has gone to Utah.
He expects to be appointed Governor of that
Territory.
1t has been aacertained that the Crimean
war cost e340 900, 900; the American civil,
q 300 900 600; the Italian war, ESQ, ,0O0,
600; the Prusso- Austrian war, f66, ,0O0, ,0OO.
The loss of life it has been estimated in all
these wars together amounted to ZOO, 900.
Gloves are now made in England with a
pocket on the inside of the palm, to suit the
habit INDUCED in by the fair sex of carrying
money in that position.
Prairie chickens are 80 numerous in Illinois
this season, that numbers are killed by flying
against telegraph wires.
In the five largest libraries in Paris are
contained 1, ,450, 900 volumes and 81 ,O0O
manuscripts.
The ice is thick enough on Cayuga Lake tc
make it perfectly safe for teams to cross
Wild cats are so plenty in Alabama that
dogs come home without any hide to speak
of
The Placer herald., 1871-01-14

EIGHTEENTH VOLUME. - The Mountain
Dcmoc'ut, one Of the oldest and best Dem
ocratic papers in the State, has entered on
it's eighteenth volume. with record and his
tory which any paper might be proud of.
We are familiar with the public history of
the Democ,m, through all its existence, and
are not awarding it this praise at random
In entering on the volume the Democrat
we'll say
Pol tical mutations, mc1nentous and radical,
has swept over State and Nation, eliacing many
old POI ical landmarks, and swallowing many
u its cotel 'orarios Of Ike party faith, in the
vortex of Chan - yet The Deaocfat has Survived
to thus cxult in its "ulnphs and witness the sue
cess Of the principles 1or which il has battled in
this ana many of the States our Federal Union.
Time Inns yinIicatcd the vision of It's princ-
pies aud the justice Of It's cause. 'lready have
the Pacific States returned to their frs. love, and
given III their allegiance to Democracy, and from
the North, the West and tie SoEth, come the
glad tidnga of political redemption the dison-
thrallment Of the connty from Radical nu"pa-
ton and mfrnle
May there be many years of success, pros
perty and victory in store for the Mountain
Democrat.
The Placer herald., 1871-01-14
FAMILY MARKETS.


CORRECTED FROM TIE SACRAMENTO DAILY RECORD
+ Following are the retail Sacramento prices 10,
Family supplies
FL0UR9S6 5G(d17 p barrel.
CRACKED WHEAT--75c p 10 lbs.
CORNMEAL-S71gc p 25 lbs.
OATMEAL-$1 2 10 bs
TEA-Japan, 75c01$1 25 p D.
SUGAR-Crushed 15@17c; Brown 12@1ye
2 b.
CHEESE -2O@25c p b.
COFFEE-Costs Rica, 24c Java, 27G13Oe y
D. Ground cofee-350371ac :? b.
CHOCOLATE-37111(a4oc = b.
BUTTER-55@G0c 2 b.
EGGS-Single dozen, SOC.
PICKLES-Per q gallon, soc; Foreign, sO{1
G2c.
FLAvORING EXTRACTS-25c p bottle.
PRESERVES Ginger, 81 so q jar; Jeles
and Jams, 50G175c p bottle; cans, cans 5O(962c
OLIvES-Best Spanish, 50@75c p jar
OLIVE OIL-Best Table, 75c to 81 rs Der
bottle.
CANDLES -220l25c 2 b.
SODA CRACKERS-10c to 12c Y b.
BISCUITS pounds for 81.
OVERLAND BISCUIT-2Oc p b.
COAL OIL-55975c p gallon; - 50t9a \
Cured Meats.
HAM-20(923c p D.
BACON-20c y D.
BEEF TONGUES-Fresh, SOC each; Smoked.
II each.
Fish.
SALMON-Fresh, 25c 4. b. Smoked, lie.
SMELT-15c 2 ID
PERCH-12I.c 2 II.
Poultry.
CHICKENS-Spring, 5ocG75c each; grown,
75c each.
TURKEYS-2o 25c p b.
GREY GEESE-75c 2 pair.
QUAIL-f1 75G$2 co p dozen.
Vegetables.
SWEET POTATOES-2s4c y D..
POTATOES-2Gl3c q b.
ONIONS-3c = Do.
Sunttries.
DRIED FRUITS-Plums, 1sCe25c p b;
Peaches, 1870 Z b; Pears, 12G151lc p ID; Ap-
pies, 5G.Sc Z ID; Figs, 121ac z ID.
HONEY-In Comb-Extra White Mountain,
25Q92sc e "; Extra Yellow, 200 22c p b; CON.
mon do, 1G(a lSc z ID; Strained Honey, l2H0
1Sc p D..
APPLES-s1@s1 SC 2 box.
The Placer herald., 1871-01-14
Ohacial Paper Of Placer County

THOMAS BoYoE, No. 80, Exchange Building,
on California street, San Francisco, is authorized
10 solicit advertisements and subscriptions in that
city for the HERALD, and receipt for the same
bKAN & BLACK, No. 40 Montgomery street
opposite Wells, Fargo & Co., San Francisco are
authorized to solicit advertisements and subscrip-
tions, and receipt for the same.
HUDsoN Il MENET are our authorized sole Agents
In New York All orders for publication, unless
accompanied with the money, must come through
them to insure attention
H. W STARR, of Lincoln, is authorized to sct
~ our Agent in that place.
P Z. WEBER is authorized to act as our Agent
IN Gold Run and vicinity.
JAMES McCoRMIcK is our authorized agent on
Ne Forest Hill Divide to solicit subscriptions,
advertisements. and make collections and receipt
for the same
The Placer herald., 1871-01-14

CHARGES AGAINST PUBLIC OFFIcrR.-We
are informed, says the Sacramento Bee, that
the Secretary of the Interior, on charges filed
in his Office against the Register of the Sacra-
mentq Land Office, has appointed Sherman
Day. U. S. Surveyor General of California,
Commissioner to examine into these accusa-
tons, and take testimony thereon. And for
that purpose Commissioner Day has named
Tuesday, January 18th, as the time, and
the Sacramento Iand Office as the place.
These charges are said to be mainly if not al
together for demanding and receiving illegal
and cxtortionate fees.
The Placer herald., 1871-01-14
TIE Santa Clara A,1o,s a first c},eo lam

TIE Santa Clara A'y'ts first class Dem
ocratic paper published at San Jose, by w.
a. January, has entered upon its sixth yea,
and sixth volume, full of life, prosperity and
future promise. When the 1rgus started
things looked very dark for the Democracy,
but it has lived to see Santa Clara county
California, and every State on the Pacific
Coast redeemed from mongrelism and firmly
established on the good old principles of pure
Democracy.
The Placer herald., 1871-01-14

Much EcLAT. The Duke of Aesto or
Prince Amadues, son of King Victor Eman-
uel Of Italy, has entered Madrid, taken the
oath and been crowned King Of Spain, the
dispatch says amid great enthusiasm. His
first call was on the widow of Marshall Prim
who was slain, assassinated, riddled with Re-
publican bullets, for having been instrument
al in importing this foreign stripping to rule
over the Spanish nation. Who will visit the
widow of King Amadeus when he follows
Prm to the grave? He, a foreigner, is
seated on bloody throne, and it is hoped
that his reign will be short. The Spanish
people love liberty and never faint from the
| smell Of royal Cd blood
The Placer herald., 1871-01-14
Letter from Alta.
ALTA, January 18th, 1871

ALTA, January 18th, 1871.
Jos. WALKuP-Dear iSU:-We have
been having the finest weather in tho world,
in this section of the country for the last
three weeks almost like Summer. Splen-
did Spring weather, and at the same time
we have had the finest skating have seen
in twenty years The weather changed, and
on Monday night we had one Of those old
81 soaking rains all night, and snow inter-
mingled the next day, which spoiled all the
skating; but it rained some more, and then
last night it was very cold-the thermome-
ter being this morning IA degs. above zero
Skating will be the order of the day, as it
will be better than before, with another
nights freeze upon it. Last Saturday night
there were at least one hundred ard twenty
five persons on the ice enjoying themselves
twenty-five Of whom, at least, were ladies'
The ladies skated, and those that had no
skates had q quadrille on the ice The
weather now is so cold that we expect to
have better skating than ever. Come and
see us. Yours truly, ALTA.
The Placer herald., 1871-01-14
Our neighbor brags of the amount of mon

Our neighbor brags of the amount Of mon
ey that has been collected from the people of
this county as taxes. Go ahead, neighhor;
the people of Placer feel vividly the extent to
which they have been skinned by you and
the Court House ring, and know how the
Treasury is robbed every time shey fill it. 1t
must be q hardened wretch Or a fool who
would rob his neighbor and then brag Of it
to his face.
The Placer herald., 1871-01-14

The Supreme Court has compelled S. w.
Sanderson, the railroad lawyer to 90 to the
Clerks Office and erase from his brief, the
foul, dirty attack made on the Governor OF
the State. How mean must man, who har
been judge on that same bench feel, to be
driven TO such a humiliating act by his sue
cessora.
The Placer herald., 1871-01-14

NEW DEEDS. The deeds of lands from the
Central Pacific Railroad Company were formerly
made by the President and Secretary to the pur-
chasers. Yesterday the first Of new series Of
deeds was filed for record in the County Record
er's office in this city. This instrument sets
forth that on the lst OF October, 1870, all the
lands belonging to the Central Pacific railroad in
California, Nevada and Utah, We're conveyed to
:. W. Snnderson and Cha8. Croekar, in trust as
security for 600 bonds OF Sl00G0 each and in
terest at the rate OF per cent. per annuln. The
officers of the Company and the trustees join in
the deed.-Nerada In1scrlj.
The idea Of an III Dorado pet:ifogger and
a Sacramento counter-hopper like Sanderson
and Charley Crockcr, lending the C.p.R.R.
Company SIC, ,000, eco ger agjNion Of do!-
lars) and taking huff the Lands in a strip for
ty miles wide, from Ias Francisco to Salt,
is so ridiculous that the whole public must
laugh at it and denouncc It 40 fraud Con
gress is taking action to hold those lands as
security for money advanced to the Company
and this sham movement Is intended as q
trick to swindIe the Government. What
shameless rascality some men can be guilty
of
The Placer herald., 1871-01-14

UNITED STATES MA1Ls.-Proposals will be
received for carrying the L. S. Mails to and
from the following points, for three years
from July 1st 1871. Proposals must reach
the contract Office at Washington City by
March 1st, 1871:
From Truckee City, by Sierraville to Loyalton,
forty miles and back, once week. Leave 1ruckeo
City Monday at A. NJ; arrive at Loyalton BY s
p. M. Leave Loyalton Tuesday at 6 A. ~; arrive
ut Truckee City by s p. M.
From Truckee City to Tahoe, 10 miles and
hack, once week. Leave Truckee City Monday
at 8A. NJ; arrive at Tahoe by II NJ. Leave Tahoe
vt r. NJ. arrive at Truckce by 5r. NJ.
The Placer herald., 1871-01-14

A STRANGE WuL.-The will of Dr. Isaac
Rowell, who died suddenly in San Francisco
last week, has been filed for Probate 1t
bequeaths 81, 900 each to his two sisters, and
his homestead on the Cliff House road, to his
wife, the remainder of his estate to his wife
and children, half to each The will con-
cludcs with a clause directing his body to be
given to his medical friends for dissection
that the heshy portions be burnt to ashes to
be preserved in an urn, the bones to be set
up in skeleton form, securely wired together
and to be deposited in some medical college
of this city, but his wife shall have the privi-
lege Of purchasing the skeleton of the col
lege.
The Placer herald., 1871-01-14

The Nevada transcript in speaking of de-
linquent taxes in that county, has these re-
marks
"The largest amount unpaid is due from that
whole souled and much abused corporation,
known as the Central Pacific Railroad Company.
Our County Assessor assessed that benevolent
concern at the rate Of $4,000 per mile for their
property. The Board Of Equalization had the
matter up for consideration, and the Attorney for
the Company informedthe Board that they would
pay $4,000 per mile and 10 more, but the Board
failed to see it in that light, and hence the suit
against them. When will Assessors and Boards
of Equalization learn to obey the commands of
that magnanimous Company?
We cannot answer that question for Ne
vada county, but we can tell the transcript
that our Placer County Assessor and Board
of Equalization have learned to, and do obey
this Company as faithful as carrion bird
obeys it, instincts.
The Placer herald., 1871-01-14
=; &C. =

SURVEYOR GENERALS REPORT We are
Indebted to Gen. j. W. Bost, for a printed
copy of his statistical report for the year
l869-1O. 1t is an arrangement and classif-
cation Of the reports made by County Asses
sors, with the letters of such Assessors as
wrote to him appended. The counties of
Marin, Plumas and Shasta were not reported.
The degree Of accuracy reached in the report
is, of course, qualified by the amount of dill
gcnoe and competency manifested by the
County Assessors. These statistics are not
to be relied on as correct, but the fault does
not rest with Surveyor General Bost, but
with the law and the Assessors. Assessors
are not the parties to be intrustod with the
gathering of these statistics, and in this the
law is at fault. When all men become hon
est-whcn the millennium comes-and no
longer seek to conceal property to escape tax
alton, then and only then should Assessors
be intrusted with the duty of gathering sta
tistics. A man would be both fool and ras-
cal who would say to an Assessor, 81 have
ten horses to be listed for taxation, and one
hundred to be entered on your schedule of
statistics" Better a thousand times intrust
this duty to the School Census Marshals and
let the reports be made through County Su-
perintendents Of Public instruction, for then,
at least, correctness would be approximated.
The Placer herald., 1871-01-14
THE QUESTION SETTLED.

The mongrel monopolists have been
on terrible strain, and their mental
powers taxed to their utmost ten
sion to find some means of defeating
the denomination of Gov. Iaight Or persuad-
ing him not to allow hs name to be used in
that connection. They have begged, coaxed
bullied and whned alternately, and yet the
poor, crazy fools have all the time been help
ing the Governor and building him up in the
affections of the people We should not have
| been so positive for Governor Haight if the
thieves, lobbyists corruptonists and monop-
/ olsts had ceased their vile attacks upon him,
and what has actuatcd us has had its inAu-
encc upon the whole public until is now hard
to find a good, honest, intelligent man any
where or in any party who in this fight, as it
is now shaping itself, between the people and
the cormorants, who is not for Gov. Haight's
reelection They have been bowling all
over the country that heis weak in his party;
that he did not want the Office; that he knew
that he would be defeated in convention; that
he wanted to be t. S. Senator; and finally
| they telegraphed that lie had positively de-
clined; all of which were lies, except that be
does not want the office. This latter fact we
know to be true, but the pcople want him to
have it and h, has consented. We repeat, if
the hounds who want to rob the people Of
the State, and who Gov. IIaight did and
will again foil in their nefarious attempts,
had ceased their vile, varied, false and bitter
attacks upon him he never would have con-
sented to run again. Verify, "whom the
Gods wish to destroy tlicy first make mad"
The people know that these attacks have
been made on Governor lIaight by men who
wish to get him out of the way, that they
may the more easily and completely eonsumate
theirschemes Of plunder; and the masses, who
are determined not to be longer robbed and
plundered, desire that Haight shall stand be-
tween them and the threatened danger. Cor
ham and his plundering gang carried the Re
publican convention in 1867, and had all
their schemes arranged to plunder the people
of the State to the tune of some ten millions
of dollars, but God had raised up little
David i'll the person Of Henry II. IIaight
who slew the lobby Goliath and saved
the people, and he will do it again. Governor
lTaght has told the people that he will be a
candidate, and will repeat it in a more formal
manner in a few days. Thus the isaue is
made up, the people ate Oh one side and the
plunderera on the other, and it OILY remains TO
call Tie "roll and 81 the soldiers .'nawer to
their names let them take sides forever
There are men in the Democratic party as
good IS Gov. llaigh, but he has borne the
brunt, made the good fight and suffered the
reyilings and prosecutions Of the vile "ring"
and must now be endorsed and rewarded
ed for his honesty and courage by the people
for whom he fought, suffered end saved from
the raycnous maws Of corrupt monopo!ists
and thieves. We place lin there and tell
the Democracy Of rlscor and honaat men
everywhere, that thi. is the fight and that
they must remember that eternal vigilance ia
the price Of liberty.
The Placer herald., 1871-01-14
k&~NA

BADLY SyuBBED-A talr pas was made ON
Friday by the oyer-anXious friends OF senator
Williams of Oregon, to get him place in the
Cabinet A delegation Of about fifteen gentle
men, led by Ex-Governor Wood, Of Oregon, and
Attorney Hilyer, Curt Hillyer, formerly of Au-
burn, but now of Nevada,) visited the White
House and made speech to President Grant,
saying that as Cabinet changes were talked OF
the Pacific slope requested n more immediate
recognition. The President interrupted Gov
ernor Woods at the outset and told him that hs
Cabinet was family concern and that be should
resent any attempt made by politicians to inter-
fere with his choice He said he world receive
the delegation on any other topic, but never on
that one.
This dispatch is understood to have been
sent to the Sacramento Union by Congress-
man Sargent, who sees in this snubbng a
chance for him to get word into the Presi-
dents ear after awhile. And poor Williams,
what shall We say for him-beaten at home,
though he did have the Railroad monopolists
and their corrupting fund at his command,
and now disgraced and as good as kicked
out of the White House at Washington.
Surely it never rains but it pours. What
ever may have been Grants motives for this
nncercmonious snubbing of this Pacific coast
clan Of small upstarts, the act was good
and meritorious one Grant has probably
learned that this ring headed by Gov Wood
and Williams could and would steal more
than he could spare from his other hounds,
and 20 sent the crew off without even a bone
to pick.
The Placer herald., 1871-01-14
BORN.

of daughter
In Roc<ln, Dec. 18th, the wife of JAS. J. Ho-
Yey, Of daughter.
In Rockin, Dee 25th, tho wife Of ". F.
Scheutze, of daughter.
In Truckee, Cal, Jan Gth. tho wife Of \. j.
Rice of a daughter.
The Placer herald., 1871-01-14
DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS.

The District Attorney, Henry II. Fellows,
requests us TO say, that the delinquent tax
list. are now in his hands, and that the law
requires him to enforce the collection without
delay, and that, however lenient he might
be disposed to be, as an individual, as an
officer Of the law he must and will enforce the
collection against all dclinquents who do not
make immediate payment. lie also wishes
dslinquents to understand that he cannot
travel over the county and commence suits
and attend to them before various Justices Of
the Peace, and that all the suits will be COM
menced in Auburn, and that the costs and
expenses of milage will be heavy, which can
only be avoided by deinqucnts making pay
mcnt at once. All dclnquents, and especi-
ally those residing in remote portions of the
county should take this notice as favor, and
act upon it at once.
The Placer herald., 1871-01-14
DIED.

At Dotans Bar, Jan. Ist ANDREW FAME, aged
20 years.
Near Rattlesnake Bar, Jan. Sth, JoFN GEAFf
MILLER a native of Baden, aged AZ years
The Placer herald., 1871-01-14
1918 Prices IlNO,futiT.V to
sSE:s 900.

Tv,e Giits win be Awarded in n Prcciefsely
Similar manner as at the Concert given
in SAN Francisco In aid of the Mer-
camille Library.
The drawing viii be under the management OF
G. CONWAY, President Of the Board of Trus-
tees of the Town Of Grass Valley; $. p. DOR
SEY School Trustee; A. HOOPER, Chief En-
gineer of the Fire Department; and PATRICK
ENGLISH, MARTIN FORD and DANIEL coll
Inns, in behalf Of the Orphan Asylum Al Grass
Valley
The Placer herald., 1871-01-14
FRESH GARDEN SEEDS.

INOR EVERY VARIETY OF CHOICE
L. GARDEN SEEDS, go to GWYNN'S Varie-
ty Store, Main street. Auburn. Fresh Popcorn
on the ear also ON hand. Seeds warranted fresh
and TRUE to LABEL J. r. GWYNN
The Placer herald., 1871-01-14

PRE-EMrrIoN RIGHTS. Every man who
settled upon Government land prior to the
18th day of September, 1862, and has CON
tinued to reside there, has the right TO pre-
empt one hundred and sixty acres, to include
and cover his improvements, and pay for the
same in grccnbacks at the rate of Sl.25 per
acre, If said land has been sworn out a.
mineral, but is, in fact, more valuable for
other than mineral purposes, he can prove
the mineral off and buy from the Govern
ment as above If he settled after the 18th
day of September, 1862, or purchased the
improvements of another after that date, he
must, if it be al even section, take the same
steps and pay $3.50 per acre; but if it be an
odd section, it belongs to the Railroad, unless
1t is mineral land. Lands that have once
been reserved as mineral, and have no set
tiers on them whose settlement dates back
to September 18th, 1862, will now, if the
mineral is removed by affidavit, revert to
the Railroad. We have been asked to make
these statements for the benefit of settlers
and all concerned The date of settlement
on odd sections Includes or excludes the
right of the settler according to the date of
the grant to the Railroad Company. Thus,
the grant to the Company of Sept. 18th,
1862, covered all odd non-mneral sections
not then settled upon for ten miles on each
side of the track; and the grant of July I'd,
1864, included from that date under the
above conditions all lands lying between ten
and twenty miles from said Railroad track,
The Placer herald., 1871-01-14
GOIdCOin.
FEBRUARY end, 1871.

4 GRAND GIFT CONCERT WILL BE CIV
: 4 Ell at HAMILTON HALL,
GRASS VALLEY,
On February Iicent- -Second, 1871,
BY the Grass Valley BENEVOLENT ASSOCI-
ALTON, for the Benefit of the town of Grass VAL
ley 70 extend water pipes, to the SCHOOL
FUND; the ORPHAN ASYLUM; and to the
FIRE DEPARTMENT.