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The Placer herald., 1871-04-22
An Affecting Scene.
JUDGE SENTENCING AN OLD sCHOoLAiATE TO
BE HANGED.

From the Memphis Suns account OF the SEN
tence OF the Cuba murdercrs.
Judge Flippin then spoke as follows: Sam
uel Il. Poston, this is one of the sadest mo-
ments of my life. Our parents and their
children knew each other. We grew up to-
gether, went to the same school, the same
church, and played on hill and in valley the
same innocent games in boyhood; Years
have passed since then. Our roads in life
have divergcd. You now stand convicted
of great, capital crime, and |, as tn
minister of the law, have imposed upon me
the painful duty of passing upon you the
sentence of death. Were ii consistent with
my official duties, would that tbs cup
could pass from me. But ! cannot now
shrink from the performance Of this sad Off
cial requirement, and must not, and will not
in the future, though other victims may fall
to avenge violated law. 1t is, therefore,
the sentence Of the court that YOU be remand
ed to the county jail Of Shelby county, the
place from whence you came, to be there Sc
curely kept until Friday, the Goth day Of
May next, when you will be taken by the
sheriff Of Shelby county between the hours
or III A. NJ ana D P. M N!tilm one lhle ana
half of the court house of said county, and
then to be hanged by the neck until you are
dead, and may God have mercy on your
soul"
When Poston was called, both the Judge
and Poston were very much moved. Post
on shook like an aspen leaf and had to grasp
chair for support. AT the conclusion of
the sentence, Judge Flippin was in tears, as
was also nearly all the large crowd gathered
there 1t was most affecting scene, and
will ever be remembered by those who wit
messed it. 1t was a surprise to all to know
the relation that had existed in early child
hood between Judge Flippin and Poston,
and it must have indeed been a sad thing
for Judge Flippn to consign to death the
playmate Ct bis early boyhood days.
The Placer herald., 1871-04-22

A WONDERFUL LEGAL DECISION. COL
ored gentleman was tried before selored
Judge, charged with theft the case was
submitten to the jury under the following
charges: "Gemmen of Jury: Dis prisner you
airy tryin' to charge with the charge of STE
lin Stealn is the takin' and carryin'
away Of the goods of another. He mus
not only take EN-, but mus tote EN- off.
Dis prsner took de goods, but before he got
out of the stoor, de owner made him left
EN- dar If de storekeeper wanted to make
de prisnera thief, he should wait until de
prisner had lef the store and toted off de
goods. You mus find the prisner not gull
ty." The jury eoncurring in the law As
laid down by the court, inst antly acquitted
the accused.
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The Placer herald., 1871-04-22

QUEEN Victoria has always been noted
for affably bowing without moments ces-
sation in her state progresses through the
city. A London correspondent Of the St.
Louis Republican says this bowing is all a
deceit There is curious contrivance at
tached to the seat of the royal carriage, by
means of which the royal body is gently
swayed as in the act of bowling, while in re-
ality the said body lols comfortably and
makes no exertion whatever. This may he
called scientific courtesy
The Placer herald., 1871-04-22
Democratic Policy.

A Washington Special dispatch to the \.
\. Heraid, of a recent date, says, that, al
though the Democrats in Congress have ,
during he late differences among the Repub-
Iican members, wisely pursued the sagacious
policy Of keeping quiet, and counseng uni
ty and harmony among themselves. yet they
are fearful that this watching and waiting to
see what will turn up, is not satisfactory to
the people whose interests, in great meas
ure are confined to their keeping TO meet
the demands of the public and to let the peo-
pie see that, if placed in power again, it is
the determination Of the Democratic Mem
bers to pursue a policy which will inure to
the greatest good of the greatest number
instead Of pandering to the bond-holders and
monied aristocracy--ihey desi n soon to
present resolution III the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes, declaring that it is the duty Of
Congress:
/. To provide for the immediate reauc-
tion of direct taxation and Of import duties to
strictly revenue standard.
/ 2. To provide for the immediate reduction
of public expenditures in all the departments
of the Government.
>. To abolish sinecure oflices and the sys-
tenn Of collecting the revenue by secret in
formers and spies.
(. To restore to The people Of the States
and their local governments the rights orig
inaliy possessed ly them under the Constitu-
ton.
.. To abolish governmental paper money
and to restore the only constitutional cur
rency-gold and silver
6. 70 reduce the army to a peace footing,
and abolish a system recently established OF
employing military officers in the discharge
Of civil duties.
7. 70 provide against the accumulation
and retention of large sums of money in the
public Treasury, by Which the interest of the
people are subordinate TO government inilu-
ence and made dependent upon the caprice
and personal views of the head of that de-
parimCmt
8. To prevent the purchase and sale of
the public credit by the Secretary Of the
Treasury at his own option, with no other
control than his individual and personal will.
9. To bring the President and bis Cabinet
advisers under the authority Of law, making
them obedient to its provisions and alike
with others subject to its penalties.
10. To restore to The Southern States and
people peace, prosperity and contentment,
which can only be accomplished by a cessa-
8ation of yindctiye legislation and military
interference and recognition of their equal
rights, including self-government and poiti-
cal equality with the other States and peo-
pie of the Union.
II. 70 revive American commerce.
u. To restore American credit.
13. 10 inaugurate American republican
simplicity in the administration of public
affairs, and
IA. TO aid, by proper legal and constilu-
tiona authority, in the full development of
the agricultural, mineral and commercial re-
sources Of the country.
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MASSACHUSETTS, on GRANT. The follow
ilg are the Resolutions of the Massachusetts
Legislature on the occasion Of Grants bully
ing the United States Senate into the dis
missing Of Senator Sumner from the chair
manship Of the Committee on Foreign Rea-
tons. 1t will be seen that treading on the
cons Of the old Bay State brings her people
to tNeir senses and makes them talk quite
Democratic:
Resolred, That the people of Massachu-
setts have seen with alarm the recent at
tent, unhappily successful, by the President
of the United States, not officially proclaimed
but VIGOROUSLY and avowed by his support
ers, to dictate the organization and appoint
ment Of the Committee on Foreign Rea-
tions in the Senate OF the United States.
Resolved, That the Senate's submitting
to the dictation of the Executive in the ap-
pointment Of the Committee on Foreign Re-
Iations, implies subserviency which dis
qualities that branch for the independent
performers of its constitutional duties, to SUI
pervise nominations and treaties laid before
the Senate by the President, and threatens
the removal of a great bulwarll against Ex-
ecutlvc usurpation.
The Placer herald., 1871-04-22

An editor down East thus speaks of CO.
temporary: "He is too lazy to earn meal
and too mean to enjoy one lie was never
generous but once, and that was when he
gave the itch to his apprentice So much
for his goodness of heart. OF his industry,
the public may be the better Judge when We
state that the only day he ever worked was
the day he mistooS castor oil for honey"
The Placer herald., 1871-04-22

THOMPSON is not going to do anything
more in condrums. He recently asked his
wife the difference between his head and
hogs-head. and she said there was none.
He said that was not the right answer, and
left,
The Placer herald., 1871-04-22

A SCHooL-BoY' COMPOSITION ON THE Bull.
FROG. The bull frog is green. If could
jump like one could beat pig or two pigs.
Frogs is bad-headcd animal, but he can't
draw timber for meetin house. If l was
frog it would hurt me to stand on my head
to see tho President sworn in. Jane Martin
wears red dress and hooped at me when
didn't know it. 1t scared me SO Jumped
to. If frogs could run with fire machine
it would be fun to so to, for they are all
Baptists. When they growl they don't bite.
Mother melted the bottom out of her tea
pot and Lordy, how dad ripped about it.
Geese have more feathers than yosng frogs.
but geese don't give milk. Nor does wild
frog. When ashes are worth fifteen cents a
bushel is the best time to go froggng. Lit
tie frogs peep, but who is afraid Scram-
bled frogs are nice in cold coffee, but as for
me, give me liberty or death, but no frogs
Or a revolution in France. I'm goin' to sell
my dog, and see then if he won't fetch
something. Frogs never have the IN jumps.
but they always come with spring.
THOMAS SHINE.
The Placer herald., 1871-04-22

To FIND THE AREA OF CRcLE-Jonas
Schermerhorn asks us how to find the area
of circle. Says a carpenter asked him
how to do it the other day, and he could
not. Here is how:-Three quarters of the
square Of the diameter will give the area.
Suppose the diameter of circle is six feet
Multiply by G-36, three-fo -fourths of which
is u, the number of square feet contained
in the circle When greater accuracy is re-
quircd, multiply the square of the diameter
by the decimal. .7S5. 5.-Rttrm Nac- Yorker,
The Placer herald., 1871-04-22

BUss, to kiss; rebus, to kiss again. pluri-
bus, to kiss without regard to sex; sllybus,
to kiss the hand instead of the lips; blunder-
buss, to kiss the wrong person; omnibuss,
t. kiss all in the room; cerebus, to kiss in
the dark
The Placer herald., 1871-04-22

The paraso! ant, of the West Indies, is
very curious insect. 1t carries cut leaf
over its head as parasol. Large numbers
of them walk in procession, and deposit the
leaves in holes ten or twelve feet under
ground, forming bed for a species of white
snake
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MORE LIGHT The San Francisco cores
pendent Of the Yolo Democrat throws this
further light on the Railroad Reporter trans
action, thusly:
Gary Rvckman is the man who bought
the George and Watt party out, and he is
not popuiarly reported to be a miliionair2.
There are some rich things reported about
the transaction which have not yet made
their way into print. One Of these Is that
when a controlling interest was sold by
Watt, George, ct al, neither the selling par
tics Tor those left in the paper had the slight
est idea that the Railroad Company had any
hand in it, bat they eo0n "smelt mice, "
md WHEN II mtegblm, Bennett et IL, who
were left in, dem ndad Of the Railroad peo-
pie to be bought out too. OF course the
Railroad people were indignaut-''wcre no
such womenl' didn't know and didn't want
to know anything about the paper, etc, etc
But the minority left had still cotnrol Of the
Board of Trustees, and SO got their now ed-
tor to take a walk, and put the paper again
against the Railroad Company, when all at
once (n two days,) a young bank clerk up
there became suddenly afflicted with de-
sire to invest in the newspaper business, and
rushed down and bought up the rest Of The
stock
Certainly. What innocent fellows Stan
ford, Crocker & Co. are They did not
know that they owned the Reporter stock
until they found that the old Trustees would
not let it abuse IIaight and puff the monop-
oily, but then all at once (in two days. a
stripping bank clerk bought out the Trustees
and then everything was lovely, and the
Reporter railroad goose hung high.
The Placer herald., 1871-04-22
NUMBER 35.

BLOWN HIGH.-The steamer S. exploded
several years ago with terrible effect and
burned to the waters edge. Captain S. was
blown into the air alighting near floating
cotton bale, upon which he hoated uninjur-
ed but much backened and muddied Ar
riving at last at village several miles below
to which news of the disaster had preceded
him he was accosted by the editor Of the
village paper, with whom he was well ac-
quainted, and eager for an item;
Il say, is the s. blown up"
"Yes."
"Was Captain s. killed 2"
81 am the captainl
"Thc thunder you are! How high wers
you blownY'
''High enough to think of every mess
thing ever did in my life before | came
down her -
The editor started on a run for his office.
The paper was about going to press and not
wishing to omit the item for the next issue,
two weeks of, wrote as follows:
"The steamer s. has burst her bcilers, ~
we learn from Captain s., who gays he was
up long enough to think of every mean
thing he ever did in his life before he lit.
We suppose he was up about three months.
The Placer herald., 1871-04-22

T. MI. TODD, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon,

Offers his professional services to the citizens
of Auburn and surrounding country. Best ref
erence as to character and ability. ap1-f.
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Texas Military institute

In calling the atteation of our readers to
the advertisement in another column, of
this popular institution, we cannot refrain
from adding q few words concerning this
pride of our city; and, indeed, SO rapidly has
it grown in popularity throughout the State
that we hope the day is not far distant in
which the whole State will feel pride in it,
Three years ago it was born into the world
without endowment, capital, or State aid of
any kind. But education, backed by pluck,
energy and indomitablN will, will tell, and
to-day we behold it strong and lusty as
young giant. Its growth has been almost
without precedent in the history of similar
institutions. Its first session closed with
tlTeHty-sigh cadets its second with sixty
eight its third with one hundred and eight;
and SO great was the number of applicants
last year that many were turned away for
want of accommodations.
Col. John G. James, the superintendent,
is the right man in the right place live
man, and one who will not let the school be
dwarfed for want of buildings. Before the
close of the past session he had placed on
the ground the material for an imposing
addition to the cadet barrack, and as soon
as the grey-jacketed boys had quit their
grand old castle for home, the workmen took
possession, and now all is hustle and activ-
ity. The work is progressing with rapidly
which is not often seen in these parts
A visit to the Institute Just now is quite
interesting, and we advise our citizens to 20
over and see for themselves this model
school, in its interior arrangements. The
masonry of the new building, which is sew
enty feet long, is progressing rapidly; when
completed 1t will be three stories high, and
finished in accordance with the general
plan.
With diplomas from such institutions as
the University of Virginia, Washington aud
Lee University, and the Virginia Military
Institute, its faculty need no commentator
from us. They are gentlemen of established
reputation for learning and scholarship, and
are an addition to the society of the capital
which should be appreciated by all our
people.
From the accounts we get from the officers
of the Institute, the next session bids fair %
be crowded one, as applications fer admit
lance are coming in rapidly at this early day.
We wish this institution all the prosperity
which it merits, and we predict that the
time will come-nay, it is not far distant
when it will be indeed power ia the land.
As every professor and attQche Of the school
is native of the sunny south, trained and
educated there, our people need have no fears
in entrusting their sons to their care. They
will receive that broad, liberal and catholic
culture which distinguishes the well edu-
Gated man from the parUsnu, and will, our
rulers may rest satisfied, receive no tuition
which will unfit them for being good citi-
zens-patriotic and loyal men in the full and
proper acceptance of the term.
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NEW PUBLICATIONS.

KIEs DAVID TRIUMPHAET-A Letter to the
Astronomers of Benares.-We have received
copy of this pamphlet from the author,
Captain R. J. Morrison, F. A. s. L., London.
Captain Morrison has published q new theory
of the solar system in a work entitled the
New Principal, in which he claims to prove
that the earth Is nthe stationery center of the
solar system; and that the sun is only
365,OO6 miles from the earth, and the moon
only 1904 miles distant; the sun travelling
yearly 10 an eclipse around the earth, the
other planets moving about the sun in
eclipses ALSO" The pamphlet before US is a
further vindication Of his astronomical
theories; and eclipses of the moon, the
geocentric lOngitudss of the inferior and
superior planets, and other problems 10 as
tronomy, are calculated in accordance with
his system.
The Methodist appeared on the lst of July,
instant, tits twelfth birthday, in a new
typographical dress, and enlarged by the
addition of eight columns. The circulation
is of national rather than local char
scter, and we believe the Methodist entitled
to be considered The leading independent,
unofficial organ of American Methodism.
In order that everybody may have an OPP
poTtnnity to test its merits as religious
newspaper, it will be sent free for one
month, 10 any one who will apply for it.
Address G. O. Halsted, Publisher, ia Mas
ssu street, New York.
MR. GREELEY's LETTERs.-We have reCeiv-
ed copy of this pamphlet, which contains
his Tribune letters from Texas, his address to
the farmers of Texas, and his celebrated
speech in New York Immediately after his
return. Mr.. Greeley's visit to Texas has
done much to call the attention of the PEG.
pie at large to our growing State, and dis
abuse the Northern BiG3s from prejudice
toTsrd our citizens. Notwithstanding pc
cannot endorse al OF Mr.. Greeleys cone'r-
sion, We believe tho publication CT these let
tiers viii result in great benefit to our STATE,
and We advise our readers to give them s.
careful peFusai.
TIE FAx1y yisITos.-Tiis is handsome.
eight psgs, weekly paper published il
Houston by 4. c Gray 8 Co. The T;ala-
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THE EVENING STORY.

"No, we are not sleepy, mother,
See how wide awake we seem;
Tell US something sweet to think of,
Tell US something sweet TO dream.
Tell the very sareetest story
That you ever heard or read,
And you'll see that we'll remember
Every single word you've said
Then told them of a midnight
In the very long ago,
When the sky was full of angels,
And from every shining row,
In voice of heavenly music,
Came loving message, given
For the sake of one sweet baby
That had come that night from Heaven
"NoW, please, tell US just another,
Tell the saddest one you know"
And told of One who suffered,
And who wandered to and FRI
Doing good to all around him,
Without fear, OF sin, or pride;
Blessing those who most i'll used Him,
For whose sake at last He died.
"Now, please. just one more, dear mother
Tell US now the strangest one
So told them of journey,
On mountain-top begun
Through the azure in a body,
Just as here on earth He trod,
Up through shining ranks of angels,
To the very throne of God
Four blue eyes aRd two sweet voices
Waited till my tale was done,
Then they cried, "Why, that was Jesus
Those three stories are but one |"
Lille Soipsr.
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A WOULD-BE swain inserts an adj
vertisement in the Sandy Hill (New
York; Herald to the following effect
only more of it:
An old bachelor having been
laughed at by beVy of pretty girls,
told them that they were small potaH
toes. owe may be small potatoes, -
replied one of the maidens, "but we
are sweet ones" .,
A HoosAc tunnel teamster was
lately seen riding on a $500 pound
load Of powder, smoking a pipe,
while just behind was the stage coach
full of passengers, whose feelings
were not comfortable.
THE Boston Transcript relates
how a hen of that neighborhood
was shut into an empty barrel and
came out, after four weeks impris-
onment, about starved to death, but
able to travel, with a slight grog-
giness about the legs. A hen that,
under such circumstances, is too
lazy to lay eggs enough for her own
use will get no sympathy here.
The famed mosquitoes of New
jersey are being eclipsed by the ap>
pearance there of new bloodletter,
called the winged porcupine, +"
which has concealed under its wings
a number of fine quilts, and shoots
them at any one attempting to cap
ture it. These work into the skin,
causing a painful irritation.
A BILL in relation to the interest
which may be lawfully received for
the use of money has been intro>
,duced in the New Hampshire Legis-
lature. 1t legalizes contracts at any
rate agreed upon BY the borrower
and lender, but when no rate is
stated, six per cent. shall be un~
derstood.
We have been speaking with sew
eral farmers in this section of the
country and they all state that in
consequence of the continued drOuth
they will not be able to make one
third of the crop that they expected
to. Rain is very much needed in our
vicinity. CalUprt TTibnne.
A HERD of two hundred and fifty
buffaloes were recently driven into
the Missouri river, near the Whet,
stone Indian Agency. A few reached
the left bank in safety, few others
were killed in the river, and the re-
mainder Of the herd persisted in the
waves of the rapid, treacherous river,
which at the time was swollen by the
food, and their bodies foated with
the current. .
BREEDING domestic animals has
become a science, and the science of
breeding should keep pace with the
improvements in mechanics, arts.
agriculture, medicine, etc. Through
science, extraordinary Improvements
have been made in navigation, plan-
utactures, the raising Of hogs, .heep,
cattle, dogs, poultry, u horticulture,
+ Horticulture, etc, &c say nothing OF
the wonders Of steam, and the stll.
G7rs wonderful discovery, Of the
electric telegraph