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The Portland daily press., 1872-02-15
PENNs YLvANIA,

PHILADELPHIA, Feb 14.-The explosion of
barrel of cement this morning set fire to Roe
ders shoe factory William Hays was severely
the upper stories escaped through the roof into
an adjoining building. The stores adjoining
occupied by Brown & Hubbard, Workman &
Engleman were damaged. Total loss $4,000.
The Portland daily press., 1872-02-15

The ladies of the High st. Circle will contin-
ne their sale at the Circle Rooms, rear of the
church. on this Thursday afternoon and eve
ming
The Portland daily press., 1872-02-15
AUCTION SALES.
Assignee's Sale of Forest City Sugar
RaGuparu SsnoIx NJ Auctsou,

Assignee's Sale of Forest City Sugar
Refinery Stock at Auction.
nN Saturday, Feb 18th, at12 NJ at Merchants
~ Exchange, shall sell Fifteen Shares Forest City
Sugar Refinery Stock.
-.---. - II. P, DEANE Assignee
F. o. BAILEY & CO., Auctioneers. felGtd
EXecutriX's Sale.
10y virtue of a license from the Judge of Probate
ID for the County of Coos, State of NewHampshire
the subscriber will sell at public auction at the
wAUMBEK HOUSE,
in Jefferson, in said County, on
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2isT,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon, all the real estate of
Fnoch Osgood late of GOrham in said county do
ceased situate in said town of Jefferson containing
about
TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED ACRES
said estate consisting of valuable timber lands many
of the lots well covered with pine and available for
money-making purposes. No better opportunity can
be found for capitalists to invest their money
Conditions made known at time and place
Dated the 10Th day of January, A. d. 1872.
Ie2dSw MARY ANN OSGOOD, EXecutriX.
The Portland daily press., 1872-02-15

MARsEILLEs Quilts, Napkins, with lots of
other Goods cheap at c. A. VIcKERY's.
1853 Middle st. .'tl ri2e
The Portland daily press., 1872-02-15

War Department, Signal Service, U. S. Army, Di-
Visions OF kilograms and Reports for the benefit o.
The Portland daily press., 1872-02-15

The japanese embassy prefer to wait at Salt
Lake until the railroad is open to returning to
San Francisco and taking steamers,
The Portland daily press., 1872-02-15
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.


Foreign Exports.
POINT A PETRE. Brig j Bickmore-36l3 shocks
and heads, so kits mackerel.
The Portland daily press., 1872-02-15

tons upon them.
Mr.. Harlan made similar statement and
said the government had no reason to suspect
Remington & Son to be acting for the French
government.
Mr.. Conkling confirmed this, saying that
Remington and his father before him and his
brothers had been known as very extensive
manufacturers and purchasers of arms and had
dealt in them years, not with France alone but
with many other and more distant nations, and
if this investigation should be ordered it would
be shown that they had sold arms extensively
at home and in foreign countries long before the
Franco-Prussian war broke out, while it was
raging and after its close. He mentioned this
sense upon its guard. In respect to those gen
tlemen and was not dealing with them as agents
or friends of France or of anybody else With
out action on the resolution the Senate adj
journed.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Crocker, member elect from Massachu-
sets appeared and took the oath of office.
Mr.. Breck of KY, asked leave to offer a reso-
luton calling for information as to the sales of
material by the Navy Department since June,
1885 and the disposition made of the proceeds.
Mr.. Butler of Mass, objected
Mr.. Finkelnburg of Mo-, from the Commit
tee on Ways and Means, reported bill to re-
peal the duties on tea and coffee. He said it
was reported in obedience to the order of the
adverse to the passage of the bill. The bill was
reported without recommendation and referred
to the Committee of the Whole.
A bill for the construction of an addition to
the Post Office building in indianapolis, at a
cost of 100000, was passed.
A bill for the construction of a Post Office
and Custom House building at Hartford, Conn.
at cost not exceeding $500, 900 was passed.
A bill for the purchase of site for a govern
ment building at Cincinnati to cost 100000,
was passed.
The bill to erect a government building at
Quincy, ILL.,, at an expense of $4,000, provok-
ed considerable opposition,
Mr.. Dawes of Mass, called on the House to
confine itself to the building of government
edifces where they were necessary. The bill
went over.
The army appropriation bill was reported and
made a special order for next Tuesday. 1t ap-
propriates $29, 548, 000
Mr. Breelxs of KY, resolution of enquiry as
to the sale of naval material was adopted.
The Senates amendments to the Post Office
The Placer herald., 1872-05-04
official Paper of Placer County
Rig AND LITTLE FISH.

The mining stock market has been excited
in San Francisco for some weeks, and we
observe that the excitement is beginning to
reach and affect the country. Real sensible
men are talking of going below and engaging
in the business with view Of suddenly real
izing fortune. This we regret, as the
chances of these greenics being skinned out
of all they have is fully ninety-ninc to one
Of their making dollar. The great bulk of
the business done in the brokers' board and
on the curb-etone, in San Francisco, is mere
gambling, aud is similar to poker, or other
short card games of 3 pluck one. There are
numerous rings formed, the little rings catch
ing tho outside minnows and swallowing
them, to be in turn swallowed themselves by
tho bigger rings; and so on till the great
whale rings gulp them all down. Common
sense teaches all men that no money is made
in this stock business, but that only one man
loses whnt another wins. The faro dealer
or short card sharp is as honorable man as
these stock bulls and bears. these opera
tions develop no mines, or add nothing to the
wealth of the country. Congo once said
there were but two ways Of accumulating
wealth, one was to work for it, and the
other was to steal it. The speculation in
really valuable mines is more criminal than
in the mere wildcat concerns. Take, for
instance, the Savage. The officers and SUI
perin:endent are all that know anything about
the present and future of the mine. They
dig, drift and bore until they find large
body of rich ore, when they Immediately let
it get out that the mine is exhausted; a
meeting of the trustees is held and a heavy
assessment levied; down goes the stock, as
oil not in the ring would rather sell for any
price than pay the assessment, and in comes
the managers and buy it for a song. In a
short time the rich ore is opened into, the
news spreads and up goes the stock to about
double the price it ought to reach, and
then the managers sell, tho greenes are
twice stuck, and the knowing ones have
made fortune. You can hardly pick up a
city paper but you read of some man cutting
his throat, taking strychnine, or committing
suicide in some other way. Reason, ruined in
mining stocks. These are the minnows-
the little fish and rings. Volumes would
not tell of the rascaitics and ruined men in
this stock gambling. We have written this
much to induce our readers to think this
matter over in all its varied shapes, forms
and iniquities before quitting an honorable
legitimate and safe business.
The Placer herald., 1872-05-04
Horace Greeley Nominated
for Preside

The Cincinnati Convention has nominated
Horace Greeley as the independent, reform,
liberal, conservative Republican candidate
for President of the United States, on the
sixth ballot Greeley is SO well known that
it is scarcely necessary, had we room, to
more than briefly refer to his career. lie
was born at Amherst, New Hampshire,
February Sd, 1911, and is now 81 years
old. He was raised on his fathers farm,
but in early years was fond of reading and
learned to be printer. AT % years old be
started the Ne,o Yorker, and in 1871, at
80 years old, he started the New York Tri-
bune, and remains its editor yet.
Greeley has published several historical
and political works, among which are "The
Constitution" the "Jeffersonian, the clog
Cabin, "The American Conflict" etc. He
went with the Republicans until the rebellion
closed, and slavery was abolished. Since
then he has been dissenter to all the op-
pressions of the South, and the viainies,
rascalities and thieveries of Grant and his
administration Greeley insisted on general
amnesty, and liberty and suffrage to ALL He
was a delegate to Andy Johnson's Conserv-
ative Philadelphia Convention in 1866, and
one of jeff Davis bondsmen for 800 900.
He is an able, honest and sincere man though
often erring in Judgment. AS between Gree
ley and Grant the former should receive the
support of all good men, while Grant has
earned the votes of all tyrants and villains.
The Democracy now hold the Office of
President of the United States in their
hands, and we conjure them to take no des-
perate chances by which they may be held
responsible to the country and posterity for
continuance of the corruptons, tyrannies
and thieveries of Grants rule, and the final
loss of our liberties and property and free
government.
The Placer herald., 1872-05-04

MIXED. We stated two weeks ago, in
speaking of the Placer County vs. G. p. r..
r. tax case, then just decided, that the at
'orneys for the county would receive fee
in the case of So, ,661 40, and that as the
county had paid Judge Mcfarland $3.50 for
doing work for them, that they ought to
return this money before dividing that large
sum. 1t has been suggested to us that all
this money, the $3.50, was not paid to Nc
Farland for work in these cases, and desiring
TO do no one injustice in the matter, we have
again examined the bills presented by Nc
Farland, and the action Of the Supervisors
on them, and find the following to be the
facts: In February, 1870, Mcfarland pre-
scnted bill against the county for brief and
expenses in case of G. p r. r. VS.. Board
of Equalization of Placer county for $50,
and it was allowed by the Board Pratt, Van
vactor and Kinder), and paid. On August
18th, 1870, Mcfarland presented another
bill, as follows
August 18th, 1870.
Board of Supervisors in act. with I. B. Nc
Farland, DR..
To services as Attorney and Counsellor at
Law. Observation-Disclosures. SlUU
This bill was allowed and also paid. The
first bill was in the tax suit, and the last bill
must have been IN the same case, as the
Supervisors had lawyer in all other cases,
the District Attorney, furnished them free.
The bill was illegally allowed, as it did not
specify the services rendered, as the law re-
Svires 1t could not have been for attor-
ney's services in the sale of our stock, for
each Of the Supervisors had charged and had
warrants drawn for attorneys fees in that
case. So this 500 bill must have been
paid for services in the tax case, or it was
present to Mcfarland. We hold that we
were right IN claiming that this $3.50 should
be returned to the county, and We viii con-
tinue to so hold until It can be shown what
Mcfarland did for this last $780,
The Placer herald., 1872-05-04

GERMAN LIBERALS IN CHIcAeo.-CHIcAGo april
16-The anti-Grant speech of Colonel Fred
Hecker in Turner Hall, last night, WAS listened
to by 800 Germans. The speaker was very
bitter in denouncing Grant for accepting gifts
his hatred of Germans, his tendency to centrali-
zation, lack of ability, corruption, etc, and said
that the Cincinnati Convention was the only road
to reform Resolutions We're adopted announcing
as correct principles the maintenance of the Fed
eral Constitution, reform in civil service, aboh-
ton of all simply protective duties, substitution
OF tariff for revenue only, and dgeneral amnesty.
When we add to the above dispatch the
fact that United States Senator's Trumbull
and Logan, Governor Palmer and Secretary
of State Rummell, backed by the powerful
aid of the Chicago Tribune, all of Illinois,
are against Grant and endorse the Cincinnati
Convention, what hope can Grant have of
carrying that State Indeed, the same may
be said of nearly all the States. In truth,
the prospects are that Grant will be the worst
beaten candidate that ever run for President
Of these United States, if the opposition can
be combined on one candidate.
The Placer herald., 1872-05-04

AGooD BILL. Kendall, Democratic Con
gresham from Nevada, has introduced the
following bill in Congress, which ought TO
pass:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF heP
resentatiyes of the United States OF America III
Congress assembled That hereafter no railIoau p1
company. or any other company corporation oi
nerson ENGAGED in the business of carrying freight
or passengers over continuous line, extending
from a place in one State or Territory to pace
in another State or Territory, shall be allowed
to discriminate in the prices charged Tor carrying
such freight or passengers, either IN favor OF Vi
AGAINST anv particular person, locality or place
b1t all such charges shall be uniform, and the
charges for carrying such freight or passengers
over anv part of such line shall be in proportion
to, and at the same rate per mile, as the ch"iee
for carrying the same class OF frel8hl or Pd9eon
gers over the whole or over any part OF SAID hhe
We have no hope that this bill will pass
the present Republican Congress, but 1t may
the next. Of course Stewart and Nye, IN
the Senate, from Nevada, and Sargent,
Coghlan and Houghton, in the House, from
this State, all hunkies of the monopoly VIII
oppose the bill. Such law would compel
the company to carry way freight and pas
sengers at the same price per mile as 1t does
to Omaha. This would be a satisfactory
solution to the whole question, and reduce
freghts and fares in this county to about one
half the present rates.
The Placer herald., 1872-05-04
Mem Adrertiscn1 ents.
TEACHERS INSTITUTE

,r,ur PLACER COUNTY TEACHERS IN IN
nt;.,,.a viii meet in Auburn May oth, lo12'
=. N o'clock A. NJ. The following Will pe 'no
order of exercises:
FIRST DAY.
MORNING SESSION.
Organization.
let Glass exercise in the Fundamental Rules Oh
Arithmetic, by A. II. GooDRIcH.
od-Oral Grammar, by Z. }. ScHELLHouSE'
SECOND DAY.
MORNING SESSION.
1st-Written Grammar, by Z. j. SchELLHoUSh
2d-Exercises in Algebra, by j. A. bENSoN'
AFTERNOON.
1st-Method of teaching Geography, by ,
2d-Primary Teaching-Letters, Spellln8 "lo
Reading-by Miss CARTER'
THIRD DAY.
MORNING SESSION.
First subieet for discusson-What degree OF
order is essential in the School-room, and
the best method of obtaining ltt
DIDO we undertake instruction III too many
studies at the same time!
3d-Is our present system failure.
AFTERNOON.
Select reading by ct,
ESSAYS by Misses Lizzie Carroll, Louisa Gesford,
Mary T. Brewster, Mrs Anna BurdIck ana
Messrs. o. F. Seavy c. NJ. Lovett, T. D.
Schellhouse. and others.
Discussion will follow each practical exercise.
All teachers will be required to attend the ses-
sion.
PHYSIOLOGY.
DR.. Z. J. ScHELLHoUsE will deliver an Illus
trated Lecture before the members of the lnsti-
tute and the public on THURSDAY EVENING
School officers and others interested in Edu-
cation are invited to attend.
JOHN T. KINKADE,
mv4-1w Superintendent
The Placer herald., 1872-05-04

INFORMATION WANTED Information is de-
sired of the whereabouts of Edden Harry,
who came to California from West Virginia
in 40 or 80. If he, Edden Harry, or any
one knowing of his whereabouts, should see
this they will confer favor upon his aged
mother or friends by corresponding in rela-
tion thereto with Amos Hart, Downieville,
California. Papers throughout the State
please copy
The Placer herald., 1872-05-04
Notice to Creditors.

In the matter Of the estate of EDWIN S. BAs-
sETr, deceased.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN BY THE
~ undersigned, Executor of the Estate OF
Edwin S. Bassett, deceased to the creditors OF
and all persons having claims against the said
deceased, to exhibit the same with the neces-
sary vouchers, within ten months after the first
publication of this notice, to the said Executor.
at his residence at Crosbys Ranch, near Lincoln,
Placer county, California.
myi-4w j. c. CROSBY. Executor
The Placer herald., 1872-05-04
Copy of notice posted on the Claim.)
Application for Patent to Mining Claim.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN TO WHOM
y it may concern that an application has
been made by John j. Smith, Owen King E. d.
Pierce and William Hembold, an Association of
Miners, to the Government of the United States
for a Patent to the following described Quartz
Gold Mining Claim, viz: known as the Alabama
Quartz Ledge" situated in Newcastle Mining
District, in Placer County, State of California,
being bounded by the quartz mining claim of 10
Henwood and Company on the north and by
Clough and Company's quartz claim on the
south, there being no other claims bounding this
said claim, and more particularly described as
follows, to wit: on surveyed land, being in the
S. - of n +. 4 and N. u of s. E. Il of section
26, township II north, range east, Mount Dia-
bio base and meridian, i'll the district of lands
subject to sale at Sacramento, California, and
containing II 6S-l00 acres, commencing at a
point or stake marked alabama" which bears
S. 340 w, and distant 33 chs. 80 lks. from the
n. L. corner of section 26 township u north,
range east; running thence S. 2Ao W. 600
feet; with ground for working purposes on either
side the ledge 100 feet in width.
Also for Mill Site, commencing at n. W. corner
of above described tract of land, and running
parallel Herewith 1000 feet in length and 200
feet in width. Magnetic variation 1879 E. 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
the 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 Goth, 1872.
JHON J. SMITH,
OWEN KING,
e. D. PIERCE,
WM. HEMBOLD,
Applicants.
by taelr Agent, JOHN j. SMITH. my4-3m
The Placer herald., 1872-05-04

And IN accordance with law and an order of
the Board Of Trustees, made on the 26th March.
1872 so many shares of each parcel of said
Stock as may be necessary will be sold at Public
Auction on
Monday, the Goth day of May, 1879,
At o'clock Pm. of said day in front of the Colfax
Exchange, Colfax, Placer county, Cal, to nav
delinquent assessments thereon, together with
costs OF advertising and expenses of sale.
WM. b. STOREY, Secretary
Colfax, May /, 1872. mvl %,
The Placer herald., 1872-05-04
NOTICE..

fTNIE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
/ stockholders of the RISING Sun GOLD AND
SILVER MINING COMPANY will be held at the Office
of the Secretary, in the town of Colfax, County
of Placer, State of California, on
MONDAY, JUNE 3D, 1872,
At the hour of II o'clock A. NJ for the purpose
of electing Trustees for the ensuing year.
All Stockholders are requested to be present
BY order Of the Board of Trustees.
w. A. HINES, Secretary
Office at Hayford, Hines & Co. S store.
CofaX May lst 1872. my4-1m
The Placer herald., 1872-05-04
GREAT BARGAIN,

For cash down, as the owner has other business
arrangements that require his attention. The
land is excellent for GRAIN, HAY, VEGETA-
BLES, VINES or FRUIT TREES The place
is situated in healthy locality and delightful
climate. On the premises is a GOOD DWELL
ING HOUSE AND SALOON, and the grounds
are finely ornamented with shrubbery and shade
trees, and supplied with an abundance of good
water.
The farm and stock will be sold together or
separately, as may be desired. The premises
will be sold for LESS THAN THE COST OF
THE IMPROVEMENTS, if application is made
soon.
Persons wishing to purchase will apply to the
editor Of the PLACER HERALD, at Auburn, from
whom the price and other particulars may be
learned. fe10-t
The Placer herald., 1872-05-04
NeW Advertisements.
Dissolution Notice.

ITNHE UNDERSIGNED HAVE THIS SEC
L ond day of May A. d. 1872, dissolved part
nership. All debts owing by us will be paid on
presentation to JAMES MooRE, at his Office in
Ophir, Placer county Cal, and all persons ow-
ing us must call at once and make payment to
said James Moore, at Ophir who is authorized
to receive the same and receipt therefor in our
name. MARK LENENSON,
NOSE LENENSON.
Opiir May 2d, 1872. my4-iw
The Placer herald., 1872-05-04
DoY'T BE GULLED.-A dispatch from


DoN'T BE GULLED.-A dispatch from
Portland, Oregon, says;
Parties arriving from Stka report great ex-
citement at that place on account of the discovery
of rich silver mines within half a mile OF the
town, and rich silver and gold mines in localities
on the adjacent coast, The excitement was at
the highest pitch when the steamer Telfair left ~
We warn miners in California not to be
gulled by this roorback, as it is evidently
canard, gotten up by unprincipled specula-
tors. If this story can be made to take 1t
will be but another Gold Bluff Cariboo-l FRA
zer River-Panama SELL from which much
death and human misery will flow. Every
merchant, hotel-keeper, ship-owner, and a
long list of others without either humanity
or principle, at the ports from which emf
grants will sail for Sitka, will fan this lie to
fame that they may thereby gain at the
expense of human life and misery. We
think the miners and fortune hunters Of Cal
fornia have had enough of this fortune seek
ing in these out-of-the- way and God-forsaken
countries.
The Placer herald., 1872-05-04
FOR SALE.
The late Residence of Col. Wm. Mcclure
NEAR YANKEE JIMs,
rs OFFERED FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN.
/ There is an old

ORCHARD OF TWELVE ACRES
On the place, of the choicest fruits in the State;
also. a A VALUABLE DITCH AND WATER
PRIVILEGE connected with the same,
A FINE RESIDENCE,
Large Barn and Out-buildngs, and ONE HUN
DRED AND Sixty ACRES of EXCELLENT
TIMBER LAND, all under good fence, make
up a brief outline of the premises.
The place will be sold cheap Any person de-
string a good and valuable home will do well to
examine this property. For further information
inquire at the Bank of
Z. L. MCCLURE,
mv4-n Dutch Flat.
The Placer herald., 1872-05-04
Application for a Patent to a
Quartz Gold Mining Claim.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.

No. 341.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
Sacramento, Cal, April Goth, 1872.
JOHN J. SMITH, OWEN KING, f. d. PIERCE
and WILLIAM HEMBoLD having filed their appli-
cation in this Office for a Patent to Mining
Claim, and the law instructions in such cases
provided, having been complied with, 1t is here
by ordered that the annexed Notice of such
Application be published for ninety days, in the
PLACER HERALD, a Newspaper published nearest
the location of said claim at Auburn, in Placer
County, State of California.
T. b. MCFARLAND,
SEAL Register.
Wv
The Placer herald., 1872-05-04

ACAIIFoRNI girl, on having the question
popped to Ler replied, &c. 0. d." The
youth, IL sstoniahment, asked what that
meant. when tie lass replied, II always un-
stood tha: 70 mean cal on dad p"
The Placer herald., 1872-05-04

SENATOR CAssERLY has our thanks for
Congressional documents during the week,
among which we find the great speech of
Senator Trumbull, of Illinois, on the sale of
arms by the Government to France during
The Prussian war.
The Placer herald., 1872-05-04

NANTED. AGENTS-e1OO IN eo,O ,,o,

M ANIED, AGENTS-S100 to $3.50 per
w month-everywhere, Male and Female
to introduce the genuine improved MARSHALL
sewing Machine. This machine will stitch.
hem, fell, tuck, bind, BRAID cord, quilt, and EN-,
oroidef OF :, IN most superior manner Price, only
Slo fully licensed and warranted for five Years
We VIII pay 81 900 for any machine, high price
price or low that will sew a stronger, more beau
Ilul vi or more elastic seam than ours 1t makes the
Elastic LOCk-STITCH. Every second stitch
can oe cut, and still the cloth cannot be pulled
aptr1 without tearing it. We pay Agents 500
70 szoo per month, and expenses, or a commits
son 81 from which twice that amount can be made
FOR circulars and terms, apply to or address
5. MARSHALL & co.
No. 1O2 Nassau Street.
NEW YORK,
IA ,NAoIIoN-Do not be imposed upon bv
o.,er parties travelling through the conntry
paiming oil worthless cast-iron machines nndsyy
lhe same name or otherwise Ours is tho on1,,
@ genuine and really cheap machine manufac,
ap20-3m