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The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

BAD WEATHER.-Tle press Of the state
crowed before they got out of the WOODS
about our big crops this year. Our expert
ence for % years is that grain crops are
made or destroyed in a great measure by
the weather in the month of April. If the
weather for the remainder of this month
should be such as that for the last ten days,
less grain will be harvested this than the last
wear, and less ground will be Summer tal-
lowed, preparatory to Fall seeding. a few
days of these northern winds licks the moist
ure from the ground further than the roots
of grain penetrate. Already wall comes
from Los Angeles, Sonoma and other points
of the blasting effects of these winds, and
even here they are damaging our grain pros
poets. Wait till May before you crow again.
Our neighbor says that Ex-Governor Stan
ford will preside at the ex-Placerites picnic
at Alameda. That reminds us that STAN
ford did, in early days, keep small sour
-four store at Devils Elbow, Oh Devils Half
Acre, somewhere near where Michigan Bluff
now stands. We beg the ex-Governor's
pardon for mentioning this fact, but our
neighbor threw the first stone. The Gov.
reveleth in little matters, and of course
"despiseth not the day of small things" for
he knows that "from little acops tall oak
trees do grow" and from self-rising flour
great fortunes flow.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

BRANCH ASYLUM. Booth has ap-
pointed Drs. G. A. Shurtleff, w. T. Wilkins
and G.. II. Swift Commissioners to select
a site for branch asylum for the insane.
We suggest to these Commissioners that the
finest, most commanding, healthy and con-
vcnicnt site for such aninstitution to.be found
in the whole State is at Auburn. Two
Of these Commissioners are ply yscians and
know that physical health is essential in the
treatment of mental diseases, and that above
all things an asylum should he located where
every element is conducive to bodily health
and vigor. This site is hut two hours
from the capitol of the State, three quarters
of mile from Auburn and Auburn depot
and commands view of the whole country
from the Sierra Nevadas to the Coast Range
The land is Government title, and if the
State desires it it will be donated free of
charge. There is no speculation in this offer,
but real desire to benefit these untortunates
and the State. We ask the Commissioners
to visit Auburn by all means before deter
mining on a site.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13
Probate Notice.

STATE or CALIFORNIA, r n.,
County of Placer -" ''''' 0''''
In the matter of the Estate Of Edwin S. BAs-
sETT, deceased
Notice for publication Of time appointed foi
proving WILL etc.
DURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF SAID
Court made on the 9th day of April, A. d.
1872, notice is hereby given that MONDAY, the
10Th day of April, A. d. 1872 at IL clock A. NJ.
of said day, and the Courtroom of said Court.
at the Court house, in the town of Auburn.
County Of Placer. have been appointed as the
time and place for proving the VIII of said Ed
win 5 Bassctt, deceased and for hearing the ap-
pIication Josiah c. Crosby for the issuance to
him of Letters Tcstamentary. when and where
any person interested may appear and contest
the same.
Dated April 9Th, 1872.
b. T. BERT, Clerk.
apl3-w BY W. b. LYON, Deputy
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13
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 GOOD DWELL
Ing HOUSE AND SALOON, and the grounds
are hnely ornamented with shrubbery and shade
trees and supplied with an abundance of good
water. o
The farm and stock will be sold together or
separately. as may be desired. The nremises
VII be sold for LESS THAN THE COST OF
rHE 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 NAV be
learned. t'Io !.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

Extra SESSION. The Gorham, Carr,
Stowe, Hoodlum faction of the Republican
organization are demanding an extra session,
oste,sibIy to apportion the Senators and
Representatives for the next session. We
had better never have another Legislature
than that this one should again convene
The universal demand of the honest people
of the State is that these rapscalions, and
especially the dishonest majority of them,
shall never, never meet again on this earth
to lcgislate in the name of the people of any
State. Rather war, pcstilence, and famine,
winding up with Lone Pine earthquake,
than that these pimps should again have
power TO rob the people in the peoples name.
This talk can as well stop. Booth would
rather convene the hoodlums of San Fran
cisco than these scallawags, traitors to their
State and constituents, to make laws for
honest people. The man that would sug-
gest the reconvenms of these hoodlum legis-
lators must be fit subject for the States
Prison or Insane asylum.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13
Notice to Creditors.

In the matter Of the Estate of SARAH GAYLORD,
deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE
~ undersigned Administrator Of the estate Of
Sarah Gaylord deceased, to the creditors of and
all persons having claims against the said de-
ceased, to exhibit them, with the necessary
vouchers, within ten months after the first pub
hcation of this notice to the said Administrator,
ut his Office or residence in Rockln Placer county,
California. GEORGE ELLIOTT.
apl3-4w Administrators
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

A CHANCE TO WIN $50, 1000, AND, AT THE
SAME TINE, AID THE SICK AND DESTITUTE.
The sale of tickets i'll the Grand Legal
Enterprise at Omaha, in aid of Mercy Hos
pital, under the auspices of the Sisters Of
Mercy, will be continued till May 3Oth,
when the drawing will positively take place
in open public. This charitable enterprise
enjoys the confidence of the Governor and
best business men of Nebraska; also the
Mayor and President of the Board of Trade
Omaha. Highest prize, $50 900. Total,
$3.50 600, in cash. The tickets are 50 each,
or two for So. For full particulars, address
PArrEE & GARDINER, Business Managers,
Omaha, Nebraska.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13
NeW Advertisements.
GREENE MINING COMPANY.
Notice of Stockholders Meeting.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
" Annual Meeting Of the Stockholders of the
Greene Mining Company will be held at the
company's Office, No. Alb California street, in
the city of San Francisco, on
SATURDAY, THE 9th DAY OF APRIL,
A. d. 1872, at the hour of ii O'Clock A. NJ for
the purpose of electng Trustee and the trans
action Of such other business as may be brought
before the meeting.
c. NJ. GREENE,
ap13-td Secretary.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ELECTION. This
election takes place to-day in all the precincts
Of the county. Every man who votes at
this election pledges himself to vote for
Grant for President next November, and
places his vote and influence in the hands of
the GorhamStowc.Carr. railroad corruption
lists. We say this because that ring will
control the State Convention as it did the
last Legislature. The polls are to be opened
from six to eight o'clock P NJ, in all the
precincts except Aliens, Rosevile, Virginia,
and Sheridan, where they will be open from
Two TO six o'clock p. NJ. RepuLl'ca who
wish to remain free to vote for the nominees
Of the Cincinnati Republican Convention or
the oftiee-holders' Convention at philadel-
pbia. had better not vote at these primaries
as the officers are instructed to take every
man 8 mans and send it here to be kept and
held in terror over their future actions.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

REMovAL.-Fink a. Hayden, of the Grass
Valley Republican, are about to remove the
paper TO Truckee, enlarge 1t and issue it tr-
weekly. at So Ter amum. We are glad
our Truckcc friends are about to have a good
paper, and We wish the enterprise success.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13
$40 REWARD.

CTRAYED OR STOLEN FROM THE
> range between Newcastle and Stewart s Flat,
1 miles south of Auburn, in April 1871, Il PALE
RED COW, with little white on one hind foot
and one horn shorter than the other-looking as
broken or injured when young. This Cow is
medium size, about eight years old, and branded
"W' both on the right side and right hip, and
ear marked with right ear cropped and slit in
left ear. When the Cow was missed she had q
young calf,
The above reward VII be paid for the Cow
and Calf, or Sl5 for the Cow, when delivered at
the undersigncd's Ranch, near Bald hill, two
miles from Auburn, or reasonable reward for
information left at the PLACER HERALD officer as
to where she can be found.
apG-tf II. p. BURNS.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

The Grass Valley Transcript fights NIT
Grant, and Deal, its editor, will 90 to the
State Convention if the old stager, O. p.
Stidger. don't beat him. If Stidger wins
we hope he will bring out Paul Grabel's old
anvil and fire salute; but this will hardly
happen, as Deal has the inside track.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13
SHERIFF'S SALE.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT BY
~ virtue of an order of sale issued out of the
District Court of the Fourteenth Judicial Dis
trlet, IN and for Placer County, California on
the 3Oth day of March, A. d. 1872. on a jude
meht OF foreclosure rendered in said Court on
the Attn day of March, A. d. 1872, in favor of r.
q. Sheath and against Martin Griffin. eft nj for
the sum of thirteen hundred and eiobt and 81.
100 dollars ST. ,30S.37) in gold coin. including
interest to the 4th day of March. A d 1879
and the sum of $50, attorneys fees. as allowed
by the Court, and the further sum of $40 95
costs and expenses, together with interest there
on at the rate of one and one-half per cent nor
month"; or so much thereof as the purchase
y rnuney " saiu mortgage premises will pay of the
same Now, therefore, | will, OH
SATURDAY. THE friday OF MAY n 1879
At the Courthouse door, in the town Of Aul,nrn
%cei county. Cahforna, at the hour of -
oiocH' NJ o, mat day, sell a: Public Auction
TO 'he highest bidder, for gold coin the followno
described property, to-wit: All the rah. ,tio
ana interest OF defendant, Martin Griffin n a,5
10 that certain piece or parcel of land l,,in o,1
pe'hS m, III the town of Forest Hill C9nniv ~
Iiacer' and State of California ond lna,'.., oa o
the pnlon Hotel property; said property sitmated
oh lhe norm side of Broadway street in sa;J
eeo"H' ana haVlng front ON said street Of tbrtv,
tbo ,,e,? @n1 extending back to an allev: also
W.T. NJ oiie-slxth part of all that certain
Comvt ",vt Dtc1 situate in Township No s, said
CoSary CoSroy n;I ana State, and known as the Lone
r;r;na; ~rUn pncn Company's Ditch said ditch de-
a.'lls HS supply of water out of said Iono co5n,,
~ VI near Inc junction of the North and Mill
15 sa'd canon, and extending down TO RlocL
9rni'n rat together with all and singular tbo
Ienements' heretlitamens rights, franchises and
improvements hlIp to the above described nroner,
'eT1Thng'ng or IN anywise appertaininc. ''
nne above described property will sell as
"rotesld to satisfy said Judgment costs accrn;n 1
esidence in Colfax, Placer conn,
Sheriff Office, Auburn. Anr;I 1s-5s
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13
To Whom 1t May Concern.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN BY THE
~ undersigned that during my absence from
the State, for six months, $. DAILMAN, of Lin
coin Placer county, is my duly and legally con-
situted Agent, with full power to do and transact
all business for me and in my name.
j. DALLMAN.
Lincoln, April -, 1872. apl3-4w
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13
RANCH FOR SALE.
A Farm Of 500 Acres of Good Land

4 Ii UNDER POST AND BOARD FENCE
"A lying four miles from Auburn, stocked with
five horses, one new four-horse wagon three
horse colts, three mule colts, two milk cows
five hogs, sixty-dye goats (part ANGORA), is
now offered for sal at
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

SENATOR Casserly has our thanks for Con-
cr.saional documents Of value during the
week.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13
TRUE TO THE LABEL.
HYDRAULIC Claim Wanted.

WANTED TO PURCHASE,-A A HY-
w draulic Claim in dividend paying con-
dition, or a Claim that can be made dividend
paying one with reasonable outlay.
Address, stating location, extent of ground
and depth of deposit, cost of water, amount of
fall for tailings, condition of title amount NJ
ready taken out and full particulars, Lock Box
439 SAN FRANcIsco Post Office.
Owners only need communicate. mrl6lm
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

CALIFORNIA REpUBLIcAN.-T This is the
name of new daily paper started at San
Francisco, several numbers of which we have
received. The paper needs Improvement in
its mechanical departments. We are ready
to accept the Repubiicdn as the chief organ
of the party in this State, and would like to
be assured that it speaks the sentiments of
Grant and his advisers. 1t takes strong
ground against the railroad attempt to grab
Goat Island, and condemns the course of the
three Republican congressman, Sargent,
lloughten and Coghlan, for their course on
that measure, and intimates, in the strongest
language, that San Francisco should rebel
rise in mob violence-if the bill passes. 1t
is out for Grant, but what will it do if Grant
signs this infamous bill ? The Republican is
ably edited, and we wish it financial success.
OUGHr To BE PREVENTED. Our Govern
ment has been dsgraced in every court in
Europe by our petty pot house politicians
being sent there as ministers by Grant, and
now comes the news that Mrs. Grant and
daughter are going to Europe with that old
muggins and bore, Borie, who made Grant a
grand present to be made Secretary of the
Navy, and who has not sense enoug to last
him to Christmas, if he would use it literally
And Mrs. Grant, weak sprout from a
weak stock, what right has she to exhibit
her mediocracy and mental impotence to the
courts of Europe, to our national disgrace
This is more than the American people should
stand, and more than their sins deserve as a
punishment.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

'N'''" once Auburn, April 6, 1872
ap6-3w
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-08
THE LION AND THE LAMB.

We are certainly approaching the millennium.
One of the distinctive features of that good
time coming has always been the peaceful
commerce of the Lion and the Lamb. There
are skeptics who have doubted whether, if the
lion and the lamb lay down together the
chances of both getting up were not problem
atical. We shall soon have an opportunity to
see the practical results of such q perform
ance. The accord at which England and
America have arrived in the Alabama business
resembles nothing so much as the sacred
prophecy we have referred to. The analogy
is complete. The noble beast of the British
arms has rOared and famped and looked fierce
and resolute. The Lamb, who has evidently
not read the later naturalists, and so believes
firmly in his heraldic nobility, has been greatly
impressed and has conceded everything, and
has been forgiven. In some of the evening
papers, yesterday, be was bleating gratefully
for not having been eaten up.
Every stage of this wretched business has
given lis new and unexpected developments
of incapacity in our Government. The Treaty
seemed well enough at the beginning, but as
soon as any discussion began upon it. it was
found that each side had different meaning
for it, Each side seems deliberately to have
kept silence during the negotiations, in rela-
ton to the most important question involved,
for the PURPOSE Of overreaching the other.
Mr.. Fish had trump card in his boot, and
my Lord Of Ripon one in his sleeve, and when
the game opened each threw the same card
upon the green eloth at Geneva. From the
momeDtin which our Case was presented, there
was 40 possibility that the arbitration should go
forward, ard fic dim6ty and honor of both
sd b. pres,sg>... hcIe was from the be-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-08
TAXING THE POOR.

A very large number of hard working Ger
mans will be deprived Of their means of live
lihood by one Of the provisions of the Tax
and Tariff bill which Gen. Grants signature
has just made law. 1t cOmpels each retail
dealer in leaf tobacco to pay $780, and in adj
dition, if his annual sales exceed $1,000, fifty
cents tax on every dollar of such excess. In
other words, the business of the retail dealer
is destroyed by prohibitory tax. The defni
ton of "a retail dealer is as follows:
Every person shall be regarded retail dealer IN
leaf tobacco business It is to sell leaf tobacco
quantities less than original hogshead, case, bale
or who shall sell directly to consumers, to persons
other than dealers in leaf tobacco, who have paid
special tax such; or TO manufacturers OF tobacco
snuff or cigars who have paid special tax or to per
sons who purchase in original packages for export"
1t will be seen that the purchase of a
smaller quantity of leaf tobacco than the
original hogshead, case. or bale, will speedily
become impracticable. Ii is well known that,
of the 1900 purchasers at retail of leaf to-
bacco in this city, most of whom manufacture
cigars in their little back-shops, aided by the
members of their family and perhaps q single
hired hand, not one fourth have the means or
credit to enable them to buy unbroken pack
ages of the different sorts OF leaf tobacco
needed for their trade. The conditions are
similar in other cities, and we are informed
that not less than $4,000 Germans Will thus
be thrown out of business, The people who
benefit by this legislation are, of course, the
wholesale manufacturers. IL is n significant
fact that while snch penalties have been IN
fiicted on retail dealers, the Wholesale dealers
have only to pay $50 tax per annum, an adj
ditiOnal tax chat they formerly paid upon
sales exceeding $4,000 being by t6is new act
abolished. Most convincing excuses viii be
necessary to justify the course of Legislators
who have thus Disseminated in favor Of the
rich against the Door.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-08
THE TARIFF IN POLITICS.

The Tariff plank Of the Philadelphia plat
form is intrinsically sound. 1t aflirms the doc
trine of Protection so fully and clearly as to
satisfy The TRIBUNE, which has always
believed and taught that dOctrine-taught 1t
to some of those who now proclaim it.
But while the doctrine is sound, its procla-
nation is fraud, because many of those who
have constructed and profess to stand upon
the Philadelphia platform do not believe a
word of it. ,Gerrit Smith is conspicuous
example. He scouts Protection as q
swindle, and. teaches the most ultra Free
Trade. Messrs. FinkelnbuTg of Missouri
and Burchard of Illinois are Grant
representatives in Congress and members of
its Committee of Ways and Means. AS such,
they have been working hard to tear down
what this platform upholds and commends.
Their nominal adhesion to thiG Tariff plank of
the Philadelphia platform is snare and a
swindle. So of Henry S. lane, GoOdlOve s.
Ortiz, Jeremiah NJ. Wilson, and other Grant
men in Indiana. They have voted and acted
in Congress in marked antagonism to the
drift of The Philadelphia proposition. MIR.
Wilson went into Congress on profession of
faith as sweepingly Free Trade as was ever
DllI 1OIIn Dy OdlUuuH VI MCDulilCs DO VI
worth of Illinois, and many more. They are for
Gen. Grant, but they are hostile to Protection,
and will so act and vote hereafter, as hereto
fore, in defiance of the Philadelphia platform.
SO of the editors of The Cincinnati Gazette,
Ohio State Journal, Buffalo Commercial N. Y.
Times, Harper'S Weekly, and hundreds more of
them. They are Free-Traders; they have
ieered and secuted THE TRIBUNE for advO-
eating Protection. But here is Pennsylvania
to be humbugged once more, as well as the
iron-smelters, wool-growers, and cloth-makers
of all the States. So plank is inserted in the
platform to gull them till after the election: :
then these Grant statesmen and Grant news
papers can get down again from the platform
they have thus far been denouncing, and
begin to denOunce it again.
Whenever all of one party shall be PrOtec-
tionists, and all of the other Free-Traders,
this question may be squarely met, in
national contests. At present there are
Protectionists in either party as there are
also Free Traders. Hence there is just
one honest way of dealing with it by
setting forth the naked truth. Say to the
People: con this question we differ, and we
y reserve 10 eacn Oh us lult hpeIV VI dcuoD
"upon it in the choice of members of Con-
"gress" This is what the Cincinnati platform
does-what it should have done. Its basis is
Truth, its method, Freedom, its result, action
upon the Tariff question by each member of
Congress in accord with the will of his con-
stituents, not the dictum of any party caucus
OF nominating convention. Since Philadelphia
clumsily borrowed 80 much from the Cincin-
natl platform, why did it refrain from borrow
ing thisl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-08
OBITUARY.
WILLIAM p. BFrRs

In the vast and complicated machinery Of great
daily paper there are many men whose lives
passed in laboTious obscunty, yet who possess and
employ in the fulflment of their daily duties quail
ties Of mind and character Of as high an order as
those which achieve fame and fortune on moro con.
spicuous fields. Since this year opened TnE TRIB-
UNE has lost two Of those modest and faithful
worbingrnen. The merits Of Joseph Il. Lyman, lato
Agricultural Editor have already been briefly re-
ferred to in these columns. We have 10 announce
to-day, with deep regret to the many friends who
loved him, and the professional acquaintance who
hOnOred and esteemed him, the death Of William +.
Beers, the Night Editor of TIR TRIBUNE who died
last night OF congestion Of the BRAIN in tho 3Jth
year Of his age. He leaves widow and Eve chill
dren.
Mr.. Beers was born in Ireland, but came TO this
country at o very early age. When only 10 yeas old
he entered the Office Of The Sun and remained there
for four or five years. after which no spent about six
years in the book Office of Smith & McDougall.
He next went into the cOmposingrOon Of The Times.
where he remained until the beginning Of the war.
While here he became prominent and
respected member Of the typographical
Union. When the call for volunteers
was sounded he enlisted as a private in ths
10th N. Y. Volunteers, and served with credit until
the battle of the Wilderness, where he was danger
ousy wounded in the thigh. While lying in hos
pital he was twice captured by guerrillasj but was
retaken by the u. S. forces and removed to tho
hospital at Washington. When he recovered
from his wound he rejoined the army
before Petersburg and received his commission
as Second Lieutenant, and for gallant and mer-
torious conduct was shortly afterward promoted TO
be First Lieutenant and given the command of Com
pany G. He remained with the army until Lees
surrender When he returned from the war he en-
tered the composng-room of The TRIBUNE, and
there exhibited such skill and efficiency
that in 1869 he was assigned to the position OF
night news editor, and was gradually advanced TO
that Of Night Editor in charge. which place he held
at the time of his death. The position he occupied
is one requiring the exercise Of the keenest judg
mont and incest discrimination. and Mr.. Beers was
in o remarkable degree adapted for the work Uo
never failed to meet the full require
ments of tho occasion, selecting with I'M
erring judgment from the mass of rapidly arriv-
ing matter tho portions which were indispensable.
He was workman who honored his work, and 80
was honored by it, He found his highest pleasure
in the punctual fulllment of his duty, and carried
himself in It with an unfailng heartiness which
won him the affection of all his associates, and
natural dignity of character which compelled their
respect. As o printer, he was without reproachj
as an Editor, he was vigilant and conscientious;
in all the relations Of domestic life, he unusually
amiable and thoughtful; he was gallant and
devoted soldier, and true and generous man.