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MI before it. Tho effect produced on 1ne 1e9' "
the French army by the repulse Of tne ouaiu
and the sudden onslaught OF Zieten. Tas COM
pleted by the general advance, Tor "h'cn "e.-
lineton, with the instinct Of genius, hndueniJ
forsook HIS attitude Of defense; and as Biuchers
victorious legons were pouring across the solo
line of retreat while the last reserves OF 1no
French Ind been exhausted, the defeat was
turued into panic and 8 rout unparalleled IN
history. =,
To sum all up,-the defeat Of Napoleon a.
Waterloo. which decided the fate Of the Empire,
and sent the victor Of 10 many fields an e1ue 70
st. Haleua, was due to no accident, but to MS
own blunders, and the superior strategy OF the
allied Generals. It resulted simply from his own
delays before and after Ligny; from h's 1stiure
to separate the PrusRians in that battle from the
English, by attacking their right wing, 1nsteao
Of the centre and left; from not employing
DErlon's corps either to help Ney or to crusn
the Prnssians, instead Of suffering them to re-
organize ana retreat on Wasre; from sending
Grnuchv to the east to pursue them, when they
rara ont Of his reach, and thus placing 80, ,00t
nan "in the air" from fighting battle Will
wellington On tho 18th Of June, instead OF OF
!ha nth. when Blucher could not have he1pe<
him from beginning the battle at Waterloo
teyeral hours too late; from the non-occupa1ol
IF tho Wood Of Paris, and the worse than use
,ass slaughter Of thousands Of braTe SOLDIERS
Hougoumont; from the hurting Of his troop
,gainst the enemy in too dense .s m@sess
rom tho failure to support h1s 1n1anl
:barees by cavalry, and his cavalry charges y
. uf6cient force of infantry; and lastly, rom N
;e1rible mistake Of suffering the caSniTy reserve
- he engaged to soon. IA few drops Of wate'
more or fewer" says Victor Hugo, prostra1e
Napoleon" What nonsense! Did tho ram !, II
tard the Prussians? What else was II nut IL
.xecrsble roads that kept them from attacA1n ~
the French several hours earlier? but "e
lingtou would hnye been beaten, but LOT the a.
dysl of the Prusaiana." Indeed! Was ne n
looking for and counting upon tue nppfoacnln
. army Of bis ally MS part Of the 1ight' MAS Z
not watching from early afternoon the !esse"n
pressure which told him that Napoleon vi
forced to strip himself of his for1nldaole =
perves to 1eep of the Prussians7 Above ~ u
had he not prepared, on the days before, n Gu a
cert with the fiery old pzussian hareha, u =
it'll stroke Of var, and WAS it not precisely
cause Of this that ho took up the gauntlet Wilt
Napoleon had thrown doTns
The Placer herald., 1873-05-31
AUBURN, PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA MAY 81 1873

not so constructed as to afford any certainty
Of Furnishing high treason or rebellion, and
Mr.. Davis, if arraigned under them, cannot
be brought to conviction. Perhaps it is that
the men who framed onr fundamental law
and system of government, and who were
then fighting for libety, with halters about
their necks, did not pay much attention to
the question of furnishing in the future the
acts which they were committing them
selves"
Another reminscence illustrating the sem
tment of the thinking men of the North, in
1865. was related by Mr.. Hoadley of the
Hon. JOHN A. Andrew, then Governor Of
Massachusetts. 1t was on the day Of the
grand review Of the Federal army in Wash
ington. A number of gentlemen were being
entertained at the residence o. General S. l..
NJ. Borrow, of that city and the conversation
had turned to the subject of bringing the
leaders of the Confederate cause to punish
ment under the criminal law of the land =,
| when Governor Andrew expressed himself
as follows: cit cannot be done-the Grim
inal law has no application here. Why, it
is proved by its very title that the criminal
law is law for crimnals-the laws or the
code of laws formed by the great body of The
people, who are in the ma good men, for
regulation and punishment Of the bad men
scattered here and there throughout society
But when a whole people commit an act,
rash, impolitic and 'diretul in ts consequent
ces though it may be, and the best and wis
est men of the whole. people, participate there
in, encourage and lead it, it is impossible to
consider the criminal law as being framed to
meet the case, or as being in any way appli-
cable thereto. These people appealed to the
arbitrament Of war, and they have suffered
by the war-that is their punishment. | be-
ieved in giving them war, when it was war
they waned-yes, and gave Captain s
commission once to Massachusetts sergeant
for no other reason than that he had with his
own hands hanged seven guerrillas. This
was war, that was the measure of their pun
ishment, but criminal law has nothing to dc
with this case This declaration of the
emphatic Governor of Massachusetts caused
the remark, when related yesterday, that il
had an historical parallel in the famous words
of Burke, when he told the British Parlia.
ment in reference to the American revolu-
,ionists, that he "knew of no way to write
all indictment of whole people,"
A number of similar "reminiscences Of both
Northern and Southern history were related
and, after an hour or two ofpleasant conver-
saton and mutaal expression Of desire for
better acquaintance and fuller appreciation
of the conditions Of both sections OF the coun-
try, the guests separated, Judge Clifford
proceeding with his family TO Savannah
whence lie expects to return in few days
to make longer stay in the city .-Chdrles-
to,r; S. e. NeayS
The Placer herald., 1873-05-31
CAPTAIN JACK OF THE LAVA BEDS.

I'm Captain jack of the Lava Beds,
I'm "cock o the walk, " and chief O the Reds,
kin lift the har' and scalp the heads
'Cf the whole United States army
When so out my squaw she cries,
Myspuaw she cries,
My squaw she cries,
When go ont my squaw she cries,
You'd better look out for the army.
re-, yes! Ladies and gentlemen, i'm the
original Captain Jack, of the Motcc braves
big injun me--white man he make he too mach
bomshell and telegraphy dispatch bit he no
sdyrey de lava bed White man he plny ''high
low, - but he no catchee dis Jack. for
I'm Captain Jack of de Modoc braves,
And cock o the walk to the lava caves,
When catchee em out their heads shave
The heads Of the braves of the army
When stand up the pickets they stare
The pickets they stare,
The pickets they stare,
when l stand Up the pickets they stare
And then run back to the arni,l
All, yes! Ladies and gentlemen, big medi-
cine man XIII en- he going to eat up Mo oC
chiefs at one square meal, but he makee he toe
muchee fight at San Francisco telegraph man,
and shoot bomshell at Modoc squaw and scalp
only dead Indian, Charley Ugh Captain Jack
he bullee boy with glass eyes. Captain Kiilem,
he played out on dis line all de summer time.
y. Y. Commercial
The Placer herald., 1873-05-31

ent already how our shrewd Sacramento
friends, from an investment not exceeding a
few thousands ench, rose in five years to be
'millcnaires. In 1869, the year the Central
Pacific was finished to the point of iuuc' ion
with the Union Pacific, the capital stock
subscribed and paid in was about $40 ,000,-
000-nearly double the amount of the pre-
vious year, and it is mo,e than probable the
increase was paid out of the profits of the
Contract and Finance Company. The total
amounts expended for the construction Of
roads, for buildings. engines and cars. and
purchase of land. foot up in that year $685.
6S4 $40; the debt is given at a little under
$50 600 900. The statement for 1871
shows that S55 ,2S3, 100 had been "paid in
on the capital stock of 500 900 GOO; the
total expenditure for construction of the road
was $120, ,432, ,716; the total expenditure
for land was $SS, ,Gl3 the cost of engines,
cars and buildings was S,697 ,6S9; and the
total debt was $75 ,743 ,927
If these statements include the section of
road from Sacramento TO Sanfrsncisco, for
merly known as the Western Pacific but
several years ago consolidated with the
Central under the same name, we will have
as the total length OF the Cen,ral Pacific
from San Francisco to Ogden, 8Sl miles, di-
vidine which distance into the total cost,
$120 ,432, SIG, we haze upwards of $780,
600 per mile as the average cost of the
Central Pacific, exclusive of the amounts
paid for land, buildings, cars and engines,
which we have seen is less than So, 900 900,
according to the statement Of the company.
This is an astounding exhibit. If the act
ual cost of the road, including good profit,
was over $50 900 a mile, we shall be sur
prised to know it; and at that figure we should
have for the Contract and F'inaucc Com
pany profit of S76, GOO a mile, or q grand
profit on the whole job of SG6, ,956, 900,
Probably this is not very far from the truth.
No estimate of the gains Of this inner vort-
co of the Central Pacific has been within
$40, 900 900, and they have been stated as
high as $75 900, 900. We submit that the
President and Dire ctors of the Central Pa
cifc have no right to whine and complain,
nor are they entitled to b. considered in tn,
light of unrewarded public benelactors, who
are prevented by the ungrateful community
of San Francisco from doing all the good to
the State they desire to do. Finally have
we u Credit Mobiiier among usY
The Placer herald., 1873-05-31

HE State Of AlaDama buys IN I'll In d
sold for nonpayment Of taxes.
The Placer herald., 1873-05-31
CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD AFFAIRS

The following is statement from The
sworn reports of the Central Pacific Rail
road Company, to Secretary of State O
California, made pursuant to law, and show
ing the condition of its affairs from 1862 tt
1871, inclusive. The Company began OPP
erations in the former year with nominal
capital stock of SO, 500 900, but only $24
620 was subscribed Or paid until 1868. The
work of actual road building was then com.
menced, when 81 1854 900 of the capita
was subscribed 1868, 14O paid in, and
something overS1 ,06O, 900 expended on the
road, buildings and purchase of engines and
cars. In the same year an Indebtedness Of
81 ,045 900 was incurred. The close iden-
tity of the amount expended and the debt
incurred, suggest that the Company, then
consisting virtually of halc a dozen Sacra-
mentans, invested very little private money.
In this year it received bonds from Sacra-
mento and Placer Counties to the amount OF
about 100000. BY the end of 1864,
when the road had reached the foothills, and
the first bonds were received from the Gov
ernment, the capital stock had increased to
$40, 600, 900; but the amount paid in vas
only 81 ,403 230, although the total amount
expended on the road, in the purchase of
land, engines and cars, and in the erect on
of buildings, had risen to 50, 24l ,2l5, the
debt standing at 81 ,685, 266. 1t was in
this year that the Company received bonds
from San Francisco to the amount of $4O0,
600 as a free gift, and in the same year the
State donated the payment of interest on
81 800, 900 of the Oompany's bonds for
twenty years. Up to this time the Com
pany, according to its sworn statement, had
expended no more than it had received from
public sources, or had been able to realize
from tire sale of its own bonds by means OF
the credit derived through national, State and
county aid.
From 1864 to 1867 the capital stock re-
maned at $2O,0OO,OO0. In 1868 it was
raised to 800 900 900, and stood at that
figure in 1871. When raised to this amount
in 1868 the capital stock "paid in" was
$24 ,612.090. Some of the increased stock
was sold to New York railroad men, and
the corporation was widened in its reach and
power. In 1867 the amount returned or
expended for construction of the road, ex-
elusive Of buildings, land, cars and engines,
was $29, ,502,041. In the year following,
this item had increased to $50, 1888, ,319
This statement would show an alleged ex-
penditure in road building of the enormous
amount Of $27 ,381 .27S for one yearl In
the same year the Indebtedness had leaped
from ST &c., ,214 to $37 ,815 ,49S-an in
crease Of nearly $40. 900 in twelve
months So much for watering stock and
allowing the accounts Of the Contract and
Finance Company. 1t begins to be aprar-
The Placer herald., 1873-05-31
THE CONGRESSIONAL BLOW AT THE
NEWSPAPER PRESS.

In the expiring hours of the last Congress,
a blow was struck at the newspaper press
which may yet rebound and crush its au-
thors. Some of the leaders in Congress,
especially the Senate branch thereof, became
angered at the persistent appeals of the
newspaper press Of all political shades, for
a repeal of the franking privilege, and partly
in retaliation, partly in the hope of checking
the agitation; the Senate Committee surrep-
titiously enerafted the following clause in
the bill to repeal:
Proridcd That all laws and parts Of
laws permitting the transmission by mail Of
any free matter whatever, it be, and tire
same are hereby repealed from after June
Both, 1873.
With this appended the bill passed both
Houses, and not until after its passage was
its object generally known, even to those
is shown by the subsequent sction of the
popular branch of Congress, which attempted
to pass an explanatory bill continuing the
postal freedom Of the press.
A strict construction of the act as it now
stands compes subscribers, to county pa
pers, to pay postage thereon, even if they
receive them in the counties where published
and compels payment of postage at the
office of delivery on all newspaper exchanges.
Elsewhere we give a complete schedule Of
the rates of postage on and after June Goth,
on all classes of matter sent through the
mails These rates, with the exceptions
above named. are the same as heretofore,
but careful re-statement is needed to rid
the question of postage of the confusion
which now surrounds it.
Recurring to the changes effected by the
act repeating the Franking Privilege, we
assume this position, and hope newspapers
generally will impress it upon the proper
authori,y-that, under all circumstances,
the Postmaster-General, whose duty it is to
construe acts affecting his Department,
should at once consider the validity of the
clause quoted, and if reasonable doubt is
raised should give newspaper publishers the
benefit it. The object of the act AS stated in
the title and throughout the discussion, was
simply to repeal the Franking Privilege.
No other question was raised. 1t was not
the intention of other than a few of the law
makers to impose new burdens upon the
newspapers of the lasd, and since at least
one branch of Congress attempted to rectify
the mtstahe, there is abundant ground for
setting aside that clause Of the act until the
incoming of another Congress. The POST
master General has this power; the question
of intention is plain at least one of the COM
ponent branches of government, and inten-
ton is after all the main ingredient in the
correct construction of law. Here is Cres-
wells opportunity. He should Immediately
improve it, and when this is done there need
be no fear of the action Of the Congress
which meets in December next.-Ame,'ican
Journalist.
The Placer herald., 1873-05-31
BOOTHS PLEDGES.

The Vallejo Independent, in speaking Of
Governor, and not he candidate for the
United States Senate, clnches the matter a.
follows:
During the campaign Of 1871 Booth
made speech at Chico. On the 18th Of
August the Sacramento Union contained an
account of Booths speech as reported for IL
by correspondent in which occurs the fol-.
lowing language:
"Booth was introduced, and began by
stating that he had been informed that re-
ports were being circulated by the Demo-
cratic papers of the county to the effect that
it was not the Office of the Governor alone
that he was aspiring to, but that he wished
merely TO use that as a stepping stone to the
United States Senate. He declared all such
reports, in very emphatic terms, to be false
and without foundation. He considers that
it would be unjust, and even dishonest, ana
he would never lend his sanction to any rfo-
ceedng that Indicated duplicty or double
dealing with the people"
This charge was having its effect and fear
ing that the foregoing might not be fully
credited, and therefore fail of the desired ef-
feet, the Union, on the same day, clinched
what Booth was represented to have said in
Chico by making the following editorial re-
marks:
"NIuch has of late been said in Demo-
cratic circles about the respects Of Newton
Booth for the United States Senatorship,
should he be elected Governor, and they
would fain make the people believe that
gentleman is using the Governorshp (as has
been done by Democrats before) as a step
ping to the upper house of Congress.
Some time ago Booth informed us that he
would not SO use the gubernatorial office;
that lie regarded his candidature, and should
regard his election, if elected, as a contract
with the people in which his faith is pledged
to serve AS Governor for the full tenn, and
that nothing should tempt him to accept the
Senatorship or any other Office. In his late
speech at Chico these sentiments were re-
peated by Booth He declared he could
not accept the Senatorship, because it would
be dishonest to do so during the term of the
gubernatorial office for which he might be
elected"
The Placer herald., 1873-05-31
PLACER HERALD
O6icinI Paper of Placer County
.pupIIsHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING BY
WfAlKUp & FlLCHER.
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Liberal deductions made to monthly or yearly
advertisers.
The number of insertions must be marked on
che advertisement, otherwise it will be continued
'nnt,l forbidden, and charged for accordingly
II is hereby expressly agreed and stipulated
between the proprietor and those having work
or advertising done, or being subscribers, that
ell payments at the above rates are to be made
current United States gold or silver com.
OFFICIAL ADVERTISING.
The following rates, AS FIXED by LAW, will be
charged for all legal advertisements and notices.
For the first insertion, one dollar ana hfty
cents per square of two hundred and fifty ems,
and one dollar per square for each additional in
,rryton. up to four, and thirty-hve cents per
square for each subsequent insertion.
t-T All legal advertisements must be piaihiy
written. md the number of insertions must al
vays be marked on the margin of each adver-
tisement, or they will be continued and charged
accordingly The publisher will not be respon-
sbe for faulty or illegal manuscript.
The Placer herald., 1873-05-31

public diverted to the advertising columns
for that kind Of reading matter. 1t belongs
there, and not among the news items Of gem
eral interest.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-11-15
ov, imnortatt effect of the presen t

ONE important effect OF the present
fall in prices and lack of employment
was embodied in q short telegram from
Boston: The steamer Atlas, for Liver
pool, carried out over two hundred
steerage passengers, returning to Eu-
rope on account of the closing OF the
mills in Massachusetts. No doubt
many OF those operatives who have the
means will either 90 10 Europe or en-
igrate to the West. 1t takes very
slight impetus to set the exodus in mo-
tion 10 the latter There is a steady
stream Of emigration constantly flowing
from the New England States to
the West, and this is very readily
The way is an open
one and well-trodden. Our financial
troubles will have a tendency also to
check immigration. In the first place
there will be less money sent across the
ocean from this eide to assist friends
and relatives in their voyage. 1t will
be as much as our workmen can do to
maintain themselves. In the second
place, emigration like capital ia timid.
A sudden arrangement in money mat
tiers in this country is magnifed abroad.
The closing OF various means of ll7ell-
hood appears more formidable than it
really is, and results in halting OF the
flow Of population TO these shores just
when it should be greatest,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-11-15
Medical Bubbles.

Columns would berequired 10 euumeIate
the medical bubbles that have risen TO the
surface and burst since Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters became the standard tonic OF the
Western Hemisphere. Boasts the most ex-
travagant, fabricationS the most preposter-
Gus, cant the most sickeninc, have in turn
been employed 10 bolster up the worthless
preparations that have from time 10 time
been introduced, in the hope of dividing
the field with that famous vegetable rene.
dy. Signal failure has been the lot of each
and all. The reputation Of the BitterS as 4
preventive OF epidemics, a stomachic, an
invigorant, a general restorative, and II
specific for indigestion, bilious affections,
rheumatism, nervous debility, conStltu-
tlOnal weakness, paroxy. NAL feverS and all
complaints 10 which the more sensitive
sex are exclusively liable, is established
upon the sound basis OF more than twenty
years experience, and can no more be
shaken by the clap-trap nCstrums OF un-
scientific pretenders than the everlasting
hills by the winds that rustic through their
defileS.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-11-15
THE PANICs OF 1856, 1867. 1873.

There never was time in the histo-
~ OF this country when commercial
crisis was less to be expected from a
monetary panic than at the present
moment. Previous to the crash in Wall
street in September we saw everywhere
only evidences o. prosperity. The crops
were abundant and the demand from
abroad more than usually active. In
ibis repeCt the contrast with previous
panics is remarkable. In 1886 Chica'
20 was compelled to import tlonr from
England, and in 1857 men were trying
to meet liabilities incurred when wheat
was at two dollars with wheat only at
seventy five cent sPcr bushel. In the
latter year, also, the Central America
went down with her sllpload OF treas
ure, which WAS expected sensibly 10 re-
lieve the market, while now the
mines are more than usually active,
and the trans-shipment of gold from
abroad since the crisis began has been
eleven millions OF dollars, with the ex-
ports OF specie since the lst of January
twenty millions less than in the same
time last year. There hiss been, besides,
q great increase in our exports IN other
respects, and American ship building
has been growing enormously. The
gross earnings Of the leading railroads
have suffered no remarkable diminutlon
aid the manufacturing interests, not-
wi!hstandiug many Of the mills are
running on halt time or closing down
altogether. complain of no unusual dull.
ness in the market. Business condi-
tons are healthy except as they are a.
fected by extraueous circumstances, and
If public confidence remained money
would be abundant. A crisis in the
midst OF such prosperity is not easily
accounted for.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-11-15

THEY have a woman's revolution out
in Illinois, Last April the Legislature
of that State passed an act, which went
into force in the following July, pro.
viding that any woman, married or
single, of the age OF p years and up
wards, and possessing the qualifications
prescribed for men, shall be eligible to
any office under the general or special
school laws OF the State" The late
election afforded the first opportunity
which the benefciaries had of avslllng
themselves Of the law, and they did so
in the most liberal manner. Thirty
four women ran in thirty counties OF
the State for the office of County Super
irtendent of schools. That, at least
may be called a good start, under a law
only eight months old. In two counties
two ladies ran against each other; and
in one there were three contesting the
field, the victor not only defeating the
other two, but two men also, who had
not gsllansry enough to withdraw and
let the three women have the field to
themselves. In ten ouf Of the thirty
counties the women candidates were
successful. Under the Illinois law,
women can now engage in any msscu'
line occupation except the military.
The world is moving, and the sex ia
coming to Its rights.