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The Placer herald., 1873-09-06

RIcHER YEr.-The Crater Hill mine, owned
BY the st Patrick Company, is undoubtedly,
SO far as developments have yet proved, the
best quartz mine in this district The ore thus
IN, from this mine has yielded on an average
abcsu forty-two dollars per ton, and what is
most Astaeriug. the deeper they get the richer
and more extensive the ledge becomes. The
main shaft is row sbout 215 feet deep. and in
ne bottem the ledge is about % or 70 inches
thick. and yields more gold per ton than at any
other point. The st Patrick Company have
spent freely y.of their immense means IN thor
oughly and systematically developing the quartz
mines OF this esection, and it is with much pleas
ese that We chronicle their success. Fer such
tndomitabls energy and perseverance as they
cAvs displayed througs their able Foreman and
experimenting officers deserves success.
The Placer herald., 1873-09-06
SAMUEL Bethel,
U. 8. Deputy Mineral Land Surveyor.
witLMaAKE
SURVEYS AND PROCURE PATENTS
f q r :

There has been much money spent IN the sys-
tematic development of this mine, and now, we
guess, they are going for the pay.
The Placer herald., 1873-09-06

A fine specimen of Borax Blossom Rock was
left in this Office the other day by Mr. NJ. Crary.
The rock is from Lake county. Thanks.
The Placer herald., 1873-09-06

QUITE a shower of rain last Sunday night,
but not enough to lay the dust. Still we hope
Il did some good. -".' -
The Placer herald., 1873-09-06

TIE smart editor of the chickadee paper, next
door, with all his trickery and misrepresenta-
tiens, came out Of the little end of the horn.
Somebody give him another half-doIlar.
The Placer herald., 1873-09-06

ELEcfToN day passed off without much noise,
although candidate whisky was plenty. We
counted something less than 991I drunken men,
but the greater part Of them kept rather quiet.
ss our candidate :" forty rods round the corner
GENERALLY put the majority Of the voters of this
precahtt on their muscle But majority Of
them voted the independent ticket this time,
and thss became civilized and of course behaved
themselves like gentlemen.
The Placer herald., 1873-09-06
/ / T / !. H?s;5s' ;:i;sa. s';;s' Committee

LIS of letters uncaled for remaining in the
Auburn, (Cal., Postoffice.
Bootman, Constatinia King Benjamin, Mr.
BaIy. John Mr.. Beck, Jacob Esq.
Campbell, Chas. Mr.. Lee a -,
Campbell, A. B. McGourn, Edward Mr..
Castrer, LIZZIE Miss Perry, Richard Mr..
Campbell Susan Mrs Raymond jim.
Davis, Eta Miss Ring, Manuel Sr., Dr.
Ewing, NJ M Mrs. Stanton, James II.
Gestere A NJ Mrs. Summers, James
Foster S. V. Timmons, Layton-2
NJ Hollenbeck & Co., 2Trefry, james
Hawkin, Joseph Mr.. Tippitt, John Mr..
Harrington, Michael Wright, L G Mr..
Hoskin, E Mrs. Kruger, Torgen Mr.
Jarret. Mr..
Persons calling for the letters will please soy
''adyertsed "
The Placer herald., 1873-09-06

LYoN's Tipping his half-dollar didn't elect him
although it did nominate him. The next time
he had better get the people to endorse such
an arrangement if he wants 70 go to the Legisla.
The Placer herald., 1873-09-06
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

DUTCH FLAT NJ. E. CHURcH.-Services will be
held at the Methodist Episcopal Church. Dutch
Flat, every Sunday ct 10: 30 A. NJ and at PM.
Also at Gold Run at 2: 80, P. NJ. Rev. G. D..
Pinneo, Pastor.
CHURCH NorrcE.-Mass will be held at Rocklin
at the usual place of Catholic worship, by Rev.
Father Kelly, on the second Sabbath of every
second month, commencing on March the ninth,
st half past ten o'clock A. NJ. The public is in
vited.
CArHoLlc-Rev Father Kelly Will hold Divine
service in the Catholic Church, in Auburn, every
third Sunday in each month, at the usual hour
NJ E. CHuRcH.-Rev. Edward E. Dodge will
preach at the Methodist Episcopal Church, Au-
burn, every Sunday at 10; 80, A. NJ. The Sab
bath School will commence at IL: 30 P. NJ.
The Placer herald., 1873-09-06
NOTICE.

THIS OFFICE does work better and ,heaper
J. than any other Office in the county.
The Placer herald., 1873-09-06
business Cards.
r. M. TODD, m. .

De Physician and Surgeon
Offers his professional services to the p0, catlzs
sr.rcc Is to character and ability.
oiiAoA - 80 80 ap1-7r,
The Placer herald., 1873-09-06

ROBT. BECK, Secretary n2-
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-12

You will perceive by inspecting this
table that the ratio of taxation to
property in the several counties named
is as follows: Brunswick, two and
a-half per cent; BuncOmbe, one and
one-foErth per cent; Columbus, one
and four-tifths per cent; Craven, two
and four-fifths per cent; Duplin, one
and three-ffths per cent; Edgecombe,
one and one-third per cent; Mecklen
burg, two and four-ffths per cent;
New Hanover, four and twO-thirds per
cent; Wake, two and oie-fourth per
cent; and Wayne, one and four
seventies per cent. In that year New
Hanover paid in taxes S236, 100 as
aforesaid. True, the city paid $110,
600 of that amount, and it is equally
a fact that n large portion of TINS was
because of railroad subscriptions by
Wilmington in the anxiety and noble
efforts of her energetic and enterprls-
ing citizens to advance the great cause
of internal improvements and to build
here in our own State great South
ern Commercial Emporium. But after
all proper allowances for sthis, the
fearful fact stands out in unmistnkablc
prominence that, leaving Wilmington
OUT of the calculation, New Hanover
pays higher taxes in proportion to her
taxable property thanany countynamed.
Mecklenburg, with an assessed taxable
property that year of only 5000, $40
less than that of New Hanover, paid,
outside of the city taxation of Char
lotte, $40, 427 less than New Hanover
paid, outside of the city taxes of vii
mington. Craven, with an aggregate
assessed value OF S2,O91 ,O19, III con-
trast to that of less than S5.O0O,O 900 in
New Hanover, paid, outside of the
taxes of Newbern, only 81, 1923 county
and State taxes, while our county, out
side of the taxes of the city of Whining
ton, paid S126,75O, thus presenting
Craven, which has been classed among
the highly taxed counties, in more
favorable light as to taxation than our
own taX-ridden county. Take Edge
combe, the next in point of wealth to
New Hanover, and but little behind
her in the assessed value of her taxa
BILE property. She paid that year
only So, Al, outside of Tarboro's town
taxes. Go to the West and look Mt
Buncombe, with nearly two millions of
dollars of assessed taxable property
She paid that year only 500, S51 against
New Hanover's $126, $50, upon an as
sessed value of less than SIS, 900, 900 of
taxable property, and leaving ont the
$40, 900 of Wilmington's city taxes the
same year. Bear in mind that orr
county taxes that year amounted to the
extravagant sum Of 1854, 754, while those
of Edgecombe, next in wealth to New
Hanover, only amounted to s17,114;
Wake, richer than our county, only
running mp to 1929, 440 and the
county of Bmcombe, only paving
81, 113. But you can examine the tab
ular statement more at your leisure
Let us go on to the more specific at
fairs of the county, and see, by the fol-
lowing table, how this matter of prop
erty and taxation stands since 1869, up
to and including the present year: D..
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-12

to become so arc ptone I'd, make aeon
sations against others Who, however
ilInocent, can nevef hopeto escape the
judgments of men who@iudgo QUITO
their own evifhearts and office-loving
propensities. No, sir, this general up
rising is alone caused by the love of
the people for right and fair play. 1t
is the Just and voluntary resistance of
virtuous and Intelligent freemenagsinst
the unequal and arbitrary edicts of a
shows That there is life in the old land
yet. That amid all the poverty, mis-
fortunes and trials of our people, they
remain true to the county. and the
State, are law-abiding and devoted to
justice; have hearts of patriots, but at
the same time of free and Independent
men, who, knowing their rights, dare
maintain them. ... 81! e. hl,rr
The county of New Hanover, as is
well known. is the SECOND in the State
in wealth, Wake being the first. The
opinion has beer expressed with the
confidence that in proportion TO tax
able property the people of no county
in North Carolina are SO heavily taxed
as are the citizens of this county.
The belief has been declared with the
equal strength that this is true, not
alone as regards, the extraordinary
assessments Of this year, but as embrace
ing series of years in the past. Rut
facts and figures afford the surest test
Of questions of this sort. They are
furnished by the official records of the
county, of the State, and of the nation.
Let us examine more closely this i'm
portant matter. Let Us begin with
the taxes of 1869 as shown by the
census report of 1870. I have prepar-
ed a tax table from those official re-
cords, of our taxes for that year, and
have taken at random ten counties,
| from various sections of the State, in
order better to illustrate the compare
tive amount of taxation of the people
! in different counties. The table shows
| the taxation for State, county, towns
| and cities. No returns of national
taxation are included in it. 1t in
| cludes revenue from merchants and
others under schedules B: and G.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-12

RICHMOND Co., N. c., Sept. 8, 1873.
Dear Journal Thinking that your
readers might be interested in regard
to the crops, &c, of this section, /
have concluded to try and entertain
them eff possible) relative to the same.
The cotton crop i'll some sections of
this county and vicinity promises a
better yield than that of last year.
The farmers are now commencing in
earnest to "pick cotton" They held
a meeting at this place a week or so
since and resolved not to DE controlled
by labor as they were last year, and in
fact ever since the close of the war, by
paying exhorbitant prices, but have
fixed the price for picking" at 60
cents per hundred. A very reason
able figure, particularly for the
laborers, as. there are very few of
them but can pick two hundred
pounds per day. 1t is good move if
the farmers will only act in Unison
Previous years they have been paying
as high as 81 90 and 81 25 per hun
dred. This, of course, as you are no
doubt aware, consists uf the cotton
in the seed, which, when ginned, will
not yield more than one-fourth, or
one-third of cotton. There were sew
eral new bales of this years crop,
brought into market last week, and
theywerepurchased by,,our enterprising
merchants, Messrs. Bizzell & Roper.
The corn crop is now made andiis very
good. Most of the farmers have Just
finished pulling fodder" and are now
devoting themselves entirely to the
cotton .
BY the way, there has been a very
large yield in the ''grass line this
year, and:from what 1 can ascertain
there will be very little, if any, hay
purchased by the farmers of this sec
ton next year, but on the contrary
will have an ample supply for home
consumption, and may possibly have
some for sale.
Yesterday was, literally speaking,
regular Fall day, it being really cool
enough part of the day for thick
clothes.
There is a good deal of interest
manifested here in regard to the
Methodist camp meeting now in full
blast, being held at what is known as
Piney Grove, a distance of nine or ten
miles from this place. ....
There was very large number of
persons IN attendance yesterday
reckoned at between three and four
thousand souls.
Everything is conducted as harmo-
niously as possible and its session is
expected to result in much good
These meetings are held annually
every Fall.
Your correspondent had thepleasure
OF seeing from your city, last week,
Col. W. s. G. Andrews, representa-
tive of Adrian & Vollers, and G. P.
Mebane, Esq, of Wick & Mebane,
both of whom looked remarkably well.
Having taxed your patience and mo-
nopolized your time longer than in
tended, [ will now beg you to excuse
the seeming intrusion of
COUNTRYMAN,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-12

Now if you will examine critically
and analyze carefully these tax tables,
you will find, in addition to some facts
now present, overwhelming evidence
of the inequality Of The assessments for
this year, and of the injustice and OPP
preston melted ont 10 ut Least eight
Townships. In the first place, the
Board has Increased :he aggrC gate as
sessments OF Tia. whDie county this
year over the aggregate valuation Of
last year, 81 .u13, 100. In most o The
Townships, as said before, the assess
ments are increased-in two, dimir-
ished The following table shows which
are increased and those diminished, si.'
well as the respective amounts
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-12
perish with her than to see her con-

perish with her than to see her con-
signed to a watery grave.
In the mean time, and after the
young ladies had been rescued, Master
Engelhard was laboring faithfully to
save Mr.. Graham. l. the excitement
incident to the rescue of the young
ladies, and the attention their cond1-
ton required, these two had been
overlooked. Mr.. Graham was entirely
exhausted and unable longer to swim
or resist the force of the breakers.
Master Engelhard had made one I'M
successful attempt to rescue him, and
had been thrown with much force
upon the rocks. Plunging again into
the waves, he caught Mr.. Graham
and struggled with him until he was
enabled to seize the rocks Unfortun-
ately Mr.. Graham had not the strength
to hold ON, and the next wave threw
him across the ledge into the water
beyond. Master Engelhard again
plunged. in, and the second time
brought him to the rocks, being
now himself tired and exhausted
l have never witnessed more won
derful escape from death, which must
have been inevitable but for the
of those three young gentlemen who
recued the party from watery grave.
A TOUCHING SCENE.
It requires just such an occasion as
[ have described to develop character;
and in the midst of this fearful scene
an incident occurred which has made
a lasting impression upon me.
While Miss Mary Roberts was lying
upon the beach almost ifeless, sur
rounded by a few gentlemen who were
doing all in their power to restore her
to consciousness, her mother, who had
heard that her daughter was drowned,
herself an invalid, approached the spot
bloodless and breathless. Friends
We're quieting her fears as to her daugh-
| ter's true condition. The poor child,
who had until then given no signs of
life, knowing the evil effects of the
intense excitement upon her mother,
with a devotion [ have never seen ex-
celled, summoned all her little regained
strength, attempted to rise, and being
helped, said feebly, Mother, I am
not hurt" then overpowered by the
effort, fell back hfeless upon the grass.
How my heart went out to that brave
young girl, who forgot her own suffer
ings and thought only of her mother
And 0, how her noble thoughtfulness
sent the life-blood back to the checks
and lips of her relieved parent
The terrible scene over, and happily
over, the various parties returned late to
Beaufort with light and happy hearts,
the shadow of the fearful incident Just
casting a shade of sadness upon their
merriment
| Yours trnly r.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-12
Yours truly.
Look ,ere You Lean.

1t has always been Thought wise and
prudent to consider well what will be
the result of any measure before YOU
adopr it. AT the last meeting of the
Commissioners of Sampson county,
there was a request made by some of
the citizens (Which was granted) that
to be opened at the different places of
election in said county, on the first
Thursday in October next, for the prr-
chance to vote for or against author
iZing the Commissioners of said county
to issue bonds to the amount OF
$500, 900, payable i'll thirty years,
bearing interest at the rate of six per
cent. per annum, to be taken as stock
in the New York, Norfolk & Chesapeake
Railroad. Now, 1 say to the tax
payers of Sampson county, consider
well what You are doing before you
cast your vote in favor of this
measure; for, with all the adroit-
ness of the gentleman who addressed
the meeting advocating the measure.
the taxpayers of Sampson county will
have to pay the interest on those bonds
if issued, which will amount to SIS, 600
per year, which is as much, or nearly
so, as your present county, poor and
school tax for the year 1873. Then, s;
the end of thirty years, when the bonds
become due, the taxpayers will have
to be taxed to pay the bonds. Are
you able to do this. The honorable
gentleman who addressed the meeting
in favor of the measure, in order to
blind the people, said that the Com
pany would guarantee to the county
the payment of six per cent. dividends
on the amount of bonds issued Now
take the best view of the matter you
can, If the Company pays dividend
Of SIX per cent. annually, the tax pay
ers of Sampson county will, at the end
of thirty years, have to be taxed TO
pay those bonds. Therefore I say to
the voters of Sampson county weigh
and consider the matter we'll, and if
you do l am sure that you will vote
this outrageous measure down.
A TAXPAYER
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-12

Bishop Morris, the senior bishop of
lhe Methodist Church in this country,
is so i'll at his home in Springfield, O.,
that his recovery is considered impos-
Sible.
The new forts around Paris are to be
begun this month. There will be
twenty-five of them. It is said that
when erected the siege of Paris will be
impossible.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-12

[ now come to the still more specific
question of property and assessments
this year in the various Townships,
and in this main feature of my remarks,
you will have more clearly demonstra-
ted that unfairness and oppression of
which the people almost unanimously
in most of the townships. so strongly
complain. To make this better under
stood present two tabular statements,
one showing the property and taxation
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-12

The Statcsville American says: There
is Il ba"k lead mine i'll Iredcll 1t IS
ON til" slope of Il hill on the northwest
side of Snow Creek, on the land of
Joel i. King. not far above his mill.
AMI about fifteen miles north of States
Vile. Some persons long time ago
opened several pits i'll line, eight or
ten feet deep. and from each of these
tunneled several feet. There is no one
m the country that knows anything
rArut these works, or can tell when
e.. .5a' were made. On the
ne pits is chestnut
ST. -. ROOFS Of which look as if it
Lad CIV. there since the pit was
made. lie tree was cut away by the
present owner of the land about twen-
tv wears ago, and he counted DIT an
uTIal rings III growth. a mineralogist,
~"Om Washington City, visited it more
than twenty Yeas since, who found
fragments Of thepl11mbago, as can now
he found very small among the earth
thrown out. He pronounced it Of
good quality. How much has been
taken from there. how rich the vein is,
no one kuCws. We do not hear that
the State Geologist has ever visited
the spot. This is not the only instance
Of ancient mining operations in this
county.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-12

The revenue from Schedule B end
G is not idcluded in this table, but
amounts, it is presumed, to not less
than thirty thousand dollars for 1873.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-12
For the JOut
IIICHNyOND COUNTY.

The CrOps-COttOD Picking Time
The Farmers Will not be Control
led by the Labor ExtOrtiOnists-
The Corn Crop II Success-Makimg
Hay--Camp Meeting at Piney
Grs.Ve. Sc., Ge., &C.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-07-26
RehObOth Beaon @. M. a.

F'lNS OF DIREoToRs-ELKcTIoN OF OFFICERS
rf APPOINTMENTS OF COMMITTEES.
Ata meeting of the Directors of the Rebobotb
R Rsacn camp Meeting Association, held at The
ssrS SSsSS, Ito ou nnursday evening" the following ON
fIesi4ent-Ref. j. B. Quigg.
fice- Rresident-=J. j. Hbrst
necording eecretaFy-Rev t. L. Tompkins
corresponding Secretary-T F. Hammerslev.
lreasurer-H. G. Robinson,
sSS9perntendent-ReV. Robt. W, Todd.
aas !oiloWlpg standing committees were also
AtApEovel9ent Co9mittee--H. 2. Pickels, VIM.
Am s. M,sshtey' John j.. Nurse, r. Heisler, G. 3. Ru.
II Les Ri,,a11 and Tent GommiLtee-Wm. a. FOulk, W.
IL: q: 5iIIany, Rev. 7. L. Tompkinson, T. s. Hodson
Emancs Oonmittee-R Rev Jacob Todd, Robt.
Aallalleu '''''''-s"' WA NtiBnt' l.
committee on Order-Rev. j. .H.C Dosb. r
NSGcr, GH, alex. Kelley, Jos. Pyle, w. +. Robinson.
oNi0n committee on Religious 5ervices-Revs. j. b.
SSugg, L. =. Matlack, r. H. Patterson, Enoch
uy,,l yE,,1ecutiye Committee-C c. H. B. Day, Rev. John
T. Mccullough. o""''''
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-07-26
DAILY GAZETTE.
Southern Manufaoturere.

N'Ul VI tne new York Commercial Advert;ssr
TO- o"ssPsper correspondents who ara mnkino
tOurs o. the Southern Slatee. renorts Shst III,
~ Insactuiing ny schemes of ali sorts ara ynUch taiE
~, ana that there is fair prospect Of n ravivoI
~ ~ inuuStry' revival is hardly the word. bowsvsr
~ ~ 70 ESuler creation. Thi districs which hsSor.
no Msr were destitute of the sliQhtcst trncs ~
;nSiacturng enterprise, are those which are nov
..slOIeo s. as the Lowells and Manchesters of tho
% ausuEe, ana the only drawback to the accomnl;ah.
eng oI the desired results is the want oF cap;tai
49, statlStics OF the experiments already made
..u 'nat tne promise OF good return for invest
80 70 nog without foundation. The corresDond.
sIs Writes that "the past five years have witnesss,
thst tsvIvai OF the old yearning after machinerv
ors snS y half secretly overruu with survey.
neotin" ~ sc1iatoIS IN mill property, who arc pros
tor;as 20 auvantageous situations for future fac
vcsr aut .nat those mills which are already A.
Are aimost L nlIs especially, pay dividends which
ava ne. "o. oeyond belief" Dividends of TWENTY
emorr- .S Ions per annum are said TO be common
instanos iew NUS now in operation, and in one
al ,,s pront OF nifty per cent. has been obtain
Sages OF Southern mills over thoaa ~ ths MI
ssrlslng from the facts that thev use Tho cotto.'
MSSn from the fields, before its stans hos hOo,,
Sx1lected TO the pressure of balinO tbat tho "o"t
~ as5lnB and hopping and tFansportation Il ssvs
" Az SS9 tnat the development OF the new coal Rois
ths no Soutn will make fuel cheap, and SO reduce
~ Stu''ay lot motive power. These are strono
H""'s, ana II thoughtful and sensible Sontherners
w.. oe Drought to see that the use of thar ovvn
itJiSouISes and the applications of their own hard
so. are tne real processes thu ough which wboIa
Iii tensohltaLon must come, the next oanaua
VIII exhibit contraststo that of 1870
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-07-26
q koxet LlStt5Fv.'

Fhe Airectors Of the Dublin [lrelandl TFAmway
company have become suspicious Of their conduc-
tors, and have been trying 70 eiFcumvsnt thsm.
A. HFst each conductor was gwen strip Of tick
sts and be was 10 give one ticket TO each passsn.
receipts were to correspond with his ticket strpS.
BAT people hated the Company worse than the
conductor, and would not tsar up the tickets; the
conductor would use them over again, and thus
his income was kept up. But now the remedy is
reached. Every ticket is numbered, but the num-
the Company has q grand lottery with three hun.
dred prices ranging from ten pounds to one shill.
Tag. Each ticket has q ehq1es III, 'ths drawing.
ho6odE thEaWs sway bis ticket now; every pas
esngsr ts too busy looking after his own interests
tsrsons Of nobility travel Gncognito in the cars
fairs Of the Company are unprscsdSntsdIy pros
porous. The plan Is soon to be initiated in EnR.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-07-26

Abe Attorney General In the course Of an in
tsFYiew'wlth South Carolina delegationl yester.
day, announced that it was the intention of the
Government to stop the prosecution of Ku-Klux
offenders, excepting in aggravated cases; aud
also TO pardon those now in prison, leaving the
worst cases to the last.
Ida Martin, aged Is, has been arrested at De-
Sorah. IOWA. on the charge Of twice attempting to
Poieon her tathef By p1ttfgR GtEyehpiho il bis
bread She admits the truth OF the charge, but
says she did It to defend herself from outrage and
TIE people sympathzing with her, bail was prompt