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The Placer herald., 1874-02-14
AUBURN, FEBRUARY IA, 1874.
NORTON AND APPORTiUNMENT.

The question of Representative Appor
tionment is one of great interest before th
present Legislature, and none will deny tba
justice TO all demands that they should ac
in the matter. Though we never have OBJ
jected to reapportonment, we re
garded Mr.. Evans bill on this subjec
as one gotten up regardless of consequences
and therefore opposed it, and besought ou
Representatives to do all they could to de.
feat it. Mr.. Norton, as we mentioned last
week, is member of the Committee OF
sixteen on apportionment. and also men,
Der of the subcommittee of five on appor-
tionment, and he assured us that while be
thought the Legislature ought to take ac-
ton in the matter, he should do all in his
power to see that when it did act, its ac-
ton should be acceptable and just. The
acts of this Committee have been presented
to the House in the form of substitute
bill, which bill, to say the least, is in every
respect the best on the subject that has yet
been presented Mr. Norton's abors and
Influence in getting up this bill as it is, has
been immense, and how far he has succeeded
in doing his work WELL the following ex-
tracts will show. Section % of Senator
Evans bill reads:
Sec. %. "Tbe counties of Placer, El
Dorado, and Alpine shall be the Twenty
second Senatorial District Placer shall
elect one Senator and one member of the
Assembly; Ell Dorado and Alpine shall
jointly elect one Senator and one member
of the Assembly; and the three counties
jointly shall elect one member of the As
sembly."
Section ~ of the bill introduced by the
Committee on Apportionment reads:
Sec. o. The county of Placer shall be
the Twenty-second Senatorial District, and
shall elect one Senator and two members
of the Assembly.
Should this latter bill pass, and if any
does it will doubtless be the one the people
of Placer alone, say nothing about other
counties of the State, where, by it, the rep
resentation is confined within their own boun-
daries, and just number of Representative;
allowed, would owe lasting debt to the
wisdom and energy of Mr.. Norton, that graf
itnde could scarcely repay. We have care
fully perused this substitute bill, and we IA
vor it, and believe it will meet with hearty
approval by the people of the whole State
The Placer herald., 1874-02-14
ANOTHER AMENDMENT.

This session of the Legislature there has
been numerous amendments proposed to the
Codes; and still we suggest another. AS
the law now stands, when the Sheriff COW
ers property by an execution he must take
such property in charge, unless sufficient
bonds can be given by the party owning the
property to guarantee the payment of the
amount Of judgment, such bonds to be
sworn to and approved by Justice of the
Peace. 1t sometimes, and indeed often
happens that the Sheriff and other parties
interested are put to great Inconvenience il
travelling to the place where Justice may
be found. Therefore, we would propose to
have the law amended in this matter, SC
that the Sheriff himself or his authorized
deputy could not only accept such bonds as
they saw fit, but perform all the duties in the
matter now required to be performed by the
Justice. In nearly every case where bonds
are offered as security for the payment of a
judgment, this would save time, troble and
expense. 1t was only short time ago that
our Sheriff attached some property, for
which parties We're on the ground offering to
60 bonds for the judgment. But there be-
ING no Justice nearer than eight Or ten miles,
they could not get to him that night, and
the next day being Sunday (an illegal day.
he was compelled to take the property and
remove it at an expense to the party at
tached.
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Smith H ], Yankee Jims, lot of land
with dwelling thereon situated on the
Middle Fork of Owl Creek about two
miles south of the town of Yankee Jlms
in tp no 5, Placer County, CAL, land a
improvements,
Fagundes John, Yankee Jims, poll tax
Adams V A, Yankee Jims, poll tax, :,
Haselton Ruben, Yankee Jims, poll
tax, t
Harris D, Yankee Jims, poll tax,
Richet V H, Yankee Jims, poll tax,
Shatten Jas, Yankee Jims, poll tax,
Rock Island Co, by James Stratten'
Yankee Jims, lot of land or hydranii,c
mining claim situated at Swindle HILL
near the town of Yankee Jims tp Pa
Ger county, CAL, and known as the
Rock Island claim, bounded on the
by the Ben Franklin claim, on the py
the San Francisco claims, lou dois'
poll tax,
Whitacre Thos, Yankee Jims, possess
ory claim to 900 acres of land with I'M
provements thereon, situated in Deviis
Canon about oue-hah mile from the
town of Yankee Jims in tp 5, Placer
county, CAL and known as the WheeieT u
ranch, bound on the by the land OF
G. Knight, on the east by land OF N
Williams, 400 dolls; lot of land OF ny
draulic mining claim situated at LOCUS
CONTINUED ON THIRD PAGE.
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FARES AND FREIGHrs.-W publish on
our first page to-day, an exact copy of Free
mans bill "To Regulate Fares and Freights
on the Railroads in the State of California, D
as it passed the Assembly. The. bill as it
is, fresh from the hands of an Independent
Assembly, we are quite sure will meet the
appreciation of large majority of the peo-
pie of Placer, and the State. Any amend
ments from the present form, the Senate will
be responsible for. "Let them be cautious
how they handle it,, is the voice of the
people.
The Placer herald., 1874-02-14

Hon. w. G. MORTON, prominent member
of the Senate Bribery Investigating Commit
tee, writes to us these words: "We are de-
termined to sift the charges to the bottom,
let the truth cut whom it may, or fall where
it will. These words are worthy true
Independent, and represent the sentiment Of
an honest man and honest party.
The Placer herald., 1874-02-14
SACRAMENTO CORRESPONDENCE.
FROM SPECIAL CoRREsPo PoNDENr.
SACRAMENTO. Feb. 10, 1874.

| ~ NJ u I IL " Y 1 IL & o IL kES PON DENT.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 10, 1874
Ed. HERALD:-
The first great subject that comes up
is the means by which we can save few
dollars in the State. Influenced by this de-
sire we find Mr.. Freeman, from the Com
mitee of Ways and Means, report ng back
to the Assembly substitute and recon-
mending the passage thereof-a bill nearly
similar 10 one Laine, of Santa Clara, intro
duced to the Senate. This bill reduces the
salary of the Governor from seven to five
thousand dollars, and the heads of depart
ments from four to three thousand dollars
and all the several clerks in like proportion.
CLERICAL FORCE.
The clerical force in the several depart
ments are reduced in number; one is strck
en- from the Secretary of State, two from
the Controller, one from the Treasurer. one
from Attorney General, one from the Sur-
veyor General, and one from the Register :
ofiice-seven clerks, and saves nearly $14,-
000 The Lame bill cuts off several others
and | believe the Freeman bill still others.
God speed the reformers of the times.
CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION.
Mr.. Irwin introduced joint resolution
asking for the repeal of the act of Congress
fixing our election of Representatives from
this State. The object is to have the cleo
tlon OF Congressman to take place at our
general election, and thus save our State at
least fifty thousand dollars, for an election
throughout the whole State would cost fully
that much.
SUBSIDY LANDS.
Peck's concurrent resolution about the
lands granted to the Stockton & Copperopo-
lis Railroad was amended and passed, and
it is to be hoped that these lands will be
confirmed to the bona fde settlers where
occupied or opened to settlers to pre-empt.
TAX ASSESSMENTS.
Assembly bill 143, an act respecting the
assessment and collection of taxes, was ta-
ken up and discussed at length. One plain
but important amendment was "that when
any property assessed is known to have
been d stroyed by fire during the time be-
tween the assessment and the time when the
taxes become due, the Tax Collector shall
cancel the assessment against said property.
This bill is made the special order tor to-
morrow, the 11th.
SAN BENITA COUNTY.
This bill was fought by an influential
lobby, but it had merit and was passed; a
motion to reconsider was made, but failed
HORACE SMITH.
This celebrated bill, or one like it. has
been twice before the Legislature before
session, and your Assemblyman Roush had
the honor to introduce the bill TO this to pay
the fees of witnesses in the case of the peo-
pie VS.. Horace Smith. 1t has passed the
Senate, and was a just claim.
STATE CENSUS.
1t appears to be the determination of at
least large number of the Assemblymen
to pass an act to enumerate the population
of the State, and connected Herewith is the
APPoRTIONMENT BILL.
This act seems imperatively demanded
The Placer herald., 1874-02-14
DELINQUENT TAX SALE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the fol-
~ lowing described property, assessed II. n
Revenue District No. 3, of Placer County, Can.
fornia, for the fiscal year 1874, is delnquent
for State and County Taxes, and that unless tho
taxes delinquent, together with the costs ano
percentage, are paid the real property upon
which such taxes are lien will be sold at
PUBLIC AUCTION,
in front of the Court House in the town OF Au.
burn, in the County of Placer, and State OF
California on
Wednesday, February 25, 1871
JAS MCCORMICK,
Tax Collector Revenue District No.
3, Placer County, Cal.
The Placer herald., 1874-02-14

roads, as he was of all internal improve
ments, and of all measures that tended TO
make country or nation great. The rail-
road company possessed about all the evil
dence on the subject of the running expenses
of their road and bearing on the question
of how much the freights and fares ought to
be; but they had failed, declined or refused
to give this evidence to the Committee on
Corporations, and so they should be obliged
to take the rates as the legislature should
fix them, according to the best judgment of
the members 1t had been said that the
course proposed would scare capital from the
State, and that it would prevent competing
lines from being built; but what would be
the benefit to be derived from the competing
lines if they were to be gobbled up by the
main trunk road company? The power
for the companies to build these great roads,
and the munifcent gifts that had been
showered upon them, sprang from the peo-
pie, and now they should not be allowed to
use these against the very hand that fostered
them. Members were voting for this bill
because they believed that it was right for
the people to control these roads, and not
for the corporations to control the people
And he would tell the gentlemen present
that this spirit had taken root 10 the United
States 1t had been moving into the West
and swayng the States there. 1t had
reached this State, and the great heart of
this commonwealth throbbed in sympathy
with this movement, and that was the rea-
son why he gave it his hearty support and
approval.
The Placer herald., 1874-02-14

CoDE AMENDMENTS. bill 205,
entitled can act to amend the Political
Code" introduced by Mr.. Norton, is before
us. We have not room for the bill, nor
even synopsis of it, as it is very lengthy.
1t is thorough revision of the whole of
both volumes of the Political Code, begin
ming by amending section nine, and running
clear through, amending each section that
in the judgment of the author needs amend
ment. Altogether it proposes amendments to
124 sections of said Code. The labor re-
quired in getting this bill up must have been
immense, say nothing about the Judgment
and knowledge required. We have taken
pains to compare many of these amended
sections with the same as they now stand
and in nearly every instance the wisdom OF
the amendment presents itself.
The Placer herald., 1874-02-14

THANKs.-We have again to return our
thanks to Senators Martin and Neff, and
Assemblyman w. G. Norton, for bills,
speeches, papers, ETC., received from them
during the week
The Placer herald., 1874-02-14
Delinquent Assessment Notice.

ORLEANS QUARTZ MINING COMPANY; LOCATION OF
PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS, AUpURN, PA
GER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.
NOTICE-There are delinquent upon the
~ following described stock on account OF
assessment No. 8, levied on the 3D. day of Jan.
1874 the several amounts set opposite the
names of the respective shareholders, to-wit:
feet Amt
Brouse W, as
Brouse H w .. $50 $37 90
Langdon c CW............. 20 w
And in accordance with law and an order OF
the Trustees made on the Sd day of January,
1874 sufficient amount of said stock Will Do
MONDAY. the 10th day OF MARCH, 1874
Mt the hour of tam clock, A. NJ Mt the door OF
me Cousr Eol.e 30 pay said assessment ana
est 1i s3'a uoicse payment be made ON Sal"
a. .lE pJ,ft.5- .o day lt sfio
j B. RANDALL, Secy.
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HARD UP.-The Argus has, since the COM
mencement of the Legislative session, been
| watching with its many eyes for chance to
chance to pick a flaw in the actions of Placer
| Reform Representatives. 1t has found it. Hon.
| W. c. Corton, whose wife, by the way, has been
| sick nearly ever since the session commenced.
| came home last Saturday evening, and did not
return until Tuesday, and now the argus says
reform with Mr.. Norton means to draw pay from
| the State while he is i'll Auburn. If this is Mr.
Norton's worst act, he is acquitted, and the
| argus is laughed at for its absurd accusations
| SHAMErUL-While the Chinese evil is agi-
| tating the State and nation, its criminal and
| immoral tendencies should excite to action the
better people of our town. Located as they are
here, upon street along which many re-
spectacle people have to pass. they have become
not only nuisance but an absolute moral dis
grace, and wea re informed by parties who live up
that way, that they are growing daily more i'm
pudent and shameful. The law is pointed and
strict in providing for the arrest and punishment
| for such ill-famed and open disgrace as is prac-
ticed by these prohigate heathens, and our Of
ficers would be doing the community an in
calculable good if they would arrest and punish
| every one who gives cause. When girls and
| boys, and respectable men and women can not
pass that way without being put to shame by
their disgraceful acts, it is time we were going
to the extremity Of the law to abate the evil.
The Placer herald., 1874-02-14
Local and County Matters.
WATCHMAN.

The TRADE.-Smith, at the Depot, is doing
business on the old plan Of selling at light prof
its, and everybody who wants hay goes to him
to buy it-and they always find good stock on
hand.
The Placer herald., 1874-02-14

ROUGH ON NEsF.-Hon. j Ii. Neff, from
Placer, has introduced bill which proposes
another attempt at the State Reform School
system. The State has made one miserable
failure in this respect, and we think it would
be prudent to exercise great caution how we
move in this expensive business again
The Bencia Tribune don't like the idea at
all, and only excuses our Hon. Senator from
his nonsensical and unwsc action in the mat
ter, as it terms it, by declaring hin to be
as verdant of the matter as he is of the
character of the Toys he proposes to reclaim.
The Placer herald., 1874-02-14
Delinquent Assessment Notice.

MONTANA MINING COMPANY-LocArIsx
OF WORKS, lLLINoIsTowN MINING DISTRICT.
COUNTY OF PLACER, STATE OF
CALIFORNIA
NOTICE-There delinquent upon tho
~ following described stock on account of
assessment No. 25 levied on the 9th day Of jan
uary, 1874, the several amounts set opposite tho
names Of the respective shareholders as follows:
No Cert. No shares Amt
Bowley C..........:99 1891 $24 0s
Norton NJ j J..........45 25 4 so
Norton NJ }. J.........47 25 4 SO
Norton NJ j J.....4S 25 4 80
And in accordance with law and an order OF
the Board of Trustees of said company, made
on the 9th day of January, 1874, so many shares
of each part of said stock may be necessary,
will be sold at public auction, in front of E.
Websters saloon in Colfax, onj
TUESDAY the 2ith day of FEBRUARY, 1874
at the hour of 2 o'clock p. NJ. of said day, to
pay said delinquent assessment thereon, togeth-
er with cost of advertising and expenses of sale.
SAM. READ, Secretary.
Colfax, Feb. II, 1874. n26-td
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and the people are IN many places quite ex-
cited at the notion of the Legislature put
ting it off another year. There has been a
bill reported to the Assembly by the COM
mittee, and will undoubtedly pass the Sen
ate.
The Placer herald., 1874-02-14
LOCAL OPTION.

Chressler presented petition to the As
sembly, signed by 1,004 persons, asking
the Legislature to enact local option ant
civil damage law. Paulsell also presented
a petition from l 200 citizens of San Joa
quin County, asking for local option law
The Placer herald., 1874-02-14

In my last letter | mentioned the amoun
of cotton lands in Fresno, Kern and Tular
counties as being over fourteen million acres
and you make me say over fourteen thou
sand
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MR. SEMNER,.S DISEASE.

The origin of Mr.. Summers disease IS
traced by his physician to the historical blow
from the bludgeon in the hands OF "Bully
Brooks, so many years ago. One TO whom
DR.. Brown-Sequard has given the history oil
his treatment of Mr. Sumner, thus describes
the character of the disease, as stated by the
doctor himself; at is the nature of this dis
ease that, when the blow is struck upon the
head, especially when the person struck is IN
sitting posture. the shock follows the
spinal column until it reaches what is termed
the point of resistance. Here the shock stops,
and ut this point there arises the germ OF
future trouble. After series of weeks, in
such cases, it generally happens that few
particles of the bony spinal column begin to
separate into semi-watery particles. The
point of resistance takes upon itself lynn
phatic character. From this point the future
disease sets in through the avenue Of the near
est network of veins, according to the posi-
ton along the spinal column where the poin,
of resistance has been determined. 1t may
be along the nerve network Of the arm, or the
| leg, or abou: the heart. In the case of Sum
ner the disease extended from the spinal col
umn to the heart. In its final manifestation
the arteries leading from the heart becoming
practically 0ssifed, gives to the disease some
thing of the character of angina pectoris, re
sulting in certain death. This condition O.
the system is induced, when the original cause
exists, by mental excitement"
/ Directly after the assault by Brooks, Mr.
| Sumner went &c Europe, and placed himself
under the treatment Of DR.. Brown-Sequard
His diagnosis of the case was similar to tina
which has been described. The treatment t
which Mr.. Sumner was subjected was yer,
severe; his back was burned with red.ho
irons When Mr.. Sumner had in part recov
cred, his physician then informed him that hi
would entirely recover, but that. If he did no
avoid mental excitement, the malady woult
return later in life and doubtless prove fatal
That injunction has proved prophecy
Tunes
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WHY 1T HAPPENED.

Tie Monitor of Concord gives the follow
ing reasons for the defeat of the republican:
in New Hampshire.
We have not the space, nor indeed the in
clination, to enter fully into a consideration
of the causes which have brought about the
present state of affairs. We believe, how
ever tina, they have their origin in Washing
ton. With full appreciation of what we are
about to say, having weighed our words well,
we charge the repulse we have suffered to the
shortcomings, unavoidable in part there is no
doubt of the National Government. We
were TOO heavily handicapped with Sanborn
contracts, Jayne and Bingham blackmailings,
Western imitation schemes, the m0iety sys-
tenn, and the failure of Congress to meet the
wants of the masses by legislation, demanded
by the hard times. Nor is it exaggeration to
state that the Simmons fight lost US 1000
votes. Somehow the Essex statesman" al
ways contrives to bring forward some baleful
issue just in the nick of time to affect adverse
" our annual elections. Last year, it was
the salary grab, and all that then saved US
was the failure of the news to reach the in
terror towns in season to be felt at the polls.
This year, Just as we had overcome the oppo-
sition aroused in our own ranks by this wrong.
it having been repealed, this Simmons issue
and the disgraceful disclosures in connection
with the revenue detective system are brought
forward to weigh us down and create disgust
among our best men.
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4 PROPHETIC SPEECH.

In advocating the passage of the resolve
resembling the Sumner resolutions, Hon.
Henry S. Washburn spoke at length in the
Senate of Massachusetts, on Wednesday, Feb
IL, 1874. Read now, in the light of the event
which has brought the nation to deep grief,
it seems like an inspired prophecy:
"Mr. President, recall at this momen
the frs. time l had the pleasure OF listening
TO the voice Of the Senator in whose behalf
am speaking. 1t was in the fremont Temple
on the 4th of July, 1917. lie Was THEN com.
psratively but little known, and was wholly
unacqaainted with the trials and responsible.
tiles of public life. | can see him now, as he
stood before me then, by nature physically
formed and fashioned with grace and beauty
such AS she has seldom conferred upon any
man Of any age. The City Government, the
officers of the army AID navy, lawyers and
dvines, citizens and strangers, constitute an
assembly such as any man might be proud TO
address. His theme is 'The True Grandeur
Of Nations, and as he anfolds il every eye is
riveted upon the eloquent speaker. The
mastery production thrills the great audi
ence, and passing from thence il attracts the
attention of thoughtful men throughout the
civilized world. lie declared that the true
bi"n"Nu' v. ""s'V" Sphsieteu not III peIpet-
uating the horrors Of war, but in cultiyating
the arts Of peace that a nation rises to her
true greatness and glory when she relieves
the oppressed, strengthens the weak, en-
lightcns the ignorant, aad protects the hum
blest of her citizens in all the rights conferre
upon him by his Creator. Time has passed
swiftly away, and he, the V, teran of many a
hard fought battle for human rights, still
lives and moves among us; but alas! not
with the imperial port and certain step of tina
fair morning OF his early manhood. The
quick eye hes become dim, and the 1.-THE
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TONTlNE PLAN,

or upon the principle of accommodating profits for
definite periods, which first introduced by this
Society, and has been recommended and endorsed
by eminent experts in Lie Insurance, and by lead.
ing business men. Forty-four per cent. has been
earned and accumulated on the premiums paid on
its Tontne Life Policies, and forty per cent. on its
Tontine Endowment Policies, issrcd within the last
five years.
The Directors of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society represent exclusively the Interests Of the
Pocy-holders, and in presenting the Society to no
tce, they feel that it has strong claims upon public
confidence, because of the strict and conservative
principles by which its various departments ar
governed. In the assets and in the administration
OF the Society," perfect security given for the fu-
ture which is of great importance to those depend
ing upon their insurance policies Ter the ultimate
support of their families.
No Life Insurance Company has such large an.
nual transactions as the Equitable: none is more
prompt and just i'll its dealings.