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Year: 1867

I very confidently and earnestly recommend Dr. J. w. Poland Humor Doctor as an excel lent remedy for Humors, having been won derfully benefited by it myself. My own case was very severe and obstinate one. For more than two years the skin upon the inside of both my hands, and even down on the wrist, was constantly cracked and broken up, so that was unable to use my hands in any kind of wet work, and was obliged to wear gloves in sewing to avoid getting blood upon my work The humor which so afflicted me was probably com bination of Erysipelas and Salt Rheum. My general health was quite poor. Soon after began to use tho Humor Doctor, could perceive signs of healing. I continued to take the medicine till was fl nally cured. My hands are now perfectly free from humors, and to all appearances my whole system is free from it. and has been for several months. l used eight bottlss before felt safe to give it entirely up, but they cured me. HARRIET WHEELER

 Stoneham, Mass, July 5, 1856.
Year: 1867

kers, however, prefer Wardlow.


We have it up this way that Steve Wood.
in wants to be Sheriff. Good Lord how
many Repubs. are there that want that oi-
flee. Wont so many candidates mystity
Sekirk and bis slate. l will venture the
prediction that if Sci. finds that Woodin
stock is on the rise he will desert Sexton and
take up for the new candidate very sudden
ly. Nothing surprises me now, and it Sell
kirk should travel the county working TOR
Steve, and 90 in for him on convention day
shall think it very natural.


Our town has been bonored in the last
week with numerous candidates, Sexton,
Poole the dirty, O'Connor and others too
numerous to mention, and in every instance,
where Rad is to be fonnd, you will see
candidates buzzipg him. Their primaries
come off on the tenth, and our club meets
on the same evening. A good number will
put their names to our club list before that
time, which will leave rather light Assem-.
blage for the RAIDS. Many RAIDS. are coming
in and signing every day, or rather the con.
servative portion Of them.


l.. p. OConnor seems to be very busy,
and some thinks he intends to settle in this
place from the number of days " hich he is
stopping with US. He is from the snowy
region Of Cisco, and is probably stopping
here to get the frost out Of him, which is
useless, for If he goes before The convention
he will be "frczen sitter than poker" but
he will rot be alone, for those that are on
the broken slate will be in the Same fix.
Having little leisure time l am afraid
have written you fuller than your space will
admit Of, if SO cut down.


ROBIN ROUGH,
Year: 1867




EDITOR PLACER HERALD Being an old Placer
ite, and in the habit Of reading the Herald, am
much interested in the success of the Democracy
OF Placer this election, read your correspon-
dents with much interest, especially Robin
Rough. How he manages to pick up so many
items about the RAIDS. and their doings. bothers
me.


l came over from Slippery Ford Tuesday to at
tend to some business in this neighborhood, and
on Wednesday night went into town. and who
should see going down street but Selkirk of the
Stars and Stripes. l afterwards learned he
was closeted with John Conness SO l presume
that accounts for the "milk in the cocoanut."
thought it would make an item, therefore l send
it to you. This letter l send by friend who will
pass through Auburn tomorrow.


shall return home Saturday. Keep sending
me the Herald, as l feel great interest in the
fight in old Placer County. Yours,


SLIPPERY FORD.
Year: 1867

- MINER KILLED AT DurcH FLAr.-On We'd
6esday last Henry Lilly was instantly killed
in the Waukegan mine at Dutch Flat, by a
cave Of dirt coming down upon him suddeuI
ly. He was carried down the fume through
tunnel, and finally thrown out one side
where the hume makes short turn, nearly
a quarter of mile below where the cave oc.
Cured. His head was terribly bruised and
cut up, the left leg and right shoulder were
badly crushed and broken. His death must
have been instantaneous. He was buried
with military honors by the Pacific Guard Of
Dutch Flat, of which be was a member.
Year: 1867

FLORAL FEsrIyAL-The Good Templars Of
Auburn will hold fare and festival n the
Military Hall, next Monday evening. The
public generally are invited. No charge for
admission at the door,
Year: 1867

The editor Of the Stripes in a|ludiug to the
meeting of the Democrats at the American
Hotel tonight for the purpose of forming a
Democratic Club calls US vipers He will
find that by September next the vipers will
sting all such Jlacksnakes as he is to death.
Year: 1867

o"uou Uy Uou. McOOWelI, w. IL. sears an0


others, and upon which they are erecting a
fine mill.


Proceeding to Forest Hill, after dinner we
circulated among the Democrats and found
the same good feeling and spirits we had
found elsewhere. We succeeded in raising
a good list of subscribers although many Of
the democrats were at work hundreds of feet
under ground in the mines, and who we
were unable to see. A Democratic club
was formed Saturday night last and the
Democracy of Forest Hill have gone to
work in earnest. Many changes have also
taken place there. The foreign citizens feel
they have been insnlted in the passage Of
the Regis,ery law, which makes distinctions
between foreign born and native citizens, and
they are determined 10 resent it at the ballot
box, by voting for Democrats who will re
peal the Infamous Act. 1t is not alone one
or two men but the intention seems to be
general. We have it from gentlemen who
have general acquaintance in the commu-
nifty that Forest Hill will wheel into line
with ber eishbor, Yankee Jim, aud roll up
a Democratic majority, for niggersm and all
other isms are getting at discount in that
community.


Towards evening ,he Colonel left US for
home, and as we parted we could not help
wishing for u few like him in every'precinc tin
the county. Always on the alert, and ever
ready TO talk and work for Democracy and
its principles, be sets an example which many
younger man might well follow. We hope
be may live to see the day when Democracy
shall once more be Triumphant, and peace and
happiness restored to the land.


Four O'clock, Thursday morning, found US
on the stage besides Beck" rolling down
the mountains towards the "lovey village"
and 10 few hours we we're home again, we'll
pleased with our three days visit "up the
county. Yesterday, We we're telling an old
Democratic friend Of it, and after we bad fin,
ished, be exclaimed: Thank Geo! that civil
liberty, personal liberty, and State Rights
have not yet died out in the hearts Of the
people. There is still some hope"


ScARED.-Already are the slate makers
"trembing in their boots" The hurrying
to and fro over the county Of anxious candi
dates, and the wc-begoue countenances they
wear after buried trip to some determined
Republican who has declared his intention
of voting the Democratic ticket, plainly
shows the alarm in the Radical camp. And
we'll may alarm take possession Of them for
the sober second thought" Of the people is
returning-the people know and feel that
the Radical leaders have abused their conf
dsnce, have imposed ouerous taxation upon
them without stint or measure, and have at,
tempted to elevate the negro to position
equal to the whites, which bis capacity un'
ables him TO fill, and which God himself
never intended be should. A thousand acts
of injustice and oppression have the Radicals
leaders hesped upon the people who in turn
are rising in their might and will hurl the
fanatics from place and poWer
Year: 1867

The fact is, that, judged by the anly ra-


tional test of economy, the difference be-
tween income and expen 1iture, the Anaeri-
caus are the most economical people in the
world. 1t is fallacy to suppose that the
nation as whole spends more in luxury


that it can afford to spend. When wise
acres run down to the custom house, ex-
anime the tables of imports, and come back


wringing their hands over the general ex-
travagance, they forget that, although silks
and satins are imported or manufactured
in bales and boxes, they are intended to be


cutup into single dresses, and arc bought
by individual women, who as general
rule, know how much they can afford to


lay out on such things, and lay out this
and no more. At the bottom of two
thirds of the lamentations we hear about
the luxury of the times, there. is the feeling
that NEARLY everybody is living. beyond
his means. The truth is, there is hardly
anybody who does live within his means.
Every house and church and bridge and
road and lacqueduct and work of art and
ornament and book in the United states is
due to the general habit of saving some
thing out Of the yearly income The enor-
nous increase in the total wealth of the
country which is recorded in each census
report is due to the same cause. In fact


there is nothing which people do more
generally, more zealously, more eagerly
and more anxiouslY, than save; there is
no instinct in human nature, except the
| parental instinct. stronger than the in
stinct of accumulation. Therefore, wher
we take up the Custom-IIouse returns, and
read that this year and last we bought ar


enormous quantity of diamonds and Lace
and silks and pictures, it is very absurd tt
| rush to the conclusion that we are running


ourselves and getting these things OF


credit. 3t3 h' b5HiA3 5'ii ~ 4 a3
Year: 1867

THE ''BApGER'' CRICKET CLUB.-This
club has been practicing for several months
past, and can now play an exceedingly in
teresting game. Let those Of our citizens
who have little leisure Of an evening, take
a walk as far as the old rock school house,
where the boys generally play, and notice
the improvement they have made within
the past few weeks. Your presence will
encourage the boys, and show that you
think about them. @
Year: 1867

ga VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT. -
There will be vocal and Instrumental con-
cert held in this village at the courthouse,
on the evening of July 4th. A piano, or
gan, and flute will be employed, and the
public may confidently expect to hear some
excellent music. The parties who are get
ting up this concert have spent much time
in preparing themselves to give us quite a
treat; and now let US turn out on the
evening of the Fourth, and show then
that We appreciate their labors.
Year: 1867

The undersigned is desrous of selling his farm sit
uated about mile and half west of this village
containing twenty Of good land, about all under
cultivation, with stable room to accommodate three
horses, shed for cattle and Rgranery. lie will al
SO sell forty acres of wood land in the town of Wyom
ing. The whole is well watered, and there sa good
hay bottom the twentyacre patch. 1t is what the
people generally call Perry's old place. He is very
which will be in a few days, and If application is
made during that time, very good bargain may be
be made tc Joseph Hooking. 40 JAS. COOKING. <
Year: 1867

Be 1t enacted, &C., That the Mayor be
and he is hereby, authorized and requested
to cause the alley in Square numbered
seven hundred and eighty-six to be graded
and paved; the work to be contracted for
and executed in the manner and under the
superintendence provided by law; and to
defray the expense Of said improvement q
special tax equal to the cost thereof is
hereby imposed in just proportions upon
all lots or parts Of lots bordering on the
said alley; the said tax to be assessed and
collected in conformity with the provision,
Of the act of October II, 1865.


Approved, September Ia, 1867.
Year: 1867

A small boy out West was assisting his faith
er to mark sheep with paint and brush. The
father would catch sheep and say to the boy,
Mark that" After the job was done the
distance, and was overtaken by a minister on
horseback, who, seeing the boy baretooted, invi-
ted him to ride behind him. After the boy was
seated he began to catechise him, thus:


" My lad, do you attend the Sabbath SCHOOL,"


No" was the reply.


"You should attend the Sabbath school,
mark that All good children attend both
church and Sabbath school, mark that !"


After many more remarks Of this kind the
boy replied :,


~ have marked your back all over now, and
it looks like thunder !"


The reverend gentleman was somewhat as
tonished when he examined his coat.
Year: 1867

AN ACT to authorize the Secretary OF the Treasury


TO sell the goverL lment warehouses Oh Atlantic


dock, Brooklyn, New York.


BE it enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
entatirss Of the United States Of America in Con-
gress assembled, That the Secretary of the
Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion,
to sell the property Atlantic dock, Brooklyn New
York, being warehouses numbers flty-four, fifty
SIX, and 6fty-eght, now owned by the government
the sale to be made at public auction to the highest
and best bidder therefor in ready money, after Civ
ing notice thereof six weeks in succession in two
daily papers printed IN the city of New York. And
upon sale being made aforesaid, the Secretary of
the Treasury is hereby authorized and empowered
to make, execute and deliver TO the purchaser there
of good and sufficient deed for the premises, con.
veying all the right title, and interest of tue United
States.
Year: 1867

A sick man just recovering his appetite, ate
e;ghteen dumpings, and was about entering
on the nineteenth and last in the dish, when
his little son asked his father to give it to him.


"Why, my son, would you take the last
dumpling from your poor sick father?"
Year: 1867

This Company is organized under the laws OF the
State New York with a capital sIOck of 0,00O. OF
this sum IJJIIi is deposited with Insurance
Department Of New York pledge for all policies
saed As ADDITIONAL SECURITY iof The pay.
ment Of losses ample fund is reserved and annually
reported 10 the Insurance Department a liability OF
the Company. This POLICY RESERVE FUND is
determined by the Department, upon the basis OF such
a fixed rate of interest has heretofore proved more
than ample TO meet the claims they occur. These
requslOns have made the life insurance cOmpanles
Of New York. models for the world and the Insurance
,partment Of New York, Is thus everywhere recOg.
nLed


rhe stability of all New York Companies being
thus fully provided for the ATLANTIC MUTUAL
relies for its share of confidence and support upon
sound and economical management, and The following
Year: 1867

Ana as the assured are the Company, among them
the eM,e profits excepting the annual servatiOn are
annually divided and placed 10 the credit of the policy
holder TO be redeemed at the end of the third year
pom the paym ment Of premium then due. The Diut
fends available either cancellng notes or max
log additions To the face value of pOcy-Or Term IN
surance-0r n case Of having paid up the ien-S
plan, in cash


In addition TO the above the Atlantic Mutual pre-
senls The following
Year: 1867

AL policies issued by this Company, are by their
terms incOnteStib Die at the expiration of seven years
against any error in the application, Thus
guarding against the possibility of loss by litigation
alter death, as is frequently the case.
Year: 1867

TEE SUPREME CoURT-The Editor of
the Wilmington Journal writes as follows
from Raleigh to his paper, the Wilmington
Journal:


She decision OF the Supreme Court in
the matter Of Hughes, already published in
the Journal, has excited much comment
.ameng the bar in attendance on that Court
and the members of the Legislature. 1t is
almost universally condemned in unmeasur-
ed terms. That such paper, evidently pre-
pared before the beginning of the term and
appended to the case in question with as
much propriety as if it had been to the APP
prentice case (see elsewhere) or any other
case before the Court, should be Per Curiam,
surprises and mortifes the friends of some of
the distinguished Judges. When the Su-
preme Court enters the arena of politics to
reply to anonymous letters published during
an election long since decided, it is at least
to be regretted that it is not done with more
ability"


The above seems to US strange language.
There is no proof that the Supreme Court
has entered the arena Of politics.


As to the Stability" of the opinion referred
to there can be but one opinion. The Court
has at no time, probably, delivered q more
learned or able opinion, whatever may be
thought Of the principles laid down in it.
Year: 1867

We shall not be surprised to soon find
many of those in the South who have OPP
posed the adoption of the Howard amend
ment as degrading, favoring negro suffrage!
In fact, some who were ready to denounce
any man who might favor the Howard
amendment in preference to having harsher
terms forced upon US, are already speaking
favorsbly of negro suffrage. That's consis-
tency with vengeance Char. Democrat.


This is what they are doing already. The
organ of Gov. Worth, which has steadily adj
vised the people that the acceptance of the
Howard amendment would be humiliating
and degrading, is now out for negro suffrage.
That amendment leaves it to the States to
say wketherthey will have such suffrage ornot.
1t is opposed by the Sentinel and its follow
ers on the ground that it will lead to negro
suffrage and negro equality; and yet that
paper goes abowshot beyond even this false
assumption, and takes ground broadly for
colored suffrage. The secret of this is that
the Sentinel wants its friends to retain the Of
fees, and hopes this can be done through
what IS called" universal amnesty and uni
versal suffrage" That is the milk in that
cocoa-nut
Year: 1867




Hon. RICHARD BUSTED, Judge of the
United States District Court of Alabama, is
now in Washington, and was yesterday
warmly greeted by his numerous friends in
Congress. Judge Busteed was one of the
earliest judicial appointments in the South
ern States of the lamented Lincoln, and eve
ry hour has proved the wisdom of the selec-
ton. In his bold loyalty and stern impair
tiality, his love of liberty, and his scorn Of
slavery, we learn the priceless value, in these
trying times, of an incorruptible and patri-
otic judge. There is no agent of treason so
hurtful as plant Judge who strains the law
in the interest of oppression; and if the
South must I've second time chastised, they
will owe the retribution to the false teachers
who believe the Constitution must be forever
construed against the men who saved it
One such example as that OF Busteed is
worth legion of those blind guides, and
thousands of the loyal people of Alabama
will live to bless and honor his name.-
Wash. Chronicle.


The above compliment to Judge Busteed
is no doubt well deserved.
We are fortunate in having in this State a
District Judge, District Attorney, and a
Marshal, all able men, and of undoubted
loyalty. While Judge Brooks very properly
abstains from taking any part in politics, he
does not conceal his views as an earnest,
straightforward Union man. We rejoice
that we have such Judge In "bold 10y
atty, stern impartiality, and love of liberty"
he is not behind Judge Busteed. He is,
withal, one of the ablest jurists in the State.
Year: 1867

The following is an appropriate re-
buke, politely administered by the Army
and Nary Journal, paper of decidedly
Radical partiality:


"The temporary transfer of General
Grants headquarters to the War Bu-
reau will, we hope, be marked also by
an introduction into the latter office of
the urbanity and courtesy which have
been so long wanting to it. The distinc-
tion between the Headquarters of the
Army and the War Office in the matter
of professional courtesy extended to
gentlemen in the service has always
been painfully apparent. In the Tor
mer, an officer summoned on business,
or making inquiries in the line OF his
duty, has always been treated as gem
tlsman. In the War Bureau, he has for
many wears had no assurance that he
wouid be SO treated. Whatever his mer-
its. his record, his age, his length of ser
vice. be could only be doubtful, IN seek
ing interviews with some of the officials
engaged in department dnty, whether
he would not be rudely rebutfed. The
'iusolence of office is a phrase as old as
Shakespeare, and an experience as Old as
the first government. 1t has been thor
oughly illustrated in Washington to the
grief, shame and anger of many thor
ough soldiers and worthy gentlemen IN
both services for many years. Prompt
ness and courtesy in dealing with Off
GERS have been the rule, however, at
General Grants headquarters, and we
hope this innovation will How be ex-
tended to the War Office, and thence to
all the Others
Year: 1867

A successful experiment was made
last week on the Ohio river with pc
troleum as a substitute for coal in nayi-
CATION. The Cincinnati Gazette says OF
the new method of raising steam: "The
advantages of this arrangement are so
obvious that it seems almost superfuous
to speak of them, yet we cannot resist
pointing out few Of them. First, we
have the economy of the fuel itself,
twenty dollars worth of petroleum be-
ing equal to fifty dollars worth Of coal.
Then, there is the economy of weight
and space, which is as one to ten. In
addition to this, we have the saving OF
wages Of firemen and coal beavers, the
saving of time in taking the fuel on
board, and above all the perfect control
of the engineer over the fire, aud CON-
plete absence of danger from sparks.
The explosive qualities of petroleum
have hitherto been the great bugbear
by which our enterprising steamboat
builders and machinists have been
scared off. We are not at all surprised
at this, for steam itself had to struggle
hard ere it could assert its supremacy
over every other power in use, and We
feel satisfied that coal will give way tc
petroleum asthe tow path gave way te
the railway" .- RI.
Year: 1867




A volume could not more fully expose
the pretensions of the braggart Pope,
than the following briefparagraph from
a late issue of the Boston Post:


General Pope is 4 funny man. All
who remember his Falstatfian report
about the number of his prisoners, his
announcement that his headquarters
were in the saddle, his demoralized re-
treat toward Washington, his army
without any head and he seeking quar-
ters at the Capital, while steam was up
OH the. Potomac TO convey the govern
ment from the District in case the enemy
follC wed the sagacious General too close
for its safety, will not wonder that
President Lincoln thought Pope had
more wind than efficiency. His pre-
tcntious letter to General Grant illus
trates his conceit and weakness. lie
recommends the banishment of those
who differ from him in opinion and eN-
press the difference, and prescribed all
newspapers that oppose his views, and
then announce his anxiety to secure
freedom of speech and the liberty OF the
press. He declares the only safety for
reorganization i'll the South is thorough
free discussion, and then recommends
oStracising all who oppose the Radical
plan. and proscribes all papers that do
not advocate it. He says this course is
necessary to secure the South to the Re-
publican party, and then proceeds to
demonstrate the certainty that the Re-
publicaus will triumph in all these
States without any coercive measures.
Pope, YOU are an Ass.
Year: 1867

RooMs SEcuREp.-We learn from the
committee on the workingmens' reading
room and library, that they have secured
two rooms for their accommodation on the
second floor in LeClaire Row entrance By
the broad stairway between Surbey's old
stand and the drug store, on Second street.
These rooms will be Immediately fitted up
for n reading room and library, and the
doors opened to ths. public as soon as the
organization Is coSP Pleted. for which purpose
We learn that a meeting will be held on
Thursday evening.
Year: 1867

EVERY vor.R in the First and Fourth
Wards should remember tho Ward Meet
ings tbs evening At Littigs Brewery. and
the Council Chamber Let there be full
attendance OF all those interested in home
iegislaton-in in home matters.