.VOLUME 4. THE PLACER HERALD. nPCDLtSUEU EVERY SATURDAY, AT THE OFFICE, Kkiu Street, Auburn, Cal., (at the old stand,) by TABB MITCHELL. TERMS: ~ Subscriptions invariably in advance. For one year, $0,00; six months $4,00; three months $2,50; one mouth $1,00; single copies, twenty five cents. 4 FOR ADVERTISING: One square of ten lines, or more than five, first Exertion $3.00; each subsequent insertion, $1,50. For half a square of five lines, or less, $2,00; each subsequent insertion SI,OO. JOB PRINTING. Large additions have recently been made to the Job Office, and work of all descriptions will be Accuted iu a superior manner. GENERAL ADVERTISING AGENCY NO. 97 MERCHANT STREET. SAN FRANCISCO. Advertisements and Subscriptions PECEIYED nv THOMAS BOYCE, Agent, No. 97 Merchant street, and Room No. 9, up stairs, Iron Building, northeast corner of Montgom ery and Washington streets, for the "PLACER HERALD.” AUBURN; r ‘-Democratic State Journal,” Sacramento; ‘•Daily Argus,” Stockton; ‘‘Sierra Citizen,” Dowuieville; “Miners’ Advocate,” Diamond Springs; “Mountain Messenger.” Gibsouville; y “Contra Costa,” Oakland; “Tribune,” San Jose; “Democratic Standard.” Portland, 0 T. H. H. WICKES, M. I). B. MOOItE H. H. WICKES & CO., W7~ EEPS constantly on band at the An «L burn Drug Store, in Holmes ’ Brick Block, an extensive supply of Drug*, Med- *7 Itintu, Pure Liquors, Paints. Oils. Brush Glass and Fancy Articles for the toilet, wbi Giey offer for sale upon the most reasonable terms. . Auburn, Sept. 15, 1855. —my. es, which c. J. hillyeii, lowa Hill. U. E. MILLS, ' District Attorney, Auburn. MILLS & HILLYER, Attorneys anil Counselors at Law, I'AHTNEKS IN CIVIL BUSINESS ONLY. OFFICES: AT A UB URN AND 10 WA HILL. m25'55 my H. FITZSIMMONS, Attorney ami Counselor at Law, —OFFICE— | IS HOLMES BRICK BUILDING, UP STAIRS, AUBURN , CAL. J e .’my LANSING STOUT, Attorney ami Counselor at Law, BEALS' BAR , PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. JyB my PHILIP W. THOMAS, Attorney anil Counselor at Law, AUBURN , CAL. j®ST-OQ\cc at the Court House. nlmy JAMES ANDERSON, Attorney ami Counselor at Law, AUBURN CAL. jg-Omrs, in the rear of Court Honsc.'tYS . tt.'tU my B. P. MYRES, Attorney and Counselor at Law’, AUBURN , CAL. fSS~ OFFICE—Next door to the ‘-Temple. oct27 my “ ROBERT FISHER, £ House Carpenter and Joiner, ITS PREPARED to erect buildings on shout no ■ tick. He constantly has on baud ft large as sortment of SLUICE LUMBER, etc. Undertaking. All orders as Undertaker, promptly at tended to. R.J. FISHER. ;; [n44.v3] W. F. NORCROSS. WATCH MAKER, AND MANUFACTURING JEWELER, Sign of the Mammoth Watch, \ MAIN STREET, AUB URN, CA LIFO BA IA. sept. 8 my ALFRED ROBBINS, Provision and Grocery Dealer, West Side, Sacramento Street, AUBURA ” CAL., (Nearly opposite tlie Methodist Church,) AS always on hand a full assortment of ar . tides in his line of trade at reasonable rates. fiff- CALI . AA"D SEE. -ax Auburn, Sept. 15, ’55 my HENRY T. HOLMES, DEALER IN ■ roceries, Provisions, Hardware, and Crockery, Fire-Proof Brick Store, Alain Street, AUBURN, CAL. Sept. 15, ’55 my JAMES NOLAN, Fashionable Tailor, AUBURN, CALIFORNIA, lain Street, next door to Norcross’Jewelry Store. Auburn, Sept. 15, 1855. my. JAMES WALSH. HARNESS AND SHOE SHOP. )» Main Street , Auburn, {Middle Row ,) OPPOSITE to Gordon’s Store. Making Boots and Shoes, Harness, &c., and re airing promptly attended to. Auburn, September 15, 1855. my. J BLANKS. Justices’Blanks, Deeds, Ac., neatly printed at Ije Herald office. "V THE PLACER HERALD. Summer is passing, is passing away, Tlio Hush of its beauty is o'er; Silently, softly, the touch of decay Kails on each paling flower. Summer is passing, is fading away, To eternity’s measureless shore. Sadly and mournfully through the dark wood, Blends a low wail with the breeze, Stirring the echoes of dim solitude, Mocking the whispering trees; Tolling strange tales, that mysteries brood, Borne on the sibilant breeze. Summer is fleeting noiselessly on— On to her waiting bier; Pule is her beauty, silent her song, And her diadem faded and sere. Chant, ye minstrels of summers bright throng. A dirge o’er her early bier. Summer is passing, is passing away, Its wealth, its music are gone. The strong oak sways in the wild wind's play, And the birds are mute at morn; And the pale leaves drift in their bright decay, For summer is going—summer is gone. What a Know-Nothing Knows. With such a queer name, you would hardly sup pose How much, after all, a Know Nothing knows. He knows (hat the country has nothing to hope. Till we’ve banished the Papists and poisoned the Pope; He knows that all priests are merely the tools Of the devil to worry Know Nothings and fools; That “Sisters of Charity" ought to kissed; That monks should he murdered and nuns should be Hissed;* That the calender saints of ancient renown All pious “Americans ought to put down”— Till the last of the crew is imprisoned or dead, And even St. Nicholas yield to St. Ned! t He knows that a “furriner” ought not to go to The pulls, though as brave as IteKalb or l)e Soto; Thinks good Lafayette was the vilest of caitiffs; And knows that the “Puritans" must have been natives! He knows immigration’s a dreadful expense, That does'nt admit of the slightest defence; Can tell, to a penny, exactly how much We lose every daj r by the pestilent Dutch; How a pauper appears with his rags and his tat ters on. What it costs to feed “Pat" and to board “Mrs. Patterson 1” Now who from his title would ever suppose How many queer things a Know Nothing knows? "Hiss, the name of the virtuous committeeman of the Massachusetts legislature, who went in search of a nunnery, with Mrs. Patterson as a sleeping partner. tNed Huntlinc, (he godly founder of the sect of Know Nothings. Quaint Play upon a Little Word. A. correspondent of the Albany Esprcss (Inis curiously rings the changes upon a tiny word in frequent use: Now that is a word which may often be joined. For that that may be doubled is clear to the mind; And that that that is right is as p.ain to view As that that that that we use is rightly used too; And that that that that that line has in it is right, in accordance with grammar is plain in our sight. The Hartford Times vouches for the truth of the following story; ‘Tat Nolan, you are fined five dollar for assault and battery on Mike Sweeney.” ‘T have the money in my pocket, and I’ll pay the fine if your honor will give me a resate.” “We give no receipts here. We just take the money; you’ll not be called on a second time for your fine.” “But your honor, Fll not be wanting to pay that same without I get a resale.” “What do you want to do with it?” “If yer honor will write one and give it to me, I'll tell ye.” “Well there’s your receipt. Now what do you want to do with it? “I’ll tell your honor. You see one of these days I’ll be afther dying, and when I go to the gate of heaven, I'll rap, and St. Peter will say, “who’s there?” and I’ll say, “Its me, Pat Nolan,” and he’ll say, “what do you want?” and I’ll say, “1 want to come in,” and he’ll say, “did you behave yourself like a da cent boy in the other world, and pay all your fines and such things?” and I’ll say, “yes yer honor, I paid all of them;” and then he’ll want to see the resale, and I’ll put me hand in me pocket and take out mo resale and give it to him, and I’ll not have to go plodding all over hell to find yer honor to get one. The finest idea of a thunder storm is when Wiggins came home tight, lie eame into the room among his wife and daughters, and just then he tumbled over the cradle and fell whop on the floor. After a while ho rose and said — “Wife, are you hurt?” “No.” “Girls, are you hurt?” “No.” “Terrible clap, wasn’t it?” “Well, Sambo, what’s yer up to now-a days?” “Oh, Ise a carp’ner and jinor.” “Ilel I guess yer is. What department do yer perform?” “What department? why, 1 does the cir cular work.” “What’s dat?” “Why, I turns de grind-stone.” “G’way.” Tompey, why am a bee-hive like a bad tater?’ ‘Kase it’s round.’ ‘Kase it’s round! What nonsense! Guess again.’ ‘Well I wont guess ’case you so ugly; I know well ’null' whatf it am, only 1 won’t guess for spite.’ ‘Do you gib it up?’ ‘Well, yes!’ ‘Well, Pompoy don’t de hive hold de bees?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Well, dat makes the bee-hive a bee-hold er, and a bee holder am a spectator, and a spectator am a bad tator. See de inference?’ AUBURN, PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, NOVEMBER 10, 1855. The End of the Summer. BY QUIEN BABE. Take a Receipt.' The Right Spirit We mentioned, some days since, that the Democracy—aye, “the untorrified 1 >emocra cy,” as their opponents have styled them, by way of derision and reproach—of Tuolumne county —right upon the heels of a defeat, after one of the most stoutly contested hat ties of the campaign—contesting, as they did, every inch of ground, against the warfare of a wily and secret foe, have re-organized to do battle against the common enemy of our 1 temocratic Republican institutions. This is as it should be —it is right, and we honor the bold and chivalric Democracy of Tuo lumne, for the promptness and spirit they have displayed in re-organizing for the con test which already looms up in the distance. Their example is one which we trust will be speedily followed by the Democracy of every county in the State. Those Democrats, se duced by the specious protestations of design ing demagogues, who met every argument with the worn-out platitude, “Americans shall rule America”—a right there is none to dis pute —but which was used in the cry of “Great is the Diana of the Ephesians,” in the olden time —having seen that they have been grossly deceived, betrayed and sold, are ready to renounce the strange gods, setup for their adoration by those false prophets of Dual. They are determined to bow the knee no longer to Juggernaut, at the beck and nod of the Hindoo Brahmins. Lot them, then, having purged themselves of the sin into which they have been seduced, come back to that ancient Democratic faith which has stood the test of time from the foundation of the Republic. Men die, hut the vitality of the true Democratic principle is eternal. We repeat the hope that the noble ex ample of the Tuolumne Democracy in the present crisis, will be followed at once by their brethren of every county in the State. An important contest is before us, and with a proper organization, the J temocracy of the county must and will be victorious as in days of yore. In order to give publicity to the spirit which actuates our Tuolumne brethren, wo make the following extract from (lie Address of the Democratic Central Committee of that county. The sentiments expressed arc con ceived in the proper spirit and breathe the right tone. Let the feeling they embody animate every Democratic heart: The value of the regular and speedy or ganization of the Democracy was never more apparent. Our recent defeat, and the im portance of the succeeding struggle, point to it as the country’s only salvation. Let no one underrate our old and tried system of organization. Infallibility is not claimed for it; nor arc we prepared to say that it has not been frequently abused, nor yet that a better system may not bo devised; but, cer tainly, up to this time, it has proved to be the best that our politics have known. Com pared to the last attempted substitute— secret Know-Nothing Lodges—it presents the openness of honest manhood, against the concealed plottings of a midnight conspiracy —a clandestine order, whose members are bound by solemn oaths to submit to the de cision of a majority, and that majority in every instance composed of Whigs in senti ment. And not only the decrees of this ma jority to be slavishly registered, but the first infraction of the obligation is denounced as “perjury.” A neighbor or friend is struck down by the political executioner, wluv,after wards, assassin like, denies participation in the wrong. Such is the now scheme for nominating men for station, which Demo crats are called upon to accept, first reject ing that under which the country has pros pered for so many years. It is little wonder that the yoke is hard to bear, and that in many of the States of (he Union, the most violent and open revolts are taking place. It is a judicious maxim—if “mine, enemy cheat me once , shame on him; if he cheat me twice , shame on me." My deception, and the wiles of insidious politicians, men may ho deluded for a time; but when they find the work of proscription and persecution never to end—when they are made the mere instru ments of disappointed and revengeful dema gogues, they will soon seek to return to their old friends and old usages. The Democratic party has ever maintained not only the same principles, but the same name. Its doctrines imply an abiding faith in the capacity of the people to govern them selves, scorning the idea of binding Ameri cans by test oaths , to vote in obedience to the dictates of the “higher order of intellect.” The Democratic party has had to contend with all the isms and factions of this and for mer days—and notwithstanding defeat at times has been the result, the justice and wisdom of their principles and policy have remained ever manifest, because they have never “stooped to conquer.”— Sun. Salaries or Governors. —A paragraph lias appeared in several papers purporting to give the salaries of the Governors of the sev eral States, which abound in errors. The following is correct: — The Governor of California, $10,000; Gov ernor of Virginia, $5,000; of New York and Louisiana, $4,000; Maryland, $3,600; South Carolina, $3,600; Pennsylvania, Georgia, Mississippi, Oregon and Washington Terri tories, $3,000; Alabama, Kentucky, Massa chusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, Utah, Kan sas and Nebraska, $2,500; North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Missouri, 12,000; Ar kansas, $1,800; Maine, Florida and Illinois, $1,500; Delaware, $1,333; Connecticut and Rhode Island, $1,100; New Hampshire, Michigan and lowa $1,000; Vermont, $750; Indiana, $1,300; Wisconsin, $1,250. Capital Punishment. —Alexander E. Hig gins, now in the Shasta jail under sentence of death for (he killing of D. C. Goodwin, near Horcotown, was hung yesterday. A Butting Darkey. Some years since 1 was employed ns ware house clerk in a large shipping house in New Orleans, and while in that capacity the fol lowing scene occurred: One day a vessel came in consigned to the house, having on board a large lot of cheese from New York; during the voyage some of them had become damaged by bilge water, (the ship having proved leaky,) consequently the owners refused to receive them; they were therefore, sent to the consignees of the ship, to he stowed until the case could ho adjust ed. 1 discovered a few days afterward that, us to perfume, they were decidedly too fra grant to remain in the warehouse in the mid dle of June, and reported the same to my employers, from whom I received orders to have them overhauled and send all that were passable to Beard Chicago, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 18S& Gentlemen: 1 have the honor to acknowl edge the receipt of your polite invitation tu deliver a lecture on the subject of Slavery At the Tremont Temple in Boston on the 7tn of February next, or at such time during the next winter as my convenience will permit ( Regarding slavery as a domestic regulation; which derives its existence and support from the local laws of the several States where It prevails, and with which the Federal Govern ment nor the citizens or authorities of other States have any right to interfere, except to perform their constitutional obligations in reference to the rendition of fugitives.. . J have never deemed it my duty as a citizen of a non-slaveholding State to discuss the sup posed advantages or evils, with the view of sustaining or destroying the domestic institu tions of sister States, with which, under the Constitution and laws of the land, I have no right to interfere, and for the consequences of which I am in no wise responsible. I You will therefore permit me to say, with all due respect, that neither my tastes mjof my public duties will permit me to accept your polite invitation. 1 have t lie honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant. S. A. DOUGLAS, Messrs. Dr. J. \V. Stone, and others, Com. The Man Ape of Africa. Professor Owen, the celebrated naturalist, describes n new species of ape, recently dis covered on the Western coast of Africa; named the Gorilla species, the adults of which attain the height of five feet five inches, and are three foot broad across the ciiest. Its head is doubly the size of a man’s, and its extremities are enormously developed. They existed in some numbers in the inti r minahlo forests of the Gambia river. The negroes of (ho country, in their excursions into the forests in search of ivory, exhibited? little fear of the lion, as it slunk away from man; hut they dreaded the gorrilla, for when, he saw a man advancing, he came down out of the trees to the attack, and could strangle a man with (ho greatest ease. The strength of this man ape is enormous; his jaw is as powerful as that of a lion, and his canine teeth equally formidable. Mrs. K. K. Smith likes the people of th» Great West. She says, in the Rhode Island School master: "I he Western man has none of the vices of thrift, lie carries on operations upon so vast a scale that he casts out pettiness and meanness wherever he goes. lie does net higgle and barter in a bargain, ilcmeasuns distance by miles, not feet. He counts mon ey by dollars, not pennies. lie seems ashamed to. come down to pence. Ho buys a dress for Ids wife, and gets a few yards extra. His own coat and Ids shoos are too large for him. His hat slouches for the saino reason; it, is as if (he imagination of the man was akin to the easiness of the rivers and prairies of the region—the soul goes outside of the body. He must have elbow-room— ho must breathe therefore his house is large; the rooms huge, and sometimes un comfortable. The bed is high and wide; the teacup ample, heavy, and like the lakes, filled to the brim." Cheat Batti.k with tmk Indians, — The St. Louis Republican says that Gun. Harney lias fought a battle with t lie Sioux. The en gagement took place on the 3d of September, at tbu Sand Hills, on the North Fork of the l’latt% The Indians were completely routed with the loss of one hundred killed. The war will not end here. The Indians will not be satisfied with a single engagement, though the result has been most disastrous to them. It is not probable (hat they will again risk a general engagement, but their policy will be to annoy arid harrass our troops, by invit ing pursuit into distant and inaccessible por tions of the country, and there giving them battle. But they will find Gen. Harney and 1 the troops under his command, are ready to meet and chastise them at any point and under all circumstances. Statistics of Voi.c.vvo.—According to the Ledger, the town of Volcano, in Amadof county, now contains 242 houses. The town proper is composed of three principal streets, Main street, which runs nearly north and south; Consolation street and Jackson. Main street is long and of respectable width, and can bo made a handsome street, and boasts some as extensive trading houses and as handsome and substantial tire-proof buildings as any inland town in California. Tno people there are agitating the question whether or not the town shall be incorporat ed by the next Legislature. The Ledger favors incorporation. The editor of the Chicago Daily Journal says ho has had exhibited to him by Ur. Hull, of Alton, 11!., something of the peach variety, but of the pumpkin appoarauce. It was in fact a poach of excellent flavor, mea suring a foot iu circumference! The Journal: also states that Dr. Hull had contracted to 1 furnish the nu'ukel of Chicago with 6000 baskets of this gigantic fruit the present SOiiSOll. McCautvsviu.k. —This is the name of a beautiful village which lias sprung into exist ence twelve miles west of San Jose, at the base of the Santa Cruz mountains. It is 10-: cated on a stream which supplies water to drive numerous saw mills and a fine grist mill. Town Talk. Miss Dobbs says that the sweetest lino she, ever read was her Simon’s name, written in molasses on the front stoop. Integrity, however rough, is bettor than I smooth dissimulation. NUMBER 9!