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The Living and the Dead Benton.


The funeral Of Col Benton in 81 Louis
vas a day Of sOlemnity and mourning
the city. Before the dead was
removed from sight. the people were per-
mitted to look upon the features 50 long
aud we'll known, aud 50 honored in life
The couutensncs was wonderfully natural
to the last. The slightly parted lips were
the only sign Of relaxation the beFOic
mould Of face exhibited. 0fthe immense
procession the 81 Louis Evening News
says: .... .....
Tie mournful music, the dropping ban
ners, the slow and steady tramp Of soldiers,
and the audible advance Of countless thou
sands on each flank, abd ia the van, pre-!
senled scsne Of grandeur that uay have
been witnessed often, here and elsewhere
But in the expression, the spirit and asso.
citation, Of the march, there was that which
lifted it above tue ordinary level Of human
events There we're thuusandsin that crowd
who had followed Benton before, when
his goiug forth had been accompanied by
music aud by banners, aud by all the POM
and circumstances Of human glory. i
was only lew years back, and when Ben
ton was the idol Of great party. Wher
he came forth then, il Was giant 10 rur
bis eourse-as hero to vsBquish his en-
enies. In those days the cloud was OF
Benton's brow, the storm was in his nos
trils, and the lightning fash was IN his eve
His own voice WAS the trumpet that stirred
the souls Of those that followed bis march
to them it was more inspiring muse thai
the blasts of brazen instruments that the,
marched to. The shaking ofhis majest
locks, as lie poured forth the fiery food
Of finvective upon his own and his coun
tTy's foes, was more than the nuttering o
banners to their ewes. Aud the stormy
elOquence of his justly excited wrath rou
sed them more than the rovr Of applaud
ing cannon.
Those days-those gatherings aroun'
the living Benton those exciting and tel
rible confiicts-thOse proud triumphs an
sore defeats--they are but few years pas
and the people to-day remembered ther
all, and thought of them all, as they fs
III the wake Of the Old Mans last maIc
to the grave.
His brow was now ne-his eye flasl
cd fire no longer-his voice had no threat
enings or defianca--his last enemy WI
forgiven--he had bid adieu to all the Cor
aicIs of earth, which though they ha
seemed grand 10 him, seemed at the la
Iquts small indeed. To day, Benton slel
at peace with God, as simply aud quietl
as the little child bv bs side,
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purpose BY The asssssOr,of 10 tske and sub.
sCribe 40 oath OF affirmation. IN regard 10
the truth Of bis statements Of personal
property, moneys, credits. investments in
bonds, stocks joint stock companies, or
otherwise, or any part tbereOf, when re.
Quired by the assessor, the assessor shall
enter opposite the name Of such person 10
an appropriate column, the words, ''Tefu.ed
to lisl, or @Fefused 10 swear" and 10 eve
~ case vbsre any person required TO LIST
property for taxstion shall have been abb
sent OF unable from sickness 10 list the
same, the assessor shall enter opposite the
name of such peEson.i an appropriate col
ums, the word ''aLssut." +" or "sick."
SEE. 3. That section sixty be amended
90 as to read as follows; Sec. GO. There
shall be sn annual county board for the
equalization Of the real and personal prop
erty.and moneys and cre,lits IN each coBn
ty, exclusive Of the city Of Cihcinuali,to be
composed of the county commissioners aud
county auditor who shall meet for that
purpose at the auditors Office in each coun.
tv on the first "Wednesday after the third
Monday Of May annually. Said board
shall have the power to hear eomplaint-
and to equallze the valuation Of all rea
and personal property, moneys and cred
its, within the comfy, and shall I've govern
ell by the rules prescribed IN the So Sec
Of this act, for tls government of count.
boards for the equalization Of real propeIt!
Provided, tat said !oard shall Ot reluc,
tie value Of the real property ofthe com
ty below the aggregate value thereof, a
fixed by the state board of equaIizaiioc, 10
below its aggregate value on the duplicate
Of the preceding year to which shall b'
added the value e all new entire, aud new
structures, over the value Of those destroy
ell, as returned hy the several township as
se,s0rs for the current year.,
Sci. 4. That sections twenty five, TWEEN
ty eight aud sixty Of said act he, and th
same are hereby repealed,
SEC, 5. This nc shall take effect an,
be in force from and after ils passage.
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker cfMe House Of Representatives..
MARTIN WELKER,
Presi fea Of the Senate.
April 8, 1858.
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Coop REASON For BEING EXCITED
The Rev, DR., Arnot, Of Glasgow, in speak
ing Of the Temperance question admitted
that he was excited, and gave his reasons
why he should be. He said:
People need not take the trouble Of tel
ling me am excited on these questions
] kpow that l anil would be ashamed
before God and msn,if l were not. There
is more in the public houses of Glasgow tc
slir the spirit of a minister, than in all that
Paul saw in Athens. In my ministry
meet the horrid fruit of these whiskey
shops. l see men and women perishing
in these pitfalls. The number of victims
is so great that it oyerwhelns one. My
brain is burning. My heart is breaking,
The Church is asleep, and the world too
and they are hugging each other. l am
weary with beholding sin. l must cry
out. l must cry out. would rather BE-
counted singular in the judgment of men.
than be unfaithful in the judgment Of
God.
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Another Financial Operation.

Another government peculatiou has just
come to light. II appears that the Gov.
ernment had been negotiating for a tract
of land at New Bedford, (Nassj which
contained the only suitable site for q fort
to defend that place. A military engin-
eer had examined the lane, and had agreed
with tue owner on the terms TO be paid
by the Government, namely, 81, 900 m
acre for thirty acres. This was reported
at Washington, when Mr., Mather and Mr.
Schell, two New York locorOco politicians
at one appeared at New Bedford, and con
ditionally bought, at 81 900 an acre, six'
ty acres, including the thirty acres fixet
upon by the engineer, paying 81 per cent
down. The purchase was to be binding
on them in case they could cell it to the
Government, and not otherwise. They
then proposed to their friend, the Secretary
Of War, to sell hun the tract for sos. 900
thus masking for the partners, the snug and
modest little SUN OF $4,000. 1t was
however, thought more prudent to leave
the price to referees,and by this means the
Government finally had to pay $4,000
for the tract, which at the time was assess
ed on the tax books of New Bedford al
some $l2, 900 only. The question is, did
the Secretary Of War profit by the specu'
lttion.
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WOODS HAIR RESTORATIVE

WOODS HAIR RESTORATIVE
We have never known any other medicine
win as large share Of public confidence
10 so short time as this has done. Il
has not been more than year since We
first heard Of it, and it now stands at tbs
head of all remedies of the kind. We have
never used any of it ourselves, having had
no occasion, as our 'crown of glory" not
only as yet retains its original color, but
gets more so-but some of our friends
have, and we have never known it fail oI
restoring the hair to its original COLOR
We advise such as are becoming premature
gray, to give the Restorative" a trial.
[Ghester (IllinOis) Herald, June, 1854.
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GRAsHoPrER PLAGrE.-Although the
vernal season has just opened, We aheady
hear Of the appearance Of grasshoppers in
vast swarms. In Texas, as far west as the
Nueces. they cover the prairies, and are
Matching out in millions from the eggs de-
posted last November. Thus far they have
confined their attacks to herbs in the prai-
rie,uot troubling the grass or crops. The
especial plague Of Utah seems to be trans
ferred TO other regions than the land of tie
polygamists.
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CRIME IN ENoLAND.-Iu looking ovel
our files Of English papers Of late, our at
tention has been attracted to the number o
aggravated crimes which are reported. A
Liverpool paper thus refers to this matter
GA glance at the assize intelligence shows
prolific crop Of crime iu this country. and
some ofthe cases exhibit crimes ofthe deep
est dye and magnitude. Murders and ag
gravated manslaughters are frequent, and
it is clear that the comparative milduess oI
the criminal law in our time does not deter
from the commission Of attrocious offences
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Storm IN LAKE SUPERIOR The Su-
perior Chronicle Of March S0th. says: "this
end of the lake was, on Friday, visited by
one of the heaviest gales that ever swept
over this section Of the country, (excepting
the hurricane Of June, 1855, which was Of
short duration) The wind was from the
northeast, and blew with unremitting vio'
euce for thirty hours. The sea was very
heavy, and the roarof the surf could be
heard for miles, twelve hours after the gale
subsidized.
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RTbe Sheriff adyerises for sale th

wThe Sheriff adyertises for sale the
entire village of Malaga, in New Jersey,
80 miles below Philadelphia. IL consist
of more than 5000 acres Of land, with
glass works, miIIs,ard forty dwelling hous,
es. The village exhibits scere Of desti-
tuition and abandonment, so complete and
thorough as to be rarely exceeded. 1t is
said that all this fine property will pass
away from the industrious and enterpri-
sing owner for comparative song.
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The SHIFTING SANDS OF HUMAsITY.-
Out Of 700, 900 Jews in the United States
only one is registered in the census as
farmer. This is interpreted as one Of tie
evidences of the singular isol alton Of tie
Jews, as prophesied in Amos 0, ix-"For
10, | will sift The house of Israel among all
nalions,Ik as corn is sifled in a sieve, yet
shall not the least grain fall upon the
EARTH"
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A RAMPARAGoUs BEAR-A bear has
always been reckoned formidable animal
"a gay seducer, who hugs his victim to
death in the most atfectionate but painful
manner. But the most terrible specimen
Of a bear that we have ever heard tell of
is mentioned in the following spirited yer,
PCS, which We clip fIom WesterA poem;
"Tsere was a Jolly WOOdman
Was standin'by tree,
=. When he spied an swtulbig bear
A coming right at hel
The bear was ramparageous,
The foam sas on his lip,
Anda full yard Of prai,ic
He cleared at every skip.
NM Easn Y1oFt S,,,,ir hor,,A vapoF
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hereby certify that the foregoing acts are
true copies of tbs original rolls now on file In
this Office, A. P. RUSSELL,
Secretary of State.
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/ hereby certify that l have read and COM
pared the proof OF the foregoing laws, and that
they are correctly printed from the copy GER
ti6eG BY the Secretary Of State
WASH. BUTLER,
Auditor Carroll County.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-09-04
SHERIFF'S SALE.

DY VIRTUE OF A DECREE and Order
I'D OF sale to me directed, issued out of the Hon
District Court of the Ninth Judicial District 10
and for the County of Trinity, on the 25h dw
of August, A. D., 1858, upon judgment render.
ed therein and entered on the 18th day of An.
gust, A. D., 1858, against E. G. Kelly, n. Gar
land and +. j. Curtis, under the name and styh
of e. C. Kelly Il CO., as follows, to wit:
In favor of Henry Hooker for four Thousand
seven hundred and fifty-two 81 100 dollars, 81,
1852 54 principal one hundred and seventy-me
6l 100 dollars tS171 6D interest, and one hun
dred and one 75-l00 dollars, (SlOl 75) costs
In favor of p. W. Reas for four hundred and
twenty-nne dollars (S429) principal, fifteen A.
100 dollars (Sl5 44) interest, and one 80 LOO do'
lars ($l 90) costs
In favor of A. Spooner for seventy five dollar'
($75) principal, two 70-lOO dollars ($2 7O) inter
est and one 80 100 dollars Isl 90) costs
In favor of Blanchard & Co. for four hundred
and forty seven 100 dollars ($447-60) prime
pal, sixteen 16-l00 dollars (S16 16) interest, aaJ
one 90-100 dollars (Sl 90) costs
In favor OF H. Schaffnett for ninety seven 25
100 dollars (S97 25) principal, three 5l-lOO dol
lars (S3 81 interest and one go 100 dollars q
90) cost
In favor of John n. Cooper for one hundred
and twenty-five 63-IO0 dollars ($l25 63) prnCt
pal, four So 100 dollars (S4 63l interest, and one
90-lOO dollars Isl 90) costs
In favor of d. McAuliff for one hundred and
twenty seven 50-l00 dollars (SI27 SOY principal
four 6U-lOO dollars ($4 COY interest, and one 30
100 dollars Isl 90) costs
In favor of Louis Pickett for forty-one 50-lOl
dollars (S4l SOY principal, one 49-l00 dollars
Isl 49) interest, and one 90-l00 dollars Isl 9O)
costs
Together with one hundred dollars cost Of Ref
cree, and seventy S0-l00 dollars costs accrued
amounting in all to the sum of six thousand six
hundred and one 9l-l00 dollars, (S6,60l 9l) less
SAG "a ordered by the Court to be credited 10
the p. w. Reas part of said judgment command
ing me that cause to be sold
"a certain Water Race, situate on Trinity rV'
er, in Trinity County, California, and known as
the Trinity River Canal commencing at the
dam across Trinity river at Reas' Saw MIL run
ming down said river, on either side, to Steiner'
Flat, distance of about ten miles, in said COnn'
ty and including the Dam aforesaid, Saw MiIi
Fumes and Canal, and everything appertainns
to the Trinity River Canal, or so much of SAID
property may be necessary to satisfy the Judg'
ment, for debt, interest and costs, hereinbeoTe
mentioned, and every part thereof, as also accru'
ing costs and expenses Of sale"
Therefore be it known that have levied upon
and seized the premises above described, ana VIII
expose the same to public sale, at the CouI'
House door, in Trinity County and State oil OaF
ifornia, on
Saturday, the 25th day Of SEPTEMBER
A. D., 1858, between the hours of 10 O'CLOCK I"
m, and o'clock, p. m. -
''''' "''' JOHN B. MAY, Sheriff
By r. G. STUART, Deputy.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-09-04
SHERIFFS SALE.

pY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER aid DECREE
ID of sale to me directed out of the Hon. DsL
Court, Ninth judicial District,,in and for IrlnlV
County, on the oath day of August, 1888 Oh
Judgment rendered therein on the 3th day VI
August, A. d., 1858, in favor of Charles lho"as
and against VIM. l.. Collins, for the sum OF IT, ou0
thousand one hundred and eighty three doIs', a.,
principal, and one hundred and seventy y.egn' uUI
lars, interest, and sxtyfour 30-10O dollars Gos
of suit amounting in all to the sum OF one GIJ ~"
sand four hundred and twenty-five ~ ioo ~,
lars, ,425 30) together with accrulng cos'a ~
this writ and interest on the same at tne !a,V
ten per cent. per year, have this day ieVleu "p
on and seized, and will expose TO pubic sa,1
the Court House door, in the town OF Hea'H ,bs
vile, Trinity County, State of California ~ w.
hour of o'clock, p M, on
Saturday, Sept. lSth' II
A. D., 1858, to the highest bidder, ior ,,om GnSUr
the right, title, interest and claim OF WliS% nroO
Collins of, in and to the following descripeu p'F
erty, to wit \; H. tovn Of
A certain lot Of land situated in the 'o~c CaI.
Weaverville, County of Trinity. and stare u Rail
forna, generally known as the Olympic oorriur
Court, aud described as follows OoInnierIf'1E If 4
on Taylor street, at the southwest corne, ~ " 10
Neblett's lot and running east along saiu ~. :" hs
Ten Cent Gulch, thence south along GulcpT pTavlOr
new trail to Taylor street, thence along isi hsgiu.
street thirty feet north to the place Q, on,aris
ming. JOHN B, MAY, 0n 0noaa
BY JoHN CLARE, Under Sheriff
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-09-04

"BAPrIsT CIRCULAR" Rev. Mr.. Shuck, Bap-
list preacher of Sacramento, publishes small
religious journal, at intervals, as contributions
are received from the various congregations
Mr.. Sbuck is a man of remarkable powers Of
mind, independence and decision of character
and is beloved by very large congregation OF
intelligent people. He was missionary in China
over twenty years, and speaks the language, IN
which he breaches TO a Chinese congre CATION in
Sacramento. We do not know Of any clergyman
for whom we entertain higher estimation or sim
cerer friendship. The God of his worship never
created nobler- hearted man +; his life has been
a long sacrifice for the principles of his proies-
sion, and his daily intercourse with men OF the
world and the church exhibits lofliness of mind,
principle and honor, which makes every one re-
spect him. He is the most forcible and original
preacher of Sacramento, and, without his affect
ing the sensation effort, we have heard him ut
ter sentences that chilled one with their terrible
subimity. There is sort of fascination in his
preaching ; his style is rather colloquial but,
fixing a pair of indiscribably black eyes on the
sinner, he can make one start with their search
ing intensity. Persons who know our Reverend
friend will recognise in this just estimation OF
a man great in christian deeds and devotion, and
good in the fullness of warm and noble heart.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-09-04

THE ASSEMBLY OF THE DEAD.-Dr. Reed, a
traveller through the highlands of Peru, is said to
have found lately, in the desert of Alcoama, the
dried remains Of an assemblage of human beings,
five or six hundred in number, men, women and
children, seated in a semcrclc as when alive,
staring into the burning waste before them. They
had not been burned; life had not departed before
they had thus sat around; but hope was gone; the
Spanish invaders were at hand, and no hope being
left they had come hther to die. They still sat
mmovable in the dreary desert dried like mum
mics by the effect of the hot air. and still kept
their position, sitting up as in solemn council,
while DER the Areopagus silence broods ever
lasting.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-09-04
Latest State Events.

THE town of Indian Diggings, in Ell Dorado,
was burned on the 27th-everyth burned. ...
WM BURR was murdered on the road from Straw
berry Valley to Brownsville in Yuba county, for
$1,000 which he had with him . . AN unknown
man. in for drunkenness, died in the Marysville
Station House on Thursday week. =. SOME villain
in San Francisco has been filing about two dollars
from the edge of every twenty dollar piece he
can get, but nobody can catch him at it, THEY
have town called Bummersville' in Shasta val.
ley. GREAT numbers Of mackerel and smelt
are being caught near Monterey. AINsA, about
whom so much ado was made, has been released
by Mexican authority, and sent to Mazatlan, on
his way to this State. :. Two Cinnamon Of GALAXY
eras fought about woman and one was stabbed
to death . THOMAS CARSON was killed. recently,
by Indians in Mendocino county, because of his
brutal treatment of a squaw. FRANK Sou1E,
late of the San Francisco Chronicle, and bril-
liant writer, has gone to Australia. Ben. Mix.
of Whisky Greek, was thrown out of carriage a
short time ago, and nearly killed. and soon after
had his buildings burned 4. :. ASSESSED property
of Butte county is worth $4,000, 900. SMALL
Pox has disappeared from Red Bluffs. THE re-
ceipts of the State Fair we're S25 900 -. "A SMALL
boy stated to teamster near Placervlle that his
father had found man asleep on pair of stolen
blankets and had cut his throat -. 4 STEAM wag-
on made successful trial at Marysvillc, recently
IA CALAvERAs miner got lost in the woods,
threw away his blankets, Travelled all day, and in
the evening came back to the same place. He
had nothing but berries to eat for six weeks except
a grouse which he killed with a stone. hdpen-
dem. f...A CHINAMAN at Mokelumne Hill was
stabbed through the heart in row with some of
his countrymen....G GEO. d. ROBERTS has left the
Nevada National, after an incubation of a few
weeks only. HENRY MAILS, chief clerk in the
San Francisco Recorders office, drew 100000
in a Havana lottery-iust before the arrival of
the steamer he sold fveeighs Of his chance,
leaving him S37 900. An immense Republican
mass meeting was held in San Francisco Baker
spoke. -. A DESPATCH 10 San Francisco from Cy-
rus ". Field confirms the success Of the Atlantic
cable laying. LEWIS LAURIAT, distinguished
French chemist and aeronaut, died in Sacramento
this week, of too much drink. lie was once Pro
fessOr of Chemistry in the College of Marseilles
He was Mason and was well cared for in his
misfortune E. In Sacramento they have laid out
direct road to the hospiaI;' it goes through
street dead fall .... BRUMAGN & Co., OF Ma
rysvillp, exhibited gold bar worth $50, ,000-the
largest ever cast in this State.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-09-04

SORROW AND REsT-How often sorrows dar-
kened shadows are thrown over us-how often
our fondest hopes die in their earliest buildings
our pleasures fade like evenings departing hnes
-thcrns strew life's pathway, and often, too,
sgbing and tears add gloom to the thick darkness
about u.s. But let us forget not that earth is not
our home, and that we are hut pilgrims and stran-
gers in a barren land. There happier lands,
and greener fields, and brighter skies, and more
joyous faces just beyond us, and heaven has in
store for the good REST which will more than
make amends for all earth's isquetudes.-Bdp-
list Circular.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-09-04

THE CAss. YRIsARRI TREATY.-The Yrisarri
treaty with Nicaragua has arrived at Washington.
ratified by the Nicaraguan authorities, with two
notifications. BY the treaty as modified, though
the American Government still possesses the
right to protect the neutrality of the Transit, yet
it is not to land troops upon the Isthmus, except
at the request of the Nicaraguan Government
The other alteration relates to the right conferred
by the treaty on the American Government to
transport troops over the Isthmus, which by the
amended treaty it is not to exercise except after
notice previously given on each occasion to the
Nicaraguan Government of such intended trans
port.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-09-04

GusTAvus ADoLPHUs knew how to put down
dueling. Two officers asked leave to fight duel.
Leave was given and he was a spectator. With
him came the Provost Marshal. Now gentlemen,
said Gustavus To his combatants, fight till one of
you is killed. the Provost Marshal will hang the
survivor The officers shook hands.
BREDREN,' said the preacher, may de Lord hab
mercy all de scohers.'
a long pause
May de Lord bab mercy on all de laffers.'
Solemn pause
May de Lord hab mercy on de two peanut
eaters down by de door
The young men dismissed.
Molly, said Joe Keily's ghost to his wife,
'l'm in purgatory at this present. says he.
An what sort of place is it,, said She
Faix, it is a sort of halfway house between
you and heaven; and stand it very aisy afther
laving you
Il cant bear children, said Miss Prim dsdain-
fully.
Mrs Parington looked AT her mildly over her
spectacles before she replied: Perhaps if you
could you would like them better
20 wOMAv, dear woman, thy influence is nigh
ty !! as the little man said when his big wife was
choking him and pulling his hair.
THE man wso carried the thing too far has let
it drop-the sheriff was after him.
NIGHTLY dews come down Oh us like blessings
but daily dues don't.