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The banks continue to accumulate specie. Each
steamer from Europe brings more or less, though
the letters from here to which we are now reeev-
ing replies reported exchange firm at LOG a u
Exchange on New York has risen at New Orleans
and Mobile to about par; so that the flow of specie
in that direction has ceased for the present. Last
Monday the banks showed an average Of $37, 49,
0O0-an increase Of -, 463555 over the previous
statement. They will for the present 20 on in
creasing, and we shall doubtless considerably
more than forty millions in their vaults. Stimuli
taDeonsly, the loans continue to fall of. Last
Monday the average shown was Clio $3.50, ST.
decrease Of s487 $40 from the week previous.
Ii is probable that the award Of the new loan
may enable the banks TO increase their dis
count line, by advances on the government stock.
With out this resource, their discounts would ne
cessarily decline from week to week, in proper
ton to the curtailment in business. The reduc-
ton since November last is twelve millions of dol
lars; the increase of specie about sixteen mil
lions.
Money is rs easy and no easier than 1t was a
week ago. Some very choice names, such as are
rarely met with, 60 at six per cent per annum.
But the general rate for the best paper
is about seven per cent. Names not
generally known and paper representing claims in
the Southern States, are passed with great diff
Guilty and at very high rates. On CALL the brokers
are supplied at 6 per cent 1t is evident that
the money market is going to be easy throughout
the season, and that money will be gilmore value in
London than here.
Foreign exchange improved about one per cent
last week. AT the close, the leading bankers sold
at 1867, and no good mercantile bills could be
bought below 1o4s4 los. Francs advanced to
5.35 The market is not very active, however;
importations continue light, and the Indebtedness
of New York to Europe is much less than usual
| at this season.
The following table shows the course of the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-25

bea or Tie 18Th inst IN the ffsy FIRST gear Of hic
sse p yibOid eyer supeyindg I'D by aRx ety OF mind
" cas ohea ~ the attaetei state Of hs country, WI
Ian y koprRs formerly United States District Attorney
,er tus a'e y eawars undeT President Polk and for
lhs past ieE years resident - Washington. The
memory = VILLAIN a klgsrs will he ever cherished
tver mtmorabls +" Board q psfteen y "
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GEORGIA.


TELEGRAPH LINE ALONG THE SAVANNAH.
The City Council o: Savannah, Georgia, have ordered
she construction Of telegraph line from that city Fort
Pulaski, in possession Of the State thirteen
miles Gown the river Some 1900 feet Of it viii be sub
merged
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ocULIsTs AND AURIsTs.

nR. POWELL REsPFCIFuLLv ANNOUNCES TO us
patients and the pubN that he has associated WIN hn
se r PHILIPPE late army surgeon Who nas ela cs M
conspdes heretofore for the past twenty years on ~ w
eases ~ The rye and Ear aud nr. Phillips on Az surhNa
rio Medical CAGES at $50 Broadway above Tweth street.
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0Ss of TIE CD cH4ssvuRs Dg0gSni.--Frel eTok Ger.
man who hsd been N his youth chtsseCr 70 tie army
Of The G,si Napolenn ws do rDed N caaQcaaa crerk
B"fdo, ~, o. Tihay night last He bad 1aen 4 ras
ont ~ B'1so for gore years and worked 81 the trade q
ghp arpentor.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.

AN ELEMENT OF WAR.
mortar eighing $3.50 pounds recently arrived at
Charleston from Petersburg, Virginia II has been
placed battery Fort sumter, and is ready
for ction
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WrgAr ~ lSnty' TIE rerre H8nio Erlvss SAYS We
are 40 Ded bY ~ thc farmers ~ the cornsg N y
the WHEAT )oss wcl a. this toe rg6 that - S9sps.s
~ y rood nrop arc Dpw very favorable
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DIRECT IMPORTATION.

large invoice Of English made farm hoes recently
arrived at Charleston, direct from Liverpool local
paper OF the former city in abiding 10 this circums
roma ks.yt is well known that the quality OF all Eng
sh tools and implements is much superior those of
Yankee make. The cheapness IN improved tools and
implements will, therefore, be Of the prominent ad
vantaees OF secession.
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FINANCIAL AND CONNER GAL,
SUNDAY, Feb. ~, 1861.

SUNDAY, Feb. n, 1861.
The trade Of the port for the week which ended
yesterday exhibited the same features as previous
weeks. The imports were less than those of the
corresponding week last year, the exports much
heavier. For the first time since the beginning of
the year there was fair export Of specie, over
half a million in doubloons having been shipped
to Havana. Jobbers say that the week was, for
the season, more active and more cheerful than
had been expected by many. Some country buy
ers are in town, and many leading houses are doing
a moderate business. 1t need hardly be added
that the buyers are chiefly from the North and
West. The following are the comparative Custom
House tables Of the trade Of the,port for the week
md Tor l.
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S HIP PIN G NEW S.

ALMANAC roR EEw YoRK-rHIs
FUN NOON -
BUN SETS. AZ HIGH WATER 20
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MATRIMONIAL,

A YOUNG NAN TWENTY EIGHT YEARS OF AGE IS
"A desrous Of forming the acquaintance OF some young
lady, with view to mairmony over
~ one and OF epos ssng appearance all
cor Ddebfia Please address lansdcro, Station Spring
street Post office. =
MATRIMONy Il AN WIDOW TWENTY THREE
M years old DESTROYS q forming with gen
70 support awife comfortably Address stating when and
where sn Interview can be had @. W., Herald Office.
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bAfukbAY, Feb. ., 1857.
some less active while prices
re without material change from the previous day %
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inc Sntc VI" nc upncicnt w means 10 meet US lnter
est xt July, and ths question arises az 10 the best
c PRIV ding for 81 NJ to the peopln Of the
state ON additional t1KafiOn. 1t be royide fpr
without additional taxation II should he dons. rha,e
but way, n seems, hy ~hch b. done, and IN u
ny the sai " the sok state in the Bank NJ the
state NJ Wise ur amount ne W ueir vi 100 600 The
prdrcee arising from the sals thereof should be invested
in special" hpnds o. The state bearing per
tecst VII ID should he held saore the state for tho
sch, e. seminary an other 'lnds wEcn the State has
row lrTested l. Tho State Bank.
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FURNITURE.


A BEDROOM SUIT OF ENAMELLED FURNITURE
solid chesnnt Chamber Suite plain and ornamental Ut H.
FAkRNGTONS, 3eS Canal street, opposite wooster Is
tabished in ls4a
"A Bedding wholesale retail cheaper than any other
store, q W sNk DENIS 263 Bovery between Stanton
and Houston Please CALL and will
Goods warranted and delivered Free Note the number
FURNITURE BOUGHT FOR READY MoNEY-A FAIR
Books I23 sirth avenue between Ninth and Tenth
streets.
C,IRsT CLASS ENAMEIIED FURNITURE PLAIN
decorated and grained sold wanH, and sets;
resses, Spring Beds, &c J. W. FISHER CO. manufsc-
urers $50 Broadway, between Blocker streets
SPORTING.
GREAT HANDICAP RAT MATCH.-A GREAT HANDI.
" cap Rat Match Will take place at HARRY JENNINGS,
Kerr gaDs Hail. q White street. Monday evening Feb
There viii also be large quantity of rats hand for gen
emcn their little dogs wiib charge Doors
open ut half past Rat killing to commence at Tickets
o. admission Is cents.
THE LECTURE SEASON.
INTRODUCTORY LECTURE BEFORE THE
TWELFTH REGIMENT,
BY LIEUT. EGBERr l. vIELE
Suhect--The Duties OF Officers and Soldiers in a Cam
paisn The Theory OF Field Fortihcaions Attack and
Tense OF Permanent Works The siege OF se5astapo Illus
trotons with maps and diagrams Of the Crmes Charles
ton hRrbor.
Irving Hall, Irving place and Fifteenth street
TUESDAY EVENING, Feb 20 1861
Tickets 80 cents, can be had At the usual places
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The bad results Of tho business of the present year
attr buted to local cinses mainly sprngng from the
drousb, OF last l and mach confdeoce is expressed
toe pros ocia Of the future.
Holders Of Missouri State bonds will be interest
ed in the following statement from the $. Louis
Republican Of the 10Th instant
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-05-11

MINT SrATIsrICs.-The Alta presents tables
which show that the amount of gold worked at
the San Francisco Mint from April oath, 1857,
to December 3lst, 1860, was 5,591,3l2 ounces,
worth $l04,O24,37l o. The limit of wastage
allowed by law on this amount would be H. 1872
ounces, worth S2OS, ,O4S H. The amount actually
wasted was only 2l7 ounces, or S4,024 II; show
ing difference in favor of the Government,
effected by the honesty and uprightness of the
Superintendent, G. ii. Hampstead, of $204, 024-
so. The number of ounces coined in the same
period-four years-was 6,S49 ,3l5, worth $l27,-
439, ,l26 l3. The limit of wastage on this would
be 1922 ounces, or $l4l,ll 6S; and the actual
wastage only PIG ounces, or Sl,036 "a;
showing difference of Sl3l, l09 A. From the
above statement it will be seen that the wastage
of the Mint has been less than per cent. of the
amount allowed by law to be wasted in working
the above AMOUNT Of bullion. The wastage at
the Mint in Philadelphia, from 1919 to 1856, was
II per cent. of the amount legally allowed
BY his correctness and honesty, Superintendent
Hampstead has deserved the good opinion of
men of all parties. and will leave to his successor
an example that we hope will be followed.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-05-11


lesson in itself sublime
4 lesson worth enShrining,
Is this " take no note Of time
Save when the sun Is shining
These motto words dial bore,
And wisdom never breaches
To human hearts better lore
Than this short sentence teaches
As life is sometimes bright and car,
And sometimes dark aud lonely,
Let us forgst its pain and care,
And note its bright hour only.
There Is no grove on carth's broad chart
But has some bird to cheer il
So hope sings on in every heart,
Although we may not hear it;
And il to day the heavy wing
OF sorrow is expressing,
Perchauce to morrow : sun will bring
The weary heart blessing
For life is sometimes bright and fair,
And sometimes dark and lonely
Then let's forget its toll aad care,
Aud note its bright hours only.
We bid the Joyous moments haste,
Aud then forget their glitter
We take the cup of lite and taste
No portion but the bitter
But we should teach our hearts TO deem
Its sweetest drops and strongest
And pleasant hours should ever seem
10 lingor round US longest;
AS life Is sometimes bright and fair,
And sometimes dark and lonely,
Let us forget its toll and care,
And note its bright hours only
The darkest shadows of the night
Are just before the morning
Then let us wait the coming light
All bodeful Phantoms scorning
And while we're passing ON the tide
OF times fast cbbing river,
Let's pluck the blossoms by its side,
And bless the gracious Giycr-
As life Is sometimes bright and fair
And sometimes dark and lonely,
We should forget its pain and care,
Aud note its bright hours only.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-05-11
Gbe Grmitg yournal
Is PUBLISHED ON SATURDAY, AT
WeaverviIle, Trinity County, Cal, by
DAVID E. GORDON.
Editor and PrOprietOr.
once: Jomrnal Building, No. 9, Second Story,
,(Oyer Pierce, Church l. Coz
subscription rates 1:
Atlantic Subscription, S..
The Law Of Newspapers.

L. crihers who do nat give express notice 70 the
contrary considered wishing 70 continue their SUI
scriptions
IL subscribers order their papers stopped publishers
may continue to send it ti9 az charges are paid
IL subscribers neglect refuse to take their papers
the Office place to which they sent they
held responsible until they settle their bill and give notice
to dscon tnue them
IL subscribers 10 other places without inform
ing the publishers and the paper is sent to its former
driecton they held responsible Notice should always
be given Of removal.
= s. Postmasters failing to give notice within three
months Of the failure of subscriber to call for his paper
ia liable for the amount of the subscription.
The courts have decided that refusing to take paper
periodical from the office removing and leaving it
uncalled for, is prmd fdcie evidence of fraud.
P0stmasters would obgc by strict fulhlment of the
regulations requpigg thcp TO notify publishers, in
three months Of papers not taken from their office by
subscribers
Under the laws of Congress, papers not charged
postage in the couuies in which they are published.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-05-11

LEAVING AND GLAD TO GET AwAY,-The San
Antonio (Texas) E1press, of the latest date, says
of affairs in that portion Of the State I" DR..
Theodore llertzberg, former editor of the German
paper, left on Monday last with his family, in
company with six more families, for Southern
Mexico. A train containing twenty families
passed through our city on Monday, the 25th,
bound for California. This, party comes from
Clinton they expect to be joined by others west
Of here. The volume Of migration is swelling
daily, and travel whore you WILL you hardly meet
u man who does not talk Of moving, aud unless
there is an immediate return of good, established,
republican United States Government there will
be- an awful exodus from our land OF flowers, and
hitherto, plenty and it is not the worthless who
are going, but the rich"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-05-11

CANDIDATEs.-We have seen the following
names mentioned in various journals in Connexion
with the several Offices in question Congress
]. S. Pitzer, of Trinity Geo. f. Price, Siskyoui
John Couness, Ell Dorado Henry Edgerton,
Napa j. G. McKibbin, Serra-all Douglas
Democrats "A. W. Blair, Monterey Alexander
Campbell, San Francisco Wilson Flint, Sacra-
mento +. Fargo, Alameda 7. W. Sibley, Pla-
Ger A. Sargent Nevada; Thomas Fitch, San
Francsco-all Republicans For GovernOr-J
G. Downey, of Los Angeles J. W. McCorkle
Butte X. F. Hammond, San Joaquin-Douglas
7. G. Phelps OF San Mateo, and Leland Stanford
of Sacramento Republicans and b. j. Wash
ingtOn, Brecknridge.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-05-11

INFIDENCE OF NEWsPAPERs.-Sma is The sum
that is required to patrouze newspaper, and
amply rewarded is its patron, care not how
humble or unpretending the gazette which he
takes 1t is next to impossible to fill a sheet with
printed matter without putting into it something
that is worth the subscription price. Every pa
rent whose son is away from home at school
should supply him with newspaper. ] well
remember what a marked difference there was
between those of my schoolmates who had and
those who had not access to newspapers. Other
things being equal, the first were always superior
to the last in debate, composition and general
intelligence DANIEL Webster
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-05-11

APPoINTMENTs.-Th following appointments
for this State came by the last Pony Surveyor
of the Port of San Francisco Jno. +, Mclean /;
Naval Officer W. b. Farwell; Surveyor General
Edward f. Beae Mr.. Beale has long been in
the employ of the Government, and is highly
spoken Of as an efficient officer.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-05-11

UNION FEEIING.-T Throughout the State Union
meetings are being held and clubs organized.
1t is surprising with what Fponlaneiy the people
of our State have been aroused, since the first
news reached this coast of the attack on the Gov
ernment by the traitor forces at Charleston.
Patriotism Is vastly predominant in California.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-05-11

Why DOES GUNPowDER DRIVE BALL FROM A
CANNON When gunpowder is burned, the eIe
ments of which it is composed are changed from
the solid to the gaseous form, and as gases, they
occupy some 800 or 400 times more bulk than
they do in the solid state at the same temperature.
But the substances, at the same time that they
are changed into gases, are intensely heated, and
by this means their volume or pressure is still
more augmented. Various statements have been
made in relation 10 the amount of pressure pro-
duced by the burning Of gunpowder, but The best
experiments that we have seen any account OF
were made by some of the officers of our army.
Little cylinders, furnished with solid pistons,
and containing oil, were inserted in the metal of
the gun, opening at right angles into the bore,
so that the pressure of the gases would drive III
the piston, compressing the oil An arrangement
vas made by which the piston marked the dis
tance TO which it was forced into The cylinder,
thus registering the compression. The force re-
quired to compress the oil TO the same extent was
afterwards ascertaned by means of a lever and
weight. The pressure in the several parts Of the
bore was then measured, and was found to be
about $4,000 lbs to the square inch near the
breech and to diminish rapidly toward the muz
Zle.- Scientific american.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-05-11

DIsoBEDIENCE TO THE GoyERNMENT--There
have been ten specific attempts to defy the au-
thority of the Federal Goyernment sipce The
formation
The first was in 1882, and was conspiracy Of
several officers of the Federal army to consolidate
the thirteen States into one, and confer the su-
preme power on Washington.
The second was in 1871, called "Shays insur-
rection," in Massachusetts,
The third was in 1884, popularity called the
whisky insurrection" OF Pennsy lvaula.
The fourth instance was in 1914, by the Hart
ford Convention Federalsts.
The fifth, on which occasion the different sec
tions of the Union came into collision, was in
1920 under the administration of President Mon
roe, and occurred on the question of the admis-
sion of Missouri into the Union.
The sixth was collision between the Legisla
ture of Georgia aud the Federal Government in
regard to certain lands given by the latter to
Creek Indians
The seventh was in 1920, with the Cherokees
u Georgia.
The eighth the memorable nullifying ordi-
nance of South Carolina, in 1882.
The ninth was in 1912, and occurred in Rhode
Island. between the "Suirage Association" and
the State authorities
The tenth was in 1856, on the part of the Nor
mons, who resisted the Federal authority.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-05-11

REVENUE IN THE Seeding SrNrEs-From the
official reports, it appears that the whole amount
OF revenue collected at all the ports in the seced
ed States during the last fiscal year, ending June
3Oth, 1860, was only S3,19l,757, Or, about one
twentieth of tho revenue collected in all the
ports OF the United States As these States
comprise about sixth Of the Unon in territory
and population, their share OF the annual expen-
ditures of the Government could not have been
less than thirteen millions. They will lose, then,
nearly ten millions by separation, even II they
collect and appropriate as much revenue by Gus
toms as before. They will find however, that the
sum OF S3,40l ,75l will not 90 very far towai DIS
supporting Government
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-05-11

TIE BEST PARTNERs.-For whist, the eleverest
and most ndulgent; for dancing, the handsomest
and the most amusing for business, the stead.
est, the wealthest, and the most attentive and
for marriage, one who combines the qualities OF
all three.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-05-11
TRINITY JOURNAL,
weavervilIe, Saturday, May II, 1861.
SAN francisco Agency.

MIR. L.. y. Fisher is our only authorized Agent
San Francisco to receive advertisements receipt for
the same and to transact business generally for the
TRINITY JOURNAL. Ofce--No. 172 IL Washington street
nearly opposite Maguire's Opera House, up stairs.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-05-11

PRAYING CAREFULLY.--A blunt old citizen Of
Cleveland, according to the Heratd, was recently
expressing the great interest he felt in regard to
the movements of he President elect. lie said
" hope he'll come out all right. | have done
my best to help him by praying for him every
night. The other night prayed earnestly for
the success of the President, aud TO prevent mis-
takes just added that meant .4braham Li"eot",
and not the other (eiier ~
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-05-11

GETTING OLp.--Yes! We are getting old; along
the way are broken shrines where thousand
homes have wasted into ashes, foot prints sacred
under their drifting DUST green mounds whose
grass is fresh with the watering tears; shadows
even, which we would not forget, We will
chastened steps and hopes, push on toward the
evening whose signal lights will soon be seen
swinging where the waters are still and the
storms never beat
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-05-11

WIFE (complainingly)- haven't more than
a third of the bed"
Husband (trumpbantly) )-"That's all The law
allows"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-05-11

A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE.-SOme of the most
learned and distinguished men in Spain have
united in u society for the purpose OF forming
universal language to be spoken by all the tribes
Of the earth, in the place of the present varying
dialects.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-05-11

Cor BABY.-"A well spring Of joy" has
been opened in the house OF our cotcmporary
the Editor Of the Lagrange (Mo) 1mcricdn )
and the consequence is, the Editor is SO delighted,
he don know which end be is standing on. Just
listen to him:
Last Wednesday afternoon, " TO MS dhld was
born" but not "A son was given. We feel proud
Of our baby-it is SO pretty aud so sweet, 80 oar
better half says. 1t is a gll, of course-0ur wlle
wanted grl--so we gave up 10 her--lhe times
being too hard to split the difference and nave
girl and boy both at once. Our time Will come
next-see il it don't Our baby weighs eight
pounds, and all the ladies say that 1t is such n
pretty little angel, and looks just like its papa.
or course every ybody will know it is pretty when
it resembles us 1t has black eyes, dark hair,
and the sweetest little face, and the way it can
cry is u caution to Culliope-but then its little
voice is so charming, producing such harmony
of sweet sounds IL was the first time that we
ever heard our baby's voice, and what thrill OF
happiness did that little sound send through our
| bosom.
But we are too happy to express our feelings
we are at least two feet taller than we were be-
fore baby was born, and think ourseli good enough
to become preacher We pity every body who
| has ut got baby, and as for old bachelors we
| entertain a sovereign contempt for them ana
| intend to lam the first one that presumes TO have
the eflrontery to speak to US. Poor old MAIDS
from the bottom OF our heart we feel sorry ioI
them. Oh, that they could only realize the hap
pness Of young mother with her first born
Young men and young ladies, our advice TO you
is, Ego thou and do likewse"it will make you
feel happy to have a baby. We warn every
body not to insult us, for we feel big enough and
strong enough to whip every one of the Seeding
States back into the UniOn aud single man
wouldn't be a taste for us. We are doubly sound
| IN the IInion issue now
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-05-11

A YouNG lady shouldn't be unhappy heeanfe
she isn't quite as tall as she would IKE to be,
1t is a ycry easy thing TO get "spliccd.n
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-05-11

How do you feel with such shocking coal
?" said young dandy TO old Roger
leel,' said old Roger looking at him steadily
with one eye half closed, as ii taking aim at his
yctim-''l ieel, young man, as If had a coat
on " hch / had paid fora luxury OF feeling
which | think you never experienced"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-05-11

The Louisville Journal says: :" 1t is fortunate
for Tia names Of Burr aud Arnold that David II.
Twiggs was born, aud for the names of Swart-
won't, Price, etc, that Gov. Floyd was born, and
Tor the name OF John Tyler that Buchanan was
born"