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Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-21

| THE DESTRUCTION OF THE MERRIMAC.-Ther
are rumors afoat that the Merrimac has not been
destroyed and that she has gone up james Rv-
er to blockade it against the passage of any
vessels of our fleet. This report is absurd, as
she could only proceed a few miles up James
river and had she gone there she would un-
quesrionably have been seen repeatedly before
this time. The following from Fortress Mon
roe correspondent furnishes an account of her
destruction by an eyewitness thereof
From the engineer on board one of our pick
ct boats, which are always stationed In the Roads
at night, beyond the Monitor, to keep watch
for the coming of the Merrimac, have learned
the following particulars in regard to her last
moments:
She remained all night in her old position this
side of Craney Island and in the channel, watch
ing the movements OF troops at this point. and
also an opportunity to escape either up James
river, or out to sea. AT o'clock this morning
my informant thought he saw an unusual light
in the direction of the Merrimac, aud upon close
ly inspecting it with his glass he concluded that
she was on fire. Her crew had doubtless been
apprised of the evacuation OF Norfolk and its
possession by our troops, and hnding no way of
escape they concluded to dig the last ditch for
their iavOrte The fire continued to burn slow
| ly, sometimes streaming from her port holes, at
others belching from her smoke stack. 1t soon
seemed to glare all over her as if her iron pa
ting had become entirely heated through and at
O'Clock her smOkestack fell with dul crash,
sending up volume Of smoke and fiames AnX
iously tho spectators awaited the explosion, aud
from the fact that the fire cotinued 80 long 1t
was thought that there could not be much pow
der on board. AT 10 minutes pas 8, her black
hull was lifted up AS if by some giant hand Il
huge volume of flame and fireworks, rivaling the
skill of pyrotechnist. filled the air, aud dull
report coming across the water told us that the
Merrimac, which has caused such wonder In the
Old World and anxiety in this, had ingloriously
sunk amid the scenes of her former conflict
Thus has the great question, which is the best
vessel, the Monitor or Merrmac, been left un
settled, aud the prestige which our navy might
have gained by the capture OF the rebel iron
clad been lost beyond recovery. While every
one feels relieved that the Merrimac is not com
ing, still general desire has always existed
that she shosd haye been either captured or
sunk by our fleet.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-21

THE Memphis Argus says the Confederate loss
at Shiloh in killed and wounded, was 1000, and
that 33 per cent. of Bishop Polk's army was kill
ed and wounded. Speaking OF the rebel navy,
the .Argus says:
"Thus far, it must be confessed, our attempts
with the gunboats on the river have been dis
gusting fizzle The people know it, and SO docs
the Government"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-21
TRINITY JOURNAL.
Weaverville, Saturday, June 81, 1862

RED BLUFF.-From the Independent we learn
that Isaac Baggs, Esq, late of Shasta has located
there and will practice law. The "Fakir of ST
va" had been giving some "Black Art'' enter
tanments. Johnny James, on Stony Creek, will
give grand Barbecue and ball on the 4th of Ju
ly. Mr. Schuman is supplying the citizens with
ice from the Battle Creek Meadows. Enthusias
tic reports had been received from the Esmeral
da mines A number Of teams left for the Hum
boldt country last week.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-21

stands at the end of the bridge crossing the North
Fork, and at the main entrance to town ; is one
of the best finished two.story brick buildings in
the county, and occupies most eligible location
for any kind of business. The property will be
sold cheap. For further particulars apply to
HERMAN SCHOONER.
North Fork. May "a, 1862. lott
Gss- Humboldt Times copy ono month, and send
bill to this office.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-21

PRENTICE, of the Louisville Journal, made the
following observation, which we commend 10
certain individuals in this latitude
eff you hear a fellow speak of Union men ss
Aboitionists, you may set him down as a knight
of the Golden Circle"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-21

EXECUTION or A Notwithstanding 10 the
Memphis papers man named Harris, from Holly
Springs, Miss, was sentenced to death for repeat
ed assertions. Marching to the ground, he
waived the cermony Of having his eyes bandaged
and folding his arms, and bidding the detail TO
make sure work. be met bis fate undaunted
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-21

NINETY rebel prisoners, who were to be re turn.
ed to Richmond from Fortress Monroe, positive
ly refused to CO. and took the oath OF allegiance
to the United States Government.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-21

ASSISTANT Postmaster General Kasson notifies
publishers that bandbills cannot be enclosed ia
newspapers and sent through the mail without
subjectng them to letter postage.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-21

A LARGE SHIPowNER.--The largest shipowner
in Great Britain, and in fact, in the world, is
Ralph Brockebank. Vice President of the Royal
Insurance comapny, who has atoat nearly six
hundred sail OF vessels.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-21

SEVENTY YEARS OLD.-The holy vessel of the
Athenians, during o course OF seven hundred
wears, had been Nften rebuilt, that some OF
their sophists maintained that 1T was no longer
the same ship, and frequently used 1T as an illus
traton in discussing the question OF personal
identity. l myself both in body and mind, have
undergone such total replacement OF feelings
and Ideas ia my little existence Of three score
years. that was inclined to think myself dit
ferent parsonage altogether from the short-sisht-
ed youth who considered forty as grave
paternal age, and connected sixty with nothing
but ideas of decreptude and decay. remember
when thought the consciousness of getting old,
and approaching the edge of the great abyss,
must, ut the former age begin 10 dim the sun
shine of existence and at the latter be sufficient
to overcloud and darken all its enJoyments.-
These species Of fancy vanished as came near
them. AT forty set myself down us young
man and finding myself at sixty, hale, hearty
and happy, able to work in my garden, enjoy
literature and the arts, and cultivate the Muse
with a keener relish OF existence than ever, set
Ting in my own mind that this was the real merl-
dian and zenith of human life. Children, when first
they ride in q carriage, imagine that the trees
and houses are moving on, while they are sta
tionary and in like manner, | could plainly see
the ravages of time upon my contemporaries. and
observe that they were getting on, while my
self seemed to have been standing STILL and at
some loss to account tor all my old friends run
ming ahead of me. This is another illustration
of that bengnant provision OF nature, which
will not even suffer our selt.love to be wounded,
and equalizcs the happiness Of lfes various
stages, by making even the foiblcs OF age minis
ter to its enjoyments.
How often in my younger days, have repeat
ed the wel-known lines of Dryden
Strange cozenage none could live past years again
Yet all hope pleasure from what still remains,
And from the dregs of life think to receive
What the first sprightly running would not give:
Which fools us young, and beggars US when old"
have lived to disprove them. ,coula live
past years again but it should be the latter. not
former part for the currant OF life, us n APP
proaches the great ocean of eternity, runs
smoother and clearer than in its first out-gushng
Like Jobe's, my latter days have been the most
blessed. am now seventy years of age and
batting the loss of few teeth. and some other
inevitable effects of age upon my person, still
possess ga sound mind in II sound body" and
9 bate no ot of heart or hope" My journey
from sixty to seventy has been as delightful as
that from forty to sixty nor do anticipate any
future disappointment should it be extended to
eighty, for my confidence in natures substitutions
and benignaut provisions is boundless. Had she
fixed a century as the impassable boundary of
life, we might feel some annoyance and appro-
hension as we approached it; but by leaving it
undetermined, she has TO u certain extent, made
us immortal in our own belief, for hope Is illlm
table.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-21

THE New York papers relate that beautiful
and well educated German girl committed sal
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-21
TuE SEA BEYOND

IITe q sIIthL sHOTU!
Where we sit patient-O great sea beyond
To which we turn with solemn hope aud fond,
But sorrowful no more -
A little while and then we, too, shall soar
Like white-winged sea birds IN the inluite deep;
Till then, Thou, Father will our spirits keep.
Mss Muiooh.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-21

THE AGE OF OUR EARTH.--We extract the fol
/ fowi,ig from Agassiz's article on "Methods o
Study IN Natural History" in the May number
of the atlantic Monthly;
Among the astounding discoveries of modern
science is that of the immense periods which
have passed in the gradual formation OF our
earth. So vast were the cycles OF time prece-
ding even the appearance OF man on the surface
of our globe that our own period seems as yes
terday when compared with the epochs that have
gone before it. Had we only the evidence Of
the deposits of rock heaped above each other
in regular strata by the slow accumulation Of
materials they alone would convince us OF the
long and slow maturing OF Gods work on earth,
but when we add to these the successive popua-
tions of whose life this world has been the thea
tre and whose remains are hidden III the rocks
into which the mud or sand or soil OF whatever
kind on which they lived has hardened in the
course of tme--or the enormous chains OF noun
tains whose upheaval divided these periods of
quiet accumulation by great convulslons-or the
changes of different nature in the conhguration
of our globe, as the sinking Of lands beneath
the ocean, or the gradual rise of continents
and islands above it-or the wearing of great
river beds, or the filling of extensive water ba.
sins. till marshes first aud thea dry land succeed
ed TO inland sess-or the slow growth Of coral
reefs, those wonderful sea-walls raised by the
little ocean architects whose own bodies furnish
both the building stones and the cement that
binds them together, and who have worked SO
busiy during the long centuries that there are
extensive countries mountain ranges, Islands,
and long lines of coasts consisting solely of their
remains-o or the countless forests that must have
grown up, fiourished, died aud decayed, to fill
the storehouses of coal that feed the fires Of tue
human race to day-if we consider all these rec
ords of the past, the intellect fails to grasp q
chronology for which our experience furnishes
no data, and the time that lies behind us as
much an eternity to our conception as the future
that stretches indefinitely before US,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-21

"SAM." said one little urchin to another, the
other day, Sam, does your school master ever
give you any reward Of merit ?"
- s'pose he does" was the rejolnder. /" He
gives me a lickin' regularly every day, and says
| merits twop'
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-21

WoMAN.-As a mother she scolds aud spanks
us as a sister she tells of aud pnches us as
sweetheart, she coqnets and jilts us as wife,
she frowns, pouts, frets, cries and tormenls US
without her, what would there be to trouble us
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-21

ALEX G. Abell has been chosen Grand MIR
shal for the 4th of July celebration in San Firm
cisco.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-21

THERE now' cried little girl while rum.
magng a drawer In bureau, " there now gram
pa has gone TO heaven without his spectacles."
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-21

CHAs PILGRIM was killed at Mill Valley, Cala
veras county, June ith, by rolling log.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-21
A SHAMELESS contemporary, bachelor say

1.-The reason why the women do not cut them
selves in two by tight acing is because they lace
around the heart, aud that is 80 hard they cannot
affect IT,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-21
anu VaIuHUIt IlIUTWHtIUH 10
Milliners, Dress Makers, Mothers,
FOR SALE +!

TIE UNDERSIGTED offers
at private sale his two story Brick
building, in the town of North
E.,,l, U,,i,,;,u aznntu uha baKKssZ
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-21

YANKEES VS.. SEcEsHERs.-At saloon Ia Vir-
ginia City, conversation sprung mp concerning
the occupation of New Orleans by Butler and
his Yankees, as follows:
Secesher.--Tbe id Yankees have got New
Orleans, to be sure, just now but Yellow Jack
will scatter them the can't stand him.
Sharp Yankee.-They can't? Well, Tll tell
you what it is. You know they've caught a
mackeral in Lake Ponchartrain, recently. 1t
followed the Yankees down, and wherever that
kind of fish will live, Yankees will thrve-you
bet.
The Enterprise says the secesher seeded from
the logic Of the Yankee.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-21

A New RoDMAN GUN-An exchange tells the
following in regard to ordnance officer Rodman's s
enterprise, viz:
"Captan Rodman, having successfully cast q
2O-inch gun, and the test showing it to be safe
and strong, as Il smaller cannon, is now at work
on pocket piece for the President the ball OF
which is to weigh 5000 pounds-to have a range
of six or seven miles, of "a feet diameter, while
the gun itself will weigh somewhere in the neigh
borhood of 200 tons. 1t is supposed that If the
Warrior or any other English ship should be
struck by one of the pills from this little joker,
it would be difficult for the future historian to
tell the precise place where the English vessel
was last seen, or at what instant she disappeared
from mortal view Capt. Rodman is now finish
ing six 15-inch playthings, besides old Abe's
pocket piece, the 80 inch joker. The story that
a guard is set over this gun every night to pre-
vent il from being picked up and carried of by
some thief, is pronounced a canard
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-06-21
Nine. DEMOREST'S
QUARTERLY MIRROR OF FASHIONS

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THREE FULL SIZED PATTERNS
comprising the latest Paris styles Of
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Together with nearly 100 Engra-
wings of all the novelties for
Spring Danlets C0Rs Trimmings, Chllnns Dresses. Etc,
and valuable information to
Milliners, Dress Makers, Mothers,
and Ladies generally, presenting the largest and
best Fashion Magazine in the World, published
473 Broadway, aud sold everywhere at 25 cents,
or sent by mail, post free, on receipt of 81 to-
gether with the following valuable premium =
Each yearly subscriber will be entitled to select
so cents worth of plain patterns, from the designs
in the book. or from the show rooms, or they may
be ordered and sent by mail any time during the
year, by paying the postage. g.s- Splendid in
ducaRents TO canUasSers. Summer number now rea-
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Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-18
weighed I'm the balance.

Weighed in the balance and found wanting is
the verdict of the people OF the great States OF
Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania, against the Ad-
ministraiiOn at Washington.
lt is a terrible condemnation of imbecility,
treachery and uSurpaton
1t is an impatient and emphatic demand that
the 7. esident shall send away the Cabinet Minis
tiers who have msled him, emaucipate himself
from the wretched influences which surround
him. return To the observance of his own solemn
oath to support the Constitution, and call into the
service of the Government. in its highest places,
patriots and Statesmen
IL IL an impatient and emphatic demand that
hereafter the war shall be prosecuted for the res
toration of the Union. and for no other purpose
whatever
1t is proclamation that there shall be no more
arbitrary illegal arrests that martial law
shall not prevail in the loyal States where the
charged with offense shall have a speedy trial,
and that every constitutional right shall stand
intact.
1t is an indignant protest against The diabo
cally wicked waste of life and treasure which
has distinguished this war beyond any example
in the history of civilized warfare, and trumpe;
call that henceiorth the war shall be conducted
by military men. upon military principles, and TO
a triumphant military termination.
IL Is in short, the great voice OF three power
fu States, awaiting the response of Illinois and
the other States which will speak in November
Chicago Times.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-18

The Journal and the Republican press are
rabid over the results of the recent elections, aud
profess TO fear the consequences. Upon that
score the Republicans need give themselves no
uneasiness The Democracy have always been
the Union party, and they will continue to be
They have always sustained the Government
and they will continue TO do so. President LIN
coin and Governor MORTON need have no tear
but they will be fully sustained by the Democ
rscy in the legitimate discharge of all the duties
OF their positions. But their official acts will be
closely investigated and scrutinized. Ii frauds
corruptions aud mismanagement have character
lied the administration of the trusts confded to
them. they will be exposed. But if it has been
honest. pure and wise. tliey need have nothing to
apprehend. /. Is the province of free people to
pass upon the conduct Of those who represent
them. aud they propose to exercise il.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-18

The news from the Ninth Congressional Dis
trict leaves the contest there in doubt. Ii was
conceded at Logansport, yesterday at noon, that
CoIFAxs chances we're rather better than TUR-
PrE's aud that fifty votes would cover the major
ity either way.
Let the contest terminate as it may, the friends
ofMr. TuRPiE have a right to be proud of their
young and gallant champion. He has cut down
a majority of three thousand four hundred to a
few dozen votes at most Mr.. CoLFAx's abolition
record has been signally rebuked by the people
of his District, and trust that he will be dis
posed to consider his WAYS and sin less in his fu
ture course. The people have spoken viii he
heed their voice 7
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-18

Hon. ID W VOORHEES,, the eloquent champion
Of Democratic principles, is re elected to Con
gress BY twenty five hundred majority. This is
indeed glorious triumph Every effort was
made by the Abolitionists to defeat him. The
most popular Republican in the District was the
opposing candidate. yituperation and abuse
was heaped upon Mr.. VOORHEES, through every
agency that his opponents could use. But the
people stood by him. He has more than doubled
the majority he received two years ago. In the
elections of this year there is no more gratifying
personal tribute than the reelection OF Mr. VooR-
HIKES, or prouder party triumph. All over the
country his political and personal friends will re
ioice at the result
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-18
Our Army COrrespondence-Fr the
mississippi.

HELENA. ARK, Oct. IL, 1862
just after breakfast this morning our boat.
tied TO the Arkansas shore, where Helena ought
to be- but where the United States, through her
speaking representatives, gunboats. artillery cav
airy and infantry, now hold undisputed SWAY
Osr boat officers tried hard to make the land be
fore breakfast. but a kind Providence let her
aground about an hour just in sight of town,
thus saving "a that extra fifty cents which they
intended 10 charge after entering port, and 10
gain which they delayed culinary operations one
hungry hour.
As you stand on deck looking landward you
see the tents OF our soldiers stretching along the
shore for about three miles, chiefly below the
town. and between the levee and the river, though
enough DOT the adjacent hills 70 give one OF the
most suggestive landscape views that have ever
seen Transferred TO canvas by the pencil of
our Reed OF Cox. il would be not only ntrinsi-
cally beautiful bot possess historic interest OF
unusual Importance
was not long in hunting up our men. soon
I learned that. without consulting me, Gen. Curtis
had ordered the cth and 18th infantry and
klaus's battery, with large number of other
troops, to Pilot Knob. by way OF ST. Louis. |
will not reveal military secrets by publishing the
ultimate design OF TINS move, for that las not
been made known TO me: but 1t the general guess
OF the camp l. anything near m the right direc-
ton. il is ,olerably certain already that somebody
has blundered for since their einbarkation news
from the enemy indicates that they have heard OF
the destination of our troops, and are changing
their plans accordingly. or that the movement on
their part which induced Gen. Curtis 70 make this
was a mere feint and they are carrying out the r
original design This Is the more probable, aud
unless the news from Corinth and Kentucky
should reach them in time 10 enable them 10
modify their programm which Is doubtless a
part of a grand aggressive scheme, there will be
hotter times here than | care 10 take part IN
hence shall use due diligence To be away before
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