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Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-11-01
The journal.

ASCENT OF MOUNT SHAsTs.-The state Geolo-
gsi Prof. Whitney, with his corps of assistants,
7, Gently ascerded Mount Shasta, as heretofore
noticed by us. A portion ol lDls company mas
furnished the Appeal with some interesting par
ticulurs In relation to the ascent "hich was maze
nm Tho lotb of Seotember. The party halted for
The NIGHT at the edge Of the snow-the usual
canning place. known as Camp Ross, which they
fnuud to be 1926 feet above sea level AT a
point above this. or 5000 feet above sea level all
timber disappears, the belt being as sharply de-
fined as is the snow line, and rather abrupt than
gradually shading off, is the case usually with
other mountains. But a short distance above the
timber, which is made OF trees twenty feet in
cirumrerCnce not trace of timber growth can
be found, and at a height of 5000 feet above sea
level every trace Of vegetation disappears, not
even the most minute Alpine flora being discov-
erable at a height of 1000 feet-all being scene
Of dpsolation-ice, snow, rock and scoria being
the only features of the scene.
At 3 o'clock in the morning, the party left
Camp Ross, arrived on the summit before noon,
taking there and at other points many harometri-
cal observations, in all several hundred being
taken to reach the final results, which give to
Mount Shasta height of l4,440 feet The day
was hazy, which fact interlerrcd with the grand
panoramic view which the party had hoped to
have seen from the summit ; but some very novel
aud beautiful phenomena were observed, the
ucaks visible from the summit being apparently
liked islands in the sea Of vapor which had foated
around them. When descending, a curious effect
Of " accidental lights y was observed by the fall
rg beams OF sunlight, which piercing through
the riffs in the clouds could be seen as clearly
defined in air as a single sun-ray Illuminating
darkened room, the earth being checkered, mean
while, with the broken sunlight. The party
found large quantities Of red snow" spoken oil
by Arctic travellers, which left deep hood red
tracks behind the passengers over it. The writer
of this saw the same phenomenon during an
ascent made in August, 1861, but then thought
il the discoloration Of the snow by red earth,
washed into it. Prof. Whiney's party brought
away some Of this red snow for microscopic cx-
animation.
1t is question if Mount Shasta is not the
highest mountain in the United States, as Mount
Hood. Oregon, which otherwise will have that
proud pre-eminence has generally been given at
1900 feet, though it has been given at 10000
guess work, probably.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-11-01

THE --LATEST ANECnoTE OF VIDoCo An un-
known person. calling himself Joaquin came TO
Vidocq's Office to offer bis services as Indicator
that is to say, spy, dcnouncer. What can you
do y asked the man Of police. {" A good many
things" replied the candidate. 3" In the first
place, can buy things cheap only try me-
All very well Take these two five franc
pieces, 60 to market, and bring me a couple oi
fowls. | shall what sort OF choice you
make" The new conner promised to be soon
back again In a very short time he returned and
delivered to Vidocq pair of irreproachable pull
lets, well as the cash he had received to pay
for them. 'Capital!" said the great man.
" But how did you manage ?" In this way,
answered Joaquin. " / borrowed of one OF my
friends, who is an under cook, his linen smock,
his cotton cap. and the basket he slings over his
back My basket was furnished with plenty OF
straw. and half filed it with stones to give 1t
weight. / bought six sous worth Of vegetables,
which laid on the top. Further on paid my
court to poultry woman, bargained for my
fowls and paid her the money. The basket be-
ng heavy, ! kept it on my head. ! was not 60
ing to have the trouble of taking it off to put
couple Of fowls into it so begged the good
woman to pack the goods herself inside my wick
er receptacle. Cooks and poultrrers cannot
help giving each other hands turn now and
then. stood facing her, as was the lady S due
and stopped little Her two hands were EN-
ployed over my head, while mine were at work
in her great front pocket. 1t certainly is "a iun-
ny fashion Of theirs to carry their till in front OF
their stomach easily got my own money
back, besides this thirty francs worth Of loose
silver" DO you often make haul like that
/ J." One does ones best the other replied. 4 y
modest answer Twas not bad trick. To NOR.
row III find you some employment. BE OIL and
don't get caught between this and then By me
by, how often have you been in prison ?? " NrV
cr. ! can't say that have any experience IA
that line. | have managed hitherto to keep out
of scrapes. Further don't pretend to say -
Jacquin went about his business. While be- was
explaining to Vdocq the way in which he had
picked the poultry w0mans pocket, be had been
very demonstrative ia grsticulations. hn had
suited the action to the word, STOPPING and going
down on one knee to represent the scene more
wildly. With all Difference he had once or twice
touched his catechiser, and he conirived to rob
V1ocq Of handsome gold watch aud heavy ap-
pendages. Joaquin (supposng that to be his
made his second appearance vdocq, whose
rage and wounded vanity were excited beyond
expression, moved Heaven and earth to fnd out
the clever thief but they never traced either
watch or Joaquin Many years after the event,
neither agent or Indicator . dare pronunce JAG
quin's S name in Nidocq's presence.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-11-01

The OLD FLAG STILL WAvEs.-As an evidence
of the progress of the progress of the Union
arms, says the Sacramento Bee, take the simple
but significant fact that the national flag now
waves in every State and Territory Texas was
the last into which it was carried, and the Cali.
fornia column took it there, aud there they keep
it. year ago the rebels had driven it out of
North Carolina, South Carolina Georgia., Ala
bama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Flof.dl,
Tennessee, Texas, and mostly out Of Kentucky
Virginia and Missouri hut it is back ia them aA
and in Arizona too while in all that time the
rebels have not planted their insignia Of treason
in a single State or Territory.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-11-01

WHY THEY SHOULD BIZ At PAR.-Some Of those
who oppose our ideas on the currency question
think thew possess more financial shrewdnes' than
others, aud therefore say that Legal Tender
Notes. like everything else, are new articles OF
trade and therefore must find their relative val
ne that if they are accepted at par. and are not
really as valuable as gold, prices of all articles
of barter. will nccessaraly nominally Increase
Now this is no new idea. 1t Is old as the hills
and it is the best reason in the world why Legal
Tender Notes should be adopted as The standard
value of currency, and pass at par IN all transac-
tions The notes are legal tender, and all
must take them in payment OF debt due the
large dealers and money men can protect them
selves in all their transactions but the mass OF
the people cannot. The wages of laborers and
mechanics in this State are now on gold basis
yet an employer can-and many OF them DO
buy MP Treasury Notes at 10 per cent discount
to pay off their men the men must take them
or nothing as they can only pass the Notes at
10 per cent. discount, ii follows that they are
swindled out Of One-tenih of their wages ana
though they buy articles at the stores at goId
prices, the effect on them is worse than II lhey
had to buy them at paper prices. Ii notes are
generally accepted at par currency, one class
canuot be swndlcd for the benefit OF another ;
the price Of all neCessaries and luXurlcs may go
up in consequence but the price OF labor wlll go
up in corresponding ratio. To Illustrate Now
man who earns $50 per month IS forced TO lake
pay in Notes with which be can only purchase SZ'
worth of uecessaries for his family they being
sold at gold prices. Suppose notes TO be general
par currency, and necessares and everything 60
up 10 per cent, in consequence be would re-
ceive S33 for his work, with which he could buy
the same quantity Of necessaiies as above men
toned, for $50 aud then have So left. Setting
aside all considerations Of patriotism the interest
of the masses Of the people demand that the Le-
gal Tender notes shall be the standard par cur
rency then if gold commands o premium. those
who pay gold out can re i've the premium, and
those who receive it can pay it. We shall then
have a currency that will not enable one class to
speculate at the expense OF the masses. As long
as these notes are kept below par, so long will
the masses OF the people suffer, and the few
leading traders and money men profit much
better il is to make them the standard currency.
and accept with them the consequent Imitation of
prices. InnatOns are more apt to work equally
than are depressions.-S +. Evening Journal
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-11-01

JuTE AND BAsr-The jute plant is scientifically
termed c0rcturdS capSuidriS, and belongs to the
family OF TiliacGa or linden trees, generally
lofty, ornamental, and well suited for avenues
and parks 1t is a native of the warmer parts of
India, and is cultivated in Bengal to an en0r-
mons extent 1t is an annual, growing from
twelve to fourteen feet in hight. Its flowers re-
semble those of the linden or lime tree. Its
fiber, contained in its bark, Characteristic Of all
the plants OF this order, is long, fine aud Of a
satiny luster. 1t is obtained by maceraiing the
plant in water, and is used for making cordage,
gunny bags, and even paper. These bags may
be seen as covers for East India rice aud sugar
In England it is mixed with hemp, also with silk
in the manufacture of cheap satins in imported
into this market, and as the foundation of low
priced carpets, which are also imported into the
United States. 1t cannot possibly be detected in
the satin fabrics where it constitutes part. The
great objection to it as cordage is that it will not
withstand exposure to wet weather, nor will cot
ton, for that matter. BY what process it is TO be
made equal to that staple is not apparent but
we notice there is claimed for it the advantage
of an unlimited supply at "A reasonable price,
that 1T can be worked alone or mixed with wool,
cotton, flax silk aud alpaca, and that it takes all
colors the newest aud most delicate.
Though we have not the jute, we have one of
its relations, the lime or linden, white or bass
wood tree, one of the most beautiful in our for
ests. We could doubtless interest our readers in
its history, character, and localities but the
point which it has in connection with iute is that
the cellular integuments Of the bark, separated
from the epdermis, when macerated in water i,
convertible into lines and ropes, and was SO
used by the Leui-LeDapee Indians. In Russia
the linden furnishes the well known article called
bast of which mats are made. forming an article
of conntrce. Fourteen millions OF these are
said to be exported annually from Archange
and other Russian ports to Great Britain. This
material can be obtained from the American
species. and would find a ready sale with oul
nurscrymen and gardeners, who use these mat
in their business to cover plants and trees fol
transportation. York Evening POST
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-11-01

MAMMOTH SWEET PoTAToEs-The AIta Of Oc-
tober 2lst says: A sack containing three mon
strous sweet potatoes was left in our sanctum
last evening. They are TREMENDOUS specimens
weighing twenty pounds each. Two are of the
red sweet variety and one Mexican white sweet
These huge potatoes were grown on the ranch oI
Solomon Runyon, in The Sacramento valley, thir
ty miles below Sacramento city, and just at the
head of the slough. This land was entirely sub
merged during the food of last winter. Not
withstanding the immense damage so universally
sustained throughout that section of country the
amount of fruit and vegetables raised this season
will compare tavoraby with the products of any
soil in the State.D
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-11-01
REDEMPTION FUND NOTICE
OFFICE TREASURER TRINITY Co
WeaverVille, Oct. e 1890

OFFICE TREASURER TRINITY Co..
ou Weavcrville, Oct. G, 1862
Office IS HEREBY GIVEN that in ooao.
dance with the provisions of an Act Of 'Ioor' Toa
STATURE creating Redemption Fund for Trinitsn
o"mty co"my sealed proposals for the surrender Of
county warrants will he received at the oeca u, os
the undersigned in Weavervile. nm 'Io 20 UIce OF
day of the session Of the Board of Snnor" "J las'
in November next. supervisors,
%o@ No bids will be received for mora n,,., a.
par value OF Warrants offered, aud each Warra,. ont
proposed to be surrendered must accomnonn ~ ah'
''o go,.h JOHN MUSSER, '"'
''''' County Treasurer.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-11-01
No. Thc McdicnI and Surgical siasiisufe Oh

a u
DR. L. j CzApKAY is already secured in position whch
places it, as wen its proprietor far above the assaults oi
envy and professional malice In the schools Of France
the highest prizes often awarded to practitioners IN
this department Of Medical science and they occupy with
others an equally lofty position in the profession klcorl
is an illustrous example shining light among ihe pm
fully eaualled him in this country as proof o ~hSn'
the Philadelphia College Of Medicine coAplmentH nm
with Diploma and the honorary ad eundem degree Sc
ecng this his field Of operation although qualHed as
graduate of the University Of Pesth and late Chei sur
peon of the Hungarian Reyou t0nay Army, Tor more eN-
tended abors Dr. H. j. C@pkay has bent his earnest at
tenion TO the Of chronic Ant private diseases, III
which he has become great expert that he Is now
REGARDED as the LEADER in this branch of ms profession
throughout the United states ami his portrait ana bog
ruv are published rs matter of interest to hcir readers
in the most exclusive journals Tie Doctors oiAces are
at his Medical and Surgical Institute On Sacramento St.
corner Of clelor nearly opposite the building OF the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
RE- We ask particular attention Of our readers to the
sworn certificates of remarkable cures IA another oofnn
Of this paper. do.3hi'
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-11-01

THE METHODIST PARSONS REGMENT-The fol-
lowing is a list Of the field, staff and company
Officers of the Seventy third Regiment of Illinois
vo uneers, known as the Methodist Preacher
r. R'giment,H now stationed at Camp Russell, near
Covington, Kentucky:
Colonel-Rev. James r Jaqucss d. D., late
President Quincy College.
Lieut.. Colonel-Rev. B. L. Northcott.
Major-Rev VIM. A. Preston.
Adjutant-R. r. Russell
Surgeon-Dr. G. O. Pond.
Assistant Surgeons-Dr. r. E. Stevenson and
DR.. b. Bresson.
Chaplan-Rev. John L. Bayer
james W. l.. Slakens.
Company A-Capt W. E. Smith.
Company B-Capt. Rev. W. b, NJ. Colt.
Company Capt. Rev. p. McNutt.
Company D-Capt Thomas Motherspan.
Company E-Capt. Wilson Burroughs.
Company F-Capt Rev. Geo. Montgomery.
Company G-Capt. John Sutton.
Company H-Capt. Rev JAS. J. Davidson.
Company Capt. Rev. Peter Wallace.
Company K-Capt. Rev r. II. Laughlin.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-11-01

The Louisville Journal Of recent date saws :
" The appointment Of Gen. Mcclellan to the
command of the army of Virginia is, under all
the circumstances, glorious vindcaton of that
most gifted and accomplished soldier. 1t needs
not the acclamatlon of the army, with the echo
ing plaudils Of the nation, to round off its glory,
YET 'hese II mas. Now, that, in spite Of the cal.
umny of zealots and of the raining of mndcans
ana charlatans, the first soldier of the country.
II not The first soldier Of the world is once more
at ihe head Of the army, the nation may well
breathe freer.n
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-11-01
WORDS ~ SEAsON.-The "Lounger,"
last number of Hdrper'S Weekly, says;

WORDS IN SEAsoN.-The Lounger," in the
last number of Harpers Weekly, says;
"'Let us suppress the aboltionists' cries
some slack wiited orator, and the rebellion will
endr Of course it will, you dear soul and ii
all your fellow citizens had been Of your calibre
and kidney there would have been no rebellion
at all If Hampden and his friends had said,
Let us suppress these fellows who cry out against
shpmOney, England would have quietly submit
to the tyranny OF the Stuarts. If Otis and Pat
rick Henry had shouted Iiurrah for King George
and the Stamp act ? there would have been no
bloody revolution. If Mirabeau aud the French
people had beloved Hurrah for starvation
arstocrats forever all the troubles in France
would have speedily ended. TO be sure every
right would have been annihlated every liberty
destroyed, and few rich aud remorseles people
would have governed France but there would
have been no difficulty, except moral rot aud ma
tiona decay
Let MS suppress the aholitoni-tv But
suppose you begin at the ginning. First sub
due the common sense Of the people Of the coun
try then you may subdue those who influence il.
1t is not what you call. with an amusing persist
euce abollionism which caused the war, but the
opening Of the eyes Of the people so that they
saw. The people Of this country know perfectly
well that slavery is at the bottom Of this rebel
lion. IF there had been no slavery there would
have been no rebellion; just as there would have
been no abolitonism The temperance move
ment springs from drunkenness and when
drunken man tries to kill his wife, don't you
think that the teetotalcrs are responsible for
it?
Slavrry was uying ~ kiii the country. ~ had
almost succeeded. Watch watch = shouted the
abolitionats. Slavery, moddencd that its crime
was discovered shot aud stabbed right and left.
There there cry the sensible WicklilIe and
Company this comes Of calling the watch =
Why the devil can't you hold your tongues =
Let us suppress these fellows that cry Watch !!
watch! and all will be quiet again =
Certainly dead dog or IA dead nation are both
perfectly quiet. Aud a nation Of freemen throt
tied with its own consent, by slave system
like ours, is the deadest aud meanest Of all dead
dogs"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-11-01

GENERAL Ho0KER-A Washington corresponds
Of a New York paper, under date Of October I'd,
says:
Gen. Hooker rode into the city today in a
carriage. lie appears to be full of nervous ener-
gy. lie is reported as having said that Richmond
might have been taken Immediately after the
battle of Wiliamsburg,an and that Lees army might
have been DESTROYED at Anlietam.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-11-01
NOTICE.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that the ~ #
: dersigned will apply to the Hon. BUolo lno.e
supervisors, at the November Term, for iV'tI, ,Ie
10 keep toll bridge across North Fork AZ -"
town of North Fork. IN
H. SCHOONER y ,,,.5, C9,
North Fork, Oct. Is, 1862, Aus"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-11-01

WAR NEws.--The army has been divided into
two great corps, commanded by Mcclellan and
Burnside, preparatory to an advance against the
enemy This explains the previous report that
Burnside had been assigned to the command Of
Harper's Ferry. Mcclellan is with the right
which, by quick march from Hancock, might
gain the flank Of Jackson's position at Bunker
Hill, while the left under Burnside, advances
against the right Of the rebel army on the Shen-
andoah. Excessive caution marks the move
ment of the Army Of the Potomac, but when the
advance is made Lee and Jackson will be beaten
The Federal force is very large splenddly
equipped, and with fair proportion Of invinci-
bic veterans, it cannot be defeated by the army
that fed from Maryland, after that fierce test of
valUr and fortitude on the b0ody field Of Antie
tam. The preparations for this new campaign in
Virginia, are on grand scale, and we surmse
that when the thunder begins, it will be heard
simultaneously on the banks of the James and
in the Shenandoah Valley. Buell. and Bragg
are engaged in another trial Of speed--Nash
willie being the prize for which they contend
Having safely stored his plumber south of the
Cumberland mountains the rebel General has
started for The Capital Of Tennessee, which is
already menaced by the enemy. Gen. Negley
Of Pennsylvania, commands there aud fortifca
tions have been constructed. There is little prob
ability OF that General or Governor Andy John
son surrenderiug while there is the smallest pros
pect Of relief. Reiuiorcements aud supplies can
be sent by railroad from Bowling Green, Ken
tneky as soon as Buell. reaches the Iatter point
Meantime, however, intelligence comes from
Washington that Government has at last issued
an order for the removal Of Buell. from the com
mand in Kentucky, and. assigned the active and
skllful ROsecrans to that important positon.--
Rosecrans will rescue Nashville by marching
against Bragg, and not upon parallel lines. We
are gradually getting the right men into the
light places. Sabine City, aud the port com
munding Sabine Pass Pelican Island command
ing the harbor of Galveston and probably Cor
pus Christi, at the mouth Of the Nueces, bave
been captured the conraband expectation OF
cotton stopped, and commencement made in
the restoration Of Texas to the Union Ujlion,
2jM.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-11-01

MAYOR TEscnEMAcnER, OF San Francisco, has
received dispatch from Congressman Low, da.
ted New York, Oct l4th, stating that the remains
OF Col. Mathewson, late commander of the First
california regiment, were sent on a steamer for
this State. consigned to the Mayor 1t win be
RENE mbered bat Col Mathewson succeeded the
lamcntpd Baker in tue command Of the Calilor-
MA Regiment.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-11-01

Poison ANTIDoTE.-A farmer who says that be
knows whereof he speaks, gives the following in
formation of a certain cure for poison of any
kind. within easy reach Of most families. 1t
seems incredible that such specific should be
unknown to sklfQl physicians, aud we give the
assertion therefore without any vouch for it.
truth:
1t is now over twenty years since I learned
that sweet oil would cure the bite of rattle
snake, not knowing that it would cure any other
poison. Practice, observation and experience
have taught me that it will cure poison Of any
kind, both man and beast. ! think no farmer
should be without bottle Of it in his house
The patient must take a spoonful internally, and
bathe the wound for a cure. To cure a horse it
requires eight times as much as it does man.
Here let me say OF one of the most extreme cases
Of snake bite in this neighborhood, eleven years
ago this summer, where the case had been over
thirty days standing, aud the patient had been
given up by his physicians. | heard Of it, car
red the oil, gave him one spoonful, which crca-
ted cure. 1t is an antidote for arsenic and
strychnine. 1t will cure bloat in cattle caused
by eating too freely OF fresh clover it viii cure
sting of bees, spider, or other insects and it
viii also cure persons who have been pqi2'ted
by Il low running vine growing IN mdth5ws,
called ivy"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-11-01

ANXIOUS TO FIGHT- The steamer Gem. from
Red Bluff brought down on her last trip, two
miners from Shasta, who left their claims lor the
purpose of going East to volunteer as privates
in the army for the war. Their names are r. II.
Sauborn and w. IL. Paddleford. When men
abandon their business and travel six thousand
miles to enter the ranks they must certainly en-
tertain an earnest faith in good cause-S. r.
IOuru1I
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-11-01

A DoMEsTIc FARCE N ONE SCENE" Why is
it, my son, that when you drop your bread and
butter it is always on the buttered side ?'
q" | don't know. 1t hadn't orer, had it The
strongest side ought to be up, aud this is the
strongest butter have ever seen"
Hush up now it is some of your aunt's
churniug"
Did she churn it. the lazy thing"
What. your aunt y
No, this here butter. TO make the poor old
woman churn it when it is strong enough to
churn itself"
Hush Zeb, I've eat great deal worse in the
most aristocraic houses"
"Well, people Of rank ought to eat it,"
"Why people of rank p
"Cause it's rank butter"
lyon varmint you what makes you talk so
smart?"
"Cause the butter has taken the skin off my
tongue"
"Zeb, don't lie! | can't throw the butter
away"
"I'll tell you what would do with it-kecp
it to draw bIisters. You ought to see the flies
keel over as soon as they touch it,"