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Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-12-27
PROBATE NOTICE.
In the matter Of the Estate Of S.
Clark Jones, deceased.

In the matter OF the Estate Of S.
Clark Jones, deceased.
In tie PrOJate Cdurt Of tie county Of Trinity,
state Of CdtJ0rRia:
TT APPEARING TO THE COURT BY THE
l. petition presented and fled by A. J. Looms,
administrator Of the Estate of 5. Clark Jones,
deceased, praying for an order to sell the real
aud personal estate-that it is necessary to sell
the whole estate, both real and personal to pay
the outstanding debts, expenses and charges Of
1t is therefore ordered by the Court, that all
persons Interested in said Estate appear before
the Probate Court of said county of Trinity on
the 29th day Of December, 1862 at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon Of said day, at the Court room of
said Probate Court, in the village Of Weaver
vlle and county aforesaid, to show cause why
an order should not be granted TO said Admins
traitor to sell all the real and personal estate of
said deceased aud that copy Of this order be
published at least for four consecutive weeks in
the TRINITY JOURNAL, a weekly newspaper print
ed and published in the village and county alore-
said.-Dated Nov. 28, 1862.
Il. j. CURTIS, County Judge,
and eXollicio Judge Of Probate Court.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-12-27

CTATE OF CALIFORNIA, CoUNrY OF TRIM
- rY, ss.--I, NJ f. Griffin, county Clerk of the
county Of Trinity and State Of California. and
eX-o(icio Clerk OF the Probate Court in aud for
county aforesaid do hereby certify the foregoing
to be true and correct copy Of an order duly
made and entered upon the minutes of said Pro
bate Court.
Witness my hand aud the seal Of said Pro-
[L.s.l bate Court, this 18th day Of November, A.
D., 1862.
4GIt. NJ. f. GRIFFIN, Clerk.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-12-27
Importing DrU
The undersigned offer for sale:
1Oo Carhovs oil Vitrol 90 Eastern" (:

The undersigned offer for sale:
100 Carboys Oil Vitrol, EASTERN;
5000 lbs Nitric Acid strong;
1900 lbs Ctrc Acid;
1000 lbs. Muriatic Acid
1000 lbs Powdered Tartaric Acid, best
so cases super Carb. Soda;
500 ozs Sulph. Qunine,: 700 doz Wrghts Pills
90 ozs Strychnine, pure: 70 gross Brand. fills'
IS ozs Sulph Morphine: 100 gross Moilats' Lees.
100 lbs Iodide Potassa,: Ayers, Jaynes, and
l25 lbs Chloroform, : Nc Lanes Pills,
106 lbs Calomel. 100 doz Myers Sarsap.
1900 lbs Spts Nitre and: and Yellow Dock,
Aq. Ammonia, 100 doz. Lyons Katha
COO lbs Balls Copaiba, rion.
T5O lbs Gum Arabic: 500 d0z. J. Hauels Il
white. Co.'S Extracts, Hair
200O lbs Flors Sulphur: Oil, Coiognes, &c
COO lbs Oil Lemon Ber-. 70 boxes CASTLE soap,
gamOt, genuine.
Origanum. Peppermint: 80 cas- best Olive Oil,
Spr1ce and Almonds, 5000 lbs Sal Soda,
2200 gal Kerosene OIL. 60 bbls Rosin,
100 gal Lard Oil, tins: 100 bbIs Plaster Paris,
500 gal Camphene, 40 bbls Marble Dust,
1900 gal 95 per ct. Al: 20 bbls Whiting,
cohoI. in tins, 5000 lbs Shakers herbs
100 gal Linseed Oil, fresh,
1000 gal Neatsfoot, Po-: 400 lbs pure Ground
lar China Nut OIL, Sage, fresh,
800 gal Castor Oil, 1000 lbs press. Hops, /
Paint Brushes, and ! lb papers,
White Wash Brushes, $500 lbs refined Borax,
Hair Brushes, Varnshes OF all kinds,
Teeth Brushes, 5000 lbs assor. Paints,
Feather Busters, in cans,
10 bbls rein. Lampbl'k,: l ton Putty in bladders
20 bbls Irish Moss, and tins,
10 cases lsinglass, II bbls Dye Woods.
25 bbs Canary, Hemp, Flax and Corauder
Seeds. In quantities TO suit, all at the lowest
prices. Orders respectfully solicited.
II. IL. MCDONALD & CO.,
Importing and Wholesale Druggists,
Sacramento.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-12-27

CERTIFIcATE.-I, the undersigned, Governor
Hungary, do hereby testify, that DR.. L. j. Cap
Kay has served during the contest for Hungarian
liberty, as Chief Surgeon in the Hungarian Ar
my, with faithful perseverance. Whereof have
given him this certificate. and do recommend him
TO the sympathy, attention, and protection OF oil
thoSe who are capable of approaching pa'rioto
sellsacriice and undeserved misfortune.
k0ssUrH LAJ0s, Governor of Hungary.
Washington CITY. Jan. 9th. 1852. 1918.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-12-27
l.. &. WM C. JEwErr Not,r,. u ~,
address, L. ], CsdPkay A. d., San Ffaacisc5 6ai np"o

.Spermd'0rrhGd--Or local weakness nervons ,.,n,
low spirits asstude weakness of limbs and bac
position or inc9pahlty to labor and study dnness or
aPPehehsion loss OF memory, aversion to society lava 81
N the side affections in the eyes, pimples on the f pS
ual or other nhrmities in man, cured bv th
celebrated physician and surgeon, Dr. L. CI,, J"SIy
method of curing diseases is new unknown t ms
ana hence the great success All consultations M
or otherwise FREE. Oy letter
address, l. J. csarkag, A. d. Saa F,ascsco ca ,p'o'
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-12-27

DR.. L. J. CZAPKAY'S Private Medical and
Surgical Institute is on SACEAMENT0 ST.. below
Montgomery, opposite the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company's Office, San Francisco. The b"etor
offers free consultations. and asks no remunsra-
tion unless he effects a care Office hours from
a. IN. to pm.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-12-27

THE FOLLOWING LETTER, which emphacally
speaks for itself. was written by the Dean NJ the
Faculty OF the Philadelphia College Of Mrdicino,
to the editors Of the " Pacific Medical and Snrgi-
cal Journal" San Francisco, tor publication.
PItT Ian
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-12-27

State Of california, County Of San Francisco. Sgoyn
ana subscribed d9ore me, this lSh ddy9 August 1856
H. s. GILBERT A. GRANT, Notary Public
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02
TreasOnable Intelligence.

Many persons are surprised that
bad news should be circulated every
week with so much regularity. They
cease to wonder however, when they
are told that the larger part of it is
manufactured for the sensation papers,
expressly for immediate effect in for
eign countries, aud in our own land.
1t is chiefly attributed to sccessionists
or their aiders and abettors, and is
usually sent over the wires on Tues
days and Wednesdays, and on Fridays
and Saturdays, in order to be ".just in
season" for the steamers leaving for
the Old World, and at the same time
$50 near" to their hours of sailing as
to prevent, if possible, all opportunity
for any correction, contradiction, or
discovery of the truth to be made
known and transmitted by the same
vessels.
In this way, week after week, many
false and Infamous statements have
been ingeniously devised and extern
sively circulated abroad and at home,
10 the positive encouragement and
injury of our countrymcn here, and
their cause in foreign climes, and to
the not less encouragement and advan-
tagc of the rebels and their sympa-
thizers at the South and elsewhere.
But Misrepresentation and falsehoods
of this description are not confined to
the United States. They are also de-
libcrately fabricated over the water,
and as deliberately tclcgraphed to =
most every nation. Especially are
they promulgated by the secessionists
and others in Europe, day or two
prior to the departure of the British
steamships from Liverpool and other
oreign ports, so that on the arrival of
hose packets in America, these mis-
representation and falschoods may in
turn be instantly telcgraphed without
denial or comment, through all the
cities and towns of the United States,
for the fresh advancement of treason
and rebellion, and the consequent dis
enlargement and distraction of the
friends of liberty and the Union. The
public cannot be kept to much upon
their guard against the insidious and
startling rumors of the time whether
lcralded in kilograms, private letters,
pr otherwise however plasibly made
Up or well written they may be. In
most instances, it will be Hound that
hey require confirmation.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02
n Il = R's
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u, one remedy is louder called for by the ne
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Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02
Tbe gntelligenter,
CHARLES CITY.

The above is no,c the name of our
Postofficc the Postoflice name Of this
place having been changed from St.
Charles City to Charles City. viii
our exchanges and correspondents
please govern themselves according
ly, and direct to Charles City, Floyd
C0uRty, I0lca2
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02

Mr.. Morrill,, of Vermont, has intro,
duccd bill in Congress increasing
the duties on tea to 90 cents u Ill.,,
coffee cents T. lb., sugar 2l,S, 5, a
s cents u fb., according to guilty ;
and molasses 6 cents = gal. The bill
has passed the House, yeas II, nays
90. A resolution has been adopted,
declaring that all persons taking side
with the rebellion shall be forever
barred from holding Office.
In the Senate, Mr. Grimes offered q
resolution instructing the committee
on naval affairs to inquire into the
manner in which war vessels have
been fitted out. Agreed to.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02
NOONAN & McNAB,
MANUFACTURERS of PAPER,
MILWAUKEE,, WISCONSIN.
WHOLESALE PAPER WAREHOUSE,
243 East Water Street, Milwaukee.

We have on hand an extensive assortment
of Ledger, Cap, Letter, and Note Papers from
the best mills in Europe and America: Print
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Cards, Card Boards Premium Straw Boards ;
Binders and trunk Boards; Tissue and Shoe
Papers; Press Boards and Bond Papers Play
ing Cards Steel Pens Pencils Every Vari-
ETY. of Irvine and all other articles usually
found in an extensive Paper Ware House.
Particular attention paid to keeping colored
mediums and other varieties of colored Pa
pers. The highest price in cash paid for rags
and rope.
April2 1861. l6yl
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02
E ss5 IF e S D AE, &JAGgwAR 9, A8Sg,

The Philadelphia Enquirer of De-
cember 2lst, has a despatch from Bal
timore, stating that news had been re-
ceived from Richmond to the effect
that Fort Pickens had opened fire on
Fort McRae three times since the 22d
ult., but with what effect is not known.
On the 30th, an incessant shower of
shells was thrown into the Fort by
Col. Brown.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02

A most painful accident occurred at
GAINESVILLE on Christmas lay. Miss
NINA Pattee was visiting tlc Touring
mill at that place, in company with
9thcr young people, when her skirts
taught in the machinery AMI she was
lrawn in between the wheels with
sreat violence. Her ribs were brok-
,n, aud the flesh on her side and arm
torn and bruised. Her
life was atsfirst dcspaired of, but we
have since learned that there is hope
Df her recovery. Miss Pattee was
.eacher of the public school in Wav-
,rly the past summer, and is an anna
Die and highly respected young lady.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02
Ayers Cathartic Pills,
ron AL THE PURPOSES or A FAMILY p,.YslC

are so composed that disease within the range of
their action can rarely withstand or evadc them
Their penetrating properties search, and cleanse
and inVigoratc every portion of the human or.
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of these properties, the invalid who is bowed
down with pain or physical debility is astonishcd
to find his health or energy restored by a remedy
at once so simple and inviting.
Not only do they cure the eycrvda com
plants OF every body. but also many formida
bic and dangerous diseases. The agent below
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and directions for their use in the following com.
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ing from disoTde,rd Stomach, Nausea, Indigestion,
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DO not be put off by unprinciplcd Dealers with
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Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02

1t is understood that Lord Lyons
postpones official communications at
the request Of Mr.. Seward, whose ad-
vices from England (as late as Lord
Lyons) have not yet come to hand.
The feeling between the two gentle
men was never more friendly.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02

The French transport ship Resource,
bound to Callao, has been wrecked 40
miles south of Valparaiso. She had
over six hundred souls on board only
five or six of whom were saved.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02

1t is said that Mrs. President Lin
coin has three brothers who are in the
army of the South, and three sisters
among the rebels who are married to
.sccessionists, one Of them at the head
Of several thousand men.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02

A man is now lying in the Bremen
county Jail for throwing his wife's
newly born child into the hog pen and
allowing it to be devoured by the hogs,
he denying his own paternity Of the
child.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02

The New England society Of Cedar
Falls had great celebration on Tues
day Of last week. They Toasted on
pork and beans and brown bread, and
then had music, toasts, and speeches /;
all in genuine Yankee style.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02

The three largest foundries in the
country, the Pittsburgh, Ayers of
Boston, and West Point, have orders
to manufacture l,s0O heavy cannon as
speedily as possible, for the various
ports along the Atlantic coast from
Monroe to Portland.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02
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Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02
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Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02
SO. 9e@ lS5!
A. B. VAN COLTS
1859

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Hlkra StpDDiR OF GOODS
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Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02
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Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02
Stare tn Rent.

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Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02
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Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02
HARDWARE.

1t is impossible to enumerate every article
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stock is full and largely assorted, both
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Our prices will at all times, both Wholesale
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to sell and give satisfaction in the quality of
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Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02
NaZro's Axes,

We have introduced new Axe the past sea.
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material, and warranted the sale of which
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we have succeeded in getting an axe superior
to any that has been heretofore sold in the
market Those who have not tried the same
will find, on purchasing this, an article to suit
their customers over all others
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02
NATT.S.

An average stock of 4 900 kegs of Nails al
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Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-02
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