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rit River Mining Company.

NOTICE is hereby given that the ANNUAL
y MEETING of the Stockholders Of the above
named company viii be held at the office of the
company in Red Bluff, Telsmia county,
On the Sth day of September, 1861,
at 10 o'clock a. NJ, for the Election of Trustees, and
the transaction of such other business as may
before the meeting.
NJ H. MYRICK, Secretary.
August s, 1864. aul3
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Minnesota Gold, Silver and Copper
Mining COMPANY.

DITTSBURG Mining District, Shasta county,
Il Caifornia--Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the Trustees of said company, held on
the 18th day of August, A. ID. 1864, an assessment
of Five Gents per share was levied upon the capi-
tai stock OF said company, payable before the
20th day of September. to the Secretary, ut his Of
fee, Court House Block, in the town of Shasta
Any stock upon which said assessment shall remain
unpaid on the 20th day OF September will be adver-
tised on that day delinquent. and unless pay
ment shall be made before, viii be sold on the Sd
day of October, 1864, to pay delinquent
ments, together with costs of advertising anl ex-
pcnses Of sale.
CHARLES MCDONALD, Secretary.
Office Court House Block. Shasta.
Shasta, Aug. 18th, 1864. au20
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Original JOIlie Copper Mining
Company.

NOTICE is hereby given. that the Annual
IN Meeting of the Stockholders of the above
named company will be held at the Office of the
company in Horsetown, Shasta county,
On the 10th of September, 1854,
at O'clock p NJ. for the election of Trustees and
the transaction Of such other business as may come
before the meeting.
au20 4. T. C0RBUS, Secretary
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Original Twenty Six Mining
COmnaRY

DITTSBURG Mining District. Shasta county
State Of California.-There is DELINQUENT upon
the following described stock, ON account of As
sessment No. 1, levied on the 18th day Of july, A.
D. 1864, the several amounts setopposste the names
of the respective shareholders, as follows:
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BOURBON WHISKY
MEDICAL AND FAMILY use.
Circular TO Physicians and Others

II 0UISNILLE. (Ky.), January 1, 1S62.-The
A undersigned respectfully calls the attention of
the Medical Faculty of the United States to the
following correspondence between number of the
respectable and influential ply sicians of New
York and Brooklyn, and the writer.
WM. 7. CUTTER, in.
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STOP THAT COUGHING.

g ONE Of you can't, and we pity you. You have
- tried every remedy but the destined, by its
intrinsic merit, to supersede all similar prepara-
tons 1t is not surprising you should be reluctant
to try something else after the many experiments
you have made of trashy compounds foisted on the
public as 4 certain cure but
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The Circassian Hair Restorative
THIS RESTORATIVE

is purely a scientific preparation, discovered by
long research and study, and be depended
being all that it is representcd is perfectly
harmless and will not stain the finest cambric.
Ii the Of this preparation is persevered in,
according the directions (Which will be found in
fall on each b0tte) there viii be no necessity of
any one having gray hairs, matter TO what age
the person may live.
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IMPORTANT CAUTION.

IMPORTANT CAUTION.
Be sure and purchase the Circassian Hair Re
storative, which words will be found blown in
each bottle.
The CIRCASSIAN HAIR RESTORATIVE is
put up in large bottles. Price, 81 90.
For sale by all Druggists and Hair Dressers.
A. l.. SC0VILL & CO., PrepretoIs,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
REDINGTON ~ CO., San Francisco,
Are the General Agents for California
And the Pacific coast
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REDUCTI0N I'M PRICES
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

A TTENTI0N is called TO the following list of
n American and Foreign Periodicals, for which
| receive subscriptions. Permanent arrangements
having been made by the United States Govern
ent for the carrying Of the mails from the Atlantic
States by steamer three times month. | am ena-
oiled 10 receive subscriptions at much lower rate
than formerly. The same care and attention will
be paid TO the forwarding OF all packages for which
tins establishment has gained such an enviable rep
utation throughout the Pacific Coast
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Important to Females.

When female is IN trouble or afflicted with dis
ease and requires medical surgical assistance.
the enquiry should be. Where is there physician
who is fully competent to administer relIet, and
and whose respectable standing III soclety recon-
mends him to the confidence of the community
The Doctor understanding how imperatiyely neces-
sary these requirements are, feels called upon to
interDose and by calling the attention OF the alct
ed to the fact that he has been PROt EosOh Ot
OBSTETRICS AND FEMALE DISEASES For
twenty years. and is fully qualified TO administer
in all cases, both medically and suagicaly, not in
superfeial manner but in as thorough n manner
wears of study and practee-both in hospitals and
private familes-can make to save them from the
hands of the unqualified, unscrupnlous and design
ing Therefore. families can rely upon hIm as upon
a father. All in atfiietion can md IN him one who
can feel and svmpathze with and befriend them in
troubleone in whose secrecy the utmost confidence
can he placed CONSULTATION (by Letter or
otherwise) FREE. See address below
THE CELEBRATED FEMALE REMEDIES,
compounded from the private prescriptions Of DIR.
YOUNG have now obtained most extensive pop
ularity and are correctly viewed to be the safest
and sIirest remedies for the complaints for which
they are applied. The constantly accruiDg testi-
mony of their efficacy declare them TO be preemi-
nently superior in their action.
No Lady should be without these Rcnoyatins
Agents.
None genuine unless prepared at this Office
Sent by Mail or Express. to any part of the
State THE GREAT FEMALE MEDICINE !
PREVENTIVE POWDERS FOR MARRIED
LADIES. New, Safe, aud Iniallible. lasting from
four to six months. Price $40. FRENCH LU-
MAR, Or FEMALE MONTHLY PILLS. For
suppressions. After fifty years of use these pills
stand unriyalled in efficacy. Price s. per box.
To Correspondents.
Patients residing in any part of the State, how
ever distant, who may desire medical advice on
their respective eases asd who think proper to sub
nit a written statement of such in preference TO
holding personal interview are assured that their
communications will be held most sacred.
All letters must be addressed to the correspond
ing physician, thus:
B. +. JoSELYN, NJ. D.. [stampl
$40 Washington street.
Box 100 r. o. San Francisco, Cal. jl30
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TESTIMONIAL.

HAMILTON. OHIO, Aprli I, Io3S.
MEssRs. A. l.. ScovILL & Co. =
GrNrs-I take great pleasure in stating that,
owing to the use Of your CIRCASSIAN HAIR
RESTORATIVE, my hair has been restored to its
original color. Before using it had become quite
gray. l have no hesitancy in recommending it to
the public as being all it is recommended to be-
Yours, respectfully, DAVID FOWLER.
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Mammoth Quartz Mining Com
PAM.

ALD DIGGINGS Mining District, Shasta
W county. Cal.-Notiee is hereby given that at
a meeting of the Trustees of said company held on
the 18th day of August, A. d. 1861 an assessment
of Twenty five Cents per share was levied upon the
capital stock of said company payable or before
the l4th day of September, A. d. 1864, to the See
retary. at the Office of the company, in Shasta in
United States gold or silver COIN Any stock upon
which said assessment shall remain unpaid on the
lith day of september 1864, viii be advertised on
that day delinquent. and unless payment shall
be made before, will be sold on the Both day of
September, 1864, to pay the delinquent assessment,
together with the ef advertising and expenses
of the sale.
GEO. D. FORBES, Secretary.
Office Court House Block.
Shasta, Aug. 18th, 1864 au20
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Do not be satisfied with Partial Cures
Private Medical Institute.
No. $40 Washington street, San Francisco, Cal
Do not forget the address. See below.

DO not forget the auuFeSS. Scc below.
Seminal Weakness or Spermatorrhaa.
The Young man w4o experiences that growing
weakness in his muscular and mental organization
should stop to consider whence it arises. He will
find in the weakness of the back, trembling of the
limbs discrdered digestion, unaecountable failing
of the powers of the mind, distaste for society,
dread of impending trouble forebodings of evil,
sleeplessncss, troubled and lascivious dreams,
companied by growing deafness, loss of muscular
power and numerous other symptoms of disorgan-
ization the positive traces of that most terrible and
destructive of all diseases Seminal Weakness -
wasting away his powers, destroying his hope of
life and manhood, and dragging him ali the broken
path of his existence toward premature and loath
some grave. To him who finds his life dribbling
out in the discharge of the vital principle of exist
ence in nocturnal and diurna emissions, the mere
cessation of the of its appearance brings
assurance of relief
Marriage, that holy Office, the safeguard and
hope of manhood, brings to such.an hope of
cure, but adds to his misery in the knowledge that
the one who looks TO him for so much of her happi-
ness is victim of his evil, and an innocent com
panion of his punishment. lie adds to his misery
and disorder until hope leaves him. Consul thca
at once, physician whom long practice and care
full research has made thoroughly conversant with
every phase Of the disease. Those who have be-
come the victims of solitary vices, that dreadful
fascinating and destructive habit, which fills thou
sands of sick rooms with paralytics and consump-
tives and hundreds of untimely graves with its
misguided Victims should consult. without mo-
ments delay. who viii sympathlzc with their
suficrings. To such the Doctor would especially
address himself. giving 20 each and all assurance
of a PERFECT aud PERMANENT CURE, with
out hindrance from business, change of diet or
fear of exposure
No tl,a ia belo
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WM. T. CUTTER, JR.
New YORK, May l, 1862.

New YORK, May l, 1862.
Mr.. Wm- t. Cutter, Jr., Louisville, (Ky.) dear
Sir: The great difficulty in procuring brandy sufi
cientiy pure for medicinal purposes has induced
many of the physicians of this vicinity to adopt
Bourbon Whisky a substitute, both in the hospi-
tails and private practice and since the latter has
come into such general use, we have reason to be-
quality.
Presuming that your residence in the vicinity OF
the manufacturers of Whisky in Kentucky, as well
your skill n chemist, will enable you to select
reliable article. and having fnl eonfd in your
integrity, We are led to inquire whether you will
not aid in having this market supplied, through
agency, with the best quality of
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direction OF letters. see below
"HIS Celebrated Institute has enjoyed on this
coast uninterrupted success of fourteen
years, and has become one Of the renowned Hespi-
tails of the age. What the celebrated Lock Hospi-
tai is to London, and the no less renowned estab-
lishment Of Ricord is to Paris the Institute has
become to tho Pacific coast. The thousands annu
ally received and cured place It in point of number
of patients among the very first of the world, ana
the of its treatment ranks it second to none
Private Diseases in Males, and Irregular
tiles in Females. are she great destroyers of
health. They insidiously attack the system and
gradually undermine and destroy it sisey drive the
bloom from the cheek, the lnsire from the eye the
strength and ygor ON the frame they give the
world puny and diseased offspring and poison,
through successive generatious the race Of man.
The marks can be seen in Scrofula, Consumption.
Cripples, the Idiotc, the Para ytic the Insane ee
There is no more terrible seourge to the human
race than those diseases arising from the contami
nation of Nenereal Poison The mdes forms, by
retreating to the blood hold ever over the one ar
hictcd the sword of destruction that is liable at any
moment to fall and blight-to utterly destToy-an
earthly hopes.
MERCURY, recognized as the most fatal enemy
to man, combining with the Venere@l, doubles his
dangers. Those who have been treated with that
pernicious mineral poison are not cured; the dis
has only assumed new form.
Do not be satisfied with Partial Cures
That leave the poison to crawl through the system
eating its way iuto the tissues and organs beneath
the apparently smooth surface, TO burst out in the
future with yiruence that viii battle the effects of
medicine. When PERFECT CURES can be OBJ
tainedl lby consulting physician whom long prac-
tice and thorough investigation into the causes of
DISEASES of the URINARY ORGANS enables
to determine at once the nature of the disease.
In ali diseases entrusted to the Doctors care,
PERFECT, SPEEDY and PERMANENT
Cures are always Guaranteed.
In Syphilis and its aijuncts; Gonorrh@a and
its accompanying diseases all disorders of the
Bladder Kidneys and prostate; Seminal Weak
ness; Diseases of the Heart and Lungs Dyspep-
sia. Indigestion, Impotency. lneiPicnt Consump-
ton and all diseases Of the urinary organs, in either
sex, cure always warranted, OR no PAY RE
OUIRED. at the
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Pure Old Bourbon whisky,

For the use of the sick. We are, very respectfully
sir, yours truly,
VALENTINE MOTT, NJ. d.
WILLARD PARKER, NJ. d.
10. C. HUTCHINSON, VI. d.
AUSTIN FLINT, NJ. d.
c. l.. MITCHELL. NJ. D.
FRANK II. HAMILTON, VI. D.
DEWITT c. EN0S, NJ. ID.
L. y. CHAPMAN, VI. d.
JAMES r. WOOD, NJ. d.
W. Z. 2. BAYLIS.
Pharmaceutist, Brooklyn, y. Y.
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The four Reviews and Blacls4y ood .. I3)
IeI5- Subscriptions received for all the San Fran
cisco Daihes, at Publishers prices.
Any Newspaper, Magazine Review not men,
tened in the above list win be furnished to order.
Orders for Books, Music, Fancy Articles, &C., filled
promptly at the lowest market rates Subscriptions
payable invariably in advance.
Address, J, STRATMAN,
jllS News Agent, San Francisco.
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Philadelphia Forney's War Press 3 81
. Dollar Newspaper. 3 OF
'' Saturday Evening Post............. > 81
Baltimore Weekly n.......................... 81
Louisville Weekly Journal. 81
Cincinnati Weekly Commercial. 3 OF
St. Louis Weekly Republican. ....... 81
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NO CURE, NO PAY.

Consultation, By letter or otherwise, FREE. For
direction OF letters. see below.
Washington telegraph., 1864-06-22
HD-QRs. CoMp'r CossCRIrTs,
Dist. of Arkansas,
Washington. May 2eth, 1864.

GENERAL ORDERS
No. 6.
I. Pursuant to Paragraph I'd, General Orders
No. 10, Headquarters Bureau of CONSUMPTION,
Trans-M Miss. Department, dated 23d May, 1854,
the places of rendezvous for persons liable to
military service under the Act of Congress ap-
proved February 18th, 1864. are hereby estab-
lished at Washington, Hampstead county, and at
Camden, Ouachita county.
III. Captain John S. Drake. T. A. C. s., is as
signed to duty for tho purpose of enrolling and
organizing those enrolled into companies at
Washington, Ark; and Maj Jas. Thos. Bllitot,
assigned to duty for that purpose ut Camden.
I'LL Major Elliott and Captain Drake are a,i-
thorized to locate the camps of rendezvous with
in convenient distances Of the above named
places, and TO draw the necessary rations Of fcr-
age and subsistence. also camp and garrison
equippage required before the organization Of
said companies, and whilst they remain in rem
devious. In forwarding Reports and Muster
Rolls, they will be governed by previous ORDERS
ID. F. DANLEH,
l43t Comd't Conscripts, Dist. Of Ark.
Washington telegraph., 1864-06-22
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS.

T WILL attend on the following named days
l. and at the places named in the different
townships in Hampstead county, for the pur-
pose of collecting the Confederate Tax of said
county as follows, to wit:
Al Nashville, Mine Creek. on Monday and
Tuesday, May 30th ard 3lst, 1864.
At Columbus, Saline, on Wednesday and
Thursday June 1st and I'd.
At Fulton, Bois dare, on Friday and Satur-
day, Sd and 4th
At Spring Hill, Spring Hill on Monlay and
Tuesday. 9th and 9Th.
At Centrevile, Carousc, eE Wednesday and
Thursday, Sth and 9th.
At Moscow, Missouri, on Friday aud Satur-
day, 10th and lIth.
At Cottonham Store, Red Land, on Monday
and Tuesday, 18th and l4th
At Washington, ezan, on Wednesday and
Thursday, 10th aud 18th.
All persons owing taxes can call e. nay offc
in Washington and pay over the same as soon
rs assessed. bse aiteaton will be required,
and the penalty of the Law vigorously enforced
against all delina uents.
IseRr. H. CtaNWAE,
Collector District No. s.
May IS, 1864. l2-5w
Washington telegraph., 1864-06-22
HDQRS. TRANS-MISS. DEPT,

IDQRS. TRANS-AIISS. DEPT,
Shreveport, La, May 20, 1864.
General. ORDERS
No. 25.
T The following Act of Congress is published
i. for the information Of the army in this De-
pm rtment:
IAN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR RETIRING OFFICERS
O~ TIE ARMY"
The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That the President be and
he is hereby authorized, upon the -ecommsn-
dation of any General commanding depart
meht or army, to discharge from seryice
any officer of the Confederate States Army, or
Of the Provisional Army of the Confederate
States, who has no command and cannot be
assigned to any appropriate daty, or who is in
competent or inefficient, or who may be absent
from his command without leave; Prori9ea
That any officer who may be discharged for
Incompetence, ineffcency o. absence from
his command without leave, shall be entitled
20 a trial before en- examining Board, usder
existing laws, if he demands il of the Cora
manding General within thirty days: Trotided
further, That il shall not extend TO any officer
who is absent on account of captivity" (Ap-
proved February i7th, 1861
III. In pun suance of the above Act Of Com
gress, all officers, whether of the Regular or
Provisional Army in this Department, who are
aDSeHt srOm tnelr commands without antho-
rity, viii be dropped from the Rolls Of the
Army on the 30th day OF June, 1861.
Ill. All officers in this Department who have
been assigned to duty away from their com
mands, whether by order of the Secretary of
War, Department or District Commanders, will
report by letter to Department Head Quarters,
their address and duty upon which they are
engaged.
Ill. All returns required by the Army Reg
ulatiohs to be made to the Adjutant and In
spector General, Richmond, Va, will in future
be forwarded to these Head Quarters
V. Enrolling Officers are authorized to call
oat the Reserve Corps Of their respective coun.
ties or parishes, whenever their assistance is
required in arresting deserters, for arrest
ing and queling bands of marauders.
VI. Officers engaged in the ollsctio, Of the
Tax in Kind, and officers drawing the same
for troops, will conform strictly to the ins.ruc-
tions of the War Department. the uuattermas-
ter General, and Of the Controlling Quarter
mas ters.
BY command Of Gen. E. KIRBY SMITH,
(Signed) s. s. ANDERSON,
l5-4 Asst Adj't Gen.
Washington telegraph., 1864-06-22
HEAD-oRs. TRANSMITS. DEPT, [


To the Citizens Of the Trans-Mi DEPT.
HAVE deemed it my duty to issue Genera
] Order, directing the purchase, and, if ne
cessary, the impressment of one half the Cotton
in this Department. to supply the pressing
wants of our armies in the field
Your soldiers are the sole reliance for the
defence Of the country from invasion and DESC
lation. They have recently furnished you .
signal instance of their willingness and ability
to defend your homes. Without munitions of
war. clothing and medicines, they cannot be
kept in the field. These articles can be OBJ
tanned only by importation. Cotton is the sole
means of purchase. In the same lofty spirit of
patriotism, which leads your sons and brothers
to offer their lives for your protection, will you
not sell to the Government the only product by
which their valor can be made effective against
the public enemy.
The impressment Of Cotton will be avoided,
if possible. But Supplies for the army must be
had. 1t IL left with you to determine, whether,
for the preservation Of your homes. you y i'll
force the Government to resort to impressment.
E. KIRBY SMITH,
General Commanding.
Washington telegraph., 1864-06-22
IExTRAcT.1
Paris, April %, Is

a'aSJ hPii --J tcUf'
l visited Mr.. Drouyn De J. Hugs yes
terday, at the Department Of Foreign At
fairs. The first words he addressed to
me on entering the room were, do you
bring us peace, or bring US war?' | asked
him to what he referred, and hc said he
referred more Immediately to the rcsolu-
tions recently passed BY Congress IL ref
ercnce to the invasion Of Mexico by the
French, and the establishment Of Maxi
milan upon the threpc of the country.
replied that did not think France had o
right to infer that VIC were about to make
war against her on account Of anything
contaipcd in the resolution; that they
embodied nothing more than had been
constantly held out to the French Govern
ment from the beginning; that | had ever
represented 10 the government here that
any action upon their part interfering
with the form of government Of Mexico,
would be looked upon with dissatisfaction
in our country, and they could not expect
us to be 10 haste to acknowledge a mo-
narchical government, built upon the
foundation Of republic which was our
next neighbor; II at had reasots to be-
lieve you had held the same language to
the French Minister in the United States.
This allegation he did not seem to deny,
but obviously received the resolution ia
question as q serious step on our part, and
l am toll that leading secessionists have
built largely upon these resolutions as Il
means of fomenting i'll feeling between
this country and ourselves. Mr.. Mason
and his secretary have gone to Brussels
to confer with Mr.. Dudley Mann, who is
their commissioner TO that place. Mr.
Slidell, it is said, was to have gone to
Austria, although he has not got off :
am, sir, your obedient servant.
(Signed.) VIM. i. DAYTON.
Hon. VIM. Seward, SEQ. Of State.
Mr.. Dayton writes again on May I'd to
Mr.. Seward, detailing the circumstances
of an interview after the reception of Mr..
Stewards dispatch, with which Mr.. Drouyu
LHuys seemed quite satisfied and motto
ing the apparent fact that the extreme
seusitiveness Of the French Government