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Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-12-10

SASITARY.-We forgot to mention last week
that Rev. Robert kcllen viii probably return to
Trinity about Holiday times, and would be
pleased to organize Soldiers Aid Societies at
any point where the people may desire to take
tie good work in hand. What says Lewiston,
Douglas, Junction City, Canon City and North
Fork 1T is n noble work,-o which Will call
down the soul-stirring benedictions of our suf-
E..ipg countrymen on all who aid it. BY the
way, what has become of the WeayeryilIe Sol
diers' Aid Society? Will some of the officers
inform us, that may inform many who desire
know
DuUNKEs OFFIcERs.--A private letter from n
Trilitasiau in Shcridan's command says that
quite number of general officers were hrutally
drunk when the fight of Oct. 10Th commenced,
having taken advantage of Sheridan's absence
to get spree All the confusion in the early
part Of the engagement grew out of this cause.
The writer says: ''Old Sheridan let into the
Generals without mercy, and his language was
characterized by many unchristian cpithets. I
heard him curse Gen. F. worse than one
rough ever cursed another. lie knew where the
of the terrible decentralization rested
Look out for relievings, suspensions, etc.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-12-10

CoxNIssIoXKD-The Governor has commits
stoned. Samuel B. Grover LIST Lieutenant, and
F, Truman Head Ri6es) Fifth Brigade, Califor-
mia Militia and Thomas Middleton Ist Lieutenant
of Company A, ist Battalion Mountaineers
Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-12-10

Low WAGEs.-The Mayor of Richmond has a
salary of Sc. 900 year. At the present value
of rebel currency that amount is equal to S140
in gold or less than fifty cents day.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-12-10

MONSTER CABBAGE.-Mr- Eastman. of Trinity
river, has our thanks for the two sacks of NAM
moth cabbage, raised on bis ranch We don
know the variety, but take it TO be q Drumhead' -
from the enormous size. Now for krout"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-12-10

NEWSPAPER FoR kLANATH.-A newspaper is to
be commenced shortly at Orleans Bar, Klamath
county. A. G. Lawrence, formerly of this coun-
81, viii edit it,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-12-10

ELECTORAL CoLLEGE--The Union Presidential
Electors-Messrs. Brannan, McCallum, Crane,
Naclay and Oliver, met at Sacramento on the
eth to prepare their votes for the Electoral Col
lege. and select one of their number to go TO
Washington with the important commission.
Brannon was undoubtedly selected.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-12-10

EXTENT OF TIRE NATIONAL UNION NIcToRY.-1t
turns out, by actual figures, that if the whole
Southern Cenfederacy had been allowed to vote
for Mcclellan he would vet have been defeated.
The rote of the Electoral College will be 234 :;
ll9 elects. Out of ga I.incoia and Johnson
have received 2l3 and Mcclellan 81. Union ma
iority. 1872
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NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINE, REVIEW

or othei Periodicals not mentioned in the above
list. will be FTR.N7SUED TO ORDER. Spe-
cial attention will be paid to iIslR>O1-tinE
Books that may be wanted and cannot be
otherwise obtained. \ general assortment of
Books always on hand, including all the NEW
OBLIGATIONS.
San Francisco Dec l. 1864 Al 3m
Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-12-10

SUMNER SrrPLY.-Levi Dodge and his force
returned from Lake at the summit of - Old
Bally,' the other day He tells us that he has
stored about thirty tons of beautiful ice, which
will be furnished TO citizens as soon as warm
weather sets in. The ice put up is clear as crys-
tai, being entirely free from snow.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-12-10
American and Foreign Book
AND PERIODICAL DEPOT.
GEO. H. BELL:

BOOKSELLER AND STATIC HE'- cli Mont
ID gomery street, (corner of Merchant. San
Francisco, receives subscriptions for any PERIOD
ical published in the United States or Europe.
among which are the following
Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-12-10

THE WAR NEws.-The telegraph being badly
damaged between this place and Trinity Center,
we dependent upon the Sacramento
Union for what Eastern news get. The latest
date Of that paper at hand is the 9Th, which con-
ains much information from the battle-6elds of
the East. a Newbern correspondent of the Bal
timore Commercial says a movement cooperative
with Gen. Grant may be looked for from North
Carolina. The rebel Roger A. Pryor cap
urel by our pickets Nov. 18th, while acting as
a private soldier and attempting to exchange pa
pers. An army correspondent says guns have
been sent to the front which will throw shells of
highly inflamabe nature into Richmond. Re
port says a widespread conspiracy has been dis
covered in North and South Carolina, Georgia
and Virginia, to overthrow the Richmond dynas-
ty. Last report from Sherman places him half
way on his road to Savannah. The rebel Ma
gruder was cndeayoring to cross the Mississippi
near Vidalia to reinforce Hood, but was closely
watched by Union forces and gunboats. Hood
was approaching Nashville, and Thomas was Sc
lecting battle-ground near that city at last &C
counts. Thomas had received reinforcements,
and his railroad communication with Chattanoo-
ga all right. \ dispatch dated Nashville,
midnight of the 30th ult., says that at 4, P. NJ.
Hood attacked Franklin. Is miles from Nashville,
and was repulsed with loss of 600 killed and
wounded, and 200 prisoners. Our loss about
fifty
Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-12-10

New TROUBLE BREWING IN THE CoXFEDERACY.-
The New York correspondent of the San Fran
cisco Bulletin, writing under date November Sd,
announces the arrival from Raleigh of DR.. J. W.
Ross, distinguished North Carolina clergyman
with important intelligence. 1t will be remem-
bered that JEFF. Davis in recent speech at
Raleigh, stated that more than one-half of the
soldiers of the Confederate army were absent
without leave. DR.. Ross substantiates the
statement OF the rebel President asserts that
the States of North Carolina and Georgia are
alive with rebel desertcrs, well armed and or
ganized, who are continually raiding on wealthy
planters and rebel supply depots, and giving pro-
lection to fugitive slaves, who are also well
armed The rebel authorities have given up all
hopes of forcing these men back into the ranks.
all efforts to that end having failed. conspir-
acy has been recently discovered at Raleigh
which duplicates many prominent men of the
conservative party. They openly threaten 10
head these desertcrs and their friends, and take
possession of the State government Of North
Carolina and all the railroads, in t.rc event Gov
Vance fails to instigate- at once separate State
action for peace with President Lincoln.
Previous to his departure Aid on Governor
Vances Staff informed DR.. Ross that it was
= now apparent to the rebel authorities that
Gen. Grant has been afiordinS facilities to Gen
Lee to receive his rcinforcements, when Grant
by a sudden spring of his trap, will close up the
last gap and obligc Lee to capitulate. This,
Gov. Vance says, is Grants plan, which caused
JET Davis much concern, and who is in favor OF
calculating Richmond altogether, having repeat
cdly implorcd Gen. Lee to do so, and not incul
the risk of capftuation of his army.
We begin to believe that the rebellion is really
on its = last legs"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-12-10
3irths

In Wcaveryillc, Dec. ID, the wife Of Charlie
hartman, of a son.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-12-10

MHAr REBELLION HAS DONE ron MIssouRI.-
John Martin has allowed us to read letter from
Benz. W. Winston, dated Jefferson City, Nov lst
lie gives an account of Prices advance on that
city on the 18th of the previous month. Price
advanced to within mile of the town. threw
q few shells, took good look at the defensive
works, and cenclA9ing that the chances were
against HIM and his 10000 warriors, left OF
tue s4;rtr Of affairs in that locality Ben. says :
q If we should have another raid here would
not fence in thn county to have it. Everything
has been destroyed on the south side of the Mis-
souri, river. don't think there is grain enough
in the county to last the inhabitants three
months. God knows what many Of them will do
this winter, for they have nothing to eat and no
money to buy with" OF the prices current, he
says: Corn is worth Sc barre-will be So
in a short time flour, per hundred, Sc pota-
loes, So bushel; butter, 81 pound, and scarce
at that. Ben. intimates that he may return to
this State before mary months.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-12-10

SOLDIERS SESrlMExrs.-Wc have been per-
mitted TO read letter from j. A. Musser, son of
John Musser, ex-Couaty Treasurer, dated Nicks-
burg, Oct 18TH Mr. Musser had been off duty
on account of two bullet wounds received in u
spirited engagement with the rebels the 18th
of July, but was improving rapidly. and able to
walk without crutch or cane. He mentions an
engagement between our forces and Writ Adams
command, Il sshort time previous. in which the
Federals captured three pieces of artillery and
100 prisoners; forty of whom the black soldiers
killed before the officers could interfere to stop
it. He says the negro soldiers evidently remem-
Der Fort Pillow, for they openly avow that they
will neither ask nor show quarter. He writes
that politically the matter was very one-sided-
the soldiers being almost unanimous for Lincoln
and Johnson. As an instance, he gives the fol-
lowing 9 A test vote taken in the I'D
Illinois Regiment, comprising G43 voters. Lin
coin received Gil, Mcclellan, Il. Eighteen re-
fused to vote" Musser's address is Company
.. Marine Regiment, Yicksburg, Miss.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-12-10

THINK OF Ir.-Fine large strawberries of the
Longworth variety were selling in San Francisco
last week at twenty-five cents 4 pound They
were grown at the Mission, in the open air.
What country
Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-12-10

! OrARrz-We have more than once expressed
an opinion of the existence of rich gold quartz
lodges in Trinity county, and have faith to be-
lieve that they will eventually be worked at great
nroft The introduction of mill or two. with
effective and saving amagamating process is
required before these lodges will be fully devel-
on. Rich gold-bearing groupings, and in many
instances well developed lodges have been dis
eorercd in several districts of the county but up
to the present time very little effort has been
made toward the development of any of them
We have seen specimens of very rich gold
hearing quartz taken from we'll ascertainea
ledge which crosses Stuart's Fork at point
which we are not now at liberty to make public
and which will be thoroughly prospected the
Gaming summer. \ number of lodges are al
ready located in the Deadwood section, and from
prospects obtained the owners are sanguine that
rI:ch beds of golden exist there. Some very
rich rold-bearing quartz has been found in Hay
Fork valley, but of the extent of the discovery
We know nothing. There is undoubted evidence
of hidden gold quartz lodes in the divide be-
tween this Basin and the Trinity, and many
astonishingly rich specimens of outcroppng ore
have been exhibited from that section From a
party who has traced it for miles, We learn that
distinct ledge exists in the neighborhood of
Raab's ranch Trinity river, and that in many
places the rock develops gold in paying quaint
ties.
Somewhere about ysSr ago a gold-bearing
ledge of quartz was found in Rich Gulch, Il
tributary of the lower East Fork. Since that
time a tunnel has been run some SIXTY feet on
The ledge, which increases in extent and rich
ness thus far. \ meeting of the shareholders,
published elsewhere, shows that they intend to
commence work III earnest. meeting Of the
Trustees is announced at Junction City on the
llth when proposals will be received for extern
ding the tunnel. \ lot of specimen rock for
warded to US in of Mr.. Ludwig by Secreta-
~ Given, was lost in passing Oregon Gulch.-
We have seen some handsome and rich speci-
mems of rock from the ledge.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-12-10

Agency for the Art Union of London. Sui
seriptions received for the Annual Distribute
of Paintings and other Works of Art. Any,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-12-10
OF HARTFORD

A: their respective Agencies, fmery done from San
under the old system Of Su-A agents aid Travelling
Solicitors, Of tie IN unsettled state
to writing country risks. and lack OF
reliable cuisines. I.a;cral in the country towns.
Property Owners and Merchants
Desiring rainat Loss by Fire in reliable Com
panv and that furnishes rua facilities {" all will l..r
in mind tfat the PIIENIN oE HARTFORD Is TIE ONLY
INSURANCE COMPANY represented on this Coast that has
adopted the FULL AGENCY SYSTEM. so fhorOnShiH
and prOGf@biy tested By all frrdfns and res
peefabf< Xustsrnmcr <ompnnfrs dOinS general
Ere sE fkr OIder !SfGfss,
General Agency Branch Office system which has been
Quoted for with and sat iction To
and patrons. y the PHOENIX and other leading
Hartford Company with headquarters Cincinnati. Ohio
The unprecedented anil cy" success of the PHOENIX Of
Hartford proves the workings Of the system adapted
word j. based the ,rulnd that where
he found rcal enough their being insured and
inirustci with Coniiauv'e sN,Sr."
also Ice found huSur- ef known
well Guai:is! y thereof not only To- protect the Com
pany fraud hut t. form c"ric"t and ln'ines~lik-
tracts for the insured that viii be- lived nj t. in goo" faith
by the Company.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-12-10
LOSSES PAID IN U. S. GOLD COIN

~ ESTpENT PiIHNIX AGENTS IN ALI. THE CITIES
IL Towns prominent Parc- t- Coast. who
orized issue Policies Renewals asscut to Assign
ments. and attend To the business Of the
Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-12-10

Ezs5~ invite the public to examine my new
and large stock, satisfied that can give good
bargains as any dealer in town.
Weavcrville, Nov. l, 1861. A3.td.
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REMARKS OF Ben0nI Griffin, unn1 n,
6 6ii ,Prohtbtting the dat ilIaTion OF
In the House of Delegates, ON Monday
FEBRUARY lst, the bill forbiddiuE the dis.
tillatlon of grain for year being on its
passage, Benoni Griffin, member from Po-
cahontas and Webster, said: -
NIB; SPEAKER: In relation to the hill
now before the House l have bat few
Woras TO say by way Of explanation, and if
II nad not been that l heard that the hill
met with some opposition. / won,d bana
soo9ght explanation wholly uuuecesssrv
Tor am persuaded that every membsr ~,
tnls door is we'll acquainted with the fscia
mat make such bill necessary. First
! would say it is not the design OF this Bill
10 nght whisky itself, bnt to stop the de.
SrFuctop OF grain for that, that is worse
tnap nothing, when the wants of the gov
eminent and the wants of individuRls are
so great. Ills well known that the crons
ID west virginia, as we'll as in our en,;rs
country, the past season were much below
an average, while our wants as A nation
and individuals have been much increa ssS
just look ct the thousands of women nd
entqEen who have escaped from the star
EAuon and barbarism of Dixie, whose hns-
oanas, fathers and brothers have been
S s9ti In rebel prisons, or hays precs
aed their wives and children and have
loined our aimies TO help crush this mn a
noly rebellion, or sought home amon1
us. Their property is all gone, and If the7
nave any money It is rebel scrip, which l.
worth dime per bushel. If this act is
passed viii 1t injure any honest mani Not
one. Will it fpjure any loyal man? Not
ones Tor no honest or loyal man would
think Of distflliug grain in view of the
facts which surround him. We are
not legtslatiug for the few but
for the masses. have no. care about
what the distiller loses, for God knows n
had my way there would not be one In
West Virginia. ISanlt see for the life of
me, how any man who has the welfare OF
his tellow-men at heart can OPPOSE this
bill. We need not fear that the farmers
cannot get sale for their grain at remn-i
neEadve prices if the distillerissi are sion.
ped No, ar. Speaker. the prices nov h I
some places are almost fabulous. ana
what Will they be before next hsrvsssS |
~ may be argued that the peopIa rsn
bring their bread from other Ststss 6nt
you'd ask, Sir, how can q woman Win
tamily OF small children 90 huudrsds ~ |
miles, without money, to seek for brssfS , |
Let me say, in conclusion, for nv pSFt 7
would not let my vote 20 out & thsi
A9sl9 recorded against this bill for All the |
Whisky in West Virginia. -.
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vote In the former being ayes ls, naya,2,
and In the latter ayes 46, nsys.lf. The
two bills thus passed do not materially
differ from each others and in Rlliproba-
biltty the Senate bill will sbe adopted by
the House, with, perheps, some aot very
important amendments. We publish this,
morning the Senate bill in the form in,
which it passed, and it was the impression
at Annapolis last evening that on Monday
next it will become the, law of the State
without further:delay. q ! 4
We congratulate the people of Maryland
on this happy step forward in the great
struggle, and commend to their perusal
tnerePort in our columns this morning of
the eloquent and stirring debate that pre-
ceded the FINAL vote.-B Baltimore American.
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Comnissionars, aala


James Emsley, oOmpl't. .as
. Peter H. French, ct al. Dofta N ny HsnAneOF'-
RY virtus Of decree ofthe Circuit Co art far ob,
- county, rendered on the 18th day Of JSnDaTT
1904 directed 70 the undersigned aS Special Commi,
0neri and the time specified for the "a Sment oTThs
Ge49 mentioned in said decree Eavfng eTpITs5 I
shal5 On Monday, tho 22d Of February is6Ii At The
Guy OF Hheelng, offer for sale that part OF Iot No
~, IN the 18th Ward ofsGid city, In the bill And mo
eee9lngs mentioned as having belonged to aid de-
iendant French, which Il the south "a fat and II
nenes OF said Lot No. 80, fronting on Main StTeet
n Ieet ana II Inches and running back the sarIs
width OIL tset Said part Of lot viii be sold IN two
paEee a. follows, viz: hrBt the south part tbsreof
oeIpg the vacant or unimproVsd part thorsof SSi3
70 contain ~ feet 10 inches front on Main Strset
me residue Of said lot on which stands The ITicf
mouse containing Is feet inch front on Main strSst
me running BACK same width 81 feet
E13As OF 64LE-A sufficient amount In bAnd IN
Ine cots OF sale and the costs OF this milf Hn5
OF LSg Gays with interest from the HV al Ials
~ % o1e. third Of the purchase money And q 10
t9s 0Lher o-thirdE % TIL PnrehAse money credit
oI " and is mouths In equal iDStallmsntS Win in
toEest from the day Of sale, the purchnSer 9iTimg
I DUnas VIII good surety for the payment Of the
t t And retaining the title until the vhoIs Of
ths purchase money e fully paid
tao, on... %. b d HENRY Q. FLRsHRR,
-g-t-2S-SSs rT.t special CommisHionbr
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VIZ understand that Col. ThOburu and

We understand that Col. Thoburn and
his command have safely escaped from
Petersburg. This being so, it may not be
out of the way to ask why the Colonel and
his men should not 10 the future he sent
to some other place than Petersburg n
With our limited knowledge OF the situa.
ton, we never could see why Col. Thoburn
should be at that place, just as we never
could see why Milroy was kept at Win
chester instead of Harper's Ferry. Peters,
burg is forty miles from the railroad and is
supplied from New Creeklby wagon trains.
The road is iutersected at Burlington by q
road from Romuey, and further up by a
road FROM MoOtefeld, On these roads and
through the gaps in the spurs the rebels
find little difficulty in debouching on our
wagon trains whenever there is aprospect
for fat pickipga. They did SO a few weeks
ago. and they did so again the other day
More than all this, they have at last COM
PEELED Col. Thoburn to pull up stakes aud
come backto therailroad just as we always
supposed he would be compelled to do
when threatened by any considerable force.
His supplies were aud must be perust-
aally at the mercy of the enemy. There
was and is no way to avoid the difficulty.
lfhe accumulated large supply at Peters.
burg he ran the risk of having to destroy
it all or leave it to ths'eudmy. If be did
not accumulate such supply, he ran a
continual risk of suddenly finding himself
short of something to eat by the capture
ofau expected train.
The point Wa submit is this, that Peters.
burg is not tennbIe point for small
force at such distance from supplies and
supports. 1t is perpetually threatened
from ROmuey and other points of rebel
rendezvous. 1t is supplied at great ex-
Pense aud risk, and actual loss of men
and material. It protects, in reality, no
extent of country. 1t is a continual bait
to the rebels, inducing them to consrsgats
along the South Branch aud maraud and
deVastate the country even more than thew
otherwise would. ~ :.
In this view of the case, aud with pres
ent experience before US, would it not be
much better in future that Petersburg be
left to the care Ofitself
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PAFfEH' in the 5sth year Of his age.
The funeral viii take place from his late residence
10 PeaSo toEnship, Belmont county, Ohio: tbl.
Tuesdayl morning at 10 o'clock, aud proceed to the
6uFying ground his brOthcr's farm, adjoining his
late residence. Tho friends the family are invited
to attend. y 4i''sS-
on Sunday last ELIZA, daughter Of GEORGE and
Catherine Bowers, Sged t6 years 4tu
The funeral VIII take place on this day TUESDAY,
nom The residence In South Wheeling, at o,cloek
?. NJ Friends of the family are respectfully in.
vited. e. y. ~
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TothG People Of West Virginia,
HE PRESIDENT Up THE UNITED sr4Tts
a has Issued the following ordsT,- 10
so SRXROUrIyE MANsInv

BIB PRESIDENT Up THE UNITED sTXrhs
\ mas Issued the following ordeH;-
..h a. *EXEoUrIvE MANSION.
''ordered that dram ror aye hSnSEsd io t5o,.
men 70 serve for three years or durinS tbs 80 ~
SsSo % ION day March next for the military
~ 'tSS ol Ihe United States, creditinE and deduet
ins 50 mans as may have been eniIsfe5 or 1900
na me service prior to the 1st day Of March NET
anu BOY Boy heretofore credited. -, -. t-szs
LsIgheal ABRAHAM LINOOLN.,,
me hnmber mentioned In the above order ;nci;
Ins 5OoO9O called for in October last
,,,Io ensIing before the list Of March will bs an.
Htleu 70 pounttes from the Government as -beTato
iore viz: 800 for veterans and SSO1 for
cfuts Afer that tim6 NO bounties viii ~ " -
to the Supervisors Of the seTerSi
SgS6 20 meet and offer county bounty Of from
SiVo 70 $Zo9 in addition to that paid by M SoysS
mehI: Under late act Of the Iesisiat,Irs an.
ySors Any oL only be levied for, nut the Super.
~ luS IotToW the money to pay the same All
me other states are Offering indneements 10 ,l,,,
treEs, ana u seems to me that IL shouId he donS IL
Wesi VIII, IN this State. It iItrue that
pArts as she has been, has shown n dsyot,
Sause which we are engaged that q nnsuruSssaJ
II eqaaHed, by any portion Of the countr1 VI
nloIs troops are needed., They are called for I'D
must Re furnished. The number ,rhS w., aCI anu
Sst @ me last call has fallen much short OF
i Snas mao anticipatedS This State muSt fnroSs5
5er PIoportion-if not by VoIup tesrinSit t
~, ~, y Srat Aad while shall regret the se
sary, shall aid the Government N ~ -
every means In my power : 1 80 execution execution py
6.ntrS ~, % anu sth Regiments of Mounted In
20 ~ Hexe been changed to cavalry BY lats order
o. me war Department, and am autborizeJ ~
anpont t heT companies for each regiment and to
nsSy aSal OF officers for each CONF
erutt for these companies ~! may re-
~. 11est thnt the people take action on fri. snl
aud let US not permit 1t Is De said afts ~
ViiS o'sr, th1t It was necessary to draft In WsSt
Virginia TO supply her quota OF troops. ~ "es'
isb soVFlFE CHAMBER, Wheeling, February Il Ia
po paper, IN the State win please copy once and