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LIVERPOOL

STEAM BETWEEN LIvEEPooL AND NEW ORLEANS
Calling at Hayana and Queenow land and embark Mails
and Passengers; taking Cooan signing Illus Of lad;n,
here at through rates Of freight hence to St. Pstersbn,
Moscow, Riga, Hamburg, Brsznen, Antwerp Rotterdam.
Gothenburg and Havre
The final port of destination may e either fixed On signing
the bills of adrg declared by the holder of the bill
Of ading within twelve hours altar the steame arriva,
at Liverpool thus aording the Importer the choice ot
| marke.s
THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN STEAM
Navigation Company Lmed will dispatch the following full
powered Iron Screw steamships between
LIVERPOOL AND NEW ORLEANS DIRECT,
Sailing from LIVERPOOL every alternate TUESDAY, and
NEW ORLEANS every alternate SATURDAY.
1874 tons, p Jamisoa Captain
MlssisstfPi......lni tons ..,..J Campbell CantaI,
1887 tens. II. Baker usptaju
MISSOURI 1854 tons. a. Hancock Captain.
ARKANSAS 1896 tons. n Barron eapsaiu
.iS2o tons. j. Glover oapteu.
1861 tons ID. Graham Captain
VAhoi.iNA...,..... l6al CONS I'D auney, Captain,
bofViAS....,..... 1913 tops. H p p Couche Can't
y }atn Passage TO Liverpool sizgold or Us equivalent in
currency.
For rates Of freight apply to
WM, HUNTER d CO, Al Caronda,et street.
Ne Bills of ading for this Company (Which can only he
slfaeeo Will be hal y The Asent's Office as above
' FOR LIVERPOOL AND HAVANA,
CALLING AT QUEENSTOWN.
ESoR LIVERPOOL AND HAvASA-rnE STEAM.
ship
Carolina
Cargo ia row benr RECEIVES a. ,ho ~. &c -,
street ior above steamer sailing punctuy on SATURDAY
the 18Th January at O'clock ~ to be followed by The
''9
Cabin PASSAGE to Liverpool si2 Havana sss or their
equivalent in U. S. Currency.
For freight passage, apply to
Wm HUNTER & 60, Al carondelet street
NJ islAT HULL RIsKs
T4KEs BY
ME NATIONAL MARINE AND FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY,
oaace' corner Of Camp and Common streets.
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NTATAMoRoS.
EoR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

foR MATASsnROS- FINE F4sT.s4IIIEG
- cn3Onef ID RAetiey, a " Nelson Jnag,er /. now
loedug for te above port sld viii nave ack dSatcb VI
81 w barrels spply to %'S " JUS
JosEPHaEELLEY, I27 Grayier street
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STEAMBOATS,.
VICIkSBURG.

Leaves on THURSDAY, at5pH
Steamer GREY EAGLE-J. NJ WHITE Master
EOK GKEENyILLE, EGGS POINT, LAKE
pn, washington Grand Lake. Carolina Landing, Ashton
mediate landings. @ . -"
The above packet will freight and passengers for Mem.
SgffGgr Fg freight or passage apply board
vfRaiNIu Us bGSfzE eo a9ePti hsS' rent
The above steamer will take freight and passengers for sun
With privilege Of reshppihg the steamer Eddie
Leaves every FRIDAY ut Pm
Steamer MAGENTA-T P. LEATnERS, Mas. or; R. A.
OWEN, WHITE TURpIN. and CHAs. GRIcE, Clerks
HOE GREEN WILLIE, EGGS POINT, LAKE
WsSa SING Grand Lake Carolina Landing, Ashton Pl
Landing, Omega Miiken's Bend ycksburu Natches Grand
nl Rodney, Bayou Sara, Baton Rouge, and ali intermediate
The ahoye packet will take freight passengers for Mem
phs and YAgoh river with privilege reshipn on
pMGsen ut 'eksbnrg Foe freight passage apply board
or" JOHN A. STEVENSON, Agent,
The above steamer Il freight and passengers for Sun
mower river with privilege OF reshppng on tue Eddie
Leaves Every SATURDAY, Ut 8 O'Clock r. NJ
H0R SECKSRUKG, NATCHEz,. GRAND GUbE
~, sounnsy, Fort Admas Bayou Sara Por Hudson, Batol
andngsfhe and swift running Fash
lon pratt master Ludivgsen and Crater clerks
ann aarng he season as above For freight passage
TITUS GWARTNEY No. 3 Tchoupiouas street,
~ R;n +; nnaRRoLh 4 CO, No 1888 Gravier street,
Nos II and 10 New Ievee streets
Ihe steamer Fashion Vcksbrg with The last mas
Raymond leaves yeksburg every nesdy morning on the ar
aa OF ne Fashion Passengers taken through from New Or
leans to Memphis for SIS. " W
The Fashion .,,,.
thronEh nils OF lading YagDo City Greenyond
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tarillf sntflligel,re.

8S 1RxsrkNI t9fFlCE, No. gf CANr Sraprr
II thursday, January ii, 1868.


Gseared Kessersiay.
+ atsamhaip Champion Furber, for Naw York.
~ 4, as j NJ Couytena,
6Aaia III. n iio aae
otisc, Hop yins fol- Mobile / q Har.is
s'lsR aaarsflal Peliisiert Daren, iii Hayrc.
y ~ /. D. Is S,,., Grecyy. Nielerson &co
Cusachs q Ogden
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OPELOUSAS.
BATON ROUGE ~.

n. REtiuLAR COAST PACKET.
Leaves every WEDNESDAY at 10 a. NJ, and every SAJIJR
.t DAY Mt p. NJ. -7EN''
SN1R BATON RSGas II, PLAouEMINE non Amy
,onvle AND al ntemediate tandnssTrc new superb
Nem steamer M9nH9am s. Heno mHster.J j. O. Ibanu
clerk, VIII leave above Returning, will ,enye st,,
Rouge every MONDAY at SA. NJ, and I'll RSDAV M IL ~
for freight or pussags apply to - .
.rt ,,, -, -, .., s...,s..., n Q. DoNOHouF.
fjnrche va -o"S"u La
shipp'rs are responsible for geymgnt Of freight
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NEW ORLEANS AND CINCINNATI PACKET NICHOLAS
LONGWORrH--A. r. GLEyAN, Master
Leaves on FRIDAY, eth inst at JPN
EN3E nh FIkaEEaHS, GElED, LDGISVILLE Ann
u iucuu4H--ihe new and splendid passenger packet
&tchnEaaa EohEwONth, a. Il Irwin master, viii snye
For freight Or passs apply board, ortp
JOIN +. HYDE h CO, Agents
No
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Countess, Green, from PAS, sgouia- basin.
Louise, Hopkins, from Noble.


Exports Yesterday.
& NEW YORK Steamship Champion 52s bales
cotton 244 hbls melasses los pkgs mdse
& GALVESTON AND INBiAN0iA-Ste amship
Morgan $50 sks corn 100 SKIS malt $50 bbis pota-
toes so bbis molasses 20 bbs whisky. and sundries
BARCEL0NA--S bark Fostera--l9S2 pcs lnm'
Der 29S bales cotton
HAyRE-Fr ship Marshal Pellisier-sS6 bales Of
cotton
MOBILE Steamer Louise 500 pkgs mdse
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vEroRF PACKET COM

1T VIM HUN Il VJat-
GRAND BAYOU, CoU-
re AleNnndriaa Norman's,
Red River-The nagniticens
Ef';er, Captain Cheney
W. q. Harrison, and M
, in place OF steamer r. "a
TUESDAY, IhURSDAh
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STEAMSHIPS.
NEW YORK. .a

STEAMSHIPS.
NEW YORK. a@
To ssil SATURDAY, January 18th, stsAM.
FOR NEW YORK VIA HAyANa-TuE
elegant steamship
N ANDERSON, Commander,
WIN leave as above.
Passage to Havana first cabin $40
For freight or ports having superior &C
commodaiionsi apply to
ED. F, sToCKMEYER, Agent
,-.. a. Union street.
To sail on SATURDAY, 18th inst. ut S All.
cEoM"EhLs N. Y, AND N. o. STEAMSHIP LINE,
EoE NEW X0RR-The fast and f,yorito stea,osbi,
Ncshannock,
j. Il. WINCHESTER, Commander
will leave hor wharf foot Of Toulouse street. Second District
above
First cabin passage $50
For freight passage sPply to
ALFRED MOULToN,
Al Carondelct street.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09
DIR. BRIOT's FEMALE MONTHLY PILLS

Their immense sale has established their reputation as
female remedy unapproached and in advance
other medicine for Suppression and Irregularities 9th
obtructions in females On the receipt Five Dollars
these Pills will be sent by mail express anv part Of
the world, from curiosity damage
a distance be cured home by address
ing letter to Dr. J. PERRAULT Sacramento and
Montgomery streets, Rooms Nos 9. 10 or Box g-3
Office San Francisco, stating the infinitely
possible general habits Of living, occupation ETC. etc All
taken under treatment warranted No charge for
No posoDs harsh medicines injure the con-
sttuton making sick to we'll. We are honest
dealings frank in opinions and charges
will be far less than demanded by physicians We
invite investigation. claim know everything nor Ia
cure everybody but do lay claim reason and COM
mon sense and eight ten pronounced incu
rabie. We particularly those who tried this
Doctor and that scientific Physician bsed and atvertis
ed. till out and discouraged to call upon US Ii will
cost nothing, as CONSULTATIONS are ifee 4.1y.is.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09

JAMES PARTON crowds the truth closely when
he saws of James Gordon Bennett -. He had
no friends at the start, he has had none since
and he has none now. The whole of his power
as writer consists in his detection of the evil
in things that good, and the falsehood in
things that are true, and Of the ridiculous in
things that are important
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09
i" MOTHER :"

Breathe it gently in whisper.
'Tis sweet, a hallowed word;
Saddcned hearts swell with emotion,
When the thrilling sound is heard.
Breathe it fondly, very fondly,
Touch a chord in every heart:
Many a voice will grow more tender,
Many pearly tear will start.
Mother. name that all hearts cherish,
Zen the child of sin and shame
Speaks in accents softer, milder,
When it breathes the hallowed name.
Breathe it gently in a whisper,
Lest some bleeding heart be rivcn;
There's but one name dearer TO us.
And that cherished name il Heaven.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09

SLIGHTLY IRRrTATED--The Nashville Tenn. }
Banner thus concludes an editorial notice of the
forty-one members of the House who passed the
Franchise bill :-s' They members of no par
ty-they endorse creed. They pretend to be
Radicals, when, in reality, they put aside every
item even of the Radical faith. They are simply
liars and scoundres, who ought to be in hell or
the pententiary instead of making laws 70 ori-
die a noble State, and defraud peacetui' up
right and free people of their rights
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09
WeavervjIIe, Saturday, June 9, 1866
AG e N t 8
aa-JOHN A. WATSON, Oil Mining Score

RD-JOHN A. WATSON, Oil Mining Score
ary Eureka is duly authorized to receive and receipt Tor
subscriptions to this paper in Humboldt county
L. P. FISHER, 171 Washington street. (up stars) San
Francisco-nearly opposite Magures Opera Houses our
only authorized Agent in that city,
f. X PITIPPS Sd street between and k is authorized
to receive and receipt for advertisements and subscriptions
for this paper at Sacramento
Subscribers the JOURNAL at Douglas City will receive our
printed receipts by leaving the amounts due with hEIoN
KELLOGG, authorized agents.
At North Fork A. WATERS is our authorized Agent
CHAS y0sE is Agent for Trinity Center and vicinity
FREY RANTZAU are Agents at Lewiston.
A. G.. PRICE, Esq and Justice GUSTAV TIIEDE are au
horzed to receive and receipt for subscriptions to the JOUR-
Canon Creek.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09

A FAIR GAME.-The Sacramento pee mo
tho fo,Iov;ng reference to the 20 dead-hifch Dc
-, ro,nress and the latter-day : Moses =
= v.h;Ia Andrew goes on making nomina-
:. Aean"n,, h;a personal friends and removing mon
tions OF MS ps.oo ora and Congress- not to be be-
men by the usres s. in suspending his nomina-
hlndhana, ;cp pf of course, are of no good without
,o confirmation It is regular game Jl enesS
-: :.s .birh the President may receive checAn
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09

Ws learn from the Humboldt Times that 'ohn
A. Watson has received the appointment OF guar
termasters Clerk at Fort Humboldt
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09
Weekly o rinity Jomrnat.

So County Warrants and Grssnbaeks taken at
their ruling value in payment for subscriptions to this
paper To soldiers in the Government service the JOURNAL
will be furnished for Greenbacks at
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09
ruv Red Bluff Independent broadly insinuate

r,,r Rod Ruff Independent broadly lnsinuates
o.; das. not CHARGE that Superintendent SWEET,
his late visit North, disgraced himself and the
81 State ne' by profanity and whisky-drnking which
main n nsinuation,the Red Bluff o5serrer pronounces
base, base malicious falsehOod;' For the honor of
the State and the good OF the cause of popular
edsca,on. we trust that the Obserrer speaks tru-
=, ,bouph it convicts the editor of the Indepen-
lint of al offense involving vastly greater de-
nrayity and moral turpitude than the oifense with
which it indirectly charged Mr.. Swect.-Soiano
UernId
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09

THE editor of an Eastern paper says SO We
have adopted the Eight Hour system in this of
fee. We commence work at eight o'clockin the
morning and quit at eight in the evening"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09

How THEY RIDE.-Quoting Washington letter
writers the Dramatic Chronicle says of the turn
outs on the Avenue go General Grant, when
alone, appears in a top buggy with gray nag
Secretary Seward rides in a two-horse cab the
Secretary of the Navy looks like old Neptune
himself on horseback Senator Sprague and his
beautiful wife attract much attention in their
handsome open carriage, but not SO much as
Senator McDougall does on horseback
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09

FASHIONABLE young lady, detaching ne' rben
we have sbnf1e ed off this mortal coil Z?
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09

~ CAN you anything in my eye-it feels We
ry sore?" asked lazy, good-for-nothing student
bad pupil was the reply Of the Professor, who
never likes to be funny when he has professional
gar
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09

REGISTRY LAw.-The Mountain Democrat speaks
of the /" Infamous Registry law, passed by the
last Legislature for the sole purpose of disfran-
chsing adopted citizens" We should like to
know in what manner adopted citizens are DIS
franchised by this bill ?-Sacramento Bee
That's not where the shoe really pinches- 1t
is because illegal voters of which the Democrat s
late party contained such profusion, are to be
disfranchsed.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09

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Coast Price Fifty Dollars per dozen, Five Dollars per
bottle
C. F. RICHARDS &. CO.,
Wholesale Retail Druggists and Chcrss, Clay
and Sansome streets, San Francisco, sole agents, to
whom all orders must be addressed. Also, agents
for the celebrated Spanish Antdoe, prepara-
tion warranted to Gonorrhea elect,
Irritation. Gravel, and all Urinary do
rangements. Neither of the above
genuine without sigma
NJ the face of the ia
Is. label. 1y.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09

President in his speech to the soldiers and
.;,o-s asked 20 Who made me your Presi-
s.,,e, Some one in the crowd promptly an
s,ered. Booth y
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09

The Davenport Qowa) Gazette says at least
10. 900 900 of arabic land yet lie untouched
by spade plow within the limits OF that state.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09

THEIR NAMEs.-The names OF the Trustees of
the projected San Francisco Epening Tribune are
r. Guy Mcclellan, John J. Hicks, a. j. Snyder,
Jack Stratman and Jacob Rosenberger
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09

An APPREcIATIvE PEoPLE.-Thomas Smith was
hung at Albany, Oregon, on the 10th of May
The papers say that between FIVE and six thous-
and appreciative 0regonians were present
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09
INDUSTRIAL FAIR
Mechanics Institute.

Report OF THE COMMITTEE AWARDS CALIFORNIA BRAN
DIES, PUNCHES. CoRDIALs BITTERs-HEID SEPTEMBER
2srH 1864.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09

THE PEACE PRocLAMATIoN.- Eastern Cop
perhead papers are very rabid over the order
from the War Department declaring the Presi-
dents proclamation nullity. The New York
World remarks of it:
"If the proclamation of peace does notremove
martial law and restore the habeas corpus it would
puszle everybody but its author to tell why it
was issued For aught we can see, the Presi-
dent might as we'll have published curiously-
constructed conundrum. A good puzzling con-
undrum would have precisely the same legal eff
feet F.; and if anybody had succeeded in guessing
it, it might have proved good deal more enter
tanning"
The World hit the nail on the head. The proc
lamation was a puZzler.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09

How Mr.. LINCOLN SIGNED THE PRscLAMAT1oN
The Rochester Express relates the following as
the circumstance attending Mr.. Lincoln's sigma
turc to the famous Emancipation Proclamation,
and says it has not before been published
q The roll containing that document was taken
to Mr. Lincoln at noon the first day OF Janu-
ary, 1868, by Secretary Seward and his son Fred
erick. As it lay unroed before him, Mr.. Lin
coin took pen, dipped it in ink, moved his hand
to the place of signature, held it for moment,
then removed his hand and dropped the PEN
After a little hesitation he again took up the pen
and went through The same movement as before.
Mr. Lincoln then turned to Mr.. Seward and said f:
| have been shaking hands since o'clock
this morning, and my right arm is nearly para
lyzed. If my name goes into history it will
be for this act and my whole soul is III it. II
my hand trembles when sign the Proclamation,
al who examine the document hereafter Will
say, he hesitatcd.
lie then turned to the table. took up the pen
again, and slowly, yet firmly, wrote that Abra-
ham Lincoln, with which the whole world is
now familiar. lie looked up, smiled, and said :
That will do
That Proclamation asserted that the EXecu-
tive Government of the United States. including
the military and naval authorities thrrcof, will
recognize and maintain the freedom of such per-
sons.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09

am schoolma am and have recently come
from eight months teaching in the South. Ihad
the courage to stand out against monsters whom
it were praise to call devils and am quite GER
tain | shall not be afraid of mere sauages. if such
are to be encountered in the journey to that dis
tant country.
Kinds as we'll as mines are to be developed ont
there-so many families know have gone and
are going. have means to pay my fare and to
bring n saddle-beast and equipments beside.
can ride with the best, and should it come to
that shoot, too
Please to say if Lcannot go to Montana with
your expedition, just as well as not. Whatever
vour answer. let it he understood that have
made up my mind to go with you anyway.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09

\ PLucKY ScHooLMA ANA lady of Spring
field, Massachusetts, has sent Capt. JAS l.. Fisk,
of Montana notoriety, the following spirited let
ter. She shouldn't be obliged to make second
request if we were in the Captain place;
Ny DEAR Sir Il see by a Boston paper that
you are to lead, in May next, your fourth eXpedi-
ton overland from Minnesota to Montana.
have a brother ont there. miner. in the dig
gings called Last Chance. He has written me
to join him. If you can speak word of encour-
agement, should prefer to make the trip across
the plains under the mgis of your expedition.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-06-09

REWARD OF MERIT.-Steve Venard, who recent
" immortalized himself by capturing the Neva-
da stage robbers with his unerring Henry rifle,
has been appointed Aid upon the Staff of Cover
nor Low, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel
Following is a copy of the letter =:
..rC - EGI.IIyE nEnED-a.EYI J
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-12-14

REMARKABLE PREsENTIMENT.-Th Yer
mont Record says MIR. ID. SeaYer, of Stowe,
Sheriff of Lamoille county, was fatally in.
iured few days since. II seems that there
was horse trot at Morristown in which he
and Mr.. Gilman were parties. Seaver's
gig was overturned by his running into Gil
mans when Mr. Seaver was thrown out and
dragged about thirty rods and badly hurt,
especially about the head. While al Mont.
pelier last week, we heard some very re-
markable statements in connection with tho
death of flMr.Seaver as stated with the above
We give them as we heard them, and can, If
necessary, name our authority. We under
Stand that for a long time previous to the
,dGath of Mr.. Seaver, his wife repeatedly
told him that death would soon enter their
iamlly, and strongly urged him to purchase q
lot IN the cemetery, upon which it seems Mr..
Seayer had been at work helping to lay 1t
out, DC. On the morning OF the day on
which the above race took place, Mrs. Sea.
yer told her husband that she had dreamed
The night before that she saw him thrown
rom the wagon, dragged some distance and
strike his head against something, she could
not tell what, and was killed She urged
nm not TO go to the race. He smiled at the
cream, not being ut all superstitous, and
Went. lie, however, seemed to be not alto.
gether right, and jus. before the race, told
Mr. Gilman that-he would much rather not
drive, but upon the earnest solicitation ol
hir. q. did so wleHthe above result. Mrs.
Seaver, upon his departure for the race,
dressed herself as If ready for Journey
and awaited, as she aflirms, to be called up
on to go TO HIM. And she was. When seni
iior, She told the messenger, before he related
ms errand that she knew what he had come
lor All of which we give as we heard it,
ana pronounce it very strange II true, and
we believe il is true.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-12-14
FRE FREEDMAN's SONG.
ny REV. onAIo MITCHELL.

Al Christmas-time the Yankees came,
Gods army of the nation,
And took this poor old contraband
From rebels and plantation;
And Sherman's blue coats gave me books,
And taught me how to read 'em;
And now feel myself man,
And thank the Lord for freedom.
Chorus s--There's little on my back,
And there's little on my shell
It's hard times a-working,
Bat I'm 3oorking for myself
am slave no longer now,
do my own good pleasure;
bless the loyal white men, too,
Who gave me this great treasure
I'd rather live on crusts of bread,
In freedoms honest labor,
Than be well-fed slave again,
The "oattlen of my neighbor
CnoRUs.-There's little, &c.
My learning was but nothing; yet
knew which side was fighting
For loyalty and liberty o
And who my wrongs were righting.
knew the Federals worked for me,
With love that God had given;
That traitors to the Government
Were rebels, too, TO heaven.
CHORUS. There's little, sc.
Now, praise the Lord, we're freemen ALL
And now we hut desire
To vote, and have an equal chance
To raise our manhood higher.
Take off the chains OF prejudice,
l,Givo as what you're enjoying
The right to stay where we can rise,
Heart, head, and hand employing,
CHoRus.-There's little, &c.