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Year: 1862

THE PROPOSED TAX UPON NEwsPAPERs.-Fro
the statement made by Mr.. Morrill, in the House
of Representatives, on Tuesday last it is now
pretty certain that the Committee of Ways and
Means will substitute for Mr.. Colfax's bill q
measure embodying the plan recommended in
this journal of o direct tax upon every copy
issued. This will produce considerable amount
of revenue, without subjecting newspapers to
the unnecessary delays and the Post Office De-
partment to the heavy expenditure involved in
Che bill just rejected by the House. It has this
opposition, nasmuch as it will press equitaby
upon all classes of journals, country as we'll as
metropolitan. The only question to be con-
eidered is as to the amount of tax that should
be levied. To render it an object to the govern
ment, 1t should be sufficiently high to yield at
least five millions of dollars. A quarter of q
cent per copy would only give about half that
sum, and the expense of its collection would be
the same as il it were double the amount The
committee will therefore probably decide, and
the press will offer no opposition to their deci-
sion, that half cent on each copy would be a
fair proportion for 1t to contribute as its quota
of taxation. The share of the HERALD alone
would not be less than couple Of hundred
thousand dollars year.


There are some prospective benefits arising
out of this tax that will reconcile the press and
the public to il. 1t will undoubtedly effect a
very great change for the better in the tone and
character OF our journals. Such was its in6u
ence upon the English press which, however
has retrograded notably since the abolition Of
the stamp duty. The competition to which
freedom from taxation has exposed old estab
lished English journals has unfortunately
placed them within the reach of temptation, ant
we have recently seen how easy II is for foreigr
gold TO bribe them into the pursuance Of any
course no matter how unprincipled or scurril
ous towards ot.er nations.


But one of the greatest advantages resulting
Year: 1862

The Bishop of Nesqualy wishes to inform all per-
who take any interest in the welfare of the Or
phans that the Sisters of Charity at Vancouver have
at present under their no less than fifty orphans
including both sexes, of whom six only pay for their
board and clothing the others being destitute remain
at their own CHARGE in the two asyums that in or
der to prepare suitable lodgings for these little ones
they have expended several thousand dollars, and
thereby incurred debts which they are unable to pay
The Bishop knowing the good feeling of the people
at large for such Institutions has thought advisable
to make appeal to their generous hearts in order
to relieve the Sisters from their present embarrass-
ment and to recommend therefore a subscription to
be made especially in the mining country. Reverend
Father G. Vary who goes into the eastern part Of the
Territory, with the view of exercising his ministry
towards all who may need it, will receive then with
pleasure and gratitude whatsum soever well disposed
people may be inclined to pour in his hands for the
aforesaid object. The Bishop aters himself that this
appeal for such good work will be we'll understood
and complied with and he will not fail to remind the
inmates of both asyus of their obligation of address
ing to God fervent prayers for their benefactors


A. NJ A. BLANCHET, Bishop.


Vancouver, July 2, 1852
Year: 1862

EMPIRE REsTAURANT.-Jehn Selby, proprietor of
the Empire,' would respectfully announce to his
old patrons and the public generally that his Restau
rant is again opened in fine style, and he is prepared
to entertain all who may favor him with their patron
age, in the best possible manner and viii guarantee
satisfaction to his guests.
Year: 1862

are tho most active and thorough pills
that have ever been introduced.


They act so directly upon the Liver,
exciting that organ 10 such an extent as
that tho system does not relapse into It's
former condition, which i too apt TO be
the case with simply a purgative pill.
Year: 1862

EDENBURG, Va, April 6.
That which to-day enlists the attention of
most, Is the melancholy suicide Of Col. JON
as p. Holiday, Vermont Cavalry, who this
morning shot himself upon the bank of the
Shenandoah, Arriving at the stone bridge,
which | alluded 10 in my last letter, which
crosses q narrow creek few miles this side
ef Strasburg, no turned away from the road
down the creek to the river, tied his horse to
bush, went to the rivers brink, drew the
fatal weapon, sent bullet through his fore
head, and fell into the ter, where his ad.
iutant. Edgar Pitkin of Burlington, Vt,
found him buta few moments before his
last breath was drawn.


His connection with the regiment had
been short-not more than month; but he
had so attached to himself the sympathies
of his men in that time, that they are now
cast into deep gloom, not only from per-
sonal attachment TO their colonel, but
for the fear that in this important crisis
which DOW seems pending, they NAV not
find another who will FL the place Of the
one they have lost. The act was the resul
of melancholy-of insanity, perhaps; for the
lamented colonel had on several recent occa-
sions, shown that strange condition Of mind
which is often the premonitor of such deed;
and upon the very night before, his chap
lain. Rev. j. III. Woodward, had remarked in
him the most singular bearing which he had
ever witnessed in any man.


So great was the anxiety which he had
manifested for some tune past, that some OF
the officers were not surprised at this sad
calamity. Upon the previous evening there
was occasion for some one to notify farmer
VINO lived four miles away, of their intended
departure upon the following morning, to
enable him 10 secure his receipts for ibrage
which had been taken; as there would be
some danger in the undertaking, Ashby's
cavalry having been seen in that direction
during the day, the colonel was in dilem-
ma between exporting his own men to danger
and the farmer to the loss of dues. Chap
lain Woodward, volunteered himself for the
service, and with two soldiers, started through
the darkness. This seemed TO be q cause Of
anxiety to the colonel, who said that he had
acted contrary to his Judgment. For some
time past his mind has been in this sensitive
condition, which rendered him a victim to
this act Of self-destruction.


lie was born in Central New York, was
graduated at West Point in 1851, where he
took high position, and thoss who knew
Year: 1862

The communication of "Tax-payer'' is
deserving of notice not only by the Listers,
but by taxpayers, generally. We hope the
Listers will do their duty faithfully and fear


lessly. They will te sure to be sustained by
the people in 50 ding. II any one grumbles
at being obliged to make under oath, dis
closures proper to enable the listers to make
up the list as it shoulI be, it may be put
down as pretty sure sign that he wishes to
escape from his just obligations as I member
Year: 1862

COOP FOR PRENTICE Pike re-
signs his command in Arkansas on the
ground that be is unpoPslsr with the In
dians, and Fat. lie must be afraid that
his brother savages, if they should get
hungry, might eat him.
Year: 1862

dollars in his pocket, and with that he was
in hopes of reaching his home, as soon as
be was able to travel. He told his attend
ant that ho had but two dollars, and that
as the did not need the whole jar Of jelly,
a small part would be sufficient. No, you
most take the whole or none, and you must
pay 81 for it Finally the invalid bought
the jelly, and on removing the covering he
discovered to his great astonishment, with
IN the wrapper note directed to himself,
and that this very jar Of jelly had been
sent by his own family TO him. Thisis but
one among the many outrages prepetrated
by the unprineipled men who are found in
the army"
Year: 1862

According to ParsOn BrownlOw, speech
is decidedly "freerD at the South than at
the North. In a speech at Chicago on Sat-
uTday night, the Parsou said: a-


In the North, understand, when in q
speech man meets a false statement in a
speaker OF writer, he says that state
mentis not exactly in accordance with the
facts but in the country in which was
raised we are in the habit of using little
different phrase; we brand the statement
as vile cRlumny and the man who made
it as an unmitigated liar" Laughter and
applause. ~ o. 70
Year: 1862

| Some people think it is /" big thing" to be an
editor. Well, perhaps it is--but we don't see it,


fellow is dead-headed into circuses and concerts


and rides on of the railroads free, but that
one fact destroys nearly all Of the pleasure When
We had to scrimp for week to get dollar to buy
seat at the opera, the delight experienced was
proportiOned to the sacrifice of the money it cost u.s.


When you can ride on a railroad for nothing you
don't care snap about going at all and so on.
An editor occasionally gets presents, but they are,
of use to him nor to any one else. In his paper
he may say forty good things unapplauded. but if
he happens through some carelessness or mistake
to get of an obnoxious paragraph, he catches -
from the entire community. III he omits anything
he is lazy. If he speaks of things as they are,
people are mad. If he CLOSES over-smooths
down the rough points, he is bribed. If be calls
things hy their proper names, he is unfit for the
position Of editor. If he does not furnish his
readers with jokes he is a mullet If he does he
is a rattle-head, wanting stability. If he con-
demns the wrong he is a good fellow, but lacks
discretion. If he lets wrongs and injuries 90 un-
mentioned he is a coward. If he upholds a public
man he does it to crafty spite-is q tool OF 9
clique, or belongs to the g out" IF he INDUCES
in personalities he is klackguari-if he does not
his paper is dull and insipid. They put Job
through pretty hard course of sprouts according
to Holy Writ, but there is no record of his being
obliged to serve as an editor Of daily paper


That would doubles have been more than even
his patience could have withstood. He probably
in such case would have taken the advice of his
friends-cursed and died.-Dubuqus Times.
Year: 1862

When a child comes in fresh from the play, says
the Scientific American, with the blood bounding
through his veins, his brain is full of life and
vigOr, his ideas all clear and he can learn
in fifteen minutes than he can in two hours after
his brain is fatigued and his whole system has be-
come languid by confinement ut his desk. From
pretty extensive inquiry we are satisfied that the
present murderous system of long confinement in
school is continued BY want of frankness between
parents and teachers. Nearly all parents are op-
posed to the practice, but it is kept up by the
teachers under the mistaken idea that they will
give dissatisfaction by reducing the hours of their
own labor. Not only should the gross amount of
study be greatly diminished, but recesses should
be more frequent Thirty minutes is quite long
enough for any young child to study, and one hour
for a child of any age. The human brain is not
like steam engine. that the longer you it the
more you get out of it. What the brain can do de-
pends wholly upon its condition. Any person can
accomplish more mental labor in one hour when
the brain is in healthy and active state than he
can perform in a month when the brain is tired and
exhausted.


Among the parliamentary papers recently issued
in England, are two small volumes containing some
information collected by Mr.. Edwin Chadwick du-
ring the recent education inquiry. Mr.. Chadwick
shows in these papers that the present practice of
long hours of teaching is wide cause of enerva-
ton and predispostiOn to disease, and induces also
habits of listlessness and dawdling The half-time
system is found to give nearly, if not quite, as
good education as the whole time and common
sense tells us that boy who has acquired the
amount of knowledge in half the time of another
boy, must have obtained proportionately superior
ndbit IF mental activity 1t is this alertness COM
bined with the bodily aptitudes created by drill,
that gives the comparatively stunted boys of the
town preference over the strong, robust lads from
the coast. Good schoolmasters say that about
three hours day as long a bright, volun-
tary attention on the part of children can be Sc
cured, and that in that period they may really be
taught as much as they can receive all beyond the
profitable limit is waste. Hence it is urged that
part of the present long school hours be devoted to
gymnastc exercises or drill. part of the system
of education, that the half-time system be more
adopted. 1t is a frequent complaint by runaway
apprentices and vagrant children, that the work to
which they were first put was really very painful
to them; but children, while at school, might be
gradually introduced and accustomed to labor and
exertion. Early physical training would remove
congeniai defects or bodily weakness. 1t is esti-
mated that an addition of at least fifth might be
made to the efficiency and value of boy as
laborer in after life-an addition equivalent, in the
mass, to the produce of the one-ffth more of pop
ulatiOn, without the expense of additional food,
clothes or shelter to maintain them.
Year: 1862

WHEREAS THE UNDERSIGNED HAS BEEN INFORMED on
w good authority that great rregulay taking
killing wild cattle the mountains Hawaii
longing His Majesty and to the Government by parties
pretend claim right under bills of sale from His Maj
Government, and whereas the
the country and other it is almost impossible to place
Of His Majesty
and whereas all parties having legal claims the
already had time sufficient If they have
due diligence to remove the same


therefore, undersigned hereby gives par
purchased wild cattle running the
wa previous the st day Of January 1851 the
already removed before the 1s May
after which time parties taking wild cattle will be


Interior Office, L. KAMEHAMEHA.


jan "a, 1855 4s-f
Year: 1862

This celebrated Female Medicine,
possessing virtues unknown Of any,
thing else of the kind, and proving
efIectual after all others have failed,
is designed for both MARRIED AND
SINGLE LADIES. and is the very best
thing known for the purpose, as il
will bring ON the MONTHLY SICKNESS
in cases OF obstruction, after all other
remedies of the kind have been tried
in vain.


sY-over 1000 BOTTLES have
now been sold rifhosf single fail
ure when taken n directed, aud with
out the least injury TO health in any
case.


Ii is put up in bottles Of three diff
ferent strengths with full directions
Year: 1862

TRINITY NATIoNAL."-This is the title OF
new paper to be published in Weavervlle, the
prospectus Of which has been issued. w. l..
Carter is announced as publisher and proprietor,
and the paper, according to the prospectus is to
be democratic in the strict sense of the term"
The amount necessary to start the Na.iona. is to
be raised by subscription, and paid over to Chas.
Sloan, T. B. Britten, ]. I. Mcmahon and DR..
Hoffman,. who are to act in the capacity of Trus-
tees. The paper is to be commenced as soon as
$1,000 is subscribed.


1t has been evident for some time that the
wing of the Democracy which the citizens above
named represent, required an organ in Weaver
vlle True, it is not so much needed just al
present, but it undoubtedly will be before another
year rolls round. The course of the JOURNAL
has been such as TO incur the lasting displeasure
of portion of the Democracy of Trinity. This
we know from the fact that within the past three
four months we have received peremptory
notice to discontinue the papers of several promi-
nent Peace" " Democrats, the general tone of
the paper being according to their own acknowl-
edgments, entirely unsuited to their tastes Not
withsanding our regret at parting with old
patrons, consoed by the remembrance
that in conducting newspaper as well as in
transactng any other business, it is impossible TO
please everybody. We will frankly state how.
ever, that in two instances we were rejoced
when the warning came to 'stop my paper"
and al don't want the d--d thing any longer"
If there Others who entertain similar feelings
towards the TRINITY JOURNAL, all we have to say
is, don't take it. The JouRN -is furnished at
i've dollars year, and we give value received
for that amount.


Mr.. Carter is practical printer and worthy
young man. He has resided in this county about
eighteen months. We wish him all success in
in his undertaking, But be has never had any
experience as conductor of newspaper in this
State and we would say to him in all friendship
and sincerity that it is an up hill business. We
have arrived at this conclusion after seven years
experience. During the first four years of its
existence the JOURNAL bearly paid expenses
And we will venture the assertion that this has
been the experience of four 6ths OF the newspa-
per publishers in the State,


Trinity county can and does support one news
paper, but whether two can be sustained remains
to be seen. The experiment has been repeatedly
tried, and as often proved failure, And it is a
generally acknowledged fact that none of the
northern counties do support more than one
paper. One may thrive, but the second becomes
u burden and tax on community.
Year: 1862

TRINITY BREwERY,-Our friends Condor &
Murphy, have sent to this office a dozen bottles
Of Lager Beer, made since their new fixtures ar
rived The beer is pronounced by good jud ges to
be superior article. They will deliver beer by
the keg, dozen CT hundred bottles in any part of
the county. Give them a call they are honest
falr dealing men. The Brewery is advertised in
another column
Year: 1862

SURGICAL DREssINcs.-As the army
is sadly in need of the various kinds of
dressings used by surgeons in the employ
Of the government, we deemit advisable
to call the attention Of persons through
the country that have materials on hand
from which can be prepared, with small
amount of labor, articles that cannot be
obtained from any other source.


One of these appliances used in surgi.
cal dressingsis is clint" 1t is the soft fleecy
substance obtancl from old linen. 1t
may be brepaired as required for use by
scraping with sharb knife the surface Of
old linen, previousi iy put upon the stretch.
The linen selected for its preparation
should be soft from use and washing. As
thus obtained the lint is very light and
delicate, and admirable adapted to absorb
the secretions of parts to which it may be
applied.


The French surgeons employ an ad-
mirablc sort of lint which they term 'Char-
pie" 1t is now very generally used in
our army practices, and indeed through
out the hospitals OF the country, and is
preferable 10 the old manner of prepar-
ingit. 1t is thus prepared linen, mus
I'm or calico, of course or fine texture,
according to circumstances, is cut into
small pieces a few inches square, and its
texture completely upravelled thread by
thread TINS made of old linen, which is
far preferable, is more absorbent, and
much less irritating than that made from
any new fabric. Bandages can also be
prepared they are of various kinds, but
the roller banduge is mostly used, and
can be prepared from newmuslin, by
tearing it in strips from ono to two and q
half inches wide, sewing them together in
lengths Of from three to five yards; it is
then rolled into the form of a solid cylin-
der by hand, as solid as can be done.
Year: 1862

Traitor touch no, that fagi
Touch not single star;
Its shelt'ring glory now


Still blazes near and far.
Twas our forefatbrrs hand
That placed it DER head,
And thou shall let it stand,
Or perish with the dead.
That dear old precious flag.
Whose glory md renown
Are spread DER land and sea,
And woulds't thou tear it downl
Traitor forbear thy touch;
Rend not its heart bound ties;
Oh, spare that glorious flag.
Still straeming through the skies.
When was yet boy


Igloried is the sight
And raised my voice in Joy
To greet its fold Of light
For il my home is dear;


Dear is my native land;
Forgive this foolish tear.


But let that old flag stand.
My heart strings round thee ciipg
Close rs the stripes, old friend
Thy praises men shall sing,
Till time itself shalt end
Old flag, the storm still brave,
Arbitrator, leave the spot:
While I've hand to save,
Thy touch shall harm il not.
Year: 1862

The following letters, addressed to the
Chairman of the Standing Committee, in
reply to invitations to address the Orange
vile Anniversary are hereby laid before
the public, as part of the proceeding:
Year: 1862

the first effect would most probably be q
Northern crusade against Southern slavery, a
the last desperate card Of selfpreservation
Union or disunion, the end of this foreign inter
position would be the end Of slavery. We re-
peat, however, that before England and France
can agree to interpose, they will have not even
pretext left them to undertake the settlement
Of our domestic affairs. They will, we truly
believe, be substantially settled by our over
whelming fleets and armies within sixty days.


With these practical views of the subject we
would earnestly in the people of our ro-
volted Southern S 90 ,eliberately to weigh
the certain advanta. and positive securities
of the old Union against the sinking fortunes
of jeff Davis The people Of the cotton States,
by casting Davis and his spurious govern
ment aside, will at once be relieved of all their
existing privatons and sufferings, and doubts
and distresses by the reopening Of their ports
to the markets of the world Their cotton will
be instantly converted into clothing and shoes,
and salt and tea, and coffee and numerous
other nocessaries, which now command famine
prices from Richmond to New Orleans. And
then the doubtful question as to the planting
of another cotton crop will be settledin favor
of the crop; and, above all, there will be an end
of the overshadowing question of danger-what
is to become of Southern slavery for, under
the old Union it will be left to time and to
each of the States interested to dispose of this
important question. In prosecuting this rebel
lion the defrauded and deluded people of the
South have wasted hundreds of millions OF
dollars; but they may save hundreds of millions,
besides their two thousand millions invested in
negroes, by abandoning this hopeless contest
without further loss of time.
Year: 1862

God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes" The expression is
one of exquisite tenderness and beau
ty. The poet Burns said that he
could never read this without being
affected to weeping. OF all the neg.
atiye descriptions Of heaven there is
no one, perhaps, that would be better
adapted to produce consolation than
this. Who is there Of the human
family who has not shed tear? Who
that has not wept over the grave of a
friend, over his own losses and cares,
over his disappointments, over his
sins, over the follies, vices and woes
of his fellow men? And what a
change it would make in our world IT
it could be said that henceforward not
another tear would be shed, not head
would ever be bowed again IN grief !!
Yet this is to be the condition OF heav-
en-. In that world there is to be no
pain, no disappointment, no bereave.
ment. No friend is to lie in dreadful
agony on u sick bed no grave is to
be opened to receive parent, wife,
a child; no gloomy prospect OF death
is to draw tears Of sorrow ftom
the eyes. To that blessed world,
when our eyes run down with tears,
we are permitted to look forward and
Year: 1862

A glass of whiskey is manufacture
ed from, perhaps, dozen grains Of
corn, the value of which is too small
TO be estimated. A pint of this mix
ture sells for one shilling, and, if of a
good brand, is considered well worth
the money. 1t is drank in a minute
or two. 1t fires the brain, sharpens
the appetite, deranges and weakens
the physical system. On the same
sideboard on which this delicious bev-
erage is served lies newspaper. II
is covered with half a million of types
it brings intelligence from the four
quarters Of the globe. The news
paper costs less than the glass Of grog
the juice of a few grains of corn but
it is no less strange than true that
there is large portion of the commu,
nifty who think corn juice cheap and
the newspaper dear