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Year: 1861

UY NOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
EA that |, Mrs. Mary A. Silver, wife of William
j. Silver resident of the town OF Orovllle, Butte
county and State of California, being deslrOus OF
availng myself of the benefit of act of the Legis
lature of the State of California, entitled An Act
to authorize married women to transact business IN
their own name as sole traders passed April 18th
1852, do hereby declare and publish my intention
from and after this date to carry on business In my
own name and on my own account as sole trader,
the business of Millinery generally and all the ap-
purtenances thereunto belonging, and the dry goods
business in the County OF Butte and in the city and
county of San Francisco, in said State, and that
henceforth will be individually responsible in my
own name for all debts contracted by me on ac-
count of my said business. do further declare
that the amount of capital stock invested by me in
said business does not exceed the of five thou
sand dollars.


In Witness whereof have hereunto set my hand
and seal the eighth day of March A d. 1861.


MARY A. SILVER. [sEALl
Witness, s. w. W. COUGHEY.


STATE OF CALIFORNIA County of Butte-ss.


On this Sth day of March A. D. 1861, before me
S. w. w. Coughey, Notary Public in and for said
Butte County, personally appeared Mary A. Silver,
personally known to me to be the individual des
cribed in and who executed the annexed instrument
and acknowledged to me that she executed the
same freely and voluntarily, for the and pur-
poses therein mentioned: and the said Mary A.
Silver wife of the said William J. Silver having
been by me first made acquainted with the contents
of said instrument, acknowledged to me an eX-
animation apart and without the hearing of her
husband, that she executed the same freely and
voluntarily, without fear or compusion, or undue
influence of her husband and that she did not wish
to retract the execution of the same.


t-- In Witness whereof, have hereunto set
SEAL. my hand and affixed my official SEAL the
t~-l day and year first above written.


S. w. W. COUGHEY,


Notary Public for Butte Co., Cal.
Year: 1861

EN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIF
teenh Judicial District of the State Of California,
in and for the county of Butte. Daniel q. ODOnnel
vs. Thomas Bisset. Action brought in the District
Court of the Fifteenth Judicial District, and the
Complaint filed in the County of Butte in the office
of the Clerk of said District Court The people of
the State of California send greeting to Thomas Bis
set. You are hereby required to appear in an
ton brought against you by the above named Plain
tiff in the District Court of the Fifteenth Judicial
District of the State of California in and for the
County of Butte, and to answer the complaint filed
therein, Ga copy of which follows this summons)
within ten days, Exclusive of the day of scrvce)
after the service on you of this summOns-if served
within this County or if served out of this County
but in this Judicial District within twenty days
if served out of said District, then within forty
days-or Judgment by default will be taken against
you. The said action is brought to obtain decree
of this Court for the foreclosure of certain mort
gage described in the complaint, and executed by
the said Thomas Bisset and A. Bisset his wife, on
the lst day of June A. D., 1855 to secure the pay
ment of certain Promissory Note for the sum of
one thousand dollars, with interest thereon at the
rate of three per cent. per month, from June lst
A. D., 1858, that the premises conveyed thereby
may be sold. and the proceeds applied to the pay
ment of said note and costs of suit. said premises
being part of Lots Nos. and 2, in Block 2, laid
down on the map Of the town of OrOvie, and in
such proceeds not sufficient to pay the same
then to obtain an execution against said defendant
Thomas Bisset, for the balance remaining due, and
also that the said defendant, and all persons claim
ing by, through or under him, NAV be barred and
foreclosed of all right, title and interest in and to
said mortgaged premises, and for other and further
relief, and if you fail to appear and answer the said
Complaint above required, the Plaintiff will
apply to the Court for the relief prayed for in his
Complaint on file herein.


~ Given under my hand and Seal Of the


! District Court of the Fifteenth Judicial


'hAA District this goth day of March, in the


~ year of our Lord thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one.


H. NJ. PHIPPS, CLERK.


S.W. W. CoUGHEY, Atty for Pltf m23-3m
Year: 1861

Dr.. MAILER states that he has cured
baker, horribly burned by the fire of the oven,
by keeping him in a bath of cold water, in the
open air, during eighteen hours consecutivly.
The temperature of the bath was kept very
low by the frequent addition of water from q
WELL The patient felt no pain from the time of
his immersion; when removed from the bath,
all traces of the burns had disappeared, and
he was able to be at work again in FIVE days
after the occurrence of the accident.
Year: 1861

h.


That times are very hasd. ami money very tight.
That the people have pt Ork, and in bad plight
And that for Carpets ami Crockey they cannot pay hgh
Of this and other mat rs the people thew cumplau.
And makes me tcel gad TO their faces filed with


pain -;
And II by selling cheapif this will make them SMILE
Even ii my money lose. they can share it awhile
Therefore, have concluded without regard cost to
All o my Kitchen Goods Cutlery, and Carpets as well
Also, my Crockery and Glass Ware at discount am
with Brooms and Bra hes and everything, all cannot


be telling.
Therefore ladies and gentlemen, come an guy upon this


invitation,
For have full suppl Of House Furnishing Goods at


my Poetical Statnu.--
Its located in the Bay State Block, the Poets cor



Here have good Stock Of Goods and as cheau as any,


nv honor.
Now come and all, bay your goods and socn times


for better will change,
Andif your money is e, It will hold if you buy at


the pOetical Exchange
And should my capital The end Of the war light
Why then here is energs and ambition, wich is in Tor the


fight,
FOrlile + battle field and ifI do right my customers
And can put to flight hard times, with one vigorous


sally.
And in conclusion, my customers thank for the avors


that past;
Also for those which receiving in the way of pat


ronage-may it alY ass last
B-The people respectfully invited to call at
the Poetical Exchange, mJ examine my Goods which
are new and otethe latest pattern


elg DIT oRSON n. HEATH.
UUnNI U7kEt FU'RNtTUREl
Year: 1861

take half the revenue to protect our widely.ex.
tended frontier on tho north from smuggling.
And if goods can come by land free Of duty, but
not by sea, it will easily be perceived that he
trade Of our seaports must be entirely ann'h'
lated"


Thus then, while the restriction Of duties BY
maximum of ten per cent, as supposed to be
prescribed by the Constitution adopted at
Montgomery, is of little consequence, the re.
striction imposed by the circumstances OF the
case, is very different matter. 1t cannot be
changed, or evaded, and it necessarily limits
duties to scale utterly inadequate to produce
such revenue, as the Cotton Empire will
need, even in time of peace.
Year: 1861

attorney and Counsellor at Lao,
WILL practice In the local Courts of this
w District, and In the Supreme Court and
Court OF Claims. Office at the corner of Indi-
ana avenue and Second street.
Year: 1861

Place on sheet of white paper piece
of blue silk about four inches in diameter
in tho sunshine; cover the center Of this
with piece of yellow silk about three
inches in diameter; and the center OF this
with a piece of pink silk about two
inches in diameter and the center OF the
pink silk again cover with another circle oil
green silk of about one inch 10 diameter
Ihon cover the center of the greon silk with
a circle of indigo about half an inch IN d.
ameter; in the center of the whole maze
black dot with a pen. Thon lock steadily


for a minute, on this central spot, and
closing your eyes. hold your hand about al
inch distant before theua, and you will ap


pear to SEQ the most beautiful circle Of color
that imagination can conceive, which color
will appear not only different from th'
colors of tho silk, but will keep perpetual.
changing. ..l
Year: 1861

Painting White Girl 10 Make her Q


.-- Slave. ad


One day last week, a gentlemau Of this
city hailed an up.country boat. the Cora
Andersen. as she was passing Greenviile,
Miss, whittier he had gone on business,
to return home. Shortly after being un-
der way our Natchez friend observed
pensivo looking little girl, aged about Q
or 10 years, whose black hair and yellow
ish brown skin would indicate that she
was a mulattress. There was something
about her that Interested him, and he in.
auired ofthe captain concerning her. He
was informed that she was slave belong-
ing 10 a man on board, whom the captain
pointed out, who said be was taking her
10 New Orleans to sell her, he having


bough, her for Sleo in Northwestern Mis-
sour on the borders. Our Natchez friend
eyed The little girl and the border man SO


closely as to attract the attention OF tho


latter, with whom he was soon engaged


in conversation concerning the child inter.


rogating him in such a manner as TO elicit


answers not always agreeing with previ-


Gus statements, and evidently alarming
him. This was suspicious. s,


The little girl was taken aside and ex.
amined. She said she was an orphan, and


had been taken from an asylum in New


York by this man; that her hair was light


and her complexion brunette; that THE
man told her he was going TO the South


with her, where, as his adopted child, she


would have a good home; that black hair


was preferred in the South, and prettier
than hers; and that he had taken her 10


barber and had her hair dyed black


lie also told her that il she would allow


him 10 put some yellow dye on her skin,


that her complexion would become much


whittier in few days, and that he had put
the stain on. On hearing these statements
the girl was taken charge Of BY the cap
tain, and potash, soap and water being
applied, the dyes we're taken off and the
light hair and light complexion brought
to light. The pretended master was seized
by the excited passengers, who were about
to deal with him summarily, but it was
. finally arranged 10 lock him up in state


room until The boat should land. In the
meantime the boat had passed St. Joseph,
and when few miles below that town
rounded to take on wood AT this point,
how or in what manner is not known,
the border ruffian escaped from the boat.


leaving his baggage behind. The giri
was taken by the captain Of the boat 10
New Orleans, and placed in one OF the
orphan asylums in that city.
Year: 1861

QUEEN VIcroRIA's PArRIoTIc Pau
DENcE.--The following auecdote Of the
Queen, illustrates her good sense and
real desire TO promote the welfare OF her
subjects. She had agreed TO have her
photograph taken for the qualification Of
such Of her subjects as might desire to
possess the counterfeit presentment OF
their ruler. She presented herself in a
plain black silk, without particle OF
ornament. The Photographer vsntured 10
suggest that she should send for some
ie els, "No" said the Queen. "this
photograph is TO 60 among my people,
and wish to do all in my power 10 dis
courage extravaganza" IL is such little
anecdotes as these that have secured the
Queen high place in the regard OF the
people.
Year: 1861

One of the fire Zouaves was shot in
the battle of Bull Run in a manner
very surprising to himself and every
person who has heard the story While
fighting away like a tiger, with his
mouth open on account of excessive
heat and thirst, musket bullet from
the enemy entered his mouth, then
passed up the back of the upper jaw,
and out of his face just 1nder his left
eye. This bullet made its entrance and
exit so silently and scientifically that
the Zouave actually knew nothing about
it until soon afterwards, when he was
told that something had happened to
his face, his informant discovering the
blood trickling down his cheek. He
then asked his cemrade to examine his
face, who discovered what had occurred
The Zouave states that he felt pecu-
liar prick under his eye, but had no idea
it was caused by musket shot, and he
thinks that he fired two rounds after re-
ceiving the wound before he noticed the
sensation which he described.


a rag was soon applied to staunch
the wound, and on went the Zouave
fighting as before until the end of the
battle. The soldier who received this
shot is now in New York city upon a
furlough, and will soon be ready fol-
service agaiu.-Scientifc 1neerican.
Year: 1861

| The Revival of Business.


The Philadelphia Ledger notices the
revival of business in that city. The
manufacturing establishments, espe,
cially, are active. At the Kenningston
Iron Works two hundred men are nov
working full time, and wages to the
amount of eighteen hundred dollars are
paid weekly. The force at the Penn
sylvania works is also fully employed.
At the ship yards, where the new gun
boats are building, there is great activ-
| ity. The Itasca will be ready for
launching in about two weeks, and the
Scioto will be ready in about three
weeks. The engines for these two YES
sells will be placed on board at the time
named in the contract with the Govern
ment.


Several hundred men are employed
in different parts of the city, making
tents, guns and clothing for the army;
the number employed in the last named
branch being four thousand. At the
Navy yard there are now about seventeen
hundred men employed, and there is
not likely to be decrease for some
time. The ship carpenters are in force
there, the number being greater than all
the other mechanics combined. Mr.
Cartel has large number of looms at
work manufacturing cloth for winter
clothing, and we understand that several
other mills will soon be in operation
A large number of stocking weaving
frames have recently been put in opera
ton for the manufacture of stockings
for the army.
Year: 1861

Give all the editors "a dollar or two
to carry in their pockets, and hopeful
ray of mental sunshine will soon Tighten
up their depressed and desponding
spirits, and directly you may read in their
papers of ga favorable change in the
financial condition of the country. This
will induce the timid capitalists and
bankers to put out their funds, which
they have called in, manufacturers to
hoist the gates and start the wheels OF
their machinery, and thus give honor
able employment for honest hands
This will create demand for agricultu-
raj produce, for home consumption, put
money into the hands of farmers, and
they, in turn pay the printer, the store
keeper, the tailor, blacksmith and shoe
maker, and ''thc rest Of mankind. =
Try it!


There is no less money in the worlt
now, but much more than at any prev
Gus time. And all that is necessary t,
restore business, is simply to restore
confidence, and to put the money int
active circulation, that is now burie(
away or laying idle.


| If you owe the printer a dollar fo
his paper or for advertising, pay hin
promptly-the whole if you can, par
anyh0v, and he will, in turn, pay thos
to whom he is indebted, aud thu
throu shout all the ramifcations Of bust
ness, new life and activity would at ono
be manifested Send us a dollar or tw


and you can try Monmouth 1AEs.
Year: 1861

| know of nothing in the world more
melancholy than those vast solitudes
seen on fine summers night, when the
moon, shining in the midst of the stars,
sends forth the reflection Of its silvery
light over this boundless plain. The
view is lost in pale twilight, with
an echo; light transparent mist how
ers in the space. Scorpions, in crawling
along, make their scales creak; large
green and yellow Lizards move slowly y
in the burnt grass. The melodious
murmuring of flowing waters is nowhere
heard, nor the joyful rustling of the
leaves. The birds having no branches
whereon to roost, enliven not the all
with their songs; the breeze whispers
not in the foliage; nothing disturbs the
silence of night unless it be the monot-
onous cri-cri of the solitary cricket
This silence oppresses, overwhelms you,
like the thought of the infinite. You
fancy yourself wrapt in shroud of Grape
which envelopes the whole world; fo1
life is only revealed by the twinkling Of
the stars; moving is only manifested by
the motion Of the moon pursuing its
tranquil course through the celestial
spheres. Nature seems plunged in an
awful slumber, dismal, mysterious, full
of sadness and pain, like the sleep o.
the dead in the presence of eternity
A6bc Elm DomJech.
Year: 1861

In Mrs. Stoves new novel of ''The
Minister'S Wooing," )" occurs the follow,
ing beautiful passage:


| AS there was an hour when the fisher
men Of Gallilee saw their Master trans
figured, his raiment white and glistening
aud his face like the light, so are three
hours when our whole mortal life stands
forth in celestial radiance From our
daily lot falls off every weed of care,
from our heart friends every speck and
stain of earthly infirmity. Our horizon
widens, and blue, and amethyst, and
gold touch every object. Absent friends
and friends gone on the last journey
stand once more together, bright with
an immortal glow, and, like the disciples
who saw their Master floating in the
clouds above them, we say, "Lord it is
good to be here!'' How fair the wife,
the husband, the absent mother, the
gray haired father, the manly son, the
bright eyed daughter! Seen in the ac-
tual present. all have some fault; some
flaw; but absent, we see them in their
permanent and better selves. Of our
distant home We remember not a dark
day, not one servile care, nothing but
the echo of its holy hymns and the ra-
dance of its bright days-of our father,
not one hasty word, but only the full
ness of his manly vigor and noble ten
derness-of our mother, nothing of NOR
tai weakness, but a glorifed form of love
of our brother, not one teasing, pro
voking ward Of brotherly freedom, but
the proud beauty of his noblest hours
of our sister, our child, only what is
fairest and sweetest.
Year: 1861




Have you ever known days that were
black? Have you ever known days in
which everything went wrong, as though
some invisible hand turned your whole
life topsy turvy? Did every sharp in
strument you handled pierce or cut you
of its own accord? Did some undis-
coverable individual throw your neatly
arranged work into confusion, and alb
stract the book in which you were deeply
interested? Did the current of your
thoughts, which usually flowed with
pleasant freedom, suddenly become stag
nant? Did the persons you least wish
to see force themselves into your pres
ence, and those you loved best remain
absent? Did you labor with more than
wonted zeal, yet accomplish nothing?
Such unbalanced days, when life seems
all game of cross purposes, will come
to most Of us; and how is their unholy
spell to be broken? Very often the
presence Of some being gifted with a
strong, pure heart, genial temperament
and sympathetic nature, will chase al
the shadows, restore serenity to the ruff:
fled temper, and evoke order out of con
fusion, even as the voice, the look Of
one single. angel can put to flight le
gion of evil spirits.
Year: 1861

DIR. Sherwood of this city has Just re-
ceiyed letter from his SON, who was /.
teacher In out public schools, and had
gone to Indiana to spend the vacafio4,
from which we have been permitted to
make the following extracts. After ex-
plantations of some delay ia writing, he
says: =


And now I come to the serious part
Of my letter. scarcely know how TO-
tell it, but, an short, I have volunteered
for three year. | know this is rather
sudden news to come when you have
been looking for me to come home; but
know what my father is, and how he
feels, and think my action will meet
his full approval. / need not try to
disguise the fact that IL has taken con-
siderable meditation 10 bring myself ND,
to the scratch. The first great obstacle
which presented itself to my. mind was
the thought of leaving parents with
whom have always lived, and to whom
| owe all ! am or expect to be. Bat to
counterbalance this, comes the question,
"What are the ties of kindred worth If
the enemies of my country ara allowed
to triumph in this struggle" ard I can.
almost imagine that I hear the voice Of
our country calling for more men to
come to her assistance. So s.e


l have not been coaxed into this, but
it has been done from sense of. dig
If you have any serious objections to
my going, I shall not be s,corn in for
week, and you can mail an answer on
Wednesday, and I will get it on Friday,
but not if you mail it later. Our regi-
ment is going into camp at Anderson, on
the Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad,
and if | can get furlough, I shall come
and see you. l shall stay here till Mon
day, September 9th. Please answer
Immediately, as 1 desire to know how
you feel on the subject. All my pay
will be sent to you, to use as you see fit.
Please hand in my resignation to the
School Board. Your afeetionate son,


j. E. s.
Year: 1861

Judge Bates, in speech conanenae-
rating the death of a young member Of
the st. Louis bar, referred to the great
mortality of the profession, and added:


"Allow ME to suggest that there is n
lesson connected with this fact, " hich il
would be we'll for US to heed. We are
too attentive in our active and busy pur-
suits for fame and wealth-we are too
little attentive to the Keeping of a sound
mind in sound body. We sacrifice
the one thin@ in the hope Of raising tho
other. | will state, so far as regards
myself, that for nearly forty years, (anl
| [ believe laborcd as much as any man
ought to labor) I have made ii a rule to
work from one to three hours each day
in the garden, and thus, though my
star has long eliminated. and am 60
ing down the western slope of life With
increasing impetus, find myself in a
good state ut health, and [ attribute it
to the fact that have exercised my
arms to labor in tillins the earth on
small scale; and advise all my young
friends to do the same thing.
Year: 1861

There was an old Quaker, who had IN
unfortunate reputation of non resistance.
1t was said that any one could jostile
him, tread on his toes, or twcak his
nose with impunity; until one market
day a clustering fellow, being told
that yonder was Il man who, if he was
smitteu on one cheek, would turn the
other also, thought it would be sport to
try him. Stepping up to the sturdy,
good -natured Friend. he slapped his
face. The old man looked at him sor-
rowfully for moment, then slowly
turned his other check, and received
another buffet. Upon that he coolly
pulled off his coat II have cleared
the law" said he, land now thee must
take it, And he gave the cowardly
fellow a tremendous thraahins,
Year: 1861

BD- A pretty girl was complaining to
her friend that she had Il cold, and was
sadly plagued in her lips by chaps
Friend said Obediah, ''thee should
never let the chaps come near thy lips.
Year: 1861

As the following table Of the number
of pounds to the bushel may be of in
terest to the farmer and dealer, we pub
lish it, and would advise them to cut it
out and stick it up in some place for
reference: