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Year: 1861

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIF-
a teenth Judicial District of the State Of Califor
MIA, in and for the County of Butte.


Henry Worthey vs.. Jane WOrthiey.


Action brought in the District Conrt of the Fif
teeuth 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 greet
ing 10 Jane Worthley


You are hereby required to appear in an action
brought against you by the above named Plaintiff
in the District Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Dis
tyict Of the State of California in and for the COun
ty of Butte, and to answer the complaint filed
therein, Ga copy of which accompanies this Sum
mons) within ten days Exclusive of the day of SER
vice. after the service You of this Summpns-if
served within this comfy; or, if served out Of this
county but in this Judicial District, within twenty
days; or, if served out of said District then with
in forty days-or judgment by default will be
taken against you.


The said action brought to obtais decree of this
Court dissolving the bonds of matrmony existing
between plaintiff and defendant, on the grounds of
abuse, dissipation and maltatment of plaintiff
herein bY the defendant, alleged in plaintiff 5
somplaint filed herein, and if you fail to appear
and answer the said complaint above required
the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief
manded in the prayer of his said complaint on
file herein.


49, Given under my hand and Seal of the
! SEAL. District Court Of the Fifteenth Judicial
t-~-1 District this 10th day Of August, in the


year of our Lord one thousand eight


hundred and sixty-0ne.


augl7-3m Il. NJ. pHIPPS, Clerk.


HARRIS & Berry, Att'ys for Plaintiff.
Year: 1861

BEAUTIFUL IDEA.-In the mountains of
Tyrol, it is the custom of women and children
to come out when it is bed time and sing their
national songs, until they hear their husbands,
fathers and brothers answer them from the hills
on their return home. Such custom prevails
on the shores of the Adratic. There the
wives of the fisherman come down about sunset
and sing a melody. After singing the first
stanza, they listen awhile for an answering
melody from off the water, and continue to sing
and listen till the well-known voice comes
borne on the waters, telling that the loved one
is almost home. How sweet to the weary
fisherman, as the shadows gather round him, is
this welcome from his loved one. 1t strength
ems and tightens the links that bind together
those humble dwelers by the sea.
Year: 1861

OVER BAruING.-If fish is deprived of its
scales it viii be chilled to death, and reasoning
analogically and knowing too that human
skinscale are destroyed by the alkai of soap, a
man may wash himself too much may actually
wash the scales off his body, leaving the pores
so unprotected against heat and cold and OBJ
structions, that death viii inevitably ensue
indeed, physiological research proves that if a
third Of the skin is removed from the body by
scalding or other means, fatal termination is
unavoidable. Observant persons know how
soon the skin becomes pale, shriveled and ten
der, even on the harder hands, if kept a great
deal in cold weter. These are suggestive con-
siderations for those who believe that continual
water sloshings are Indispensable to health and
longeyity.-HaHs Journal Of Health.
Year: 1861

We the people of the Confederate States each State
acting In its sovereign and independent character in
oraer 10 form permanent federal government estab
llsh justice, insure domestic tranquility and secure
the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our
ty-invoking the faver and guidance of Almighty God
COnletieraIe States of - -
Year: 1861

A curious contest recently took place
IN New York between two butcher boys
as to their relative proficiency in dress
ing sheep. Ten animals, FIVE for each


were slaughtered, and in the presence of
miscellaneous audience, and the BOYS
went at it. Darby dressed his five in
thriy-two minutes and thirteen seconds,
an average ofsix minutes and twenty six
seconds to sheep, but German accom-
pIlshed the feat in twenty two minutes
and three seconds, an average of four
minutes and twenty four seconds 1t is
satisfactory to know that the champions
did the work in the very best style"
Year: 1861

century, and with a degree of wonder on
ly equalled by that of the high caste Or
iental who shared in the spectacle. 1t
was terrible and murdorous sight, and
but that the patient was wholly inscns-
bic from the application of ether, would
not have been endura ble. The excissd
limb was distorted by horrible tumor
of bigness of mans head.
Year: 1861

4 Snggestiou.-We are informed
that all the business houses in New
Orleans are closed at six o'clock L.
NJ. in order to give clerks and other
employees an opportunity to drill
We think this is laudable example
and deserves imitation by our citizens
1t may become necessary for those
who have remained at homcto protect
the women and children to march to
the field to the relief Of those who are
now under arms and if they now IA
miliarise themselves with military
movements their services will be the
more efficient should they be called to
defend the country. There are many
gentlemen of family in our city who
are prevented from drilling with the
"Sentinels" simply because that com
pany meets after tea. The hour we
have suggested would be entirely
convenient to them and not intefere
with others. In these times when
every branch of business is paralized,
no loss would BE- sustained by any
one and much good might be accom-
plished for the public by adopting
our suggestion.
Year: 1861

GALLANT SOLDIER BoY.-The Memphis Ara-
Mnche, relates the following incident of the battle
of Belmont, opposite Columbus:


Among the many acts of heroism told of those
engaged, is that of mere youth, little boy, at
tached to Tappan's Arkansas Regiment and who
carried two mimic flags, in each hand The
regiment driven to the waters edge, and the
enemy poured in terrific voley, killing many of
them who fell into the river, and such as were not
instantly killed met watery grave. Among those
struck the little boy who bore the flags
Giving one last hurrah, which was cut short by the
ebbng flood of his young life he waved the flags
his head, tottered into the river, and was seen
no more. The incident was witnessed by whole
regiment that was crossing the river at the time,
and not member of it but shed tear at the sight
Year: 1861

TALENT OF SucCEss.-Every man must patiently
abide his time. He must wait. Not in listless
idlenesS not in useless pastime, not in utter deiec-
ton; but in constant, steady, cheerful endeavos,
always willing, fulfilling and accomplishing his
tasks, that when the occasion comes he NAV be
equal to the occasion" The talent of success is
nothing more than dong what you can do WELL with
out thought of fame. If it comes at all, it wills
come because it is deserved because it is sought
after 1t is very indiscreet and troublesome ambi.
ton which cares so much about fame, about what
the world says of us-to be always looking in the
face of others for al proval-to be always anxious
about the effect of what we do or say-to be always
shouting to hear the echoes of our own voices.
Year: 1861

The fact that the bills Of several Illinois
banks arc to be thrown out to-day, will
lead to not little excitement, especially
among such Of the laboring classes as do
not read the daily papers, and who, there
fore, will in ignorance of the actual state
OF affairs. Numbers Of them will rush of
to the nearest brokers' Office and sell the
rem ms Of their last weeks earnings for
whatever rate may be offered in gold, not
stopping to ascertain whether their bills
are among the rejected or not 1t will be
. humane and praiseworthy deed for each
Of our readers to make point Of instruct
ing this class Of people, SO far as it is posi-.
hle, as to the worth Of their money. With
all the assistance that may be rendered
them of this character-aad we trust il
will amount to no small saving Of thei1
hard earnings Of them will lose
severely and beyond their ability to bea1
without encountering actual want The
harvest that will be reaped by the brokers
to-day will be mainly at the expense ofth:f
class. We trust it will be somewhat The
loss for the advice here gi:en.
Year: 1861

A list Of rejected Illinois currency will
be found in our money article on the
fourth page. Hereafter our subscribers, If
they remit in bills Of these banks, will be
credited fyr what their money may bs
worth. In commcn with our fellow citi-
GEMS we must lose severely on what we
have On hand, OF we must hold it for rise.
The course above indicated, Is IN absolute
necessity. We would gladly continue to
take 1t as heretofore were that possible.
Year: 1861

Readers Of the DAILY TRBuHE will find
IN article Of rare interest on the third
mage, devoted to complete history Of the
movement for the emancipation Of the
Russian seris. It is worth reading and CT
heinz carefully preserved
Year: 1861

The following description of Lake Harney,
some three hundred miles in the interior from
the Dalles, will be read with interest:


Lake Harney is seventeen miles in length
from east to west, and about twelve miles over
at its greatest width. The elevation is over
1900 feet above the sea level 1t is fed by two
small streams-Moose creek from the west
and Willow creek, flowing through sue
cession of tule marshes from the north. This
lake has no outlet; the waters contain mix
ture of salt and saleratus in strong solution,
and are exceedingly offensive in odor and
taste. The immediate surroundings are
dreary and barren in the extreme. No fish
live in it, though Willow creek, its tributary
contains immense numbers. This stream
drains beautiful valley, commencing twelve
miles north of the lake, having an area of
not less than 5000 miles-a luxurant mead
ow bounded by cliffs of basaltic rocks on the
west, and the timbered slopes of the Blue
Mountains on the east. The great altitude
renders this beautiful valley wholly unsuited
to agriculture, yet its luxuriant pastures may
some day allure thither the hardy adventurer
with his fiocks and herds"
Year: 1861

PUTTING OFF REPENTANCE.-A hermit was
conducted by an angel into wood, where he
saw an old man cutting down boughs to make
up Il burden. When it was large, he tied it
up, and attempted to lift it on his shoulders
and carry it away, but finding it very heavy
he laid it down again, cut more wood and
heaped it on, and then tried again to carry it
off. This he repeated several times, always
adding something to the load, after trying in
vain to raise it from the ground. In the
meantime the hermit, astonished at the old
mans folly, desired the angel to explain what
this meant . You behold" said he, in
the foolish old man an exact representation
of those who. being made sensible of the bur-
den of their sins, resolve TO repent, but soon
grow weary, and instead of lessening their
burden increase it every day. At each trial
they find the task heavier than it was be-
fore, and so put it off little longer, in the
vain hope that they viii, by and by, be more
able to accomplish it. Thus they go on add
ing to their burden, tin it grows too heavy to
be borne, and then in despair of Gods mercy,
and with their sins arhrepented of, they lie
down and die. Turn-again. my son, and be-
hold the end of the old man whom thou saw
est haping II. load of boughs' The her
NIT looked snd saw him in vain attempting
to remove The pile, which was now accumu-
lated far beyond his strength to raise. His
feeble limbs tottered under their burden; the
poor remains of his strength were fast ebbing
away; the darkness of death was gathering
around him; and after a convulsive and i'm
potent attempt to lift up the pile, he fell down
and expired
Year: 1861

WANTS To SEcEDE AGAIN-The Richmond
Wing says that nothing but the blast of ridi
eule which would follow, prevents South Car
olina from seeding from the Southern Con-
federacy. 1t finds itself in the position of
the pig which tried to break out of a field by
going through a crooked, hollow log in the
fence. Both ends opened inside the field;
and Its swinish amazement at finding itself
still in confinement, was not more amusing
than the present attitude of South Carolina.
Year: 1861

KEEPING WoMENs' LErrERs-A New York
paper can never forgive Aaron Burr because
he boarded up and left to posterity letters
extracted by illicit arhours with respectable
women" 1t is related that on one occasion
poorly dressed mechanic called at an aris-
tocratic mansion and desired to see the lady
of the house, who appeared, and seeing his
humble attire, dismissed him contemptuous-
ly. lie afterwards sent her note saying
that he had called to put her in possession Of
letter from herselfto Aaron Burr, but from
her ill-usage. had concluded to keep it at his
discretion. The mechanic used to say, after
wards, that every time the woman passed in
her carriage, she nearly broke her neck bow
ing to him from the window.
Year: 1861

SHASTA BUTTE TO HAVE ITS ALTITUDE Ia
KEN. We learn from the Yreka Union, that
a mountain barometer. has been sent to gen
tleman in that town from an army officer in
San Francisco, for the purpose of ascertain.
ing the altitude of Shasta Butte by means OF
observations to be taken from its summit
Moses, the gentleman referred to, will under
take the ascent during the coming summer.
Year: 1861

TANNASY GENERAL CoNNIrrRR.-Last evening
a, the meeting of the General Committee of Tammauy
Hall, Committee of three was appointed to report
on the cause of the detection Of voters the Tam
many Ticket" Committee of seven was also sp-
poiuted to report some plan of organization to avert
defeat at the next Charter election. The Committee
meets next Saturday evening.
Year: 1861

Edward Everett was in the city on Thursday
morning. and intended to address the North Carolina
meeting the same evening. He has however beeu
suddenly called to Boston by the Intelligence of the
death Of bis eldest SOD.
Year: 1861

One of the most thrilling reniniscen-
ces in the American Revolution is re-
lated of Gen Peter Muhlenburg, whose
ashes repose in the burying ground of
the Old Trappe Church, in Montgomery
County, Va. When the war broke out,
Muhlenburg was rector of a Protestant
Episcopal Church in Dunmore county.
On Sunday morning ho administered
the communion of the Lords Supper to
his charge, stating that in the afternoon
of that day he would preach sermon
on "The duties men owe to their coun-
try" At the appointed time the build
ing was crowded with anxious listeners.
The discourse was founded on q text
from Solomon-"Ther is time for
every purpose and for every work. y
The sermon burned with patriotic fire /;
every sentence and intonation told the
speakers deep earnestness in what he
was saying. Pausing moment at the
close of his discourse, he repeated the
words of the text, and then, in tones of
thunder, exclaimed : " The time to
preach is past; the time to fight has
come r' and, suiting the action to the
word, he threw from his shoulders bis
robes and stood before his congregation
in military uniform. Drumming for re-
cruits was commenced on the spot, and
it is said that almost every male Of Q
suitable age in the congregation enlisted
forthwith.
Year: 1861

We take the following from letter
written by one of the Iowa volunteers,
who fought in the battle near Spring
field Missouri:


was standing, or rather kneeling,
behind little bush, reloadiug my mus
ket, just before the rebels engaged in
this close work retreated. Suddenly |
felt sharp pain in the shoulder, and
fell to .he ground. Jumping up one Of
our boys asked me if was hurt? Ire
piled that I thought not, and drew up
my musket to fire when he said: 'Yes,
you are shot right through the shoul-
der I think it was the remark, more
than the wound, which caused the field,
all at once, to commence whirling around
me in very strange manner. | started
to leave it, with a half-ounce musket
ball in my shoulder, and once or twice
fell down with dizziness but in a shor1
time recovered sufficiently to be able te
walk back to SprinG field, nine miles
where the ball was taken out.
Year: 1861

Rut her glance roved from him to the
organ loft, where she had expected to
see the mysterious organist. He was
gone, and she was obliged to return the
graceful bow to the King, to whom she
had been betrothed from motives of pol
icy. Mechanically she knelt at his side
on the altar -stone-mechanically listened
to the service and made the responses
Then her husband drew her to him in
convulsive embrace, and whispered


elizabeth, my Queen, my wife, look
up


Trembling in every limb she obeyed.
Why did those dark eyes thrill her SO ?
Why did that smile bring glow to her
cheek ? All though the King wore
the royal purple, and many jeweled
order glittering on his breast, he seemed
the same humble person who had been
employed to teach her organ music, and
had taught her the lore of love-


Elizabeth murmured the monarch,
'Bertram Hoffman, the mysterious or
ganist, and King Oscar are one For
give my stratagem. I wished to marry
you, but I would not drag you to the
altar an unwilling bride Your father
was in the secret
While tears of joy rained from hel
blue eyes, the new made Queen returned
her husbands fond kiss, and for once
two hearts were made happy by roya
marriage.
Year: 1861

done and the Southerners have seen tit
to have recourse to war for settlement
of differences which might have been
arranged on more smicable terms, we
deem it the duty of every good citizen
be has creed or politics aohat they may,
to stand by the Government Of the coun-
try in defence of the Union. It matters
not to us what political party holds the
reins, the Tablet is committed to no
party in the State, and speaks for none.
but it will ever support the Govern
ment of the United States without re-
gard to the name of the chief magis-
trate or the peculiar shade of his poll,
ties
Year: 1861

The Washington National Intelli-
gencer of yesterday says:


One of our editorial corps, who has
just returned from Maryland, says that
on Saturday last there was Union
meeting at Humphreys Mills, in Anne
Arundel county, Md, upon which occa-
sion one of the speakers read letter
from secession member of the Legis-
lature to a former secessionist, with
whom he had acted in concert, but who
is now loyal Union man. The letter
of the traitorous legislator informed his
supposed friend that the Legislature
would meet, organize, and adjourn on
the first day, and that on the morning
of the second day the ordinance of Sc
cession, which had been prepared with
great care, would be passed, and on that
day the seeessionists throughout the
State were to meet in their respective
precincts, where they were to remain
until they received orders from Annap-
oils how to proceed.


The gentleman to whom this letter
was addressed was requested to rally
his secession neighbors, and to meet at
certain designated place, where they
would be met by the writer of the letter,
who would take command and act in
accordance with the preconcerted plan.


II is now evident that the prompt
and energetis action of the Administra-
ton, in arrcsting the leading members
of the Legislature, not only prevented
the passage of the ordinance of seces-
sion, but frustrated all the matured
plans of the rebel conspirators.
Year: 1861

The New York Tablet, Roman Cath
olic journal, utters these patriotic senti-
ments


In common with, perhaps, large
majority of the people of the North, we
wished to live in peace and harmony
with the South, and we believed that
the best way to promote and maintain
that peace was to let our Southern neigh
bors manage their own business, pro-
vided they did not interfere with ours.
If this course had been taken, in all
probability affairs had never come to
this crisis, but now that the harm is
Year: 1861

Newspaper people are proverbially
temperate, as we'll as virtuous. We be-
lieve one of the craft did get slightly
tight few days ago, and the following
is a sample of his paper the next day:


Yesterday morning, at four o'clock
P. NJ, small man, named Jones or
Smith, with heel in the hole of his
trowsers, committed arsenic by swallow
ing a dose of suicide. The verdict of
the inquest returned jury that the de-
ceased came to the fact in accordance
with his death. He leaves child and
six small wives to lament the end of his
untimely loss. In death we are in the
midst of life
Year: 1861

A few days ago, steamboat stopped
at landing somewhere in Arkansas, to
wood. A customer on board the boat
took his gun and stepped on shore, hop
ing that during the hour they were likely
to stop, he might bag few birds. After
travelling few rods, he came across a
Year: 1861

A CHANGE OF TAcTICs.-Daniel Boone, the
Kentucky hunter; used to relate that the hard
est fight he ever had was with a single active
Indian youth. The Indian surprised the old
hunter asleep in the forest. Boone woke only
in time to save his life by lodging behind a
tree. His gun unoaded, and the Indian
was upon him Immediately. stI lodged and
ran well as | could.'' Boone used to rel late,
ssthe Indian so close to my heels that [ could
not get time to load my gun. Ny knife had
fallen to the ground. The Indian was fully
armed and knew had nothing. He kept me
moving and as l ran had to load my gun.
That the longest loading l ever did. It
took me an hour at least. At last L got the
bullet down, and then [ changed my tactics
and made short work of the s'cussed" Indian"
The rebel leaders caught the nation mapping,
while they were fully armed and prepared,
and they have since kept it on the defensive,
warding off blows rather than giving them.
But the Government is loading now. 1t will
soon have its charge sent home. And when it
does assume the aggressive, it will make
ssshort work. of the ''cussed'' rebellion.
Year: 1861

Several prominent Republicans Of Ne
braska have called upon us in consequence
Of paragraph in our paper on Monday
last" that petitions were in circulation In
the Territory, asking the appointment OF
Dr.. John Evans Of this City, 10 the Office
Of Governor" and have assured us that,
although such appointment would be gen
orally acceptable to the Republican party
aud the people of the Territory,
they are not aware Of any such
petition being in circulation now =;
although there has been such a petition
Aligned .y large majority of the Rcpubli-
can members of the Territorial Legislature.
We feel quite confident that should the
Doctor receive and accept the appoint
ment, the people Of The Territory would
have just canse for congratulntion. His
ability and enterprise would perhaps do as
much for the prosperity Of the Territory
and the permanent success Of the Rcpubii
can party as the same qualities in an]
ono likely to accept Of the Office.
Year: 1861

Our very eopious and, we may say, costly
special dispatches from Cincinnati, give
glowing accounts Of the enthusiasm awak-
ened IL Indiana and Ohio by Mr. Lincoln's
progress through those States. The people
hail in him de1iycrar from the anarchy
and endless confusion with which the
country is threatened. They see the Gov
ernnent rapidly crumbling away in the
hands which arc not strong enough and
honest enough to WELD it; and they justly
hope that he who Is about to assume its
direction will restore to it the strength and
efficiency which alone can give it the con-
hIercc and support Of the governed Let
the people shout! This time their hero is
an honest man!
Year: 1861

"n1y to encourage the plotters to strike the
f1tal blow which would insure what all
men dread-the hopeless dissolution of the
Union and the temporary cessation Of all
legal authority, throwing the country at
once into the power Of any military chief
who has the genius and daring for the oc-
casion.
Year: 1861

Our special dispatches from Springfield
contain much Tint Is Of interest concerning
the proceedings Of the Legislature The
new Congressional apportionment, and the
prospective appropriations will claim the
attention Of all our readers.