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Year: 1861

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIF-
u teenth Judicial District of the State of Califor-
MIA. in and for the county of Butte.


Mary Smith VS.. George Smth-ActiOn brought
in the District Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Dis
trict, 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 George Smith You are hereby required
to appear in an action brought against you by the
above named Plaintiff in the District Court of the
State of California in and for the County of Butte,
and to answer the Complaint fled therein Ga copy
of which accompanies this Summons) within ten
days, Exclusive of the day of servce,) after the
service on you of this Summons-if served within
this county; or if served out of this county bat in
Judicial District, within twenty days; or 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 dlssoving the bonds of matrimony existing
between plaintiff and defendant for alleged deser-
ton of plaintiff by defendant, and for such other
relief as may be equitable and if you fail to appear
and answer the said complaint as above required
the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief
prayed for in her complaint


t@-) Given under my hand and Seal of the
SEAL District Court of the Fifteenth Judicial
'-~~' District, this lst day of April in the


year of our Lord one thousand eight hun


dred and siXty-one.


Fl. NJ. PHIPPS, Clerk.


By C. G. LINCOLN, Deputy Clerk.
GRANGER & MAURICE, Att'ys for pltff. ap6-3m
Year: 1861

Appropriate name for cold beauty-All-ice
Put your money in box if you like but
not in dce-box.


Light wine is but the ghost of wine-it has
no body to it.


Men wounded by the explosion of bomb
shells are wounded mortarly


Why are fixed stars ike wicked old men !?
Because they scintillate (sin till late.)


A novel may be very old, and yet what is
old cannot be novel.


What Miss always makes her lover go
astray? Mis- lead


A skull without tongue often breaches
better than a skull that has one.


The gold hunters at Pixies Peak find that
the bright visions with which they started,
should have been provisions.


Mr.. Crow, bought yard of nice pork
to-day" How can you buy pork by the
yard ?" "Why buy three feet-pigs feet"


A coquctte may be compared to tinder,
which lays out to catch sparks, out does not
always succeed in lighting match.


Suppose a scolding wife should get drown
ed, what single letter in the alphabet would
express the husbands feelings? Letter B.


Fish at least If no other animals, have cause
to believe that it is bad practice to think Of
raising in life upon somebody else's hook.


If you would be popular, by all means get
married. If you have one person TO exhaust
your fretfuluess on, you can probably manage
to be civil to the rest of the world.


How many go conspieuously through life.
swapping their smart percussioncaps upon
empty barrels, because, forsooth, powder and
ball do not come of themselves, and it takes
time to load.


Miriads, who had the ears of an ass, turned
to gold whatever he touched. Many other
persons, who have more of an ass than the
ears, seem to make money with almost equal
fecility.
Year: 1861

\ MoTHERs LoTE.-Children look in those
eyes listen to that dear voice, notice the feeling
of even a single touch that is bestowed upon
you by that gentle hand Make the most of
it while yet you have that most precious of all
good gifts-a loving mother. Read the un-
fathomabe love Of those eyes ; the kind anxiety
of that tone and look, however slight your
pain. In after life you may have friends, but
never again will you have the inexpressiblc
love and genileness layished upon you which
none but mother bestows. Often do | sigh,
in my struggles with the hard, unscaring world,
for the sweet, deep security felt, when of an
evening, nesting to her bosom, | listened to
some quiet tale suitable to my age, read in her
tender and untiring voice. Never can I forget
her sweet glances cast upon me when I ap-
pearcd to sleeps never can l forget her kiss Of
peace at night! Years have passed away
since we laid her beside my father in the cold
church-yard yet still her voice whispers from
the grave and her eye watches over me as l
visit spots long since hallowed to the memory
of my mother-M Macaulay.
Year: 1861

CHILDREN of any age can now have their pictures
~ taken perfect, as We have built Room expressly
for their Groups of Children also taken in frac
ton of a second, clear weather Mothers need not
now have the trouble TO take them 10 Gallery dozen
times, and at last put up with q earicature, if they
will but go at once to


febl8-u HUGHES, PREMIUM GALLERY.
Year: 1861

That every person, excepting Justices ol
the Peace, who shall hold an office or ap-
pointment Of profit or trust under the United
States or of this State or any city or corpor-
ated district, whether commissioned officer
or otherwise. a subordinate officer, or agents
who is or shah be employed under the leg
pislatve, executive or judiciary department
of This State or the United States, or of any
incorporated district; and also, that every
member of Congress, and OF the state legis
Ia,ure and of the select or common council
Of any city, or commissioned oil any lnc0r-
porated district is by law incapable OF hold
ing or exercising at the same time, the office
of appointment OF judge, Inspector or clerk
of any election Of this commonwealth, d That
no inspector, judge or other officer oil such
election shall be eligible to be then voted for.


And the said act of Assembly, entitled
"an act relating to elections OF this common
wealth, passed July I'd, 1888, iuriher provides
That the inspectors and Judges shall meet
at the respective places appointed Tor hold
ing the election in the district to which they
respectively belong, before nine O'Clock IN
the morning of the second Tuesday OF DC
tober, and each Of said inspectors shall aP-
point one clerk, who shall be qualified Vo-
ter.


at shall be the duty Of said assessors re-
spectisely to attend at the place OF holding
every general, special, or township election
during the whole time said election Is kept
open, for the purpose OF giving Information
10 the inspectors and judges, when called on
in relation to the right Of any person assess
Year: 1861

we Dao nearly nDlsneo tlls part OF our
task, when, rendered reckless by the ap.
parent security with which it was coutin-
ued, the spla,hing of each bag irto the
we'll exciting no suspicion on the part OF
our dangerous ueighbors at the other ex.
tremity of the dwelling. H flung the
last nine down into its depths three at
once, instead of dropping them singly, as
be had hitherto done. At this mcment,
the close proximity of approaching foot
steps along the roof @ ade me turn in the
direction whence the sound they caused
proceeded, and Instantly l was engaged
in deadly struggle with an antagonist.


The scene now became one of the wild :
est confusion. The rush of hostile feet
along the roof bespoke the rapid advance
of foes, whose plumbers it would be mad :
ness to contend with. Beneath despe.
rate encounter was going between my
comrade and Que or more of the rebels,
as many fierce oath testified. My left
hand was firmly fastened on the throat
of the man with whom l was coDtending,
yet he clung to one with maddening te-
nacity. Reflection aud action were the
twinborn of an urgent second. With my
right hand l had managed to draw and
cock my revolver. My life and liberty
were in the hands of a grasping foe
There were no compromise here; my life
or hisl Pressing the muzzle of my pistol
to bis head, | fred and he fell with scat
tered brains at my feet. The next instant
| dropped from the balcauy to the ground
where H was battlingiD in close quar-
ters. Here I stumbled over falleD man.
In the act of regaiDiug my feet, ICY hand
came in contact with his breast or side,
and was instantly bathed in warm gusb
of streaming blood.


''Wbere are you, H" l shouted.


"Here."


The response came from within yard
or two of the spot whero l stood. | found
my companion struggling on the ground,
in savage fury. with fellow avidently
of much superior muscular power to him
self Quick as thought my strength was
united to his, and with one concentrated,
determined and desperate effort we flung
our herculean foe headlong down the
we'll.


Without waiting to draw breath We
started and fed for life. battling a host Of
enemies by the suddeuness of our plunge
amidst the thick surrounding darkness.


This way" Dried H, and keeping
close together We quickly reached our
concealed wagon. To spring inside was
the work of a second, and away We went
for the camp. The Zouave drove. and
his driving was like the driving of Jehu!


~ guess it would have been all up
with me-" be said at length. "if you
hadn't come in as you did. There were
two of them on me before | knew where
| was, when found Id lost my Colt; so
l gave one dig With tho full length of
my bowie, and went in for wrestle With
the fellow We treated to a drink"


We reached camp unpursued. The
wagon was returned puuctually next
night, as promised, to the astonisbee and
grateful darkey, but whether or not be
received any further remuneration for
the loan of his property than the safe re-
turn of it l AN unable to state.


Morrissnia, New York, Aug. / l, 1861.
Year: 1861

objects, animate or inanimate, it con.
tained.


Passing out, our next movement was
to carry round the bags to the extreme
end of the piazza This involved the ne
cessity of traversing the full length Of one
side of the building. With much labor
and anxiety, as We had to proceed more
warily than ever, at each step, we at last
accomplished it. And now We held q
consultation, whether it were better to
risk the attempt of carrying off our prize
by degrees to the spot where we had con-
cealed the wagon, or destroy it at once
by lowering bag after bag into deep
we'll, H informed me was directly
beneath us. as We leaned over the bal
cony of the piazza We concluded the
latter plan was the best, aud accordingly.
my companion uneoiipg the rope he still
carried round bis neck and fastening one
end Of it to the balcony. rapidly descen-
ded, after telling me to haul up the other
end again, attach to it the bags (tbree or
four at time and lower them to him
when be would drop them singly iuto the
we'll.
Year: 1861

Brother Aired Stacy, writing from
Burleson county, says there was Il
white frost on the 10Th Of this
month upon land that had been re-
Gently plowed. We had the same
in this county, but we do not think
any serious injury was done to veg
citation.


A correspondent writing from Co.
ry, Ellis county, says the prospect
for Il wheat crop is very fine. This
is the news from Northern counties
generally, and if no disaster comes
upon the small grain the crop will
be more abundant than ever before
in Texas. We believe that the God
of nations will bless and prosper us
as nation, and that because we are
obeying his revealed will. Let us
be more faithful in doing our duty
to God, to ourselves, to our slaves,
and to strangers.-TeraS Baptist
Year: 1861




THE WHEAT AND THE WEAT
We have been bountifully bic
with genial showers during the
week, and never before since
first settling OF this country,
the wheat presented so promisi
prospect. Indeed we are now
guinc of not only an early but
far the largest harvest ever with
ed.


The amount of surplus grain
will be raised in Parker cot
alone will suffice to bread all
rangers in the State besides
amount of immigration that !
come in-all other crops are lc
ing extremely fine White Man
Year: 1861

The Michigan Southern Road, in the third week of
August, shows no important change from last year.


The Secretary of the Treasury has drawn on the
Banks in favor OF the SubTreasurer Mr.. Cisco under
the recent negotiation Of Treasury Notes for So
which is ten per their subscription. This will
make 81 900 GOO, or twenty per cent paid up.


There Is an active demand in the street for the Six
per cent Treasury N&es waiiss AZ wanted sgE !ss
payment of duties, The brokers are buying at VIA
ga, and selling at 97t tass. No important amount
could be bought at 49, and il we are to have any i'm
porations this FALL all the floating lots the market
will be absorbed before the demand will arise from the
banks for payment ON the second fifty millions Of the
recent loan.


We learn that the General Govcrnmenthas refunded
10 the State of Illinois 40 cent OF the expenditure
the State incurred in lifting volunteers for the
This amount added to the present surplus in the Treas
uy gives the State 81 900 600 (of which $5OOOO
is in specie) which is alone applicable to the payment
Of interest and reduction OF the State indebtedness
We understand that is not the intention Of the State
at present TO place any Of her bonds on the market


We hear Of none Of the demand Treasury Notes as
having reached Wall street. but the telegraph states
they have been issued in Washington. The engravngs
are furnishing them to Goverpmsnt at tue rate N
Year: 1861

Those who desire to select from new patterns with
the advantage of reduction in prices will call early
and examine


We would also call the attention of persons about
introducing gas into their dwellings to increased
facilities, and consequent low prices for this branch
Of our trade.


Inviting all who desire their work done promptly
and free from gas eakages call at 800 Pennsylva
MIA avenue between Tenth and Eleventh streets,
south side j. W. THOMPSON co.
nov2
Year: 1861

At the presentation of a sword to General
Mcclellan by the city of Philadelphia, the
General responded as follows;


ask you, Sir, to give my warmest and
deep thanks to the honorable body you rep
resent for this entirely unmerited compliment.
1t is for the future to determine whether l
shall realize the expectations and hopes that
have been conferred upon me. trust and
feel that the LAY is not far distant when L
shall return to the place dearest OF all others
to me, there TO spend the balance OF my life
among the people from whom l have received
this beautiful gift. The war cannot last long
It may be desperate. ask in the future,
forbesrance, patience, and confidence. With
these we can accomplish all and while 1
know that in the great drama which may
have our hearts blood, tn Pennsylvania
will not play the least trust that on the
other hand, she will play the highest and
noblest part.


again thank you, and ask you to convey
to the councils my most sincere thanks for
the sword. Say to thom that it viii be my
ambition to deserve it hereafter. know
do not now.
Year: 1861

"He was confined in strong wooden
cage but seeing himself in large mir
ror, which was also being transported by
express, he became enraged, crushed
through the top of the cage, and alightiug
upon the floor of the car, threw himself
into position, and marched sideways upon
his reflection in the mirror. The first touch
Of his tusk broke the glass, its fractured
particles then exhibiting a dozen boars in
formidable battle array. Our ferOci0us
hog, then seeing that the enemy had num-
bers, turned his back on the discourteous
swine, and observing me alone and de-
fenseless, rushed upon me. beat hssty
retreat over trunks and boxes. humping
my head against the roof of the car as
went until found place where a hog
larger than myself could not get When /
looked back my anger became excited. This
internal boar would pick up way bills in
his mouth, and ran about the car shaking
them, as if to say that he was the messen-
ger and that was the hog. At length he
took my reseipt book in his mouth, raised
his nose, and ran sideways. 1 could not
stand it any longer. got hold Of a pair
Of ice tongs and rushed upon him. l hit
him blow upon the left eye and he fell.
l then inverted the cage upon him and
tcoerced' him as l would any other hog"
-Raiekeybecker.
Year: 1861

While On our way to McGregor the other
day, on the steamer Milwaukee, we made the
acquaintance Of one Of our fellow passengers
who had just escaped from the Southern
Confederacy Many Of our citizeus know
him well, as he was oneo in bus,uess here
We will give the narrative IN his own words
as near as possible;


You see | had been doing heavy whole
sale and retail provision busue in the city
of Augusta, Georgia, for two years, and was
getting along with the inhabitants very
smoothly until little circumstance transpired
last fall which melted the populace against
me. | had taken more or less interest in
political affairs while lived there, and, as
much from policy as anything else, adopted
conservative Southern view Of matters.
was strong Bell aud Everett man, and
when the State Convention was in session,
was mentioned as one Of the State electors


As il was known that | came from Dubu-
que, some Of my constituents wrote to the
latter city for information as TO my political
autcce1ents. The letter was addressed to one
oi the prominent law firms Of Dubuque and
Tor some unaccountabe reason answered in
such q manner as to direct the deepest ndig
nation Of the community whore lived against
ne. They we're il'ormcd that | was loud
mouthed AbolitiousSt, and stumpod the State
Tor Fremont. Within a short time after the
receipt Of that letter. my house was ssTroun-
ded by an iniuriated mob eager to wreak
blind vengeance on me. | appealed. to the
Mayor, who was a warm personal friend OF
mine, Tor protection. He responded by call
ing out the entire police force to dispene the
rabble.


Myself and son ia.law stood all that night
at the head of the first flight OF stairs in my
house with firearms and axes, resolved to
sell our lives as dearly as possible, should the
miscrcants break in. My brave wife knew
no fear, and would not leave my side al
though cntreated her to do so. She seemed
nerved TO desperation by our common Danger,
and ready to face ALL and sacrifice her life it,
necessary, 10 defense of our home.


The people were paciiied at last when they
found US too rcsolute to be imposed on, and
after short time was allowed TO pursue my
business as usual. | satisfied them appar-
emily that | did not entertain principles re-
pugnant TO their peculiar views, and convinc-
ed them that the information they had re-
ceived was a tissue OF ialsehoods; yet there
ever after lurked among them suspicion of
my loyalty to tho South. Thus we lived
through the winter, the community daily be-
coming more excited and bitter against those
who did not coincide to the letter with the
damnabe opinions that then ruled the hour


In illustration Of this will only cite one
instance. A party of merchants were dis.
cussng the impending crisis one afternoon in
store not far IRON miuo, when Que Of
my neighbors made the following remark ;
Gentlemen, wo must be careful and not uu-
derrate the strength of tho enemy" That
same nigh, committee called upon him and
asked him if he had made such remark
when he replied, Yes, and | do not see the
harm in it. It is one Of the FIRST lessons in
Year: 1861

As the Eighth Ohio regiment was gong from
Cleveland to Camp Dennson, Capt, Bucking
ham supposed tho train would stop at Crestlne,
and notified his wife. Unfortunately the or
dors were to pass through Crestline without
stopping. The train however checked up u lit
tie, but the rate of speed was still high. The
gallant Captain saw his wife on the platform,
made a desperate spring clasped her in his arms,
kissed her quickly, aud, under tremendous ap-
plause from on board, sprang back on tho ny-
ing train-having hardly time to catch the rear
car
Year: 1861

An accident occurred this P. NJ. which came
near proving fatal TO Gaskill. Of our company.
A musket charged with ball and buckshot was
carelessly fired by member of Co. 3. The
charge riddled two tents. The ball struck Gas
kill on the back part of the head and made a
flesh wound several inches long. One Of the
shot took effect in the elbow of Corey. formerly
Of our company but now of B. Corporal Ste
vens and a number of Others were sitting in the
same group with G. and c. and their escape is
miraculous.


The most thorough preparations are being
made for an advance movement. and when it is
done it will not be by an unorganized mob.


The heat is almost unbearable.


Letters from friends always reach US and are
gladly received.


Yours truly, FRANK.
Year: 1861

ELDERS ZOUAvEs. - This company is
npidly filling up, principally with young men,
Who as body, would do honor to any regiment
A more favorable opportunity of enlisting will
not soon present itself TO the citizens Of this Sec
ton of the country. We advise those who in.
tend joining this company to send in their names
at once, as the opportunity will soon pass by
The company are to be sent forward by squads
the first having received marching orders fol
FRIDAY of this week
Year: 1861

STATE BOARD OF EoUALIzATIoN.-The
State Board Of Equalization were to have met
here on Monday OF this week. but have not yet
been in session owing to the sickness of the Land
Commissioner, and the necessary absence of the
State Treasurer on important business. large
rumber Of the delegates Of the several counties
are in attendance, and are somewhat annoyed by
the DELAY.
Year: 1861

An act making appropriations for the Public Defence


sEToS The Congress Of the Confederate States Of America
do enact That there be appropriated out OF in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the year ending the
eighteenth Of February eighteen hundred and sixty the
Of fifty millions dollars for the OF officers and pryates
Of the army volunteers and militia In the public service OF the
Confederate States; for Quartmaster supplies Of all kinds
transportation and other for the purchase
Of subsistence stores and commay property for the ordnance
service in all its branches for engneerng and fof the surgical
and medical service Of the army in all supplies and necessary
expenditures.


SEC 2 That the above appropriation shall be distributed
amongst the several objects CT appropriation above specified,
such proportions shall be determined by the Secretary Of War;
with the approval Of the President.


Approved August 81, 1876. sepf8 1aw4R
Year: 1861

An act supplemental Act to put in operation the


the Permanent Constitution Confeder


ate States Of america"


The Congress OF the Confederate States OF America enact
That where State Of this ConfderAcy there shall be
regular session Of the Legislature to be held prior to the 18th Of
February eighteen hundred and sxytwo hereby provided
in obedience the Article of the Permanent Consu
on that the election Of Senators for the Congress may
any special session a Legislature of
State prior the said eighteenth Of February, eighteen hundred
and sixty two.


Approved August 81, 1861. sep1s Iaw4W