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Year: 1861

The SUGAR DUrY.-It is plain enough that,
in the present financial condition, the sugar
duty cannot be given up, except upon the con-
dition of popular acquiescence in duties upon
some other articles, and we refer particularly
to tea and coffee, upon which taxes would not
be otherwise imposed. The sugar duty has
produced in flush times, as high as twelve mil.
lions per annum, and will produce half that
sum at even the present low prices. This can.
not be given up without equivalents.


We believe that such transfer of duties
from sugar to tea and coffee, would be salts.
factory to the country.


Or, reduction of the sugar duty, say one
half, might reconcile the country to taxation
upon tea and coffee.


Whatever theories may be entertained abont
protection, in respect to articles, in the pro-
duction of which we labor under no irremova,
bic difficulties, the Louisiana sugar cultivation
is under the fixed disadvantage of climate
not warm enough. This is difficulty which
can never be avoided, and has always made
the policy of sugar protection debateabe one.
Year: 1861

DacOtah is not Territory under Congress
sional organization. Arizona is probably includ.
ed in the population Of New Mexico The wes-
torn States proper will have within three votes
Of One-third Of the entire representation. The
steady cumulation Of political power towards the
western portion Of the Union is a matter Of spe-
cial qualification, as Il is the most conservative
in sentiment Of any section Of the country.
Year: 1861

While the subject Of abolishing the terms ol
the District Court in this County was under con.
slderation, our people seem not to have given il
that thought which it merited. They attached
no importance to the retention or removal Of the
Courti they treated the ubject with indifference,
and In that spirit many were prevailed upon to
sign 1t away, rs well as to instruct their repre-.
sentatives in the Legislature to vote il away.
They took no account or heed Of the expense
and Inconvenience our citizens would be .ub-
jected to in attending Court twenty five or thirty
miles from home, from their business. and from
their farms; they only thought Of the paltry tax
which it imposed, without taking into account
any oifsetting benefits. They took for granted
the representations Of our County Auditor, Who
magnife1 the burden without exhibiting any Of
the advantages derived from It He possessed
the figures which showed the cost Of the Court
to our County, and be, therefore, was the pro-
per person to look to for information. Upon
the strength Of his showing, the Court was abOl.
ished by legislative enactment


Now what fOllOwsi Why, large number Of
the citizens Of our county are summoned to at.
tend Court at Olympia, rs jurors, as witnesses,
and as litigants, 70 the total neglect Of business
and interests at home. The farmer Is taken
from his plow, the storekeeper from his counter,
and the mechanic from his work bench, to spend
aperiOd Of two or three weeks in distant town,
without remuneration, while his interests suffer
ct home to the extent Of hundreds Of dollars,
Independent Of the money required to defiay the
expenses Of the legal excursion. While the
Court met here, our people could devote to Il
the time required BY the laws, and at the same
time attend to their everyday pursuits. Now
they have the alternative Of sacrificing these, or
being subjected to nne or Imprisonment for dis
obeying the summons 10 leave home and business
Il Is true Of this as Of many minor matters in
life: while We possessed it, we did not appreciate
II; now that We have lost It, we are suddenly
sensible Of It's value.


Curses both loud and deep, both uttered and
mental, have been INDUCED the present week
BY unfortunate recipients in this county Of legal
documents from the Court now sitting at Olym.
pia. Our friends don't seem at all Aattered by
the notice thus taken Of them; on the contrary,
Il has had the effect Of putting them in prOfane
and belligcrent humOr. They threaten to wage
perpetual war against all who were concerned in
the removal Of the Court, and we canuot blame
them II they do.
Year: 1861

understand this thing, they will begin to
learn the lesson of this war, its full meaning
and its very form and pressure. We are not
speaking of these things as we might possibly
wish them to o'be. We are speaking Of them
as they are. We take the war as fact, pat
ent, sanguinary and notorious, and as such
we are dealing with it. The consequences
of its continuance are not of our making nor
under our control. 1t is readily admitted
that the leaders of this revolt very devotedly
love the institution of slavery, and are fight
ing forit very earnestly, they nevertheless are
doing more for its destruction. than any Abo-
litionists whO.have ever lived. 1t makes no
difference whether they intend abolition"
or not. That is where they are leading the
people Of the South. Even now they ap-
proach the brink of the abyss. Will they
dare the leap?
Year: 1861

We now begin te-see what is the plan OF
the campaign adopted BY the Government OF
fhe United States. Assuming that the indi-
cations recently furnished by the movements
of our forces, lead correctly, we can under
/. stand why our army before Washington has
remained inactive for so long period. We
take it that it is the policy and intention of
the Government to carry on the war from
half dozen or more points of attack at the
same time. The inference is also justifable
that the present plan of the campaign has
been adopted since the disaster at Bull Run,
and that before the change it was the inten-
tion of the Government to advance, if possi-
Bile, its armies by land into the heart of the
disloyal districts. The present plan Of Gov
srnment seems to be the better one for the
"subiugation" oftrcason and the coercion
of disfoyalty. This paper has never, like
many Others taken charge of tie manage
ment of the war, nor even gone SO tar as to
proffer to the Administration any very seri'
GUS advice as to the manner OF conducting
it, as we modestly deemed that those having
it in charge knew more about it than we did.
MANY mistakes have no doubt been made,
by great many men, but.that is peculiar
itv from which nothing of human origin is
exempt. 1t should be the aim of those who
are earnestly supporting the Government, to
keep in view the great aims and intentions
of that Government, and not to be eternally
examining and criticising with microscope,
the miner details of the plan of the campaign.
We have confidence in the Administration,
and are not afraid to trust it, because we are
not afraid to trust the people of the United
States.


We do not believe that the capture of
Port Royal, Charleston and Savannah will
end this war, but the taking of those places
are necessary steps towards it. Some rough
lighting has to be done yet. We shall yet
have reverses, but steadily, in the main. the
armies of the Republic will advance, and
the rebellion finally be suppressed.
Year: 1861

The Red Bluff Beacon very nervously de-
nies that anybody cares anything at Red
Bluff about the proposed town of Latona.
and grows excited almost to incoherency, in
its desire to show that the peopleof Red
Bluff are not exercised concerning the
running Of steamboats, above that point, and
as proof mentions certain evidences of i'm
proyement now going on atRed Bluff, under
the supervision of some of the most 'sshrewd
and far SEEING business n en-. ''Mr.. Doll, y
says our neighbor, by way of illustration.
lis investing $4,000 in hotel" ''Mr.
Williams" continues he, argumentatiyely,
lone of our most shrewd and r-secing bu-
siness men, is also putting up fine hotel
which will cost 10000" We are also in
formed that s.houses almost without number
are going up all over town." and that rents
are ''hish and still going up We congrat-
ulatc the people of Red Bluff over their
prosperity, and hope that they may always
continue to prosper, but how do the evidences
of their enterprise prove that boats cannot
run on the river above that place Grant
that the people of Red Bluff do not believe
in the practicability of navigating the Sacra-
mento to Latona, how does that effect the
question If every man in California sim
cerely believing it to be true, was to make
an affidavit that the river was not nayigable
to that point, nevertheless that mass of evil
dence would have to give way, to the fact
that the feat, that all believed could not be
accomplished, had been accomplished. SO.
we are perfectly willing for the good people
to believe that boats cannot run on the up
per river for few days more, when they will
see that all their beliefs and theories will
have to give way, in the presence of an ac-
complished fact. We deem it scarcely worth
while saying that no one has any desire to
iniure Red Bluff, or any of her citizens in
this or any other matter.
Year: 1861

BREADSTUrFs.-Itis is thought that Europe will
be compelled to import near two hundred mil
lions of bushels of wheat in the next year,
as that amount willbe needed to cover the
deficiency of the crop raised there. In this
fact there is political truth of deep signifi-
canoe. Most of this will have to come from
the United States, and if any nation of Eu-
rope should make itself party to our ma
tional troubles, by recognizing that thing
called Il Southern Confederacy, it could not
of course expect any aid from this country.
The grain crop of the United States is a ne
ccssity to Europc, and the people over there
we'll know it. 1t is also suggested that in
view of this foreign demand for our surplus
food, that the prices will be higher than for
many years, a benefit cnuring exclusively to
the agriculturists of America, in which, of
course, California will share.
Year: 1861

= The Beacon, in one Of its articles concern
ing the navigation of the river to Latona
says:


No, Mr.. Courier, all that We have to say
is, that if the navigation of the upper Sacra
mento was practicable, you would never ad
vOcate it, for you know full well it would be
q death blow to Shasta. She would withel
and decay, and in a few years the inhabitants
of Latona would not know there had ever
been such place as Shasta.


We are not aware that this paper has par
ticularly, as intimatcd in the Beacon, ''ad-
vocated'' the navigation of the Sacramento.
1t has spoken of the proposed efforts to bring
boats to Latona, and of the probable effects
of successful termination of these attempts.
.Ifthe river is navigable at all, that circum
stance cannot be affected in any way by us,
and exists Independently of any other paper.
We simply expressed our honest conviction
that the thing could be done. and we believe
that it will be done. As to the effects on the
town of Shasta, we will say that those con-
sequences are not in our keeping. The build
ing of town at Latona will rot, in our opin-
ion, injure Shasta particularly, and if it does,
the injury maynot stop at the town of Shas-
ia, but might embrace other points far more
pretentious than this modest village. The
whole matter is in nutshell: If the river
can be navigated, it is necessary that it
should be done, and no interests merely pri-
vatc or local. should stand in the way of it.
If it cannot be, the question closes itself. We
believe that boats can run TO Latona as easily
and cheaply as they now run to Red Bluff,
and we shall soon see if this is true or not.
If it can be done, let the consequences to
Shasta or Red Bluff take care of themselves.
Col. Magee is now at the Bay making the
necessary arrangement for line of boats,
and the editor of the Beacon can at once
make up his mind for the visit to Latona
which he promised some time ago. We will
be glad to see him.
Year: 1861

MARK 1.-TWO years from this time there
will scarcely man BE found in this State
who will confess that he was ever seces-
sionist. Those persons of that way of think
ing, even now seem to anticipate the coming
of that day, for You can never get one Of
them to admit that he is a secessionist, while
every act shows that he is. We all know
what is thought of the tories of the Revolu-
ton, the opposcrs of the war of 1912, and Of
those who opposed the Mexican War. The
present secessionist will hereafter be the OBJ
ject of scorn to degree that will make an old
fashioned tory think that his was pleas
ant lot. in comparison.
Year: 1861

CARPERs.-We are of the opinion that the
class of editors who profess to be for the
Union could find better employment than to
be continually carping and criticising the
way the Executive Department of thiss Gov
ernment is carrying on the war now waged
against it. 1t would seem that they are in
competent to deal with the whole question,
and seize some petty detail, about which they
speak as oracularly as if the responsibility
of the contest depended on them. This is
all wrong. Those who have charge-of these
matters understand them great deal better
than the intelligent body of California editors.
We are led into this train of remark by OBJ
serving the way that the removal of Frc-
mont was received. The Government re-
moved him for reasons satisfactory to itself,
and the President perhaps thinks that ap-
pointing him was blunder. However that
may be, Fremont is not indispensable to this
Government, and no man has right to stand
in the way of it. If necessary for the COM
mon good to sacrifice the ambition of any
man, or the man himself, it should be done
The war is great fact and embraces matters
ten thousand times more important thar
Frcmont's preferment or disgrace.
Year: 1861

The Richmond Va Examiner, understood
as being JEFF. Davis Court journal, thus
modestly sets cut the limits of tn 1t high old
Confederacy;


. The natural boundary of the Confederate
States on the North is along the Missouri
river to the Mississippi thence along the Ohio
to the Virginia line; thence along the Virginia
and the northern Maryland line to the Allan.
| tie. The Ohio line is the most important
portion of the frontier. The battle of Man
assas settled the question of the independence
Lofthe South in the public opinion of the world
All the rest of the fighting that has occurred.
or that will have to be done, will be mere
contest for boundaries The boundary is the
real issue in Missouri: that is the issue also
in Kentucky /: it is the issue in northern Nir-
ginia and it will soon be the issue in MARYLAND
1t is noteworthy fact that all hecountry for
which future hostilities will be conducted by
the South, has become disputed ground by the
action of its own inhabitants. In Missouri
the people were divided, large portion of
them espousipg the cause of the Lincoln Gov.
ernment. In Kentucky the cause was the
same the councils and aid of the gallant
sons of that State were lost to the South by the
treachery of demagogues and its Dutch. In
Western Virginia the liessian politicians and
the Hessian men did the same bad work In
Maryland the treason of the lIickses and the
Hessians brought in upon Southern soil the
invader and the despot. In Eastern Virginia,
where Ilicksism and Hessianis unfortunately.
for a time, had full sway, the important For
tress Monroe which would now be worth a
million day to us, was surrenderd to the
Yankee.


Southern independence is already achieved,
but the war cannot be closed until we have
conquered the Southern territory, which was
basely surrendered to the invader by Southern
traitors. Until we shall have planted our
banners along the natural confines of our
country the war shall 80 on. Had this terri
tory not been relinquished the war would
have already been ended. All the life, and
treasure and sickness and suffering, which
1T shall henceforth cost our country, will be
upon the souls of those men who betrayed
their native soil, their homes end hearthstones
to the invader. 1t is idle to think of peace
until we have conquered the surrendered
country lying south of the boundary we have
defined. Geographically, Politically, and
stragetically, Kentucky is part of the South,
which she cannot afford to surrender to the
Northern control and jurisdiction. Wecan
not afford to have imaginary boundary lines
with the Yankee
Year: 1861

ToBAcco.-In view of the continued block.
ade and consequent scarcity here of this ar
ticle so freely used by our people, says the
San Jose Tribune. many are pressing upon
farmers the propriety of preparing to plant
tobacco in the coming season. 1t will grow
well almost anywhere in our alluvial SOIL
Indeed it grows wild and luxLriantly in ma
ny districts in this valley, aud we know that
when properly cured its quality is excellent.
Year: 1861

SrAMrEDE.-The rebel troops on learning
that the Government had made landing on
the sacred soil of South Carolina, made a
''retreat in good order" from before Wash
ington, and leaving Virginia holding the bag
for the coming snipe. The capture of Port
Royal will create a tremendous sensation all
over the realms of Davis l.
Year: 1861

The RIvER.-The Sacramento river is in
fine boating order as far as Latona, the head
of navigation. Arrangements are nearly
complete for bringing boats there atan early
day. The editor of the Beacon says he is
coming up on the first boat
Year: 1861

New YoEK.-The Peoples ticket carried
the State of New York by an overwhelming
majority. All Union men united and gave
their support to this ticket thus showing the
mcttle of the patriotic State, whose motto is
tExcelsior
Year: 1861

HsS- well regulated and proportionate quantity
of bile upon the stomach, is always requisite for
the promotion Of sound healtn-it stimulates dl-
gestiOn and keeps the intestinal canal free from all
distractions. When there is a deficiency Of bile
the body is constantly costiye. On the other hand
an over abundance of bile causes frequent nausea
in the stomach and often promotes very severe at
tecks of disease, which sometimes end in death
Year: 1861

So denominated from their astonishing power Of
creating new life and health it we're, from tho
very ashes of the most dilapidated constitutions
are more strongly tonic and more Immediately in
vigorating than pills containing the same choice
vegetable extracts the latter, in different mod
ifcation. Although really less cathartic than tho
LIFE PILLS. they nevertheless begin to cleanse the
alimentary canal much sooner; generally slightly
operating within three four hours, and prOduo-
ing decided sense of relief the head aud stom-
ach, and exhilerating the mind even in less time
than
Year: 1861

TUE CoENrX APPROPRIATION.


The Board Of Supervisors on Saturday
appropriated $4,000 for the subsistence
and clothing OF the Irish Brigade and
Hecker Jaeger Regiment. The oct reflects
The wishes Of the entire community
upon whom the expense will fall It
now becomes practical question how
the monty shall be raised. The Board
have levied a tax Of one mill on the dol
Jar to meet the expenditure, but that will
not produce the money until some time
next year. County orders will be issued
Tor the amount and it is proposed to offer
them to capitalists, OF: to those who will
have taxes to pay Oh and after February
next at a suitable discount, corresponding
with the time they have to run. 1t is
hoped that they may be speedily taken at
q moderate rate Of interest. Supervisor
Burley will receive proposals for the or
ders in large or small quantities. The
amount expended for uniforms for the
troops viii berefunded by the government
Of the United States.
Year: 1861

n1OTtEY's LETTER TO THE r,or,


DON TIMES.


To the exclusion of much Interesting
matter, we give place in this issue Of the
TRIBUNE to the long and very able letter
Of the eminent historian, MOTLEY, to the
London Times, upon the American rebel
lion. MI. Motley, who is in England ut
present, has done his country q marked
Service By producing and publishing this
strong plea for the Union.
Year: 1861

FAST DAY-In accordance with the action
taken by the late General Assembly, Friday
cf this week Is to be observed By the New
School Presbyte1ian Churches Of this city as q
day Ct Fasting and Prayer, In behalf Of the
cnnnfrE
Year: 1861

Wo admit that the proceedings of the Conledr.
ate States express nothing less than revolution.
We admit that this revolution hos not been pro
yoked. We dcplore the rupture, aud we are dis,
posed to fear though on this point there can be
no certainty that the results will bc fraught with
disaster, But all this is beside the question. The
Southerners hSye no real case against their Nor,
thern brothern, but they have an argument against
which the North will kick in vain, They CLAIM,
to be the best judges Of there own interests; and
they hold that their interests require independence.
The North appeals to the sword, exactly as We
did. 1t is confident also in its strength, aud 80
were we. Whether the parallel will continue to be
traceable IN the event Of the contest is question
which time alone can determine.
Year: 1861

We intend soon to overhaul our
subscription list, and such as we find
have been taking either the Daily or
Weekly News for six months, and
have failed to pay for the same, we
will erase from our list. Our terms
are strictly in advance, and though
we have been lenient, we cannot any
longer be so. Bear this in mind, kind
patrons, and if you wish to have the
News make its visits as heretofore,
pay up" if you ilavn's got money!
bring it's equivalent,--corn, potatoes
nour.-and we will be satisfied.
The above has 40 reference what
ever to our city subscribers, who
take the paper and advertise.


On account Of our incapability to
DO anything, from the effects OF sick
ness, we will not issue our paper for
j few days.
Year: 1861

TIE AMALGANArIos oY LANaUAGEs-T There Is grow.
ing tendency in this age to appropriate the most express
i've words OF other languages and after while incor
porate them into own thus the word Cephac which
is fom the Greek, signying for the head" is be-
great Headache remedy, but it will soon be used in
more general way, and the word Cephac will become as
common as Eectrotype and many others whose dstuc-
ton as foreign words as been worn away by common
usage until they seem native and to the manor born"
Year: 1861

OVER EXCITEMENT, and the mental care and anxiety
incident to close attention to business study, are
among the numerous causes Of Nervous Headache The
disordered of mind and body incident TO this dis
tressiDg complaint is fatal blow to all energy and am
bition Sufferers by this disorder can always obtain
speedy relief from these distressing attacks by using one
of the Cephac Pills whenever the symptoms appear
1t quets The overtasked BRAIN and oohe the strained
and arrng nerves and reaxes the sion of the ston.
ach which always accompanies and aggavaes the disor
dered condition Of the brain.
Year: 1861

GREAT DTsCoyERY.-Among the most important Of all
the great med cal discoveries of this age may lie cor sid
cred the system Of vaccination for projection from Small
Pcx the Cephalic Pill for relief of Headache and the
of Qunine or the prevention of Feyers either Of
which is specific, whose benefits will be per
ed by suffering humanity long after their dscoverers
forgotten.
Year: 1861

U;Y In any of the above. or in other towns pay
ments may be made. when more convenient, to
the Postmasters thereof; or the amount NAV be
sent directly to this office but we must insist on
settlements every year.
Year: 1861

for the prevention of disease, and report to the
Quartermastcr General and the principal rneai-
cal officer. His order to be given in writing,
and the Disregard of it on stratsgical grounis
equally recorded by the officer in command =
These suggestions are worthy the eonsidera-
fr'n of our own toyefhrn~nt