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Year: 1861

IHE citizen on a WAR FooTIyG.--It will
be seen that we have reduced The Citizen to
ITS original size. This has been rendered ne
cessary by the scarcity, as web as the high
price of paper. The demand for pa per in the
Confederate States is much greater than the
supply, and it is necessary that every print
ing establishment should economize ia the
use of the article much as possible, in or
der that the supply may not be entirely ex-
heusted


"Aea we enlarged our paper, three years
ago, we had a large advertising custom, and
our business was fiourishing in every depart
snent; bnt now it is quite different We have
but few advertisements, and there is scarcely
anything doing in the job printing line. S


All this is incident to- the times and tba
state of the country. When the war is over
and times become again prosperous, should
our business justify it, we win again resume
our larger size. For the present, the Citizen.
like hundreds of its contemporaries, must go
forth "curtailed of its fair proportions ask
ing the indulgence Gifts friends and patrons.
Year: 1861

Sons of Temperance The Grand Division OF
the Sons OF Temperance of Virginia will meet
in this city 10 day. tor the purpose Of consait-
ing upon measures for continuing the pubii-
cation of the Conductor" the organ OF the
order in this State.
Year: 1861

West Poist.-A public sale of building lots
took place at West Point, on Wednesday last
We understand mat some Twelve or fourteen
were sold at very good prices. The purcnas.
ers are chiefly residents of that vicinity.
Year: 1861

FATAL OMISSION TO SEE TO THE BiTs.-On
Wednesday evening I'd inst, Franklin Stevens
Of Salem, New York, drove out with his wife
having team of young and highs spirited
horses. On his return, as he was going down
somewhat steep hill, the horses were fright
ened by Ihe approach of a team behind and
started off at q breakneck speed. In attempt
ing to control them, Mr. Stevens made the dis
coyery for the first time, that they had no bits,
and he was utterly powerless. The horses ran
al an awful rate until they reached his house.
when they made dash at his gate, but did
not enter it, bringing up with force against a
hitching post, wheeling, and bounding off to
the village, a mile and half distant, where
they brought up in a stable yard. Then Mr.
Stevens, for the first time, made the discovery,
on turning to congratulate his wife upon
their escape, that she sat by his side, a corpse!
She had received a violent blow upon the
temple, in the contact with the post at the
gateway, which instantaGeously terminated
her existence. She died without a struggle or
a groan, and all the fearful subsequent ride
Mr.. Stevens had taken with her dead body
sitting closely against him on a seat
Year: 1861

Domestic Remedies.-No other formula combine In so
compact or concentrated form the active and essen
ta pertes Of medicine, or are so we'll adapted to
family use as these popular remedies Devoid Of min
crai and vegetable posons, simple but eficacious in


operation they may be administered with equal safety


to the infant as to the adult No household should be


without supply, as they always useful in case of
accident, Sold by all Druggists at 25c., &c, and sl
per box or pot feb2s
Year: 1861

to suppress the present insurrection against
the United States And all said claims
against the State shall be presented to
said Commissioners within two months
next after they shall give notice of a time
and and place for hearing thereon, by
publication in four newspapers printed in
this State, and the decision of majority
of said Commissioners upon any claim
shall be final and conclusive in the PREM
ises and all claims proper to be presen-
ted to said Commissioners under this act
which shall not be presented, shall be bar
red.


Sec. 2. 1t shall he the duty of said
Commissioners, or majority of them,
whenever they shall allow any bill or claim
against the State, for the purposes named
in the first section of this act, to certify
in writing to the Governor of this State,
the amount allowed, and the name of the
claimant, and the Governor on such certifi-
cate being presented shall DIR aw his order
for the amount of such certificate in favor
of such claimant, on the Treasurer of the
State, who is hereby directed to pay the
same.


Sec. 3. The Governor is authorized
to fill all vacancies which may at any
time occur in said Board of Commissioners,
by refusal to act, death, inability, res
ignation or otherwise.


SEC. 4. Said Commissioners shall be
commissioned by the Governor of this
State, and they shall be duly accredited
under the Seal of this State They may
employ clerk for the proper execution of
the duties of the commission, and the
Governor is hereby authorized to draw
orders on the Treasurer of this State, for
the payment of all necessary and proper
expenses of said commission, and for COM
pensation for the services of said Commits
sioners Prouided, that the rate of COM
pensation for the services of said Commits
sioners, shall be fixed and determined by
the Governor, at the time of the appoint
ment of such Commissioners.


SEC. 5. Said Board of Commissioners
shall have power to compel the attendance
of witnesses and the production of pa
pers on the hearing of any claim before
them, in the same manner and to the same
extent that County Courts by law have.


Sec 6. This act shall take effect from
its passage .:'I


Approved Nov. 20, 1861.
Year: 1861

RECRUITS For THE FIFTu REGIMENT.-We
learn that the company which is being raised
at Grass Valley will soon be mustered into
the camp ofthe Fifth at this place. Recruit
ing officers are out in our own county, and
we may expect to hear from them very soon.
The Marysville Rifles are filling up their COM
pany, Join the regiment. The troops now
being raised may not move from the State for
several months. All the better; for when
they do go, they will be a body of disciplined
soldiers, good for something, and not rabble
OF men unused to military drill.
Year: 1861

PRIVATE School FOR BoYs.-We wish to
call the attention of parents to an advertise
ment in this paper Of select school for
boys. Mr. Baker, the principal, is well known
IN this city as successful educator of boys
having been long engaged in the business of
teaching The branches taught in this school
are the common English branches. The in.
snuction will be thorough, the object being
to qualify boys for practical business life,
The school is located in the western suburbs
OF the city, and is from this fact the more
desirable, for the reason that there is less to
attract the attention and divert the mind
from study than if located in more central
part of the city. The boys take their lunch
with them and remain at the school all dav
The walk is pleasant one, the play grounds
are commodious, the location healthy, and
everything favorable for study and recrea-
ton. The number Of pupils will be limited
to 25, so that time may be devoted to the ad
vancement of every one in attendance Pa
rents at distance. who may wish to send
their sons to this city to attend school, would
DO well to place them under Mr. Bakers care
and instruction. as he is prepared to accom-
modate few boarding scholars, and will ex-
hreise parental care over those flscad nm
der tie charge
Year: 1861

RASDAL d Co have bountifully supplied
us with New York and Western papers, aud
all the pictorials of the day. They have just
been getting in some large additions to their
stock of books, and have now fine selection
Almost any new book of the past year, which
is counted worth reading may be found in
their store. They have also new and ele-
gant editions os the British poets.
Year: 1861

RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS ARMs.-By an order
Of the War Department every soldier who
loses his gun, whether by cowardly throw
ing it away on the field of battle. or through
neglect is to have twelve dollars, the price
of the gun, deducted from his pay.
Year: 1861

RAILROAD ENTERPRISE IN NEVADA IERR-
ToRY.-Mr ID. b. Scott, formerly the engi-
neer on the Marys, i'll and Bencia railroad,
has for some time past been engaged in maxi


ing a preliminary survey for a road from
Virginia to Carson City. The party have
selected a route through American Flat and
have proceeded with the survey rs far as the
Halfway House on the road to Carson City
The survey demonstrates that at no point on
the route will the grade exceed eighty feet
to the mile The grading will hc of a very
easy nature requiring little or no blasting
The cross-tics of course can easily be oh
tained and all the material for the rapid
completion of the work readily procured.
We understand that Governor Nyc, J. ii.
Atehison and other prominent citizens of
Carson City are the leading men in the en-
terprise. We hail with pleasure the com
mcncement of this important work, and think
there will be no difficulty in obtaining all the
funds necessary to insure an early start on
the work. If properly conducted, the entire
road could be graded by next Spring. Be
yond doubt, the stock of this company
would be among the best investments in the
Territory. The amount of travel between
the mines and Carson City and the river is
enormous the roads being continually lined
with teams, and by next season the amount
freighted will undoubtedly be doubled. The
only wonder is that some person has not
thought of this railroad project sooner.-1er-
ritoriuI Enterprise
Year: 1861

We are tired of hearing the girls say
they have mo time" to read Macaulay or
Milton. when they will set up half the
night to find cut whether the hero of a red
pepper novel gets knocked ON the head, or
escapes from the shipwreck, with his lady
love and her band boxes, on a board four
inches square.


We are tired of hearing women complain
that their husbands don't care SO much
for them as they used to. and setting it
down to the score of heartlessness, when
it is nothing on earth but the sour bread
and burnt ham at the breakfast table
Knock at the doors of their affection with
a fIying-p pan and they'llOpenit fast enough


We are tired of listening to the outcry
Of ''hard times from business men, who
wonder ''where on Garth the money slips
to-" when part of it is leaking out at the
top CT their head, through costly Pana-
ma hat, and part shut up in cigar case in
their coat pockets, and part going down
their throats in "brandy smash"


We are tired of being drought up
short by PAIR Oh heels planted on the
trails of our silkcn raimcnt, and still more
tired of being transfxed by the scowl of a
fashionable lady when We get swanped
among her foVnces. Won't the fair sex
abbreviate their>lresscs


We are tired of seeing women box their
babies cars for making such a racket"
with their trumpets and drums, and then
ct the neighborhood's nerves on edge with
piano practice and throat-splitting bravu-
ras.


We are tired of the woman who can't
talk of anything but Bobby's measles and
the price of silk and starch-wc are tired
OF the men who chew tobacco in your face,
and pull out their pocket knives to trim
their nails, while they are talking with you
we are tired of the children who learn
French and philosophy at five years old.
and converse in four syllabled words out
of the dictionary, and don't know what
buttercups mean; and We are tired Of the
old ladies who dress in the style of sweet
sixteen!


Such are some of the things tLat the
Editor of Life Illustrated complains of
being tired Of and he concludes by asking
Docs anybody blame Us for being tired to
death of ali these things?''
Year: 1861

Some people are very apt to use harsh
angry words, perhaps because they think
they will be obeyed more promptly. They
talk loud, swear and storm, though after
all they arc only laughed at; their orders
are forgot. and their i'll temper is remcm-
bered. How strong is kind word! 1t will
do what the harsh word or even blow can
not do; it will subdue the stubborn, will re-
lax the form, and work wonders Even
the dog. the cat, or the horse, though they
do not know what you say, can tell when
you speak kind word to them. A man
was one day driving cart along the street,
the horse was drawing a heavy load, and
did not turn as the man wished him The
man was in i'll temper, and beat the horse
the horse reared and plunged. but he either
did not or would not 90 in the right way.
Another man who was with the cart went
up to the horse and patted him on the
neck, and called him by his name The
horse turned his head and fixed his large
eyes on the man as though he would say.
Il will do anything for you because You
are kind to me- r' and bending his broad
chest against the load, turned the cart
down the narrow lane and trotted on brisk
ly as is the load were plaything. On,
how strong is a kind word
Year: 1861

The following is from the Hartford Daily


Courant:


What a number of idle, useless young
women-they call themselves ladies'
parade our streets! They toll not neither
do they spin, yet Solomon, in all his glory,
was not arrayed like one of them. Have
they ever thought what they shall do when
the real cares and responsibilities of life
will cluster around them? Have they
made, or are they making, any preparation
for the onerOus duties which will assuredly
fall to their lot duties to society, the
world and God? They lounge or sleep
away their. time in the morning. They
never take hold of the drudgery, the repul-
sive toll, which each son and daughter of
Adam should perform in this world. They
have no habits of industry, no taste for
the useful, no skill in any really useful art
They are in the streets, not in the perfor-
nance of duty or for the acquisition of
health, but to see and be seen. They ex-
pect thus to pick up husband who will
be as indulgent as their parents have been
and support them in idleness. They who
sow the wind in this way are sure to reap
the whirlwiud. No life can be exempt
from cares. How mistaken an education
do these girls receive, who are allowed to
imagine that life is always to be garden
of roses! Labor is the great law of our
being. How worthless will she prove who
is unable to perform it.


1t has been observed that by far the
greatest amount of happiness in civilized
life is found in the domestic relations, and
most of those depend on the home habits
of the wife and mother. What a mistake
is then made by young girls and their pa
rents when domestic education is unattend-
ed to! Our daughters should be taught
practically how to bake cook, to arrange
table, to wash and iron, to sweep, and to do
everything that pertains to the order and
comfort of the household. Domestics may
be necessary, but they are always a neces-
sary evil, and the best help q woman can
have is herself If her husband is ever so
rich, the time may come when skill in do
mestic employment will secure to her a
comfort which no domestic can procure
Though she is not called to labor herself,
she should at least know how things ought
to be done, so that she can never be cheat
cd BY her servants.


Domestic education can never be
acquired in the streets. 1t cannot be
learned amidst the frivolties of modern So
ciety. A good, worthy and comfort bring
ing husband cannot be picked up on the
pavement.


The nymph who walks the public streets.


And sets her cap for all she meets,


May eatcE the fool who turns to stare,


But men OF sense avoid the rnare''


The highest and best interests of society
in the future, demand better, more use
ful, more domestic training of our young
ladies.
Year: 1861

The Star points out that there is some
distinction in law as well as in feeling be-
tween friendly powers and powers that are
acknowledged only as belligerents.


On the 2lst there was meeting at the
Admiralty of the leading members of the
cabinet. The consultation lasted over an
hour and was supposed to have reference
to the Nashville.


The Nashville was still at her berth at
Southampton when the Africa left Liver
lo,l, but no movement had been made to
supply her with Goals or stores. or to effect
repairs. A body of police was ON duty in
case of any breach of the peace between
the crews of the Nashville and the Harvey
Birch. The voyage of the Nashville was
stormy, but devoid of interest until she
fell in with th3 Harvey Birch.
Year: 1861

CAUSE AND EFFEcT.-A eOuntryman
seeing a vessel very heavy laden and scarce
ly above the waters edge. exclaimed:


Upon my word. if the sea was little
higher the ship would go to the bottom"
Year: 1861

A bill has passed the lower House of Con-
gress authorizing the raising of a volunteer
force for the better defense Of Kentucky. 1t
provides for recruiting twenty thousand
men to serve for twelve months. We hope
it will meet the concurrence of the Senate at
the earliest practicable day. Such force is
absolutely Necessary for the safety of those
portions of the State where Secession feel
ipgs have taken such root that they must be
exterminated. There are many citizens of
Kentucky burning to join the Federal army
and assist in repellipg the invaders, who are
deferred from leaving their homes, because
they would be exposed to the ravages of
thieving scoundrels, who use the usurped
authority of the Confederate States or the
Provisional Government of Kentucky as the
warrant for the commission of every crime
Twenty thousand volunteers to defend the
infected localities can be readily raised, and
as many more will then be at liberty to fol-
low their inclinatons and rally under the
Stars and Stripes. A battalion in about one
third of the counties of the State, acting in
consort with each other, could be quickly
! concentrated at any desirable point, and thus
| free our citizens from any spprehensions of
the raids of Marshall or Williams, and put
! down any such incendiary efforts as were
made at Bigland last week. II Congress
would permit 70 many of this force to iud
their own horses as felt inclined, celebrity
! could be added to their movements which


would greatly increase their efficiency


Louisville Journal.
Year: 1861

GADIoNs.-A large number ofgabiops are


making. Many of your readers may not
have distinct idea OF gabion. Let them
imagine, then, an immense basket, six or
eight feet in diameter, and eight or ten feet
high, without bottom. They are made
usually of small alders, or other flexible
wood. Grape vines are often used. When
it is desirable to make a fortifcation in a
hurry, several of them are placed in line and
filed with sand, and well rammed down.
With gsbions, squad of men in a few min
utes will be able to shelter themselves from
the epemys fire. Your readers may draw
their own interences from the fact, whether
or not movement is intended. 1t has been
said that this was to be an artillery war, and
the construction of these baskets gives cfe-
dence to the assertion. Suppose, under cover
Of night, corps of sappers and minersshould
drive in the enemy's pickets in front Of an
important position, within artillery distance
of it. Planting these baskets ID line, in q
half hour they could have sheltered battery
constructed, ready to pour its hail with the
first ray of morning light. With infantry at
hand for support, then would come the test
OF strength, not of men, but of artillery. The
best served pieces, if of superior weight, will
win the victory under such circumstances,
Year: 1861

An agricultural corree epOndent writes
to the Coatntry Gent5eman "For the
last ten years l have used my cows for
saving all my fire wood. cutting hay,
straw and stalks, and considerable thresh-
ing, and believe it altogether the cheap
est and most convenient power in the
reach of most farmers. For the past 6f-
teen years have had two or three pairs
of COWS broke to the yoke, which are al
ways ready to help along when We want
more team They haul out most of my
manure. and do most of the csrtiug.-
With some additional feed when 1t work,
I believe they give as much milk as il
not worked. This think does very we'll
Year: 1861

The hearts of the people are the hulwarks
Of nations safety, and the response which
the North has given to its COmtry'S call is
u glorious vindcation of its patriotism and
devotion. But beyond and above that it is
a new demonstration Of the old theory that
patriotism thrvcs best in the high places
of the ea~th-upon the hills and mountains
and that a rugged climate produces a har-
dy and military people.


None have been more astonishod al the
suddenly ly-dcveloped military capacity and
strength Of the Northern people than them
selves, and no stronger proof was ever Of
lcred that free labor is the parent of the
best armies. New England, the cradle of
muscle and nerve, and the mother of en-
pircs III the West, has well vindicated her
old renown, and yet she has not exhausted
a tithc Of the surplus strength Of her gran
ite hills, or thereby stopped spindle or a
watcrwheel in her borders.


New York and Pennsylvania have sent
their SONS to battle by scores Of thousands,
and yet commerce, or manufactures, or the
great iron or coal interests heed not their
absence.


Ohio and the Great West have sent an
army, and yet their corn-iieids smile with
plenty and their gamers burst with food for
world.


That the North, even handed, has an elo-
ment of strength, in the physical develop
mCnt of its people, growing out OF II CHI
mate, its necessity Of honorable labor and
the self reliant, persistent character result
ing therefrom, more formidable when arous-
cd than the mcalcuating impetuosity gen
Grated by Southern sun, is everywhere
apparent


This same peculiar character of the North,
devoted, heretofore to tho "arts of peace, "
aggregated to itself the capital necessary to
develope its military power, and has all the
confidence in the Government and its perg
petuity necessary to bring out that capital
to the aid of tho Government. The recent
exhibition in Wall street of the borrowing
of five MILLIONS of dollars at low rate of
interest in q single day, demonstrates both
the ability and disposition of our capitalists.


Another great resource Of the North eXs
lists in it's vast merchant marine, and the
hardy class of men who serve it. We are
now just upon the threshold of a necessity
for the Incorporation of large portion Of
this element into to om Navyas volunteer
arm of that service, The facility with
which our merchant ships and our merchant
seamen could be adapted to our present
wants in the enforcement of the blockade of
our coast, and TO cooperate with our rcgu-
lar Navy, constitutes the chief value OF this
arm of defence.


The foregoing are but few of the most
prominent of our resources of defence, and
they afford us Just cause of pride and con-
ISOLATION, and q reason to count with conf
dence upon a speedy and glorious result Of
our national difficulties,
Year: 1861

WHEAT IN NAPA.-Most of the wheat crop
OF THIS county for the last year is disposed
OF. Only about 10000 sacks are in the
warehouses in this place at this date, and
the amount still in the hands of the farmers
is said TO be small. The stock of barley is
quite Insignificant. Wheat is worth here
from 81 26 to 81 60, as to quality.-[Napa
Reporter.
Year: 1861

BANKIsa LAWN this issue will be
found the Banking Law upon which the
people are required to vote. at the No.
vember election and we ask for it q
careful perusal. We are decidedly in fa-
vor of sound Banks and Banks organ.
ICED under the provisions of this law,
must be sound. Let us have paper Of our
own. and not be entirely dependent upon
that Of other States. which may be palm.
cd upon our people one day. and the next
be utterly worthless. We trust that all
will read it, and at the November election
vote For Banking Law"
Year: 1861

eS-Did you ever have the Sick Headache? Do you
remember the throbbing temples the evered brow, the
oathng and digust at the sight of food. How totally
unfit you for pleasure conversation or study. One
Of the Cephac Pills would have relieved you from all
the suffering which you then experienced For this and
other purposes you should always have box of them
hand to use as occasion requires.
Year: 1861

GREAT DscovERY.-Among the most important Of al
the great medical discoveries ofths age may be consd
cred the system of vaccination for protection from Small
Pox the Cephsc Pill for relief Of Headache and the
Of Quinine for the prevention of Fevers either Of
which is specific whose benefits will be experience
ed by suffering humanity long after their discoverers
forgotten.