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Year: 1863

The late Annual State Fair at Sacramento
was most eminently success, so far as num-
bers in attendance, and the extensive display
of stock and home products were concerned.
The management was entrusted to compe-
tent persons, who for once realized hand
some sum over the expenses. This is very
gratifying to the people of the State, al
though in some sections where personal in
terest runs counter to the prosperity of the
capital of our State, we hear Of some com-
plants, through the local press.


There appears to be one very important in
terest for the development of the resources Of
the State, which seems to have been almost
entirely overlooked by the Managers of the
State air. and that is the mineral depart
ment. which was well represented from every
portion of this State and Nevada and Colora-
do Territories. 1t appears that notwith-
standing the able Secretary, 1. n. Hoag.
ESQ.,, advertised for mineral specimens from
every section, and that his call was for the
purpose of forming State Cabinet of mine
rails, to which liberal contributions were
made, the Directors Of the Fair did not even
appoint committee minerals, or offer any
premiums or inducements to encourage this
important branch of the resources of our
State. When it is considered the prosperity
and Importance of our State depends almost
entirely upon her mineral wealth, it would
seem that proper committee of scientific
gentlemen should have been appointed to
examine the vast amount of mineral on ex-
hibition, and make a careful report of their
value, and the localities from which they
came.


The Directors are evidently admirers Of
fine horses, bulls, &C.. and therefore devoted
the principal portion of their time at the Fair
to exhibiting their improved qualities. This
is all very well, but their fast stock should
not be the cause of other important interests
being neglected at these State Shows, and the
people of the mining counties should see to ii
that the same thing is not repeated at the
next State Fair at Sacramento.
Year: 1863

An INcIDENr-The enrolling officer for
Shasta county was accosted the other day by
an old citizen, and who is past sixty years of
age, with the inquiry if he was going to en-
roll all the able bodied men in the county
He was answered that those only were to be
enrolled who were between the ages of Is and
As. The grey headed old man replied Put
me down in the first list, as | am young
enough to do some good yet. and ! will 90 il
wanted -
Year: 1863

Look Our FOR TuEN.-We would warn
Union men of the fact that certain of the cop
perhead candidates for Judicial position have
procured spurious tickets. for circulation on
election day, to entrap Tnion men into vot-
ing for them. 1t would therefore be well for
every Union voter to examine well his ticket
before depositiag it in the ballot tox.
Year: 1863

QUARTZ MILL IN OPERATION quartz
running order, and engaged in crushing
quartz from Lower Springs District. The
low stage of water retards the work to some
extent at present, yet we learn that fine re
turns will be realized by the company furn-
ishing the rock at this mill
Year: 1863

SANITARY FUND.-Notwithstand much
has been done in California for the relief OF
our sick and wounded soldiers, much more
can and should be Sone by the people of Cal
ifornia towards binding up the Wounds of
those who are fighting the great battle for the
perpetuation of our liberties. We hope to be
able TO record. in our next issue, that box
has been prepared, in every place of holding
polls in the county, under the supervision of
the officers of election, for the purpose of re-
ceiving voluntary contributions for the san
ltary fund. Let every voter give his mite,
if it is only bit. If this is done throughout
the State, the aggregate sum will be sufficient
TO- gladden. the hearts of the sufferers in
camps and hospitals, and greatly rebound to
the reputation of our patriotic State.
Year: 1863

Duty OF UNION MEN-If Union men wish
to preserve their reputation as unconditional
loval men, in this time of their country S
peril they should vote the straight Union
ticket for judicial officers, without scratch
ing a single name. All of the nominees on
the regular Union ticket are gentlemen in
whom every Union man can place confidence.
They are honest, and eminently qualified for
the honorable positions they seek, and il
elected (which they viii be) they vii! reflect
honor upon our State, ensure a faithful exc
cution of the laws. and give every support
required in aid of the maintenance of the
General Government. We nope to be able to
record as crushing defeat for the copper
heads. on Wednesday next, as was our pleas
ure after the September election
Year: 1863

mingled with the crowd, taken part temporar-
ily with the rioters, and thus learned the
names and addresses of the prominent associ


ates of "Mr. Andrews of Virginia" In one
instance which has been brought to our
notice, two gentlemen who were on First
avenue during Wednesdays fight observed an
Irishman, with a musket in his hand, sneak.
ING around the corner, pushing his way through
the women and boys who were on the out
skirts of the crowd, taking deliberate aim and
shooting our soldiers. He did this four times
in succession while these witnesses watched
his movements. He was accompanied By a
lad, apparently his son, who carried some cart
ridges and gave them to the man when he
wished to load his piece. After the fight had
subsided he was followed for more than four
hours by these gentlemen, until they finally
learned bis name and residence, and he will
be made to suffer the full penalty of the law.
Year: 1863

With surprise and regret, wehave to announce
that Gen. HARVEY BROWN has been relieved,
by order Of the Secretary of War, IRON the
command of the United States troops IN the
city and harbor of New-lork. Gen. Brown
has been distinguished by ability and coufage
by his promptness and military sklll readily
queling tue riots which others were Incapable
of managing. The city was thoroughly III hls
control aud that of the police, with whom be
has zeaously cooperated-


Gen. Browns order on relinqulsblng conf
mand will be found IN another column, and Is
some evidence of what he has accomplished.
This city, and still more the Government owe
him thanks for services Of which II ls not easy to
over estimate the value. He has had little reward
in the way Of newspaper praise, and we dare say
values it little, but be wall allow US to express
our conviction that to him more than to any
other one man the city is indebted Tor The
suppression Of this weeks riots. The whole
loyal population Of New-York would have heard
with gladness, and with new sense OF security
for the future, that Gen. Brown bad been placed
in command of the department within which
the city 10 included.
Year: 1863

It will have been observed that throughout
these troubles the people Of the Sixth and
Fourteenth Wards have refrained from par
ticipating in the outrageous conduct of the
mob during tho week. This is due in great
measure to the personal influence Of Controller
NJ. 4. Brennan and Police Justice Bowling.
Both these gentlemen have been unrsmitting in
their exertons to disslade their friends from
giving way to overt acts, which could only
result in calling down upon them the penalties
of the law. All honor to them for their valu-
able services in the cause of public order.
Year: 1863

We have q report by way of Philadelphia
which seems to be the chosen abode OF the
Goddess of Rumor-that Charleston was cap
tured on the 14th instant; another version
being that Beauregard evacuated and burnt 1t.
Without placing any reliance on eiter state
ment, we may still say that we regard the
speedy success of the forces now besieging
Fort Sumter as more than probable, and 1t
need be no cause for wonder if that strong
hold of treason should already have fallen.
Gen. Gilmore attacked and took the Rebel
works on the south end of Morris Island on
the 10th instant. An assault the next morn
ing on Fort Wagner was repulsed, but
there is no reason to suppose that
fort able to resist for any length of time the
land and naval forces which Gen. Gilmore and
Admiral Dablgren are able to direct against it.
When it falls, batteries may be Immediately es-
tablished within short range of Fort Sumter,
and against such guns as are ready to be mount
ed-much heavier than those which reduced
Pulashi---it is impossible the fort should long hold
out Aud although there are other defenses to
the city, there are so q troops to man them'
and the Rebel armies are so seriously dlsheart-
ened by their recent reverses, that the contest
is little likely to be obstinate. We confidently
anticipate the early surrender OF the city.
Year: 1863

The conduct Of the Seventeenth Ward Ger
mans during this crisis has been admirable.
While most of the uptown wards have been
the scene of riot aud bloodshed, the Seventeenth
has been free from both. The steady German
knows that the conscripton is necessity for
national preservation, and be loves liberty too
dearly not to appreciate the duty of fighting for
il, when the Government needs his services


The teeming Seventeenth Ward, where the
draft will fall as heavily as anywhere, has set
a bright example of good order to the whole OF
the Empire City.
Year: 1863

As there haze been some instances in which
the military have fired over the heads of the
mob. and in others have used blank cartridges,
We beg leave to call the attention OF the military
authorities to the following paragraphs from
the State Regulations for the military
forces: "


$50. To guard against danger to innocent persons
at distance, the troops will be instructed not to
fire over the mob, or in the air. Ii the mob are
close to the troops to avoid the effect Of the rising
of the shot at short distance the aim should be taken
not higher than the center Of the body.


500. Experience having shown tho evil results of
firing with 5iank cartridge in the first instance TO
suppress riot, such firing ~ prohibited.


Al experience has shown the necessity of
such regulations in quelling riots. To fire
over mob, or 10 use blank cartridges, are
simply idle threats, which only eIasperate and
encourage rioters To shoot them down in the
first instance is not only wise but merciiul,
and saving of life
Year: 1863

We print, this morning, with sincere pleas
ure, the official announcement Of the Provost


Marshal General that the draft is to be every
where enforced by military power. The dis


loyal journals who have denied it, and have al


lied themselves with the mob in order
to prevent it, may again attempt 10
rouse the spirit Of insurrection, bu'
there stands the pledge Of the Government,
which it is bound to maintain in the face Of
the world, at all hazards and at any cost.
The Government means to crush Treason and
save the Republic, and whoever means other
shall nevertheless be forced to obey the
Year: 1863

reouested that checks be sent directly to him
till some other arrangement shall be announced.
The city owes too much to its gallant defenders
not to give help layishly to those who have
snflered IN Its behalf
Year: 1863

Good citizens will rejoice to learn that most
of the active leaders in the recent bloody riots
have been marked by the public authorities.
The detectives, and in some cases respectable
citizens voluntarily acting as such, have
Year: 1863

nave no recent movement to report.


RctiCencc.


Some %eeks ago our news papers informed
the Yankees that an enormous amount of rolling
stock had been carried up to Grenada. But
not content with this some correspondents told
their readers and the Yankees that Johnston
was re- building their briggs over Pearl river in
order to run off his stock and save it. In other
words, Grant was tolG to hurry on his raiding
parties. He was not slow to take The hint and
terrible calamity has been the result.


Privateering might have been carried on for
years from the waters of North Carolina had
not our papers told the Yankees where our
cruisers made their rendezvous. The capture
Of Hatteras, Roanoke Island and Newbern was
the result of this babbling.


Chattanooga paper, a few days since, in
formed Rosecranz where Forrest was, and pub


shed the Dutchmans proclamation inviting
our soldiers to desert.


The Charleston papers tell Gilmore from
day to day the effect-of his fire and warn him
OF the preparations Beauregard is making.


The Yankees are duly apprised of every
movement Of our troops. They are told about
all our plans hopes and fears; they are taught
where are our weak and strong points Every
street combination of our military leaders
against the vandals is proclaimed from the
house top.


Can nothing be done to arrest this terrible
evil? Would not a law depriving every in.
discreet and babbling writer of his exemption
papers and placing him in the ranks be worth
to our cause an army of fifty thousand mens
This, though, would be wicked. 1t would be
muzzng the press


The AFFrcTIoNs.-There is famous pas
sage in the writings of Rousseau, that great
delineator Of the human heart, which is as true
to human nature as it is beautiful in expression:
"N ere | in desert, I would fine out where
with in 1t to call forth my affections. i'll
could do no better, l would fix them on some
sweet myrtle, or some melancholy cypress, to
connect myself to. would court them for
shade, and greet them kindly for their protec.
ton. would write my name upon them, and
declare that they were the sweetest trees
throughout all the desert Iftheir leaves with
cred, would teach myself to mourn, and
when they rejoiced | would rejoice along with
them"


Such is the absolute necessity which exist in
the human heart of having something to love.
Unless the affections have An object, life itself
joylcss and inspd. The affections have this
popularity, that they are not so much the
means Of happiness as their exercise is happi.
ness itself And not only so, if they have no
object, the happiness derived from any other
power is cut off. Action and enterprise flag,
if there be no object dear to the heart to
which these actions can be directed.


DR.. Smith begins sermon, "the wages Of
sin is death" as follows: "Poor wages indeed,
Year: 1863




Special Agent Of the Treasury Department.
From this exhibit orr Western friends will
sec the utter hopelessness Of expecting any
trade worthy of the name being done here,
even if there were products in the hands of
our planters to dispose Of The growing crop
is scarcely worth consideration, either of cotton
or sugar, consequently there can be no trade
with people having nothing to give in re-
turn for the necessaries they require. Slavery
is practically abolished by the government, the
country is "cleaned out" the future is before
us, and the gold-laying goose is Gead. We
deplore the catastrophe, and we rejoice that
our conscience acquits us for New England and
the West is not yet, but soon will be; let us
wait and see.
Year: 1863

We copy below, from the New York Times,
an extract which should put to shame writers
who spend their time in depreciating President
Davis:


Bad as jeff Davis is, he has served the reb-
els well, and they have no right to complain of
him.-Hc was made their President by a unan-
imous vote They had known him long and
thoroughly, and could not be mistaken either
about his faculties, or his devotion to their
principles. 1t is the Judgment of the whole
world that they Were not mistaken. They
could have found no man within their borders
SO consummately htted for their leadership.
Cod reserved, impcrous. he could be the tool
Of no man. Ever audacious, vet never rash in
flexible in his purpose, vet versatile in the Use
of hismeans: OF very clear apprehension IN gen
eral matters, and yet Of the most bigotcd at
tachment of the great rebel idea of temper
Of soul incapable alike cf undue elation or de-
spondency; Of trelcss industry and frstrate ex.
ecutive ability; he was precisely fitted to be the
chief of this tremendous enterprise.


The wonder ever will be, not that he at last
sinks exhausted, but that he was ever able to
stand against our Government at all. History
may be searched in vain for another instance
of so prodigious power organized from such
limited materials, and holding out so long
against such terrible trials. The ability and
the energy with which he has consolidated and
sustained the rebellion have extorted the ad-
miration not only Of Europe, but of .even the
loyal North; for the qualities are in themselves
none the less admirable, though employed in
the most wicked cause.


Of course, it cannot be pretended that jeff.
Davis has made no mistakes. Were this so, it
would prove him more than human There
never WAS human energy yet which did not
sometimes flag, norjudgmentwhich did not mis-
calculate Our points, rot that the rebel lead
CT was perfect in his management, but that he
vssts as nearly so as any Ewing man in similar
circumstances could have been, and that, there
fore, he cannot justly be reproached in any
measure for the failure Of tie rebel enterprise.
He has surpassed all the expectations his Con-
feaerates in treason could have reasonably
formed and he is just as much entitled to the
confidence of his fellow traitors now, in this,
their day of disaster as he was year ago,
when, in the flush ofvictory, they shouted his
name to the stars.


A MODEL LETTER FROM LINcoLN.-The fol-
IS model letter written by the great warrior
and strategist, Lincoln, to Gen. Grant:


EXECUTIVE MANSION,


Washington, July l3, 1868.
Year: 1863

THE SIMPLE SECRET.-Twenty clerks
in store; twenty hands in printing Of
fee; twenty apprentices in shlp-yard !;
twenty yonng meD in village-all want
to get on in the World. and expect to do
so. One of the clerks will become a
partner and make a fortune; one of the
compusitors will own a newspaper and
become an influential citizen one of the
apprentices will become master builder;
one of the young villagers will get a
handsome farm and live like patriarch
but which one is the lucky individual?
Lucky there il no luck about it. The
thing is almost as certain a> the Rule of
Three. The young fellow who will dis.
tance his competitors is he who masters
his business, who preserves his integrity,
who lives cleauly and purely, who devotes
his leisure to the acquisition of knowl
edge, who never gets in debt, who gains
friends by deserving them, and who saves
his spare money. There are some ways
to fortune shorter than this old dusty
highway--but the Staunch men of the
community, the men who achieve some
thing really worth having, good fortune.
good name, and serene old age. all 60 in
this road.
Year: 1863

B9- There is a truth, accommodated to
our nature, which poetry best conveys.
There is truth for the reason ; there is
a truth for the passions; there Is ruth
for every character Of man.
Year: 1863

toPFERHEAD CoAyENTIoN.-Wh is known as
the Democratic " party OF Trinity County as
sembled at the Court House on Thursday week
TO nominate ticket to be voted for at ipe fall
elections, and to devise ways and means hest
CALCULATED TO obstruct the Government in its
efforts TO suppress the traitors rebellion. 1t is
obvious to the most obtuse intellect that the
preservation of the Union and the overthrow Of
traitors depends upon The enforcement of the Con-
scripton law TO ill up the rankq. and the credit
OF the Government 10 defray the expenses of
prosecuting the war, hence these Southern allies
array themselves against the former, and express
Themselves most emphaticaily opposed to paper
currency. They adopted few weak Union reso
inilons to obtain votes under false pretenscs but
many Of the delegates being well known and
Hvowed secesFiQniss, no real upion man can be
deceived by their platform. Each Of the candi
Ga1's pledged himself TO support the party and
the Government or defending the flag
Year: 1863

VETERINARY SURGERY.-We learn that horse
doctor in Folsom has distinguished himself by
curing one o. d. Avalne, of horrible confusion
occasioned by the kick of an enraged soldier
The wound was near the termination of the dor
sal verlebr@ directly at the base of the spinal
column, aud was very much aggravated by a
mixture of races in the patient. together with a
determination of Copperhead venom to the parts
affected. Considering the numerous difficulties
in the way Of science, the veterinary profession
consider the cure little less than miraculous
Sonora Flag.
Year: 1863

Keep the tools sharp or they


will not cut. A dull tool wastes
time, and he who permits it to
work when in that condition, is a
dull fellow. The best turner's are
those who have the sharpest tools;
the most successful surgeons use
the keenest knives, and the most
enterprising and energetic men in
civil life are those who have been
early ground sharp, and whose
perceptive faculties have been
whetted by sore experience in early
life. A dull tool is a useless i'm
plement, and q thick headed, un-
observant person is the only one
who should be found welding it.
The obtuse edge neither cleaves nor
separates, but bruises and works of
by attrition particles of the sub.
stance on which it operates. Grind
up the tools, and sharpen the wit
az well; if one is keen, the Other
will in all probability be in a SINH
lar state, from the force of sympa'
thy alone. A boy with a dull
pocket knife is one who swings on
the gate and who lodges his duty
he is one who in after life will be q
Ounce and cumberer of the ground;
he will add nothing to the world Of
science. neither will he take from
it; his existence is merely animal


his thoughts and ideas, if he has
any, wholly conventional. His
comrade, with keen blade, make:
models of machinery, Of boats OF
steamers, and in time he becomes 6
George Steers, or so develops hi'
mother wit as to be a decided &C


QUESTION to the community. lie


US have all the tools in good condi


tion, sharp, trcnchant, ard alwayt
ready for service; then, and ther
only will the result produced b,
equal to the time and labor ex


pended.
Year: 1863

Recucered The valuable mare stolen from
Dr.. James, of Goochland, and brought to this
officer Seal The animal was stolen by DR..
J. 3 servant, at the instance Of white man,
who rode her into Richmond on speculation;
but finding that he was suspected OF the
theft, and that the police were On his track,
he turned her loose to SHIFT for herself 1t
is probable that the officers may yet make
q case for the Court out Of this operation
We shall see.