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Year: 1861

~ Did you ever have the Sick Headache' Do you
remember the hrobbing temples the fevered brow, the
loathng and digust at the sight OF food How total,
unfit you for pleasure conversation study 0Ge
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 occasion requires.
Year: 1861

the great medical discoveries of this age may be consid
cred the system OF vaccination for protection from Small
Pox the Cephalic Pill for relief Of Headache, end the
use OF Qunne for the prevention of Fevers, either Of
which is specific whose benefits will be exp renc.
ed by suffering humanity long after their discoveries
forgotten.
Year: 1861

TIE NORTH SIDE WITHOUT GAa.-A serious
LEAK having been discovered in the main pipe
crossing the river, the gas viii be shut of on
the North Side on Saturday and Sunday nights.
The Gas Company will use every exertion to
make the connection In come other way,
speedily aud sfectuhlly.
Year: 1861

HHllDREN of any age can now have their pictures
" taken perfect, we have built Room expressly
for their use Groups OF Children also taken in ffac
ton of second In clear weather Mothers need
now have the trouble TO take them to Gallery
times, and at last put up with caricature, if they
will but go at once TO :


feblS-tf HUGHES, PREMIUM GALLERY
Year: 1861

~ Did you ever have the Sick Headache? Do you
remember the throbbing temples the fevered brow the
Ioathing and deust at the sight of food How totally
unfit you for pleasure cQpyes.aon OF study One
of the Cephalc Fins would have relieved you from all
the suffering which you then experienced For ills and
other purposes you should always have box of EN- on
hand to occasion requires.
Year: 1861

GREAT DIscovEgy.-Among the most important Of all
the great cdca discoveries Of this age may be consd
cred the system Of vaccination for protection from Small
Pcx the Cephalc Pill for relief Of Headache and the
use of Qunine for the prevention of Fevcrs either of
which is specific whose benefits will be expcrene.
ed by suffering humanity long after their dscoverer
forgotten.
Year: 1861

How Events RUSH Ok The Rebellion is
not year old aud yet what a page has been
added to the Worlds history |! A Republic
of thirty millions Of souls plunged into Civil
War eleven States Fevolted from the Fed
eral Union, with three others trembling in
the balance seven hundred thousand soldiers
in the field aud feet larger than the Span
ish Armada swoopiDg down upon the Southern
Coast. Truly men grow old rapidly in such
times as these.
Year: 1861

Our stock OF these articles is very complete, and
has been imported expressly for our trade. We shall
continue to receive by nearly every vessel tn arrives
from the Atlantic States, additional to orr present
large stock
Year: 1861

e-y> The New York World admits that the rebellion in the South is not the mere gratuit- ous treason that northern agitators, who did so much to call it into existence, insist upon. Itsays:

 That the South has no cause for disafFection is more than we can say. The long continued attacks upon its favorite institution from northern presses, pulpits, churches, state legislatures, and individuals even in congress, are not to be set down as nothing. By some they were intended to sunder the Union; by more, however, only to exterminate slavery as though the latter could be peaceably done without the former.
Year: 1861

Qgy The Cincinnati papers report another woman caught going South with number of small revovers tied to her garters. If the wo- men keep on carrying deadly W eapons under their dresses, the men will come at last te regard the whole sex as masked batteries.
Year: 1861

A ORDINANCE, Providing for the
n Planking of portions Of Nam and Cayote streets
The Trustees Of the CITY Of Neuddd do Oddin as ollors:


SECTION l. 1t shall be the duty Of the property
holders both sides Of Main street from the bridge
TO the junction Of Cayote street. and of property ho
deIs on Cayote street, from the junction of Main to
the upper end Of the gas works building and they
are hereby required, on or before the 25th day Of
September, 1861 to plank said streets, in front of
their property.


SEC. 2. Said planking shall be done under the d..
rection and supervision of the City Marshal, and
each property holder shall be required to plank TO
the middle of the street.


SIC 3. Should any property holder on Main and
Cayote streets, between the termini above specified
neglect or refuse TO plank the streets in front of his
or her property as required it shall become the duty
OF the City Marshal to let out contract for having
the work DONE and the property along the line thereof
Of the same.


Passed August 9th, 1861. CHAs. KENT


H. H. fLAeG' Olerk' President.
Year: 1861

To THE VOTERS OF SHASTA County


Feilow Citizens tt present my name to you as a
candidate for the Office of District Attorney of this
county, at the Fall election, and respectfully solicit
your support as candidate. l am independent of
all clques or parties On the all absorbing subject
of the Union, have only to say that have sworn
to support the Constitution of the United States,
and shall never falter in my fidelity to it or the
Union it has formed and cemented


JAS. D. MIX.
Shasta, July s. 1861. jl6
Year: 1861

NOTICE is hereby given that intend shortly
IN to place toll gate at the Whisky Greek
bridge, and VIII only charge very reasonable rate
Of toll 70 all those that did not assist in building
the bridge; those who did, no charge win be made.
The bridge now needs many repairs and there is no
one TO make them but myself


Those who do not like the shove terms have the
privilege of travelling tie old road under the bridge.


BENZ. NIX.


WHISKY csssz, July Is, 1851 jlz7:3;
Year: 1861

WHY Hs Is NOW UNION MANA very intel
Igent Maryland gentleman, who has always
been democrat, and in the last campaign was
an ardent Breckinridge man, was in this city last
spring, and was at that time one of the most ultra
secessioniss to be found He shortly afterwards
left here for business tour through South Amer
lea, and returned few days since. ae is now In
favor Of preserving the Union at every hazard
When asked what caused the change In his
views he replied that few years since he was
through South America and, as a citizen Of the
United States, was everywhere treated with the
highest consideration and respect. Tails time
everything was changed. In every little State of
Central and South America he was insuIted, and
when be spoke Of his nationality was laughed at
and taunted with the rupture here You IA K
OF the United States" said they; "you have no
country now; you who have been SO boastfuI
You are no longer In a condition TO ht out flIbus-
tering expeditions and prey upon your weaker
neighbors You will soon be an we,k a. the
weakest" Our friend was so forcibly struck
with the contrast between his position as citi-
Zen Of the United States a few years since and
now that bis views changed, and though formerly
strong States rights man, he is now as strongly
In fsvor Of consolidated government Of the stiff
est find-snything strong enough to bind the
states together.
Year: 1861

ANCIENT REnc.-Tbe workmcn employed
10 digging a we'll for Mr.. Juliard, Of this
place, when some twenty-three feet below
the surface Of the earth, came upon the
body of an oak tree. from two and half
10 three feet in diameter, standing in near
ly perpendicular position. and from Fix
TO eight feet in length. In digging up the
remains Of this ancient oak--the bottom Of
which was near thirty feet below the sur
face-as near as we could judge from its
decayed condition, II appeared TO be the
stump OF an oak tree; the body Of the tree
having been broken off by some cause. The
middle or heart Of this stump was found to
be sound, and the curious of our town fur
nished themselves with specimens. The
wood is black as ebony, aud when exposed
to the air becomes az hard as lignum vit@.
AS we have no means of tracing the chro-
nOlogy of this ancient tree, its age Is a
matter Of mere supposltion, and variously
estimated at from one, TO several million
years. We have procured cane from this
antideluvian relic, which we prize as a
great woodOlogical curiosity.--[Red Bluff
Independent
Year: 1861

The resolution passed by the House of Repre-
senlatiyes Oh Wednesday, appointing Committee
to examine into the War Departments contracts,
cannot fail if faithfully carried out to result in
much good. Whether just or not there is a
very prevalent impression that more profit is
made BY those holding some of these contracts
than legitinately belongs to them. If that i'm
preston il correct, there is ueed of reform, and
ii wrong il should be done away with. Both
public good and private character require this,
and there should be no obstacle thrown ia the
way OF proper inquiry


The system of employing contractors. though
useful, and sometimes Indispensable is often an
impediment rather than help to the public
business. A ease in point has come to our
knowledge There is Mt this moment IN this city
n steamer, the ShantuDg, Just of the stocks,
built for the coastng trade in China. She is an
admirable vessel in every respect, built in the
most thorough manner, both in hull and ma
chinery, as a vessel must be 10 run where re-
pairs are impossible, except by sending to the
antpodes to supply a loss or damage. This ship
is peculiarly calculated by size, character, aud
a.
made, on the moment OF immense service. The
Government knows il, and wants her, and is will
ing to pay for her. The owners are willing,
though not desirons, TO part with her, and are
ready 10 sell her at price which VIII
simply remunerate them for building another like
her 10 answer their own purpose. But there
stand between those who shonld be the con-
tracing parties, the Government and the own
ers. middemen, who have their own interests
TO consult as third party. The Government
can buy, or the Owncrs can sell, provided tae
third party makes profit, aud not otderSlse.
The owners nre not disposed TO put price upon
her which shall make her cost to the Govern
mcnt more than che is worth; the Government
on the otler hand, allege that tho matter is not
in their control, but in that OF contractors, who
are empowered 10 conduct such transactioas.
The result is that the owners, disguised with
negotiation conducted On such principles, are
fitting out the s,enmer for her original destina-
ton. China, and the Government will probably
lose vessel Admiralty fitted for tho service Cor
which they require her, and for which she is
peculiarly Tilted. The case IL one worthy Of
looking into by the Committee Of Investigation.
Should the Government propose, as We hope
they will, to call into service large number OF
merchant vessels TO aid in the blockade of the
Southern coast, the Committee may discover, BY
looking into this case, how advsntageously
portion Of public business may be done without
the intervention of contractors. So b3f'a trf


1t is proper to add that the owners OF Tue
Shantung are personally unknown TO us, aud are
Year: 1861

A &CUAHY XAAChs


The New Orleans papers have horribly
botched the Inaugural Address Of Presi-
dent Lincoln Words are altered in come
instances, 50 as to give the opposite mean-
ing Of that intended. Sentences are cut
in two in the middle, aud other sentences
arc run together, masking the sense, where
any sense is permitted, wholly differ
ent from the true reading, and con
verting the whole thing into ridicu-
lous tumble and mass Of nonsense. We
know. Of no parallel instance Of meanness
except the shameful mutilations, distor-
tions and changes BY means augmentation
which the Chicago 1inaes WAS wont to
make in its reports Of IincolIs speeches,
in the debates between that gentleman and
Douglas, ia 1855 We know from expo:
1ience how seldom a long document is
transmitted over the wires without under
going more OF less transformation. But
we also know, that the variation from the
actual Language is never SO great that
the proper words will not readily
suggest themselves to an intelligent edi-
tor; AMI, he be an honest man, desirous Of
giving currency to the truth, he will be
careful to correct all such blunders Of the
telegraph. In the case in quest on, how
ever, these blunders were not only not
corrected, hut it would seem that malig-
nant ingenuity had been called into service
to make them still greater. Evidently the
conductors Of the secession press are TN
willing that the people whom they have
hurried into rebellion without q cause,
shall have the opportunity of learning the
truth or Of listening to exhortations Of 10y
Year: 1861

Add TO- the above, the loss OF. from. fifteen
hundred to two Thousand valuable rvce,
and the incentive to resort to all the aids
which science has placed within our reach
to diminish the dangers Of our inland nav
igation, would seem to be strong enough
to insure ut least g. trial of the system re-
commended. If the Board Of Underwrit-
ers should fail to take the initiative in this
matter, it would be a subject worthy the
attention Of the Board Of Trade, and Ger
tainly. in harmony with the objects for
which that body maintains its organiza-
tion.= 4, series of careful experiments,
made in conjunction, at this point and But.
falo,i.o even Detroit, for q single season,
would demonstrate the value Of the pro
posed system. And that is all that is
wanted to secure it's extension, with but
little delay, to every port npen the North
western Lakes We trust one or both Of
the bodies named will move in this matter
in season to have the experiments begin
with the opening Of navigation.
Year: 1861

an oath to be made it shall be made by officer
OF such corporation.


Ec 49, BE further enacted That the courts are vested
WIN JURISDICTION and required by this settle all part
heretofore existing between citizen and who


au aen enemy TO separate the interest OF the alien
my, and to sequesrate it, And SHALL alsn all Joint
rights when an alien enemy concerned and seduestrate
tne interest OF such alien enemy.


SEC ~ BE 1t further enacted That in all of ad-
mnlSratlon OF matter thing, under this act the
court haVlng jurisdiction make such orders touching
The of the property effects under the
ton control of the Receiver inconsistent with the
foregoing provisions to it shall proper And the
Receiver may at any time ask and have the instructions of
the COURT or judge respecting his conduct in the dspos
control.


SEC. 81 Be further enacted That the Treasury notes
OF this Confederacy shall be receivable payment of oil
purchases Of property effects sold under this set.


sEc o. Be further enacted That nothing in this act
snail be construed TO destroy impair the lien other right
OF any CREDITOR citizen resident of either OF the Con-
fedeTate States or of other person. citizen resident
OF any country State Territory, with which this COned
eracy in friendship and which person not in hostility
to this Contederacy And any lien debt claimed against
any alien enemy, within the meaning of this act shall be
propounded and filed the court in which the proceedings
ot sequeStratIOn had within twelve months from the
institution of such proceedings for representations and the
court shall cause all parties TO be made and notices
to be given and shall hear and determine the resi- ectve
rights OF all parties concerned Provided however that
sales or payments of money shall be DELAYED for by
reason Of such rights proceedngs but money re-
allied by the Receiver whether paid into the treas
ury or still in the Receivers hands, shall stand in e of
that which produced said and be held the
demand of the creditors aforesaid. in the
that which produced such money And all claims not
propounded and filed aforesaid within twelve months
aforesaid shall exist against the estate proper
ty, or effects scqueStrated, the proceeds thereof


APPROVED August 80. 1861.
Year: 1861

To the Sheriff. Of tie different Counties of North


Carolina s--t g.. s-ea


A Ill BLANKETS AND CLOTHING WHICH mar
N be received by you be sent directly to the several
Companies which went frum your county and when your
own Companies supplied you viii then forward any
balance on hand to the Quarcrmaster in Raleigh. You
will put up all article intended for your Companies in
strong boxes directed to the Qnartermaster in Raleigh
with the Company and the Regiment plainly marked ON
hem and you will have the contents Of each box marked
on it.
Whenever the Companies duty in your neighbor
hood, you authorized deliver the articles TO them
taking the receipt of the Captain for the which receipt
you will forward 10 this office s-.


J. DEvEREUX, Il. q. H.
Year: 1861

GENEROUS CoSTRIBuuoS.~-About two thou.
sand dollars was contributed in San Francisco
for the relief Of Parson Browulow. This will
keep him until he can resume the publication Of
his paper without the sanction Of the secession
sts.
Year: 1861

ST. LOUIS, Sept ~.


The following will appear in the Denaocrut To-
morrow just before leaving the city, Gen. Fre-
mont wrote letter to q friend in New York. We
relates to public affairs and Possesses at this time
peculiar interest, We commit no improperly in
laying it before our readers


ST. LOUIS, Sept 20.


My DEAR SIR.-I leave at 8 o'clock in the morn
ing, and seAl you this nurried note in the midst
Of the last arrangement before starting. We
have 10 contend with an enemy having no forts
TO garrison and limos Of transportation to de-
fend Or guard whose whole force can be turned
at will at any one point, while we have from
Leavenworth TO Cairo and from Fort Scott to ia
ducah to keep protected | wish to say u you
that though the position is difficult, am compe
tent to meet 1t and the enemy in the he.d, but am
not able at the same time to attend to the enemy
ct home. 1t is shame to the country that an Of
1cer going to the field, with his life in his hand,
solely actuated by the desire to servo his country
and win for himself its good opinion, with no
other object. should be destroyed by q system Of
concerted attacks utterly without foundation
Charges are spoken Of when there are no charges
Explanations, when there are none to be made
What is the object of the repetition of these
falsehoods, except to familiarize the public misd
to the idea that something is v. ong? Already
our credit, which was good, is shaken in conse-
quence OF the newspaper intimaton OF my being
removed. Money Is now demanded by those fur
nishing supplies. To defend myself now would
require the time that is necessary to and belongs
to my duty against tho enemy. If permitted by
the country, this state Of things will not fail 10
bring disasters. But never would have been
attacked in my capacity as an individual am
an exponent Of a part Of the force of the nation
directed against the enemy Of the country
Everything that is directed against me is direct
ed against II, aud gives its enemies aid and com
fort My private character comes in only Incl
dcntaly. defend it because naturally his repu-
tation is dear to any man, but only incidentally.
This is the foundation of many ( my acts, and
will be if stay here. Everything that hurts,
impcdes or smbarrasses the work intrusted to me !,
strike at without hesitation l take the conse-
ouences. The worst that can happen 10 me is re-
lief from great labor. Yours trlly,


J. G. FREMONT.
Year: 1861

PITcHING IN.-There is fear and
trembling in the Republican camp. The
hand writing upon the wall is daily becoming
more apparent. and those who ere longing Tor
official position begin to .ruff the briny vapors
that hang over the salt river District. Ther.
is rushing to and fro-button holsing here. ard
persuading there in the most frantic manner
Scouts are being sent out through the county
TO retail stories and create genera, hue and
cry but they get their labor for their pain.
and nothing to boot The people have set
their seal Of cond emnation upon the Republi.
can office holders and seekers, and no amount
Of white aching will have the least effect
Their efforts only tend to amuse tha public.
Year: 1861

GREAT Rusu.-The rush of wagons
and people into the city yesterday was greater
than we hsve seen for many day: Farmer.
are intent upon selling their wheat while the
price is up. and we think they do we'll to do
40. Trade was brisk among the merchants and
a lively time generally was enjoyed ell around.
We are not at all displeased to notice such a
condition of affairs
Year: 1861

The author of the following brief letter IS
unknown to us, but we give it room because
it is plain, blunt expression of the right
sentiments:


TIMBUcToo, May 2lst


Mr.. ErroR:-T take this way of thank-
ing you for answering paper called lhe
Express, in regard to Massachusetts,. Inc
Express says that she never was PatriotIc
and true to her country and wewere glad that
you answered it as you did, We think that
paper the most abusive paper in the State. Of
all that is decent. We often hear it said thot
if it should speak in the North as it does IN
Marysville, it would have to leave suddenly,
We are glad to see your paper take the stand
it has in favor Of the Union. The cltlzehs
of Timbuctoo sent below and got large
American flag last week, and when it was
hoisted they fired "a guns and gave three
rousing cheers for the Union and the nag


FROM A MASSACHUSETTS, Mas, a MINER
Year: 1861

The Express furnished its readers with an
emetic yesterday, in the shape of some stale
extracts token from the New York Day Book
and kindred incendiary sheets in the North,
which were, Jctorc tho taking of Fort Sumter,
permitted to print treason for circulation in
the Cotton States. The New FORK Day Book
was miserable concern used as medium
for advertising hy Northern merchants who
were exclusively in the Southern trade The
wretched trash it published was never mis-
taken for New York sentiment, any more
than the peace-Union cruel fed out by the
Express is taken for the sentiment of the
people Of Yuba county. The Day Book is
no longer permitted to outrage the Union
feeling in New York city. The Express is,
thanks to the enduring patience of our peo.
pie, Gong may it hold ouD still allowed to
pour out its wailings over the shocking
Treatment which jeff. Davis and his glorious
Southern Conlederacy is receiving from the
wicked and blool-thrsty people who are la
boring to perpetuate the existence of the
United states of America The Day Book
has been compelled to raise the American
flag. The Express does not raise the flag
either from choice or compulsion. The day
has gone by when traitors can hold high
carnival under the noses of the people of the
loyal States East of the Rocky Mountains.
Their weakness was in times past the guaran-
ty Of their safety. Now the people will not
permit treason to be printed in their midst
even for circulation abroad. We defy the
Express to quote any words of comfort for
the secession cause, from any paper printed
in New York or any other loyal Eastern
State, after the Herald and Day Book were
compelled to renounce their treason The
stulf which the Express pe.ades as the "Voice
oi the Press" at the North was written at
the same time that the valiant Knights of
the Golden Circle i'll this State were preach


ing secession and Pacific Republic. The
tune is changed now. Since war has actual
ly broken out, the traitors who are not mn
der the immediate shade of the Palmetto
tree, are dfraid to talk as they did two
months ago. The effort to show that the
North is divided in sentiment on the war
question can only excite derision among
those who know how to read