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Year: 1861

The NORTHERN COLD FEVER AT ORovILLE
The MarysvilIe Appeal learns that cores
rondence which has been received in Oro-
vile, from So|mon River and other northern
mines. has so excited The people Of that
place that many are preparing TO leave for
the New Eldorado, as soon as the weather
will permit There are few Butte county
men in the mines, aud their letters give
most glowing accounts of the richness Of
the mines.
Year: 1861

Those who have recourse to gaming be-
cause they are at a loss what to do with
themselves, will find that the sources oftheir
ennui are more ineyhaustable than those
of their purse.
Year: 1861

Cur OFF THE BAcE LEGS OF Your CHAIRs.
i will tell you secret worth knowing.
A thousand things not worth half as much
have been patented and elevated into bust.
ness. 1t is this:


1t you cut off the back legs fyour chairs
SO that the back part of the seat shall be
two inches lower than the front part, it viii
greatly relieve the fatigue of sitting, and
keep your spine in much better shape. The
principal fatigue in sitting comes from yonr
sliding forward, and thus sraning The Iiga.
ments and muscles in the small of the back
The expedient | have advised will obviate
this tendency, and, as have suggested, add
greatly to the comfort and healthfulness Of
the sitting posture. The front edge OF a
chair should not be more than fifteen inches
high, for the average man, nor more than
fourteen for the average woman. The aver
age chair is now seventeen inches for all ,
which no amount of slanling in the seat can
make comfarlabIe.--Lewis' Gymnasium
Year: 1861

Is IT TeUE!-1he following is from the
columns of he New York independents


'Just as we are going to press we receive a
most important piece of information from
reliable source. 1t is nothing less than the
expressed conviction of Mr.. Seward that the
Govern cannot succeed in this wa; that
The Confederacy will probably be recognised
10y the European powers; and that peace will
be the result in sixty days. In view OF This,
Mr.. Ihuilow Weed has been sent to England
and if he shall find the British Ministry de
termined to recognize the Confederacy, lhe
Administration here will prepare at once
for peace. 1t was TO pave The way for this
that the discouraging report Of Adjuiant
General Thomas was allowed TO be published.
We have no space at this late hour to remark
on the information, except to say that, if
entirely correct (as we are positively assured)
it will simply break down the Administration
and destroy the country"


The New York Tribune denounces the
story as a stock jobbing sensation.
Year: 1861

Tie STORM IN BUTTE.-Thc late storm which
commenced on Saturday morning last and
continued until W Wednesday morning, was
unusually severe, causing Feather River to
overflow the bar opposite town, and render
ing it impossible for anything but small boats.
The embankments on each side of the bridge
which crosses Dry Greek between here and
Lynchburgh, were washed away, and also
the bridge on the river road near Mr. Muir


rays. The bridge across the Honeut, below


the Central House, was rendered SO unsafe,
on account of the unusually swollen condition
OF the creek, that the stages which left Ma


rysvllIe on "Wednesday morning, were unable
to cross, and had to wait until the water in
the creek subsided sufficiently to enable them
10 do so, and consequently did not reach
Orovllle until about seven o'clock in the ev-
enlng, circumstance which has not happen
ed for years. The Shasta stage which was
due on Tuesday at three o'clock p. NJ reached
the opposite bank of Feather river about six
o'clock wednesday everiHg. The mail, eX-
press matter and passengers were brought
across the river above Lalhrops ferry in boats
and the teams taken to Thompson's Flat, as
was also the team Of the Dogtown stage
Though but little rain fell on Wednesday,
and none Thursday the ferries were unable
TO cross. The severe rain fyesttrday morn
ing raised the river again to such a height
that it will probably be several days before
it will be passable for anything but skifs-
This is an inconvenience that the building of
a bridge would remove -Buttc Record
Year: 1861

PEANUTS are the great staple for export ir
and about SCOTS Hill. N. G. Two hundred
THOUSAND bushels season are raised there and
they are more profitable than cotton So
cotton is rot King at Scots Hill.
Year: 1861

WHY
does Cristadoro's Excelsior Dye present stronger
claims to public confidence than any other Hair Dye
in existence


BECAUSE
1t is the only that has ever been analysed and
publicly approved by the highest Chemical authority


ALSO
or the reason that no other dye has ever been subec
ted to chemical analysis at all.


MOREOVER,
besides being from every poisonous Ingredient it
confers finer black brown, and in shorter space
of time than any other dye in the World Sold every
where, and applied by all Ial- Dfesse.s. oRI5rADoRo
No. Astor House New YoEk. mht5
Year: 1861

BTA gentleman who has just returned
from the South, informs the Cincinnati En-
quirer that the rtbsls have erected chain
cable bridge across the Mississippi River at
Randolph, sixty miles above Memphis. The
cable is made of three chains, the iron of
each link being an inch and half in thick
ness This cable is laid on a number of
fiat boats stretched across the river, and an
chored above and below by heavy sea an
chors and chains. Next to the Tennessee
shore there is an opening for the passage up
and down of such vessels as are permitted
nv the rebels About one hundred yards
below this gap, on bluff, is planted six bat
teries of heavy cannon, SO that the approach
of any steamer to the opening from
the North would result in her being blown
to atoms The bridge is said to be an in
genious contrivance, and one that cannot be
removed very easily.
Year: 1861

EThe reaction in business affairs has
commenced in Wall Street. The prompt
legislation of Congress has given renewed
hope to men of all classes, and stocks are ac-
tive and higher. We see the beginning of
the end. The fac of the rebellion is be-
yond all question, and we may safely assume
that when our arms are victorious through
out Virginia, the Union men of the South
will rally to the National standard, and the
men who have led them on in this crusade
will be powerless. Business will resume its
wonted channels and our country will
emerge from threatened destruction more
powerful than ever. The wealth of the
country to-day is immeasurably greater
than ever before. The grain crops are un-
precedented, and, under reduction of i'm
portations, specie has been flowing steadily
into the country for six months past. So
soon, therefore, as confidence is restored in
the stability of the Government, we may
look for such tide of business az We have
never experienced.
Year: 1861

40 the SESuDen AEIAAAeEys


EDITOR JOURNAL: like to see men who
are placed on guard, on the alert, but the
Tomfoolery exhibited by the gun squad
having charge of our battery is outrageous.
Every boat, whether regular packet or
not, has to be saluted with one or more
guns, thus wasting powder, and showing
lack of good sense. l do hope the Captain
of the Steuben Artillery will see to this
matter, and give orders that only boats that
are strangers to our port shall be saluted
and made to give an account of themselves.
If the squad have no glass, let the proper
authorities furnish them with one. l do
not dislike the smell OF powder, but in these
times, do not like TO see so useful an arti-
Gle wasted. | hope those in power will
stop this useless waste of powder, and abate
this nuisance to our regular packets.


UNION
Year: 1861

GG There is room for Improvement in
the mode of managing the affairs of the
Quartermaster's Department. It would
seem to civilian like ourselves that when
regiment is ordered to rendezvous by
companies at certain place, to be a very
sensible arrangement to take some steps in
advance to secure their comfort For in
stance, ten companies are directed to go in
to camp at Evansville, and instead of send
ing sufficient blankets for the whole regi-
ment at once, they are sent in small lots,
after the men are compelled to lie on the
ground until other arrangements for their
lodging can be made The Rockport com
pany that arrived Tuesday were obliged
many of them-to sit up all night having
no blankets and but little straw. We pre-
sume .nat when the next company comes,
there will be as little preparation for their
comfort, as though their arrival had not
been dreamed of If the Quartermaster
cannot furnish blankets, the Commissary
can certainly furnish straw.
Year: 1861

go Wheat is now being sold for AS and
so cents per bushel in Princeton and black
berries at 10 cents per gallon.


The meadows in the vicinity of the town
have yielded good half crop of hay not
withstanding the ravages of the army
worms
Year: 1861

On some day next week it is intended to
run an Excursion Train, from Evansville,
and all way stations, at low fare, to Camp
Knox, about mile North of Vincennes.


From all accounts, the regiment now st
that camp will be one of the very best in
the State. The boys are kept drilling aud
target shooting all day long, and will have
made great proficiency by the time this ex
cursion is got up, We expect all the friends
of the boys there from this part of the State,
to go and witness their drill on this occa-
sion.
Year: 1861

SHOOTING AFFRAY.-On Tuesday morn
ing couple of negroes got into difficulty
in livery stable in Princeton, in which
one shot the other, the ball passing through
bis hand. The wound is not dangerous.
Year: 1861

Now AND THEN-When Senator Benjamin
was in San Francisco, he lectured, if we mistake
not, for tie benefit of the military organizations
OF that city. In that lecture 1--WE are reminded
of the fact by Baltimore paper) he said:
Those who prate and try to dissolve this go-
rious Confederacy of States, are like those silly
savages who let fly their arrows at the sun in
vain hope of piercing it And still the sun rolls
on unheeding, in its eternal pathway, shedding
light and animation upon all the world


Now he is the great oratorcal gun of the Sc
ceders, and is one of the captains of those fool
sh people who, in imitation of those " silly sav-
ages are letting fly their arrows at the sun"
of our political system-our Constituticn-with
(may we not confidently trust p "the vain
hone of piercing it."
Year: 1861

EGT Charles Robinson, once leading squat
ter in Sacramento, and Senator from that dis
trict, is now Governor of the new State of Kan
large sum to an aspirant for the United States
Senatorship, and then left his country for his
country's good
Year: 1861

ng- We hear of a young gentleman, says the
Trinity Journal, residing not fifty miles from
Weayervile, who, not wishing to trust his MEM
ory, wrote in his memorandum book: "Must
be married when | 60 to town.


Wonder if he is the same individual who, last
week, addressed US the following luminous COM
municaticn, which we give verbatim:


Shasta Currer


Wach-out Trinity Journal The same
day that made use of a memaranda saw two
other men make use of the same. Neither of
them lived hundred miles from Weaverville.
Be more attentive to business We want all such
items to make our Journal more spicy gene
rally carry memaranda when I go to town
Although can keep right smart under my hat


Trinity river
Year: 1861

A doctor in Vermont had a son who
studied his fathers profession, removed to
distant State, married, and went into
practice. After lapse ofabout three years
the father visited his son and during his
visit he requested the latter to take him
round his ride, that he might see the ex-
tent of his sons practice, During the cx-
cursion the old gentleman remarked two
new meeting houses with gravcyards at
tached, which the younger informed him
had both been erected since his residence
there. He also told his father that he had
very frequent calls to distance from his
regular circuit Upon the old gcntleman's s
return home, his wife asked him 'how Fred
was doing?"


'We'l-very well-frst rate he replied;
he has already filled one churchyard full +,
another nearly so and is doing pretty fair
chance business all about in other parts of
the country
Year: 1861

The Minnesota Statesman, published at
ST. Peter, of Oct. 26, in speaking of the
late election, says:


ELECTION news comes in slowly, but
sufficient has been received to believe that
five Democratic Senators have been cleo
ted--a gain of three-and that there ha0
been gain OF about five members in the
House. The Governors majority, which
is higher than any other on the ticket, will
not be more than from three to four thou
sand, 1t will thus be seen that the Dem
ocrats have made a gratifying gain. An
other revolution of the wheel will bring
the Democracy out all right"
Year: 1861

Stick to your homo newspaper. No
matter if you are poor remember none
are so poor as the ignorant, except it be
the depraved, and they, too, often go to-
gether. Keep up your home paper, tho
it may not be as large and imposing as
some city week.ies, remember it is the
advertiser of your neighbor and daily
business, and tells you what is going on
around you, instead Of thousand miles
away. If it is not as large and as good
as you would wish it, pay your subscrip-
tions promptly, and rely upon it, the nat
ural pride of the publisher will prompt
him to improve as fast as possible.
Year: 1861

Arrangements have been entered into between
the publishers of the Messenger and the Journal
whereby the public will receive the latest tele-
graphic news some hours sooner than by any
other means. Mr.. Bean will receive the morn
ing aud afternoon report and issue them in an
extra towards evening. We win receive the
night report which, together with the reports of
the day previous as published by Mr. Bean, we
will publish in the morning at least as early as
o'clock. Thus, our readers win be furnished
with all the telegraphic news once day. On
Friday mornings we shall not issue an extra, as
all the reports up to that time will appear in the
Journal of that date.
Year: 1861

Louis with body OF troops for the purpose still he only
reached about half way and there stopped allowing the
rebel general only tme to breathe but also to rest,
and to escape The may be that he could not get
his troops together in time but he had acted upon the
proper principles Of concentration much less time than
he occupied would only have been necessary for that
purpose and he not only would have been able TO have
tackled Price would have saved the country the
Of the chase throughout the southwest OF the Sate and
which resulted in the order for the troops to come back
AGAIN. without having accomplished anything Burgoyne
in IT'LL by similar action, reduced himself to the
cessy Of bleeding every step without equivalent Oh





SHOULD THE AssAILEp ALWAYS FIND SECURITY IN


FLIGHT?


Such course must always tend to their disadvantage
in the end In giving Instructions for the best
conducting defensive war, General Haeck makes the
following remarks"Instead of finding security only in
fight instead OF habually refusing look the enemy
In the face instead Of leaving his march undisurbed in
stead OF abandoning without contest points strong by
nature and by art instead OF all this the of de-
fence seeks every occasion tho enemy and loses
by which it annoy defeat him; it is always
awake; 1t is constantly in motion and unpreparcd
for either attack defenceo n the GLORIOUS, cam
pagn Of General Floyd in tho kanawha Valley, 1t does
not to be his policy to follow this plan Of arrange
ment in the slightest particularly After describing what
the attacked party should do the General concludes his
remarks in the following language:-"In word, by
adopting the maxim that the enemy must be made to
pay for whatever he gains it disputes with him every
of kind which calls forth only his sghs" Such
victory was Bunker Hill.
Year: 1861

PAY Your SMALL DEBTs.--Ths is good advice,
and there never a time when it is more
solemn duty. When the small debts paid
there is general confidence among home
people, and the wheels of trade move regularly
and easily. Besides. it is the small debts which
control all the big ones. and which mnst materially
affect trade. None paying to enemies, but
all should make special effort to pay their small
debts to their friends ffor no other than that
itdiuses good spirits, gives confidence and greases
he wheels of trade all which are necessary and
indispensable at the present time. Let all pay up,
and all will feel better and thus promote the com
mon veal. Pay up, but especially pay all small
debts.
Year: 1861

RAcEs.-The Butte county Jockey Club an
nounee the Spring races for the Sth of May
next. The Record says their preparations in
dictate that the affair viii be the best Of the kind
ever offered in the county.
Year: 1861

THE Legislature Of South Carolina has
appropriated the immense sum of five thou
sand dollars for carrying on postal arrange
ments in that State, if the Government
stops the present system.
Year: 1861

LINE IN PorLrRY HousEs.-Lime
will keep hens clear of vermin. and


in q fine healthy condition. Itshould


be used as dry powder, and scattered
occasionally all about poultry house
and yard. On the droppings, how
ever, snlphatc Of lime Common plas.
teri or charcoal, ,sor dried muck, should


be thrown instead Of lime; ashes may
be used as substitute for lime,
through the latter is best. The pow
dered lime is better than white wash
though that also may be advantage
ously used upon the sides and ceiling
Of the room.
Year: 1861

its strait, many misbap would occur to
track and train, known TO the common
soldier, if not to engineer and waymas,er
to retarG the expedition of the relief
Lot the prayer Of Unionists in all the
thirty.four States be heard for the early
and unsparing chastisement Of South
Caroline.
Year: 1861




aim at secession and 9 distinct nationality,
but they seek to oblitcrate the ideas upon
which the war Of the Revolution was
fought and American Independence
achieTcd, and to erase, as with a sponge,
from the minds Of the people Of that rebel
lions State, all recollections Of our Nation
al glory mud Of those emblems and days
which are inseparably connected with the
achievement Of our liberties. One of the
first at{s Of the secession convention was
to blot out Independence day from the cal
endar, and henccforth the Fourth Of July,
with all its glorious memories, is to be TN
= known in South Carolina, and the Declara-
kion Of Independence to become q sealed
book to the people. Next followed the
nstional flag, and the substitution in its
stead Of palmetto within the coils Of o
veaomous snake. Our national airs-Yau-
kee-doodle and Hail Columbia-were first
hissed and then banned forever. The man
who should have the temerity to whsle, sing
orplay, within the boundaries OF that State,
either Of those glorious old tunes to which
our fathers were wont to march close up to
the cannon's mouth, would su1nmarily
meet felon's death. OF course ctr Ma
tional history Will also be doomed to the
eame oblivion that has been decrccd to the
fourth ofJuly, the flag Of freedom and our
national songs. And to effect This the
more certainly, it is reported that new
system Of civil tune, similar to that institu-
ted IN France, under the first Napoleon,
Will be established in the kingdom Of South
Carolina ut oaca, The "year Of our Lord, y
and the year Of American Independence -
mus. be abolished along with everything
else that might by any possibility suggest
human freedom and the inalienablc char
ac.er of human rights, and in their
stead some term be substituted that
will be significant of an empire
whose chief cornerstone IS Slavery. By
what name the new era shall be designated,
a2pcars yet to be subject Of discussion in
Bouth Carolina. But it is gratifying to
know that no term endeared to freemen OF
suggestive Of liberty will be selected to give
significance to despotic retrogression from
Republican ideas and Republican forms.
: Mad as the Secession leadersare, they have
not quite forgotten that the white pop tla-
lion Of South Carolina are sprung from
that great Imperial Race which, from the
earliest historic period, have fought f,r
ideas Hence these effort. to uproot and
remove everything which, by association,
could revive in their minds the recollection
oftruths and principles for which men hare
struggled, forght and died.
Year: 1861

My fellow passengers expressed considerable
surprise at seeing me, and wers anxious e
know where l was going. Informed them
that Twas going to Chattanooga, as usual, tc
purchase large quantity of bacon in which
/ was dealing extensively. Many of my
acquaintance, whom I knew to be in the same
business. were also going after bacon, beef
pork, flour, grain, and such other provisions
as we were forced to purchase in the more
Northern States.


We all talked secession loudly; and wore
cockades and Invoked obstruction upon the
Federal Government, and none were more
violent in the discussions than I. 1t was my
only alternative. was fleeing for life and
the merest hair might turn the race agains,
me. When we arrived at Chattanooga, we
found the market almost as high as at Au
gusta, so we all concluded to so on as far as
Nashville where we could purchase at more
advantageous figures. When we arrived al
Nashville, we found the Commissary Of the
Confederate Army had fairly skinned the
town of everything worth having in the way
Of provisions; so there was nothing left for
us bu. to 60 on as far as Louisville where we
could obtain an unlimited supply at reason
able rates.


There were five cars. of US, all going for
provisions. At last we landed in Louisville,
and found to our disappointment (?) the in
ducements were so small for buying there
that the only alternative left was to go to the
great fountain head at Cincinnati and buy
what we wanted We all went across the
river into Indiana, every soul of US, and got
aboard of the cars for Cincinnati.


Just before the train was to start an old
man arose and made this remrrk: ''Gentle-
men, don't know how you all feel, but
thank God I am on free soil once more
Oh. you should have heard the shout that
then when up. Ecery man Of us had been
fleeing from the Southern traitors, and dared
not avow it to each other. We all got out of
the cars again upon the platform, and there
refreshed our thtoats for once with three loud
cheers for FREEDOM.
Year: 1861

Tbs WAR.-The Government of Mr.. Lin
coin will stand before the world acquit of
the charge of breaking the peace of the ma
ton. In that respect it has come fully up
to the demands of Northern sympAthizers
with the South. 1t has done all that even
the Cincinnati Enquirer required in the way
of indulgence of Southern eccentricity.-
The North will now look to it to sustain the
dignity of the nation and to conduct itself
as the true representative of the American
national character.


The ball has begun, there must be no
finching now until it is ended.


The Northern heart is getting fred. If
the President now proves himself equal to
the occasion, the people will rally to him,
almost to a man. The appearance of things
in this city last evening on receipt OF the
news from Charleston, indicated that
Northern phlegm and impassiveness were
getting shaken of, and that hereafter the
stomach for fight was not to be monopolized
by the cotton chivalry.


Among the crowds that rushed into the
newspaper offices in search of news, there
was nothing said in favor of the Crittenden
Compromise. On the contrary, the domi-
nant idea seemed to be The nation has
been attacked by domestic rebels and trait
ors; let her rise in her majesty and put
them down Gin. Press.
Year: 1861

thus distinguished, it is with greater pride they
state the fact that Notwithstanding the over
whelmng importation of an article from the Eas t
assuming their title, the demand for the
Year: 1861

A VERY PATRIOTIC LApy.-An elderly lady
who attended a meeting Of the list Vermont
Regiment, arose, full Of enthusiasm, and said
she thanked God that she was able to do
something for her country her two sons, all
she possessed in the world, were in the regi-
men', and the only thing she had to regret
was that she could rot have known Of this
war twenty five years ago, as she would have
furnished several more Of the same sort.