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Year: 1861




Despite the stories prevalent, that Gen.
Mcclellan will soon order the army of the
Potomac into winter quarters, am inform
such intention, but expects that there will
be some hard fighting in this vicinity be-
fore the winter fairly sets in. Very much
depends upon the result of the coast expe-
dition, and if it is successful, a blow viii be
struck here within two or three weeks.


There is a general expectation that some
thing viii be done on the Lower Potomac
in case severe weather should freeze the
river to q sufficient depth to bear troops
and army trains. In that event an army
ouartered in The lower counties of Mary
land might cross directly over to Richmond.
This idea has been breached by military
men, but il is defective in one point as
plan Of operations-too much is left to con-
tingeney. 1t is only about once IN three
years that the Potomac is frozen over solid
enough TO bear an army upon It's breast
and again, a sscold term" in this latitude
does not last but short time, and an army
attempting TO march on Richmond on fro
zen ground would be likely to be caught by
a thaw. before half its journey was per-
formed. 1t would be very unsafe to rely
upon cold weather or o frozen river Tor
three weeks together.


General Mcclellan is determined to act
upon the advice given him by Gen. Scott
not to be driven into any movement, by out
side pressure, which his judgment does not
approve. He told General Blenker g day
or two since: 81 win not tight till am
ready, though all the world were at my
heels." Yet il is certain that he expects to
clear the Potomac Of rebel batteries before
the first Of January, and the thing cannot
be done without beating the enemy either
in battle or strategy.
Year: 1861

sufficiently strong, clear, and attract tive
light to have the desired effect. then it is
right and proper to appeal to this one
But it is essentially selfish motive, and the
boy who is deferred from stealing an apple
or telling lie, because of fear Of the rod,
will not scruple or hesitate to do it in cir
cumstances which render detection impos.
sible Such a one is, to all intents and
purposes, thief and liar; only give him
an opportunity to conceal his msbehayiour,
and thus escape punishment, and he will
regard no considerations of right 1t is
impossible to make good boy out of such
material by presenting no other motive
than fear Still we would by no means
wholly discard this motive. 1t may lead
an individual to cultivate habits and modes
Of life which may be the means Of strength
ening his moral principle, and thus lead
ing him, step by step, to act from right
motives.


The hope of reward-This is higher
and better motive. 1t seems to be right
and proper to appeal to this often in fos-
tering studiousness and correct department
on the part Of pupils. Parents and teach
ers would do well frequently to talk about
and illustrate the rewards Of industry, tru-
gality, temperance, and right conduct to-
ward man and toward God But great
care should be taken that proper rewards
be held out The miser spends his weary
days and sleepless nights in amassing
wealth-he aims for bad reward


Love-This, beyond doubt, is the pur-
est and best motive by which an individ-
ual can be be ac,uated. Love of God,
love Of our fellow men, whether as parents,
brothers or sisters, or teacher, or friend
or man, as fellow being, what would we
not do for these When the young can
be made to obey because they love those
who have authority over them, and because
it is right and proper, then school and
family government is comparatively easy.
Their better feelings, such as respect for
the right, and affection for those around
them, will be developed, and they will ac-
quire habits that will lead them safely
through many dangers. They will be hon
est, frank and conscientious, and their light
will shine brightly around them.


PERSEV VERANTIA.
Year: 1861

death SO awful, during long, fearful hours
and days that IS, not to die once, but u
thousand times. Aud such death was
that of the smith OF Ragenbach. Such u
sacrifice the smith of RagenbaCh made in
order to save his neighbors. May his
memory ever be sacred
Year: 1861

Nj Y assortment of Goods are of the best
VI quality and the newest styles, and by
attention to customers | hope to be able to
supply the wants of the community at large
Call and see and examine for yourselves.


sepl8 JAMES PARKER
Year: 1861

FEMALE DARING HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
A lady came into Birmingham with o
handsome equipage. and desired the land
lord Of the inn to get her husband before
she left town." The man bowed. and sup
posed her ladyship to be in fscetious hu-
NOR, but being made. sensible how much
she was in earnest, he went out in search,
of man who would marry q fine lady.
without asking questions. After many re-
pulses from poor fellows. not desperate
enough for such a venture, he met with an
exciseman. who said he could not be in =
worse condition than he was." and accord
ingly went with the inn keeper and made .
tender of himself. which was all he had to
bcstow on the lady. who Immediately went
with him to one who gave them a license.
and made them man and wife, on which the
bride gave her two hundred pounds. and
without more delay left the town and the
bridegroom to find out who she was or un-
riddle this strange adventure. Soon after
she was gone, two gentlemen came into
town in full pursuit of her; they had trac-
ed her so far upon the road. and finding tho
inn where she put up, they examined into
all the particulars Of her conduct. and on
hearing that she was married, gave over tho
pursuit and returned. Tis supposed the
young lady in desperate fit, and for fear
of being married where she did not like.
chose this unaccountable way of prevent
ing it.-AatoJiography of Mary Gram
yiUe.
Year: 1861

to go, he could not learn. OF the precise
nature Of her feelings towards him he could
not Judge her manner was always kind.
almost cordial he saw that she treated him
differently from the crowd of noblemen by
whom she was ever surrounded in public
he was ike Q chosen friend abroad. but At
home she kept him at a distance: by no
art Of strategem could he induce her to ut
ter a serious word il it was q solemn sub
ject she would look grave for an instant.
and change the theme She would not be
serious for moment. Yet all the timc
Royston felt that such face ~ hers must be
the index to soul Of wondrons power. 1t
was with feverish check that lie entered
her saloon one morning and sent MP his
card. Now he was to know his fate no
would break the chains his fancy had been
weaving he would know what his life was
TO bc.


slightest murmur could be heard from one


end to the other this Margaret did no,


consider. Royston heard the rustic Of Be-


atrice's dress, and then Margaret's voice in


earnest expostulation "Do not go. You


carry this too far. Consider he is an Eng.


lishman. Only think of the risk just one


moment. my lady"


| (Coacladed merit reek
Year: 1861

ever he another session Of either House
or that quorum will ever be obtained.
|, IS the general opinion among all that
this days proceedings were the last OF
the Congress of the United States OF
America
Year: 1861

seek an office where 1 knew there was no vacancy, had that been my objecls

 was left an orphan upon the charities of cold and merciless world at the ten- der age of six months. and ateight years of age was thrown entirely upon my own resources, and from that moment to the present, it has been my ill or good fortune to be persecuted and hunted down by such vile miscreants as those who are now seek ing to blast my name and my reputation by the most unmitigated, but not yet, as the future may disclose, incorrigible lying and dastardly calumniation.

 With these remarks, leave my case to be adjudged by my comrades in arms, and virtuous public, having for solace, a clear conscience. so far as my slanderers are concerned, and believing that there is just God who weighs in an equal balance the rectitude of all our intentions. E JOHN A. BAKER.

 Cotton Plant, Ark, June 25, 1861.
Year: 1861

Such being the case, there was no other course left for me to pursue than the one which I adopted. to wit: to return home to my family, which 1 did accordingly.

 And now, learn since my return. that it is secretly circulated by cringing, sneak ing, cowardly and white livered scoun- drels, who never intend to go even be- yond the confines of their narrow dung hill, that returned a disappointed office seeker. The dastardly, lying scoundrels we'll know, as did all ofus before we star ted from Cotton Plant. that the Des Arc Rangers had elected their officers some lime before. Then why should goto
Year: 1861

PATRIOTIC GIRL.-A young lady re- marked that she could not go and fight for her country, but she was willing all the young men should go, and she would stay at home and die an old maid, which she considered was a greater sacrifice.
Year: 1861

TIE SURVIVOR OF THE GlBBET.-In the
Memoir Of Joseph Bdsbridge, published in
London several years ago, is the following
strange incident:


A surgeon in Cough square had purchased
for dissection the body of a man who had
been hung at Tyburn. The servant. girl,
wishing to take look at the defunct pre-
vious to his coming under the dissecting-
knife, stole up stairs to the room, where she
expected to find him extended. To her sur.
prise and horror she beheld him sitting up
on the board, and instantly facing about, she
went down stairs again in a moment. The
surgeon, hearing of the resuscitation of his
subject, humsnely concealed him in the
house until he could get him conveyed to
America, which he did shortly afterward,
providing him with a comfortable outfit, at
his own expense. The man evinced, in his
subsequent conduct, degree of industry
and gratitude which showed him well worthy
of his singular escape from death. By the
exercise of his industry, he amsssed hand
some fortune, and his gratitude was exhib-
tied by leaving it all to his deliverer and
benefactor
Year: 1861

The OH TRADR.-Many who read the &C.
counts of oil wells in this and other States,
says the Philadelphia Ledger, are, perhaps,
curious to know whether the business of
procuring coal-oil in this way is profitable
or otherwise. A recently-published state
ment shows that the amount of this oil trans
ported to a market over the Western division
of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad dur
ing the past months of 1861, had greatly
and progressively increased over the
quantity transported over the same route
during the corresponding period of last year.
The editor, however, of the Rural argus, q
paper published in the Western part of the
State, has recently visited the oil regions,
and gives the result of his observations in a
late number of his journal. Among other
remarks, he Gays that the price of oil is so
low that nothing short of q flowing well will
pay. And even flowing well, he asserts,
may endanger the financial standing of its
owner by compelling him TO incur great ex-
pense in the purchase of barrels before any
return can be had. He adds, moreover, that
innumerable troubles attend the business at
every stage of its progress. A few have
made themselves rich by it, and few more
will do the same thing, while vast majority
OF those who have invested in it and who
will yet do 80, will, it is thought, never realize
one per cent. on the investment. The rapid
increase in the expenditure aud consumption
of this oil would seem to give contradiction
to this conclusion. If some can make for
tunes at the business Others, under like cir
cumstances, can do the same thing.
Year: 1861

RAILWAY INvENTIoNs-A method has
lately been devised for hardening the sur
face of rails and tires of wheels, after which
they are formed in the usual manner, by sub
jectipg them to peculiar process. The rails
and tires are packed in a suitable iron cham
ber with peat or wood sawdust, previously
saturated with sulphuric acid, covering the
surface to be hardened. The chamber is
then closed, 80 as to exclude the air, and
with it's contents is raised to red heat by
a fire, and maintained at this temperature
for thirty-six or forty hours. The bars and
tires are then withdrawn from the chamber
and tempered by any of the usual processes
and they are fit for use. 1t is also proposed
to introduce the process of charring the sur
face Of railway timbers, by satursting them
first with dilute sulphuric acid, then heating
them in an oven raised to temperature of
two hundred and fifty degrees Fahrenheit.
The strength of acid preferred is about three
degrees Twaddles' hydrometer. Railway
timbers, when charred on the surface, en-
dure much longer than if exposed with their
natural surfaces. This is certainly pecu-
liar way of charring the face of wood at
such a low temperature. The sulphuric
acid is said not to injure the timber.
Year: 1861

The Manchester calico dyers and printers
have discovered that apple juices supply a
colors for their printed cottons, and numbers
of them have been into Devonshire and the
lower parts of Somersetshire, buying up all
the apples they can get, and giving such a
price for them as in the dearest years hitherto
known has not been offered. 1t is stated
that one farmer in Devonshire, who has a
large orchard, for the produce of which he
has never before received more than f250,
has sold it this year to a Manchester man
for ESQ. There can be no doubt that the
discovery will create quite revolution in
the apple trade.
Year: 1861

A correspondent of the Boston Advertiser,
writing from Lausanne, Switzerland, under
date of September 81, gives this account of
the American Missions established in that
country:


There are several missions in Switzerland.
which have been founded and cherished by
American benevOlence. We were present
at meeting held by one of them last even
irg, one founded by the New York Method
lists. The room was crowded, and those
present were exclusively Germans, most of
them from the humber grades of society.
Many were laborers and mechanics whose
time was fully occupied during the day, and
who could, therefore, only attend in the
evening. The pastor, very intelligent Ger.
man gentleman, opened the meeting by Civ
ing brief but clear account of the reasons
why he had called his people together, and
what was meant by praying for the United
States. After concluding his remarks and
making a brief prayer, he invited those
present to continue. AS is customary with
this denomination, both men and women
accepted the invitation. Many of those
present had relatives in the United States,
others had received assistance from the
American missionary friends, and all of them
had some tie to bind them to the distant re-
public which they had never seen.


have never in my life heard such earn
est, devoted supplications as those men and
women made. Many of them in rough
words, but with spirit that sanctified their
words. People such as they were, accus-
toned to the hard work and practical think
ing necessary to earn their daily bread, do
not hold prayer meetings with vague notions
of some general edifcation to be obtained
thereby; they come together, and these peo-
pie came together, because they wanted
something, and they asked for it as if they
wanted it, with their whole souls. One
woman prayed for brother who had left
| two years ago, and had never written since.
| She did not know on which side he was
| fighting, but he had been a soldier, and she
felt sure he was one now. And she prayed
the LoId to make him defend the holy ca use,
and TO I.see his heart if he had Joined the
wicked rebellion


Another woman had dear friend in the
loyal camp at Washington, and prayed for
him and his adopted land. And thus, with
| out ceasipg during the allotted time, prayer
was made unto God with an earnestness of
| personal entreaty that kept tears in my eyes.
And when the meeting was over, certain


bIown-hsted men came around me and took


my hand with O warmth and rugged tender,


ness of sympathy which had no tendency tt


diminish my emotion. I'D.
Year: 1861

PHILADELPHIA, November AIN the Cir
cult Court this morning, the case of the
pirates of the Petrel was called, but postponed
till next Monday.


urging the trial, Judge Grier said he could
not consent to have the regular business of
the Court interrupted. 1t seemed like q
farce to try them at this time, when the
country played civil war. The dictates of
humanity would counsel the Government to
treat csptives on the sea the same as those
taken on land, and he could not understand
the policy of hanging the frat and holding
the latter as prisoners and releasing them
Let the rebellion be crushed, and God grant
that it may be speedily, and then these men
can be tried for treason or piracy, and he
would assist, no matter how much he might
be called Jeffries or Scroggs.
Year: 1861

THE Position OF LORD LYoNs.-The Wash
inRton Star says:


We apprehend that profound misappre-
hension of the position of Lord Lyons to-
ward the cause of the Union exists in the
popular mind We draw this conclusion
from the invidious comments of our presses
upon what they evidently regard as being his
attitude, and from our personal knowledge
that their impressions are not shared by this
Government or any member of it, who, it
will be remembered, are in daily intercourse
with him. We are satisfied that not word
has fallen from his lips concerning our public
affairs to which they have taken exception;
and further, that they have no fault what
ever to find with any portion of his personal
course in our present unhappy national con-
tToversy.


It will be remembered that the recent let
ter bearing his official signature, to which
Mr.. Seward necessarily wrote SO caustic re-
ply, was not his own, but the letter of the
British Minister of Foreign Affairs, whose
views in the premises (not his oWn) it was
his official duty to make known to this
Government. .4.
Year: 1861

The following resolutions were adopted by
the Oroville Union Club on Saturday evening
last


ResolUed That this Club shall not become
partisan in its opcration-that its organization
is for the sole purpose of sustaining the Ma
tlonal Government in all constitutional efforts
to maintain the Government of the United
States, the Federal Union and the laws oil the
land


ResoIued, That the present presents crisis
in the history of our country in which party
platforms and party politicians should not be
permitted to govern; that all without dlstlnc,
tion Of party or political creed, should stand
by the Union Of the States, the Federal Con.
stitution, and the enforcement OF the laws OF
our common country.


Resolred, That we approve Of the bold and
patriotic stand taken by the President of the
United States that in every act performed,
and in the line of policy foreshadowed, for the
preservation of the Union, the protection of
the Federal Capital the property OF the nation,
and the enforcement Of the laws, he has eXhib-
tied a high and holy regard for his oath Of Of
fee, and has performed his duty as Chief Mag
Magistrate of a great nation, faithfully and
patriotically, and that in this he deserves the
appreciation of every American citizen


Resolued That we will support no man for
official position who is not unequlvocally and
unconditionaIly in favor of maintaining the
Federal Constitution, the integrity of the
Union, the perpetuity of our institutions, and
the enforcement of the laws Of the land


Resolued That our highest allegiance is due
to the Federal Government, and that all enact
ments of State Legislatures, and all DEGREES of
State Conventions in contravention with the
Constitution of the United States and laws
made in pursuance thereof are utterly void.


Resolred That Committee of three be ap-
pointed to act as a Committee Of Correspon-
dence with the Union Clubs Of this State. for
the purpose of consulting upon plan of politi-
cal action F. NJ. SMITH


JoHN s. BERRY,


j. b. BARKER.
Year: 1861

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIF-
u teenth Judicial District of the State of Calfor-
MIA, in and for the County of Butte.


Amanda Simonds vs. John Simonds.


Action brought in the District Court of the Fif
teenth Judicial District and the Complaint filed
in the County of Butte in the Office of the Clerk of
said District Court.


The People of the State of California send greet
ing to John Simonds.


You are hereby required to appear in an action
brought against you by the above named Plaintiff
in the District Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Dis
trct of the State of California in and for the Coun-
ty of Butte, and to answer the complaint filed
therein, "a copy of which act ompanies this Sum
mons) within ten days Exclusive of the day of ser
Ylce) after the service on yoa OF this Summons-if
served within this county; or if served out of this
county. but in this Judicial District, within twenty
days; or, if served ont of said District then with
in forty days-or Judgment by default will be
taken against you.


The said action is brought to obtain Decree of
Divorce from the bonds of matrmony existing be.
tween you and said plaintiff and to obtain the care
custody, education and control Of her children
James and Julia aud judgment for her costs of this
suit, and general relief, and if You fail to appear
and answer the said complaint as above required
the plaintiff will apply to said Court for the relief
in her complaint demanded.


t- Given under my hand and Seal of the
SEAL. District Court Of the Fifteenth Judicial
'--~-' District, this 2ith day of May in the


year of our Lord one thousand eight


hundred and siXty-one.


II. NJ. PIIIPPS Clerk.
my25ft By MILES CHAPIN, Deputy.
Year: 1861

At meeting Of the Democratic Central Commit
Zee Of Butte Comfy held at 0rovilIe on the . tn
day of May A. D. 1851,


It was unanimously Resolred. That we re-aiirm
and adopt the resolutions passed by the State Cen
trail Committee at San Francisco on the sth day OF
Nav Is6l and recommend them 10 the earnest
consideration Of the people Of Butte County.


That a Convention he called to meet at the town
Of Orovlle on the TWELFTH DAY OF JUNE
4. D. IsGl for the purpose Of making nominations
for County Officers, and appointing twenty-three
delegates to the State Convention to meet at sac
ramento the lth day Of July proX., and for such
other business as may be necessary.


That the basis Of representation TO the County
Convention be delegate for each precinct at
large and delegate for each dfty votes cast at
such precinct at the general election Of 1850, and
one delegate for each fraction of thirty votes and
over.


That we cordially invite all persons who are IN
conditOnaily for the maintenance of the Constitn-
ton and the enforcement of the laws who in
favor OF preserving intact the integrity OF the
Union and who will sustain the constituted author
tiles in al lawful efforts in snppressing rebellion
and in defending our county against foreign do
rlestic enemies, to participate with in the Pri
mary Elections


That the following is the apportionment of pre-
cnct representation adopted.