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Year: 1861

In the District Court of the Ninth Judicial Dis
lrict, of the State of fCalifornia. in and for the
County of Shasta.


Samuel j. Griffith VS.. Mary Sophia


Griffith.


Action brought in the District Court of the
Ninth Judicial District of the State of Califor-
mia, in and for the County of Shasta, and the
complaint filed in said County of Shasta, ia
the Office of the Clerk of said District Court
The People Of the STATE Of California, send greeting
10 MARY SOPHIA GRIFFITH defendant:
VOU are hereby required to appear in an ac-
i tion Brought against you by the above
named Plaintiff in the District Court of the 9th
Judicial District of the State of California, in
and for the County of Shasta, and to answer the
complaint filed therein, "a copy of which ac
companies this Sumn,ons) within ten days, Tex
elusive of the day of seryice,) after the service
on you of this summonS-if served within this
County; or, if served out OF this County, but
within this Judicial District, within twenty days;
or if served out of said District, then within fer
ty days-or Judgment by default will be taken
against you according to the prayer ofsaid Com
plaint.


The said action is brought TO obtain decree
of divorce from the bonds of matrimony now
existing between you and plaintiff, upon the
ground of wilful desertion and cruel treatment,
all of which will more fully appear by reference
to the complaint, copy OF which is hereto at
tached.


And you are hereby notified, that if you fail to
appear ana answer the said Complaint as above
required, the said Plaintiff will apply to the
Court for decree, in conformity with the pray
er of said Complaint.


Given under my hand and the Seal of this
District Court of the 9th Judicial District, of
the State of California, in and for the County
of Shasta, this 25th day of September, in the
year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hun
dred and Sixty. 2


JOHN ANDERSON,


Clerk
Year: 1861

The New York Evening Post, Re,
publican paper, has an article in reply to
this question which is remarkable for its
fairness and candor After rehearsing
the leading principles of the Democratic
party, prominent among which are its na-
tionality. its attachment to the Union un-
der all circumstances, and its Monroe
Doctrine" the Post says The North
ern Democrats stand to-day where they
have stood for nearly a century. They
are fighting as they have voted. for the
Union and the Constitution for the
possession of this continent as one nation
for the command of the Gulf: for the
honor and Supremacy of the Stars and
Stripes. offering the whole as an asylum
to the oppressed and down trodden ant
against the encroachment OF any foreign
power, not only over our own nationa
limits, bu t on any part of this continent.
The Post might have added that the De
mocracy ever adhered to the warning
voice Of the Father of our Country in try
ing to put down sectional strifes. and the
alternating Of one portion OF our citizens
from another, which is truly the conse'
quence of our present national difficulty
Wyan1N Unio~.
Year: 1861

Size ia clearly not the measure of greatness or
plack. Little Rhode Island, whom all the not an
inch journals bemoaned as givea over to democracy
and secession whea Spragne and Arnold were
elected t. executive offices few weeks agv, is
foremost IN the support OF the call to arms, now
that peace is no longer possible. 1t was absard to
suppose tbst the gallant governor or the historian
OF Rhode Islapd would ever be fathless 10 the
traditions of State whose founder gave religious
liberty to civil governments, when the contest is
one where the very existence Of good government
is periled but the position Of the peace party !,
which they represented there, and in the peace
conference and Of peace men and compromise
men throughout thn North, is worth Observing
They we're umon men before Sumter fell, and are
gaion men now. For he very reason that they
were wiling to do al that could be done in honor
to strengthen the bands and allay the fears Of Union
men in the border states. even at tho expense oi
being called submissonists aud dough faces for
this same reason, now that treason cannot be con-
qusred in peace, they are first in the field to con-
qaer it by wag.


Var is tie last remedy to save the Onion
Then give it the most intelligent and unfinching
support who have faithfully exhausted all the reme-
dies Of peace.
Year: 1861

FORMATION OF BoNE.-Nearly three years
ago, DIR. Toland, of San Francisco, announced
the discovery that under certain circumstan-
ces bone would be formed anew in the human
system. We find the following in the New
York Tribune of late date:


Much interest was manifested at the last
meeting of the Academy of Sciences of Paris,
in paper read by NJ Flourens, concerning a
remarkable instance of the natural formation
of a new bone, the outgrowth of the perios-
teum. The possibility of such an occurrence
has been strenuously denied by Sedillott and
other surgical writers. In the present case,
man living at Bayeux had his leg broken
by a fall. 1t was commiputed fracture the
tlGia was literally pulverized, and the thigh
was severely bruised, but at tie end of six
months fragment of the tabial bone nearly
eight inches in length was elected from its
place. and some weeks afterwards it was
found that the reproductive force of nature
was forming new bone to replace the old
one. 1t might be felt at first as a soft mass
but gradually hardened until at the end o
another half year it became entirely solid
The cure is complete and the leg is in every
respect as sound and perfect as before the
accident
Year: 1861

The fire-eating Governor of Georgia, JOS
z. Brown, in his late message to the Legisla-
ture of the State, gives utterance to the fol-
lowing threat;


"Should Georgia determine, while exer-
else the Executive power, TO secede from the
Union on account of the violation of the
compact, by other States, should deny the
right of any other State or Government to
eOerce her to return to it. In such case the
allegiance of her citizens would be due to her
alone, and EACH would be entitled to the pro-
lection of her flag. This they should have
And if any other government should inter
fere, and assume jurisdiction over them, and
take the lives of any of them upon charge
of treason to its authority, for following the
flag of Georgia. l would retaliate promptly,
by seizing and hanging upon the highest tree
two of the subjects of such Government for
each citizen of Georgia, whose life should
thus be illegally taken"
Year: 1861

A SECESSION SCHEME IN NICHIGAN.-It
is stated that scheme is on foot in the
Upper Peninsula of Michigan for the So
cession of that region from the rest of the
State, with view to ito annexation to
Canada English capitalists interested in
the Lake Superior mines and Canada Rail
Roads are supposed to be at the bottom
of it.
Year: 1861

dealer in this city says that he has sold


more goods this rear than he did last. If
manufacturers produce almost any article
of value it is very sure to be wanted. If
our workshops are only put in operation,
they will enable the nation to support the
american.
Year: 1861

Our attention was attracted this morn
ing by an old man, standing with piece
of broom corn in his hand, apparently sig
nalizing something out in the Lake. Upon
making enquiries We learn, that this man
is fisherman, whose life has been passed
upon the water in pursuit of the fnny
tribe, to which profession he has brought
up bis boys. Some time since, his sons,
four in number, were on fishing excur-
sion on Lake Michigan, and sudden gale
to which these inland waters are SO much
exposed, srringing up, their smack was
driven out into the Lake, and all were lost
Such terrible bereavement had driven
the cd man distracted. He was very i'll
for long time, with a disease induced by
the loss of his sons, and since his recov-
cry has been insane. Wherever he goes,
he is constantly signaling with whatever
he may have in his hand to his sons, as be
supposes out upon the water, and calling
to him for help. He will remain in this
position for hours together, gazing fxedlv
upon the water, it being impossible, save
by force, to distract his attention It is
a very sad case, the old man, with bis
hair streaming in the wind, and his luster-
less eyes, glowing with that expression SO
peculiar to insanity, trying to render as
slstance to his perishing sons Ceveland
Herald
Year: 1861

The direct tax to be assessed upon the
value Of all the real estate in the United
States, to raise the annual sum of twenty
million Of dollars, has been overlooked bv
many persons, who seem to be under the
Impression that there is but one national
tax, Gle income tax to be paid


By law Of Congress, approved Au-
gust 5, it was provided, in order to raise
the above mentioned annual sum, that
each state should be compelled to furnish
a certain proportion of that amount, which
is to be collected in the following man
ner: Assessors appointed by the President
and approved by the Senate. will about
ths 1st of March next, ascertain the value
of each piece Of real estate, the valuation
being based upon the supposed money
value of such property on the 1st day of
April. Property exempt from taxation is
that belonging to the United States or
any state, or that is permanently or spe-
cially exempted from taxation by the laws
of the state in which it is situated.


A deduction of five hundred dollars will
be made from this valuation. All per
sons possessing taxable property, or per
sons having the care or management Of
such property, will be required to furnish

written lists of it to the assessors. A
fa.se or fraudulent list will subject the Of
fender to fine Of five hundred dollars.
After the estimates are completed, public
notice will be given by the assessors
where their books may be seen, or correc-
tions may be made.


TIE place at which the payment oftaxes
will be made, will be published in news
paper in each district, twenty days before
the tax becomes due; and if persons neg
lect to attend, according to notification,
the collector will make personal appIica
ton to them within sixty days after the
receipt Of the collection lists. If then the
taxes are not paid within another twenty
days, be has power to collect by distraint.


The income tax which will be levied
on and af.er the lst Of January next, will
be three per cent on incomes above eight
hundred dollars, except that portion of
such income which IS derived from treas
ury notes and other United States securi-
ties, on which the tax will be one and
half per cent The tax Is to be assessed on
incomes dating from January, 1861. In
estimating the income, all national, State
and local taxes assessed uron property
from which the income is derived, will be
first deducted.


The payment Of the tax will be due on
or before the thirtieth of June next, and
all sums unpaid on that day, will be sub
jected to an interest at the rate of six per
cent per annum, and in default Of paymen,
being made within thirty days thereafter,
the collector is authorized to levy the sum
on the visible property of the defaulter
and sell it, after due notice has been given
If no visible property is found, the person
assessed may be examined on oath, and
any stock or bonds be may possess. be sold
at public auction. A refusal TO testify i.
punishable by Imprisonment until me ia,
is paid.
Year: 1861

A BEAUTIFUL IDEA.-In the mountains
of Tyrolet is the custom of the women
and children to come out when it is bed
time and sing their national songs until
they hear their husbands, fathers and bro
theirs answer them from the hill on their
return home. On the shores Of the Adri-
attic such custom prevails. There the
wives of the fishermen come down about
sunset and sing melody. After singing
the first stanzas, they listen awhile for an
answering melody from off the water !;
and continue to sing and listen till the
we'll known voice comes borne on the wa
tiers, telling that the loved one is almost
home. How sweet to the weary fisher
man, as the shadows gather around him,
must be the songs Of the loved ones at
home, that sing to cheer him; and how
they must strengthen and tighten the
links that bind together these humble
dwelers by the sea! Truly it is among
the lowly in this life that we find some of
the most beautiful customs in practice.
Year: 1861

In response t. a complimentary address from some OF
his New York friends, asst Monday Mr. Seward said


"The administration which you have come here to IT.
auguratc into power under circumstances OF en-
blrrassment and peril before known in the history
Of the Republic; butt believe know the character and
purposes OF the Chief Magistrate believe that while he
vii be firm be will be also Just to every State and every
section aud every citizen that he will defend and pro-
ec the rights and interests tie peace and the prosper


y, of all the Safes equally and alike while he will prdc-


tee the moderation that springs from virtue and the at
fecton that arises from patriotism in Confederated
states Under his guidance, aud with the blessing Of
God believe and trust and confidently expect that un
Administration, tha il inaugurated amid iome dlstrust
aud pludl apprehension, will close upon reunited re-
stored prosperous free and happy Republic The State
of New York, the greatest and most powerful OF the
States will lead all other States in the way of conea-


ton; and AS the path of wisdom is always the path oil
peace so am sure that now shall find that the way
of Cancellation is the way Of wisdom"
Year: 1861

New ORLEANS BANKRuPT.-Th Boston
Post of a recent date, says: New Orleans
city is bankrupt. At meeting ofthe Board
of Aldermen. on the 18th June, the Chair
man Of the Finance Committee stated to the
Board that the city was dead broke, and
that he could not see financial daylight.
Another Alderman, heavy holder of real
estate, resigned his sent; and the Finance
Committee passed resolution TO suspend all
new public works, in order so far to relieve
the poverty of the city.


THE Delta, admitting ard sadly remark
ing on that bankruptcy of New Orleans, says,
in tone of great anxiety, that large num-
Der of tax payers are utterly destitute of the
means necessary to pay taxes on their small
property and that unless longer INDUCED,
they must allow their homesteads to pass
under the hammer of the Sheriff


The Delta thinks this beggared condition
of the city, when little over four months of
the year have passed, is chiefly owing to its
heavy outlays for military movements for
recession Bat New Orleans was very veal
thy, and these expenses could not have so
wretchcdiy swamped it, The cause Of her
Pauperism is the bore fact Of secession itself
"A step which chained up and destroyed her
trade; and that trude and that credit cannot
be restored till the Union flag shall wave
sgaln over hex Custom House
Year: 1861

FRrMoYr-A Washington letter writer
says:


A gentleman connected With the war de-
partment told me this morning that such q
chance would be given Fremont aa few men
have had in this world, and that if he did
not carve a great future from it, it would be
his own fault,
Year: 1861

have erected mousoloum that would
have withstood the enowiug tooth Of OBJ
loquy and sapping jealousy Ills name,
like Washington's would have passed
down to posterity polished by age, the
prince of mCarchants, the man Of WORTH


Let existence be guarded by principle,
and lie, with all its phases Of sunbeam
and night, will gather honey from every
petal that will sweeten and nourish the
'slippered pantaloon age and when
Death, with his skeleton chariot makes
his imperious call, you bid the last fare
well to accompany the relentless driver
upon that returnless ride mid the sim
cerest sorrow Of following hearts


This is my story Of life fact. ] { has
a moral; and he is wise who will profit
thereby:


READ ye the lcsson-heed it we'll"
Year: 1861

GLASS CAsK.-A patent has been taken out
by A. Hubert and u Cantillion, of Liege, in
Belgium, for making small casks and barrels
of glass. The idea is to apply glass in the for
nation of casks of five gallons capacity and
downward. They blow the glass in mould
of wood or iron, the mould being in two parts
of the form of the cask. A certain portion OF
the molten glass is introduced into the mould
on the end of the glass blowers staff; then
the mould is closed, and the glass is blown
until it assumes the form of the mould, and is
hollow inside. The tap hole is pierced in the
cask with a red-hot iron. Small TASKS of a
barrel shape, made of glass, are common, but
TASKS of Gve-gallon size appear to be an ex-
tension of glass application to this particu ular
purpose, and for holding ether oils, &c In
situations where they are not required TO be
moved about, they will answer most excel
lent purpose.
Year: 1861

Getting the Guns in Order.-The Adjutant
General has instructed the commanders of the
various Artillery Companies in the State to
have their gun houses repaired, and the pieces
and "furniture'' which usually ACCOMPANIES
them put in good order-instructions which


the commanding officers are losing no time in
obeying. Should any contest ever arise in
which Virginia would be compelled to take a
part, she must necessarily rely ostly on her
artillery and rifiemen: and it is well to see
that they are prepared for strife Virginia
riiiemen We're famed in former wars not less
for their efficiency than those con trolling the
larger arm of the service. Virginia NAV not
be adequately armed, but it is certainly true
that she is better prepared for any warlike
ntingency than very many of her sisters


either North or South. Those of the latter
section are, however, Fastening to put them.
selves in the proper attitude to main tain thei,
menaced rights
Year: 1861

The Weather for some time back has possess
ed all the racterstics of winter, although
the almanacs, by way of a joke call it
spring. We had touch of the ''balmy'' in
February, when we didn't care about 1t and
the tender buds that peeped out to see what
was going on have since been nipped prema-
turely by the frost of March. Yesterday the
weather exhibited symptoms of improvement,
but the quality of the article that has been
so freely supplied of late makes us say what
we do say, that we should be in a most un-
comfortable fix if we chad nothing else but
spring" We hope March will ''march on''
in a hurry, and take all his wind instrumen Is
with him TO a Northern latitude, where snow
and ice are among the attributes of May
Year: 1861

Night Sessions House of Delegates.
on yesterday, deteUnined holding uight
sessions from and after Monday next. The
movement, it is hoped, is intended as more
than mere propitiary sacrifice on the altar
OF "bunkum.' If the latter, it can serve no
beneficial purpose. Experience has demon
strated that if members would but work more
and talk less, while they are in session in the
day time, there would be necessity for
night sessions. Members might easily con-
dense into one hour all the work which they
are in the habit of doing in a day, and all tina,
they are likely to do in a day and night under
the new arrangement. During the whole ses
sion, some of the talking members seem to
have been impressed with Swift's idea, tha
IN preaching sermons men should not take
ann at any particular thing. "Shoot at every
thing said the Dean, ''for depend on it, scat
tering shots hit the most BIRDS The difficulty
may lie in the fact that members do not them :
selves see what they are shooting at. Ener-
giles devoted to the accomplishment of a def
mite object if the latter be for the interest OF
the people, cannot be misapplied
Year: 1861

A BAND OF INDIANS FLBEcED BY AN AGENT Iy
WEST TRoY.-On Saturday night a troupe of
Indians gave an entertainment at West Troy


The audience was quite large, and the per
formances passed off for some time with much
spirit But when the programme had about
half concluded, some of the Indians discover
ed that their agent had run off with the en-
tire proceeds of the entertainment, amounting
to between thirty and forty dollars. Their
war dance was soon changed from sport to
earnest and was enacted in the open air ins tead
of the Hall. The poor creatures could speak
very little English, and as they rushed about
the streets in pursuit of the recreant agent,
labbering and yelling in the purest Aborigine,
there was, of course. no little sensation pro-
duced in the village. The Indians had not
enough money left to pay their hotel bill.
Year: 1861

TRIAL FOR MURDER.-Sarah Herrington who


was married in 1859, at the age of fifteen


years, was tried at Bnghampton, N Y, las t


week, for poisoning her husband James Her


rington, aged thirty six. On the trial it was


proven that the prisoner had purchased arse


mic, but also that the deceased had been an ar
senic eater for years before his death. The
Delaware Republican says the Judges charge
10 the jury was clear and impartial. and that
the verdict OF the jury was not guilty. Mrs.
Herrington refused to dress in mourning dur
ing her trial, and the expression of her face
dad not change from the time the jury was
empannelled until they rendered their yer
dict, except that she shed few tears when


her counsel was opening her defence to the
jury-again, during the Judges charge, and
when the verdict of not guilty was pro-
nounced. Public opinion or sympathy for her
was so strong that the immense crowd OF
spectators present, when the verdict was rem


dered, applauded and cheered in the widest
and most excited manner
Year: 1861

The Palmetto Tree.-There is naturally con-
siderable interest felt in regard to this kind of
tree at the present time. Those desirous of
seeing one as it appears in its native Carolina
have been afforded an opportunity of gratify-
ing commendable curiosity, fine specimen
having been sent on to N B Hill. Esq :, of this
city, which he has caused TO be planted in his
yard on 10th street, between Franklin and
Grace streets. 1t is good representative OF
the sturdy Independence of the race on whose
soil it had its being.
Year: 1861

The city is unusually quiet for this season
of the year. We note the presence OF a good
many strangers, but most OF the interest they
manifest seems 10 be centered on the State
Convention and its deliberations. The spring
trade opens with fair prospects of remunera-
tive returns TO our merchants, who deserve
great credit for the manly way in which they
meet the conseq uenees of the ''crisis"
Year: 1861

The PEACH CRoP.-The Rochester Demo
crat says From all parts of Western New
York comes unwelcome intelligence respect
ing the prospects of the peach crop. There
is little reason to doubt that the cold snap
early in February did great damage to this
frnit -
Year: 1861

York River Raitroad.-This railroad has
now before the General Assembly bill So
liciting aid to the extent of 800 900, in order
to complete il. The State owns five. seventh
of the whole stock, and the Directory say tha {
with that sum Of money (for which they ask
the road can be completed in q short time, and
placed on paving footing.
Year: 1861

A MELANCHOLY CASE OF DISSIPATION The
Boston Journal mentions the following sad
Instance of mental and social ruin resulting
from unres trained dssipat ton


"Among the tenants of the lock up on Mon
day night was mana wreck of what he
was before he became a prey to his perverted
appetite-who, until within few years,
stood in the foremost rank of the medical
profession, enjoying lucrative practice in
one OF our suburban towns, surrounded by
all the comforts which wealth and social po-
sltion could give; yet having yielded to pas
sion for drink, has in the space of eight years
squandered u fortune of about one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, and descended to
the lowest degree of degradation
Year: 1861

DRAFTING ORDERED.-As we predict
ed several days ago. the preliminary order has
gone forth for drafting troops in Iowa. The
amount Of the story is Gen. Fremont wants
men to carry on his plans in lis division, and
he 10 bound to have them. II volunteering
will not fill the order, the next step is to call
forth men hy conscription. The order of Adj't
Genl Baker will be found in this issue. Those
who prefer to volunteer can yet have that
privilege. but the troops must come one way
or the other. II will probably be week or
two before the work will commence.