The Shasta courier., 1862-07-26

drcd dollars Tor taking gun over the pass.
With songs and glee they tugsed at the ropes.
Cleaning through the mists of these almost
inaccessible heights, there was flash of
banners and FURNISHED arms. resembling
phantom troops battling in the air.
The soldier found, to his surprise and graf
tifeation, that, upon the summit of the
mountain his loved commander had made
wonderful provision for his refreshments
An immense store of bread, cheese, and re-
freshing wine,-wine not like our misera-
bic products of the still, but the true juice
of the grape, had been collected for the oc
casion in the monastery. As the soldiers
passed each one received, without confusion,
a loaf of bread, a peice of cheese, and a gen
erous goblet of wine. Whenever, in any
part of the path, any especial difficulty was
encountered, the bugls sounded the charge,
and tho soul stirring strains reverberating
sublimey among the cliffs animated the sol
diers, and they pressed on as if storming en-
trenchments on the field of battle. But Prov
idence seemed to smile upon the enterprise,
and though some hundreds men and horses.
perished by ayalanches and the various cas-
ualities of the route, in four days the whole
army was assembled on the plains of Italy.
Gen. Bertheir was sent TO ward with the ad
vance guard-Napoleon remained behind
personally to superintend the passage of the
| troops and was the last man to cross the
mountain. One solitary Swiss peasant II
guide, accompanied him, leading this mule.
The peasant was not aware of the distin-
guished dignity of his companion and Ma
poleon's irresistible sympathy with humani-
ty so won upon his confidence that he artless
ly revealed the story of his love for q fair
maid in his native village, whom he longed
to marry, but could not, as he had neither
house nor land for the support OF family.
Napoleon, as he dismissed his guide, gave
him an ample reward, and in addition in
trusted him with loose paper, containing q
few lines written in pencil, which he was to
give no his return to the other side, to the
Administrator of the army.
The young man found, upon presenting
the bills to his unutterable surprise and de-
light, that it was Napoleon whom he had con-
Quoted over the mountain, and that the pa
per contained an order that there should be
purchased for him field and cottage. This
worthy peasant died a few years age, having
enjoyed during his whole life the peacef Al
home thus generously conferred on him.
The heroic little band, without an hours
delay. advanced rapidly along the valley of
the Aosta. Suddenly their march was ar
rested by fort which effectually swept the
|
Napoleon fastened to the front, and with his
glass carefully scanned the mountains. He
perceived ridge, beyond the reach of the
guns of the fort, where soldiers could pass
in single file, but along which the artillery
could not be drawn He sent his troops ov
er the ridge deceiving the garrison in the
fort with the idea that he would attempt to
take his artillery by the same path. In a
dark night, trusty men, with great caution
and silence, strew hay thickly upon the road
and tie artillery and baggage train were
thus secretly passed along. Upon ths face of
the opposite cliff, on shelf where no hoof
of horse had ever trod before, the garrison of
the Fort of Bard had the modification of
seeing Napoleon's whole army of infantry
and horse deGle beyond the reach Of their
guns, The commandant wrote to Gen. Me-
las, who was at the head of the Austrian
force.
Il have seen an army Of 35 900 men and
1000 horse creeping along the face of Mt.
Albaredo. But not a single peice of artil-
lery has passed, or can pass, beneath the
guns ofmy fortress.
i When he was writing this letter nearly
i all the guns Of, Napoleon had gone by, and
like the bursting of a pentup torrent were
rushing down the valley. Melas now awoke
thunderboidt Napoleon fell upon him,
gaining the world renowned victory of Mar
engo.-Abbott-
The TAX BILL.-Since the report of the
tax bill published was given to the public,
several new amendments have been made to
it, as follows;
Enr ri
For kissing homely one, 81, ,50-the ex-
ira amount being added probably as pnn-
ishment for the mans folly.
For ladies kissing one another, ten dollars
the tax is placed at this rate in order to
break up the custom altogether. 1t being
regarded by our NJ. C's as a piece Of mex
, cusable absurbity.
For every Irritation, 10 cents,
, Every young man who has more than one
tgirl' is taxed $500
For courting in the kitchen, Is cents.
Courting in the sitting room. so cts.
Courting in the parlor. 100.
Courting in romantic place, $500, and
80 cents for each offense thereafter.
Seeing lady home from church, 25 cents
for each offense.
Seeing her home from the dime society,
cents-the proceeds to be appropriated tt
the relef OF army cbaplalns.
From a lady who paints, so cents.
For wearing low necked dresses, 500,
For each carl in lady's head above ten,
) cents.
For every unfair ofsnse for entrappine
young men into the sins of matrimony S5, 90.
For wearing hoops larger than ten feet in
circumference, cents for each hoop.
Old Bach's oyer thirty are taxed $40.
Over forty, $50.
Over fifty, $50, and sentenced to banish-
ment i'll Utah,
Each pretty lady is to be taxed from 25
cents to S25, she is to fix the estimate on
her own beauty. 1t is thought that very
large amount will be realized from this pro-
vision.
Each boy baby, so cents.
Each girl baby, 10.
Families having not more than eight ba-
bies are not to be taxed.
A TROUT FACTORY is in full operation at
Glastonbury, Connecticut. under the man.
agement of Messers. Durham. Kellogg
Ives of Hartford whore front are hatched