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, 1863-12-14
THE LAST OF THE cRln,Rns
Special Dispatch to the c

lspecial Dispatch to the Chicago Ttbune1
SPRINGFIELD. H., Dee. Il, 1853
The People on relation Of Reyes ys. The
Auditor, and thc same On relation Of Harless
rs. tho Secretary Of state-a peramptory
manda1nus in the above Cases Is refused.
Judge Walker and Breesc holding tt1st the
proclamation Of the Governor, acduiessed In
by thc General Assembly, term1natsd tie
session on the 10th daylof June.
, 1863-12-14
ANNUAL REPORT or eEkERAA
HALlEcK,

WASHINGTON. Dec. 12.-The report Of the
General-in-Chie is very lengthy document,
comprising mainly grand summary of the
military operations since his last annual re-
port. Referring to the Department OF the
Potomac, General Halleck says Burnside's
proposed change Of base was not approved
by him. Burnside, therefore, consented to
cross his army by the fords Of the Upper
RaPpahannock, and then move down to seize
the heights Of Fredericksburg, while small
force was to be sent north Of the river, to
enable Houpt to reopen the railroad. This
plan was assented to, but not approved.
Burnside, instead Of crossing the Rappahan-
mock by the fords, as he was expected to do.
marched his whole army down the north
bank Of that river. Lees army, in the mean
time, moved down to the south bank Of the
river, which was at this time fordable few
miles above the town; and General Sumner
asked permission to cross and occupy the
heights, but 1t was refused. and no ATTEMPT
Was made to effect a passage till December
18th, By which time Lees army had been
concentrated. 1t Is alleged that the defeat,
Which ne suffered soon after, resulted from
the neglect to forward the pontoou train
from Washington; whereas the pontoons at
the time were at Berlin. in the arrnv ~ tba
Potomac, The delav wns tberefore nnsro;5.
able, and on Investigation of matters Rnn-
side pronounced II co.
snealinr IF ant. l.
the General-in-CAief says: 1t has been al-
legged that Grant nosit;re]r a;sohor.d +ha H.
structions Of his superioss. It is hardly
NECESSARY to remark TINT cr,n+ ,ov.- 49,
bcyed m order: moreover he ~ h.s ners- ~
co,nn,.,,oa +1,,t +,,a f,o..'es
mis- him all thc means md assfs+snaa ~ ~ -.
power to fac1I;t,tc flo e~ecn+;on ~ ~ snr -. 49,.
lie saw f,t ia adon+ - @' fN1'A0
Thc Cenc-,1 en agns+a that A.. n..,
,nr 1tra, ,,,,,r az .s ~ .-e .eDe. !" :,
, 1863-12-14
THE FATE OF TIE GRfDfRON.

~A% A-A AAS W. Il XII NN&Ox0UN.
1t is not often VIC write an obituary with
feelings Of Joy, but We confess to large
degree Of unalloycd satisfaction in chron-
lc!ing the Inst Of tic infamous G1idiron,
and that the highest authority in the State
h:s put an eternal quictus upon the swim
d!':, which pack Of petty dcma-
-goGucs sought to nstcn upon the
City OF Chicago, and which involved in its
Issue train Of evils to the State at large,
as 1ongas the tail Of comet The pcoplc
of Chicago will breathe easier now that
they are not at the mercy Of this handful
OF men who had planned and sought to
carry 10 sddcess gigantic monopoly which
threw into their hands The control Of every
highway and sealed the mouths Of those
Who would protest against the enor-
nifty. The people Of the State at large
will rejoice that in the crushing Of this
'swindle, they are spared still greater evils
evils OF a State and National character
which must have followed. The majesty
and purity Of the law have been most sic-
nally vindicated. It was a Democratic
measure, urged before Democratic Judges,
but the Democratic lawyers who urged it
have found that the ermine cannot be taint-
ed. The Supreme Court laid aside its 20
lttical sympathies. rose above all party
tcelings, and dissected the question placed |
before them upon its naked legal merits,
and have given their answer:
By TINT answer the action Of the Gov
ernor is sustained. By that answer the |
State is saved IN infamous apportionment;
the wheels OF the National Government
will not be blocked with the stones these
unscrupulous demagosues sought to throw
in front Of them; the Legislature cannotbe |
brought together again; the courts cannot J
be Get at defiance; the prerogatiyes Of |
the Governor which he has nerer
sought to exercise except to ad-
Tance tie interests of the Union
cause, are intact, and ruinous per diem
reaching from tic disperscment to the rc
assembling is spared the State Treasury;
long catalogue Of evils has been wiped out,
ofwhich the bartcring Of the city into the
hands Of Little Fuller and Wabash C.
Goudy was but one.
But the gridiron is melted down and in
its overheating Inns roasted its owners to
crisp. We have no spare pity for
them OF their pockets, President,
directors, stockholders, bondholders, or
hangers on. If they can save themselves
from the sudden collapse with whole legs,
they viii be lucky. We understand
search is to bc instituted BY the curiosity
hunters among the remnants Of the Gridinon |
Tor what is left OF Little n Wabash Fuller,
and Wabash c. Cloudy. Il there is any
thing left Of them, and if the wind is not
knocked clean out Of their bodies, will they
inform us Of the quotations Of their stock,
hoy soon the rai1s arc going down, and
how many streets they are going to occu-
py Will they inform us Of the status of
the Gridiron, and who is to get the con-
tract for laying down the solderP VIII
they tell Us somewhat in detail rs to the
condition Of their hcalthe Our columns
are open to them, even though they come
in the coarsest sackcloth and gTeyest Of
ashes Speak out, gentlemen. How are
you, Gridirons?
, 1863-12-14
FROM CAIRO AND BELOW,

CAIRO, Dec. 13.-Late accounts from be-
low represent Marmadukc cndeavorfng to
unite his forces with Price, who was said to
be. crossing Red River in Texas, Prices
, 1863-12-14

LOUISVILLE, Dec. 13.-Intcrmittent rains
tor the past two days, somewhat heavy, and
this evening the thermometer stood at 5. de-
grees. Barometer 20 degrees and falling.
, 1863-12-14
The Captured Steamer Chesu-
nn.1Kzn

PORTLAND, Dec. IA dispatch from Hall
fa1, this forenoon, states that the steamer
Chesapeake left Shclburne on Saturday
morning with IN increased crew and thtee
claldrons Of coal. She is supposed to be
on tho trnck Of some coal yesBel
, 1863-12-14

~ The internal revenue tax mid by cIti-
zcns Of Massachusetts,, during the year end.
ing September ], 1855, amounts to % 40 4o7.
, 1863-12-14

II A considerable stock Of sheep, horses
and COWS are being imported into the United
States, from Canada, for the use of the MILL
ary market.
, 1863-12-14

new YORK, Dec. ia very heavy ealc
from the eastward, with rain, prevailed on
Saturday night and to-day, Nc disasters yet
repOEted.
, 1863-12-14

Weather Bound.
Bad weather haring interrupted the work
Ing Of the Eastern wires, We are unable to
get any more reports tonight.
REPQRTEH,
, 1863-12-14

PORTLAND, Dec. l2.-The steamer Chcsa,
pcake left Shelburnc at Il o'clock last night,
after shipping men aud coaling.
, 1863-12-14

AAc TVbk11AStCfetsenefA Report.
The Postmaster-G General reports that dur
ing the Inst fiscal year the financial condition
Of his Department has been one Of unusual
prosperity The revenue has nearly equalcd
the expenditures, the latter amounting to
l1,SlA ,A6.S4, and theformer to fl, 1853, ,7B9.
50. There is good reason to believe that the
department will be self-snstaining in q brief
period Of time
The whole number or Post Offices existing
On tho S0th Of June, 1868, was 29,045
Eight hundred and thirty offices have been
established, and G53 have been discontin-
ned.
The number Of special agents On June,
GOO; and 387 route agents ut an aggregate
ontlay Of $eS9, 800; also Is local agents at
$27,0A. Baggage masters in charce of ex-
press 1nails Lad received s7,440.
The total cost Of Trans-Atlanticn mail eteam.
ship service was $342, 1880. This price
covered 132 round trips to various European
ports.
The Postmaster-General regrets to state
that no progress has been made in negotia-
tions for new postal convention with Prus-
eia, embracing the States comprising the
German Austrian Postal Union, on account
gard to territorial transit charges.
He renews his Recommendation of March
Sd, 1602, to the postal committees In Con-
gresg, that IL private ships departing from
tie United States for foreign ports should be
required, Us condition Of clearance, to con
by Congress.
During the year the increased lencth of
routes has been t, SIS miles, but the annual
cost of mail transportation has decrcased
$113, 258, or about 2 per cent.
The value Of stamps issued to Postmasters
during the {car Is $, 6S3, $50; stamped letter
envelopes, k64, ,ss1, and stamped Newspaper
, 1863-12-14

Buffalo Marketa-Dec. 13.
FLoCR-Gniet and unchanged.
GRA1S-Wheat-Q1ies and nrua. Corn-Be tier and
sales. ~ NV
Wu1eKY-Bettcr, at Sc,
1NPonre-10.0 600 lEls Flour 3,03Q bu Wheat.
, 1863-12-14

The Illinois and Michigan Canal Enlarge
ment, / learn from its friends, has a larger
number Of and more influential supporters in
this Congress than the former. Several Of
the men elected from tue Eastern States ta-
vor 1t, md it is expected 1t will receive
more calm md dig gnihed attention than dur
ing the last session. 4 few narrow minded
men still continue to inycIgh againat it. Aud
for narrow mfrdelness think on any cues
tion, your Pennsylvania politician Is not to
he excelled: 1t appears rs if they mover could
get ont Of the old groo7es in which they
hare been running for years.
, 1863-12-14

Filth.
.: g. q .1r63
Money IN 1air demand at r cent. On calf.
cloainy quiet nt 80. ~ 80
, 1863-12-14

st. Louis Murkets-Dec, II.
Cor1oy+-Receipts 80 bsles, No aa1es.
=. fLoyE--Dull and dropping. Decline for the week
SC to I9r.
nnAE.-Wheat du1l-dcclIned :@sc. Corn n,7u-
advanced 1c. Oats hrMer.
Louisville Tobacco aInrket-Dcc. IL.
Tobacco advanced S!.0n37 % q ltd . since Frlaav
TGrnicr. -'
, 1863-12-14

0sWego Mnrkct-Dec. ii.
FLouH-Firm With good demand for interior md
eastern trade. ~
GIAN-Wheat lrE and quiet. Corn held 81 50.
OtlcE grains nominal.
Weather Mllder and lhaTiuE
, 1863-12-14

IRE LVVI5IANA NEMBER9.
These bogus representatives will doubtless
be stricken from the roll. TWAS bare faced
fraud, the return Of these men, and all such
attempts to reorganize secedcd States should
be promptly suppressed, as they arc fraugAt
with danger to the future peace and welfare
Of the country.
, 1863-12-14

Capt. ]. Y. Rutherford, well known as
having been Chief Clerk in the State Quarter
masters. Department, at Springfield, NJ,
has received the appointment Of Chief Quar-.
te1master ut Ale3andria, in place Of Capt.
Ferguson, arrested and Imprisoned for
frauds on the Government This is an excel
lent appointment, and peculiarly fitting, as
Capt. Rutherford has been engaged for some
weeks In fe1reting out these outrageous
frauds at Alexandria,
The Shasta courier., 1863-02-07

HoNE TYRANTs.-For his rule over his
family, and his conduct to his wife and chill
dren, subjects over whom his power is mon
archial, any one who watches the world
must think with trembling of the account
which many a man viii have to render. Fur
in our society there is no law to control the
king of the freside. He is master of proper
ty, happiness, life almost He is free to
punish, to make happy or unhappy, to ruin
or to fortune. He may kill wife gradually,
and be no more questioned than the grand
seignoir who browns a slave atmidnght. lie
may make slaves and hypocrites of his chill
dren, or friends and freemen or drive them
into revolt and enmity against the natural
law of love. 1 have heard politicians and
coffee-hou wiseacres talking over the news
papers, and railing over the tyranny of the
Emperor, and wondered how these, who are
monarchs too in their way, govern their own
domains at home, where each man rules alb.
solute. When the annals of each little reign
are shown the Supreme Master under whom
we hold sovereignty, histories will be laid
bare of household tyrants crdel as Amurath,
savage as Nero, and reckless and dissolute
as Charles ThdckerQy.
The Shasta courier., 1863-02-07

A HARD IT.-Jim-never made joke
in his life, vet no man ever had more made
at his expense. On one occasion. while a
candidate for Congress, he was making a
speech in country school house to an audi
ence Of country farmers, who were, as gen.
eral rule, very attentive listeners. Joe c.
however 70, med an exception He had been
partaking rather literally of whisky straight,
under the influence of which, his comments,
made in tone rather louder than stage
whisper, were exceedingly annoying to the
speaker. Jim prepared for his grand effort.
My friends" said he, 8 am proud to see
around me tonight the hardy yeomanry of
the land, for love the agricultural interests
of the country and well may love them,
my fellow-citizens, for was born farmer---
the happiest days of my youth were spent in
the peaceful avocations of son of the SOIL
If | may be allowed to use fgurative ex-
preston, my friends, may say icas raised
bet,oeen t,co ro,cs Of feorn.''
.. A punkinl by thunder exclaimed the
inebriate Joe.
The Shasta courier., 1863-02-07

NvsBEa OF sTARs.-To our naked eve are
displayed. it is believed, 5000 stars, down
to the sixth magnitude; and of these only
twenty are of the first, and seventy Of the
second, magnitude. Thus far the heavens
were the same to the ancients as they are to
ourselves. But, within the last two centuries,
our telescopes have revealed to us countless
millions Of stars, more and more astonishing.
ly numerous the further we a e enabled to
penetrate into space. Every increase, Sir
John Herscbel says, in the dimensions and
power of instruments, which successive i'm.
proyements in optical science have attained,
has brought into view multitudes innumera.
lie of objects invisible before; SO that, for
anything that experience has hitherto taught
US, the number of the stars may be re lily in.
finite, in the only sense in which we can as.
sign meaning to the word. Those rendered
visible, for instance, by the great powers of
Lord Rosse's telescope, are at such an incon-
ceivable distance that their light. travelling
at the rate of 200, 600 miles second, cannot
arrive at our little plannet in less than tour
teen thousand gears! Fourteen thousand
years of the history of the inhabitants of
these systems, if inhabitants there be, had
passed away during the time that ray Of
their light was travelling to this tiny residence
of curious little mani Consider, for mo.
ment, that that ray of light must have Quit
ted its dazzling source eight thousand years
before the creation of Adam l-Samuel Var.
rem,
The Shasta courier., 1863-02-07
shasta County Courts.
The Law Of Newspapers.

l. Subscribers who do not give express notice to
the contrary, considered wishing to continue
their subscription.
2. If subscribers wish their papers discontinued,
publishers may continue to send them until all
charges are paid.
5. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
papers from the office place to which they are
sent. they held responsible until they settle their
bill and give notice to discontinue them.
4. If subscribers move to other places without
Informing the publisher, and the paper is sent to
the former direction, they are held rcsponsible-
Notice should always be given of removal.
5. The courts have decided that refusing to take
a paper or periodical from the office, or removing
and leaving it uncalled for, is prima facia evidence
of intentional fraud.
zH- Postmasters would obligc. bya strict fulfill
ment of the regulations requiring them to notify
publishers once in three months, Of papers not ta-
ken from their office by subscribers.
SZ3- Under the law of Congress papers are not
charged postage in the county in which they are
published
The Shasta courier., 1863-02-07

The VALUE OF DIscIPLINE.-In the battle
of Fredericksburg, Gen. Sykes Second Bri-
gade (regulars), then under command Of
Major Andrews, was ordered to take par
ticular position at midnight, preceding the
terrible battle, and to hold it at all hazards.
1t crossed the river, arrived at the point, and
the whole command were ordered to lie upon
the ground. AT daybreak the cause of this
last order became apparent. The brigade
was within eighty yards of a stone wall, be-
hind which were stationed. the rebel sharp
shooters, and not far behind them thirty-six
rebel cannon, entirely commanding the po-
sition thus occupied by our troops if they
stood up. They were protected lying down.
by ridge Immediately in their 'front.' hardly
higher than that thrown up by deep wagon
rut. As long as they laid perfectly still it
was, however. sufficient cover for them
Thus the brigade held the position for twen-
ty-four hours. not firing gun, but suffering
to the extent of one tenth of the whole num-
her killed and wounded by the rebel sharp
shooters, who picked off every one that raised
his person but high enough to permit him
even to light his pipe. The discipline and
gallantry thus shown BY this brigade are
well nigh unexampled in the history of mod
ern warfare.
The Shasta courier., 1863-02-07

BLooDY.-The Oregonian states that on the
evening of the lst of January. ult., there
was public ball at Florence, Salmon river
mines. At this party, a women of improper
character intruded hersefand was ejectedby
j. d. Williams, widely and favorably known
as "Jackey' Williams, and O. Robbins.
This women was under the protection of Hen
ry Tolbert, sometimes called 8 Cherokee
Bob," who had an intimate named William
Willoughby. These two men determined to
revenge the slight put on the woman, and
spent the second day of January in hunting
for fight with Williams and Robbins.
During the day collision took place between
Robbins and Tolbert, which came near hav-
ing bloody termination. 1t was only pre-.
vented by the interference Of Mr.. Keenan,,
the Deputy Sheriff of Idaho. At night the
parties met in front OF the Bank Exchange
Saloon, and Tolbert and Willoughby opened
fire on Williams and Robbins. Willoughby
was slain by fourteen pistol shots, and died
on the spot. Tolbert received FIVE shots in
his body, and died on the 5th inst. Thus
closed the earthly career of one of the most
murderously desperate men that has ever fig
ured on the coast-Henry Tolbert The
friends of Mr. Williams and Mr. Robbins will
hear with pleasure they were acquitted of all
blame in the matter.
The Shasta courier., 1863-02-07
Fnur w1ru BEAn-Cnrresnondene

FIcHT WITH A BEAR.-Corresponde
from Murphy's Camp. Gated January 10Th,
in the Stockton Independent. says:
A grand bear fight, or rather an encounter
between bear and two men-Mr. Christie
and bis partner, proprietors of the Big Mca-
dow Station, forty miles east of this place, or
FIVE miles east of Black Springs. took place
week ago. These gentlemen were out hun
ting when they came upon a large grizzly
bear. Joe, Christie's partner, fred into his
bearship, wounded, him and made him SO
furious that he attacked them. The animal
made for Christie, who was armed with a
pistol and an AK. Christie shot once and
missed his mark, when the bear closed in to
take fair fight. Christie with the utmost
coolness dropped his pistol and met the beast
with the AK On the first round the bear lost
an ear the second deprived him of his right
hind leg; the third, Joe approached with
loaded rife, but was requested by Christie to
stand back and see fair play, wien he struck
the bear on the head with the pole of the Ak,
and the fourth round the bit of the ak was
plunged in the animals head, which stretch
ed him on the snow. The men packed the
carcase home, satisfied with their days hunt.
The Shasta courier., 1863-02-07

Our SUNSETS s--Though we may never pro.
perly appreciate the glorious beauty of the
sunsets of these fine days, when the earth
feels first the stirring impulses of awakening
life, it is much to know that our dull percep-
tions yet gather some of the poorer sensations
Of their grand magnifccnce. A poets brain
and Saints heart might enable one to
bathe deeply in this glorious effulgenee. But
to us, who are poorer, it is something to
be privileged to kiss the lintels of the outer
doors of our occidental sunset temple. Its
penetralia we may never see. Let US then be
content with such feeble light as is appor-
toned TO US. Nowhere in all the broad
earth dces the miracle of day and night close
together their gorgeous ceasing, as in this
valley that lies so closely on the confines Of
the occidental sea. Nowhere does the beau
tiful sunset-manifest type OF God-so drape
himself in hammered clouds, so grandly fit to
be the couch of all magnifcence, as he does in
this our Palestine. A poet and dreamer
would say that when the sun so closed itself
in such array of billowy beauty that it was a
grand prayer and benediction, terrestrial
alteration yelling from natures heart to na-
lures God. May thei Sunset of Time be so
gorgeously painted and SO auspicious of
hope Appeal.
Who shall say that the heart of the writer
of the foregoing is not in the right place? 1t
is refreshing to find such sentiments express
ed in these times of contention and strife.
when mankind is almost entirely given over
to worldly matters.
The Shasta courier., 1863-02-07

THERE are two thousand eight hundred
streets in London which, if they were placed
in a straight line, would extend three thou
sand miles, or twice the distance between
Calais and Constantinople. If person
should undertake to walk through all these
streets, and should 60 ten miles day each
working day, it would require a whole year,
and meanwhile new city with from sixty to
seventy thousand inhabitants would be
built
The Shasta courier., 1863-02-07

LAST spring when the Sac and Fox Indians
were enrolled for payment, they were found
tt number 1850 men. Last week they were
again paid but were found to number 13O
less than they did six months before. No
epidemic has prevailed among them. no fear
full war has thinned their ranks, but they
rapidly fade away. So dies wave along the
shore.
The Shasta courier., 1863-02-07
OLD MA1Ds..This is what DR.. Hall saws ol

OLD MAIDs.This is what Dr. Hall saws oi
this class in his Journal of Health:
s.Being an old maid implies decision of
courtly manners, nor splendid persons, have
won them over nor fair promises, nor shall.
low tears; they looked beyond the manner
and the dress, and finding no cheering indi-
cation of the depth of mind and sterling
principles, they gave up the specious present
for the chance Of more solid future, and de.
termined in..hope and patience and resignation
to bide their time.
The Shasta courier., 1863-02-07
COUNTY DIRECTORY

50 County QmCerS.
Diariet Jadgs-w william p. Daingerfcld, OF
Shasta.
County Jadqe-C-C. Bush.
Associasc Jssfic<z |R Harmon, W. N. Guptill.
Recoyder-J a spurick.
UierEJohn Anderson.
SherifE IS. Follansbee.
Under Vim. H. Angel.
Tac CoUector--A. Skiilman.s
Deputy Tdr Coi1crfor-Ben. D. Anderson.
Assessor-Caleb Watkins.
Public Administrator-Denn Dunn.
.Smrreyor--E. Linn.
District Ahorney-W. L.. Knox.
Smp Public h,strucfioa-G. X. Godfrey.
Board of Saperrisors.-lst District, Samuel
Cooper; I'd District, James Daley Sd District, E.
Waggoner.
Township Onicers.
Township No. 1.-Justices James Keen, Fl. A.
Curtiss; Constabes, P. Gilhooey, T. CHASER !;
Roadnaster, VIM. Thompson.
No. 2.-Justice, E. Dickinson Constabies, l..
Williams, T. KeHnedy Roadmaster. +, r. Land.
No. 4--Justicc, d. S. Start; Constable, lc,--------
Icssslrnnstcr, AT homas. -s -zl-s : -
No. 5.-Justice, F.. Harmon; Constable, L.
Gregory; Roadmaster P. Seaman.
No 6.|ustices, G. W. adams, VIM. n. Guptiil.
Constables, Sam. Downing, W. H. litter; Road
MASTER Frank Lack.
No.y-Justice, w. L. Wright; Constable, ].
Maxwell; Roadmaster, J.. Megarry.
No. S.-Justices, H. II. Shutfieton, James IL.
Hart; Constable, Charles Mcdonald; Roadmsstcr,
Frank