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The Shasta courier., 1863-05-02
Truth Beautifully Expressed.

The following passage, beautiful in its
truth and in the expression of that truth, is
from the editor of the Baltimore American.
1t will be felt and appreciated by every par
ent, and most heartily co we commend il to
the attention of the children:
If Ifchildren could only be made aware of
the heartfelt delight with which parents be-
hold the development oftalent and noble SEN
timent in their offspring, with what avidity
would they seek the means of expanding the
sphere of their intelligence, aud cherish the
moral sentiments that impart dignity to the
human character. From infancy to manhood
the welfare and happiness of the child is the
sole object of the parent S solicitude Under
all circumstances, through good or evil for
tune, the present and future condition of those
whom they may have rocked in the cradle or
dandled on the knee, is the polar star to
which their affections point with undertaking
constancy. Should their path through life
be prosperous, the possession Of wealth and
distinction is only precious in their ewes as
afording the means of comforting On those
who are, IN future years, to be their repre-
sentatlyes, the honors that attend riches and
exalted character; and should adversely be
their lot and difficulties beset them, they are
forgotten in the hope that circumstances NAV
child may be afectionate and tender, but the
filial relation is not susceptible of the intens;.
ty of affection which belongs to the parental
tie. tits this depth of love which enables the
old to pass from the stage of life without re-
gret. They feel that in their children they
will continue to live, and that however this
world and its concerns NAV be lost to them.
succeeding generations will recognize in their
offspring portions of themselves. With what
unspeakable delight does a father behold the
first manifestations of exalted intelligence in
a son, and how does he dwell upon actions
that bespeak nobleness of purpose and sound
ness of integrity.
II these feelings of eradication are mex
pFesslbly delightful, so on the other hand the
emotions with which he views indications of
an opposite character, are unutterably pain
ful. 70 see the object of his solicitude, over
whom he has watohed day after day, and year
after year, falling from the path of virtue,
and deaf to the appeals ofhonorable motives,
is to have source of bitterness of regret. to
which no temporal blessing can furnish an
antidote. Honors may await, and the conf
dence and love of his fellow beings NAV. for
a moment, cheer his path through life. but
when he reflects that his honor and love are
to be changed into contempt and dislike in
the person of his own child, he feels as if it
were better to be deprived of all, than to wit.
ness so heart-rending q contrast. If there
be reserved for human life. iov more exal.
ted than others, it is that of behoIding its
last moments cheered by the fondness and af
lection OF worthy and virtuous progeny,
and II there be pang more agonizing than
any other, 1t is that Of a dying parent. who Sc
last thoughts rest upon the crimes of de-
PRAYED but fondly loved child'
The Shasta courier., 1863-05-02

MAKING \ NEEDLE.-Ordinary needs are
made of steel wire. The wire is first cut by
shears. from coils, in,o the length of the
needle to be made. After batch of such bits
of wire have been cut off. they are placed in
a hot furnace. and then taken out and rolled
backward and forward on table till they
are straight. They are now to be ground
The pointer then takes up two dozen or so
of the wires and rolls them between his
thumb aYd his fingers, with their ends on
the grindstone, first one end and then the
other Next is machine which fattens
and cutters the heads of ten thousand nee
dies in an hour. Next comes the punching of
the eyes, by boy, so fast that }the eve can
hardly keep pace with him. The splitting
a dozen, perhaps of the needles. 4 woman
with a little anvil before her, files the heads
and separates them. They are now complete
needles. but they are rough and rusty, and
easily bent. The hardening comes next
They are heated in patches in furnace.
and when red hot are thrown into pan of
cold water. Next they must be tempered,
and thisis done by rolling them backward
and forward on hot metal plate On very
coarse cloth needles are spread to the num-
ber of forty or fifty thousand. Emery dust is
strewed over them, oil is sprinkled and soft
soap is daubed over: the cloth is rolled hard
up. and, with several others of the same
kind, thrown into sort of wash pot to roll
to and fro twelve hours or more. They
come out dirty enough but after rinsing in
clean hot water. and tossing in saw dust,
they become bright and are ready to be sort.
ted and put up for sale.
The Shasta courier., 1863-05-02

LODE. LEAD. LEDGE.-These three words
are now employed, by the newspapers, as
convertible terms for one and the same thing,
videlicit: a metallicvein. Our opinion, mod
estly expressed. is, that lode'' is the proper
word, and that " lead" and ledge" are not
warrented in that sense. Webster defines
I" lode" as "a metallic vein. or any regular
vein or course, whether metallic or not, but
commonly metallic vein" The English
noun, "lead,' is defined by Webster as
precedence, going before, guidance" and
in no sense does heapply it to metallic vein.
" Ledge" according to Webster, is: 1st,
q stratum, layer, or row )" I'd. ia ridge,
prominent row." Sd, "a prominent part,
regular part, rising or projecting beyond
the rest - 4th, ga small moulding ~ 5th,
g a small piece of timber placed athwart
ships" 9th, g a ridge of rocks near the sur
face of the sea- Being-perhaps rather
fastidiously-opposed to the unnecessary
coinage of new English words, and the mis-
application of old ones. we here enter our
solemn protest against the employment of
s leadn and +" "ledge," as proper terms for a
vein of quartz. and insist that lode, which
is the legitimate word, shall be restored to
its ancient rights and privileges Waskoe
Times.
The Shasta courier., 1863-05-02

LOWS TELEeRARH.-If a gentlemen wants
awife, he wears ling on the first finger OF
the left hand if he is engaged, he wears
it on the second finger; if married. on the
third; and on the fourth if he never intends to
be married. When lady is not engaged,
she wears hoop or diamond on her first fin
ger if engaged, on the second if married,
on the third and on the fourth if she intends
to die maid. When a gentleman presents a
fan. flower, or trunket to lady, with the
left hand this, on his part, is an overture of
regard should she receive it with the left
hand it is considered as an acceptance of his
esteem but if with the right hand, it is a re-
fusal of the offer. Thus by few simple to-
kens explained by rule, the passion of love
is expressed and, through the medium of
the telegraph. the most timid and difident
man may, without difficulty, communicate
his sentiments of regard to lady, and in
case his offer should be refused, avoid ex-
periencing the modification of an implicit re-
fusal.
The Shasta courier., 1863-05-02
NUMBER 8.

A MIXED Up CAsE.-The Cincinnati Ga.
zette tells the following story Mrs. Patrick
Lyon and Mrs. Heidelbach reside in the same
house on Third street, near John, living on
the most friendly terms with each other. and
enjoying, with their respective husbands,
life Of such eonnubial felicity and happiness
as seldom falls to the lot Of women. For
some time past it had been evident that Prov
idence. SO lavish in its expenditure of bliss
on these two happy couples, contemplated
adding further to their cups of iov by pre-
sentation of :" olive branches" Singular to
relate, the presentations both took place at
the same time on Tuesday night last. but
the favors were somewhat unequalfy distrib-
uted, Mrs. Lyon, at the conclusion OF the
ceremony, finding herself in possession of
two smiling cherubs, and Mrs. Heidelbach
OF but one. Thus far everything went gai.
~ as marriage bell, the joyous fathers were
IN ecstacles, and the happy mothers were
hlled with unutterable Joy; but, as If the
fates were determined to mar the pleasure of
the scene, an unlocked for difficulty arose,
when tor time put a considerable damper
on the spirits OF the whole party 1t seems
that the nurse who had been EMPLOYED to of.
hcIate on the occasion had, in consideration
OF the momentous duties she had to perform.
imbibed such copious libations of spirits as
to become decidedly drunk, in the broadcast
sense of the term and when she brought in
their babies. to show to the expectant pater-
mails. she had got them mixed up in such in
extrlcable confusion that she was unable to
tell to which they each belonged. This was
blow which they had not expected, and
produced profound sensation in the circle,
but the difficulty was at once solved by Pat.
rick. who demanded two of the babies any
l. Al. r -
and he could decide whether or not the other
was when it was grown up. by seeing if it
could speak Dutch. The Dutehman. who at
first felt as bad as the rest. to think that the
child on whom he might be lavishing his love
and affection might be the offspring of anoth.
er, took happily to the idea of the Irishman,
and Is resolved to return the one which has
fallen to his lot, should he find it speaking
Irish when it is old enough to talk
The Shasta courier., 1863-05-02

| HORRORS OF THE THIRTY YEARS WAR IN
GERMANY.-If a place lay between two ar
miles, both parties had to be asked for sola
9ardtd, and both parties lived by agreement,
In peaceful intercourse, at the expense of
their host. But it was seld N that either in.
dlyIduals or communities were so fortunate
as TO be able to preserve even this unsatisfac-
tory protection for it was necessary for the
army to live When a troop Of soldiers en-
| tered village or country town, they rushed
like devilsinto the houses wherever the dung
heaps were the largest, there the greatest
wealth was expected. The object of torture
to which the inhabitants were subjected, was
| generally to extort from them their hidden
property they were distinguished by spe-
cial names. as the ''Sweedish fleece and
the g ''wheel.'' Theplunderers took the flin.s
from their pistols, and forced peasants
thumbs in their place they rubbed the soles
of their feet with salt, and caused goats to
lick them; they tied their hands behind their
backs; they passed bodkin, threaded with
horse hair, through their tongues, and mov-
ed i gently up and down they bound knot
ted cord round the forehead, and twisted it
together with a stick they bounu two fin
gers together and rubbed ramrod up and
down till the skin and flesh were burnt to the
bone; they forced the victims into an oven.
lit the straw behind them, and so they were
obliged to creep through the flames. Raga-
mullins were everywhere found who bargain
ed with the soldiers to betray their own
neighbors. And these were not the most hor-
rible torments.
Thus did the army misbehave among the
people, robbing every house, devastating
every field, till they were themselves involved
In the general ruin. And the destruction
OF these thirty years increased prodigiously.
1t was the years from 1886 to 1641 which an
initiated the last powers of the nation from
that period to the peace death like lasstude
pervaded the country: communicated it
self to the armies, and one can easily under
stand why the misery of the soldiers called
for some consideration for the citizens and
peasants.-Pictures fife in Germany.
The Shasta courier., 1863-05-02
township Officers.

Township No. 1-Justees, James Keen, II. A
Curtiss Constabes, P. Gilhooley, T. Chaser
Roadm aster. Wu,. Thompson
No 2.-Justiee, E. Dickinson Constabes l..
Williams T. Kennedy; Roadmaster, t. X. Land.
No. 4-Justice. b. S. Start Constable, ,----
Roadmaster. A. Thomas
No. 5.-Justice, +. Harmon Constable, L.
Gregory Roadmas;er, p. Seaman.
No. 6.-,Iusticcs, e. W. adams, VIM. N. Guptlil.
Constables Sam. Downing, W. ii. Liter; Road
master, Frank Lack.
No t-Justice, W. l.. Wright; Constable, J.
Maxwell; Roadmaster, j. Megarry.
No. S-Justices, II. III. Shuiieton. James L.
Hart; Constable, Charles Donald Roadmaster
A. Frank
The Shasta courier., 1863-05-02

A CASE OF CoSscIENcE.-Joseph Robidoux
senior, one of our citizens, was lately in re-
ceipt of about three hundred dcllars, the his
tory of which will, probaly, never be known.
A Catholic in st. Louis, at confession in
formed the Prieststhat he had defrauded Mr..
Robidoux of that amount, and made full res.
tituion. The Priest remitted the same to its
rightful owner. Mr. Robidoux has not the
slightest idea of the name of the party. or the
transaction out of which the affair could have
sprung. Who will say that the ''.,monitor
within" is not faithful watcher over the
acts of men ?-.S. Joe. Herald
The Shasta courier., 1863-05-02

EATING BETWEEN MEALs.-Among the
many slight causes of impaired digestion is
ot be reckoned the very general disregard to
eating between meals. The powerful diges-
tlon of growing boy makes light of all such
irregularities but to see adults, and often
those By nc means in robust health, eating
mullins, buttered toast. or bread and butter.
couple of hours after a heavy dinner, is a
distressing spectacle to the phvsiologist. 1t
takes at least four hours to digest dinner :.
during that period the stomach should be all.
lowed to repose. A little tea or anv other
liquid is beneficial rather than otherwise, but
solid food is a mere incumbrance there is no
gastric juice ready to digest it. And if any
reader having at all a delicate digestion, viii
attend to his sensations after eating mullins
or toast and tea, unless his dinner has had
time to digest, he will need no sentences of
explanation to convince him of the serious
error prevalent in English families of max.
ing tea a light meal, quickly succeeding
substantial dinner. Regularity in the hours
of eating is far from necessary; but regular
ity of intervals is of primary Importance. 1t
matters little at what hour you lunch or dine.
provided that you allow the proper intervals
to elapse between breakfast and luncheon and
dinner. What are those intervals? This is
aquestion each must settle for himself Much
depends on the amount eaten at meal, much
also on the rapidity with which each person
digests. Less than four hours should never
be allowed after heavy meal. But those
who dine at six or seven o'clock, never need
food again till breakfast next day, unless
they have been dancing or exerting them
selves in walking in which cases light
supper is requisite.-Le,ciS' Physiology of
Common Life
The Shasta courier., 1863-05-02
Army Statistics.

y report on the mortality and sickness of
thd s,unteer forces of the United States dur
in& ne present war, prepared by E. B. Eli
Oft The Actuary of the United States Santa
ry Commission, develops some curious and
interesting facts. From the r.turns of casu.
altis5 made to the Adiutant General it is cal
culTted that the number ofdeaths has been at
the annual rate of fifty three out of every
tho..sand men, of which forty -four were from
disease and accident and not quite nine from
wounds received in battle. This estimate
does not include those who quit the servive
disJbled or otherwise, and the inference is
tina <t least as large a proportion of these
die # those who remain in the service
Mo flhcers are killed in battle than privates
in r. portion to their numbers, the rate for
ofhe--s being eleven and half, and for pri-
Yates eight and half per thousand. but the
mortality Of officers from disease and accident
as compared with the privates is twenty two
to fcrty-six. Two-thirds of the deaths of Of
fcers and five sixths of the privates result
FROM accident and disease, so that only one
third of the officers and one-sixth of the pri
Yates vino die in the service meet their death
from wounds. Mr.. Elliott estimates that to
keep constantly in the field an army of half
million effective men, which would be equiv
allen. to five hundred and seventy three regi-
men;s of eight hundred and seventy two men
each, there must be provision mado for fifty
eighs thousand sick, and additional recruits
obtained at the rate of one hundred and twen-
ty three thousand a year The average of
sick is equivalent to sixty regiments, SO
that six hundred and fifty regiments must be
under pay to secure the service of half mil
lion # effective men,
All the efforts of Sanitary Commissions and
priva.e care have been unable to prevent an
increase of the mortality of the army. The
deaths In winter are nearly double those in
autunn, and the autumnal mortality is al.
most double that of the summer. The men
recruited and doing service in the West ex-
hibit q mortality more than three times as
great as those recruits from and serving in
the Eastern and Middle States. The average
of datths from casualties in battle among
Wesrsrn troops is five times rs great as with
EasteNn troops. To supply losses in the
Eastefn regiments it requires two hundred
and t9-entysix new recruits every year to
lk221ran~ 9 = s-ganization ofone thousand and
about two hundred and thirty four in the
Western armies The missing and deserters
in the Eastern regiments are double the num-
Der of those among the volunteers of the West
These statistics show the terrible drain which
war makes upon our populat on, and how
much energy is required in the recruiting
service to keep the ranks full
The Shasta courier., 1863-05-02
COUNTY DIRECTORY
County Omcers.

Dis,1ie. Judge-Wil lillian P. Daingerfeld, OF
Shasta.
t'aspty Jadge-C- c. Bush.
County Treasurer-Felix Tracy.
Recorder-J. r. Durick.
C1erk-John Anderson.
.Nerif-John S. Follansbee.
Under Sheri5-Wm. H. Angel.
Tar caltcctor-A. Skilman.
Deputy Tar Collaboration. D. Anderson.
Assessor-Caleb Watkins.
Public 4dministrator-Denn Dunn.
.Surregor-E. Linn.
District Attorney-W. L. Knox.
.Sap PuJlic instruction-G. X. Godfrey.
Board Of Saperrisors-lst District, Samuel
Cooper; ID District, James Daley Sd District, E.
The Shasta courier., 1863-05-02

GRACE AND DIsGRAcE.-A gentleman in
the habit of entertaining very often circle
of friends, observed that one of them was in
the habit of eating something before grace
was asked, and determined to cure him upon
a repetition of the ofense. he said s.For
what we are about to receive, and for what
James Taylor has already received, the Lord
make us truly thankful The effect may
be imagined.
The Shasta courier., 1863-05-02
shasta County Courts.

Held on the first Mondays of May. September
and January
AT said terms, the business pertaining to the
Court of Sessions shall be FIRST disposed Of and after
that the business OF the County Court and Probate
Court in such order the Judge may determine.
BoARD OF SUPERvIsoRs-Meets lst Mondays in
May. AUGUST. November and February.
The Shasta courier., 1863-05-02

EAR AcHE-They are using mixture Of
equal parts of chloroform and laudanum, ap-
piled upon lint, in France, for the cure of
ear ache. 1t IS said to be very eficacious /;
first producing sensation Of cold, then
numbness, decrease of pain, and, in short
time, sleep. Mothers, don't forget this.
The Shasta courier., 1863-05-02

A man carrying cradle was asked by a
pretty miss, rather archly, if that " was not
one of the fruits of matrimony
"Oh, no, my little charmer," said he
+" this is only the fruit basket"
The Shasta courier., 1863-05-02
Times Of Holding Courts.

NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
SHAsrA-Seeond Mondays of March, June and
November.
SIsKIYou-Third Monday Of January, first Mon
aay of May and third Monday of September.
TRrxIry-Second Mondays in April, August and
December.
The Shasta courier., 1863-05-02

The Hurdy Gurdes in Virginia City
henceforth will have to pay license of three
hundred dollars, or not be permitted to show
their agility.-Appeal.
Tut tut-Sterrd Dem,
The Shasta courier., 1863-05-02

NOTICES OF the PreSs.
This is sound Company"
'' The insurance of certain sum for ones family
is a prudence that every man should adopt in these
critical times
The man that would be respected and loved by
his family in life, and gratefully remembered in
death. viii provide his family against want"
''All our most prudent citizens and soldiers are
nsuring a competence to their families in case they
drafted killed in the service it is the only
safeguard in these critical times" nj :9m
The Shasta courier., 1863-05-02
HASTA COURIER.

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of the SHASTA CouRIER in San Francisco, with pow
ers to receive subscriptions and advertisements and
receipt for the same.
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guire's Opera House.
The Shasta courier., 1863-05-02
Notices of the Press.

P.S Money may be sent in registered letters, oil
by express, at our risk.
The Shasta courier., 1863-05-02
THE
SHASTA COURIER.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING,
BY JOHN J. CONMY.

Publication Office in Tomlinson's Building, front
room, up stairs, three doors above Wells, Fargo
Co.'s Express Office.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-28
Skirmish between Stuart and
AVerill.
The Rebels Repulsed.
Another Fight Going On.
Interesting from Hilton Head.
The Passaie Trying her Mettle.

Nav YoEK, Feb, q. The Tribune
has the following:
"STAFFoRD c. H., Feb. 26.-About
noon yesterday Stuart's cavalry made an
attack on a part Of Averill's division of
cavalry, near Hartford Church
A skirmish ensued, resulting in the
repulse of the rebels. Our loss killed,
wounded and missing, about 40
A rebel Captain. and Lieutenant were
killed; another Captain and number Of
privates were taken prisoners.
The rebels are at Deep Run, about
four miles above Hartford Church.
Firing was heard in that direction this
afternoon.
Hilton Head letters of the 10Th say re-
ports of heavy firing from the direction
of Wilmington River has been heard all
day.
No official news Of any engagement
has been received up to late hour this
evening, but it is supposed the Passaic
opened upon the Humboldt Battery in
order to draw attention from the opera
lions of land forces sent to erect batter
/ les and place Instructions in the river il
order to shut in the ram Atlantic, anC
relieve the Passaic from blockadin2
duty.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-28
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
BY THE E. W. LINE.
Exclusively for the Journal.
CONGRESSIONAL.
xXxYIIth Congressional Session.
WASHINGTON. February 81.

WASHINGTON, February 81.
HoUsE-The House went into Com
mittee of the Whole, Colfax in the
Chair, and resumed the consideration of
the Internal Revenue bill
A substitute was adopted for the sixth
section, imposing new rates of stamp
taxes on prOmissory notes, in order that
it may more certainly be executed and
avoid evasions; also on bonds or mort
cages, with power of attorney, and taxes
on sales of ships and assignments of in
surance policies 1t exempts soldiers
and sailors pension papers.
SENATE.-A communication was re-
ceived from the Secretary of the Treasu-
ry transmitting an additional report from
the collections of New York concerning
the duties on paper.
A Committee of Conference was appoint
ed on the bill to limit the number of
Major and Brigadier Generals.
Colomer from the Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads reported back
the bill to allow the Covington and Gin
cinnati Bridge Company to build a
bridge across the Ohio river at not less
than one hundred feet above low water
mark with two hundred feet span.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-28
Interesting from Mexico.
The Government Denounces Raids
on Texas.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27-Our Govern
ment has been officially informed of the
action of the Mexican Government in re-
lation of the invasion of Texas by bands
of vagabond Mexicans. The Mexican
Minister for Foreign Affairs has in
structed the Governor of Tamaulipas
to make a solemn declaration to the
Confederate authorities that such inva-
sion of Texas by bands of Mexicans are
not only discountenanced by the Next
can Government, but meets its stern de-
nunciation. The Government of Tam
aulipas is further instructed as far posi-
Bile to prevent the further invasion of the
neighboring soil of Texas.
Should the Texans or other rebels re-
taliate by invading Mexico, they are to
forfeit all claims to the protection of
Mexico.