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The Shasta courier., 1864-05-21

A CASE Of assault by wife upon her hus-
band was recently brought before Phila-
delphia Alderman. and in the course of the
examination the husband testified that for
twenty years he had no peace of mind that
his wife beat him: that for eight years past
she had locked him up in room and exelud-
ed him from her bed: that on the slightest
provoeation she abused him. and, to use his
own language. . She has made me of no use
she has broken nv muscles-she has bro
ken nv neryes-she has broken my eonstitu-
tion-and | can do no work; l am fit for
nothing. She wears the breeches [ don't.p
He also charged her with visiting fortune
teller to ascertain when he would die.
The Shasta courier., 1864-05-21
TIE President has the aeknowled ged cha

TIE President has the acknowledged char
aeter for saying good words in good time, and
his recent tribute to the women of America
is an instance of this. lie spoke for all the
men of America when be invoked the bless
ings which concludes the following manly
and characteristic speech;
| am not accustomed to use the language
of eulogy; | have never studied the art of
payins compliments to women. but | must
say that, if all that has been said by orators
and poets since the creation of the world in
praise Of women were applied to the women
Of America. it would not do them justice for
their conduct during this war. God bless
the women Of America
This is compliment, to be sure but ev-
cry word of il is true.
The Shasta courier., 1864-05-21

"sWANTED, expert needle-women to make
babies bodies % Wen, that heats all u
exclaimed Mrs. Pennington. throwing down
the newspaper in which, during the last ft-
teen minutes. she had been spelling out the
advertisements, and peering Indignantly over
her spectacles across the breakfast-table at
Ike. who was busily occupied in excavatIng
his fourth egg-sheli " Did ever any body,
hear the likesi | always said it was as good
as telIin' Natur' she didn't know how to do
her own work when they instructed steam
rams and donkey engines. But this impost-
erous idea of maxim slop work babies is
enough to make the poor thing throw away
her tools and shut up shop altogether. Mark
nv words, Ike-them sewin' machines will
be pressed into this ere new-fangled busi
ness afore long; and then all the emigratin
IN the world won't be able to keep down the
surplice poppylation."
The Shasta courier., 1864-05-21

TEST OF CHARAcTER.-The use of money
has become, in modern society, the test of
character As men use money they use
everything and everybody. If they are hon
est and equitable in that, they will be honest
and equitable in other thing. Ii not not.
The intense and universal pursuit of society.
it follows that men will manifest in il what
manner of spirit they are of. The eagerness
with which they pursue the " main chance"
absorbs all other feelings and desires. Even
the internal laws and ordinances of God,
which have been established as q bulwark
against the mad assaults Of human passions.
are no barrier to The master passion. 1t may
he that the test comes in a matter Of mills or
of millions but whcneverit comes. and how.
ever it comes. and however large or small the
transaction is. how few. comparatively, out
ofthe immense multitude enga sed in hu siness
can Law their hand On their heart aud say.
:" / have not ovegreached or taken advantage
or put a cent into my pocket that was not
honestly nv own" How few have so scru-
puleus sensa Of t0nov and honesty that they
would 10 more overreach the Government
than their own. brother! For beside the
amazing ambition Of getting rich, another
feeling comes into play. To gain the better
of man in a bargain is accounted smartness.
The flip of greater intellectual keenness is
added to the love of money. There is some
thing peculiarly fascinating in being quicker
earlier, brighter, faster than your neishbor
1t is not that you care so much for the = FL
thy lucre; 40, no but you are resolved not
to be beaten in trial of wits. Thus it is
that false intellectual pride often joins with
the dominant passon Of riches to trample the
golden rules cf honor and fair dealing under
foot.
But in spite ofall solicitations, how beau.
tiful beyond comparison is answering up
rightness IN. 7. Christian Inquirer.
The Shasta courier., 1864-05-21
TuE CuLruRg OF ON1oNs.-The Cincinnati

TuE CuLrURE OF ONIoNs.--The Cincinnati
Gazette says:
The prevailing opinion is thai TO grow good
onions the sets grown the previous year should
he planted. This is an error. Better on
ions and larger crops can be grown from seed
than from sets. The seed should be first
sovn in hot bed as thick asshey can stand.
.s soon as the seed Is up open the beds 10
the air and water freely. Prepare your
ground and plant the sets from the hot bed
sinsIvs one by one, three inches asnnder, in
rows ten inches apart. If the ground is very
Good and they are well cultivated you may
have eight hundred bushels from an acre.
The Shasta courier., 1864-05-21
4 SoUrnERN eamp paper publishes the foI

\ SOUTHERN camp paper publishes the fol-
Loving tactics of kissing:
First Motion Bend the right knee, straigh:
ten the left, bring the head on line with
the face of the piece: at the same time ex-
tend the arms and clasp the cheeks of the
piece firmly in both hands
Second Moton-Bend the body slightly
forward, pueker the mouth slightly and ap-
ply the lips smartly to the mnzzle mouldings.
Third Motion-B Break off promptly on both
legs to escape the .jarring or injury should
the piece re..oil
The Shasta courier., 1864-05-21

THE Office of the Speaker of the House Of
Commons, is the most dienifed position a pri-
vate gentleman can hold in England. carry
ing with If $50. 600 per annum as salary.
with a splendid offici residence. and a pen.
sion of S20. 900 for two lives, with his own
elevation to the peerage on retirement from
Office.
The Shasta courier., 1864-05-21

WONDER is often expressed that the loss of
life in large battles is so small. The condi-
ton of $4,000 muskets captured at Gettys-
burg may explain partly. OF these, $4,000
were found to be loaded; $1,000 contained
two loads, and 6.000 from three to ten loads
each. In numerous instances half dozen
balls were driven in on a single charge of
powder In some cases the former possessOr
had reversed the usual order, placing the ball
at the bottom of the barrel and powder on
the top Not unfrequently several paper
cartridges were packed above each other with
out being torn or broken.
The Shasta courier., 1864-05-21
SHASTA COU URIER.

les5- L. p. FISHERIES the only Agent
of the SHASTA COURIER in San Francisco, with pow
to receive subscriptions and advertisements, and
receipt for the same.
oFFICE-17ll Washington street, opposite Ma
guire's Opera House.
The Shasta courier., 1864-05-21

An English newspaper says that only one
person ever got to the bottom Of the Schles.
wig and Holsteln question, ana he was a
oerman professor, who Immediately went
mad. We suppose be was the individual
who originated the saying, There is some.
thing in Denmark"
The Shasta courier., 1864-05-21

The eulogies pronounced in Congress on
Owen Lovejoy. are said to have constituted
the most remarkable demonstration of admi-
ration. respect and love that has been made
on the occasion Of the death of a member
Of that body since the departure of John
Quincy Adams. From partisans of lifelong
opposition to the distinguished lllinosian,
tributes came spontaneously.
The Shasta courier., 1864-05-21
Buckeye Hcroines.

When the ladies of Cincinnati presented
Gen. Rosecrans with a silver tea-set, their
address contained this gorgeous and inspir.
ing passage:
"Sinee the beginning of this fearful war,
your name has Been of peculiar interest to
u.s. not alone because of your devoted patri.
otisn. or your successful career as com
mander; not because Of the right of property
we feel in You as one of our citizens, but also,
because Of your command was composed large
" of the members of our ewn households
our husbands, our bothers and cur fair youn :
sons, whose pet lanes, too sacred Tor any
but home utterance, have been necessarily
associated with your own. As women, we
have deep interest in this war. Deem us
not vain, Sir, if we claim for once TO stand on
platform of equality with our brothers
equality in the sacrifices which we make, and
in the devotion to the cause for which they
fight To US belongs the desolate, disman-
tied home, the sleepless nights and lonely
days-the wearing dread Of disaster, and the
fearful woe of knowing that our darlings are
beyond our reach, tossing on beds Of anguish,
brayely trying to suppress the cry for moth
ers tender presence. To US belongs the
widows broken heart, the pleading appeal Of
our littlo one for lost father, and often the
added stings Of poverty. We feel the bitter
cold and the guawing hunger of our loved
ones in the prisons Of the enemy; and in our
agony we look up and cry, How long. 0
Lord, how lons?" But, Sir, we have not
faltered as fally as you we have recognized
the principles involved il this great conflict.
We believe we enlbody the sentiment of every
loyal woman in the whole land, when we say
to you and through you to each soldier in the
field preserve to us through the integrity of
our Government secure to US, unbroken,
the fair land of our fathers. Better that cur
sons and husbands should perish than that
this, the home Of religious freedom, the proud
example of the success of Republican Govern
ment, and the beacon light TO the oppressed
of the whole world, should be broken into
fragments and become prey to internal dis
sensions and jealous strife"
The Shasta courier., 1864-05-21

TIE Morning Call tells Of Chinese Man
DARN who. forced u fee from his own coun-
try for rebellion, went TO San Francisco where
he lived ON the fat of the land 50 long as his
countrymen would credit him. But they at
last refused more credit; be had no money !;
was to proud to beg, too dgniied to work,
and did not know how to steal on 8
small scale; so he called his creditors togeth-
err upbraided them for their meanness, ad-
vised them to XII themselves, and then in
their presence ripped his own bowels out
The Chinese gave him q grand funeral, and
will send his remains back tosChina.
The Shasta courier., 1864-05-21

TIE hat was passed round IN a certain con
gregation for the purpose OF taking up col
lection. After it had made the circuit of the
church, it was handed to the minister, who,
By the way, had exchanged pulpits with the
regular pastor, and he found not penny in
it. He Inverted the hat over the pulpit cush-
ion and shook 1t, that its emptiness might be
known, then raising his eyes toward the cell
ing, ne exclaimed, with great fervor, Thank
God. have got back my hat from this con.
gregation."
The Shasta courier., 1864-05-21

VAST WEALTH OF CRGsus-In our jottings
of millionaires, it would seem as though
these pages were incomplete without some
data concerning him whose name has for CEN
turies and generations-fresh down to the
present day-fGrnished the standard repre-
sentative of vast wealth. Croesus hourished
about the middle of the sixth century &. c.
The prodigous wealth which he had inherited
had been increased by the tribute of conquer
ed nations, by the coniiscation of great es-
tates, and by the golden sands of Pactolus
Perhaps some idea of the extent of his wealth
may be formed from the rich yotive offerings
which he is known to have deposited in the
temples of the gods. Herodotus himself saw
the ingots of solid gold, six palms long three
broad and one deep, which, to the number
of one hundred and seventeen, were laid up
in the treasury at Delphi He also saw in va
rious parts of Greece the following offerings,
all in gold, which had been deposited in the
temples by the same opulent man: figure
of lion, propably Of the natural size; a
wine bowl of about the same weight as the
lion; a lustral vase: statue of female,
said to be Croesus's baking woman, four and
one-half feet high; shield and spear: a
tripod some figures of cows and number
of pillars; a second shield in different place
from the first, and Of greater size.
The Shasta courier., 1864-05-21
O. O. ~ Q. I.
Mount Shasta Division, No. rs, S. of t
Officers OF Western star Division. No. q
:. OF T.. French GuEch.

Wright r. 5; Thco. Shouhofcr. \. r. 5; T.
Kennedy, l.; P. Hughes, F. 5. Fleming Spencer,
Chaplain; Victor Kern. C.. W, g. Buchanan. A.
c.; e. Oyermier. l. :. L. Dickinson, 0. S: H.
Warner, P. ~. 2.
Regular meetings, every Sunday evening, at q
O'clock, z. n.
The Shasta courier., 1864-05-21
Terms of subscription.
Terms of Advertising:

Terms of Advertising:
For One Square, Of 10 lines or less one insertion
-Four Dollars for each subsequent insertion, Two
a liberal discount made to Monthly and Yearly
Advertisers.
asg- Advertisements not marked with the num-
her of insertions thereon viii be continued until
ordered out, and charged accordingly.
ALSO,
Having furnished our Office with elegant as
sortment of FANCY JOB TYPES, we are prepared
70 execnte neatly and expeditiously, all manner OF
job Printing. such rs
Bills of Fare. Bill Heads,
grcuIars NIandbills,
Pamphlets, Programmes
Ball Tickets, Cards,
Posters Books,
Law Blanks, Catalogues
Drafts, Checks, &C.
The Shasta courier., 1864-05-21
NUMBER u.

Bo-TREE, the oldest tree in the world.'i
An extraordinary tree is stated by Sir j. En-
erson 10 exist in the island of Ceylon. 1t is
known as the = Botree,i of Anar-aiapsora,
and is, in all probability, the oldest histori.
cal tree in the world 1t was planted 2sS
years before Christ, and hence is now ,. l52
Years old. Ages varying from 1000 to 1900
years have been assigned to the boababs of
Senegal, eucalyptus of Tasmania, the dragon
tree Of Grotayo, and the chestnut of Mount
Etna. But all these estimates are matters of
c mcclure, and such calculations however
ingenious. must be purely inferential
whereas the age of the Bo-tree is q matter
OF record its conseryancv has been an nhiee
oi Sollci;ude to successive dynasties, and the
story of its yicissitudes has been preserved
IN series of continuous chronicles among
the most authentic that have been handed
down 10 mankind. Compared with it. the
| Oak of Elleric is but sapling, and the Con.
queror Oak, IN Windsor forest. barely num-
bers half It's years. The Yew-trees of Foun-
tain Abbey are believed to have fourished
there twelve hundred years ago; the olives
in the garden Of Gethsemane were full grown
when the Saraeens were expelled from Jeru-
salem and the cypress of Soma, in Lom
hardy, is said to have been tree in the time
Of julius Cesar; yet the Bo-tree is older
than the oldest of these by century, and
would almost seem to verify the prophecy
pronounced when it was planted, that il
would : flourish and be green forever
The Shasta courier., 1864-05-21
THE
SHASTA COURIER
BY JOHN j. CoNMY.

Publication Office in Tomlinsons Building front
room, up stairs. three doors ABOVE chs a q
Co.'s Express Office.
The Shasta courier., 1864-05-21
Officers ofahasta Il. \. G.. No. 8. F. & 4. VI
Officers of shasta Council. No. 6F.&A.M.
fioccrs of Shasta Encainpmcnt. No. is. 1
%. q. T..

Samuel ISaacks. c. P. T. s Follansbee
S-SF IL. ?. Frank Ruch. 5. W; D. Beinert. s
AsSS Jonn Poster, I. Wm. H. Angel, l. W.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-04
ROMANTIC AFFAIR IN ONO.

In the northern part of Hancock
county, there resided a good-looking
intelligent young widow, whose hus-
hand died in 1860. Now, this hus-
band, who was very considerably the
senior of his wife, on his death-bed
had exacted a promise from her that
she would never marry again, and af-
ter his death, his relatives managed to
gobble up his entire estate, leaving
her not only widow, but very poor.
The aforesaid promise to her husband
she regretted in less than year, for
10, young officer in the gallant 21st,
from the neighboring county ofwood
who had loved her before her mar
riage, renewed his suit She would
have married him. but for the fatal
promise, and remarkably tender
conscience, which rebuked her when
ever she thought of the matter.
So the matter stood until the battle
of Chickamauga' The young officer
was badly wounded, and was brought
home to die. He made all his pre-
parations, setting his house in order
completely, for the last scene of all in
his eventful history. He sent for the
widow and told her he desired but
one thing, and that was to provide
for her. He knew that she was poor,
and he had no property to leave her;
one thing only he could do. His
widow would receive pension of
thirty dollars month from the gov
ernment-he would make her his
widow.
She thought of the matter for sew
eral hours, and finally concluded to
do it. True she would violate the
letter other promise, but not its spirit
and when she thought Of the good
the pension would do her, her scru-
pies vanished, and they were married.
Singular as it may seem, this mar
riage had a beneficial effect upon our
wounded hero. He showed signs of
improvement Immediately; in fact, so
rapid was his recovery, that the ex-
widow began to think that the hope
of his pension was growing faint; and
well she might, for in week he was
walking apout, and last Wednesday
he started for his regiment, leaving
a wife behind him who wept bitterly
at the parting.
| Some say the gallant officer was
not wounded at all-that the whole
affair was a deception, and advised
the deceived woman to sue for div
orce; but she thought not. She did
not believe there was any deception.
She had done justice to the memory
of her deceased husband; he only pro
posed marriage to benefit her; in his
recovery she recognized the hand OF
Providence, and was disposed to sub
NIT thereto.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-04
EXISTENCE OF GOD

There is God the herbs of the
valley, the cedars OF the mountain,
bless him-the insect sports in his
beams-the elephant salutes HIM
with the rising orb Of day-the bird
sings him in the folisge--the thunder
proclaims him in the heayen-the
ocean declares his irnmensity-man
alone has said. "There is no Godr'
Unite in thought, at the same instant
the most beautiful objects in nature
suppose that you see at onceall hours
of the day, and all the seasons of the
year, a morning offspring; and morn.
ing of autumn; a nature bespangled
with stars, and night covered with
clouds; meadows enameled with flow
ers, forest hoary with snow; fields gil
ded by the tints of autumn; then
alone you will have just conception
of the universe. While you are ga
zing on that sun which is plunged
under the vault of the west, another
observer admires him emerging from
the gilded gates of the east. By
what inconceivable magic does that
aged star, which is twinkling fatlgued
and burning in the shades of the eve
ming, re-appear at the same instant,
fresh and humid with the rosy dew Of
the morning? At every Instant OF
the day the glorious orb is at once
rising, resplendent at MONDAY, and
setting in the west; or rather our
senses deceive us, and there is, prop
erly speaking, no east, or north, OF
south, or west in the world. Every
thing reduces itself to one single
point, from whence the King Of Day
sends forth at once a triple light in
one sin gle substance. The bright
splendor is perhaps that which ma
ture can present that is most beauti-
full, for it gives us an idea of the per
petual magnifcence and resistless
power of God.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-04
BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.

Go preach to blocks and stones ye
who believe that love is clay! Go
reason with trees; Or hills, or images
Of wood, Or with your motionless, icy
souls, We who believe, because there
is no marrying yonder; there shall be
no embracing or because we may not
use the gentle words--'my wife'-we
NAV not clasp these sanctified forms
in our own arfnsl I tell you man,
that immortality would be glorious
cheat, if, with our clay, died all our
first affections. 1 tell you that ami
hilation would be heaven, If l believ-
ed that when my head at length rests
on its coffin pillow, and my lips sink
to silence and repose in death, those
loving eyes wotild never look into
mine again, chat holy caress bless me
no mores a-5-, -.-s .--1 : ~
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-04
TAKE YOUR COUNTY PAPER

:"
A cotemporary apfiy say< ether
are many reasons why sfery sfamil,
should have their home paper. 80
apart from military matters, th
winter will be one ofunequalled inte
rest. The discussions In Congress
the progress of ideas, preliminar,
crystalization of principles and par
ties preparatory to the great struggl,
at the ballot box next fall, all make i
important for the people not only tc
keep themselve informed of public
matters but to see to it that such infor.
nation is disseminated broadcast
throughout the land. Those who al
ready see the dawning of a brighter
and better day, day of glorious
promise for the nation and humanity
throughout the world, ought of all
things not to slumber now. If they
would work most effectually to the
end of complete and glorious triumph
they should be steady, active and
Jealous, throughout the present win
ter.
Now is the time for every active,
live and thorough-going Union
man to take the paper himself, and
get others to take them as well. Two
Or three hundred Union papers circu-
ated in every county this winter, will
be more effective in promoting right
7oting next fall, and preserving a
steady and efficient support of the Ad-
and the Government,
han two or three times the effort
necessary to secure them, made in
my other direction next Spring and /
summer. We repeat it, take your
ocal paper, and by all means pro-
note and extend their circulation a.
nong the people.
In subscribing for a paper, people
hould not forget their HOME paper,
he most valuable and cheapest one
hey can take. The price is almost
he same, and the JOURNAL for in
tance gives all the news of the day,
ogether with the local and county
Iews, which the city papers cannot
i've and the subscriber gets his paper
Without paying the postage taxed on
ity papers. By all means take your
ouHty paper first. 9.|-.-
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-04
For the Gallipolis Journal.

AOA
THE VOYAGER.
stood on the shadowy shore of time,
And gazed on life's rolling river;
That river which bears to an unknown cline
Our friends and our hopes forever.
And there where the silvery moonlight lay,
In a barque the color of roses,
A fair young girl as lovely as May,
In silent thought reposes.
Her eyes are like the midnight food
That swells in the upper deep,
Or the solemn shade of some grand old wood,
Where the soft dews silently weep.
She is throwing flowers of the rarest perfume
On the waves of that rolling river,
But they glide away on its bosom Of gloom;
Float away from her sight forever.
Over her face of beauty and grace,
Where creeps shadow of sorrow,
And tears in her dark misty eye trace,
With sigh for the coming morrow.
Mourn not, they have foated but awhile,
Dim not those starry eyes;
Te shall gather your flowers with rapturous
smile
In the garden of paradise.
ALvINA.
ROSE CorrAeE, Jan. "a, 1864
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-02-04
A CONTESTED COUNTY SEAT

Pike county in this State is again
perplexed with contest for the coun-
ty seat, it being alleged that fraud was
exercised in moving it from Piketon to
Waverly. Although the people of a
county certainly have right to To-
cate their county seat where they
please and for convenience, it should
be as near the center of population as
possible, yet once located, it should
not be removed until large excess of
population, and that not concentra.
ted in town, should demand it,.
These are troublesome questions to
Legislatures, and spring generally
from the industrious intrigues of in
dividuals to enhance the value OF
their property. Legislatures dodge
the responsibility, and leave it to the
people, when they should dispose Of
the question at once, or require 8
most decisive majority of the voters
to determine removal.