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The Shasta courier., 1865-05-27
How Hath the Mighty Falleni

Shades of Hector, Achilles, Agamemnon,
Julius Caesar and Bombastes Furioso! In
the dark grottos of Hades sit down and cover
your ghostly mugs with your shadowy man
ties! Bones of the Hugnenots Rattle in
your mouldy sarchophagil Graves of the
the Cavaliers Heave! Ferment! and
shoot forth pestilential crops of dog fennel
and Jimson weeds! Howl We Southern
breezes and let the palmetto groves moan
g Ichabod Ichabod |" for the glory hath
departed from those ''born to command"
and the superior races bung is extracted !
No more upon his throne of skulls sits Cotton
the King. nor longer prates of Empire, Bonn
bastes Lee, and Peter Toutant. and all the
thousand doughty giants of Rebellion's Had,
have beaten their swords into stirrup irons
and their spears into axle-trees, and the
clouds of dust obscurs the coat.tails of the
rear guard of the Grand Army. The Presi
Dental chair of the Southern Confederacy is
filled by a..nigger reporter of the Philadelphia
Press, and free niggers sun themselves on
the steps of the Senate House at Richmond.
An ugly. one eyed, toothless hag, with petit
coats high raised, and long legged boots
indecently exposed, flies through a e-patch
in Georgia, pursued by Yankee ragamuffin
cavalry. and, miring down, surrenders petit
coats and boots and bowie knife. The hag
is the Confederacy. The gender thereof is
bogus. The pangs and joys of maternity
never thrilled through that horrid form, and
no sucking cavalier was ever nourished at that
withered breast. Bogus representative of a
bogus Government! Those robes of femnin-
ity enfold the form of what was once a man,
and. being rudely stripped aside, JEFF DAVIS
stands confessed in all his charms? To This
complexion has be come at last Och hone
Och-hone. JEFF. Davis Dreams of power,
and glory, and grandeur, faded from that
brain long. long ago; and later visions of
sumptuous retirement, on stolen gold, in some
" sequestered spot" are lost and scattered in
the jungle. JEFF. Davis rides to Washington
at last. Not in trumphal car, with loud
clarions in front, and chained captives in the
rear; nor yet. mounted ON milk white
steed, o'er pathway strewn with garlands,
and welcomed by the sweet songs of maid.
ems. Not much, Jefferson D.. Tattered
and torn garments of Confederate gray"
half hide the shrunken form of the wretch,
who, with gives upon his wrists, wends his
way to the prison of the traitor-perchance
the gibbet of the felon. Oh ! but
The mills of the gods grind slowly,
But they grind exceedingly small
Gold Hill Neus.
The Shasta courier., 1865-05-27

UNITARIAN CONVENTION. : Christianity
,cith Modern Improuements.- convention OF
the Unitarian churches was held in the city
of New York during the first week of April.
1t is described in the Herald. Governor An.
drew, of Massachusetts, presided. One oil
the improvements proposed to be introduced
is mentioned as follows:
The phrase "the Lord Jesus Christi
which was used in a meaningless resolution,
provoked an extraordinary debate. The Rev
Mr.. Watson, of Connecticut, objected to the
title of ' Lord" He was good democrat
and scorned such aristocratic prefxes. We
have abolished temporal titles in this coun
try, and he thought, therefore, that the Sa.
viour ought to be called Mr.. Jesus Christ. or,
at least, Jesus Christ, Esq. These observa-
tions were received with some appreciation
but the Rev. Mr.. Burley, of Florence, Mass,
who was not delegate, and was not invited
to be present, put on the oratorical gloves
with Mr.. Watson, and a very pretty display
of science ensued. The Rev. Mr.. Clark, Of
Boston, stopped this sparring match by
moving that the Unitarians should be called
Independent churches"
The Shasta courier., 1865-05-27

L1NcoLN's FAREWELL WoRDs.-The fol-
lowing words of farewell to his neighbors, on
leaving them, February 11th, 1861, have
now fresh and mournful interest:
NV Friends: No one not in my position
can appreciate the sadness | feel at this
parting. To this people l owe oil that am.
Here | have lived for more than quarter of
a century here my children were born, and
here one of them lies buried. | know not
how soon l shall see you again. A duty
devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater
than that which has fallen upon no other man
since the days of Washington. He never
would have succeeded except for the aid of
Divine Providence, upon which he at all
times relied. / feel that l cannot succeed
without the same Divine aid which sustained
him, and on the same Almighty Being l
place my reliance and support; and l hope
you, my friends, will all pray that l may
receive that Divine assistance. without which
cannot succeed, but with which, success is
certain. Again bid you an afectionate
farewell
The Shasta courier., 1865-05-27
VICTORY AT LAST.

For many years we've waited
To hail the day of peace,
When our land should be united
And war and strife should cease:
And now that the day approaches
The drums are beating fast,
And all the boys are coming home;
There's victory at last.
CHORUS.
There's victory at last, boys; victory at last !
Ger land and sea our flag is free,
We'll nail it to the mast.
Yes. nail it to the mast, boys,
Nail it to the mast,
For there's victory, victory,
Victory at last
The heroes who have gained it,
And lived to see that day.
We will meet with flying banners
And honcrs all the way;
And all their sad prvations
Shall to the winds be cast
For all the boys are coming home
There's victory at last.
CHoRUs.-There's victory, etc.
happy wives and children
Light up your hearts and homes,
For see, with martial music,
"The conquering hero comes,"
With flags and streamers flying,
While drums are beating fast,
For all the boys are coming home
There's victory at last.
CHoRUs.-There's victory, etc.
The Shasta courier., 1865-05-27
Eloquent Extract.

In his oration at the Sumter iub lice,
Henry Ward Beecber thus eloquently and
terribly denounces the leaders OF the rebel
lion. He speaks the sentiments of the ma
ton:
charge the whole guilt of this war up
on the am bilious. educated. plotting politi-
cal leaders of the South. Applause. They
have shed this ocean of blood. They have
desolated the South. they have poured
poverty through all her towns and cities
They have bewildered the imagination of the
people with phantasms, and led them to be-
lieve that they were fighting for their homes
and liberty, whose homes were unthreaten-
ed, and whose liberty was in no jeopardy
These arrogant instigators of civil war
have renewed the plague of Egypt, not that
the oppressed might go free, but that the
free might be oppressed. A day will
| come when God will reveal Judgment, and
arraign at His bar these mighty miscreants !;
and then every orphan that their bloody
game has made, and every widow that sits
sorrowing, and every MANNED and wounded
sufferer, and every bereaved heart in all the
wide regions of this land will raise up and
come before the Lord to lay upon these chief
culprits of modern history their awful wit
shall rise up armies of airy witnesses, who,
with the memory of their awful sufferings.
shall confront these miscreants with shrieks
of fierce accusation: and every pale and
starved prisoner shall raise his skinny hand
in judgment. Blood shall call out ven-
geance, aud tears shall plead for justice, and
grief shall silently beckon, and love, heart
smltten, shall wall for justice. Good men and
angels will cry out. How long, 0 Lord.
how long, wilt thou not avenge?"
And then, these guiltiest and most remorse.
less traitors. these high and cultured men,
with might and wisdom, used for the destruc-
ton of their country; these most accused
and detested of all criminals that have
drenched a continent in needless blood, and
moved the foundations of their times with
h,deous crimes and cruelty, caught up in
black clouds, full of voices of vengeance and
lur,d with punishment, shall be whirled aloft
and plunged downward forever and forever
In an endless retribution while God shall
say, THUS shall it be to all who betray
their country and all in Heaven and upon
the earth will say " Amen! - Voices /:
Amen Amen
The Shasta courier., 1865-05-27

lee FAMILY OF PRESIDENT JoHNsoN.-Mr.
Johnson's family resides at present in Nash.
vile, Tenn, and consists of his wife and
four children-two sons and two daughters.
His son Robert is 90, and Andrew johnson,
Jr.. is IL years of age. His two daughters,
with their families, also reside in Nashville,
having been driven from their homes IN
Eastern Tennessee. One of Mr.. Johnson's
sons. (Charles) who was surgeon in the
army, was thrown from his horse in the year
1868. and killed and Col. Stover, a son in.
law. commanding the 4th Regiment of Ten
nessee Infantry, was killed in the battle of
Nashville, while gallantly leading his COM
mand. on the 18th of December, 1861 Judge
Patterson, who is also a son-in-law Of the
President, lives in Nashville. Mrs. johnson
has been in very delicate health for some
time past and it is probable Mrs. Colonel
Stover will preside over the Presidential
household.
The Shasta courier., 1865-05-27

WouLDS'r WoRK.-A jury in Ireland has
just sentenced black mailing agent there
to find bail or 60 to prison for seven months,
because he was found to be an Irish gen
tleman and would not work"
We unfortunately have quite sprinkling
Of the same kind of gentlemen in California,
who have not gladdened their empty stom-
achs with an honest meal for years. Why Is
it that Calfornians support so many loaters
of the above respectable cast? If man
had no visible means of support where ne
we're raised, he was taken to the block and
sold, under the vagrant law. and compelled
under the lash of the law, to earn hts bread
by the sweet Of hfs brow.-Sockton Ind.
The Shasta courier., 1865-05-27

CURE FOR DRUNKENNEss.-Ther Is said to
be prescription in use in England for the
cure of drunkenness, by which thousands are
said to have been assisted in recovering
themselves. The receipt came into notoriety
through the efforts of John Vine Hall, com.
mander of the Great Eastern steamship. He
had fallen into such habitual drunkenness,
that his most earnest efforts to reclaim him
self were unavailing. At length he sought
the advice of an eminent physician, who
gave him prescription which he followed
faithfully for seven months, and at the end of
that time had lost all desire for liquor,
although he had been for many years led
captive by most debasing appetite: The
receipt, which he afterwards published. and
by which so m&ny other drunkards have been
assisted to reform, is as follows: Sulphate of
iron, five graind magnesia, ten grains; pep
permint water, eleven grains spirit of nut
meg, one drachm twice day. This prepa-
ration acts as tonic and stimulent, and SO
partially supplies the place of the accustomed
liquor, and prevents that absolute physical
and moral prostration which follows sudden
breaking off from the use of stimulating
drinks
The Shasta courier., 1865-05-27
NUMBER l3.
Rainwater a Cause of Consumption.

Under this head, Prof. j. v. Phillips, a
geoiogist OF some eminence, now residing at
dubuque, Iowa, writes the Times of that
city an article, in which he maintains the
use OF rain water, to the exclusion of lime wa
ter, induces and is the cause of consumnt;on
1t should be read vith considerable interest
He says;
A fact has been developed by Liebig, the
great animal chemist, in reference 10 the or;-
gin OF consumption that is not generally
known. In analizing the blood of all ner.
sons of pulmonary complaints he found a
lack of lime in the blood And this led tothe
natural conclusion that consumption was noE
disease, but nothing more or less than the
breaking down of the system for the want of
elements to build it up. A Very curious fact
in relation to this complaint is, that con.
sumption in the United States is confined
principally to the granite and sandstone dis.
tricts where there is no lime held in solution
with the water, and line drawn around
these'rocks encloses all the principal consump-
tive districts in the States. The same rule
applies to children teethng. If nursing
mother wants to have trouble with her chill.
dren she has only to avoid food that contains
lime and drink ralnWater, and when the Pc
riod arrives for the child to have teeth, the
whole energies of its little system will be
brohght into action to eliminate lime sufic-
lent to grow teeth, and this effort of nature
produces the irritation known to mothers as
the g teething period
1t is e7ident persons Who have compounded
the hundreds of nostrums to cure consumption
few if any of these men had the remotest
idea of the causes of this complaint, and con-
sequently their preparations would do harm
in the place Of good; and it is not unreasonable
to say that there are more medical proper.
ties in one barrel of spring water from one
of the springs about Dubuque, where the
water boils up from this coraline limestone,
holding in solution lime, magnesa and other
mineral matter in such a condition as can be
taken up by the absorbents of the stomach,
and ellmated throughout the organization,
than in a car load of" pulmonic" and " pan.
aceas Also that if one of the rivers. the
Maquoketo, Turkey, or other rivers of Iowa,
that rise and flow through purely coraline
limestone regions, could be turned through
New Jersey and the New England States,
and the people drink of its water for one GEN
GRAFTON, that consumption as hereditary
disease would end.
The Shasta courier., 1865-05-27

WHY so MUCH BEAUTY IN POLAND ?-"Be.
cause" says Bayard Taylor, there girls do
not jump from infancy to young ladyhood.
They are not sent from the cradle to the par
lor, to dress. to sit still and look pretty. No.
they are treated as children should be. Du.
ring childhood. which extends through
period of several years, they are plainly and
loosely dressed, and allowed to run. romp
and play in the open air. They are not
loaded down. girded about, and oppressed
every way with countless frills and super
abundant, t,founees,so so as to de admired for their
clothing. Nor are they rendered delicate or
dyspeptic by continual stufing with candy
and sweet cakes. as are the majority of the
American children. Plain, simple food,
free and varions exercise, and an abundance
of sunshine during the whole period of child
hood, are the secrets of beauty in alter
life
The Shasta courier., 1865-05-27

SHERIpAN.-Among host of heroes, it is
almost unfair to mention a single name only.
But the attentive reader of the reports of the
great battles before Petersburg will not be
able to restrain bis enthusiastic admiration
of General Sheridan. For two days he was
bafied and his defeat would have imperiled
the whole movement; but with mastery skill
he retreated, re formed, knew no such word
as fail, and finally, grasping his army with
the hand of genius, hurled it at the enemy,
routed them, and secured the victory. No
name will be sweeter to American ears than
that of Little Phil Sheridan "-Harpers
HeeII1
The Shasta courier., 1865-05-27

IHE LOCALITY OF THE SURRENDER.--The
locality which will be forever famous in his
tory as the scene of Lees surrender to Gen.
Grant, Is Malard's Church. situated in the
southern corner of Buckingham county, on
the Lynchburg and Farmville road, on the
north side of the Appomattox, and about
nve miles northwest of Farmsville. There
may be some other local name than NAL
lard Church for the place, which history
Will adopt instead; but that is the place,
no matter what you call it.-Hartford
The Shasta courier., 1865-05-27

A French Life Assurance Company has an
Improbable experience with certain risk on
an elderly female who,ately died at Versailles
in her lO7th year. In 1922, being then in
the 65th year, she effected life contract by
which she vas to receive 1000 francs annu-
ally. on payment of 80 900 francs at the time
of making the contract. This annual sum was
punctually paid and amounted to 10000
francs A cotemporary remarks that " the
company must have taken a long breath
when this apparently interminable existence
was closed"
The Shasta courier., 1865-05-27
EBENEzER ApAMs.-This celebrated Qua

EBENEzER ApAMs.-This celebrated Qua
ker, on visiting a lady of high rank, whom
he found, six months after the death OF her
husband, sitting on sofa coveredwlth biack,
and in all the dignity of woe, approac9ea
her with great sclemnity, and gently 'akins
her by the hand, thus accosted her: %,
friend, see that thou hast not yet forgiven
God Almighty" This seasonabie reprool
had such an effect upon the person 70 "1ol
it was addressed, that she immediaieiy iala
ASIDE her trappings of grief, and went aoou'
her necessary business and avocations.
The Shasta courier., 1865-05-27

uov. bRowSLow Of Tennessee says in his
inaugural speech, which is wonderfully rea
sonable and calm. that the rebellion killed
slavery " the owner lost all control over
his slave, aud the slave having got out of the
Union, and from under the constitution. has
either been itinerating at will or lying
around loose I"
The Shasta courier., 1865-05-27
officers of French Gulch Lodge, No. rs
L n n
Macken21e'S
PATENT AUTO PROPELLING
GATHERING HORSES.
Patent Horse to carry his master,
Needs no spur to make him go faster;
Kuns along cheerily as soon as you astride him,
Ready to go wherever you guide him.

V>HESE horses run rapidly over any good road,
Il sidewalk or park grounds, with graceful,
eantering motion, propelled mainly by the weight
OF the rider, alternating from the saddle to the
petals, IN the act of rising to the motion of the
horse, and with about the same amount of ererc;se
to the rider as in riding live horse. They NAV
be started, stopped short, OF controlled in oo;ng
down bill, by the rider. They run up moderate
ascent if the road is hard and firm. They arc A;
rected by the bride. As the motions are identical
it is a good mode of training for equestriapism'
They are unequaled as means for agreeable and
heslthfu outdoor exercise, all the year round for
adults as well as for girls and boys of two years old
and upward. Girls ride by using the side-saddle
horn-those under ten years old usually ride
astride. The size for boys is strong enough to
carry man of 800 pounds weight. On the side
walk or level ground, light carriage with child
IN 1t can be attached aud drawn. Any person hav-
ing but one leg can ride perfectly we'll
For prices, inquire at the Office of this paper, OF
send stamp for circular and price list
STEPHEN W. SMITH,
I'll 4oS Broadway, New York.
The Shasta courier., 1865-05-27

AN Illinois paper says that yonng Joe
Smith is gathering Mormon settlement in
Nauvoo, the place in Illinois from which the
sect were expelled with violence and blood
shed before they located themselves in Utah.
The Shasta courier., 1865-05-27
Estate of S, M. Wilcox. Deceased.

NOTICE is hereby given by the undersigned,
IN administrator of the above named estate, to
the creditors of, and all persons having claims
against said deceased, to exhibit the same, with the
necessary vouchers, within ten months from the
hrst publication of this notice, to the undersigned
at his residence at the ranch of Maj. Sheldon, on
Battle Creek, in Shasta county.
WILLIAM WILCOX.
Dated Shasta, March 2sth, 1865. apl
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-18
BEDFORD HOTEL.

The undersigned having taken charge of the Bed
ford Hotel, formerly kept by Col. John Hafer, an
nources 10 the public that he will be able TO afford
the best accommodations, both to the travelling pub
lie and home custom. The house will be improved
and re-ftted, and the Bar VIII always be we'll sup
piled with choice liquors. His table will be sup
piled with the choicest edibles of the season, and
he will spare pains 10 make it suitable for all.
His stable is of the best in Bedford, and good
hoster win always be in attendance.
D5-Boarders taken bv the week, month or year.
Terms reasonable. The public respectfully in
vited TO give him call.
JOSHUA j. SHOEMAKER.
Bedford, January Is, 1864.
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DURBoRRow & IUTz.

ATTORNEYS At Law, BEDFORD, Pa,
Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to
their care. Collections made the shortest notice
They are, also, regularly licensed Claim Agents
and will give special attention 10 the prosecution OF
claims against the Government for Pensions, Back
Pay, county Bounty Lands, &c.
Office Juiana street, one door South of the
"Mengei House," and nearly opposite the Inquirer
office. April ]. IS65-tf.
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FO II 9 Al
OR
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Farm in Bedford township, owned by John IL.
Rush, about tour miles from Bedford containing
$50 acres, about so cleared, with log house,
log barn and other out-buildngs thereon erected :;
also, an apple orchard thereon.
ALS0--A tract of land containing fifteen acres
about seven acres cleared with story and half
log house and log stable thereon erected adjoining
lands of Joseph BrlCkey, John a. ImgTund and 9th
ers, situate in Junata township. The cleared land
is IN good order, and the balance well tmbered, all
capable of easy Improvement and cultivation.
ALSO-A tract of land in Harmon's Bottom, Ju-
nista township, with log house, barn. &c, thereon
erected, containing 10 acres and allowance. Part
OF this tract is cleared and under fence and in good
state of cultiyatlon-near TO school house, mill
&c, adjoining lands of Scott Low, Hughes and 9TH
ers, and lately purchased from William Hurley
ALSO-A tract of land In Union township, con-
tanIng 225 acres, 70 acres cleared, with farm
house, tenant house, double log barn and new Saw
Mill thereon erected Also, apple orchard there
on-knoWn as the "Snyder' or Koons' property.
90 acres of lanG-10 cleared and under fence
with log house thereon erected, adjoininf George
TIoutman, George May and others, partly in Juni-
a tia and partly in Londonderry Townships lately
owned by Andrew Wolford.
ALSO-l66 acres near Sto lerstown within !
mile of Broad Top Rallroad-about 100 acres clear
ed, with a two story dwelling house new bank
barn, stable. &c. thereon erected; also, two apple
orchards thereon, of choice fruit. The soil is a
rich loan, an capable of producing every variety
OF crops of his climate.
ALSO--l6O acres best quality of prairie--near
the Missouri river, close to the county seat of
Harrison county, Iowa.
ALSO-Two 100 acre tracts, adjoining Elkhorne
city, in the richest valley of tie west the Platte
Vaiey-about 90 niles west Of Omaha city, and
close thu great national government road lead
ing west in Nebraska Territory.
ALSO-l6O acres, two miles above Omaha city,
on the great bend of the Missouri. This tract Is
well tmbered and very desirable. all of these
lands were located after personal inspection and
careful examination Of the ground, ami .an be well
relied upon for future wealth. Maps showing the
precise location are in my possession.
ALS0-Three desirable lots in Omaha City, Ne
braska Territory.
ALSO-A lot of ground in the city OF Dacotah,
Nebraska Territory.
The above real estate will be sold ut such prices
as to insure safe and profitable investments.
Notes obligations of any kind, that good,
VIII be taken in exchange-particuiacly good bank
1otes.
Ma! s, 1868. o. E. SHANNON,
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Business Gar0s.
IOSEpH w. TATE.

ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
win promptly attend TO collections OF bounty,
back pay, de-, and all business entrusted to his
in Bedford and adjoining counties.
Cash advanced on judgments, notes, military and
other claims.
Has for sale Town lots in Tatesville, and St. Jo-
seph's, on Bedford Railroad. Farms and unimproyei
land, from one to 900 TO suit purchasers.
Office nearly opposite the 'sMengel Hotel'' and
Bank of Reed x Schell.
April /, 1S65-1y
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T. M. MARsoURG, M. D.,

5 &C r Ii BURG. PA,
Tenders his professional services to the people of
that place and vicinity. Office Immediately oppo-
site the store of John E. CoIvin, in the room for
meTly occupied BY J. Henry Sche3l.
InIY 1. 1864.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-08-18
A. II. CnFERATH.

ATTORNEY A T Law, Somerset, Pa.
Will hereafter practice regularly in the several
Courts of Bedford county. Business entrusted to
has care will be faithfully attended to.
December 6, 1861.