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The Shasta courier., 1865-12-23

A CORRESPONDENT Of the New York Herald
writing from Jackson, Miss, relates the fol-
lowing;
A few days ago Major Ferree, Inspector
General of the Freedmen's Bureau for this
district, and who had been lecturing to the
freedmen throughout the State accompanied
by four orderlies, stopped over night at the
little town of Fayctte. During the night the
orderlies detected some men in the attempt
to steal their horses, and consequently one
of them was placed to stand guard over them
During the night the scoundrels succeeded in
inducing the orderly to 90 with them to a
liquor shop to drink. The liquor was drug
ged, and in a few moments the disobedent
orderly was wrapped in the arms of Nor
paeus. The Williams then stripped him of his
clothing, and .held him up, in a state of
nudity, while drunk and besotted ustice of
the peace actually married him to an old hag
of negro wcnch. who had been bribed to
play her part of the farce with few drinks
They then took the orderly to the cabin of
the wench and put them to bed. where he
found himself in the morning when awoke
The horses were non est. and the williams had
vamoosed the ranch" Such proceedings
are becoming common, and there should be
some measure speedily adopted to restore law
and order among those barbarians who COM
nit such indecent acts. Hanging is too good
for them
The Shasta courier., 1865-12-23
A SWISS PAPER ON WIRz.-Tbe Enrich

A SWIss PAPER ON WIRz.-Ihe Zurich
Sandbote says of the culprit Wirz
capt. Wirz, the monster of And
vile, is really citizen of Zurich
name is Hartmann Henry Writ.
born in Zurich in 1923, and married
Oschwald, now wife of Mr.. Sch
Zurich. They were divorced in 1S.,
held an Office under the Board of Irnu0,
and in April, lS47, by decree of the Grim
inal Court was sent to the state prison for
four years for swindling and enlightenment.
But already in May, 1918, on account of ill
health, ha was pardoncd and discharged from
the pententiary In his outer appearance
Wirtz is small, blonde fellow of insig-
nifcant looks. About '5S or '59 he went to
the United States, and turned into one of
the most abominable tools of the rebel gov
ernment."
The Baraboo Republic copies the above
and adds:
" The above sketch was brought to our
notice by j. j. Gattiker, Esq, who informs
US that his wife passed her earlier years in
the village of which the brother of Emile
0scLwald, with whom she resided was pas
tor. Mrs. Gattiker was quite we'll acquain-
ted with the appearance of Wirtz and the
circumstances of his marriage. Happily, as
she now thinks, the acquaintance extended
no farther. She had, however, forgotten all
about Writ until reminded of him by the
above paragraph"
The Shasta courier., 1865-12-23

FRIGuTFUL ACCIDENT.-Two men, John
Merrill and David Campbell, were last We'd
nesday engaged in tapping the shaft of the
American Co.'S bed rock tunnel at Morris,
town, which with the cut and bed of the
diggings were filed with water, and while
engaged in the operation were broken in
upon by the water in full force, which swept
them, mixed up with mud, boulders and
gravel, through the rocky, and rough tunnel,
distance of 200 feet, dumping them into
the ravine, drop Of about fifteen feet. from
which place they were carried down the
gulch distance of some seventy feet Al
most miraculous to relate, neither of the men
had a bone broken, though they were both
totally disabled, yet able to speak, and it is
thought they will recover. OF all the strange
accidents, so common in a mining section
like ours. which during several years it has
been our painful duty to record, we do not
remember of having heard of anything which
approaches this in its marvellous result. 1t
certainly required no ordinary courage to
enter upon the undertaking, and many o
brave man who has faced death In battle
and other forms, where most of the chances
were in his favor, might well recoil before it..
i But with such result from the tapping. as
was doubtless greatly feared, we are unable
to comprehend how the men have escaped
with lite.-MouRtQiR MESSENGER.
The Shasta courier., 1865-12-23
D,srR1BrrIoS OF ANNUITY Goops

DISTRIBUTION OF ANNUITY GooDs TO
WAsHoEs.-On Thursday last, Mr.. Parker,
the Indian Superintendent, having the arti.
cles all arranged in packages to deliver, col
lected the "red devils to the number Ct
some four hundred in the suburbs of the city,
and proceeded to deliver to them any anount
of blankets, calicoes, hickory shirts, overalls,
cotton handkerchiefs, thread, needles, butch,
er knives. ard the Lord knows what be
sides, at all of which the sayages seemed
wonderfully delighted. After delivering the
goods, the Superintendent made them . a
talk, in which he said he was glad to see
them all; that the big chief in Washington
had told him to tell the red men in Nevada
that the great war nm3ng the white men was
ended: that the Government would now
have time to look to the welfare of ali good
Indians. to give them blankets and shirts,
and make them happy; but that bad indians
would get nothing, and that unless they be.
haved eenteely, the white warriors would
kill every last mothers son Of them; that
the Indians in Humboldt are bad, and the
white men were killing them the Vashoes
were generally pretty good cusses, and for
being good the Goverement had sent them
blankets and calico, etc He exhorted them
to live in peace with themselves and tho
"rest Of maukind," to live where their
fathers lived, and die whore they died." and
do 1t as speedy as possible Carson Appeal.
The Shasta courier., 1865-12-23
Battles of the swordlish and the Whale.

Among the extraordinary s1ectacles some
times witnessed by those who ''go down to
the sea in ships" none are more impressive
than a combat for supremacy between the
monsters of the deep. The battles of the
sw0rdhsh and the whale are described as
Homeric in grandeur. The swordish 30 in
shoals like whales. and the attacks are often
regular sea fights. When the two troops
meet, as soon as the swordish have betrayed
their presence by few bounds in the air,
the whales draw together and close up their
ranks. The swordflsh always endeaTors to
take the whale in flank, either because its
cruel instinct has revealed to it the defect in
the cuirass--or because the flank presents a
wider surface to its blows. The swordfsh
recoils to secure G greater impetus. If the
movement escapes the keen eye of its adver-
sary, the whale is lost, receives the blow of
the enemy, and dies almost instantly. But
if the whale perceives the swordish at the
instant of the rush, by spontaneous bound II
springs clear Of the water in its entire length.
and falls on its flank with a crash tta5' re-
sounds many leagues, and whitens the sea
with boiling foam. The gigantic animal has
only its tail for Defense 1t tries to strike its
enemy, and finish him by single blow But
if the active swordfsh avoids the fatal tail,
the battle becomes more terrible. The ag-
gressor springs from the water in his turn,
| falls upon the whale, and attempts, not to
pierce, but to saw it with the teeth that gar
nish its weapon. The sea is stained with
blood; the fury of the whale is boundle ess-
The swordfsh harnesses him, strikes on every
side, kills him, and flies to other victories.-
Often the swordfish has not time to avoid the
fall Of the whale, and contents itself with
presenting its sharp saw to the flank of the
gigantic animal which is about to crush it:
it dies then like Macchabmus, sm0thered
beneath the weight of the elephant of the
ocean. Finally, the whale gives few last
bounds in the air, dragging its assassin in its
flight, and perishes as it kills the monster Of
which it was the victim. The heroic combat
Of the swordfsh with the whales would assn
redly furnish matter for strange poem, in
which the grand would contend with the
eccentric. The sea of blood. loaded with
monstrous bodies devoid of life, and slain
upon each other, would be picture worthy
of inspiring rival of the singer of the Ba-
trachomyomachia IF the divine Homer did
not hesitate to celebrate the war of mice and
frogs, why should not one of the sons Of
Apollo record the recital of the exploits Of
the swordfsh, and the formidable resistance
Of the giant of the waters.
The Shasta courier., 1865-12-23

INEXPENSIVE HAPPINEss.-Let the chill
dren cut paper, and praise.th them for it, and it
and it will give them pleasure. Let them
make lamplighters, and sure as they feel
that they are helping some one they will be
happy. California I0uths' Colapasesos.
Oh. certainly, that is all very well but
you give them a chance at a jar of raspberry
jam, and let them feel that they are helping
themselves. and they will be infinitely more
happy. What is the tame amusement Of
cutting paper and making lamp lighters
compared to the exhilerating recreation Of
exterminating raspberry jam? Satyr to
Hyperion saping to sawlog! g do ce.
full'' to four aces You don't know amyY ING
about comforting happiness on chil1nay If
you'd have them feel that life is p.sts IL vain
let them tear their clothes; let aiu ;, slina
mud let them hang the cat Aso v ON slide
on the cellar door; let theM ssy No nn ia
cellar door: let them malxeW ID - L..
them embark in commerce ~ 4 80 p 9, ,.'
sight, un-seein - let thesa tbro,r II. 'n.
the Cinnamon; let theaa b. lila dams =, Az ,,
gutter; let them swap. Su adav school boots
for shoemaker wax 20 c| .ew lot thor, {. rIa1,
hockey" . let them + reak thin@s . lot tho
girls suck the paiHst yff their dolls, LET the
boys carry strings, iews-harps. fsbhooks
Nnl'e al9ys' top :, chewing gum. apple.
cores chaik' ''haTc' ,al, "red keel,v barlow
knives, pea l'nts, frogs, tadpoles, grasshop-
pers' glass, corss, door. knobs, and any other
triiies they may cone in possession of, in
their pockets; let them play soldier. circus
fireman, painted savage let them have guns
ana TN swords, and go to war ; let them in.
dulge IN drums.and other things that will af.
ford them cheerful noise; let them fall down
stairs let them stab their toes let them
wipe their noses on their jacket sleeves let
them. Well, let them enjoy even the few
innocent amnsements we have ment;oned
and they, will be truly happy. But-cut
paper and make lamp-lighters ?-such utter.
ly fiat and insipid entertainment as that for
starving, fearing, high blooded children -
On, come now, you re sick.-D,amatic CHrou
The Shasta courier., 1865-12-23
Az exchange stntes that nolice exnmin

An exchange states that a police examin-
ton into the domestic arrangements of George
Miller, of Pittsburg. deyelopes the fact that
for a dozen years his wife and her sister
have submitted to share the marital duties Of
tie household rather than have trouble in
the family. Upon which, a Norwich Conn
paper says: There is a similar case in one
of our neighboring towns. The product of
the two sisters is twenty-one children. The
seIactmen once threatened to arrest the vig-
orous patriarch aud have him dealt with, but
he warned them if they did. his whole fam
lily, consisting then Of fourteen ch ldren,
would bethfown upon the town for support.
This was such a serious view o. the case to
the town authorities, that they left the hap,
py family to work cut their own salTatlon'
The Shasta courier., 1865-12-23
LAYING Up f5R Cur1pRry.-Manv an

LAYING UP FOR CHILDREN Many an un-
wise parent works hard, and lives sparingly
all his life, for the purpose of leaving enough
to give his children a start in the world, as it
is called. Settinga young man an0at with the
money left him by his relatives, is like tying
bladders under the arms of one who cannot
swim ten chances to one he will lose his blad-
ders, and 80 to the bottom. Teach him to
swim, and he will not need the b!adders
Give your child sound education. See to
it his morals are pure. his mind cultivated,
and his whole nature made Subseryient to the
laws that govern man and you have given
him what will be of more value than the
wealth of the Indies. You have given him a
start that no misfortune can deprive him
Of The earlier you train him to depend up.
on his own resources, and the blessings Of
God, the better.
The Shasta courier., 1865-12-23

Az ARABIAN LAUGnNc PLANT. For the first
time met with narcotic plaat, very CON
mon further South, and gifted with curious
qualities. It's seeds, in which the deleterious
principle seems to reside, when pounded and
administered in q small dose. produce effects
much like those ascribed to Sir Humphrey
Davy's laughing gas; the patient dances,
sings performs thousand extravagances
till after an hour of great excitement to him
self and amusement to the bvstanders. he
falls asleep, and on awaking has lost all mem
CRY of what he did or said while under the
influence Of the drug. To put pinch of
this powder into the coffee Of some unsus-
pecting individual is not uncommon Joke.
| never heard that it was followed by anv
serious consequences. though an over guam
tity might, perhaps, be dangerous. / NY
self tried it on two indiyiduals. but in pro
portions if not absolutely homeopathic, still
sufficiently minute to keep sure and safe of
risk, and witnessed its operation, laughable
enough, but very harmless.
The Shasta courier., 1865-12-23

lNoENiogs ExPERIMEST.-Place on sheet
Of white paper piece Of blue silk about tour
inches in diameter. in the sunshine; cover
the centre of this with a piece of yellow silk
about three inches in diameter and tho
centre Of the pink silk again cover with
another circle of greea silk. about one inch
in diamcter then cover the centre Of tho
green silk with circle Of indigo about hall {
an inch in diameter and in the centre of The
whole make black dot with pen. Then
look steadily for minute on this centre spot,
and close your hand about an inch distant
before them, and you will appear to see the
most beautiful circle Of colors that inma gin-
alton can conceive. which are not coloTs of
tie silk, but viii keep perpetually changing,
The Shasta courier., 1865-12-23

REMEDY FOR CRACKED HooFs.-Take a
piece of copper four inches long and four I'M
ches wide. and drill eight holes, four at
each end. so as not to interfere with the
crack, and screw it fast to his hoofs crosswise
of the crack; then take hot iron with a
sharp edge, and burn the crack at the edge of
the hair till it goes through to the quick. After
this let the horse run on pasture, and it will
begin to heal in a few week9 Care should
be taken to close the crack tight before the
plate is fastened on. This remedy will do its
work complete. So says farmer Of Pleasant
Valley, Ohio.
The Shasta courier., 1865-12-23

{" Or all men we are most miserable. -
These words may be uttered with truth by
all copperheads, for men more thoroughly.
wretehedly unfortunate do not exist. Ont
side of the low resorts Of demagogucs. they
seem to be in misery. If they 20 to church
something offends them if they omen their
blbles-this is an almost unjustihabie stretch
OF the notwithstanding disturbs
them; if they enter a political meeting.
where are assembled, confessedlv, the moral
and intelligent men of the community, sone.
thing will outrage them if they listen to a
lecture from any cultivated honorable man
in the country. something will sting them
Surely there IS no peace for the wicked -
truly : the way of the transgrcssor is hard. y
Men who for dishonoFable ends and in the
use of the most INSCRIPTIONS means. try to
hold the world Of men and things where
they are, or worse yet, try to turn them
Lack TO the dark ages of tie past. will of
course be in trouble in this busy. progressive
age All we can say to these unhappy per
sons, Is, Stand from UNDER or take the
consequences = Qaiacy fII) Herald.
The Shasta courier., 1865-12-23

AwFuL.- The following startling threat
was madeuse of the other day by an excited
pugilist III twist you around your own
neck. and ram you down your own throat
until .here is nothing left of you but thu
extreme ends of your shirt-collar sticking ou1
of your eyes" His opponent left.
The Shasta courier., 1865-12-23

Look 6UT Foa TnrM.-Iast Friday evening;
we are informed, two nen stopped at the
Nine Mile House, on the Shasta Road kept
by Mr.. Thos. B. johnson, and after being
carefully supplied with good supper and
bed for the night. they got up before day
light and made off, taking what money there
was in the drawer. at the bar. One is 4 very
heavy set man with light whiskers the other
slim built. They have, Mr.. johnson saws.
every appearance Of foot pads We would
caution the people north of here, to bok out
for them. They inquired 1rnestly
about the Trinity MountaIn rv. ID have,
perhaps gone in that direc1ion-gsed Bluff
IldepeRdenl
The Shasta courier., 1865-12-23
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The Shasta courier., 1865-12-23
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-02-25
i" Babylon Has Fallen 80

Charleston was evacuated by the Rebels,
on Friday. the 18th inst, and the stars and
stripes in triumph wave over that presidential
city, never again to be insulted by the band
of traitors who now fly in terror before the
advance of Sherman's legions. The proud
traitors of the queen city of rebeldom,
who shouted i'll triumph on the 18th of April,
1861, left as fugiti'es, crest falleu and in
tears, the gates of that city, on the 18th of
February, 1865, fleeing from the pursuing
avcnger, homeless, and, like Cain, with the
parricide's curse upon them.
The proud chivalry, who were to defend
the birth place of secession and treason,
which they phrased southern independence,
swore upon their black and bloody affairs
never to yield the queen of the south to the
polluting hands of vandal Yankees, and if
ever the fortunes of war should decree such
a calamity, nought but blackened ruins were
to be left to the conquerors. In place of
these Boosting threats being fulfilled, we find
the chivalry deserving Charleston, the cradle
of the rebellion, without firing gun.
The vain-glorious Beauregard who was
permitted, without molestation, to surround
Fort Sumter with its hand full of men un.
der Anderson, with batteries, boosted to the
world of the prowess of the army of southern
heroes that captured almost an empty fort,
rs though some great feat in war had been
accomplished. That same braggart Rebel
general now leaves Charleston and all SITS
historic memories, as the Rebels POLITICALLY
styled their exploits of the last four years of
civil war-before Sherman draws near
The ''lion in Sherman's path" seems to be
very docile beast. Perhaps he is retiring
to some safer Jungle to await the approach
of the 'great fanker,' who appears bent on
driving the Rebel armies before him till no
place is left them to retreat to, when they.
with spirits broken and in despair of achiev-
ing anything, are either compelled to fight
and be scattered never to be organized as
an army again, or surrender. Everything
seems leading to this point, and the result
cannot long be delayed. The Rebel army
must fight pitched battle, or surrender be-
fore the spring has passed. Heaven speed
the good work and avenge the innocent
blood that has been shed in this diabolical
attempt to establish a slaveholding aristoc-
racy, as q nation on this continent.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-02-25
Obituary..

MRs. ELIzABETH ATKINSON was born Feb.
2Gth, 1873, and died 2Sth of January, 1865,
aged 4 years, II months and days. One
month and one day previous to her death,
she was called to part with her beloved com.
panion. This great bereavement she bore
with truly christian fortitude and resignation
to the Divine will. For several months she
suffered severely from disease of the throat.
but throughout her illness she was patient,
hopeful and prayerful Her trust was in the
''l'amb of God which takcth away the sin
of tie world She was member of the
NJ. z. Church for a number of years. When
asked by the writer, just before dying, show
is it with your her answer was, 81 have
nothing to fear o! how expressive these
words. Going into eternity and nothing to
fear. Thus she passed away in peace, to be
forever with the Lord. TO her "Absent
from the body is present with the Lord. =
She has joined those who had gone before
her, in the brighter and better world above
o !! that all her children and relatives may
so live as at last to meet their beloved mother
in heaven. "Blesscd are the dead who die
in the Lord
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-02-25
fCOmmunicated.1

Mr.. EDIroR In glancing over the col.
umns of the last Cecil Democrat, having
some curiosity to see who was running the
machine at present, but finding that the pub
Usher or publishers, whoever they may be,
are unwilling their names shall risk such an
unenviabe notoriety, my attention was drawn
to so called black list, giving the names of
those true Democratic Representatives., who
voted for the Constitutional amendment,
prohibiting slavery in the United States !;
who, all honor to them, will be blessed by
future generations, said names being enclos.
ed by black stripe above and below, and
commented upon in the usual style of these
squirming reptiles, called Copperheads the
whole thing copied from that delectable
sheet, the New York Day Book.
1t struck me that you should let them
know that we, too, have black list. Tell
them, sir, that deep down in the heart of
every loyal American, true record is kept
of all these traitors to their country and hui
nanity. Tell them our little ones are grow
ing 10 in the full light of the enofmity of their
treason dawnng upon their infant minds, and
are already asking, is Mr.. So and SO a
Rebel? Let them know it is not necessary
to publish names, lest Union men might
forget. No, no, we know them, and they
may rest assured that their names will be
handed down to posterity with all the infamy
they deserve. LoYALlsT.