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The Shasta courier., 1865-11-11
How Nr. Nasty Became Democrat.

l WIZ born a Whig. My parents wuz a
member of that party, leastways my mother
wuz, and she alltz did tie voting, ov course
allowing my father to 60 through the manual
laber of casiin the ballot. in difference TO the
laws ov the kentry, which does not permit
females or niggers to vote, no matter how
much intellpck they may have in2 them
In all probability should hev cast mi lot
with that party he'd not incident occurred,
in my boyhoud days, which satisfied me
that Dimocr;sy wuz mi most approprit
and material abiding place. 1t was in this
wise:
In playful mood. one mite. busted open
a grocery. and appropriated, as a Jest, what
loose change there WIZ in the drawers,
(alars in these degrnerit days of paper ker
rency, the enterprzen thief has to steel at 40
per sent discount. end such other notions ez
he'd struck my boyish fancy.
| indoost a niger boy, sumwhat younger
than myself to aid me, and when he had
hagged the game. |, feelin in my pride, as
wun havin the pr-ui Angly Sacson blood
cnnrSn toomulchusly thrc his vanes, what
Cheef Justis Taney hez since made law to
VIII: that the nigger has no rites which the
white man is bound to respeck. whaled him
I'LL he re>lhed the ehtlre proceeds OF the
speculasun to me. The degraded wretch,
devoid Of every prinsiple cv honor, blowed on
NE and we wuz arrested.
The Justis of the Peas WIZ n Whig, and
after hurrid eggsaminaShun he sentenced
me one oT his own race one ov his own
blud one ov his own parentage . to imprison
ment for thirty days, on bred and water.
aud the niger to only ten. on the ground
that | wuz the chief offender.
My muther begged and prayed. with teers
Steumin down her venrablc cheeks faster
than she could wipe em up with her gingum
aperu. that the arrangement might he re-
versed-the nigger for the 80 and for the
10, but no. Cold ez a stun. infexihle ez
iron. hudless ez a turnip, was in ;arcerated
and sayed my time.
Sulienly | emerged from them there prisen
wal On the evpnio Of the 30th day chang.
ell indovd joel. Liftin up mi hands to
Heaven. | vowed three vows. to wit:
|. Taat would devote mi life to the work
Of redoosin the African to his normal speer
.. That would adopt a ptrsesha in2
which | could steel without being hauled up
for it,
3. That the water | he'd conso1med while
in durnnce vile, wuz the last that wood find
lis way. undiloo;ei in2 mi stummick.
iIenze | incl The Dimncrsv and whoever
eg2stmines mi rceord, will fin that | hev
KEEP mi oaths.
PETROLEUM V. NAsDr
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-11
Written for the Courier.
DREAMING.

I'm forever building castles,
Bright castles in the air.
Forever dreaming some wild dream,
Or seeing visions taig;
I'm dreaming that you love me, Nell,
Fer months I've dreamed the same,
see your smile; in toues Of love
I hear you call NY name.
But when I meet you, Nellie,
You seenlso proud and stern,
That am spirited enough
To act the same in turn;
Must this be so forever Nell?
And can you not forget
The past and all its shadows,
And make me happy yet!
IT'S not that girls are scarce, Nell.
Or that they re hard to win
They all declare l IN stmniay,
Because | have the TN:
But m dreaming that voc love me, Nell,
For months I've dreamed the same
! see you smile in tones of love
l hear you call my name.
Ny breast shall be my Golfer,
1 will play noble part.
And the world shall not be wiser
For having read my heart
But II dream you love me, Nellie,
I'll dream it till die.
And hen, if Heaven permits it,
I'll dream the same on high.
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-11

SAD EFFEcTs OF S1UTnERN EDUCATION =
Captain D VI. Dpbson. of the l49th Indiana.
was murdered by negro hoy fourteen wears
old, al l. vile. Alabama. IN the 26th uIt.
The boy haf been in the wnods with another
negro splitting 'ails. lie complained OF
being un~ell, when he was told To 90 to the
house. A. he started. he said te ." would go
aud stick his axe in that ID Yankees
head, alnding, as was supposed, to Captain
u. " tie was passing where the Captain
was sitting in the village. he acc,mpl;shed
iis threat, hy burying an axe IN his hesd.
killing him instantly. Whom arrested aud
asked why he had committed tie horrible
deed, he replied" Brcausc-hecau>e |
wanted tr gn tp hell Subsequently. in an
sw"r to a similar question. when standing
beside the murdered mans body, he snid-
= He's IL Yankee he's an enemy of yours /;
yoa ought To kill the Id Yankeps." Next
n"rn'ng party of men belonging to the
regiment took the boy, carr ed him short
distance. and hung hm to tree until Ire
was dead. The negro it is stated. wa, sub
let to frs OF Temporary insanity Missouri
Republican.
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-11
THE
SHASTA COURIER.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING
BY JOHN J. COMFY.

Publication Office in Tomlinson u, Iui-''i',
room, up stairs, three doors ABOVE y" "'--'
Co.. Express Office.
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-11
Mrn1cA1 OrAllrlr.o OF Rnlnur Y,nx1su.

MEDICAL QUALITIES OF BRIGur NARNIsn-
"A corresp nleut nf the New England Far
mer thus refers to bright varnish' as "a
cure for cuts, wounds, and especially for
scratches in horses: - When | worked at
my trade in the city. | had occasion to use
different kinds Of paints and oils; among
htem was what is called the bright varnish.'
Frequeaily | would cut myself, meiimes 50
severely that | have been laid mp for weeks.
| w,uid try HI kinds of salve, bat the wound
would be a long time healing. One day ]
cut my hand severely, and. as | had nothing
to put on it Al hand, | thought | would try
;, m bright yurnish; rs it IS n sticky sub
stance. thought it might stick the wound
together accordingly bound up my hand
with II. and kept on at my work; the var
nish relieved the pain, | had no soreness in
the wound, and in one week it was entirely
healed. My son was saving through
board one day, and carelessly put his hand
under the board He had his fore finger
bone entirely sawed OF. | put the ends to
gether, put on the varnish. aud bound it up.
The result was, that after one week the
bandage WAS removed, and the finger had
nearly grown together. NV horse o.ce had
scratches so badly, that it was difficult to
get him to muee about | rubbed the parts
affected with this va nisli for two tlavs which
caused peri ct cure. TIE varnish can be
bought at The paint shops"
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-11

REMINIscENcE OF JOHN BULL JUSTICE.
A late New York paper relates the follow
ing:
Not long since. an elderly man, bent al
most double with age and work. and in gar
ments tatterel and torn, while passing
through Rome, n. Y, stopped at one of the
stores and asked for bread and money. He
volunteered the remark that he was ashamed
to beg, but stated. as an explanation and
extenuation, the following as the cause of
the necessity: His home was Saragota, and
he chanced TO be in Canada at the time of
the rebellion in that country, in 1887. He
was charged with being engaged in that out
break. was tried and convicted for being in
completely with the Patriots" and sentenc-
ell to Yal Deiman's Land for life. He avs
he was not guilty. but the feeling was so
strong against the . Yankees" at the time
of hir trial. it required but slight evidence to
convict. He was then some twenty one or
twenty-five years Of age. He WAS taken to
thai penal colony, and there subjected to the
s.yerest drudgery and the most inhuman
treatment He. with other convicts, was
compelled to draw the plough and cart, like
oxen. and o labor early and late, and treated
not much better. il any, than the dumb
beasts. thus were twenty eight years of
iiIe passeu' never nearing iroul IrlenQS or
home, nor allowed to communicate Herewith.
He. with others. was finally pardoned, and
allowed to reach home as best as he might
lie left the country bale and hearty youth.
erect, and full of life and vigor; he returns
To it, after nearly thirty years. absence. a
decrept old man, bent over with age and
work, and with shattered health and a brok.
en- constitution. The narration he gave Of
his life there, and the details of his treat
ment. fully impressed his hearers with the
truth OF his statements, and that he was no
'mpo.tor. de was on his way home, not
knowing as he would find being who knew
aim whom Q boy.
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-11

SWEET AVD SuuR-Mr Garvit had on
exh''ntr at tie county fair. apples which
were sweet on one side and sour ON the other
We do not remember to have ever heard q,
such thing before. Garvit is fruit wizard
and we should not lie surprised 20 hear thai
he had produced something COMBINING the
qualities Of a duzen or TWO species of fruit
Mountain Demo0m
Take fruit hu'i from sour apple tree and
another from a sweet apple tree. cnt ,ha,, N
halves, join the half nf the sonr to the half nt
the sweet AMI = bud" as usual. Ifcaraf,llv
manipuaiel will it not grow: and f 81 W.,
would lie the character of the fruit9-Sr,sa.
fifc Press.
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-11

PUNISHMENT or TREASON IN ENGLAND
The Washington Chronicle recalls attention
to the fact that in England. from which
quarter e get SO many lectures. up to the
year 1914, the punishment Of the crime of
high treason was. that the convicts should be
drawn on a hurdle to the place of execution
and then be hanged bv the neck, but not
until they are dead, but that they shoud be
taken down again. and thar. when they are
yet alive. their bowels shoull be taken out
and burnt before their faces. and that after
wards their heads should he severed from
their bodies the bodies divided in four quar-
ters. and their heads and quarters he at the
kings disposal. Originally. in the case
Of Prince David and Sir William Wallace,
(both of Scotland), they were dragged to
execution ut horses tail. for which an i'm.
proved civilization (.) substituted the sled,
The oraes. os tie hurdle
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-11
EXECUTORS NOTICE.
Estate of Louis Behrle. deceased.

NOTICE is hereby given by the undersigned
IN executor of the above named estate to ere NJ
ors of, and all persons having claims against sala
deceased, to exhibit the same. wi the necessary
Vouchers and veriieatiou within ten months from
the FIRST publication Of this notice. to the under
siSued, at his place Of business, Main street. IN
the town Of Shasta.
CHAS LITSCH, Executor.
Shasta, Sept. 90, 1865. $50
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-11

WHAT Is the reasUn tnat the fellows who
have 50 much lo1se gah about negsnanars
and their editors. are the kind who never
paid cert ior one IN their lives Wbe,
vuu hear II iellow blowing about tha, IN,
frnal lving-'iyou may put it IN that be
never sees the paper in question excent when
he buns or steals copy They are ike tho
chars who wanted to fight f,r slavery ard
could not buy a negro baby if thew were sell
ing st six bits dozen.-PLoceroiile N;ryoy.
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-11

.JoKE on 4 iIUsBAND.-ite Be ltorl (Indi-
NAL Indapendent saws that n. # the merry
uiyes Of that place played practical joke on
her husband. by having their babe. sweet
j;,rle infant af six Months done up in has
ke. and left on The front door step. informing 2
him ,ba, he was the father Of the child. and
ms. sunport it. The Indignant husband
w r. roundly that it was not his. but saw
tt o jose, finally. when he found the cradle
empty.
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-11
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Terms of Advertising'
For One Square, Of 10 lines Or less one insertion
Fgur Dollars for each Subsequent insertioh' Two
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rfg~ Advertisements not ma. Sed with the mum
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ordered out, and charged accordingly.
ALSO,
Uavinc furnished our Office with elegant as
sortment Of FANCY JOB TYPES, we are prepared
60 execute. neatly and expeditiousy, all manner OF
Job Printing, such as
PiIj. of Fare. Bill Heads,
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PAMPHLETS, Programmes,
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The Shasta courier., 1865-11-11
SH ASIA COU RE r.
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JEd5~ l.. p. FlsHER--Is the only agent
OF the SHASTA COURIER in San Francisco, with pow
ers to receive subscriptions and advertisements and
receipt for the same.
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Srires Opera House.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-12-12
n.-n Trn,teo nIee,inr.

The Honorable Board Of Town TruS.
tees of Gold Hill met last night. Present,
President Aylesworth, and Messrs. Gray,
Cushing and Goliath.
The following bills were presented. and
referred to the Finance Committee J. R.
Cook, for services as special police, $40;
John McHugh, similar services, $40; w.
n. Hall. Office rent, $26; Hall & Fox. for
blacksmithing for Yellow Jacket Hose
Co., $3.50; w. T. Britain, for services
performed by team on streets, 800 ; Stern
& We'll. rent for Liberty Hose Company,
$l20; ]. W. Griffin, for services on town
waterworks, $50; Gold Hill DArIY News,
for advertising delinquent tax sale, 500;
s. Ettlinger, for rent for Yellow Jacket
Hose Co., $75 Thos. II. johnson, Town
Marshall, for labor performed or the
streets, three hands, two months each,
1862. sEE
The Finance Committee reported favor
ably on bill Of the News, for $l5, for
printing blanks, and q warrant ordered
drawn for the same.
The Committee to whom was referred
the subject Of obtaining a house for yell
low Jacket Hose Co., reported that they
had leased tho brick building belonging to
S. Ettlinger, for the period Of six months,
at S76 per month. Report received and
adopted.
Martin White appeared in behalf Of the
Tunnel Company, and asked
the over taxes of last year be re-
the amount being Sl50-deduct-
ing costs-and that the balance be drawn
for by a warrant. A Committee was ap-
to attend to the same.
Several suits against Mrs. Sumstock
and Mrs. Mower, ordered discontinued.
The Town Marshall was instructed to
notify the owner Of the property next
Of Maynard's block, to raise the
sidewalk Of the premises to the usual
grade.
On motion, the Board adjourned until
Monday.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-12-12
hoard Of Comfy Commissioners.


The Board Of County Commissioners met
yesterday, Monday, December llth. Present,
NJ. White, J.. J. Denny and A. X. Grim, and
Lucien Hermann, Clerk.
The minutes Of last meeting were read and
approved.
The County Auditor reported having re.
fused the payment Of $1,000 to Messrs.
Tucker & Bronson for the care Of the indi-
gent sick during the month Of November
last. Ordered paid by the Board on the 4th
inst. for the reason expressed in his commu-
nication Of the I'd November last, to which
he Graves reference, whereupon the Board,
BY an unanimous vote, ordered the Auditor to
pay the same, notwithstanding his objections.
A communication from W. I. Barbour,
Attorney-at-Law, in relation to jurors fees
for the last December term Of Court, was read
and ordered laid OF the table indefinitely,
there being no statement before the Board for
the amount by cash juror.
A communication was also received from
Mclaughlin & Root demanding possession
Of thnt part Of their building occupied as an
ers having never authorized the military COM
pany to occupy the same since the LIST Of last
June.
The following bills were allowed, and the
Auditor ordered to draw his warrants for the
same:
Tucker & Bronson, $4,000; A. L. Cohen,
Sl.450; T. B. Nelson, $l24 Miller & Co.,
S4s Is; A. C.. Dennis, Sl20 Arnold &
Blauvelt, $50 E. A. Fargo, S2l3 SO; r.
Rising, $40; R. S. MesicE, $50; A. New.
berger, $40; r. Paddock, SIS; Delaney,
800 Daily Union, S2l 81 w. Thornburgh,
Sl72 so. The Board then adjourned.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-12-12


TAxsS.-In company with Dan De-
guile, All. Doten, Bob Lowery and Gill
lespie. we had our "phiz' taken by Lieut..
Sutterley on Sunday afternoon last. We
innocently supposed at the time that our
pictures were intended for the use Of our
sweethearts, but instead we And that it
was but a trick of officer Birdsall and
Burke, of San Francisco, TO have them
placed in the Rogues' Gallery. Well, we
forgive the trick played upon US by the
Chief, as we believe that we are honest
enough to acknowledge that q more viii
famous looking set Of scampS were never
before grouped together. We are informed
BY Sutterley s Bros. that large orders
have been received from the different po-
lice stations on this Coast for q copy Of
this bunch Of reporters. We regret the
affair very much, but as we were caught
in bad company we will have to stand the
shot, and pray for q reformation in the
reportorial corps of Virginia.
New wALX!-A change for the better IL
being made in front Of Morill's Drug store,
south C street, Virginia. by the taking up OF
the old dilapidated brick walk and putting
down in its place a good substantial plank
one. There are several other places along
our streets which il repaired would not be OF
INV detriment to our citizens. Elongate your
lazy limbs, Birdsall, and sec to it.
AFIoArINa.-There is a rumor floating
around the streets in Virginia that n OF
the largest mining companies on tho Com
stock lead has been attached for the sum OF
100000. We could not trace it up to q GER
tainty, and are disposed to think that 1t i!
one Of our many canards which are started
by t~houphtless persons, owing TO the present
depression Of some Of our valuable mines.
DISTRICT CouRr.-No business was
done in any of our Courts this morning
Judge Burbank has adjourned his Court
for the term. Judge Mesick will hold
Court this afternoon, and Judge Rising
tomorrow.
Observation-Disclosures in good standing
should not forget the installation OF officers
down at Silver City on Thursday evening
(Not Wednesday. as before stated.)
BULLION. - There was shipped from
Wells, Fargo s. Co.'S Gold Hill Office, thi.
morning, s sacks Of bullion. weighing eO7
pounds, and worth, according to assay
Sl6,s0S %.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-12-12

TYpooRAPHIcAL ERRORS. Whatever
helms people to understand and appreciate
other PEOPLES difficulties, has its use, and
"a something of that sort, it is worth re-
ia,ing that a publishing house in GlaS-
cow. Scotland, undertook to publish a
Work that should be q perfect Speci-
men of typographical accuracy. AT;
ter having been read by six experienced
proof readers. it was posted up IN the
nall Of the University, and . reward OF
ESQ offered to any n who should detect
an error. Each page remained TWO
weeks in that place, and yet when .ne
wurk was issued, several errors were as
covered, n of which was in the tir't line
of the first page.-Ez.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-12-12

Gov. CURRY, of Oregon. had q dinner
given him by Boston notables, on the 18TH
of November. General Banks was pres.
emit, among other eminents. Banks said
he was coming out this this way, on
Colfax trip, next Summer or Fall. Come
On you'll have . hearty wslcomS.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-12-12

A WORTHY man who was hesitating
whether he should marry a woman pious
but cross grained. OF another who was
amiable but not specially religious, asked
his pastors advice upon the subject. He
advised him to take the one he loved, re-
marking. John, the grace Of God can
live where you and I can't"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-12-12

The story is that an American wal
teaching English toS German, and, on
being asked if there were no irregular
verbs in English, replied by giving one
solitary example. It was, IL go, thou
wensest, he departed, We made tracks, YOU
cut stick, they skedaddled." But on ask.
ing a repetition of it the German found
tina. i. varied every time, and he had al
last to give it up in despair As q grammat'
ical Proteus.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-11-28
PAPER MONEY

The present enormous volume of paper
money, entailng upon US deprecated cur
,eucv aud extravaganza prices calls 10 mind
what Daniel Webster said in regard to this
matter.
The verv man who has the deepest in.
tarssc in a sound currency, and who suffers
most by mischievous legislation IN money
matters, is the man who earns his daily
hread by his daily tail. A deprecated cur
renew, changes of prices, paper money fall
ing still lower between noon and night
these things constitute the very harvest time
&c sreculators and of the whole race of those
who are At once idle and crafty aud of that
other race. too, the Catalines, of all times,
marked so as to be known forever by one
stroke Of the historians pen, men greedy OF
other mems property and prodlgal CT their
own CAPITALISTS may outlive such times
Thew may either prey on the earnings of la
Dor by their cent. per cent, or they may
hoard But the laboring man-what can he
hoard? Preying on nobody, he becomes the
prev to ALL His property is In his hands,
His reliance, his fund. his productive free
hid. his alkare his labor. Whether he works
On his own small capital or another's his liv-
in, is still earned by bis industry; and
when the money of the country becomes de-
preeiated aud debased, whether 1t be adulter-
ated coin or paper without credit, that indus
try is robbed of its reward. He then labors
for country whose laws cheat him out OF
his bread"
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-11-28
From the LaSalle Press.
se of the Illinois and Michigan Canal.

From the LaSalle Press.
Close of the Illinois and Michigan Canal.
Business of the canal has ceased for this
year Within the last two weeks nearly six.
t7 loaded canal boats have left here for St.
Louis This leaves our basin entirely clear
Of boats for the winter. These boats were all
loaded in Chicago with lumber, lath, shin
giles, Lehigh coal, salt, barley, etc. This
barley, by the way, was purchased in Cana
"a, and now finds Its way through this chan
mel to St. Louis. The past season has been
fair average one for canal business. Here
9t1re boats have been permitted to run until
freezing up time, but this season no clearan.
ces were issued after the 18th of this month,
u account of making preparations for deep
ea'ng the canal at Bridgeport, although the
weather thus far has been highly favorable
1or navigation purposes.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-11-28

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the bowels, and other nervous affections and
cramps, tor heart affectOns,-in all these cases
they have to be used to be properly appreciated.
DR.. L. T. HENDERSON'S LETTER.
FARNvILLE, Louisiana, March S, 1850.
DIR. T. ALLoCz,-Sir: have been suffering IN
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