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The New York herald., 1865-03-04
SALES AT AUCTION.

A T. BURNHAM, AUcTIONEER
a. AUCTION SALE OF OVER S20O0O WORTH
OF MAGNIFICENT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
SUPERB DRAWING ROOM FURNITURE,
ELEGANT ROSEWOOD PIANoFORTE
OIL PAINTINGS BY EMINENT ARTISTS
~-x.x ARTISTIC BRONZE STATUAhf,
CHAMBER AND DINING ROOM FURNITURE,
AT PUBLIC AUCTION,
ah day Saturday at the Ave story brown stone
~ West Sixteenth Fifth and sixth avenues
3ommenclng II O'Clock Psrlor Suits Eageres Bookcsss
Tables Mirrors Carpets, Paintings, Engra1ngss IAcs eu
tsins Shades, Chandelier Clock Vases ....,,,
MAGNIFICENT ROSEWOOD PIANoFoRTE,
STOOL AND COVER, ,.
Bedsteads Wsrdrobes suite sty Louis
HIY Blankets Counterpanes Mattresses aoic
Buffet elegant sets China Glass Silver Ware Iaple
Basement Kitchen Furniture. ~. B-faues wishing 20
this SALE take Sixth avenue cars and stag es
leaving Al street. near Sale peremp
The New York herald., 1865-03-04
MUSICAL.

THE HORACE WATERS GRAND SQUARE AND UP
right Pianos. Melodeon. Harmoniums and lEolan or
chased monthly payments received for the
hand Pianos bargains $50 S225 Sheet Music
little solled " per page. Pianist In attendance "a
try music Factory and warerooms 4 broadway Cash
paid for second hand Pianos.
The New York herald., 1865-03-04

A UCTION SALE, MARCH THE MOUNT KIsCO
IA House. with Store and Livery Stable, Harlem Rail
road, 40 miles from New York, at IL O'Clock NJ.
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-25

AFFECTING INcIDENT.-The Petersburg
(Va.) Express has the following: ..An
affecting incident occurred sin the Provost
Marsha's Office, two or three days since.
which brought the tears to the eyes Of all
who witnessed it. Large numbers of ladies
have been recently hocking to the office to
subscribe to the Presidents amnesty oath, as
a preparatory step to drawing rations. A
little boy appeared at the Marshals desk
one morning, and in timid accents inquired
if he could take the oath for his mother
His features were handsome, bis manner
modest, and he had an intelligent and an.
pealing look He was Informed that his re
quest could not be granted. but that his
mother must take the oath in person. The
little fellow turned toward the door and
burst into tears, and sobbed so passionately
that the Provost Marshal called him back to
ak the cause of his grief. My mother he
said is sick and confined to her bed she is
unable to work-has nothing to eat and is
starving The appeal was irresistible, and
the Provost Martial interested himself in the
case and procured the necessary relief
Numbers witnessed the incident and were
deeply affected by it. 1t was beautiful
instance of affection in the little boy, to offer
to take the oath Though too young to appre
ciate it, for his mothers sake and in her
steado
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-25
SENATOR WILSON, at Republican meeting
Ii.

SENATOR WILSON, at Republican meeting
in Philadelphia. lately. said:
A day OF two ago | said to President
johnson, there are differences Of opinion in
regard to negro suffrage. In my State we
are all one way. We are all for security
for the future. We do not ask any indem.
nifty for the past. There is no indemnity for
the 325 900 dead heroes who lie under the
sod of Southern battle fields.
There is no indemnity for widows and
orphans-none We can forgive their
murderers but we want security that our
sons shall not be murdered in the future
We want loyal men to govern America
torevermore. I asked the President if he
had made any discrimina ion among the men
who elected him on account of their views
on suffrage or on reconstruction.
The President said be never had made any
such distinctions, and never intended making
any in the future that be was in favor of
the freest and fullest discussion of all the
questions now arising before US. And 80
long as we have broad tolerations and free
discussion, we can go right on, shoulder to
shoulder, arguing discussing and examining
these questions that are before US to be
solved, and l believe now as / did during
the war, that we will solve these questions
right, and that our country will come out in
the future glorious and free
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-25

Beauty OF THE VIRGIN MARY.-There is
in no mythology, ancient or modern, a more
poetical type than that Of the Virgin Mary.
The women whom poets dream of are all
terrestrial. This one has nothing of the
frailties or faults of her sex. The Catholics
believe her To have been without the original
sin to have been mother without ceasing TO
be a virgin and. 10th to believe that body
that had been the tabernacle of God, could
suffer the decomposition and decay which is
common to mortal remains. hold, as an arti-
Gle of faith, that. instead of dying like others,
she ascended bodily into heaven. borne by
the tremulous hands of angels. She has no
fault she shines pure and spotless, and Is
believed to exercise a great influence upon
the destinies Of her votaries. The painters
and poets represent her as beautiful. She
is usually represented standing on globe
with foot on the serpent, because, as Mother
of the Redeemer, she is supposed to be the
one that crushed the serpent under her heel.
She holds the infant Jesus in her arms, a
divine example of the sanctity of maternity,
and wears a white dress. long and flowing,
with blue cloak, indicative Of her great
faith and supreme innocence.
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-25

HE PRESIDENT WHEN A TAILoR-A cores
pondent of the Tribune, writing from Law.
renee .. T., gives the following early his.
tory Of Andy Johnson
Ihls long letter may not interest you so
much as to tell you the village where / am
writing was the place where the President of
the United States finished his education as q
tailor. am stopping at the hotel kept by
Mr.. Simmons, who knew him well. and was
very intimate with him. They both were
attentive to ladies, who were cousins. Mr..
Simmons succeeded. Mr. johnson did not.
HIS lady married Mr.. Nance and had three
sons all OF whom were killed in the war
Mr.. Simmons showed me the spot where the
shop stood in which be worked, and the
little house still standing, where he boarded
Andy was an orphan boy, bound to a man
in North Carolina, who did not treat him
we'll, so he ran away and came to this place.
Mr.. Simmons showed the road on which he
entered the village, on foot, with mis- clothes
in handkerchief. At that time he gave no
promise of greatness. and was not considered
superior to his associates. He said it was
false, as has beenIstated, when learning his
trade he drank whisky and gambed, but he
was exemplary in his habits, very Industrious.
that he always had book by his side on the
bench, and when few minutes leisure of.
fered pursued his studies. Here was the
secret of his greatness and success. After
his time was out he worked as iourneyman
long enough to earn money to carry him to
Tennessee and the road was pointed out
where he left Lawrence on foot, his clothes
again tied in handkerchief. His habits of
industry followed him. He Joined debat.
ing society, but failed in the first effort
Yet, not discouraged, his self reliance and
indomitable perseverance enabled him to try
again with better success, and he kept try
ing until the highest Offices of the State and
Nation were his, and tn day be is the Presi
dent of mighty Republic.
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-25
NUMBER 80.
The Marvels of Invention.

we are not sure that the wisdom of thu
baboon, In refusing to talk lest mankind
shouiu set him to work hoeing corn. will
nnaiiy save him from being impressed ;nto
tne service OF the universal task-master man.
Ahotner OF the forces of nature have thus
oeeh brought into harness-or more strictly
speaking new method of extracting Labor
from an old servant of man, has inst baan
invented. The scheme is thus described b,,
an English journal: '''N y
a rrencn gentleman, named M. Cazal
proposes to convert the mechanical forco of
failing water into electricity. For this nur.
pose he has simply to make the water act
upon wheel work-just as in the case of
water mill, only instead OF turning the
stones which grind the corn, the mecban;s,n
will act upon magneto-eectric apnaratns
The electricity thus developed will then bs
conveyed to any required distance by means
of insulated wires. Just as an operator in
London can ring a bell in York, or fire a
cannon at Edinburgh, or make a bell de-.
scend at Portsmouth. so NJ. Cazal can trans
NIT the force of cascade from the moun.
tains of Switzerland to the workshop of
Paris. Arrived at its destination, the elec
tricity force has simply to be re converted
into its mechanical state, and it does the
work as neatly as if the falling water were
itself brought to the scene of operation.-
That at least is the theory. and the theory is
true; we believe it has already been tested,
and the French manufacturers are about to
try it on still larger scale than before,
though we do not mean to say that NJ Cazal
has yet gone so far as from Paris to the Alps in
search of his power. 1t is a strange idea.
that of seeking in the flood what we have
hitherto found in the fre-relying, in fact,
ON cold water instead of steam. The econo-
my of the process is said to be quite as re.
markable its physical character. NJ.
Cazal, in some sort. finds his power already
provided; he merely has to pack it up in a
CONVENIENT form for travelling, and then un-
pack it at the journeys end At this rate
we only want submarine wire of sufficient
capacity, and England might draw its
motive power from the mountainous region
Of the Continent-the Manchester spindles
rotating in virtue of foreign influence. Or.
TO stretch the point still further, let us
imagine the Atlantic telegraph an accom-.
plished fact we have then only to send M
Cazal off with a wire to the Horseshoe Falls.
and all the force of Niagara itself will be at
our command.
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-25
THE PEsTiLENCE.

( The following excellent poem was written for
l London Magazine in 1881. on the approach Of
The great cholera visitation, the following year.
We trust it is not once more appropriate.
Breathless the course of the Pale White Horse,
Bearing the ghastly form
Rapid and dark as the spectre bark
When it sweeps before the storm
Balefully bright through the torrid night
Ensanguined meteors glare
Fiercely the spires of volcanic fires
Stream on the sulphurous air.
Shades of the slain through the Murderer's brain
Fit terrible and dear,
Shadowy and swift the black storm drift
Doth trample the atmosphere
But swifter than all, with a dark pail
Ofterror around my path;
have arisen from my lampless prison
Slave of the high Gods wrath J
A deep Voice went from the Firmament,
And it pierced the of earth
; Therefore | come on my wings Of flame
From the dark place of my birth
And it is said : :" Go from the South to the North,
Over your wondering ball
Sin is the King Of that doomed Thing,
And the sin beguiled must fall"
Forth from the Gate of thy Uncreate,
From the portals of the Abyss
From the caverns dim where vague Forms swim,
And shapeless Chaos is
From Hades' womb--from the joyless tomb
OfErebus and Old Night
From the unseen deep where Death and Sleep
Brood in their mystic might
come-I come-before are dumb
The nations aghast for dread
Lo have passed as the desert blast
And the millions of earth lie dead
A voice of fear from the hemisphere
Tracketh me where I fly
Earth weeping aloud for her widowhood-
wild and desolate cry
Thrones and dominions beneath my pinions
Cowed like meanest things
Melt from my presence the pride and the pleas
ance
CT pallor stricken kings
Sorrow and. mourning supremely scorning,
My throne is the boundless air
My chosen shroud is the dark -plumed cloud
Which the whirling breezes bear!
Was I not born on the wings of the morn
From the jungles of Jessore,
Over the plain of the purple main
To the far Mauritine shore?
To the isles that sleep on the sunbright deep
Of a coral paved sea,
Where the blue waves welter beneath the shelter
OF Heavens serenity?
From the womb of the waters, athirst for slaugh-
ters,
rose that thirst to safe
These green isles are graves in the waste of the
waves
Their beauty is desolate!
From the wide Erythrean the noise ofmy Paan
Rolled on the southern blast
Eternal Taurus made answering chorus,
From the glaciers lone and vast!
Did not pass his granite mass,
And the ridged Caucasian hill
Over burning sands-over frost-chained lands,
Born ut my own wild will?
Then bark to the beat of my fastening feet,
Thou shrined in the sea-
Where are thy dreams that the Ocean streams
Would he safety unto thee!
Awaken Awaken my wings are shaken,
Athwart the troubled sky
Streams the red glance Of my meteor lance,
And the glare of mine eager eyei
Harken oh harken my coming shall darken
The light of the festal cheer;
In thy storm-rocked home, on the northern foam,
Nursing of 0cean-hear !
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-25
SHASTA COURIER.
~ PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AohsiS''
BY JOHN j. CONMY.

Publication Office in Tomliusons bui,uips y, n
room, up stairs, three doors above ''''
Co.. Express Office.
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-25
Terms of subscription.

Terms of Advertising
po,a co,a,e az 10 lines or less, one insertion,
Eour Dollars: for each subsequent insertion, Two
Dollars. ,,,v,
liberal discount made to Monthly and Yearly
Advertisers. ~
nsy- Advertisements not MAJ Sed with the num-
Der of insertions thereon, VIII Do con'ihueo until
ordered out and charged accordingly.
ALSO,
Having furnished our Office with an elegant as,
sortment of FANCY JOB TYPES, we are prepared
20 execute, neatly and expedltlousy, ali manner Oh
Job Printing, such as
R;lIs of Fare, Bill Heads,
Circulars, Handpihs,
Pamphlets, programmes
Ball Tickets, Cards,
Posters, Books,
Law Blanks, Catalogues,
Drafts Checks, &c.
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-25

A CORRESPONDENT who has recently visited
the U. S Arsenal, thus describes the present
appearance Of what he states is the sepulchre
of the assassin, j. Wilkes Booth Entering
the lower rooms of the prison. and passing
through devious halls formed by piles Of cart.
ridge boxes, we came at length to what
seemed to be solid wall. against which WAS
piled the same sort # ammunition. but through
an aperture between the boxes. on sbov,no
to one side heavy plank. an empty, foor'
less room was dI covered. one corner Of
which the loosened earlh indicated the burial.
place Of the foulest assassin of tims.n
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-25

CAUSE OF THE CABLE FAILURE.-At a Fe
nian meeting in England speaker alluded
to the failure of the Atlantic cable, and said
that among the manv causes Of failure offer.
ed by the English press, they had forgotten
that a Fenian on board the Great Eastern
was determined that informers in Ireland
and in the British Possessions in America,
shall not have such means Of communica.
sion till Irish,ndependence 10 achieved
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-25

JoHN REDMAN. colored man, supposed
to be dead, rose in his coffin the other day
at St. Louis, and began chattering unintei
ligibly. terribly frightening his wife and
other mourners who were sitting in the room
some of the women fainting, and the men
rushing out pell- -mell, panic stricken by the
sight and incohorent talk of the late, de-
ceased
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-25

LENGTHY LINE OF DEscENDANrs.-Mrs
Elizabeth Wordell, of Taunton, Mass, now
in her ses senty-ninth year, has lived to see
her fifth descendant in direct line. Her
daughter is fifty-eight years of age; her
grand daughter, thirty eight; her great
grand daughter, eighteen and her great
great grand daughter, eight months. They
reside in that city.
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-25

A POLICE officer has just returned to Gin,
cinnati. with the 'prettiest girl he ever laid
ewes On, having pursued her for 1000 miles
during the two months since she eloped from
her mothers house with gambler.
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-25
COURIER.

EG- l.. p. FISHER--Is the only Agent
OF the SHASTA COURIER in San Francisco, with pow
ers to receive subscriptions and advertisements and
receipt for the same
0FFICE-1714 Washington street, opposite Ma
guire's Opera House.
The Shasta courier., 1865-11-25

VALLAND1cHAM AS MILITARY MAN. Don
Piatt madea speech at Dayton, Ohio, during
the late election canvass, in which he
roasted Vallandigham as follows:
Why, do you remember, my fellow citizens,
that previous to the late war, Clement L.
Vallandigham was Brigadier General? l
remember it, for / saw him. | happened to
be in Dayton when the Governor of Ohio, on
special invitation, came here to inspect the
military and naval forces of Montgomery
county. Laughter Oh. you needn't
laugh; it was big thing, indeed, l might
say it was immense. An Independent com
pany of thirty men, trussed up like wood
cocks prepared for the spt-ard Brigadier
General Clement l.. Vallandigham and staff
Why, it struck me that the style and name
should have been Brigader General Clement
l.. VaIandigtodendam and staff
ILaughter.l This was the military; as for
the naval force cannot say. / suppose,
upon the 'ragn' canawP' you had show
about aa the Brigadier General l was
standing on the balcony of the Phillips
House when the General came sweeping
around.
saw him but moment,
Methinks see him no.
With bomb-shells worked upon his tail,
Aud war upon his brow.
Laughter. He was on a tremendous char.
ger and had his breast stuffed out like wet
nurse, and his behind like a bunty tailed
rooster. Excessive laughter. His epau-
lets dazzled the eye, his fearful sword banged
to and fro, and wide as your streets are they
were not wide enough for hin. He came on
cantering, caricoling and cavorting. He
scared woman with a child in her arms on
one corner; he upset an apple stand on the
other. And so he swept by, out Of the pres
ent. | believe, into glorious future. How
secure our country is with such defenders
thought |. Great Glenn valiant Glenn rode
on to glory. Ah, my friends, the vanity of
human wishes The war came; and did
Glenn, like Joi.'s war horse, smell the battle
afar? Yes, my friends, and Immediately ran
into the tall grass and washed off the paint.
And when he came out his swelling losom
had wilted, his bulbous behind had collaps-
ed all the pride, pomp and circumstance of
glorious war had disappeared, and the late
Brigadier General Clement L. Vallandigtu-
dendamhammer appeared as Aminadab
Sleek, the angel of peace. This villainous
saltpete, digged from the bowels of the harm
less earth, ard exploded in shells. makes
many an angel of peace who was before as
brave as Julius Casar---on parade.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-04-25

TIE FIRST Boar THROUGH TO ST. PAUL
The steamer Burlington arrived at St. Paul
on the evening of the 18th inst. From the
S. Pal Press of the 10th, we clip the fol-
lowing item
Several hundred people gathered on the
levee last evening to witness the arrival of
the first through boat OF the season. They
were repaid for their presence. as the Bur
hngton, from st. Louis, sesched the landing
at a quarter past six. Since May o. 1864,
We have not been visited by large boat IN
til yesterday. The Northern Line was the
last to leave and the first to return, the
Canada, from St. Louis, being the last of the
large side wheeers which touched at our
levee last year. 1t was amusing to see the
people look as though they had never seen a
''big boat" before, and no sooner was the
staging thrown out than the crowd rushed on
board, pell NELL.
She lett Reeds Landing between five and
six O'Clock yesterday morning. As far as
Lake City she ran near the shore, but the
remainder of the way she ploughed through
the heavy ice. finding it SO strong that even
with 200 tons of freigh, ON board, her bow
would run up on it before it would give way.
From Point hotpoint up, there was no ice.
The following is the record of arrivals of
first boats for twenty years past
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-04-25

CLoAKs, CIRCULARS. SACKS, BAsaU1NEs, &c.
&c. Aiken, Jarvis & Burial, have opened q
room in the second story of their store for the
mandatory and sale of every thing in the
way of cloaks. Ladies in want of anything
in this line will do we'll to call and see Miss
Crandell whose experience in Chicago renders
her competent to suit the most fastideous
taste. She will furnish patterns, cut and fit
cloaks when desired. A fine lot of sample
cloaks received to day from Stewards by ex-
press.
We also ask particular attention to our
stock of spring dress goods. We are receiv-
ing lots of new goods every week and shall
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-04-25
Grand TabIeaux
AND
Il XIII b1t1on!
-or THE
GOOD TEMPLARS OF DAVENPORT,
Will be held at
BabcOck's Hall,

On Wednesday Evening, April 26th.
The following is the programme for the eve.
Ung's entertainment:
! Demons of the Cup, or, The Drunkards.
Birth of the New Year:
The Olive Branch.
Red Ridinghood.
Declamation-The iong-tailsd Coat.
Pocakontas.
Song-By Mr. Blakemore.
Let Me Kiss Him For His Mother.
observation-disclosures and Thisba.
10 Drunkard's Progress.
II Patriotic Tableau1 e scenes).
II Union Bridal Party.
l3 Drunkard's Home.
IA Temperance Mans Home
10 Declamation-StumpS Speech.
10 Song-By Mr.. Blakemore
II Soldiers Dream.
is Soldiers Return
10 Come Home, Father.
20 Journey of Life.
81 Defamation.
p enc
% ai4.y, Queen ofScots.
"a The Old Bachelor.
25 The Crisis.
70 Declamation-the Mariners Dream.
p Grand Finale.
N- Full orchestra in attendance.
Admission so cents; Children under - years
of age 25 cents.
Doors open at 2 O'Clock. Performance to COM
mence at O'Clock.
Apl24d3t.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-04-25

MORE YET-We have just received a few
more cases of beautiful challis and delaines,
ell good patterns and warranted to give salts
faction. Also some very desirable styles of
linen balmorals. We are daily reviewing new
supplies and are enabled to supply the trade
with any thing belonging to our lime at the
lowest figures. We would call special atten-
ton to q lot of carpets bought at eastern
wholesale auctions; they are expected to be
here in q few days and will be sold very low.
BLOCK, NEwBURGER & Co.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-04-25
CeMMERCIAL.
noCK ISLAND MARKET.

- n
Rock IsLAHD, April IS, 1865.
The eurren, value of the articles named below
10 subject TO changes bus the following quotationi
are correct for the date Of this report:
Fiosr--Johnston's Spring Double Extra, in bbli
IS 90, AZ wholesale, and 40 At retail Sacks
s. so q wholesaie, and $500 At retail. Loose
$50 at Wholesale, and 81, 80 AZ retail.
Wheat-chicago Extra, 81, 10; No. J. 100
No. 2, 80; So
Cern-50c for 10 lbs.- -
0ars-30c for 80 lbs.
Barley-60aS5e. s. = .s.-ss--- &
Beans-$l, 50al, 10. ..-.-f.e -.-f t.a-
oniens-$i ,35 per bus.
Potatoes-S0c. % .+-4 -'
Eggs-I2c doI. 1888. .-y
Butter Very choice lots, for recalling, will
bring 25a30e. $50 d. ..- -
Sorghum-90a$I.00 90. 1904 sa4
SALTS, 00a3 ,25 per bar.
Kerosene Wholesale, barrels included, S5c;
retail 10. @
Highwines-$2,05. -la.la
Poultry-Live chickens, 81, 50a3,00 per dox.-
Dressed, I24c per h., Turkeys, lac per ID.
Pork-For live hogs, 81 ,50a$s,50 a-.~
Beehive weight, common 3,O0a4 30. For
prime shipping 5,Ooa7 90 per hundred lbs.
Hides-Green country, &c; green salted, Sc;
dry sated, Toe dry flint, lac; green calf, Toe;
sheep Pelts, $500.
Hay-PraIrie, ssaslo 90 per ton; Timothy,
$l2.00al4, 90.
Wood-oak 81 90 to s., 90 accord.
Coal.-At the Coal Valley yard, on the Levee,
coal 10 sold at is cents, the cost of delivering to
be added.
From teams, in Marketsquare, At 2oa22 cts.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-04-25

PERSONS who want writing done will do a
charitable and commemendable act by employ
ing Mr.. Burton H. Cook, returned soldier,
who was shot through the lungs at the bat
tie of Liberty Gap, over q year ago, and who
is incapaotitated for hard labor. We wish
the readers of the ARGUS would take pains to
find HIM employment. His mother lives in
Biddison's Row. opposite the catholic church,
where he can be found