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The Shasta courier., 1865-10-07
NUMBER 80.


A MlscHIEvoUs PRANK.-A most inoep.
Ious aud mischieyons trick was nract;eod at
the FIRST Market Yesterday. II spcoeedod
admirably in Tightening a neoro ont or b;s
WIS ana amusing those who were in the
secret, Some young men, having persnaded
heishboring grocer not to kill n rat which
had been secured the night preyions in a
large WIRE CAGE, proceeded 10 nnrcbosa ~
largest melon that could be found in tbe
market. 1t was Immediately spIit omen
great care being taken to divide II with 40
huch precision as a large case knife and a
sktiiui band could accomplish. The ms
ciouS. juicy pulp was quickly removed and
devoured, the live rat deposited within and
the two halves so neatly and deEcateIv
united with wooden pins that the most nrac.
hced eye could not discover the Joint. The
party then seated themselves beside a pile of
melons. and anxiously awaited a customer
having put the melon yender in possession of
all the particulars, and apprised him of the
mode IN which the Joke was to be carried ont
They did not wait long for a customer. Tn
less than minute negro approached. and
priced the tempting fruit. :. Fifty cents
choice. was the response. NEGRO declared
the price too high. q Here's one lust as
- 'iit't piits stiQ tile guardian
Of the rat melon, (which vou NAV have for
quarter if you will promise to eat it here.
and give me slice" The proposition was
no sooner said than accepted, the money
paid and the melon taken possession Of.
Borrowing huge knife, the darkey squatted
over his bargain, and at one vigorous thrust
severed the melon. Out jumped the rat,
landing IN the negro's bosom. and up
Jumped the darkey lclapping mis- hand over
the rat and put off at the top of his speed.
The crowd followed and such cheering.
laughing hooting, yelling and hurrahing, as
was heard from the market house to the
bridge at Poeahoptas, never fell upon hu
man ears before. The rat had literally
gnaWed himself through the thick shirt Of
the darkey, before the affrighted ebo could
suinclently recover from his surprise to
ascertain what were the mysterious contents
OF that water million" as he pronounced
the word PefersbuTg Egpress, Jaly 90.
The Shasta courier., 1865-10-07

THE Pittsburg Post says there is well
known resident Of that city who is seventy
two wears Of age, and has physician s GER
tifcate that he has not been sober more than
forty times for forty years. Beng drunk
has become his natural condition, and when
he desires 10 enjoy spree, whien he does
about once wear, he leaves of whiskey aud
takes to cold water. The consequence Is, he
raves and tears things generally and s
finally brought 70 reason by getting drunk
aesin. 1t ucb times he s3eaEs oh &C.
ciarsa that he wil. never gam MAKE =
The Shasta courier., 1865-10-07

4 SAVANNAH correspondent describes
General Gilmore as "a fine. wholesome
looking. solid six-footer, with big head and
broad good -humored face and high fore
head, family elongated by suspicion Of
badness, curly brown hair and beard, and a
frank. open face. and you have him. A
quick speaking quick moving soldierly man
be is. an accomplished engineer, one Of the
finest practical artillerists in the world, and
withal man whose ideas are not limited by
the range Of his profession y
The Shasta courier., 1865-10-07

THE london papers are saving some very
pleasant things Of her Hawaiian Majesty.
Qaeea Emma, now on visit to England
One Of the journsis says she IS rather a
pleasant looking specimen If 4 Polvnesian'
not much Drowner dian gypsey, and pos
sessing q decidedly nice figure. She has
English hl8ed in hos veins as hsr 65f,-
iher was au English sailor. tFhsv sav hat
Der grandmother dinsd OF Captain Cook.
sonas t'lae previous % her ngptials. which, Of
afsa taases eaeen Kama additionally il.
teres slng
The Shasta courier., 1865-10-07
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The Shasta courier., 1865-10-07

SRAEL CoMsToCK viii attend 70 tie For
farlng and CaE1nlissian 1nsiHsss il Isrsla.
y hope 10 reserve e9atinnsfau 81 Che natrena-s
Heretofore extended 81 ia= old 6rm.
t.e5 Elaa Se-1s tsl5 n2I.E
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-07

The COMING TAxA7IoS. There arc
many who suppose that their taxes are
already quite as high As they ATE likely To
become. This is a delusion which it is
as well were cleared away at once. No
tax levied on real estate by Congress has
yet been paid. For the purpose Of keep.
ing the people quiet until after the Prc>i-
Dental election, our Abolition Congress
carefully deferred the assessment Of &
land tax till the year 1865. In the mean.
time, they run the government on money
received from incomes and licences, but
mainly from bonds AMI grcenbachS, which,
if ever redeemed, will be FaiI out Of the
land tax to tic collected rcSu any hcrcai.
ter. 1t would have been much easier
plan for the farmers to have paid at the
time what was properly due in each Of the
three past years, bat this did not sui, tie
PURPOSES Of the Abolition leaders. They
were afraid Of alarming the farmers
They considered it necessary to keep it
back until after the PreSilcn'il, election,
and for this reason the farmers have A.
yet paid 10 part Of the Federal war tax
resting like a mortgage on their land -
Now that the election is over, the farmers
will feel the full weight Of Abolition mis-
rule.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-07

ELECTION FRAUDS. The Albany Argus
asserts that seven hundred soldiers votes
which were sent through the mails to
various points in Cayuga county, in that
State, did not reach their destination I'M
Ill after the election day, although letters
from the soldiers were received before that
day. Seventy-two such votes, which were
sent to the village OF Seneca Falls, in SEN
eca county, were thus detained. The
Utica Observer speaks Of the same petty
trick in connection with soldiers votes
received at that city. Scores of like cases
are reported in other New York papers,
and it is probable that thousands Of such
votes more than enough to elect Gov.
Seymour and give the electoral vote of the
State to McClellan-were thus kept back
in order to defeat both. By such rascal.
ly tricks the Abolitionists carried States
for Lincoln. If the election had been
fairly conducted Mcclellan would have
been elected by an overwhelming maiori.
ty. Under Abolition rule voting is a
farce, and the voice Of the people is sup
pressed by fraud and violence.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-07

"Ax ABOLITION WAR."--Thurlow
Weed is good Republican authority. He
was one of the founders of the party; he
battled for it in its infancy he is the DO
som friend Of Secretary Seward and no
man contributed more to build Up the
Republican party than he. He pro-
nounces this an abolition war;" and
says so long as Abolition influences and
counsels control the policy of the Admin
istration, the war promises but an inter
minable conflict or an inglorious termina-
ton" This is the reluctant admission Of
a friend Of the Administration the firm
convictiel of veteran politician, noted
for his renrarkx' sagacity. head What
he says:
We have been involved for nearly four years
in an abolition war. The influences that drove
North Carolina and Tennessee from the Union
extorted an emancipation proclamation. prac-
teal and effective only in giving union, strength
and determination to the rebeliOn-a procla.
ma ton to which The first slave has mot owed
his freedom, for it is only operative where our
armies CO. and without it our armies would
have gone faster and farther.
/ did not, three years ago, mistake or magni-
fy the evil of abolition influences. nor, though
iercely denounced, did shrink from the duty
of warning the people. What then was only
prophecy is now history. Abolition influences
in Congress and In the Cabinet have doubled
the millions Of dollars, and deepened the riv-
ers of blood, spent aud sned in a war. which,
50 long ,aS 4s,,oh dH&Oence3 ape connse!3 =n&.
the Government, promises but an intermina-
bic conflict or an inglorious termination.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-07
SUMMONS.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County Of Fl Dorado,
- SS.-In Justices Court, White Oak Township
To Grlst Sons, ron-residents OF this County and
Township, Greeting:
You are hereby summoned to appear before me a.
Ii Dorado, on the 3D. day Of January, A. D. 1865
at O'Clock, P. NJ to answer unto the complaint OF
Jacob Epinger, who sues you for two hundred and
forty six So 100 dollars balance due PIN rom you
on book account for goods and merchandise ssld
and delivered to You at your request and instance,
when judgment will be taken against you for the
said amount, together with costs and damages, II
you fall to appear and answer:
JOHN r. BREMER,
Justice OF the Peace.
To the Sheriff or any Constable of Fl Dorado
County, Greeting Make legal service and return
hereof
Given under my hand, this 3lst day Of December,
A.. D. 1854. JOHN p. BREMER,
Justice Of the rsaeO 10 and FOR said rOwnShip.
Hlas1mSl
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-07

FEARFCL.-Mr. Lincoln,in his late mes
sage, congratulated the country that in
this war "the fallen have been so few
Not so few as he would have the people
believe. In the single State of Ohio o.
III soldiers have been killed and disabled
during the war! The soldiers from 9TH
er States have suffered in like proportion,
and with this awful account of killed and
wounded before him, he heartlessly tells
US, sit is some relief to know that the
fallen have been so few! What other
county, in such short period of time,
has sacrificed SO many men? In Illinois
the loss has been still greater her loss
is estimated at 100000. Some time ago
the army correspondent of the Springfield
Republican stated that Grant had lost,
since he crossed the Rapidan, 1861
men His loss alone amounts to consider
ably over "few," at least in the estima-
ton Of those who have suffered by il, if
not 10 the estimation Of Mr.. Lincoln.
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UANKnrcAV HAYvAu"-pn~~k nnII@r
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-07

SuEnrDAS's vrcrcRY!-A rebel COM
mittee Of twenty persons, to take an ac-
count of the damage BY Sheridan's devas-
tation of the Luray Valley, give the mum,
Der of barns, houses, &C., destroyed, and
estimate the value'of property at twenty.
five millions 1t was great "victory, "
but one which few Generals would covet
the honor Of having achieved. The prop
erty of the infrIn, the inoffensive and the
defenceless, property Of widows and
orphans was destroyed. 1t was brUaal
order, brutally executed, and history will
so characterize il.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-07

IT will be remembered that during the
raid of General Hunter into the Valley OF
Virginia, the bronze statue Of Washing,
ton, the first ever cast Of the Father Of
his country, erected in 1898, was stolen
from Lexington, and, in a broken form,
transported to Wheeling. 1t was an act
for which the remorseleSs rotbcr deserved
the cxecration Of every American, but in.
stead Of that he received the thanks Of
the Abolition party. \ late letter from
Wheeling says>the tablet was broken in
three pieces. 1t bore the following in
>cription
THE General Assembly Of the Common
wealth of Virginia have caused this statue tn
be erected as "a monument of affection aud
gratitude to George Washington, whr. uniting
to the endnwmentS Of the hero the virtues ct
the patriot. and eXertng both in establishing
the liberties Of his country, has eDdeared has
name to his fellow citizens, and given to the
world an immortal example Of true glory
Done in the year of Christ, l.gs, and in the
year of the COmmonwe the l2th.'
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-07

DoN'r NEGLECT Ir-Last week We DISPATCHED
souvenirs, in the shape Of bills for subscrip.
tions to the DENocRAr, to a large number Of
our friends in different parts of the county and
State. Singly the amounts are small, and few
TO whom they have been sent can be inconve-
nieuced by their payment collectively they
which is all important to us, and would distend
our DOW collapsed exchequer with the plethora
of abundance. A few of our friends have al.
ready responded to these missives, and we
gratefully thank them for their promptneso-
We trust that all will do SC and that promptly.
We need the coin! As we remarked on q
former occasion, our purveyors of subsistence,
etc, present their bills with terrible prompt.
tude, and if we fail to connect"-our "wires
being down"-they gather their brows like
gathering storm" and say something about
the "old thing" will not our friends help US
TO make these unreasonable kusses happy?
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-07

For REFLEcrToN.-Beforc the triumph
Of Abolitionism, everybody knows, our
country was united, prosperous and hap
py. The awful consequences which fol-.
lowed that triumph were not an unfore.
seen accident, but the certain fruits Of
sectionalism. against which all great
statesmen Of the country, from Washing
ton down, had frequently warned u.s.
We rejected their warning, disrcgarded
their teachings, and blindly embraced
what has plunged the country in despair
and ruin. Strange infatuation, to reject
that which made our country prosperous
and happy and to adopt that which has
made it bankrupt and miserable. Strange
that the people would not believe what
seemed so true; strange that they will not
believe it now, after four years of bitter
experience.
We do not believe that Mr.. Lincoln's
policy can bring US peace. True, he and
his supporters promise US peace. So they
did four years ago; but we did not see
the conditions of peace then, nor do We
now, in his policy. Let our readers con-
slider the relations of undying enmity
which exist between the Abolitionists and
the Southern people, intensified by four
years war-a war frightful in its destruc-
tiveness and terrible in its cruelty-and
they need not be told that such elements
can never restore peace and union to this
country. Mr.. Lincoln will not assent to
conditions by which these are attainable;
and if it were possible to secure them up
on his own conditions, it would seem that
three millions of men and four thousand
millions of money ought to have secured
them before now. Is the abandonment
of slavery by the South of more impor-
lance to the American people than the
preservation of the Union and the peace
and happiness of the white race? Mr..
Lincoln and his party say it is: the Dem
ocracy say it is not, and, believing so,
they will steadily opposed his negro pro-
gramme.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-07

AYER's AMERICAN ALMANAC is now ready for
delivery, gratis, at Messrs. R. ]. Van VOORHEES,
4 Co.'S, who are happy TO supply all that call
for them. Every family should have and keep
this book. 1t is worth having-comprising
much general information of great value. 1t
gives the best instruction for the cure of prev.
aleDs sSMplSSOts, that we can get NuywNGre.-
ITS anecdotes alone are worth a bushel OF
wheat, and its medical advice is sometimes
worth to the sick, the wheat's weight in gold.
Many of the medical almauacs are trash, but
this is solid metal. Its calculations are made
purposely for this latitude and are therefore
correct. Call and get On Ayers Almanac, and
when got, keep it.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-07

r1xB oIrx AND COUNTY,
FO.pAr, the DExocRAr euteis anon ,be i2tl

TO-DAY, the DExocRAr enters 0po1 The 18th
year Of its existence. We have no new prom.
iSss to make. What our paper has been in the
past, It will be in the future. To support the
Constitution Of our country and advocate the
administration Of public affairs in accordance
With the principles and policy of the fathers of
the Democratic party; to combat tyranny and
usurpation ITO expose fraud and corruption;
to endeaVer TO makes ours "the freest and hap
piest government the world ever saw"-has
ever been the object Of the DENocRAr, and that
object will be fearlessly and to the best of our
ability pursued in the future. We shall aim
blow at Abotionism and all other species Of
treason against the Constitution, wherever
they show their hideous fronts, and shall firm.
y aud fearlessly advocate the doctrine that our
government was intendeFh 50 the benefit eS the
White race forever. Weshah continue 10 make
the DEHocRAr what all parties have ever &c.
kDowledged it to be-a faithful advocate of the
interests of our county and city, and the ear
nest champion Of high standard of morality.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-07

OVERWHELMING DEFEAT.-The Adolf.
ton papers talk about the overwhelming
defeat of the Democracy in the late cleo
ton, says the New Hampshire Patriot
The truth is Mcclellan and PcndIcton re.
ceived more votes than were ever given
to any President or Vice President elect
ed, with the single exception of Lincoln
and johnson. This may be very bad
and overwhelming defeat, but if it is, we
fail TO see it. 1t must be remembered
that the Democracy had everything to
contend against-money, power, an army
Of shoddy contractors. tax gatherers, gov
ernment spies, bastiles and bayonets, and
that they polled as large a vote as they
did, under the circumstances, is as aston
ishing as it is gratifying and encouraging.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-07
sEwARp's LAsr.-Secretary Seward hi

SEwARD's LAST. -Secretary Seward has
been given to making predictions. At the
Pbreaking out of the war he predicted that
the rebellion would be crushed in NINETY
days" Since that time he has found il
necessary, on more than one occasion, to
postpone that important event " few
months longer" lie strangely miSappre-
hendes the strength, determination, re-
sources and endurance of the rebels The
absurdity Of his predictions have been
exposed and ridiculed, but that does not
deter him from making others equally as
silly as his first Here is his last, made
on the evening before the election:
"You have already abundant evidence of the
exhaustion Of the rebels, but not vet evidence
of the consciousness of that exhaustion. These
evidences will appear Immediately on the an
nOuncement Of the reelection of Abraham Lin
coln."
Two months have elapsed since the ut
terance of the above stuff; "thc re.elec.
ton Of Abraham Lincoln" has been an.
nounced; yet the rebels appear to be
utterly unconscious Of their own exhaus-
ton. "Thcse evidences Of exhaustion"
have not appeared, in spite of Mr.. Sew.
ards positive assurances that they would
immediately appear on the announce.
ment Of the re election of Abraham Lin
coln.' Lincoln evidently has little faith
in the predictions of his Secretary, and
much less in the exhaustion Of the rebels,
as is proven by his calling for three hun,
drcd thousand more troops. Strange that
people, who profess to be intelligent, al.
low themselves to be deluded by such
silly predictions!
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-07

TnE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. There were
not less than four millions Of votes cast
for President, says the Hartford Times, OF
which Mcclellan received almost two mil.
lions. In other words, there are two
millions of "Copperheads" and TRAITORS"
in the army and in the Northern States
These are as much interested in the safe.
ty Of the Union as NboitioniSts can be-
we think that at heart they are more so
than most of the Abolition LEADERSHIP;
they are condemned by such diSunion
patriots as Sumner, Stevens, Greeley. and
their sort, because they think that dif-
ferent policy would have ended the war
sooner.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-07

UNrRoFIrABLE.-The angry discussion of
personal matters on the street corners is un.
profitable and undigpi6ed. No man gains
anything but disagreeabe notoriety BY enga
ging in such controversies. A Touchdown or
even an exchange of compliments with Derin
gers, in private, is a much more genteeI way
Of settling these purely personal grievances
and is not whit more Injurious TO public NOR
ais. We would rather catch most anything we
know Of than whaling and vet we would nre
fer one of moderate dimensions TO the abu &c
that is usually exchanged on such OCCASIONS
Should these remarks CRATE harshly on the SEN
sitlve nerves of any one, we stand ready lat
moments notice, to-accept his apology and
take drink at his expense.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-07

Buffers PEACE TALK.-The Providence
Post, referring to Buffers peace talk,
which has attracted considerable attention
and discussion, says that the Administra.
ton press regard his proposal as simply
rciteration Of the ITO whom it may con.
Germ" letter; that the Administration has
no idea that it will be accepted by the
South; that it is to be made only to unite
the North and make favorable impress.
ion in Europe. 1t is a flimsy pretext to
deceive the people. The Administration
induced Butler to throw it out as freer
to see how it would take. If the people
swallowed it; if they failed to discover its
true character and purposes, then Lincoln
would act upon it. The Post says that
the upshot Of the matter is inst this:
An amnesty will probably be offered n the
South, conditional upon the abolition Of slave
ry; it will have no effect; the Administration
will then pretend that il has exhausted the re-
sources of craftsmanship, and will carry on the
war upon the Butler plan. until having ex-
hlusted and ruined the North and South alike,
it will acknowledge the Southern Conederacv,
making the best boundary line it can. We
have endeavored to discoves some more favor.
able prospect. but in vain. We have sought
carefully, anXiously sought for some other So
luton Of the dread problem We are solvIng.and
we find none. We can discover nothing but
war. desnIation, utter ruin befj'rc the nation,
because we can see no symptom Of returning
reason on the part Of the Administration, and
on the par; of its adhercnts no desire 10 revert
Ia the ancient landmarks of political duty
We have departed from the precepts Of Wash
ington and Jefferson, and are running in the
paths pointed out to us by John Brown, sum
ntr and Philhps-and the end thereof, is RENE
diless ruin.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-07

PACIFIC INSURANCE. Cove are indebted to
7. c. Nugent. agent for this Company, for an
elegant counting house almanac for 1885,
This company is composed Of the weaItbiest
men 10 the State, and has a cash capital (paid
in) of $3.50 900. The Company pays all losses
in gold, as soon as ascertained. The COM
mencement of the year is good time to adopt
a safe policy, and we would suggest to those
who are not already insured, that policy" in
a Company like the Pacific, is the safest policy
imaginable.