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The Shasta courier., 1865-04-22

TnANKs.-We are indebted to Hon. Johr
Conness for our frs. and only public docu
ments received from Washington this year
The munihcent manner in which our Senate,
has remembered US makes amends for the
shortcomings of our Representatives,.
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-22

R Isaacs i Bro. are in recent Of more de
sirable goods. We know the ladies will fin,
their new advertisement. and the gentiemel
nay learn lesson profitable to themselve
b ca<sfhlly sessuipgi il.
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-22

SAN Francisco FLAc.-On s.,.-,,
"e received this enterprising paper .ccono
'an.eu oy It's tender, the Dispatch If n.
pronts OF the Flag are anywhere nea, oo.a1
20 Its vim and enterprise, a fortune - = I: ,4uai
more rapidly made there than elsewhere
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-22
The New President.

Andrew Johnston, Vice President of the
limited States took the oath of Office on Sat
|urdav the 18th inst. The ceremonies were
|of the most solemn character, and took place
|at the rooms of the Vice President, in the
IKirkwood House, Washington city. Mem
bers of the Cabinet, F. P. Blair Dr., Mont
somerv Blair and but few others witnessed
the ceremony. Chief Justice Chase, OF the
United States Supreme Court, administered
the oath in the most impressive manner, and
lin manner equally solemn Andrew johnson
lof Tennessee, assumed the duties ana respon
lsibilit;es of the Office of President of the UNI
tied States. His first act in that capacity
was to declare that he should make no chan
9ges.. in the Cabinet next to appoint Mr.
Hunter acting Secretary of State during the
of Secretary Seward; next TO
revoke the passports of r. Al. 1. Hunter
Letcher and Campbell, which gave them the
privilege of entering and leaving Richmond
..at any time.
1t seems President Lincoln had granted
such passports to the above named persons
ito enable them to procure the assemblage of
Ia State Convention that would annul the act
3of secession passed some four years ago, and
lreorganize the State for readmission into the
IUnion without the incubus of slavery. On
|revoking the passports President johnson
said he ''had no objections to the people of
Virginia holding Convention, but did not
want it controlled by such men,"
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-22

CATHOLIC cCHuRcH.-Rev Father McNulty
will hold Divine Service at the Catholic
Church, in Shasta, on Sunday Both inst, and
'at HOrsetown on the Sunday following, May
,-,h
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-22
|Whiskytown Gold, Silver and Copper
Mining Company,

r OCATION of Works, Trinity Centre, Trinity
i 4 county, Cal.-There is delinquent upon tho
ollowing described stock, on account OF asses'-
nents levied November 18th. 1854, and March 9th,
1865, the several amounts set opposite the names of
he respective shareholders, as follows
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-22

VERMONT ratif ed the c. Institutional amend
mens prohibiting slavery, at a special see
sion of her Legislature on the 9th of March
the bill passed the Senate unanimously tn
house bS "a to 2. Vermont is the eighteenth
ratifying State.-Appeal.
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-22
INSOLvENT NOTICE.
In the County Court, County of Shasta and Stat
of California.
In the matter of the petition of Samuel S. Dunnell
an Insolvent Debtor.

DORsUANT to an order of the Hon. C.
Il Bush, Judge of said County Court, notice
hereby given to all the creditors of said nsolyen
Samuel 5. Dunnells, to be and appear before IL
Hon. &C. Bush, County Judge of said county,
Chambers, at the Court House, in the town an
county of Shasta, on the 23d day of May A..
o65, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ. of that day, then an
there to show cause, if any they have, why ii
prayer of said insolvent should not be grantei an
AN assignment of his estate be made, and ne
discharged from his debts and liabilities, IN pu,s'
nce of the statute in such case made and provide.
and in the mean time all proceedings against sal
nsolvent be stayed.
-, Witness my hand, and the seal Oh sa
L. s. Court, this 10Th day of April, A.
t-) 1865.
CHARLES MCDONALD, Clerk.
R.T. SPRAGUE, Atty for Plaintiff. ap2.
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-22

FARxERs.-Look for A. Coleman & sad
|vertisement.- They have something you vii
soon need
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-22

A BACHELOR politician remarked to a
lady that soapstone was excellent to keer
the feet warm in bed. "Yes," she replied
f but some gentlemen have an improvement
on that which you know nothing about. y
|Old bachelor turned pale and maintained a
|wistful silence
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-22

GRATIFYING.-The latest advices from
Washington gives us the pleasing assurance
that Secretary Seward and his son are both
improving. The Secretary is considered out
of danger. The assassins of President Lin
'coln-we mean those Immediately engaged
i'm it-are corraled, and without doubt will
,be killed or captured. We hope the latter.
|Survalt who made the attempt on Sec. Sew
Iard's life, has been caught and Unidentified
Iby Mr.. Seward servant. He was trying to
|enter the house where his family resides in
Washington. He was carrying pick on
Ibis shoulder, was roughly dressed, and had
'smeared his face with dirt. A little washing
prepared his sweet countenance for recogni- !
.tion. There is no doubt now but the con-
,'spiracy of the hellish crime, partially carried
|out, emenated in the head OF the rebellion
lat Richmond The position taken by Presi
dent johnson is very gratifying. Towards
the leaders of the rebellion he feels no SYM
|pathy-towards the common people he will
;be most lenient.
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-22

WAREHOUSE MIssING.-In Red Bluff lives
an old friend of ours-a man than whom
none in that town stands higher among its
people; yes long years ago we knew him
even before the birth of the Red Bluff Inde
pendent, we knew him as worthy. atten
tive business man at Red Bluff, and he had
business, and it was the forwarding bust
ness, and to make his many customers safe
he had bull. fire. e.proof warehouse ir
which to store their merchandise and
since that time has our friend conducted that
business in the aforesaid fre-proof ware
house, and we supposed him still so situated
(the firm advertisement being in our paper,
and SO doing business, until we looked into
the Independant of the 18th inst. Then We
learned that though Israel might still be
there, the fre-proof had "gone up."-
Where are you, Israel Comstock? Comstock
& Martin, where do you hang out your sign
Has brick, mortar, cement, tin and iron
become combustible? or has Eyer machine"
gone off in the food, to make room for the
= only FIRE proof" mentioned in said Inde-
pendent of the 18th inst? Answer early.
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-22

And in accordance with law, and an order Of tho
oard Of Trustees, made on the 9th day of March,
D. 1865, so many shares of each parcel Of
i'd stock as may be necessary, will be sold at the
Hce of the company, in Whiskytown, on the 9Th
~ of May, 1865, at o'clock P. NJ. of said day.
pay said delinquent assessments thereon, together
18th costs Of advertising and expenses of the SALE
'ayable in United States gold or silver coin.
II. J. WATZENB0RN, Secretary.
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-22

To FEDERAL TAX PAYERs.-By a recent
;ruling of the United States Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, returns must be made
Iand taxes assessed upon the basis of the cur
'rency in which such taxes are paid"
If the tax payer gives in his property al
lgold value. he must pay the tax in gold; if
lat greenback value, the tax may be paid in
kind. Or, in other words, the property and
incomes will be assessed at currency valua-
Ition, and the tax paid in kind.
This is rather important to the tax paying
.citizens of the State, and should greenbacks
fall to fifty cents on the dollar they would
have to pay just double what they paid last
lyear, as then they were taxed at gold valu
sation and paid the face of the tax in curren
Icy, bought at half its face. The seeming
hardship is partially overcome by the ad
vance of greenbacks or fall of gold. Further,
the tendency of the ruling is to make it the
Interest of all to bull greenbacks and bear
gold, instead..of the reverse, which has been
'the case in this State, to enable crafty OF
dishonest sharps to pay their obligations Al
forty or fifty cents on the dollar.
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-22

STRUCK IT.-Friend Bob, an owner in thej
Spring Greek Mill. has but just returned FROM
the Bay, where he had been to purchase i'm |
proved machinery for the mill. Bob, though
not skeptical as to whether the ledge that|
supplies the mill would really pay with the
new machinery, thought that as he was there
be might make assurance doubly sure,-in|
short, end all doubt or question in the matter,
$50 he hied him to famous astrologer or
yclairvoyant, where, for two dollars, he learn
Z ed that the rock the mill was working would
majors. Better and better,-though worse,
the same reliable authority informed him
= that they were not on the main ledge, which
was much richer, and for $40, he could be
Uniformed where to strike it. In the excite
tment of the moment Bob went down for the
$50, and would have forked over and learned
2all about it, had not the nature of the cannie
2Scot predominated and induced the thought
q" S25, per ton is very good, and if I'm right
sin that can send down the $40, and gain
further information" Bob's many friends
Sregret he had not paid in the double eagle.
! As drawback to the above gal lorious
sand encouraging information, the church of
(which Robert is deacon is about taking
ihim in hand for consulting such authorities,
1 but then, on the other hand, if his prospect
fling apparatus at the Bay holds out, he can
5soon build church of his own without feel
sing it.
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-22
obsequies of President Lincoln.

The late sad rews was announced to the
citizens of Shasta on Saturday Afternoon last
BY an Extra from this office. To attempt to
depict the horror expressed by. every loyal
,ountenance would be task beyond our
capacity. For short time fears were enter
aimed that some outbreak against rebel
.ympathisers might be the consequence, but
fortunately for the peace of our community,
. the current did not set that way, nor was any
provocation offered All who make any pre-,
tensions to decency lamented the sad catas
trophe which had robbed the Nation of a
lead, and all mankind of friend.
On Monday evening, at the sound of the
gong, our ci.izens-nearly all attending
assembled at the Court House in order to
determine upon some organized demonstra-
3ticn of the great sorrow telt at the Nation s
bereavement. Already every building in the
3town showed some emblem of mourning
I Flags lowered to half mast and draped in
mourning floated from every staff and house
top; yet this spoke not half the great grief
lin the hearts of our people.
The meeting elected Presiding officer and
3Secretary, and voted that committee of five
]be appointed to make the necessary arrange
nents for an organized demonstration of the
Feelings of this people on Thursday, the
committee consisting of Messrs. 1saacs,
3Folansbee, Tracy, Hopping and Mcdonald
Following is the programme of the committee:
The procession will form in front of Armo-
Try Hall, at O'Clock, in the following order !:
Chief Marshal
D-,ss p,rI
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The Raleigh Whig Oh Peace.

"a national enterprise partakcs of the
same disposition that a private or individual
enterprise does. No man with sound com
mon sense risks or jeopardizes his pruperty
or his life, his liberty or his reputation, when
hc knows that nothing but failure and per-
haps irretrievable ruin lies before him. For
four long years the Contcderacy has been in
the condition of merchant who has risked
everything and gained nothing who has
witnessed the laundering of the bark con-
tanning ali his precious venture in a distant
sea. How long can we stand this? How
long are we to suffer and endure, without
the fintest hope of lettering our condition
II we were unable to maintain inviolate our
territory from invasion when our whole arms
bearing population bristled with bayoncts
when our ranks were over-crowded with
eager volunteers. what are we to do now
when those armies, with but one single Illus
trious exception. have been defeated, deci-
mated. or annihilated. and we cannot recruit
their ranks except through the unpopular
CONSUMPTION? In view Of these momentous
questions in view Of the threatening aspect
of the future it becomes us rs men to con
slider how best to ward off the impending
calamities And in the purest spirit of pa
triotism, in the highest love for the South
and all her cherished institutions-her brave
courages, sef-saerifcing people-re affirm
thut 1t as ,cOrse than madness for as to con-
time the one sided conflict. The spirit Of
our people is broken under succession Of
disastrous defeats the Yankees are flushed
with brilliant and dashing Victories; We
have lost the seacoast /; Sherman and Thomas
menace the interior, and Grant holds in his
vice.l like grasp the on y effective army in the
Confederacy Anything-peace, honorable
nrI hnn I,l t.,rth wi 81
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Yankee Prison VS.. Rebel Ranks

The Columbus correspondent of the Gin
cnnati GaZctte gives the particulars of the
refusal Of $50 out Of 800 Rebel prisoners, at
Camp Chase, TO accept the offer of exchange.
Col. Richardson, commandment at Camp
Chase, received instructions from the Com
missary General of Prisoners to make up a
list of 5000 prisoners for exchange, in de-
tachmens of 800. and in which he was not
to include any who did not wish to be ex-
changed. He called out the first 500, to
whom he read the order, which was received
with cheers. He then announced that those
who did not wish to be exchanged were not
obliged to go, and ordered any such to step
forward five PAGES. Only three or four
stepped forward. He then ordered all back
to their quarters. This was not the end of
the matter, however. Soon after he re-
ceivcd score or so of notes from prisoners,
requesting to be kept behind. Col. Richard
son then resolved to test the mattel thor
oughly, and again assembled the 500. He
stated to them all that had occurred. He
told them that he would take another vote,
which should be final. explaining to them
that those who remained behind would have
to continue in prison. He then called upon
them to make their choice. Immediately
two hundred and sixty stepped forward,
requesting to remain, some of them stating
that they preferred to stay in prison ten
years rather than he sent back to the Rebel
army This number included all present
who had served under Hood There are
rear 10000 prisoners, altogether, at Camp
Chase.
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The Sanitary Commission.

The Sanitary Commission has just pub
ished remarkably clear and full account
of its doings and expenditures from the
very commencement, June lst, 1861, to DC.
tober, LIST. 1864. From this it appears that
in these three years and four months, it has
received in cash $3,0S3. 224. SO, and in
goods 81, 124, 66l.15 or in round figures ten
millions and two hundxed thousand dollars
(S10,200;000.) Out OF this immense sum
about four hundred thousand dollars (S410,-
445.O5) has been the em.re cost of distribu-
ting nearly eight millions and ahalf worth of
supplies ($S, io6, 2727S) among our sick ard
wounded soldiers. That is to say, only
about one doiiar IN t,renty has been the cost
of distributing this immense amount of
benevolence to the sick and wounded, saw
ing the lives of thousands of our sick and
wounded soldiers, and administering to
their comforts in hundred ways never be-
fore attempted or even contemplated in any
army in the field. In almost every battle,
the supplies of the Sanitary and Christian
Commissions have been on the ground, and
its agents ready to distribute them as fast as
the men could be brought in wounded.
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A Man who has not Slept for
over Fourteen Years.

At present there is a soldier at the Chest
nut.lIll Military Hospital who has not slept
for a single moment for fourteen years and
six months. This may seem ncredulous,
but nevertheless it is true, and can be veri
fed by numbers of persons. The indivi-
dual is an intelligent man. naturally, and
has the benefit of moderate education.-
His name is G. ID. Saunders, orderly SER
! geant of Company G, 18th Virginia Nolun-
: teers. He entered the service Of the United
States on December %, 1868. He is in the
| forty.ffth year Of his age. His health has
| been generally excellent during his life. In
| ls49 he was attacked with cholera, and since
| that period with lung fever on two occasions.
| In the summer of 1850, sleep forsook him,
| and since that time he has never felt the
| least drowsy. lie has always led a temper
ate life. His wife and children reside in
Putnam county, West Virginia. Since he
entered the Union army he has been on
seven raids and in four charges, during
which time he informs us that he never felt
tired nor sleepy. lie was in the four charges
made beyond Harper's Ferry, Va, on the
l7th 18th, 10Th and Goth of last August, and
yet he did not feel the least sleepy. Why it
| is that he cannot and does sleep is as much
mystery to him as it is to many scientific
| gentlemen, who, having had their attention
calle9 so DlIn, nave Dccll aStOulucu III lHclT
| attempts TO investigate The cause.
Upon one occasion, at his request, num-
| Der Of curiously inclined gentlemen watched
him for fortytw days and nights consecu-
lively, in order, if possible, TO arrive at the
cause Of the wonderful phenomenon. These
gentleman took turns with each other in the
progress of watching. so that if he should
chance to sleep it would be observed. Some
of the watchers became drowsy, and it was
| as much as he could do to awaken them.
This singular man WAS sent TO Phladel-
phia by order Of the field surgeon. He was
admitted into the hospital at Chestnut Hill,
on the 17th of November last, suffering
| from chronic diarrhna and rhcumatism.-
| He has nearly recovered from his physical
disability; his appetite is good, but yet he
does not sleep. lie rctires to bed, the same
as other soldiers, but he cannot sleep. He
simply receives physical rest. This brief
narrative of u most wonderful phenomenon
may seem fabulous, but the reader is assured
that it is the truth.-Paiiu. Press.
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DlrrHERIA. OR PUTEiD SORE THRoAT.-A
poul'ice made of the yolk of an egg and fine
salt, of paste like consistency. to be put on
the throat, and Kept on thirty minutes, un-
less sooner dry. If a child be very feverisf
the pouitce should be repeated. A wash OF
gargle should also be prepared and used
consisting of equal parts of fine salt and
alum mixed with vinegar. For very
severe case make wash for the throat O.
blood root, golden seal and ,pulverized bay
berry. We are credibly informed that ii
every instance where these simple remedies
have been applied, the sufferer has recover
ed. - escret Ne,cs.
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Notice to Creditors.

THIS is to give notice, that the subscriber,
L of Cecil county, hath obtained from the
Orphans Court of said county, letters of
Administration on the personal estate of
Benjamin W. Harris, lale of said county
deceased. All persons having claims against
the said deceased, are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof
duly authenticated, on or before the 18th
day OF December, 1865; they may otherwise,
by law, be excluded from all benefit OF said
estate. All persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate payment
to the subscriber. Given under my hand
this 14th day Of January, 1868.
JAS. T. MCCULLOUGH,
Administrator OF BENZ. W. Harris, decd.
Test--CnALKLEY b. CUTLER, Reg.
Jan a. 186o-6w
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Prominent PRINTERs.-An address re-
Gently delivered before the Typographical
Society at Washington, stated these facts
about honcrs to printers:
The United States Senate has chosen a
printer for secretary, printer for sergeant
alarms, while printer occupies the vice,
president chair. In the House a printer
has been elected clerk, a printer postmaster,
and on the first Monday of December, 1868,
the House of Representatives chose aprintel
for their foremaa or speaker and also Of
the fourteen gentlemen who had filled the
office of Mayor of Washington, six were
printers, namely: Rapine, Gales, Seaton
Weightman, Force and Towers.
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summer Boarding House.
NEW GROCERY STORE,
Corner of .Main ind Church Streets
VIM. p. MORGAN

AS opened stock of choice Groceries
IL Of every description, embracing Pro-
fessor Horsford's Patent Self.Rising Family
Flour, new article and general favori,c
with all who try it; Bacon, Lard. Dried
Beet, Beef Tongnes, Maclicrcl, Herring,
Goldfish, Cheese, Molasscs, Syrup, Salt,
spices, Coffee Essences, Dried Fruit, Can
ned Peaches, Potatoes. Onions, Coal Oil.
candles, Soaps, Tobacco, Pipes, Cigars, &c. -,
together with every article in his line.
UAIso, the best lot of LIQUORS in
Elkton. The public are invited to call and
examine for themselves
ElktOn, April 30 1851
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Road Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that application
~ will be made to the Commissioners OF
Cecil county at their first regular meeting
after the Dist day of February next, for the
opening of Public Road from q point on
the Still House road, at the southern bound
airy of the land of J. NJ. Gay, passing through
the lands of said j. NJ. Gay and J. II. Row.
land, to the Port Deposit road, at point
near the tenant house of said ]. II. Rowland
Jan 81, lS65-5w