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The Shasta courier., 1866-06-02
s1,1g Mu,11A. A.-The reorganization of the

STATE MILITIA. The reorganization of the
California Militia. and the establishment OF
the California National Guard, is completed.
The force of the National Guard is divided
into six brigades. composing sixty i've com
panies of infantry, twelve of cavalry, ana
four batteries or companies of artillery All
COMPANIES of the State Militia now organized
in this State in the First, Third Fourth, Fifth
and Sixth brigades will be mustered out un-
der the direction of the Brigadier Generals
commanding the respective brigades as soon
as practicable, with the exception of those
that are ordered to be retained to form =
part of the National Guard, viz; Tuolumne
Home Guard, OF Columbia Sigel Guard.
Sonora Tuoumne Home Guard. Montezu
ma Union Guard, Copperopolis; Union
Guard. Campo Seco: Union Guard. Stock
ton !; City Guard Stockton Tuolumne Light
Dragons. Lockford Stockton Light Arth
lerv. Stockton City Guard. Sacramento :;
National Guard. SACRAMENTO; Emmett Guard.
Sacramento Sacramento Light Artillery :
Sacramento IIus>ars: Nevada Light Guard :;
Grass Valley Union Guard. to be consolidated
with the Howell Zouaves of Grass Valley,
under the name of the Grass Valley Union
Guards Little York Union Guard Jackson
Guard. Jackson; Volcano Blues; Placer
Vile City Guard Placerville Georgetown
Union Guard Auburn Grevs; Pacific Guard.
Dutch Flat; Yankee Jim Rifles Yuba Light
Infantry Camptonville: National Guard,
Downieville; Minnesota Guard. to be consol
idated with the Allegheny Guard; Butte
Mountain Rangers Sierra Valley; Orovile
Guard Lassen Rangers, Red Bluff La Porte
Guard Lyon Light Infantry, Shasta; Siskl-
you Guard, Yreka; Honey Lake Range S,
Susanville; the Arcata Guard, at Arcata,
Humboldt county. and several new compan
les vet to be formed.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-02

PERsoNAL.-D r. Sample, Esq, of Marys
vile, called upon Us during the week. He
is travelling correspondent and agent OF the
New Age, weekly paper published in San
Francisco in the interest of the |. .. .. +.
"a most excellent journal, with large cir
culation, though only about year DID,
Judging from appearances, Mr.. 5. Will
largely increase the business of the paper,
and during his tour add much to the interest
of its columns.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-02

BOARD OF ExAMIN ATIoN.-A County Board,
for the examination of persons desiring to
teach in the public schools, was held at TIE
school house, in this place, on Saturday last
The Board was composed of the County Su
perintendent, Miss Ellen Evans, and MIR. l..
Coulter. Nine applicants were present, and
second grade certificates were issued as
follows: Miss Mary Vestal, f. A. Nestal,
Miss Ellen Wills, Miss Martha c. Bidwell.
Miss Eta R. Cam1 Miss Cynthia Collins.
and Miss Sarah Pelham. No first or third
grade certificates were issued.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-02

Pacific CoAsr BUSINESS DrREcToRY.-M
II. G. Langley, compiler and editor of the
San Francisco Directory and State Register,
is now collecting the necessary facts for get
ting up work with the above title. His
agent will probably be here during the COM
ing week. We bespeak for him cordial
reception by our business men, for certainly
a work of the kind is much needed, not only
for the convenience and immediate profit OF
business men on the coast, but for our credit
and standing abroad. The reputation Mr..
Langley has acquired as compiler Is
guarantee that the work in question will
come up to the standard of excellence attain
ed by any work of similar nature that has
been published elsewhere.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-02

| How THE MoRMoNs DANCE.-A Salt Lake
correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette de
scribes Mormon bail as follows;
The first entertainment of the kind which
we witnessed, will serve as Il specimen. 1t
was held in the village church, the benches
being ranged against the walls. and the men
and women seated on opposite sides of the
| house. facing each other, while the hddlers
occupied raised platform on the mems side.
The performance opened with prayer. The
dancing hegan. and with the exception of an
intermission at midnight, was kept up with
out interruption until the 8 wee sma' hours"
Every one who paid for ticket could dance
unquestioned, and no introduction was re-
quired !; but at the conclusion of each set you
are expected, after seating your partner, to
return to your own side of the house. To
seat yourself by her side for few moments
conversation. would have made you at once
the centre of all ewes. All, from childhood to
gray haired age, joined in the sport. Here
might be seen mother dancing with her
son; there an elderly Saint with several
grown children in the room leading out
Young girl soon to be added to his harem.-
What aces and iewelry the'settlement afford.
ded were fully displayed on the persons Of
the ladies, the toilet of the beaux being made
up of mingled homespun and " storeicothes :"
while occasionally one whose wardrobe could
not furnish coat, parsued the sport, moth
ing daunted. in his sh rt sleeves. At inter
walls, the younger brethren retired from the
building sinsly or in squads, and drawing
from their hiding place divers pistols. heav
ilv charged with valley tam whisky, re
freshed themselves and returned with new
vigor to the labors. Whisky drinking Ger
tainy prevails to remarkable extent for
professedly religious community and once
on subsequent occasion at dance. the tid.
dlcr refused to play longer without further
supply of liquor. and one of the principal
church officers took up collection to pr cure
it, the article being kept for sale in the vii
lage by another dignitary of the church,
Toward morning plan adopted for the
benefit of the wall flowers, which consisted
in allowing the ladies to choose their part.
ners, which they did. and at the conclusion
of each dance duly seated their beaux, and
returned unattended to their own side of the
house. Finally, about three o'clock in the
morning, one of the church leaders came for.
ward and dismissed the assembly with pray
| er.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-02

MURDER OF Ross-Col. VIM. C. Ross, at
one time Deputy Sheriff in this county, was
killed in San Francisco on Monday, Odd ult..
by Charles p. Duane. better known to old
Calfornians as Dutch Charley. A difficulty
existed between them, which had grown out
of conflicting claims to some land near the
city, At the time of the shooting Ross was
standing on the sidewalk of Merchant street
talking with couple of friends. Charles
and John Duane came down the street at the
time. John little in advance. When Char
lev had got Immediately in the rear of Ross
and friends. Ross back being towards him.
he commenced firing with self-cocking six
shooter. and in quick succession fired four
times, hitting Ross in the body twice. Ross
was unarmed, and when shot staggered into
the street, turned and held up his hands, and
cried: ''Oh oh! oh !" The only words
used by Duane while shooting was after he
had hit his man; he then said 'Draw out
and fire. Cd d-n you." lie was arrested
on the spot, pistol in band and conveyed to
the station house, followed ny his brother
John, who evidently intended to keep off the
crowd that was following, with cries of
Hang him hang him p In answer to
these cries John was heard to say: '' would
like to see the sons of BIS attempt it," And
afterward, in the hall of the Court House, an
acquaintance asked if Ross was dead, to
which he replied 81 hope so, Cd d-n
an examination on a charge of murder.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-02

THE finest opposition boat ever launched
to run between San Francisco and Sacra-
mento. was launched at the former city this
week, in complete running order. Fun may
be expected.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-02

AN Eastern letter says that tie U. S.
Marshal. the British Consul. several English
officers and detectives, B. Doran killan and
several leading Fenians. are all stopping at
the Mabee Hotel, and it is amusing to see
them scowling at each other across tables and
in the different corridors or passages.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-02

KILLED.-James Kearney was killed near
the Eighteen Mile House, on the Monterey
road, recently, by being dragged by pair of
colts which he was hitching to a wagon. and
which started to run while he was somehow
entangled in the harness.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-02

KELLINGER.-This company. on last Thurs
day. were in with their lower tunnei 9ol
feet. and are in six feet on what appears to
be lead that is 26 feet wide in the upper
tnnnel, and assays $50 per tun. What the
lower streak assays is not known as yet nor
is it certain that it is the lode. More devel-
opments may be expected any day.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-02

RAIN.-It was raining when we went to
press on Friday evening last, and it contnu
ed steadily to fall until Tuesday night
wednesd " was fair day Thursday little
mixed-clouds and sunshine Alternating
Guess the rainy season is pretty much over.
No serious damage to crops has resulted from
the rains in this county.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-02

ID. D."-A rough but shrewd looking
countryman seated himself in Philadelphia
restaurant the other day, and called for a
piece Of" Forney." The waiter. who was a
black of more than ordinary intelligence,
disappeared grinning, and returned in
moment with a piece of cold duck.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-02

REWARD OF MERIT.-Steve Venard. who
recently immortalized himself by killing the
Nevada stage robbers, has been appointed bv
Governor Low, Aid upon his Staff. with the
rank of Lieutenant Colonel, for :. mertorious
services in the field"
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-02

A GooD REAsoN.-A minister in country
church had just commenced his sermon one
Sunday morning, when boy some eight
years of age got up, and walking straight up
to the minister, asked, in voice loud enough
to be heard by the congregation:
Mayn't go home? | forgot to feed the
pigs"
Consent was given; but the effect upon the
minister, as well as upon the congregation,
was far from serious.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-02

A WIDOW lady of Danville. Kentucky. cook
an orphan boy to raise, quite small. and
when arrived at the age of Is she married
him. she then being in her 50th year. They
lived many years together. happy as any
couple. Ten years ago they took an orphan
girl to raise. This fall the old lady died,
being 96 years old and in seven weeks after.
the old man married the girl they had raised,
he being 6S years old and she Is. 1t is the
girls turn next.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-02

For THE MINEs.-A drover named Scott
is now camped on Rogue river, with three
hundred head of beef cattle for the Owyhee
mines. There is, in addition to this drove.
over one thousand head of cattle on the way
to that region from Umpqua, Rogue river,
and other parts of the State. They will be
in luck if they are not Snaked in by Mr..
Paulina.- Oregon Sentinel.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-02

A PRUssIAN journal relates singular fact.
In an Israelite community there exists a
rabbi, esteemed and beloved by all. To
prove their gratitude for services rendered.
the community decided. upon the suggestion
of rich merchant, to offer the rabbi pres
ent of a tun of wine, and, in order that al
might contribute to it. it was agreed that
each should bring bottle of wine. and pour
it into the receptacle. The rabbi received
with gratitude the offering. and with much
precaution deposited the precious liquor in
his cellar. But, O. grief. when he wished
to taste it, miracle had operated. Instead of
wine. he found only water. His honest
friends had each Individually thought that
bottle of water would pass unperceived in the
quantity of wine. Unhappiy, each had the
same idea.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-02

OK Wednesday last, in San Francisco.
man named Dan O'Connell, alias Smith.
shot his wife, and then committed suicide by
shaoung himself through the head. 1t Is
thought the woman will recover.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-02

THE Californian, literary paper-and a
good one-published in San Francisco, COM
menced its 5th volume and third year on the
Doth ult.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-02

CHARLES P. and John Duane have been
'harged with arson, having set fire to the
,ouse OF Ross, on the disputed land near
',one Mountain. the day before the latter was
hot.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-02

The rain fall for the entire season. to
Sunday last, at 10 A. NJ. at Nevada,
amounts to 59l2 inches. For May alone,
4.3l inches.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-02

The Albany Argus says that at a recent
trial at Auburn. New York, the counsel for
the Government, after severely cross exam
lining witness. suddenly put on look of
severity and exclaimed: .Mr. Witness, has
not an effort been made to induce you to tell
different story ?" "A different story from
what | have told. sir?" ''That is what /
mean.' 6 Yes, sir; several persons have
tried to get me to tell different story from
what | have told. but they couldn't" Now,
sir, upon your oath, l wish to know who
those persons are" We'll. | guess you've
tried bout as hard as anv of them.n
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-02

THASKs-To Hon. John Bidwell, NJ. c.,
for m,ny favors to this ofice.I.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-10-18

ton Oft maintenance Il fertility With
out II. what avails all tbs gnrdernera art
Ia a fertile soil. on tbs contrary, how easily
are good crops assured Even those most
interested Ia improvements generally TOO
oftau labor al the wrong end VI the queA-
tiau, attempting by Al sorts Of refine
monts. In the selection Of seed, in rotation
II erops in patent onltittors. 10 eaiole the
soil into fruitfulneGs, wllih totally neglec'
ting the great foundation stone. without
which all agricultural ariihoes innst be M
gatory
No STATE can be truly prosperous and ~
dependent without agricultural resources
certainly not. a State destined by nature
for agriculture And When we see how
these precious resources have been wasted
heretofore, aud are still ping TO waste, We
cannot readily oyestlmats the Importance o.
manure beds snch as natsre has bestowed on
our favored State.
Etc. wv. HnGARD
State Geolsgist Of Mississippi
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-10-18

From THE LAND WE LOVE, For
September, we extract the following
good thing, which will be appreciated
by the boys who used to wear the
grey"
From an officer Of Humphreys old
Brigade of Mississippians we received
during the war, the incident below
showing the appreciation of the Mis-
sissippi boys for the gallant youths
who kept out of the army.
The Brigade was at halt by the
roadside with stacked arms, when a
nice young man rode by well mounted
and well dressed. He was instantly
greeted by a hundred voices each
charging him with using some of the
many tricks, by which, under the ex-
emptions of the Conscript Bill, the
Government was cheated ont Of sol
ders. He's twenty-nigger chap,
cried one. g No, he looks to poor for
that, he's the overseer, cried an
other. "Hes potash biler"
Wrong there, jim, he's been polting
around camp, picking up old hides to
soak in lanyard" Maybe, he's
magistrate--take off your hats, boys,
to the squire" Halo, Mister,
shouts bare-foted lad, have you got
contract for shoeing soldiers ? r"
I" He gave bale of cotton to the con-
script officer" Mary bale, he brib-
ed the fellow with his mammy's old
setin' turkey hen" Mister, can you
elk them things in the telegraphy Of
fee" Send Susie Ann, lock of my
hair over them thar wires" Our
young hero with flashing eyes and
dilated nostrils showed, by boldly
challenging the whole Brigade to sin
gle combat that other motives than
fear had kept him from the battlefield.
Thereupon, young---stepped out,
and with polite bow asked pardon
for the rndeness of the Brigade, the
boys will have little fun, bnt they
mean nothing of it, they have been
long away from civilized society.
it in camp-hope that you
will pardon them stranger since they
are true soldiers, fighting for our be-
loved country; It's not often they do
such outrageous things" The citizen
much Modified answered courteously,
g Well, | suppose that | was foolish for
getting mad at their jokes, and / am
glad to hear that they do not often
play such tricks upon inoffensive trav-
elers.' Very seldom indeed, " re-
piled the polite soldier with a bland
smile, "never indeed to my certain
knowledge unless some cussed fool
comes riding along, and then they
can't help it, you know"
Our informant did not tell us what
comfort was afforded by the last con-
solatory remark, but we think it prob
able that the youthful warrior never
passed Humphreys Brigade again.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-10-18
The Grave Of Jackson and the Home
Of Lee.

Even thus writes from Lexington, Yir-
ginio, q correspondent Of Horace Or ely. Ia
the New York Tribune
With the Blne Ridge irowning upon IL on
one side aud the North mountains yneering
AZ u on the other. aud lying 10 70 pietur-
euane a valley that the little town Is q hid
eOns scar upon the face VI mother earth, tho
chief glory Of Lexington in the region round
about has grown 20 be that Il Il the grave Of
jackson and the home Of Lee.
Putting the greater before the less, brings
the dead jackson before the living Lee.
The oemetry where the greater lies, IL ON
the edge Of the struggling town, opposite
the college aud institute. II Is small, very
smail--nOt more than . dozen acres, !
should Judge, aud Of the common typs Of
country ehureh.yard the world over In
| It's exact center IA a small lot about twenty
feet square, surrounded by one Of those hid
cons iron fences that the purer taste Of the
present is 80 rapidly driving from our cities
| Of the dead
There is, Of course, gate IN this palisade
Of iron; the gate bears plate, aud on IT,
In simple Roman characters, the single
word Jackson" Within this enclosure,
with the great everlasting mountains look
ing down upon him from the dim distance
from every side, sleeps him whom this peO-
pie style the great Stonewall An ascetic
taste has been shown in the surroundings
Of this sepulcher. A plain marble slab, three
feet in hight, slightly curved at the top,
aud bearing nothing more than the words
General Thomas j, Jackson" and an up
| right footstone Of foot aud half in hight,
with nothing more in the way of legend
than 7. J. J,--these are all Of the words or
monuments that are abont the grave Of
jackson. But there are other visible signs
and more significant Yesterday morning
was the holy sabbath, but the green turf
was covered with the rarest flowers. At the
head of the grave was an elaborate wreath,
and almost every inch from stone to stone
bore fOwery tribute TO the sleeper be-
meath. Nearly all these flowers were az
fresh as if pulled from the stalk but an
honr before, and the villagers bear witness
that they are renewed almost every day.
Tins sleeps jackson, where he lived and
was loved 80 long, and the kindly hearts
that each day deck his grave are mourning
for the chivalrous gentleman, the kindly
Christian and loving neighbor and friend
rather than for a dead hero, and the cause
for which he died. This is their own ex-
PLANTATION.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-10-18

The anniversary of Mexican indie
pendence, the 10th ultimo, was cele
hrated with great magnitlccncc. 49,
The troops were reviewed Ivy the EN-
peror. the theatres were thrown open
gratis TO the people. and bull fight
took place no disturbance occurred,
although IL was contemplated by the
Liberals that the people of the whole
valley should concentrate at the CAPT
toll on that day and ask Macmillan to
get rid of the French The Imperial
authorities heard of the intention,
however, and arrested several promi-
nent citizens two days previously,
thereby breaking up the plot. Senior
Lacmsa. President of the Council of
State, made a feeling and highly patri-
otto address TO the Emperor, 10 which
his majesty replied in a short but neat
speech in which he urged all loyal
patriots to support with energy, each
in his own sphere. the work Of regen-
Grafton; assuring them that they have
the inevitable task TO perform Of con.
solidating and browning the work of
independence. began by the great he
roes of the country with their precious
blood.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-10-18

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