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The Shasta courier., 1867-06-22

DANGEROUS JUNP.-The Valparaiso
correspondent of the n. Y. Herald says:
1t is said that q midshipman cannot be
killed. There was an illustration of this in
Valparaiso short time ago. Two young
midshipmen Of the Pensacola procured a
couple of prancing steeds and went out for q
display of horsemanship. They rambled
INTO various places where the flowing bowl
is INDUCED in, and about dusk were career.
ing wildly up and down the streets as if lost
In gale. In one of the streets large els.
tern was being dug. The excavation was
about thirty feet deep and fifteen wide. An
interior wall of brick had been built, twelve
feet high, forming well some ten feet in
diameter in the bottom Of the pit. There
was no fence around the hole, and the mid
shipmen in approaching it were hailed by
the police; but the youngsters, suspectng
that 1t was an attempt to arrest them for
fast riding spurred their horses into gallon,
and IN the darkness plunged down the well.
The excitement caused by the disappear
ance OF the riders in the well was intense
A crowd collected ladders were brought.
and man was sent down with lantern to
eXtrIcate the remains of the dead; but what
was the general astonishment to see both
midshipmen scramble up the ladder unhurt'
Both horses were killed by the plunge
The newspapers made the incident a subject
OF several humorous articles, and the mid
shipments gallop down the well is becoming
one OF the traditions of Valparaiso.
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-22

A SHIP OF DEATH FLOATS INTO A PORT
OF THE SHETLAND IsLANDs.-Since the
time when the ancient mariner told the ter.
rble tale of the curse laden ship, with her
crew of CHASTITY corpses, no more thrilling
story of the sea has been related than that
of the whale ship Diana, that recently drift
ed into one of the Shetland Islands.
A year ago she left the Shetlands on a
whaling voyage to the Arctic regions, having
on board fifty men. From that time nothing
more was heard of her. The friends of those
on board became alarmed. Money was
raised and premiums offered for the vessel
that would bring tdings of the missing ship !;
but all to no avail. Hope was almost aban-
doned
On the ID of April, the people near Rona's
Voc, in one of the Shetland Isles, were
startled at seeing a CHASTITY wreck of ship
sailing into the harbor. Battered and ice
crushed. sails and cordage cut away, boats
and spars cut up for fuel in the terrible
Arctic winter, her decks covered with dead
and dying, the long lost Diana sailed in like
ship from Deadman's Land. Fifty men
sailed out of Lerwick in her on a bright
May morning last year. All of the fifty
came back on her on the ID of April, this
year; the same, yet how different
Two men, of whom the Captain was one,
lay stifened corpses on the deck; thirty five
lay helpessly sick, ard some dying two
retained sufficient strength to creep aloft,
and the other three crawled about the deck.
The ship was boarded by the islanders, and
as they climbed over the bulwarks the man
at the wheel tainted from excitement; one
of the sick died as he lay, his death being
announced by the fellow occupant of his
berth moaning, "Take away this dead
man." On the bridge of the vessel lay the
body of the Captain, as it had lain for four
months, with nine of his dead shipmates by
his side, all decently laid out by those who
soon expected to share their fate. The sur
vivors could not bear to sink the bodies Of
their comrades into the sea, but kept them,
so that when the last man died the fated
ship that had been their common home
should be their common tomb. The surgeon
of the ship worked faithfully to the last, but
cold, hunger, scurvy and dysentery were
too much for him. The brave old Captain
was the first victim, and died blessing his
men. Then the others fell, one by one.
until the ship was tenanted only by the dead
and dying. One night more at sea would
have left the Diana a floating coffin. Not
one of the fifty would have lived to tell the
ghastly tale.
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-22

A DARING ACT.-A most remarkable in
stance OF humane daring occurred at neigh
borhood in South Plymouth. called Mano-
met. The high impelling motive was to
save a crew of a vessel perishing before the
eyes of numbers of distressed spectators
lining the shore. The life. boat was showed
off, containing eight as strong nerved and
stout hearted men as ever braved the ee
ments to rescue persons trembling on the
verge of destruction. The sea tumbled and
tossed angrily, the boat was upset, and four
OF the crew found a watery grave in their
sell. sacrificing effort to prevent few
strangers from meeting the same fate. The
gloom and grief this sad accident must have
caused among those who had watched every
motion of the life boat with solicitude, may
be imagined but not described Still, its
object being unaccomplished, and the crew
OF the schooner remaining in the very Jaws of
death, as it were, eight or ten more indi-
vlduals volunteered to make a final attempt
to bring them safely to lard. This time
better fortune followed the men on board
the life.boat, and she accomplished her
noble mission and snatched the exhausted
seamen from their doom. A community
embracing such specimens of the race as
cheeriully manned that life boat at the out
set, and then furnished others to take the
places of those who had just persisted before
their eyes, may well boast of the high type
of moral courage possessed by numbers of its
people. No truer heroism was displayed in
the most gallant deeds Of the late war
Boston Transcript
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-22
SHASTA COURIER.
The Last Wager of Battle in England.

There has died in Birmingham poor old
man, one event of whose history forms an
important mark in the progress of civiliza-
ton IN England, especially as relating to
the old barbarous mode of settling disputes
and trying causes by the wager of battle. ="
The deceased, William Ashford, was the
last person who was challenged in an Eng.
lish Court to meet, in single combat, a man
whom he had accused as the murderer of his
sister. On the Goth of May, 1917, beauti-
full young woman, named Mary Ashford, in
her twentieth year, went to a dance at
Erdlngton, without proper protection. She
lett the festive scenes at a late hour, accom-
panied by young man named Abraham
Thornton, farmers son in the neighbor
hood. They were last seen talking together
at stile near the place, but next morning
she was found dead in a pit of water, and
there were fearful evidences that she had
been abused, violated and murdered Gen.
eral suspicion pointed to Thornton, lie was
arrested and tried for murder at Warwick
Asslzes in August; but, though strong cir
cumstantial evidence was against him, the
defense, which was an alibi, obtained a YER.
dict of mot guilty" The feeling of sur.
prise and Indignation at his acquittal was so
intense that a new trial was called for, and
an appeal was entered against the verdict
by William Ashford, the brother and next
of kin to the murdered girl. Thorton was
again apprehended, and sent to London in
November, to be triel before Lord Ellen
borough and the full Court of Queens
Bench. Instead of regular defense by
arguments, evidences and witnesses, Thorn.
ton boldly defed all present modes of iuris.
diction, and claimed his right, according to
ancient custom, to challenge his accuser to
fight him, and decide his innocence or guilt
by the wager of battle" His answer to
the Court was: Not guilty, and | am
ready to defend the same by my body
lie accompanied these words by the old act
of taking off his glove and throwing it down
upon the floor of the Court. At this stage
of the proceedings William Ashford who
was in Court, actually came forward, and
was about to accept the challenge by picking
up the glove, when he was kept back by
those about him. With what wonder did
the assembly, and indeed the nation, ask,
4" Can a prisoner insist on so obsolete a mode
of trial in such time of light as the nine
teenth century," But with greater wonder
and regret was the judgment of the Court
received for, after several adjournments, it
was decided, in April, 1918, that the law of
England was in favor of the wager of
battle;" that the Old laws sanctioning it had
never been repealed and that, though this
mode of trial had become obsolete, it must
be allowed. Thornton was therefore dis
charged and, being set at liberty, left the
country for America where he died in OBJ
scuritv.
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-22

A WOMAN who was wrongly confined for
three years in the Illinois Insane ASYLUM.
makes horrible disclosure of the outrages,
and cruelties practiced there. One process
of punishment is to fit the patient with n
strong, closely-ftting waist or Jacket"
with sleeves coming below the hand and
sewed up, having single loop hole through
which strong cord may be passed. Her,
arms are then crossed to front, the hands are
drawn tightly behind her. she is thrown VIC.
lently upon the floor, face downward, her
clothing is removed or turned up, and then
she is beaten until her flesh is but jelly
Patients are stripped and plunged in the
cold bath until life is nearly extinct
Others for the slightest offence are pounded
and kicked in the most terrible manner
Patients are often choked until their faces
are black and their tongues hang out of their.
mouths. A lady of refinement, of pure and
vlrtHous character, and a nature remarkably
true to the instincts of true woman, before
being there thirty six hours, was stripped
of all her clothing except a torn chemise,
and laid upon her back on the floor, DR..
= sitting astride her naked body, while
the attendants applied the strap to her
quivering limbs Insanity appears to be
treated as crime, and all are ready to pun
ish the criminals. Such state of things. is.
disgrace to humanity.
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-22

AMUSING DUELs-A Havana correspon-
SAYS: An amusing duel took place yesterday
about five miles from the city. 1t originated
in a remark made by man to his friend on
seeing a lady coming out of church. The
lady was unknown to the person making
the remark, but happened to be the others
wife. A slap in the face was the consequence
and challenge came soon after. This was
accepted, and the seconds selected o place.
The wife got wind of the affair, aud immedi
ately took steps to prevent the dreadful
catastrophe. Her first thought was to notify.
the police, but that might have given her
husband the reputation of coward, and she
took better method by going the house of
the other party, where she met his wife, and
a plan was soon concocted between the femi-
mines. This morning both husbands got
up early; wives do. Husbands took car.
riages and their wives-one armed with
FIVE children and the other with three-took
other vehicles in waiting. When the two
duelists arrived at the spot they were some
what astonished at seeing the other two car
riages drive up with their passengers, who
cody informed the men that they also had,
come to fight, so as to make it a complete
family quarrel, each at the same time pro.
duclng an empty purse and package Of
baby linen as their arms and munitions of
war. The little ones had popguns and fire.
crackers, and soon some INDUCED in cry.
1t is useless to add that the boodthirsty
Benedicks made peace en- the spot and re-
turned to Havana. in company with their
seconds, to celebrate the affair over a cham.
pagne dinner.
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-22
Novel Attempt to Escape From Prison.

A Sing Sing correspondent describes the
ingenious method adopted by convict to
escape from prison:
=" One of the most ingenious men | ever
met found here, by the name of James
Dunn. medium sized, middle-aged, dark
complexioned man. He was here for the
third time, and was kept under stricter sur
velllance than others in consequence of
repeated attempts and contrivances 10 escape,
the most ingenious of which was this About
three months after his second commitment.
having secured a quantity of gutta percha
from the contractor agent, he made water.
tight coat, with hood or head dress attach
ed to it. In the front part of the hood he
securely fixed a small pane of thick glass;
From each side of it gutta percha horns were
extended upwards to the length of ten or ff
teen feet at the further end of each tube
was fixed hollow :" decoy duck"
With this equpage he stole away to the
edge of the river Here he put Stone in
each pocket for ballast, donned the gutta
percha ring, made it tight about his waist
and wrists. and tlking up his ducks be
waded In crouched posture out some two
hundred feet, when he let them CO. On he
Travelled, with the water from two to four
feet over his head, breathing meanwhile
through his ducks which were floating along
about eight feet in his rear. The guards
saw the ducks, and would have shot them
had they not been on duty. With some
inconvenience he reached the upper dock,
where friend met him, furnished with cit
liens clothes, few dollars in money, and
otherwise FASTENED his retreat, not, however,
so but that he was soon overhauled and re-
turned to his old quaters. He was here on
this last time on ten years commitment,
but was transferred, with company of fifty,
not long ago, to Clinton prison.
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-22

A.REMARKABLE FRoG.-There is at a Nash
vile brewery mammoth freq. weighing
twelve pounds. which is supposed to have
attained his enormus size from the nourish-
ment received from the health giving bever-
age manufactured at that establishment -
He is kept in the cellar, with no companions
but his own thoughts, and drinks his regular
allowance af lager with all the apparent sat.
isfaction and relish of a portly Mynheer OF
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-22

How RUSSIAN SABLEs ARE CAuGHT.-
Provided with a pitcher of water, the hunter
s.ations himself in tree over the hole lead
Ing to the habitation of the animal, and when
the latter comes out, and stands looking
about. the hunter pours some water on the
creatures tail, which almost instantly be-
comes frozen to the ground. The hunter
then descends, and with his knife slashes the
sable's face. Tne frightened animal strug-
giles to get away. and finally escapes through
the opening made in its countenance by the
hunters knife. leaving its skin in the pos
session of the hunter. while it returns to its
hole to await the growth of a new skim
Muachousen's NarTt res.
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-22

The SPIRoNErER.-This instrument meas
ures the volume of air respired by pair of
human lungs, and is an index of health and
vigor. On medical authority, it is stated
that examinations for life insurance have
revealed the fact that persons who habitually
drink ardent spirite between meals have not
power to blow up the spirometer to the
point due to their size and weight. By this
means individuals, not previously suspected
Of intemperance, have been detected.
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-22
NUMBER Is.
Ihe Flosging of Father O'Nen by British
Authorities.

Inc heroic death of Peter O'Neill Crow.
ley IN kilcloony Wood will be fresh in the
mlnd OF the reader. 1t will be recolleeted
that In every account of that occurrence
mention was made of the fact that a grand.
uncle OF his, priest named Peter ONeilI.
was cruelty fogged in 1898 for alleged com.
pllclty with the rebellion, and was then
transported. At the end of five wears he
was pardoned and allowed to return home
and he then, in reply to some calumnies
against him uttered in Parliament. publish.
ed statement of his case, from which in.
teresting document, which is now not easily
procured, l take the following extracts.-
The reverend gentleman first expressly de-
ciares his innocence of each and every one of
tne cnarses against HIM, and then goes on to,
say:
immediately upon my arrest, l was
Drought into Youghai, where, without any
previous trial, was confined in a loathsome
receptacle of the barracks called the black
hole-rendered still more offensive bv the
stencil of the common necessary adjoining !.
In that dungeon | was confined from Friday
until Monday, when l was conducted to the
ball alley to receive my punishment No
trial had yet intervened. nor ever after.
was stripped and tied up; six soldiers stood
iortn Tor this operation some of them right
handed, some of them left handed men, two
at q time las judge from the quickness of
the lashes), and relieved at intervals. until
bad received two hundred and seventy-fye
lashes, so vigorously and so deeply inflicted
that my back and the points of nv shoulders
were quite barred of the flesh.
But had not hitherto shaken the triangle.
"a display of feeling which, it seems. was
eagerly expected from me. To accelerate
that spectacle wire cat was introduced,
armed with scraps of tin or lead. X
Whatever were its appendages, 1 cannot
easily forget the power of it, In defiance of
shame, my waistband was cut for the finish
ing strokes of this lacerating instrument
The very first lash, as it renewed all nv
pangs and shot convulsive agony through nv
entire frame, made me shake the triangle
lndeed. A second infiiction of it penetrated
my lolns, and tore them excruciatingly; tho
third maintained the tremulous exhibition
long enough. The spectators were satis>
flied"
His brutal torturers then endeavored to
extort from him justification of what they
had done. Memories such as these still
burn In the minds of many men in Ireland.
What wonder that the English Government
Is not loved among US? Even now we are
threatened with renewal of such scenes.
several of the Fenian prisoners being indict.
ed under the White Boy Acts, which
prescribe fogglng as a portion of the penalty
to be inflicted on offenders against those
statutes. That barbarous punishment NAV
not be actually inflicted on the rebels of 1867,
but punished they will be one way or another
tor the crime of not yielding obedience and
true allegiance to POWER that never vet gave
justice or fair treatment to their country
Dublin correspondence ofthe N Y. Tribune.
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-22

THE Tennessee Legislature was in session
when Fort Donelson fell, leaving the Fed.
erals free to occupy Nashville. Hearing a
great stir IN the Governors Office below, a
committee was sent to see what was going
on. They found his Excellency packing up,
preparatory to leaving. He handed the
committee dispatch announcing the fall
When the committee returned, Mr.. w.
was in the chair, and just on the point of
adiourning. Addressing the house, he said :
- And now, gentlemen, God will take care
of us, and if we do not meet again here, we
shall meet in Heaven" A member from
East Tennessee, who had been doing off
the effects of the fluid to which he was
addicted, hearing the last words of the
speakers remarks, reused up and delivered
himself thus q Stop Mr.. Chairman, don't
adjourn us to that place. If you do, we
shall never get quorum"
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-22

AT ball, once, Bill Blunt was hauled
into lady's presence. to apologize for an
alleged insult, Miss L., l understand I
have insulted YOU? ?' quoth Bill You
have, Sir" "What did I cay, Miss L?"-.
" You told me to go to Jericho" "WelI,u
said Bill, Il have come at the request Of
several persons to tell you that you needn't
COS
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-22

8sS- l.. p. FISHER--Is the only ASenI
OF tee SHASTA COURIER in San Francisco, with pow
ers to receive subscriptions and advertisements, and
receipt for the same.
oFflCE-l6o Washington street, opposite Ma
guire's Opera House.
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-22
SHASTA COURIER.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING,
BY JOHN J. COMFY
Publication Ofice,-Armory Hall
Building, First Floor.
Terms of subscription.

For One Year, if paid in adyance'..,'...".'..S5 GO
if not paid in advance..,.'. -. %
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These terms viii be invariably adhered to, with
eat reference to po.sons ~ circumstances.
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-22

Terms of Advertisingi
For One Square, of 10 lines or less, one insertion,
Four Dollars; for each subsequent insertion, Two
Dollars.
liberal discount made to Monthly and Yearly
Advertisers.
~ Advertisements not maj hed with the num-
Der of insertions thereon, will be continued until
ordered out; and charged accordingly.
ALSO,
Having furnished our Office with an elegant as
sortment of FANCY JOB TYPES, we prepared
to execute, neatly and expedtiously, all manner OF
Job Printing, such a.
Bills of Fare Bill Heads,
Circulars Handbils,
Pamphlets, Programmes,
Ball Tickets, Cards,
Posters Books,
Law Blanks, Catalogues,
Drafts Checks, &c.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-01-10
,rrau.fers of Real Estate.

The following transfers of real estate
were filed for record in the Office of the
Recorder of Franklin county, January o.
1867:
William Weingardner to Benz. Davis,
nine acres Of land on Darby Creek, Frank
lin county-$30O.
Walter Foos to Michael Myers, seven
acres of land in Sharon township-$2,790.
William Dunnick to Conrad Loewer, part
of lot No. IL in the city of Columbus
$500. a- ...u I'd ..1, ,...
Elizabeth Barr to Valentine Schneider
two acres of land in Montgomery township
5000. Il, ~. ,-., ,". rett
rs. F. Dewitt to Michael Farrell, lot No.
in Hayden & Heffner's addition to the city
of Columbus-$1,300 Di'
Samuel Maize to Erwin Maize, forty-five
acres of land in Clinton township-$1, 900.
Joseph ]. Smith to John H. Sharp, two
hundred and ten acres of land in Madison
township-S1,72s., g,r,ar i..d aFr lilo IA
John II. Sharp to Elizabeth Smith, sixty
four acres of land In Madison township
$500. . .,'..-.'' "
Heirs of John Werth, deceased, to Adam
Becker, the north half of lot No. 3 in Jae-
gers addition to the city Of Columbus
$l,SO0. Ir...'. .@.r ..
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-01-10
interesting Religious services.

This first week of the year is being OBJ
served throughout Christendom as week
of prayer to Almighty God for his bless
ing upon the churches and nations, and for
the conversion of the whole world unto
Christ. The Presbyterian, Congregational
and Baptist Churches of this city unite in
this service. A prayer meeting is held
every afternoon, from three to four o'clock,
at the First Presbyterian-and thus far has
been very largely attended. Large and
solemn meetings were held Monday even
ing in the Congregational, and Tuesday
evening in the Westminster. Similar meet
ings will be held Thursday evening, in the
Second Presbyterian, and Saturday even
ing in the First Baptist. To all these the
public are invited. |
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-01-10
Incorporated.

The certificate of incorporation of the
''Chillicothe and Frankfort Turnpike Com
pany," was filed in the Office OF the Secre-
tary of State, January 0, 1867. The cor
porators, II. j. Plyley, John Kaison,
Thomas Earl, Jacob Grubb, Theodore Kill
haffer and Smith Purcell, are associated
together for the purpose of constructing a
turnpike OF the above name, beginning on
the west side Of the Ohio canal at the juno
tion of the Deer creek road, and the road
leading into the city of Chilicothe, near
the first bridge across the canal, below
Adams mill-the termini and intermediate
points are all within the boundaries of Ross
county. The capital stock is $4,000 to be
divided into shares of $25 each. 81"