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The Shasta courier., 1868-10-31
"reminiscences of the Rebellion.

French gentleman named M. de Grille
whom the late King of Belgium had employ
ed Tor sixteen years as confidential diplo
matte agent, has just published volume of
personal "reminiscences, in which 'he saws
that he visited New York and Washington
IN 1861, 1862 and 1868. and that everything
he saw there at that time led him to believe
that the Southern Confederacy would sue
ceed in establishing its independence.
In New York he was introduced to lead
ing merchants and bankers who boosted of
the aid which they had given to the South
ern rebels, and in Washington he saw promi
nent Government officers and even Generals
of the army in the most suspicious intimacy
with men whom he knew to be agents of the
Richmond Government.
Nj. de Grille says that in 1864 not foreign
diplomatist in Washington believed in the
success of the Union cause, and such was
the corruption of many Government officers
and the impudence of the rebel emissaries
that one cf the most eminent members of the
diplomatic corps said to him: "There is no
way of saving this country but by whole
sale fusillade. There are here in Washing
ton at least one thousand men whom the Pres
ident should order to be shot for the good Of
the country" He says, furthermore. that
nothing in his life ever astonished him so
much as the news of the sudden collapse of
the Confederacy, and in regard to the assas-
sination of President Lincoln, by John Wilkes
Booth. he remarks that one of the most sin
gular features of the American rebellion is,
that the rebels, murderous and treacherous
as was their spirit, allowed Mr.. Lincoln to
live so long, when they might have killed
him any day without incurring any great per-
sonal risk.
1t was owing to these reports that King
Leopold of Belgium lost faith in the ultimate
triumph of the Union cause, although he
warmly admired this country, and at the
breaking out of the rebellion expressed the
most unleigned regret. Had he not consid-
cred the success of the Southern Confederacy
perfectly certain, he would never have con-
sented to Maximiian's expedition to Mexico
Even as it was. he had such serious misgiv-
ings about the results of the hazardous en-
terprise. that he was in many respects
changed man since his dearly beloved daugh
ter had gone to Mexico; and the increased
anxiety to which he was a prey since that
time no doubt FASTENED the fatal turn which
his disease took
The Shasta courier., 1868-10-31

A BLUNDERER.-Gen Judson Kill
patrick, brave soldier in the Union army,
made speech before a Union mass meeting
in Philadelphia, just before the election
Here is what he said about Grant, " the blum
derer :"
They say General Grant is blunderer.-
He is blunderer. You know how foolishly
he placed his troops at Vicksburg, and kept
them there till President Lincoln sent teie-
graphic dispatch asking him how long he
intended to remain, and be replied TIL he
took it and the same blunder he made at
Mission Ridge. You know how he sent that
foolisbly insane man, Sherman. through
Georgia. and how he accidentally reached
Savannah you know how be blundered
across the Rapidan and through the Wilder
ness. and how he blundered across the same
route where Mcclellan was defeated, and OF
the final blunder when he stumbled across
the enemy's works had not the rebels run;
Heaven knows what would have become OF
Grant And in March next, | shouldn't
ronJer If he would blunder into the White
Honse and some one would blunder out
Don;t YOU think the Democratic party made
FOOLS Of themselves when they put their Ho-
ratio against Ulysses. or Wade Hampton
against me, or your friend Forrest against
Sheridan!
The Shasta courier., 1868-10-31

In looking over an account of the fight be-
tween the Kearsarge and the Alabama, says
the Army and Navy Journal, we noticed a
singular coincidence which is not generally
known and we therefore transcribe. Early
in the encounter shot from the Kearsarge
carried away the spanker gaff of the Alabama,
causing her ensign to come down by the run,
which was hailed by our sailors as favorable
omen. Italso happened that during the fight
the national colors were stopped at the main
peak of the Kearsarge, to be displayed if the
ensign was carried away, and as an emblem
of victory in case of successful issue of the
combat. A shot from the last broadside Of
the Alabama passed high over the Kear.
sarge, striking and carrying away the hal
yards of the colors of the main peak, at the
same time pulling hard enough to break the
stop and thus unfurl the stars and stripes at
the moment when Semmes struck his flag in
the token of surrender.
The Shasta courier., 1868-10-31
Waiting Seventeen Years for Her.

A little over seventeen years ago, hand
some and accomplished young lady, whose
nearest relatives were dead, and whose care
devolved upon grandmother made the ac-
quaintance of an equally interesting young
man, at a social gathering which took place
at the house of mutual friend. They be-
came enamored of each other, and the ac-
quaintance merged into warm regard. Vows
were exchanged, and marriage was decided
upon. The visits of the youth we're recog-
nlzed and allowed by the grandmother of the
girl, and that there was to be any Interrupt
ton to the prospect of their becoming man
and wife was not dreamed Of But the old
adege applies in this case, and when the
young lacy's relatives were informed Of the
intentions of the pair, the announcement was
received with some GOODNESS, aud she W ! in
formed that tbeR, The ,relatives) had sher-
wise provided Tor her: that they had selected
for her future husband an old acquaintance,
who was doing business in New York city,
and who had accumulated an ample fortune
The male party to the ".made match"
came on from New York and pressed his suit,
and after severe struggle with inclination
on the part of the young lady, the nuptials
were reluctantly consented to, the first love
relinquished, and the marriage consummated.
Shortly afterwards the new made wife re-
moved to New York with her husband, and
during the seventeen years of their partner
ship nothing occurred to disturb the relations
between them. The lady was in all respects
an affectionate and dutiful wife, and children
blessed the union. To all appearances the
love of former days was entirely forgotten,
and if any of the old memories came up in
her mind, neither by word, look or deed
could any one have told that the husband
was not her first and only choice. We have
said that they lived together seventeen years.
AT the end of that period consumption mark
ed the husband for a victim, and he departed
from this life, lamented by many friends.
The widow then returned to Rochester,
She had not been here many days before she
received call from her friend of former days.
Time had dealt leniently with him, and for
tune had smiled upon him. He had travelled
through this and other countries and though
in many instances he had been the object of
designing attentions on the part of marriag-
able maids and matchmaking mammas, he
had withstood all approaches of the kind and
remained heart free. He was not long, it
may be imagined, in acquainting his old
friend with this fact and when in joking
manner she expressed surprise that he had
not found some one worthy to become Mrs.
-, he informed her that he had resolved
never to marry. The rest is soon told His
attentions were renewed. He proposed, was
accepted, and whether they are now married,
or are shortly to become man and wife, it is
of no particular import to any one but them
selves
The Shasta courier., 1868-10-31
PROBATE NOTICE.

I'm THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
/ Jacob Bicking, deceased--In Probate Court,
County of Shasta, State of California
In pursuance of an order of this Court, duly
made an entered on the 2lst day of October, A. D.
1865, notice is hereby given that Monday, the 9th
day of November, 1868, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. of said
day at the Court Room of said Court. at the Court
House. in the town and county of Shasta, be ap-
pointed for hearing the application Of Salome
Bicking, praying that a document now on file in
this Court purporting to be the lastwil and testa
ment of Jacob Bicking, deceased, be admitted to
probate and letters testamentary be issued thereon
10 d. D. Harrill and Henry Habich, who are
named therein as executors, at which time and
place all persons interested may appear and contest
the same
Attest. GRANT /. TAGGART, Clerk
Shasta, October 81, 1868. o2i
The Shasta courier., 1868-10-31

CASE OF HYDRoPHoBIA CURED.-There
is a general skepticism as to the effect Of the
minerals popularity known as ''mad stones"
upon hydrophobia. but now and then cases
are brought to public notice where stones
claimed to have this virtue have been used
with great benefit by persons who have been
bitten by rabid animals. A remarkable in
stance was related to US recently by Pozier ID.
Cats, of Cats Hotel, West End
A few weeks since rabid dog bit a'calf on
the farm of Colonel Herbert, few miles from
this city. A colored boy who was feeding
the calf, with no suspicion of its malady, bv
chance introduced his finger into the mouth
of the animal, and was bitten. He was soon
seized with severe pains, and showed every
symptom of the bydrophobia. While in this
situation he was seen by Cats, who had heard
of many wonderful cures of the disease per-
formed by the application of stone which he
knew to be in the possession of a gentleman
living near Paris, Fauquier county. At the
suggestion of Colonel Herbert he procured
buggy and drove post-haste with the afflicted
boy to the residence Of Sterling, the rossessor
of'the stone. The stone was applied to the
wound at once it stuck fast and so remained
for several hours During the time it could
only be removed from the wound by consider
able strength, and when touched gave the
boy great pain. When lifted from the wound
it was drawn back as if from magnet
After some time, however, it loosened and
dropped, as of its own weight. and the boy
declared himself entirely relieved. When the
stone was first applied it was of light green
color, but became turpid and dark while it
remained on the boys hand. By dropping
it in boiling water. however, its clear color
wasrenewed, leaving green skum upon the
surface of the water. The boy was brought
back wel.-Alerand,ia FAY Adrertiser.
The Shasta courier., 1868-10-31

In Tippah County, Mississippi, recently,
a boy, eight years of age, was killed by an
eagle. The school teacher of the place, de-
scribing the occurrence to the Union Demo-
crat, says: The eagles have been very
troublesome in the neighborhood for some
time past, carrying off pigs, lambs. etc. No
one thought that they would attempt to prey
upon children, but on Thursday, at recess,
the little boys were out some distance from
the house, playing marbles, when their sport
was disturbed by large eagle swooping
down and picking up little Jennie Kenny
boy of eight years, and flying away with
him. The children cried out, and when
got out of the house, the eagle was so high
thatI could just hear the child screaming and
shouting in the air, ETC., the eagle was In,
duced to drop his victim, but his talons had
been buried in him so deeply, and the fall
was SO great, that he was killed; or either
would have been fatal"
The Shasta courier., 1868-10-31

FIFTY DRINKS DAY.-Mr. Parton, in the
Atlantic, tells of an old man of fortune, re-
siding in the city of New York, who confesses
to taking fifty drinks a day of whisky-ten
drinks to bottle, and five bottles to a gallon,
One gallon of liquor, he says, goes down his
old throat every day of the year. Before he
he is fit to eat his breakfast in the morning
he has to drink twelve glasses of whisky. or
one bottle and one-ffth. Nevertheless even
this poor man is able for some hours of the
morning to transact what people of property
and leisure call business, and, during a part
Of the evening, to converse in such way as
to amuse persons who can look on and see
human being in suck bondage, without stop
ping to think what tragedy it is This old
boy never has to be carried home. I believe
lie is one of those most hopeless drunkards
who ever get drunk, never wallow in the
gutter, never do anything to scare or startle
them into an attempt to reform.
The Shasta courier., 1868-10-31

DIsGUsTED.-Benjamin F. Hollis, a former
resident of Grass Valley, who came out for
Seymour and Blair some months ago, has
thrown up the sponge, as appears by card
published in the appeal of Thursday:
Having made appointments to address De-
mocratic meetings at several points in the
Third Congressional District, l take this
method to announce that / have made my
last speech and retired from the canvass.
Democrats have no occasion to ask my reason
for SO acting.
The most probable reason is that Hollis
has come to his senses, and cannot bring
himself to record his vote in favor of a party
stained with the heresies of secession, repu.
diation, rebellion and assassination. Who
Will be next to leave the sinking ship?
The Shasta courier., 1868-10-31

DEMOCRATIC 1DENTITY.-Judge Poland, of
Vermont, in his recent speech at Providence,
said
l heard an excellent story told the other
day upon the stump, in relation to the iden-
tity of the old Democratic party with that
of modern times. 1t is said by the man who
told the story that in a certain family they
had vinegar barrel that had remained for
several generations in the family. and thew
had great veneration for it. 1t was grand
fathers barrel, and they all reverenced it
But by and by the hoops had become rotten.
and they were renewed, and the head and the
slaves had given away, and they were re-
placed. and finally an inquiry was set on foot
as to the identity of this barrel with grand
fathers old vinegar barrel, and, after strict
examination, he said the only point of identity
between the two. the only thing that remain
ed of grandfather's old vinegar barrel was
the bung hole. (Laughter.) And that is just
about as much identity as there is between
the modern Democratic party and the Demo
cratic party Of old times.
The Shasta courier., 1868-10-31
A Roll Call of the Supporters of Seymour
and Blair.
Among the men who go for Seymour an,
Blair ara

Among the men who go for Seymour and
Blair are
All the rebel Generals,
All the rebel Colonels,
All the rebel privates,
All the Executive officers of the Confeder-
ate Government.
All the men who starved our prisoners at
Salisbury, Andersonville, Libby, and other
pens, in which more than forty thousand Of
our soldiers gave up the ghost.
All the rebel agents abroad,
All the blockade runners,
All the burners in New York and the
threatened burners in Chicago,
All the poisoners and all the men who
wanted to introduce cholera and yellow fever
into the North
All the draft rioters,
All the bounty jumpers,
All the men who discouraged enlistments,
All the men who rejoiced over rebel victo-
ries.
All the men who were sad when the Union
armies triumphed,
All those who assailed the National credit,
All those who engaged in the massacre at
Fort Pillow,
All like Beauregard, who proposed to raise
the black flag and give no quarter,
All those who are for slavery as the policy
of the nation,
All those who contemn freedom as the in
evitable corollary of Democratic principles,
All who want to stamp the humble and the
lowly into the dust,
All who want capital to own its labor,
All who are not in favor of paying full
days wages for a truthful days work,
All the men who do not believe in the
equality of mankind before the law,
All who approved the assassination of Lin
coin,
These, and
Nine-tenths of the groggery keepers,
All the professional gamblers,
Ill the bawdy house keepers, pimps, in.
mates hangers on.
All the New York rioters,
All the Arabs of our civilization,
Brick Pomroy,
Nallandigham,
Montgomery Blair,
Fernando Wood and his
Brother Ben the gambler,
John Morrissey,
Doctor Blackburn,
Senator Do0little,
The whisky Ring,
The English Aristocracy.
The g Wickedest Man in New York;
Pro-Slavery Clergy,
Gen. Forrest,
The Ku klux Klan,
Wade Hampton,
Mrs. Weles. Secretary and SO forth,
All the regulators and
All the gibbering imps of the Internal re-
gions
The Shasta courier., 1868-10-31

How GRANT WoULDN'T.-The Washington
Chronicle has story limiting at dire plots by
the President and his friends-plots against
the existence of Congress and the perpetuity
of the Republic-which needed only the ab-
seAce Of General Grant for their consamma-
ton. In pursuance of their conspiracy to
get him out of the country, he was to be sent
to Mexico as kind of tail to Lew Campbell's
kite, but our hero fatty refused to go. But,
says the Chronicle, day or two after this
refusal, the President returned to the subject,
and urged the embassy on Grant, .ying he
had sent for Sherman to take his place in the
meantime. Congress was about to assemble,
and the air was full of rumors that the Presi-
dent would refuse to acknowledge the validity
OF Congress, and attempt to disperse it by
arms. Mr.. johnson had recently seemed to
have peculiar designs in regard to Maryland.
Grant remembered all this, and again declin.
ed to leave the country, this time in writing.
After this he was summoned to full Cabinet
meeting. where his detailed instructions we're
read out by the Secretary of State, as if the
objections and refusal had been of no account.
They were determined to make him 90,
whether he would or MOTTO drive him out of
the country which he saved Grant was now
aroused, and, before the whole Cabinet de-
clared his unwilingness to leave. Where
upon the President, not answering Grant,
turned to the Attorney General, and asked
him whether there was any reason why Grant
should not obey this order-whether he was
ineligible to the position in any way Grant
at once started to his feet and exclaimed, "
can answer that question, Mr.. President,
without appealing to the Attorney General.
am an American citizen, have been guilty
of no treason or other crime, and am eligible
to any civil Office to which any other Ameri-
can is eligible. But this is a purely civil
duty, to which you would assign me- and I
cannot be compelled to undertake it. ANY
legal military order you give me will obey
but this is civil, and not military, and l de.
cline the duty. No power on earth can force
me to it." The President and his Ministers
were astounded and silent, and Grant left the
Cabinet chamber.
The Shasta courier., 1868-10-31

WHAT 1T MEANs.-The San Francisco Ex.
amlner says that " there can be no doubt that
at least one half the soldiers in the late war
Will vote for Seymour and Blair The Ex-
aminer means the half that wore the gray.
The Shasta courier., 1868-10-31
l.. p. FISHER. 20 & 81 New Mer-

chants Exchange, is only authorized Agent in
San Francisco For Eastern Advertising, Mr.
Fisher is represented by s. NJ. Pettengill Co,
of New York und Boston.
The Shasta courier., 1868-10-31

WONDERS OF THE GULF STREAM.-There IS
a river in the ocean. In the severest drouths
it never fails, and in the mightiest floods 1t
never overhows Its banks and it's bottom
are of cold water, while its stream is warm.
The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its
mouth is in .the Arctic sea. 1t is the Gulf
Stream. There is in the world no other so
majestic flow of water. Its current is more
rapid than the Mississippi or the Amazon,
and its volume more than thousand times
Greater. It's waters, even far from the Caro-
Ina coast. are of an indigo blue. They are
SO distinctly marked that the line of junction
with the common sea water may be traced
by the eve. Often one-half of the vessel may
be perceived floating in the Gulf Stream wa
ter. while the other half is in the common
water of the sea, so sharp is the line and
want of affinity between these waters and
SUCH too, the reluctance (so to speak on the
part of those of the Gulf Stream to mingle
with the common waters of the sea. In ad.
dition to this there is another fact The fish
ermen on the coast of Norway are supplied
with wood from the tropics by the Gulf
Stream. Think of the Arctic fishermen
burning upon their hearths the palms of
Hayti, the mahogany of Honduras, and the
precious wood of the Amazon and Orinoco!
The Shasta courier., 1868-10-31

CLAIMS THE BELT.-An Illinois editor
claims the champion dunner's belt for gen.
tleman of jacksonville, in that State, who
dunned a man on his knees in church, and
compelled payment before he would allow
him to resume his PRAYER.
The Shasta courier., 1868-10-31

DEMOCRATIC IDENTIrY.-Judge Poland, of
Vermont, in his recent speech at Providence,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-20

"SwEErwArER by mailfrom
tho east we have received the prospectus
of o new paper to be called the Sweet
water Mines" and to DO published at
South Pass city, Dakota Territory, by
Messrs. Warren & Hazard. The paper
will DO issued tri-weckly, the first mum.
Der of which will appear on the LIST oil
tho coming February. The prospectus
saws confidently: "Within the past six
months q gold mining country has been
discovered on the Swectwnter river and
its tributaries, near the South pass, that
for richness surpasses anything Of the
kind aver found on the American CONT.
uent, and, so far as prospected, second
to none in the world. The wonderful
discoveries of both gold quartz and
placer mines during the past four months
warrant us in thinking that within the
next twelve months q population OF at
least so, 900 people will DO found where
only in July last Poor Lo' held supreme
sway" Also the section "contains
several Of the largest and finest agri'
cultural valleys in the Western country;
where the soil is fertile, the scenery is
beautiful, and the climate without /"
superior; and which is soon destined 70
become the homes Of $4,000 farmers;
This appears to us to be about the fresh,
est and gresnest blooming Of hope thai
we have over met with. We certainly
wish the projectors Of the "Sweetwatci
Mines" the largest measure of success
but we cannot imagine that a tenth par
Of their delightful, goldcn-hucd pro
gramme will happen.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-20
Grent Sayings by Great Men.

Resist with a care the spirit Of inno-
walton upon the principles of your gov.
eminent, however specious tho pretext.
Il Washington.
He who tells q lie is not sensible how
great o task he undertakes, for he must
be forced to tell twenty more to main'
tain it.-[Pope.
Virtue is a rock, from which rebound
all the arrows shot against t. kozlay.
Wrong is but falsehood put in prae-
ticc.-[Penu. .u
An idle reason lessons the weight OF
the good ono you gave beforc.-lSwiit.
Education is the cheap defense OIL
nations.-GBrooks. MT,
Talkativc persons seldom read. This
is among the few truths which appear
the more strange the more we reiect
upon them. For what is reading but
silent conversation?-[Landor
Give your son n trade n you 10
more for him than by giving him a for
tune.-[Franklin.
The greatest friend of truth is time
her greatest enemy is prejudice; and
her constant companion humility
CColton.
Costly apparatus and splendid cNbi-
nets have no power to make scholars.
Il Webster.
Books are the depository Of every.
thing that is most honorable in man.
Goodwin.
There is n comfort in the strength Of
love. Twill make n thing endurable
which else would oversct the brain or
break the heart.-rWordsworth.
Tho troubles Of tho country come
from uneasy politicians; its safety from
the tranquil masscs.-[Bcnton.
Agriculture is the most useful, thc
most healthful and most noble noble
employment of Washington.
Tcke care Of the Constitution and
the Constitution will take care Of u.s.
TCrittenden.
One-half Of mankind are not born
with saddles on their, backs, to be rid.
don by the other half.-[Jcferson.
l would rather my daughter should
have n man without money than money
without q Observation-Disclosures.
Ignorance is the curse ofGod knowl'
edge the wings whcrewith we fly to
Observation-Disclosures.
Success in life depends upon the
heroic self with which II sets out in
life.-[Lowell.
Two hearts which mutually love, are
like two magnetic clocks; that which
moves in one must move in the other,
for it is tho same power which acts in
both .-Goethe.
The history of the world tells US thai
immoral means will ever intercept good
ends.-[Coleridge.