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The Shasta courier., 1868-02-08

his scalping knife, was seized by another
Indian, and dragged forcibly from his grasp.
The latter bore her, struggling and resist.
ing, toward the lake. Notwithstanding.
however, the rapidity with which she was
hurried along, she recognized, as she passed,
the remains of the unfortunate surgeon.
stretched lifeless on the prairie.
She was plunged Immediately into the
water, and held there, notwithstanding her
resistance, with forcible hand. She shortly,
however, perceived that the intention of her
captor was not to drown her, as he held her
in a position to keep her head above the
water. Thus reassured, she looked at him
attentively, and, in spite of his disguise,
recognized the ''white mans friend,v Black
Partridge.
When the firing had ceased, her preseryer
bore her from the water, and conducted her
up the sandbank.
1t was beautiful day in August The
heat, however, of the sun was oppressive );
and walking through the sand exposed to its
burning rays, in her drenched condition !;
weary and exhausted by efforts beyond her
strength; anxious, beyond measure, to learn
the fate of her friends, and alarmed for her
own, her. situation was one of agony.
The battle having ended, and the prisoners
DelDS SecureU, tHe ldtleE HoFo COnuuCteO IO
the Pottawatamie camp near the fort Here
the wife of Wau-bee-nee- nah, the Illinois
chief, perceiving the exhausted condition of
Mrs. Helm, took kettle, and dipping up
some water from the stream, which flowed
sluggishly by them, threw it into some maple
sugar, and stirring it up with her hand. gave
her a drink.
''It was" says Mrs. Helm, "the most
delicious draught | had ever taken, and her
kindness of manner amid so much atrocitv
touched my heart"
Iler attention, however, was soon directed
to other objects. The fort, after the troops
had marched out, became a scene of plunder.
The cattle were shot down as they ran at
large, and lay dead or were dying around
her.
Most Of the wounded prisoners were butch
cred. The unwounded remained in the
wiSwams of their captors. The work of
plunder being complete, the fort next day
was set on fire.
Captain and Mrs. Heald, after being ex-
posed to many dangers, were taken to De.
troit, where they were finally exchanged
Lieutenant Helm was wounded in the action
and made prisoner He was afterwards
taken Ey some friendly Indians to the Au
Sable, and thence to St. Louis, where he
was liberated from captivity through the
intervention of an Indian trader, named
Forsyth. Mrs. Helm, who suffered from
severe wound in the ankle, was taken to
Detroit, where she was exchanged. She
lived for many years after her thrilling ad.
yentures
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Memorable Women of America.

Mrs. HELM-The horrors of the massacre
at Chicago, in August, 1872, are too familiar
to require us to recall them to the minds of
our readers Amid the slaughter of that day
on lady, Mrs. Helm, wife of Second Lieuten.
ant Linai L. Helm, displayed such courage
and such exalted heroism, as to entitle her
to place among our memorable women.
When the Pottawatamies. treacherous es-
cort of the blinded party under Captain
Heald, turned upon the party, Mrs. Helm
was in the midst of the fire, and calmly
awaited the result. Unlike her, the surgeon
of the party, Doctor Voorhes, was filled with
terror. Seeing Mrs. Helm near he said, in
great alarm:
Mrs. Helm, do you think they will take
our lives? / am badly wounded, but think
not mortally. Perhaps we can purchase
safety by offering a large reward. Do you
think" continued he, "there is any chance?''
Doctor Voorhees, replied Mrs. Helm,
" Lex us not waste the few moments which
yet remain in idle or i'll founded hopes Our
fate is inevitable. We must soon appear at
the Dor of God. Let US make such prepara-
tions as are yet in our power"
"Oh !" said he, Il cannot die. am
unfit to die If / had short time to pre-
pare Dtath-oh how awful ~
AT this moment, Ensign Roman was fight
ing at little distance with a tall and portly
Indian; the former, mortally wounded, was
nearly down, and struggling desperately
upon one knee. Mrs. Helm, pointing her
finger. and directing the attention of DR..
Voorhes thither, observed:
Look" said she, :" at the young man ;
he dies like a soldier.u
Yes" said Doctor Voorhes, " but he has
no terrors of the future; he is an unbeliev-
er."
A young savage Immediately raised his
tomahawk to strike Mrs. Helm. She sprane
instantly aside, and the blow intended fol
her head fell upon her shoulder. She there
upon seized him around his neck, and while
eXerting all her efforts To nnt ,,nssessinn al
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-08

PADDLED HIS OWN CANOE A DISTANCE OF
20, 600 MILEs.-Mr. F. Poole, wealthy
Englishman, has padded himself in canoe;
since July last, a distance of 20, 900 miles
He started from Liverpool and after padding
along the coast and out in the Irish Sea for
several days, he touched at many points on
the Lancanshire, Westmoreland and Cum.
berland coasts-visiting the majority of the
English Lakes in his frail boat. He then
proceeded round the coasts of Wigtonshire,
Kirkudbrightshire, and Ayrshire, occasion
ally landing and making geological survey
of the country, till reaching the Firth of
Clyde, in which he staid for several weeks,
exploring the bays and locks of the Firth,
and of some of the western islands. Return!
ing to Glasgow, he padded through the
Forth and Clyde Canal to Grangemouth,
whence he sailed to Leith. The canoe in
which Mr.. Poole accomplished his voyage
was built for him in Canada, by a tribe of
Caughnawaga Indians, and is composed of
one sheet of birch bark, beautifully modelled.
The canoe is very light. weighing when
empty only sixty pounds, and measures fif-
teen feet six inches long, with breath of
beam three feet six inches, and is one foot
three inches in depth. In this fral boat
Mr.. Poole, as a geologist and mining engi-
neer, VoyaSeu lor elSnt years among the
rivers of British North America to the Rocky
Mountains, across which he carried it, and
padded thereafter down the many streams
arising on the west water shed of the Rocky
Mountains, down to Queen Charlotte Island,
which he explored, having been the first
white man who set foot on the Island
During all his wanderings among the islands
of Britieh Columbia, he padded no less than
$4,000 miles, and in the course of one of his
geological surveys, be was the only surviving
member of party of eighty six, Europeans
and Indians
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STOP THAT THIEF
OF A
G o u g hi

1T IS STEALING FROM YOU YOUR
Health, which is dearer to you than all your
Wealth. Nine-tenths of the diseases prevalent in
this climate spring from Colds and Coughs.
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-08

How HE PROVED Ir.-It is the custom in
Mexico for the church to require foreigner,
wishing to wed native, to bring proof that
he is not already a married man. An Amer.
ican,, about to marry Senorita of very good
family, was required to furnish the proof of
his being a bachelor. Not finding any of
his countrymen who knew him sufficiently
well to testify to this fact, he determined to
supply the deficiency with the oath of na-
tive. Meeting Mexican in the street whom
he had never seen before, our countryman
proposed to Him that he should swear to his
being unmarried, for the consideration Of FIVE
dollars The Senior, after moments study,
told the q Gringo": Get down on your
hands and knees and creep about" Not
exactly understanding what he was at. our
friend obeyed, much to the detriment of his
unmentionables. The other party then told
him he was all right; that he would swear
that he knew him since the time he crdtoled.
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-08

IDLE DAUcHrERs.-The most painful spec.
tacle in families, where the mother is the
drudge. to see the daughters elegantly dress.
ed reclining at their ease, with their drawing,
their music, their fancy work, and their
reading. beguiling themselves of the lapse of
hours, days and weeks, and never dreaming
Of their responsibilities, but as a necessary
consequence of neglect of duty, growing
weary of their useless lives, laying hold Of
every newly invented stimulant to amuse
their dropping energies, and blaming their
tate when they dare not blame their God for
having placed them where they are. These
individuals will often tell you with an air of
affected compassion-for who can believe it
real that poor dear mamma is working
herself to death. Yet no sooner do you pro.
pose they should assist her, than they declare
that she is quite in her element; in short,
that she never would be happy if she had
only half so much to do.
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-08
From F. Dewitt, Merchant.

To THE PUBLrc-I had a bad conch for ,onr
time. A friend urged me to get a bottle Of "IJcne9
ley S Royal Balsam." He said it cured him. T
got bottle, and sure enough it had a splendid ef
feet. 1t dried the cough up in short time. I
hereby recommend it to the public r. DEWITT.
L. GROSS, Sole Proprietor, Portland, Oregon.
For sale by L. WellendorH, Shasta. I39
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HenIey's ROYAL BaIsam

Challenges the world to produce anything in the
shape of Medicines that will remove aud eradicate
Cough or soreness in the Chest, as prompt, no
matter what form the disease might assume. Hen
ley's Royal Balsam7 is the best Medicine in the
world for Bronchial Pulmonary affections For
Group or Hopping Cough, there is nothing on
earth that can equal it. All motherers and Nsrses
ought to have bottle close by them, twill give
child relief in two minutes. 1t is entirely veg
etable, and viii prove blessing to the human
farnilY.
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-08

lzD- L.. Il. FISHER--Is the only Agent
OF TIE SHASTA COURIER in San Francisco, with pow
ers to receive subscriptions and advertisements and
receipt for the same 'a.i1s
oFflCE-l69 Washington street, opposite Ma
guirc's Opera House.
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For the BENEFIT CT Suffering Human
itV.

From Mr.. THoMAs.-We have used Henley,s
Royal BalsaIn in my family this winter. There is
no use talking 1t throws every thing in the shape
of Cough medicine in the shade that I ever saw
Ny wife was troubled with asthma or smotherine
spells for years. and could get nothing to have any
effect until | struck this "Royal Balsa1np She is
now about, we'll. 1t cured me Of the worst cold
l ever had in my life in one night. Whenever our
children have anything like cough, few drops
given on going to bed-that is the last of tie
cough never intend to be without it in the
house.
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-08
From Wr. Pittock.

We have used some Of '-Henley's Royal Balsain;
in my family and think it is splendid medicine
ior e9idren, as well as for grown persons. For
Coughs and Colds freely recommend il to tbe
Puohe. II. PITT0CK.
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B. THOMAS, the paper man
From Judge Marauam.

have used "lIenley's Royal Basam," myself
and family, and find it irst-rate medicine for
Coughs and Colds. hereby recommend it to the
public.
p A. MARQUAN
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NUMBER 4s.

AN ELOQUENT REMARK-GeneraI Case
in the patriotic grafton which he delivered At
the opening of the Wabash and Erie Canal
in Indiana, in 1913, made the following
comparison, full of beauty and the force Of
true eloquencc
have stood upon the plain of Marathon.
the battle field of liberty. 1t is silent and
desolate. Neither Greek nw Persian is
there to give life and animation to the scene.
1t is bounded by sterile hills on one side and
lashed by the eternal waves of Egean sea on
the other. But the Greek and Persian were
there, and that decayed spot was alive with
hostile armies, who fought the great fight
which rescued Greece from the woke of Per.
sia. | have stood upon the hill ofsZion, the
city OF Jerusalem, the scene Jour Redeem
er's sutferings, crucfxion anG ASCENSION
But the sceptre has departed from Judea;
and its glory from the capital of Solomon
The Assyrian, Egyptian, the Turk. and the
Crusaders, have passed over the chief places
of Israel, and have reft it of its power and
beauty. In those regions of the East where
society passed its infancy it seems to have
reached decrepitrde. If the associations
which the memory of their past glory ex.
cites are powerful they are melancholy.-
They are without Qualification for the present
aud without hope for the future. But here
we are in the freshness of youth and can
look forward with national confidence to ages
OF progress in all that gives power and pride
to man, anddignity to human nature.
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-08

A WARNING TO OBSTINATE FArHERs.-In
Sandusky, Ohio, lives a rich old fellow, who
has, as is not uncommon, charming daugh-
ter. The maiden loved as maidens will;
and perversely enough, the object of her af-
lection was the wrong man, as the matter was
viewed by the father; the latter wished her to
marry an elderly rich man, while her motto
was-youth first wealth afterwards. After
unsuccessful attempts to induce her to con-
sent to the unequal nuptials, the stern old
progenitor set out in his wagon to procure a
magistrate determined that the wedding
should be done at once, and anyhow. In a
short time he returned in great fright went
to bed and had fit of sickness. When his
strength, returning, gave him power of con.
tinued speech, he explained the mystery by
saying that he had seen his wife 1t appears
that as he was jogging along after the magis-
trate, the ghost of his departed spouse came
down from tree into the vehicle, took the
reins from his hand, quietly turned the
horses head and drove the cowed husband
back to his house. Rather than to have this
thing happen again he consented to give his
daughter to the poor but honest young man,
and since then his wife has not harrassed him
by her unexpected presence, or by reminis.
cences of domestic discipline.
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The School Election.


On Monday evening large number Of the
electors OF School District No. l, Of Perrysburg
Township, met at tho High School Room, In this
place for the purpose Of electing two members
Of the Board Of Education, levying tax for
School purposes, and hearing an account OF the
stewardship of the Board for the year just closed
Tie Secretary road his Report, giving the dis
bursements and receipts during the past year, to-
gether with statement of the action taken in the
the award Of the contract for the erection OF the
new school building. We had relied upon giving
the report in full in our columns, butn has been
thought proper, FOR reasons 10 us unknown, not 10
submit Il for publication in this weeks JOURNAL,
and, consequently, wc are obliged to foregO that
pleasure.
The reading Ot the Report was followed by au
elaborate speech, by the President of the Board
explanatory and otherwise, alike mixed with Bit
ter aud sweet. At its conclusion, upon motion OF J.
q. KNOLL, ajax oC % mills on the dollars valua-
tion was levied--l5 OF which was for tho building
mnd and for tuition purposes. II was carried
by large majority.
-Four candidates were announced as members o
the Board of Education, for the ensuing three
years. Colonel J. A. SHANNON announced the
names of Hon, AsnER Cook aud CHARLK:
wRlGnT, Esq, a, i, FowLEW, Esq, NnnounceC
tho names of Gen. T.. $. SLEviS aud DR.. ]. II
RHKTNFRANK. The ballot resulted in the election
Of Messrs. ShEvIN aud RnEINFRANK.
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GRAND ARMY REUNION AT roLEDo,

Gu tho Is. OF July next, tho Department
Convention Of the Grand Army of the Re.
public viii conveue at Toledo, aud IS to be
made an occasion fora general meeting OF
the members Of that organization through
out the State, In word, Il is to bo re.
union Of all the posts Of the Department Of
Ohio. A largo delegation will leave Gin.
cinnau, and different points along the
route OF the c. II & D, aud n,& M. Rail
roads, on the 9Oth day Of June, Aside from
the businoss of the convention, grand lake
excursion is contemplated probably torch.
light procession and other festivities. The
invitation is extended to all the posts il
tho State to join the movement, aud to make
the occasion grand reunion aud reassem
bling OF the Uuion soldiers OF Ohio. The
Toledo Post is making every necoessary
preparation for tho accommodation Of their
companioes in arms, aud grand ,imo il
confidently anticipated.
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DEATH OF moRACE SESSIONS.

From the Defiance Democrat we learn that
Horace SESSIONS, EsI. welkknown attor
ney, and prominent citizen of Defiance. died
at Adrian, Michigan, OF the morning of the
9th Of June, aged 55 years. lie was one OF
tho delegates from this Congressional dis
trict to the Chicago Convention, where he
contracted severe cold. At Adrian, on
his return, where ho stopped off on a few
days visit to friends. he took to his bed and
sank rapidly. Mr.. SESSIONS was one of the
pioneers OF the Maumeo Valley, residing in
Defiance for more than thirty years.
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mos. CoLuMnus DELANO.

The admission Of Hon, CoLuNRus DELANo
to his seat in Congress will add dignity,
character, aud still greater influence TO the
Ohio delegation in that body, MIR, DELANo
has been prominent public man in this
State for many years. lilo is agep0cman OF
irreproachablo character, OF large expert;
enoe and Of superior abilities as a public
speaker. With Messrs. ScagNcK, SnnIA.
BARGgR, BINGuAM, GARFlELD, DELANo and
other strong men to represent our state,
the Ohio dsles alton stauds to-day, as the
ono of most influence aud ability in tho
American Congress.
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n EGAL NOTICE. +.

II A
Edward W. E. Koch, plaintiff, | Wood County
VS.. Common Pleas
Johannes Turk ct al, defendants Court.
Johannes Turk, Senior, one of defendants in
the abOve entitled cause, will take notice that on
the second dav of May, 1868, said Edward w. L.
koch plaintiff filed against him and others, in the
Office Of the Clerk Of tile Court of Common Pleas
OF Wood County, Ohio, his original petition, and
that on the 5th day Of June, 1858, said plaintiff,
having first obtained leave of said Court so to do,
filed in the Office of said Clerk his amendment 10
his said petition against him and others. And the
said johannes Turk is hereby notified that the Oh
ject and prayer of said original and amended petit
tion is To procure Judgment and order for the
sale of the following real property, situate In said
county of Wood, and State of Ohio, to-wit: The
east hall OF the southwest quarter Of section num-
Der twenty l20), in township numbsr five (5),
north of range number ten (l0) east. containing
eighty (S0) acres more or less; That such sale is
sought FOR the purpose Of obtaining from the pro-
ceeds oi the same Iayment of the following sums
due from said Johannes Turk, Senior, and others
to the plaintiff, for the purchase money of said
real estate above described, tO-wt -Four hundred
and eighteen and 75l00 dollars, with interest
from April |, 1866, which became due January l.
1857, less the sum of one hundred and five and
SO-l0O dollars, paid January | 1851 the furthev
sum OF four hundred and eighteen and 75-l00 dol
lars, with interest from April /, 1886, which be-
came due January !, 1868 the further sum of
four hundred and eighteen and : 100 dollars, with
interest from April |, 1866 which will become due
January 1, 1899 and also the further sum Of four
hundred and eighteen and 75-l0O dollars, with in
trIest from April |, 1866, which will become due
| January |, 1870.
Said Johannes Turk, Senior, defendant, is re-
| Qured to answer said original and amended peti
ton before the fifteenth day of August, 1868,
| or Judgment will be taken against him.
| ff. HILL. PRATT, Plaintiffs Attorneys.
! perrysburg June Is, 1868. slsl725
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Y Z gEggy Y y VS. Y

T0 THE WORKING CLASS-Farmers, Me-
Il chanios. Ladies', end everyday. am now
prepared To furnish you with constant employ
al your homes, The whole ofyour time, or in your
spare moments. business new, light aud proRta-
by persons of either sex, aud the boys aud girls
earn nearly AS much as men, Great Inducements
are offered those who will devote thotr whole time
To the business, aud that every person who sees
this notice may send me thoir address, and test
Che business for themselves, make the following
unparalleled "0or; IO all who are not well salts
hcd With the business, will send 81 to pay for
the hunble Of writing me. Full particulars, d.
pct,onS, Ncp sent free, sample will be sent BY
mail To all who send 10 cents Address
sd Z. &, ALLEN, CoLvNBcs, Quo.
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important Opinion by the Attorney
General Authority and Compensation
OF County Commissioners.

Of County Commissioners.
OFFICE or THE ATTORNEY GBNBRALl
CoLrMuus, May 30, 1868
Hon. J. N. Godmdn, .iHditor, dc.
SIR: have the homer to reply 10 your inqui
res of the 2lst instant, as fellows:
l. County Commissioners have no general au-
thority to employ superintendent to oversee the
erection of any building or public structure. All
such erections to be done 10y contract, the con-
structors being responsible for the per formance
thereof, unless there be specific authority given
by special enactment TO employ superintendent.
2. They eau authorize one or more of their own
number to attend, from timo to time, and see that
any such contract Is being complied with other
wise the work might be done indferently and
the COIumis ssioners be bound by their own shackes
in not entering complaint or taking exception, MS
the work progressed. They cannot assume the
absolute supcrintendence and direction Of the
work, but simply kind Of yisitora supervision.
Such visitorial service will entitle the acting
member 10 per diem. ''
,. They may authorize one or more Of their
number, In proper case, TO examine bridge, or
other public work within their county, or to
transact other necessary business, Which does not
require the personal presence OF tho full session,
and may report to, aud his report DO adopted by,
the full session. The member performing such
service will be entitled to per diem, but not TO
mileage, or TO have any personal expenses for
travel or otherwise refunded. .-
4. They must hold four regular stated sessions
each year, aud also such other sessions as the
statute may require, as when acting in the capa-
city Of a board Of equalization, &c. They may
hold such other special or called sessions their
official duties render necessary. These are with
out limit, other than konest discretion. %
s. They are allowed per diem for all services
rendered in the Hcccssory discharge OF cLiciotduty
They are allowed mileage from their places vi
residence 10 tho county seat Tor attending then
sessions not excseding eight in any one year
They are not entitled to mileage for attending Il
any business except at aH actual meeting Of thcu
board in regular or special session.
9. They cannot make any allowance to III,
County Auditor, which in any year shall exceed
the limit prescribed by the act OF April IL, 1867
But County Auditors are entitled, under the Draft
aNd Turnpike acts, 70 fees In addition to the com
| pensatiou provided in said act Of lS67.
Truly, &C., W. IL. WEST,
Attorney General.
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TUX preparations for tho great German
SWngoriost which will bo maugurOtod in
Chicago, on Wednesday, are being made
with great good taste aud iberalily. Beau.
tiMI arches, covered with flowers aud
evergrecns, have been erected over MANY
oil The streets, aud large numbers Of pri'
yate dwellings,, stores, &c, have been GOV
cred with wIeaths. Tho occasion will
doubtless bo the grca,est OF tho kind oyei
held on ih,s continent