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Year: 1869

The Latest Efforts 10 Secure the Notorious


Missouri Outlaw.


The citizens of st. Francois county, Missouri,
have been reused to vigorous measures often
sIye and defensive, against the notorious and
apparently ubiquitous Hildebrand. At mass
meeting in the courthouse of Pennington, on
the 22d instant the Governor and many other
State officers being present, the following reso-
lutions were unanimously adopted


''That we deeply deplore the situation of our
county, infested with the desperate and outlaw,
Samuel Hildebrand.


'VThat the Governor of the State be and he is
hereby requested to appoint ten special deputy
sherffs, under the provision of an act of the
General Assembly approved March, 1866 to be
continued in service as long as the Governor
shall deem proper.


"That inasmuch as said law does not provide
n sufficient compensation for said deputies, the
county court of this county, now IN session,
make at once the necessary appropriation Tor
their pay in addition to that allowed by law.


"That we, the citizens of this county, will
proceed at once to organize, in each township,
companies of which not less than ten shall at all
times be in readiness to act which organizations
shall respond to the call OF any one or more OF
said deputies, at any time, when called upon to


HThat it is the duty of every citizen of this
country to give all necessary information as to
all persons charged with the commission of
crime, and to render all the assistance IN their
power to arrest such offenders.


"That we brand as bad and unworthy citizens
all those who fail refuse to perform the duties
aforesaid.


'1That we. the citizens of st. Francois county,
pledge ourselves to carry out the foregoing reso-
futions in good faith, and to faithful execution
of the laws throughout said county, irrespective


THAT the companies of ten be left for the Sc
lection of the ten deputies which are tobe chosen
by the Governor"
Year: 1869

Mr.. BRADY's LAST WRITING.-The
following passage is the last ever written
by James T. Brady, the eminent New
York lawyer, who died not long since !:


"Our brothers in the pilgrimage will
fall at our side, but however thickly the
arrows of death may shower, we can,
while our powers continue, do naught
but move on until we reach the awful in
slant when we are to exchange the fee
BILE pulses of transitory existence for the
ceaseless throbbings Of eternal life
There, even there, at that mysterious
frontier, if we have been faithful and
fearless in the march, we may lie down
obedient to destiny, with the exalted
hope that, after all the objects Of this
world shall have become lost forever to
our mortal sight, there may be unfolded
to our new and spiritual vision another
realm of unimaginable glory, where we
and all whom we loved on earth, may
realize the promise which the Great Ru-
Ter of the Universe has made unto the
just"
Year: 1869

The SHOOTING FIsH.-This very re-
markable fish is a native of the West
Indies. Nature has constructed this
aquatic sportsman in a very singular
manner, but one admirably adapted to
his sporting predictions. The fish has a
hollow cylindrical beak. He frequents
the rivers on the seashore in search Of
food. and from the unusual manner in
which he provides for his daily wants he
derives his name. When. this hungry
gentleman espies fly or an insect not
taking due care of himself, but sitting on
plants in shallow water, he swims away
to the distance of four or five feet, and
often of six feet, that he may take aim
at his prey, and when he has done SO
to his satisfaction, he then, with an amaz-
ing dexterity and cleverness, elects out
of his tube-like mouth one drop of water,
which is so well directed, and SO swiftly
shot forth, that it never fails to knock
the fly into the water, and once there, all
hope of escape is gone-the fish darts
upon its prey and eagerly devours it ;
thus supplying us with another instance
of the diversified mode in which nature
qualities its countless millions of crea-
lures with the powers necessary for pro-
curing food.
Year: 1869

* A RASH PRoMIsE.-The Portland Ar
gus tells the following story Of young
| lady who is pupil at one of the schools
in that city, and who already, it seems,
beats her papa at mathematics


"She modestly proposed that if her
father would give her only cent on one
day, and double the amount on each sue
cessive day for just one month, she would
pledge herself never to ask of him an
other cent of money as long as she lived.
Pater familias, not stopping to run over
1.-The figures in his head and not supposing
it would amount to large sum, was
glad to accept the offer at once, thinking
it also a favorable opportunity to include
a possible marriage dowry in the future.
At the twenty-fifth day he became great
ly alarmed, lest if he complied with his
own acceptance, he might be obliged to
be declared bankrupt on his own pc
tition.' But when, at the thirtieth day,
the young girl demanded only the pretty
little sum Of 5,36S, 100 12! the aston
ished merchant was only too happy to
cancel the claim by advancing hand
Esome cash payment for his folly in allow


ing himself to give a bond--for his word
he considered as good as his bond-with-
out noticing the consideration therein
expressed, and by promising to return to
the old custom of advancing smaller
sums daily until otherwise ordered"
Year: 1869




II our readers preserve the following
curious almanac, they will find that it
will afford quite an item for amusement
at social evening parties.


JANUARy.-He who is born in this
month will be laborious, and lover of
good wine, but very subject to infdelity |;
he may too often forget to pay his debts,
but he will be complaisant, and withal a
fine singer.


The lady born this month will be
prudent housewife; rather melancholy,
but very good tempered.


FEBRUARY.-The man born in this
month will love money much, but the
ladies more; he will be stingy at home
but prodigal abroad.


The lady will be humane, an affection
ate wife and tender mother.


MARCH.-The man born in this month
will be rather handsome, he will be hon
est and prudent, but will die poor.


The lady will be passionate chatter
box somewhat given to fighting, and in
old age too fond of the bottle.


APRn.-The man who has the mis-
fortune to be born in this month will be
subject to maladies. He will travel to
his advantage, for he will marry rich
and handsome heiress, who will make
what, no doubt you all understand.


The lady will be tall and stout, with
little mouth, little feet, little wit, but a
great talker, and withal a great liar.


MAY.-The man born in this month
will be handsome and amiable. He will
make his wife happy.


The lady will be equally blest in eve
cry respect.


JUNE.-The man will be of small
stature, passionately fond of women and
children, but will not be loved in return.


The lady will be giddy parsonage
fond of coife; she will marry at twenty
one, and be fool at forty-fve.


JULY-The man will be fair; he will
suffer death for the wicked woman he
loves.


The female of this month will be pass
ably handsome, with sharp nose and
sulky temper.


AUGUsT.-The man will be ambitious
and courageous but too apt to cheat
He will have several maladies and two
wives.


The lady will be amiable and twice
married; but the second husband will
cause her to regret the first Her first
love will be the truest.


SEPTEMBER.-He that is born in this
month will be wise, strong and prudent,
but too easy with his wife, who will cause
him much uneasiness.


The lady, round faced, fair haired,
witty, discreet, affable, and loved by her
friends.


OCTOBER. The man will have a
handsome face and forid complexion
he will be wicked in his youth, and al
ways inconstant. He will promise one
thing and do another, and always re-
main poor.


The lady will be pretty, little CO.
quettish, and sometimes little too fond
of wine, she will give her preference to
eau de vie. She will have three hus.
bands who will die of grief; and she will
best know why.
| NovEMBER.-The man born now will
have fine face, and be gay deceiver.
! The lady of this month will be large,
liberal and full of novelty.


DECEMBER.-The man born in this
month will be good sort of person
passionate. He will devote himself to
the army, be betrayed by his wife.


The lady, y,amiable and handsome, with
a good voice and well proportioned body
she will be married twice, remain poor
but continue honest
Year: 1869

WELL SAID Jacob Thompson. one of the
most noted rebels of the late war, after many
ycissitudes in Europe, as an exile, has
recently returned to his home in Mississippi
In speech to bis old friends confessed his
love for his country. He thinks the results
of the war are final and inevitable, and that
this country must be united, that glorious
destiny awaits it, and that it is the duty of
the South to contribute their part in working
it ont The New York Tribune, in review
ing Thompson's remarks, uses the following
language that ought to be read by every man
and woman in the United States:


Yes, Mr.. Thompson, and 80 do we all think
this country of ours the best on the planet
the best to earn in, to spend in, to scheme in,
to die in, the best in the world for Southern
ors and Northeners. for Lee and for Grant,
for Stephens and Sumner. for Jacob Thomp.
son and Frederick Douglass. And with all
your faults, Jacob Thompson, we shall do
our best to love you and yours, to give you
the heartiest hand we may if you care-to
give you the greeting of plow and spade, of
labor and liberty trusting in right time all
things will be made quite whole again, if
one and all of us shall have quite learned to
accept the situation manfully, and go 10 work
with a will
Year: 1869

With the present issue our connection with
the SHASTA COURIER ceases, and the estab-
ishment passes into the hands of W. L.
Carter, young man whom we have had in
our employ for the past three years, and
whom We cordially commend to the public as
worthy of trust, confidence and support As
town and county is always judged abroad
by the character and appearance of its local
press. we hope the citizens and business men
of this county will give the COURIER hearty
support, and thereby not only benefit them
selves, but reflect credit on the section in
which they reside.


In severing our connection with the Co..
RIER, and preparing to take our permanent
departure from Shasta. We naturally expert
ence emotions of sadness and regret. Here,
for eleven years, we have toiled almost un-
ceasingly to prepare the paper for its
regular weekly appearance here we have
mingled with citizens and friends in business
and pleasure; and here was our home,
around which clusters the varied sympathies
and endearing ties born of the incidents and
associations of those slow revolving years.
To leave, perhaps forever, these familiar
scenes and associations; to sever these ties,
and 60 forth to find new home among
strangers is certainly an unwelceme epoch
in our life.


And now, in closing, we embrace this last
opportunity to gratefully thank our patrons,
and the people of this town and county gen.
orally, for the support and friendship ac-
corded us, and with the hope that prosperity
and success may attend them through life,
we bid each and all an earnest farewell


Farewell, my home, my home no longer now,


Witness of many a calm and happy day.


And thou, fair eminence, upon whose brow


Dwells the last sunshine of the evening ray


FAREWELL Mine eyes no longer shall pursue


The westering sun beyond the utmost height,


When slowly he forsakes the fields of light


No more the freshness of the falling dew,


Cool and delightful here shall bathe my head,


As from this western window dear, lean,


Listening the while watch the placid scene,-


The martins twittering beneath the shed.


Farewell my home. where many day has past,


In joys whose lov'd remembrance long shall last.
Year: 1869

PAY OR FIaHr.--The Republicans of Penn.
sylvania are almost unanimous in demanding
that plank shall be Incorporated in their
party platform demanding settlement of the
Alabama claims. or war with England to en-.
forcs our demands. It is stated that SINH
lar plank will be incorporated in the plat
form of the Republican party in every State
in which popular elections are to be held this
year. There is trouble ahead for John Bull
Year: 1869

PARALYsIs.-W find the following in an
exchange. and give it for what it is worth


81 We lately met a gentleman who. al
though he walked with perfect ease, said be
had been almost hopeless paralytic, but
had been substantially cured by the use of
an air pump. The theory of the cure, and
the application of the instrument. were as
follows: Paralysis is produced by the failure
of some of the organs of life to perform their
functions. They need recuperatng. He
applied cap or receiver to the part affected.
and by means Of the pump be removed the
pressure Of the external atmosphere. There
was then rush Of air internally, as much
as the clogged condition of the system would
admit, towards the vacuum produced by the
pump. The blood was carried along by the
air. and by mere mechanical force made to
circulate in the affected limb. which thus
recovered its vigor and activity
Year: 1869

CURE'FoR Poison OAK.-A correspondent
of the Alta gives this as cure for poison
oak:


Simply bathe the parts poisoned with hot
water, as hot as can be borne; keep increas-
ing the temperature till it can no longer be
used without burning. Press soft towel
against the parts, so as to absorb the water.
and avoid rubbing; then apply g rather
strong" solution of strong navy, or plug.
chewing tobacco on the poisoned places and
let dry. The solution is best when the water
is hot. / have tried this and have been
cured, or very nearly SO, in two days-four
DAYS at the most
Year: 1869

CAHDIpArE.-We see by his proclamation
IN the Journal that B. F. Flynn is candidate
for the Office of Clerk in Trinity county. sub
ject to the nomination of the Union party
If qualification and devotion to party is any
test of merit then Jacnto'sn claims to the
office are good.
Year: 1869

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN
~ accordance with the action of the Shasta
County Democratic Central Committee, at their
meeting in Shasta on the Sd of April last Dele
gated Convention of the Democracy of Shasta
County is called to meet in Shasta on


Friday. the 25th day of June next,
at IL NJ, for the purpose of nominating candidates
for County officers, Delegates to the State and
District Conventions, County Central Committee.
and to take such other action as may be deemed
necessary for the promotion of Democratic princi
pies.


The voters of the county will meet at the usual
place of holding elections for each precinct on


Saturday, the 10th day of June next.
and elect Delegates to said Convention in accord
ance with the following apportionment based upon
ratio of one delegate for each precinct, one for
every twenty votes cast at the last election for the
Democratic Congressman, and one for every frac-
ton of 20 votes


In order to entitle a voter to participate in tho
election of Delegates to said Convention, he sbould
be legal voter of the county on the day of the
next election, and express intention to support
the Democratic Ticket as the best means of defeat
ing the proposed amendment to the Constitution of
the United States, which is in the following words.
to wit:


Article XIV. The right of any citizen of the
United States to vote shall not be denied or abridp
ed by the United States any State on account Of
race, color, or previous condition of servitude


Section 2. The Congress shall have power to
enforce this article by appropriate legislation.


Delegates as apportioned to the several nrec;ncts
Year: 1869

Why do ladies like to visit the sea
coast? Because it relates to marry
time
Why can you keep fruit better by can
ming it than any other way? Because
you can.
Why do little birds in their nest agree
Because if they did not they would fal
out.


What is that which the rich man
wants, the poor man has, the misel
spends, and the spendthrift saves? No
thing.


Why are wheat and potatoes like the
idols of old? Because the former have
ears, and hear not. and the latter eyes
but see not.


When may a ship be said to be fool
ishly in .ove? When she is attached to
buoy. When madly in love? When
she is ankering after heavy swell
When ambitiously in love? When she
is making for pier.


Why are sheep the most dissipated an
imals in creation? Because they gambol
in their youth, spend most of their days
on the turf; the best of them are black
legs, and they are sure to be ieeced at
last
Year: 1869

w"Canning' eggs in their own shells
is something new in the preserving line.
But the process was explained at a late
meeting of the New York Farmers Club.
When two or three dozen eggs are OBJ
tanned from the nests, place them in a
dish and pour scaldiny water over them
and Immediately turn it off. This pro
cess is repeated three times, By which
means the albumen is fixed or coagula


ted. the pores of the shells closed, and
the egg, rs it were, canned in its own
covering. The eggs thus prepared arc
then packed in salt, with the apex down,
ward, and they are said to keep perfect
y fresh for many months. .T
Year: 1869

The sorghum crop throughout this
portion Of Kentucky is being gathered
and manufactured into molasses. The
amount raised is not very large, but in
the more hilly sections its product Ell
ters very generally into the list of arti.
cles for home consumption. We have
not heard of any sugar being made from
it, but presume the new process will be
tested in many localities. If it succeeds
it will prove great discovery at the
present price Of sugar and prospect o.


an advance from the Cuban revolution
Year: 1869

But this is not ell. To this aggregate
of deaths upon the battle field is to be
added those caused by disease To this
is also to be added those who died in
Northern prisons and of their wounds
These, it is claimed, would swell the ag-
gregate of deaths to 100000.
Year: 1869

Two Quaker girls were ironing on the
same table. One asked the other what
side she would take, the right or left?--
She answered promptly, at will be right
for NE to take the left, and then it will
be left to thee to,take the right" + q
Year: 1869

The food that is most liable to produce symptoms
of poisoning, even though it may seem to be good,
is shellIish. They occasionally cause great distress,
sembling nettle rash. Such symptoms supervene in


from ten to twenty hours after eating the articles in
question, and are accompanied frequently by great
exhaustion and debility. Death has occurred in as
short time rs three hours. If the vomiting is free
the sufferer usually recovers. In some instances
where shell-lish have been taken from docks or
ships bottoms it has been suspected that they have
been contaminated with copper or arsenic derived
from the sheathing or paint on the vessels. In some
instances copper has been found but it is neverthc
cases. the evil effects have been due to the presence
of an animal poison.


If healthy flesh that is undergoing putrefaction is
used as food, it is liable to produce very serious
SYMPTOMS resembling those of typhus fever, in
which there is considerable brain trouble. This,
however, is not common, the usual result being the
election of the offensive material. The system can
even become accustomed to the introduction of such
vile articles decayed fish, which it is said the 81
amese and Burmese use as a cOndiment.


Gamgee estimates that about one-tifth of the meat
sold in the markets is obtained from animals that
have died, from those that have been killed while
suffering from some complaint. When the creature
has been killed suddenly by accident, the flesh is
good but if death has been the result of over-driy-
ing, ii contains poison that produces an eruption
on the skin of those who handle it, and though many
persons may eat such flesh with impunity, some
are not so fortunate; from which we may conclude
that the act of digestion does not always destroy an
imal poisons. DR.. John G. Draper, in April
Galaxy.
Year: 1869

If any woman of us all.


If amy woman of the street,
Before the Lord should pause and fall
And with her long hair wipe his feet
He, whom with yearning hearts we love.
And fain would see with human eyes
Around our living pathway move,


And underneath our daily skies
The maker of the heavens and earth,


The Lord of life, the Lord of death,
In whom the universe had birth,


But breathing of orr breath one breath
If any woman of the street


should kneel, and with the lifted mesh
OF her long tresses wipe his feet,


And with her kisses kiss their flesh
How round that woman would we throne,
How willingly would clasp her hands
Fresh from that touch divine, and long


To gather up the twice-blcst strand.
How eagerly with her would change


Our idle innocence, nor heed
Her shameful memories and strange,


Could we but also claim that deed.
Year: 1869

! A few weeks ago, General Stephen Me
| Groarty was in the City of Washington to sec
| whether he, as 4 manned soldier who had
voted for Grant would be removed by the lat
ter from the position of Collector of Internal
Revenue which he held in Cincinnati, While


there he made the acquaintance of another


soldier, a Collector in IN interior district in
New Y ork, who had sustained even more in
iuries than himself He had lost both lcos by
a cannon ball below the knees, and hObblcd
around, to use the expression of Mc(Ir0artY
upon trestlc-work. lie was also in the Feder-
al Capital to ascertain whether the mouSino.
and stay at-home politicians would be permit
ted by his old commander to discharge him
from the service Of the Government Thi,
unfortunate vetaran was rich in the possess
ion of a wife and seven children, but had no
worldly goods to support them. He was in
capacitated for work and relied entirely upon
the income of his office for living He had
discharged the duties of Collector with tidcl-
ity, and had given As far as he was aware,
general satisfaction General Mc(roarty, In
company with this old comradc in arms, re
paired to the White House, to see the Prr~i-
dent. The soldier from New York was first
introduced, and made known his business
Grant expressed, in the strongest terms, his
reprobation of any one who would even seek
the place of so severely an injured soldier
ana gave MS word II II was dOnc ne would
pay no attention to it,


General McGrOarty soon afterward saw the
President, and presented his papers of recon-
mendation from leading Republicans in this
city and elsewhere. Among them was let
ter signed by Edwin NJ. Stanton, late Secreta
ry of War, which was to the following effect


There may have been soldiers who have
as good an army record as General McGroal-
ty. There are certainly none who have a hct-
ter


Grant smiled when he received the papers.
stated that McGroartys military record was
well known to him, and that he should not be
disturbed.


Pleased beyond measure at the result OF
their interview with the President, the two
veterans left the White House together and
repaired to their hotel. Relying upon the
word of the President thus given to two
of his soldiers, they entertained no further
fear of 4 dismissal The very next morning
at breakfast the New York Collector wa
Mortified, upon perllsing the city journals, for
in the list of appointments made was that OF
a person to the office which he then filled He
almost tainted away General McGroarty
although his faith was then greatly shaken
in the Presidents promise to him of retention
still entertained favorable hopes But with
in forty-eight hours thereafter, the name OF
Mr.. Pullan went in the Senate as his success
sor, and disguised and indignant, he took the
ears for the West.


The violation of his word upon the part OF
Grant requires little comment at our hands
1t stamps him with personal dishonor. The
dishonor is infinitely enhanced when we con
sider the parties to whom he violated his en-
gagement. [Cincinnati Daily Enquirer