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Year: 1864

NJ Office is hereby given that viii, at the
~ piration of thirty days after the publication of
this notice, soon thereafter my application
can be heard, make application to the Hon. Board
of Supervisors of Shasta sosny for license to es-
tablish and keep public ferry across the Sacra-
mento yer at the most eligible point above, and
within one-half mile Of the mouth of Cow Creek,
where said creek empties into said river.


And at the same time | will petition the said
Board or Supervisors to lay out and declare pub
lie road, commencing on the Shasta and Copper
City road, in Bear Valley thence running south to
Cow Creek Valley, and down the west side of
said creek by way of Fort Reading, crossing the
Sacramento river, and continuing in direct line
so as to ntersect the present Shasta and Red Bluff
road at Leans and Fosters, on Cottonwood creek.
mrs NM- MAdEE
Year: 1864

We can testify to the general good con.
duet of the retiring officials of this county for
the term about to expire.


The honorable and Straightforward course
of John S. Follansbee, the retiring Sheriff
during the whole time he has been in Office,
-four years and five months. has been fully
attested by the people of this county, in the
many concentrations we have heard of his
varied daties. He surrenders the Office to
his successor with honor TO himself and cre
dit to those who placed him in that honora-
BILE and responsible position.


j. r. Durick, the retiring County Record
er, has always been found by the business
men of the county faithful and obliging
servant of the people. He has been more
prompt in keeping the records written up
than any of his predecessors since the organ
ization of the county. He purposes paying
visit to the East to see the old folks at
home" We wish hia a pleasant trip and
speedy return to Shasta. where he has bean
so long an honored resident.


Of James Keen, the retiring County Clerk,
we can truthfully say that 10 has made the
most correct and efficient County Clerk that
ever held Office in this county. Long accus-
toned to the duties he has been called to per-
form, the public have found him to be correct
in the system in which he has kept his books,
and will award him the credit of bringing the
affairs of the Office into proper order.
W. l.. Knox, District Attorney for the
past term, has made an efficient and careful
| officer, and in the many cases he has been
called upon to prosecute has been very sue
cessful. Credit is also due him for the faith
| full manner in which he has enforced the col
lection of licenses and delinquent taxes. max
| ing the burthens of sustaining the county
government fall equally upon all. We un
derstand it is his intention to take up his re.
sidence in Washoe in the course of few
months.


If the incoming officers perform their du
ties as faithfully as their immediate prede
eessors, the people will have no just cause ot
complaint for the manner in which county
affairs are conducted. We will wait apt
watch them, and from time to time show the
people how they are performing heir duties
Year: 1864

The Sanitary Ball on the 22d of February
was decided success, and shows what the
ladies of Shasta can do when they try. The
amount realized from it will make the hearts
of many of our sick and wounded soldiers
glad. But what would please them still more
would be to receive the pictures of their fair
benefactresses. j. Q. Welsh still takes all
kinds ofpictures in the best style, at his old
stand. Every lsdy shesld have her picture
taken and send it to somebody in the army or
out of it.
Year: 1864

1T appearing to the Court, by the petition OF Den
I mis- H. Dunn. administrator of said deceased,
presented and filed in said Court, praying for an
order to sell sll the real estate belonging to said es
tate at private sale that i is peeessary TO sell the
whole of said real estate to pay the debts expenses
and charges Of administration, and that the said
administrator nnder an order of sale heretofore
made by this Court. and after proceedings thereunto
in accordance with law, offered said real estate at
public auction the 18th day of June, A D. 1868,
on the premises, and unable TO obtain BID Tor
the same and that be has SINCE received an offer Tor
said real estate at private sale, which he believes IS
as much as can be obtained for the same at public
auction thereby saving the expenses OF pubic
sale-and it appearing to the Court that 1t Is for
the best interest of said estate that said property be
sold at private SALE it is therefore ordered by the
Court that all persons interested in said estate ap-
pear before the said Probate Court,


On the 2Ist day of March, A. ID. 1864,
at the Clerks Office, iB the Court House, in the
and county of Shasta. at 10 o'clock, A. NJ,
of said day, then and there to shoY cause why an
order should not be granted to said administrator
sell the whole of said real estate at private SALE
or so much thereof may be necessary and that
notice be given of the time and place of said hearing
by publication in the Shasta COURIER four success
sive weeks


c. c. Bush, County Judge,


And ex-oficio Judge of the Probate Court
Dated at Shasta this 18th day of


February, A. D. 1854.


OFFICE THE CLERK OF THE PRoPATE COURT


Of the town and county of Shasta


I, J. r. Durick, County Recorder OF the town
and county of Shasta, State Of California and
oficio Clerk of the Probate Court in and for said
town and county do hereby certify the foregoing to
be a true and correct copy of order duly made
and entered upon the minutes of said Probate Court.


Witness my hand, and the seal of the said
LIS Court, this sixteenth day Of February,


A. D. 1864.


f2a J. R. DpRICK, Clerk.
Year: 1864

TIE majority of the Board of Supervisors
of Calaveras county have ordered the removal
of the county officials, together with all
books. papers, and other movable property
belonging to the county. to the town OF San
Apdreas
Year: 1864

The Union Central Committee of Siskiyou
appointed seven delegated to the State Con-
yeution, and instructed them to use their IN
fuence to procure the appointment OF dele
gates to the National Convention who are In
favor of the denomination Of Abraham Lin
coin for the Presidency.
Year: 1864

suit, for the triumph of Sherman involves the
ruin of US all. No man will have anything
that he can call hisQwn. Everything will be
held at the mercy OF the merciless foe, and we
may read our fate in the bitter experience of
thousands who have been brought under the
abolition yoke.


Again we ask, will the people of Georgia
come to the rescue of their State from the foul
pollution? They have done it at Richmond,
Petersburg, Jackson, and other points during
this war, and it is a remarkable fact that in
every instance God has blessed the effort, and
caused their invaders to fall back in dismay.
We have much to encourage the militia, and
nothing to discourage it.
Year: 1864

From the Richmond Examiner, July 81.


Atlanta is now the centre of great in
terest All eyes are turned there in daily
expectation of hearing of great battle
between the two armies that are close upon
each other. The whole Georgia press, so
far as We have been able to observe, seem
unanimous in the opinion that Atlanta
should be defended to the last extremity.
The Savannah Republican, in an article
urging its defence, says:


Is Atlanta to be given up? For the honor
of Georgia we hope not. If the army cannot
do it, the people of Georgia should. This
burning disgrace should never be allowed to
rest upon us, for we hive the power if we will
but only use it, There are enough able bodied
men out Of the army, now within the limits of
our State, to constitute larger army than
Johnstons, and if but One-third of them would
only shoulder their guns and fly to the rescue
the vandal hordes of Lincoln would be in full
retreat in less than week.


Will they do it? Now is the time To-mor-
row or next week may be too late to avert the
deep degradation and mighty sacrifices of
homes and property that are hanging over the
heads of our people. There is no man in the
Year: 1864

The closing month Of the year. DrcExBER,
was devoted to clearing up the debris OF the
various campaigns, and preparing for winte,
quarters.


Thus wa close the record for the year. We
have gained much territory, and lost none
We ore In the full tide Of prosperity; have un.
limited means, noble and veteran army 9
confident and happy people. Our military and
political ledger forms marked contrast to the
spar at bis situation, and, II all goes as well Q,
It has done during the year, we may confident.
ly expect that before the year 1864 shall close
we shall witness the end Of this rebellion.
Year: 1864

n your sister, while engaged with her sweet
heart, asks you to bring glass Of water froia
IN adjoining room, start on the errand but you
ICED not return. You will not b misscd.-
Don't forget this, little boys!
Year: 1864

There is no death The stars go down


To rise upon some fairer shore,
And bright In Heavens Jewelled crown


They shine forever more.
There is no death! The dust we tread


Shall change beneath the summer show.


ers


To golden grain or mellow fruit
Or rainbow tinted flowers.
The granite rocks disofgahize,


To feed the hungry moss they bear;
The frost leaves daily life


From OIL the viewless afr.
There is no death The leaves may fall,


The flowers may fade and pass away
They only wait through wintery hours,
The coming of the May.
There is no death An angel from


Walks Ger the earth with silent tread.
He bears our loved things away,


And then we call them dead"
He leaves our hearts all desolate---


LIc piuShS OuT Idlr0SI, SWeeLeSL uOW6rS
Transplantod into bliss, they now


A6orn immortal bowers
The bird-like voice whose joyous tones
Make glad these scenes of woe and


strife,
Sings now in everlasting song


Amid the tree of life
And where He secs smile too bright,
Or hearts too pure for taint or vice,
He bears, it to that world of light
To dwell in Paradise.
Born in that undying life.


They leave US but to come again
With joy we welcome them-the same,
Except in sin and pain.
And ever near US, though unseen,
The dear, immortal spirits tread,
For all the boundless Universe
Is life-There are no dead
Year: 1864

sa BALTIMORE, May 81.
] These people who. when the war broke
out, believed it would only be little
affair Of sixty or ninety days, who have
deluded themselves with the oft exploded
fables of the starvation and exhaustion
of the rebels, and who have educated
themselves into the belief that the rebel
lion is at its last gasp-such people may
amuse themselves now by believing that
because General Grants army is within
eighteen miles OF, Richmond, therefore
the campaign against that city is virtually
over, and that the hero of Vicksburg has
little else to do than to enter the streets
of the rebel capital in triumph. But
Intelligent people, men who do not wish
to deceive others, nor to be themselves
deceived, people who have watched the
progress of the war, and studied it's de-
velopments in the light of history-sueh
people honor Gen. Grant and his gallant
army, for the success which has up to this
time attended his efforts, and feel that
there is good reason to hope, now that
he has abandoned the overland route and
adopted the line marked out by General
Mcclellan, that the great object of the
campaign will be attained But at the
same time they see that there is abun-
dant ground for the most serious appre-
tensions of possible disaster. At this
moment, therefore, when the eyes of all
intelligent and thoughtful men are turned
toward Gen. Grants army, with hopes.
bat also with anxious solicitude, it may
not be out of place to communicate some
facts in relation to the subject which l
have learned to- day, from sources not usu-
ally accessible.


THE REBELS EXPECTED TO SEE GRANT


WHERE HE is.


According to the accounts which I re-
ceive, there is neither trepidition nor ex-
ultation in the minds Of the great rebel
leaders at Richmond. They are aware
of the gravity of the situation; they are
calm, and their calmness is not that of
despair. They protest. to believe-I need
not say that-they do believe, that they
have good grounds to be satisfied with
the Situation as it now exists. If you
will refer to my letters as far back as april
+ IA, you will see it is there stated that
even at that early day the rebels believed
that when Gen. Grant moved toward Rich
mond, it would be by the Peninsula route.
Even the elaborate work that was being
expended at that time in fortifying CuI-
pepper Court House, SO as to- make it a
vast depot for the supply of our army,
could not make them have so mean an
opinion Of General Grants military judg-
ment, as TO believe that he would attempt
an overland campaign. They zee that
Gen. Grants army is now where it might
Year: 1864


freight train or thirteen box OF army supplies
thrown of the track the Nashville Railroad,
WOODBURY. by gueras belonging to the rebel General
Lyons command. The and freight burned,
and the railroad INSTRUCTED thereby during yesterday
Year: 1864

is no levity or expression of vulgar thought,
or lewd allusion TO the writers OF them-holy
home thoughts OF the dear ones we love SO
well; and often have | seen the bronzed face
OF the veteran, as well as the fair cheek ofthe
young recruit, flushed with manly pride, or
over them flowing tears that spoke louder
tnan words OF true hearts and brave men.
NOT SO when your cold insipd and stale let
ters are received. There is generally shout
OF derision from many voices as your careful
ly written nonsense is retailed out TO cor
poral, sergeant, private, or may be negro
servant; and could you hear the vulgar wit
and coarse expressions over your letters, and
at yonr expense, think, ladies, you would
answer no more Wanted correspondence for
mutual cultivation | trust, ladies, that this
article may be of service TO you, inasmuch as
il will urge you TO write only to those whom
you know; and you may put it down for
fact that any soldier or officer advertising for
lady correspondence, does so for no honorable
or noble purpose. Ninety-nine out of every
hundred letters received by officers and sol
diers are treated with contempt and derision.
Thus you see that your tender effusions, gush.
ing out howery and sentimental platitudes
are used to your disadvantage and injury. In
many cases the officer or soldier takes pains
to ascertain your true name, and then your
letters not only reflect to your disadvantage
but bring disgrace to your friends. know
OF one young lady who is the laughing stock
OF whole regiment, and many of them are
or were friends and neighbors of hers not
two years ago. Her fair name and character
are blighted, and one who has counted on her
being somethieg more than friend to him in
the future, has cast her aside, and her letters
OF truth to him are unanswered, or returned
unopened. Ladies, goodbye. Learn from
this TO do better. Write to your known
and tried soldier friends and relatives, and
none other.


l am, ladies, your friend and wel-wisher,


E.V. WILSON,


lst 1t, Co. II, Both reg't Wis. Vols.
Year: 1864

"My dear Sir: Yours of the Sd instant is
just received. l accord with you fully in the
propriety OF the people giving fully and freely
their sentiments and opinions on nullifcation,
and the course pursued by South Carolina in
her late proceedings. M


The ordinance passed, when taken in con :
nection with the Governors message, is rebel
lion and war against the Union; the raising of
troops under them, to resist the laws OF the
United States, is absolute treason. The crisis
must be, and as far as my constitutional and
legal powers go, will be met with energy and
irmness Therefore the propriety OF the pub
lie voice being heard, and-it ought now to be
spoken iu voice OF thunder that will make
the nullihers tremble, and which will cause
the good citizens of South Carolina to retrace
their steps, and adhere to that Constitution Of
perpetual Union they haYe sworn to support.
This REASONABLE procedure against the Union
Is a blow against not only our liberties, but the
liberties of the world.


"This nullifying movement in the South has
done US great injury abroad, and must not on
ly be promptly met and be put down, bat
froYaed down by public opinion. 1t is there
fore highly proper, for the people to speak all
over the Union,


i am preparing proclamation to the peo-
pie OF the South, and as soon as officially ad-
vised of these rebellious proceeding, will
make a communication to Congress. l can
say no more, as l am surrounded at present,
and bid you for the present adieu.


ANDREW JACKSON.


FCpl. J. A, Hamiltql.a
Year: 1864

Our investigations 60 to show that the
roaring waves and the mightiest billows
Of the ocean repose, not upon hard and
troubled beds, but upon cushions of still
water; that everywhere at the bottom Of
S<he deep sea the solid ribs of earth are
protected, and with garment, from the
abrading action of its currents; and the
cradle of its restless waves is lined by u
stratum of water at rest, or so nearly at
rest that it can neither wear nor move
the highest bit of drift that once lodges
there. The uniform appearance of these
microscopic shells, and the almost total
absence among them of any sediment
from the sea or foreigD matter, suggests
most forcibly, the idea of perfect repnse
at the bottom Of the deep sea. Some Of
the specimens are as pnre and as free
from sea-sand rs the fresh-falen snow
flake is from the dust Of the earth. In
deed these soundings almost prove that
the sea, like the snow-cloud with its flakes
in calm, is always letting fall upon its
bed showers of these minute shells; and
we may readily imagine that the wrecks
which strew its bottom are, in the process
of ages, hidden under this heecy covering,
presenting the rounded appearance which
is seen over the body of the traveller who
has perished in the snow storm. The
ocean, especially within and near the trop-
les, swarms with life. The remains of its
myriads of moving things are covered
by currents, and scattered and lodged in
the course of time all over its bottom
This process continued for ages, has COW
cred the depths Of the ocean as with a
mantle, consisting of organisms as delicate
as hoar-frost, and as light in water as
down in the air.-AH The Year Round
Year: 1864

"ThE city of Lawrence is thriving as
never before. The mills are running over
hours, and the greatest want is more help"
Boston Post


Lawrence, Massachusetts. Il is the
same way with all the manufacturing
towns Of New England. They are all
making money, (as they have never made
it before,) by reason of the high tariff and
the war. The money they make so rap
idly is mostly extracted from the West,
whose people are growing poor from the
same causes from which New England is
growing rich. To add insult to injury,
the Governor of Massachusetts proposed,
in his recent message, that that State
ought not to be required to furnish any
moro men for the war; that her systems
of industry required her men at home,
and that the Federal Government would
be benefited by leaving them at home
aud seeking for men in States which cod
better spare theml
Year: 1864

beautifully your last rose has blossomed
in the night when least we looked for it !
and Bess came smiling in with one white
rose, SO fragrant and SO frail.


Jamie did not turn TO greet her, for all
frost had melted from the boys life now
another flower had blossomed in the early
dawn, and though the patient face upon
the pillow was bathed in sunshine, little
Jamie was not there to see it cleaning
on the cross. God had remembered him.
Year: 1864

LOST HER HAIR.-The Transcript mentions
that, g in town not many miles from Ne
vada, a lady sent to drug store for some
very strong salve. Ifwas fixed up in the
Deatest manner by the apotheeary highly
scented, and sent to the lady's residence
After using small quantity, she placed the
remainder upon her bureau. The servant
came in, supposing it to be pomade for the
hair, and made liberal application of it to her
Uranium. 1t was not long before she was al
most raised from the floor by the strength of
the ointment. She ran frantically out of the
room crying, 'murdther. murdthor-rm kilt
intirely-the stuff is after pulling the top of
my head off, A few days after the applca-
tion the girls head became entirely bald"
Moral-never steal anything you don'tkno
the nature of.
Year: 1864

ADVICE To You've LAwYER.-The fol-
lowing is the advice of an examining Judge
to yoHng lawyer on admission:


Sir, it would be idle to troble you fur
ther. You are perfect; and | will dismiss
with few words Of advice. which ycu will
do we'll to follow. You will find it laid down
as maxim of civil law, never TO kiss the
maid when you can kiss tie mistress. Carry
out this principle sir, and you are safe New
ser say boo to goose when she has the pow
eF to lay. golden eggs. Let your face be long,
your bills longer. Never put your hand in
your own pocket when anybody else's handy
Keep your conscience for your own private
use and don't trouble it with other mems
matters: Plaster the Judge, and butter the
Jury. But, above all, get money; honesty,
II you can, my dear sir, but get money. /
l welcome you to the bar"
Year: 1864

That leave the poison to crawl through the system,
eating its way iuto the tissues and organs beneath
the apparently smooth surface, to burst out in the
future with virulence that will battle the effects of
medicine. When PERFECT CURES can be OBJ
tainedsby consulting physician whom long prac-
tice and thorough investigation into the causes of
DISEASES of the URINARY ORGANS enables
to determine at once the nature of the disease.


In all diseases entrusted to the Doctors care,
PERFECT, SPEEDY and PERMANENT
Year: 1864

~ A strenuous effort is being made
to postpone the Republican National Con.
vention until Fall or late in the Summer.
The excuse is, that it is not good ct this
time to agitate the country with politics
for so many months. But We notice that
the persons who are 90 anxious for the
postponement, are all active and bitter
opponents Of Lincoln's fe-electIon. They
hope that Lincoln will make some fatal
blunder during the Summer. to put him
ont of the way; or that some Of our
military men will meet with Q success
that will place them ahead Of Lincoln
for the Presidency. That's what's the
matter.
Year: 1864

= r. The Topeka Record says it can.
not hire printers for love or money. We
should have thought that any number Of
printers would have been eager to work
for Baker. out Of pure love for the man.
He has such winning ways.
Year: 1864

He rolled the praire up like cloth,
Drank the Mississippi dry,
Put the Allegheny in his hat,


A steamboat in his eye,
And for his breakfast, bufaloes
Some twenty-one did fry.
He whipped the whole Comanche tribe,
One day in time to dine
And for a walking-cane he took


a California pine.
And when he frowned he was 50 black
The sun it could not shine.
He whipped a ton of grizzly bears
One morning with his fan,
And proved himself by all these feats,
To be q western man.
Year: 1864

The War Department ha, decided tina! draft.
ell man N y furnish q substitute alter be has
betn accepted and is IN camp When the sub
sMtu,s is accepted the Government wlii discharge
the drafted msu and permit him To return to his
home.