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Year: 1865

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The number Of insertions must be written on
each advertisement, or they will be inserted till
ordered out and charged accordingly.
I Local advertising and job work must be paid
fer in Produce-the old price to govern each
way.
Year: 1865

PERsoNAL.-On Thursday we received a
brief visit from our typographical confrere,
John P. Shelton, Of the Grass Valley Nation
al. We we're glad to see him under the
shadow Of our roof, and pledged to do unto
him likewise at favorable opportunity.


He came down at two forty gait over
the new Grass Valley and IIlnois.own Turn.
y;le. and prenouoeoo favorable judgment
upon it as an important highway.
Year: 1865

~ Since the clash Of arms and thunder
Of battle has about passed away. the inter-
ruption Of telegrapbic communication is q
matter Of less concern than when the rude
alarms Of war rang through the land. New
ertheless, week or ten days is long time
TO be cut of from the Atlantic side in this
age Of lightning and steam.
Year: 1865

Trouble AHEAD.-It is generally under.
stood that President johnson will oppose
negro suffrage. He seems TO be determined
upon representing the conservative elements
Of the country. 1t will be remembered in
this connection that he was an Old Line
Democrat, at the beginning Of the awful
war through which We have just passed. Mr..
johnson says, that State sovereignty has not
been destroyed by the military power Of the
Nation, it has simply been suspended, and
must resume its place as in the Federal Con,
s.itution provided. Such views do not suit
the radicals Of bis party, and We are very
glad they do not. Let US have a decent
Union, If we have any at all. Said radicals
are going to raise a row or have their own
way. Just their style.


Grass Valley National.
Year: 1865

By MooxL1enr.-There will be a railroad
excursion by moonlight, from Sacramento to
Auburn on Monday. 1t is for the benefit of
the Sixth street Congregational Church Of
the first named city.
Year: 1865

BuRoLARY.-Ths clothing store Of Kohn
& Kind, on Sacramento street, was entered
from rear window, on Thursday night, and
clothing to the value Of over one hundred
dollars stolen. The thief or thieves, to Sc.
cure themselves from interruption while ma.
king their selections, inserted a wooden key
on the inside Of The front door lock, so that
the door could not be unlocked from the
outside, and left this piece Of mechanism
when they went away. This key is the only
clue to the character Of the depredators, and
vas evidently the work Of Chinaman.
Year: 1865

u-JoAN KrwscAinsky % Ftsdsvtck Dsskie.
was SANDER in which the congregation Of the Ger
church, corner OF avenue and Ninth street, were
deeply interested The plaintiff II appears, had seme
trouble with his wife, Johanna, which resulted in suit
for limited divorce The Oh In tho Court Of
Common Pleas, and naturally enough created sensa
ton among the members OF the church. some Of whom
sided with the plaintiff and some with his wife Dinke
was OF those who sympathized with Mrs Kruschin
sky and when talking about the Sunday In the
presence Of several OF the congregation, made use Of
personal remarks concerning the plaintiff Which
the latter deemed sufficient eround for sander snit
The complaint set up that Dnkle made Of the words
he Is perjured liar" referring 10 the plaintiffs test
mony in the divorce suit and the plaintiff upon taking
the stand testified TO the uterance Of the slandeous
epithet


II was held by the defence that the remark made
Of by the defendant not pointed as set up IN the
complaint Dinke and his witnesses testified that the
words were, He q liar and will yet commit perjury"
and the counsel argued from this that there cauA


for the action the remark having reference 10 the future
II the defendant had charged the plaintn with having
committed perjury there might be some grounds for
bringing the action and recovering damages but was
otherwise and he held that the Court ought 70 dismiss
the complaint without allowing IL 10 go to the jury.


Judge Moncref said that he thought the ought TO
he passed upon by the jury and made that disposition OF
IT, Tho jury after due dcbcration rendered verdict
for the defendant.
Year: 1865

WINTER GARDES-Last night new play, entitled the
Grey Lady of Penarvon, adapted from the French by
Tom Taylor was given here for the first time 10 had
very decided success


In character the story purely domestic, but it derives
an intense interest from the that Of the persons
Of the play poisoner The Grey Lady OF Penarvon is


grandmother who watches icaously the interests
and rights Of her daughter child But tho daughter Is
dead the daughters husband has brought new wife to
the castle and the grandmother that new wife and
the new vifes child preferred to her own grand
daughter This strs her vindcvc nature 10 the utmost
and she strikes he strangers through the life OF this
second daughter 10 whom poison is constantly admins
tered in infinitely little doses, and in myste
rious way that for n long time battles detection
Out OF these simple elements the French author
and the English adapter bave constructed .
play Of intense interest and the highest merit We have
seldom point better msde-a more effective coup
de 1eotr,-than the discovery OF the mysterious hand
whole story wrought with the peculiar force
The play was excellently acted MrS Wallsck, as tho
Grey Lady OF Penarvou, perfect mako up and IN
the spirit OF the part Mrs wslcot, Miss Clifton and
Miss Germon all had good parts and rendered them with
much more than the average success Miss Germou


made ber first appearance this occasion, and promises
10 become n valuable addition 70 the company. Mr.
Hauley deserves especial commentator for the man.
ner in wcb the play has been put upon the sage.
The scenery was OF tho rich and appropriate char
acter that obaracterzes that Of all presentations
NJ this establishment The Grey Lady Of Penvon viii
be repeated 70 night
Year: 1865

LoUnVLLA, n.y., may To- 1000
The Journal in an elaborate editorial entitled "An
Open Letter 10 the People Of Kentucky" closes - fol-
lows:-


The time has come for at once cutting up
by the roots the Upas tree which for moro
than half a century has poisoned our prosperity,
and retarded the growth Of that public spirit which
full development requires Let the people, therefore,
cast aside the fossflized politicians who would i'm
pede their progress in the broad path Of destiny
which opens before them and TO this end let them In
August next elect to the General Assembly Of
the State who will not pledge himself TO the immediate
and unconditional ratification Of the constitutional
amendment.
Year: 1865

THE New COMMANDER The dispatches
this week announce the appointment Of
General Steele as Commander Of the De-
partment Of the Columbia From a sketch
Of his military antecedeuts, We gather that
he is a graduate from the Military Acade
my Of West Point and is, of course, an old
Amy man who knows the duties of a De.
paTtmeut Commander, understands his rela-
tious to tho "body polite and, in word,
comprehends "the ropes" We are glad to
to Chronicle the coming to Vancouver Of a
regular army. officer and that an officer Of
some promise and reputation has been Or
dered out The people have had enough Of
the mismanagement of weak and over-aUbi-
tious men who have heretofore held that
position.
Year: 1865

SrRucK Ir.-For long years Grave Yard
Hill, in the vicinity of Horsetown, has been
a point upon which prospectors have cast
longing eyes, and therein has been sunk
many a prospect hole. Tunnels, too, have
been~run for limited distances, only to real
ize the color in sort of pipe clay. Recently
n couple of enterprising miners concluded TO
90 deeper and see the result. Four inches
down in an abandoned tunnel pan of dirt
was obtained and washed out with an agree
able result of a little over ten dollars. A few
hours after that hill was staked off and
claimed. This discovery of an under strata
of pay dirt, if it continues to be developed,
will bring Horsetown back to its palmy
days The coming week we intend to visit
the locality Of the new discovery, hoping
some iubilant miner honest. of course) will
give us an interest. At any rate, shall
thereby enable ourself to give full descrip-
ton of the wealth and extent of the new
) discovery
Year: 1865

A ROMANCE OF WAR.-The New York cor
respondent of the Alta writes:


ss A singular double wedding came off on
Twelfth Night in this city. An officer of the
Union army was wounded and made prisoner
by the rebels. a year or two since, and receiv-
ed into the house of Confederate officer.
His sister, young and beautiful, followed
him to the South and nursed and cared for
him. The Confederate fell violently in love
with her, and on the recovery of her brother
connived at their escape to the North. At
Nashville, the Union officer rescued an aged
Southern gentleman from the clutches of a
mob. Arriving at New York, it was not
long before they were followed by the rebel
officer. whom love- had restored to his allie
glance to his country. Next it was discover
ed that the latter's sister was in the North.
and she was brought to New York by her
brother. The Union officer became attached
to the Southern rose. and the result was the
double wedding. Curiously enough there
turned up on the night of the wedding the
old gentleman rescued at Nashville, who
proved the father of the Southern officer. and
another wedding is on the tapis between him
and the widowed mother of the Union officer.
Verify, truth is stranger than fiction.
Year: 1865

REBEL BARBARITIEs.-When we read such
accounts as the one following, we almost wish
that war of determination should be waged
against the wretches who could enact such
horrors. The following certainly adds to
our enjoyment over rebel disasters. o. II.
Ferrell writes to his brother in Solano coun-
ty, of his experience in rebel prison


= Hundreds of poor fellows, without pants
or even rag to hide their nakedness, Law
strewn around among the dead and dying !;
and the place was so thickly crowded that it
was almost impossible to walk through the
camp. Men starved to death by the hundred
daily. You may think | am exaggerating;
but. as true as there is a God, | have seen
hundreds of them that i know did starye to
death | was at one time reduced until
weighed only one hundred and ten pounds
fIIis weight, previous to enlisting, was about
one : hundred and seventy pounds. |
Thank God, am again in land Of plenty ~


Thank God, too. that the career of those
who cause such horrors is fast drawing to a
close Bee.
Year: 1865

INAucuRArIoN.-To-4ay the unanimous
wish of the Union voters of this Government.
is consummated in the Inauguration of him
whom they chose in November last to hold
the helm of State for the next four years.


The past has proven that the pilot is watch
full, and honestly intent upon the accomplish
ment of the great desire which now and
always exctes the loyal hearts of our ma
tons citizens, viz: the safe conduct of the
good old ship of State to the haven of peace.


May the Administration inauguratea to-
day prove as successful as that of the past
four years in retaining the confidence of the
people, and may its first year end the great
calamity that bas so long afflicted us, by
making more terribly manifest the great
power for good inherent in our system of
Government.
Year: 1865

CHAPMAN FAMILY-From the Austin
New Reveille we learn that this interesting
family, aided and assisted by Ed. Blake,
formerly of Weaverville-and the biggest
fool that ever left there-are doing the dram
attic in the Reese River region. We have to
advise our brethren to make the Chapmans
pay for all printing in advance. We believe
they are more or less indebted to'every coun-
try printing Office in California and Oregon.
Year: 1865

The CRY OF SIN.-A truo patriot says
that If he were General Sherman, he would
employ all the contrabands in South Carolina
to pull down Charleston, one stone after an
other, and to pile them up in one vast heap
to stand forever as monumental witness of
that ascursed city's destruction He would
commit every fiber of wood to the flames,
every inch of its thrice. damned soil to the
desolating chemistry Of salt.-Folsom Tsle
graph.
Year: 1865

MINING.-That Shasta county as mining
districts presents greater inducements for
permanent and profitable investment than
any other, is daily being practically proved.
Daily lodes are beiug struck which are well
defined, and give good surface prospect
There never was better field for operations
by a practical quartz miner who can com
mand capital. Again we call the attention
of good mill men to this fact-and it is fact
and invite them to call and see us. Every
facility for examining the district they may
desire will be Hospitality extended. Come
up, gentlemen, and see something worth
having, and take as much as you can work
We are not afraid of having our lodes carried
cf, consequently we show them without
stint. We only want them worked.
Year: 1865

Below we publish an abstract from the
Federal Assessors books, of the incomes, as
given in By she parties assessed. Comment
is unnecessary. The poverty Of our citizens
is lamentable. The assessment for ga will
appear in our columns ere long, and if the
same glaring record presents itself, we shall
comment on each name that to us appears
like coming short of fact. There are some
names in this list who have given affair
return. Our readers within the county can
easily distinguish them from those that ap-
pear otherwise than true. The present list
is not only short in amount, bat in the num-
hor asSaSsnd
Year: 1865

BUNKER HILL Co.-Last week this compa-
ny took out forty ounces to five hands. This
was the result Of two days washing in pay
dirt, the balance of the week having been
consumed IN clearing away debris.
Year: 1865

With this number we commence our four-
,eenth yolnme-the fourteenth year OF our
age. During all this time we believe the
COURIER has been regularly dispatched to its
readers on publication day. Our course on
National auestions-on :. Union or Death
is we'll known to our readers, and we have
only to saw that in that respect this volume
will duplicate its predecessors. On that
point we are taaaticaliy radical.


Financially there will be no change. Our
patrons require our labor, and they generally
understand that we nrust have o1r pay tor
it. In this connection. however, we will
state. for the benefit of that class who do not
come under the head of - generally" above
written, and who, when they meet us, sheer
of, fearing to insult us Ly Offering the little
amounts due us, that they have not a correct
understanding of the matter. It's the sheer
ing off that vexes' us,-not the tender of
the coin. We are not mercenary, but to
keep up our reputation as a business concern,
we receive money due US without any feeling
of disgust towards the payer, always being
careful to separate in our mind business
transactions from social amenities
Year: 1865

when they left their beautiful city with its temples,
alars and household gods to the invading Persian,
and with the heroism of despair won the victory
and glory of Salamis.


Mr. Speaker, there is no State so well qualified
to commence this great peace-movement as North
Carolina On her shores, the Anglo Saxon, the
great pioneer of freedom first pressed his footsteps.
Within her borders the first Anglo American was
born. Her early history was one continuous strug-
gle against usurpation and tyranny. On her was
poured the first baptsmal blood Of American liber-
ty. Her voice was first heard for the sovereignty
and independence of the States. She contributed
much to the power and glory Of the Great Repub-
lie She clung with devotion. to the Union of our
fathers as long as she could do with safety and
with honor. Her sons fought and won the first
battle of this revolution and since then they have
been foremost in the charge and last in the retreat
She has faithfully obeyed all the laws of our com.
mon government, and kept every obligation of duty
of her fame by speaking words of peace to the dis
cordant and belligerent States


love North. Carolina with all the ardent affec-
ton of native sor and all the devotion of patriot
and never never will l counsel her dishonor.-
May my tongue cleaVe to.the roof of my mouth, and
my right hand forget its cunning if prefer not
ner peace, her prosperity and her fame ABOVE my
chief joy.


have now concluded what have to say on this
important question, and leave it to the considera-
ton and action of the Senate. sincerely trust that
. merciful God will direct our counsels, so that we
may gain His righteous favor, and meet the appro-
val of our country and posterity..
Year: 1865

rnE FEELING IN SOUTH CARoLINA.-A late Char.
lesion Mercury contains the following:


In looking to the proceedings of Congress and
the opinions and schemes broached by many in the
press, and in private, able to perceive little
cause for congratulatiOn, little source of comfort
While Congress is paltering and piddling over pet
ty measures, the press and many of the people are
running wild on mad schemes of obstruction Both
fall short Of the occasion, both fail to look to the
causes of our troubles, both cover back from put
ting the knife to the seat of the disease The Exec
utive organs at Richmond boldly talk treason to our


institutions in the excess of terror and dsmay at the
condition into which the government has brought
the cause-talk about surrendering our liberties and
country over to foreign powers, and of abolish
ing the institution which lies at the base of our
whole government, and our whole system of civili-
zation. Whether terror, folly or lunacy most pre-
dominates in their schemes, it would be difficult to
say. Like owls, who cannot bring their eyes to
face the sun, these men cannot bring themselves to
face the facts. They will not look to the cause
which has produced sthe effect They cannot lift
their eyes to the Executive. The luminous light Of
his countenance blinds their apprehension to all pa
tent facts. And then they turn aside in despera-
tion to gropen the dark amidstm mad proiects for'
deliverance. While we have an abundance of fight
ing material in the country the army rolls are not
half filled The Executive himself announced the
fact to all the world, and Sherman too. Why is
this facta Because ineiciency is allowed to per.
wade every branch of the service; because favort-
ism dictates who shall command our armies be-
tools sought, and not competency; because
hatreds rule and the best and bravest proscrib
ed because laxity prevails everywhere; because
discipline is not required and where it is attempt
ed to be enforced, the effort is checked by Execu-
tive weakness and egotism and love of popularity,
whilst the serves is dsgraced and the brought
to the brink of ruin by officers who cannot be shot,
and cannot be cAshiered."


The same paper, referring to the fact that there
are ore hundred thousand absentees from the Con.
federate army, adds the following: In this depart
ment we are creditably informed, there is single
corps of twenty-sevep thousand the rolls, which
does not turn out seven thousand effective men,"
Year: 1865

ANOTHER GooSE EGG Those of our distressed
countrymen who have been looking so long for
foreign intervention in our affairs have just found
the largest goose egg of the season, to wit, that
England and France have proposed to guarantee our
independence, provided the Confederate government
will agree to free the slaves at the end of fifty years.
But it so happens that the Confederate government
has control over slavery. 1t can be reached on
ly through the States, and this would bring US at
once to our doctrine Of State iHterUention. Are
the Destructves ready for that?


If We do not obtain our Independence until Eng
land and France shall guarantee it to US on any
Terms, we shall have to wait long time. If we
cannot achieve independence WITHOUT the aid of the
negro on the battlefield, and without freeing our
slaves and accepting degrading dependence on
foreign monarches, we had as we'll gve.it up. Any
interference by England or France in American af.
fairs would most probably lead to one of the blood
lest and most proracted wars in the history of the
world. 1t would be " the battle Of Cog and Magog"
The rulers of those countries are the wisest Of v
ing statesmen, and the necessity must indeed be
strong which would lead them to involve their
countries in general and protracted war.


It is queer notion, that the sovereign power in
the land is restricted in the of whatever means
may be needed 10 save the government from over
Confederate


1t is certainl y a new notion" that there is any
sovereign power" whatever in the Confederate
government The States alone possess sovereignty,
and the common government is one of delegated
powers. If there was any doubt about this under
the old government, there certainly can be none
under the new for the latter is expressly founded
on the principle of State sovereignty. "The gov
ernment" can "saVe" itself only in Constitution
al way. The exclusive powers which have been
delegated to it by the sovereign States must be
cised in their letter and spirit; and whenever it tram
pies on the letter dsregards the spirit 1t
to be "the government" according to the Constitu-
ton, and becomes an usurpation This is the true
doctrine of the new government, whatever may
have been the true doctrine as to the old.


It is a noteworthy fact that the most thorough
oonsolidationsts among the former ire-eating
advocates of States rights They have either
changed their opinions, or they held and urged
such opinions only for the purpose of destroying
the old government. Under the former government
the States were every thing in the estimation of
these gentlemen, but now they are nothing, and all
the sovereign power in the land" resides in the
mere agent Of the States. These gentlemen are as
nconstant in their opinions on government as they
have shown themselves unfit to manage public af-
fairs in the great crisis through which we are pass
ing.
Year: 1865

defective stove pipe, but various opinions are ex
pressed on the subject-some attributing it to neg
lIgence. large guard has always been kept on
the premises, and why the fire was not discovered
in time to put it out is rather strange, to say tie
least At any rate it is q most unfortunate occur
renee: Especially is the loss of provisions to be
regretted.


We are not sufficiently informed to say whether
or not any Of the government officers are to blame
in the matter.
Year: 1865

We have received no mail from Richmond, and
no mail from the Western part of this State for
several days. We learn that the late resbet wash
ed away several bridges on the Danville and N G.
Railroads, which will account for the detention of
the mails. The late freshet must have done great
injury to land, mills, and bridges We learn that
Neuse river was higher than it has been since ls41
Year: 1865

An italian bishop, who had endured
much persecution with calm and un-
ruffled temper, was asked how he attain
ed such mastery over himself. by
making right use of my eyes," said he
" | first look up to Heaven, as the place
whittier | am going to live forever I,next
look down upon the earth, and consider
how small space of it will soon be all
that | occupy or want. then look
around me, and think how many are far
more wretched than | am"
Year: 1865

ANEcDorE.-" My son, take that jug,
and fetch me some beer"


"Give me some money, then, father"


Ny son, to get beer with money any
body can do that but to get beer with
out money that's trick"


So the boy took the jug and ont he
goes. Soon he returns and places the jug
before his father.


Drink" said the son.


" How can I drink" said the father
"when there is no beer in the jug ?"


To drink beer out of Jug" said the
son, when there is beer. anybody can do,
but to drink beer out of jug when there
is no beer, is trick"