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The Shasta courier., 1854-09-16
1T HAS NEVER FAIIED--IT CANNOT
FAII. TO CURE.

TFNtIIS INVALUABLE SPECIFIC, first intro
l. duced into Pisa some fifty years since soon
became so well known as certstn cure that
III every town and city. not only on the Conti-
nent but IN Great Britain, the demand for it
was so great It's merits astonnding that in less
than one year II ON lis introduction it Had snp-
planted all other remedies. The Medical Fa
Guilty of the principal cities of Europe were
compelled 10 acknowledge its wonderful mnsterv
over disease. Proprietors of other Medicine.
Jealous OF Its sway, vainly endeavored to stay
ITS Onward progress Like grass before the
mower their efforts fell to the ground; and like
fire on the prairies, sweeping all before it. its
onward mafch became triumphant 1t stood
forth upon lis avn taerits discerning pnblic
saw, tried and were convinced of its naooicoL
rirtaes The massive fortune acquired by DIR.
Iarelra from the sale of it during the six years
he prepared it, alone bore witness TO it's nina
cuious merus. AT the fecease of the Doctor. tho
recipe was beqneathed, t. his son, who has late
" introduced the remedy is,to the United States.
The number of cures it has already made are
astonishing. Thousands and tens of thousands
can bear testimony to its efficacy
ALL WHO USE IT, Ii WILL CURE,
with '. safety, speed and certainly no other me-
dicine has ever possessed.
RESORT TO NO QUACK NOSTR EJES
Use remedy that has been tried for the past
CYly gears, and was never known to fail.
The Shasta courier., 1854-09-16
FRENCH GULCH HOTEL.

&C., THE SUBSCRIBERS take pleasure
I#mi in announcing 10 the public that they
l1nA have opened the above named house at
French Gulch, for the accommodation oi travel
ers and others who may be disposed 10 favor
them with their patronage. The house is new
and commodious, and in connection with it is
an excellent garden, from which the table will
be constantly supplied with every variety of
vegetables. We tiatter ourselves that our facil-
tiles are such as to enable us to keep a house
equal. if not superior, to any in this part of the
country. Our BAR will be furnished with the
Choicest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars,
Selected with. great care, expressly for the
house. Attached to the house we have a good
corral and stable. well supplied with hay and
barley, which will be sold at the lowest rates.
A share of the public patronage is respectfully
solicited. ]. L. WRIGHT Il co.
June g. 1854. 3m
The Shasta courier., 1854-09-16

AoRIcuLruRAL.-Five years since aud there
was not sufficient quantity of garden vegeta-
bles produced in this State to supply mining
town of average size. But those days are gone.
and forever. Now we not only raise enough
vegetables to meet the demand Of three hundred
thousand people, but we have this year harvest
ed cereal crop SO abundant that proposition
has been made by an eminent house-and in
good faith too--to export moderate terms
our surplus wheat. So plentiful was the potato
crop last year, that towards the latter end of the
season. they were freely offered for the first
cost OF the bags in which they were put up
These big facts are most ipcontestible proof of
the fertility of our soil, and the adaptation of
our climate to the growth and maturity of al.
most every species of vegetable production
Our soil, SO far as it has been cultivated, has
produced more abundantly, when the tillage it
has received is taken into consideration than
that OF any other State in the Unon-.State
Journal.
The Shasta courier., 1854-09-16
ST. CHARLES HOTEL
8 T H E S UBSC RIDERS
! have the pleasure of announc-

a. TIL E UBSC RIBERS
Wiii| have the pleasure of announc-
-k2n4- ing to the public that this -.US
well known establishment, Phoenix like has
arisen from the ashes, and is now in every re-
spect better prepared for the accommodation
of our patrons than ever before. The entire es-
tablishment is new, from the kitchen to thegar-
ret, and everything is in apple-pie order. In
deed, the ST. Charles is fitted up with great cost
in style of elegance not surpassed. even in the
lower cities.
Having satisfactorily served the public in this
capacity longer than any persons in our midst
we have no hesitation in assuring the perma-
nent as well as transient public, that we are pre-
pared to give them every comfort usually obtain
able at a first rate hotel. Our rooms are airy
and elegant, and supplied with clean and COM
Portable beds. The table is ever loaded with
every thing choice that can be procured in the
market. The bar is constantly furnished with
every variety of the very best liquors and cigars
The utmost pains are taken to procure the very
best cooks, the most attentive servants and at
tendants, and in short no effort spared 10 render
the st. Charles worthy of its high reputation,
and the LIBERAL patronage bestowed upon it.
There is also the St. Charles Corral attached
to the establishment, always supplied with good
pure spring water, and an abundance of hay
and barley for animals,
GUS. GRoTEFEND & co.
Shasta August 8, 1853. aul3n
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AN UNPARALLELED HoRsE.-The following
description of horse for sale by now auc-
tioneer named Jacobs, in Demarara. almost
outrivals the iveliest sallies of Tattersal:
strong, staunch. steady. sound stout, safe,
snug, servceable, strapping, supple, swift, smart,
slightly, sprightly spirited, sturdy, shining, sure
footed, sleek, smooth, spunky, well skinned,
sized and shaped leather colored horse, of su-
perlative symmetry, called "Sir Tatton," with
small star, and swift, squai e-bodied, slender
shouldered, sharp sighted and steps stately,
free from strain, spran, SPAWN, spring halt,
s'aggers, strangles. seelling, sellander surfeit,
seams, s,umous, swelling, serapces, scratches,
splints, scars, scores, scattering, shutting,
shambling gait. or symptoms of sickness of any
sort He is neither stiff mouilled, shabby coat
ed, sinew shrunken, spur CALLED. saddle backed,
shell toothed slim gutted, surbated, skin scab-
bed, short winded, splay footed nor shoulder
slipped; and is sound in the sword point and
stif1e joint. He has neither sick, spleen, Sleep
ing evil. set fast snaggle teeth, sand crack, su-
bentaneous sores or shattered hoofs nor is sour,
sulky. stubborn, surly or slow, sluggish. nor
stupid; he never slips, strips, straYs, stalks,
starts, stops, shakes, snivels, snufffes. snorts.
stumbles, and seldom sweats has a SNOWY
stylish switch tail, and safe set of shoes ON
can feed on stubs, straw, sage, corn or Scotch
grass can carry ten stone with great speed and
long strokes. Upset price low.
The Shasta courier., 1854-09-16
SUMMONS.

h1STRICT COURT, SHASTA COUNTY.
D9th Judicial District State of California
Shasta County, SIS.
Joel I. Landrum VS.. Benjamin F. Briggs
The People of the State of California. TO
Benz: F. Briggs. greeting :-Whereas, Joel T.
Landrum, the above named plaintiff, having on
this 9th day of August 1854, filed in the office
OF the undersigned, clerk of the District Court
aforesaid, his complaint and affidavit against
you as defendant therein, for the recovery of
the sum of five hundred and seventy-nine 92-lOO
dollars, which he in his said complaint alleges
and In his affidavit swears is Justly due and ow-
lnS from you to him. upon express and implied
contracts for the direct payment of money, all of
which will more specifically appear by refer
ence to complaint on file in this office
These are therefore to require you to appear
and answer said complaint within the time pre-
scribed by law, as follows: If you are served
IN the County of Shasta aforesaid, within ten
days; il served out of said County. but in the
said 9th Judicial District, twenty days. in all
other cases, forty days. In either case, exclu-
sive of the day of service, or the plaintiff will
take judgment by default against you for the
aforesaid sum, together with costs, &C., if YOU
fail to answer as aforesaid
Witness; Thos. w. Dawson, Clerk, with seal
of Court hereunto affixed, at office in Shasta,
this 9th day of Aug, 1854
THOS. w. DAWSON Clerk
By GEO. L. Afford. Dep
The Shasta courier., 1854-09-16

SCANDAL ABOUT DIcKENs.-The London cor
respondent of the National Democrat states
that Charles Dickens, although for several years
enjoying an income of sle0,O00 was recently
Obliged to give constable leg-bail in order to
escape the penalty of a wine debt. The same
writer asserts that he has also recently commit.
ted the incredible meanness of selling enc of his
children to Miss Burdett Coutts, an antiauated
wealthy lady, to whom he made an appeal for
money. Miss Coutts refused to comply a second
time with his request, but she offered to bring
up" one of his daughters and this fellow, who
so loudly arraigned the Americans for man
selling" actually parted with ore of his
children, in a manner which any mechanic
earning thirty shlllings a week, would have
spurned att
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says -
I've noticed several weeks since the arrival
In this city Of Chinese missionary, of the Ro-
man Catholic persuasion, bearing the Christian
appellation of Father Thomas. Since that time
he has been travelling among his brethren in
the interior, and returned to The city on Tues
day last from Marysville, where he succeeded
In making some fifteen converts. He has adopt
ed the American costume of clerical cast; is
highly educated, eminently proficient in Greek,
Latin. Hebrew and French although but slightly
acquainted with the English tongue. He comes
from the interior of China, and is assiduously
sndeavoring to procure among his countrymen
the means to erect a church IN San Francisco.
We are informed that he will oficiate in the
celebErtion of the mass at the Catholic church
on Sunday morning next, at half-past ten
o'clock.
The Shasta courier., 1854-09-16

The JAPANESE "UPpER TEN"-The Japanese
are fond Of eggs; they boil them hard and eat
them at the desert like fruit, frequently with
oranges. Sometimes they boil them in soup
with vegetables. For people of distinction.
fowls are kept in rooms. where they lay their
eggs, and are fed with rice. The great people
would not eat the eggs of fowls that run about
at their will and pick up what they can find
Many keep also swans. geese and tIrkeys. but
merely for pleasure, as we do peacocks, which
they also have. The gall Of the bear is made
by them into solid mass, and used as a nedi-
cine, for weakness in the stomach, and other
disorders. 1t is highly valued by the Japanese
Tor Its medicinal virtue, and paid for at high
price.
The Shasta courier., 1854-09-16
From North China.

/ Our dates from Shangbae are TO June oath, no
later than previous advices, but from our full
/ files, which have come to hand by this arrival,
| we extract the following news of interest:
| RuMoR.-A correspondent of the Shanghae
paper speaks thus of the trip Of Nc Lane to Nan
king:
| The American minister being desirous of
placing matters here In more satisfactory con-
dlton than at present, intimatcd some time since
| his desire for an interview with the Viceroy of
the Province, and started in the Susquehanna in
| the hope of obtaining one. The appointment,
| if made, however, was not kept, and no Viceroy
was forthcoming. Unable thas to gain the ear
| of the coy Imperiaists, the Susquehanna then
proceeded TO Nanking, but the rebel authorities
were still more impractieable. actually express
sing their surprise when told that the Ameri-
cans had not come to pay tribute-did they
mean the duties their dsinclinaiion to admit
foreigners within the city, or to hold any Off
cial intercourse unless the ceremony of the Ko-
tow submitted to. They also said that they
were subduing the central provinces and
were on their march through the tea districts,
that they had sent another army of 40, 600 men
towards Peking, diaavowed all connection with
the Shanghai insurgents as men who snok ed
opium and tobacco, and (crowning airocity, J
had women among them and insisted on
the blasphemous claim of their leader to divine
origin.
NAvIGATroE OF THE YANa-TsE-KIANG.-Th
Susquehanna draws twenty three feet of water,
and her passage up the Yang-tse-kiang for four
hundred and fifty miles, shows that the river is
adapted for nayi cation. Its valley is the largest
in the world in population and productive in
dustry. and tensof thousand Of its people saw
their first steamer in the tremendous frigate
Susquehanna. The people were anxious to see
the foreign vessels admitted to the commerce of
the river.
AFFAIRS AT ~NANKISG.-The inhabitants of
Nanking We're well dressed; no beggary was
observable. Abundant supplies were being
carried by women, overlooked by gray-haired
men. into the city-many ladies riding on horse
back. handsomely attired, and shaded from the
sun by pedestrian attendants with large silk
umbrellas, and everything hetokening well-to-
do and contented people.
The Shasta courier., 1854-09-16
NEW ARRANGEMENT,
CALIFORNIA STEAM NATIGATION
OMPANY
~ ST FOR THE UPPER SAC
rsmcntO River,

ARRANGEMENTS FOR MAY, 1854.
The steamer ORIENT, Capt. A. D. Carpenter.
leaves Red Bluffs every Monday morning, aud
arrive at Sacramento The same evening.
The steamer BELLE, Capt Henry Gilman
will leave Red Bluffs every Wednesday morning
and arrive at Sacrame ento the same evening
The steamer CLEOPATRA, Capt. ". H. Tay-
lor, will leave Red Bluffs every Friday morning.
and arrive at Sacramento the same evening
Freight by the above boats must be paid for
on delivery. For freight passage apply to
the Captain on board. At Red Bluffs to
f. J. WEEKS, Agent.
At Sacramento, to T. W. LYLES, Agent.
mhlStf Office on board storeship Globe.
The Shasta courier., 1854-09-16

The Custom HOUSE BLocK-We learn that
the Governor, on Friday, received from the
Collector of San Francisco, one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, in payment from the
United States, for the property known as the
Custom House Block. This money was imme-
dately paid over 10 the State Treasurer, and In
accordance with the law will be employed in
the payment of the State seven per cent. civil
bonds.
This will reduce the amount of interest paya-
BILE annually by the State Sl0 500, and of course
juslifies a considerable reduction of taxation on
the people.-State Journal.
The Shasta courier., 1854-09-16

U The secret is out at last. We know all
about the Know Nothings. They had their ORR
gin in Scotland, and must have emisrated from
there; else why does Shakespeare put these
words into the mouth of Lord Rosse, in his ira
gedy of q Macbeih7'
Alas. poor country almost afraid to know
itself,
1t cannot be called our mother, but our grave
Where nothing, bat who knors Nothing, is seen
to smile"
The Know Nothings. 1t is inferred from this,
stood A No. in those days. Only they were
seen to smile.
The Shasta courier., 1854-09-16
8 w A 8 e Y,S III q II Il l.
Lower Springs.3

a fSiSa THE SUBSCRIBER WOULD E
iii1 respectfully inform his friends and s %rse
EtaslHzAA the public generally, that he has COM
menced business at the NEW HOUSE, pleas
antly situated under the big oaks few yards
below the old stand, where he will ever be
ready to do his best TO give perfect satisfaction
to ali who may favor him with their patronage.
Attached to the house is the best accommoda-
tions tor watering to be had in the county; also a
Large Barn and Corral,
well furnished with good spring water, plenty
of hay and barley, and warm covering for an
imas.
This house being situated in the midst of a
good mining district we have made pref ara
uuns TO accommodate miners with the best of
board and lodging at reasonable prices.
Give US call and we will try to suit YOU.
BENZ. SWASEY.
November 12 1853 nlo-3m
The Shasta courier., 1854-09-16
BENICIA FEMALE SEMINARY.

TNHE FIFTH SEMI-ANNUAL SESSION OF
Il this Institution will commence on Tuesday
the first day of August. 1854.
1t is the full determination, of the Trustees to-
spare neither expense nor exentipns to obtain
the ablest teachers that can BIS secured, in the
various departments of the school, and to have
the most assiduous attention rendered TO the
improvement and comfort of the pupils.
1t is believed that the efforts necessary TO-
meet the exigencies peculiar TO a new State lik e
California, and to build up an institution which
by thorough training in the principles and re
finements of enlightened society, shall quality
our daughters for their high position and duties.
will be appreciated by discerning and liberal
public.
The locality of the school is well known. is
easy OF access, and remarkable for salubrity no
case of serious sickness having ever occurred in
the Seminary.
In order to preserve discipline It is fo,snd ne
cessary strictly to exclude ordinary visitors from
the Seminary No person will be allowed To
VISIT the pupils except parents, guardians and
those who may obtain from them a written per
mission.
Terms, per Session Of Five Months,
(PAYABLE EACH HALF IN ADVANCED
Board and Tuition, in English branches 5000 0G
WashlnS, per dozen, 80
Day Scholars, Tuition, per session. so 90
f RAS:
Latin. French aud Spanish Language.
Drawing, Painting, Embroidery, ETC.,
each, 500 40
Vocal and Instrumental Music, with
use of instrument,) 5000
Applications for admission may be made TO
Rev. s. WOODBRIDGE. JR.. President
or TO SAMUEL C. GRAY, Secretary of the
benlcla, July, 1854. Board of Trustees
jyl5 4w
The Shasta courier., 1854-09-16

1t appearing to the satisfaction of the County
Judge OF the County aforesaid, by the affidavit
of the plaintiff and return Of Sheriff. that the
above named defendant, B. +. Briggs. cannot
after due diligence be found in the State of Cali
fornia, it is ordered that service of the summons
issued in this cause be made by publishing the
same in the :" Shasta Courier, for a period of
three months. By order Of j. c. Hinckley,
County Judge of said County. Aug. Is. 1854.
Attest: Thos. w. Dawson Clerk by Geo L
Afford, Dep. angIS 3m
PAINTING. TAPER HANGING, &c.
THE UNDERSIGNEB WILL CONTINUE
L the business of Painting, Glazing and Pa
per Hanging, tue fily Sf Shasta and surround
marl9 tt J VAN SCHAiCK
The Shasta courier., 1854-09-16
TOWER HOUSE.

At the Junction Of the Yreka and IFeayerriL,e
Roads, II males from Shasta
T H E UND ERSIGNED
!li would announce to the pub sAfa2S&SH
- - lie, and particularly TO per- ckA
sons travelling to and from Yreka and Weaver
vile, that, having leased this long established
stand, formerly known as the Free Bridge
House, y he is prepared to entertain customers
in style not surpassed by any hotel in Northern
California.
Having completed his eommodious build
ing, and furnished it in the best possible manner.
he is enabled to promise the very best accom-
modations. The table, as heretofore, will al
ways be supplied with the best viands the mar
ket furnishes while from the large garden at
tached to the premises, all the vegetables grown
in this part of the State will be furnished in the
greatest abundance.
He has also secure Corral connected with
his establishment, always supplied with an abun
dance of barley and bay.
Jason TOWER.
March lst, 1854. mhlIt
The Shasta courier., 1854-09-16
Alice.

You that have hearts, set this little gem il
your memories. 1t is by LILLIAN MAY, and WI
take it our Of the columns of the Hartford Re
publican.
Softly lying,
Where the signing
Of the wintry wind was loud.
She is sleeping,
In the keeping
Of her little snowy shroud.
In her silent chambers lonely,
Sits the mother all the whie,
Thinking of the eyes that only
Looked upon her bpt to smile.
Broken hearted,
Hope departed,
From the sunlight of her sky
For she never
Thought that ever
Aught so beautiful! could die.
Sunny tresses,
That she presses
To her broken heart to-day
Softly, lightly,
Daily, nightly
brightly ye were wont to play,
Oh, the mothers heart is breaking!
She can neither smile nor speak,
For the roses know no waking
On her little daY,ipss cheek.
She is straying,
She is playing
Where diviper breezes blow
She is singing,
To the ringing
OF the angel Tyres, l know.
The Shasta courier., 1854-09-16

II lady correspondent; at Paris writes =
Among English ladies', the mind is the stand
ard Oh the man. Here more naturally, it is the
foot, and French ladys climax of admiration
is his foot 81 petit. 81 ge,ta and as men admire
in others, what others admire in them, a French
man, instead Of rnshing into iambics at his lady's
eyebrow, finds himself in fine frenzy rolling at
her feet. There are gentlemen here, who have
counted ninety winters. who still take walks on
muddy days to crafty this passion for seeing
pretty feet"
The Shasta courier., 1854-09-16
LIVERY AND SALE sTAR1.

Tn PERSONS WISHING TO HIRE on
AZA purchase frst-rate riding horses
mules, are informed that the undersi ened -
ways keep on hand, at their stables. nearIr
opposite the st. Charles Hotel Main streay-
Shasta, full collection of just such animal, ana
none others. Indeed, they fatter themselyes
that their stock, for elegance of appearance
travelling condition, powers of locomotion and
endurance, and other requisites, cannot be sur
passed in this part of the State,
They are also prepared at all times. to pur.
chase horses and mules, and persons wishing 10
dispose of the same, may do well to give them
call before selling.
COX & WALSH.
Shasta. July 16, 1858. iyl6tf
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BEWARE OF COUNTERFEETs.

The extensive sale of this wonderf medir
cine has already caused some person orpersons,
TO palm of upon the unsuspectine, spurious
compound closely resembling the original. Be.
particular to buy none without The written sig
nature OF A. Pareira. NJ. D., on the outside
wrapper of each bottle. All others counter
lett, and their compounders will be punished
with tAe utmost rigor of The law.
Price Three Dollars per bottle. For sale by
ID. Babcock, sole Agent for California. Oregon
and the Sandwich Islands, To whom all orders
must be addressed. A liberal discount made 10
wholesae dealers.
d. BABCOCK, Wholesale Druggist,
1873 Clay street, San FRANCISCO.
auqo6 3m
The Shasta courier., 1854-09-16

h5,faA THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD IN
llsH form the public that this Hotel, pleas
EfaEaAa antly situated i'll Franklin City, on Wills
ky creek. six miles north of Shasta on the lre-
ka and Weaverville road, is now open for the
reception OF travellers, boar(lers, and custom ers
generally The Table is constantly supplied
with all the varieties OF meats and vegetables
procnrable in this market while the Bar is fur
nished with almost every kind of liquors of the
very best quality. There is also IA good and Sc
cure
Corral
attached to the establishment, always supplied
with an abundance of hay and barley, for tie
accommodation of packers, travellers, &c.
he subscriber has no hesitation in promising
lull satisfaction to all who may patronize him.
BENJAMIN MIX.
Whisky Greek, July 30, 1853. If
The Shasta courier., 1854-09-16

An INDIAN STATE.-The n. Y. Tribune of Au-
gust 4th says it has credible information that
proposition has recently been made to the three
nations, the Cherokees. Greeks and Choctaws,
to form State out of the territory occupied by
these semi-civilized tribes, admitting them as
citizens. The proposal was accompanied by an
offer to build them handsome State House at
the expense of the General Government, and to
bestow certain other advantages. The offer
came from the Superintendent Of Indian Affairs,
and was sanctioned by the Executive OF the Fed
eral Government