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The Shasta courier., 1855-06-02

A MODEL DuN.-An editor out West" thus
talks to his non-paylng subscribers and patrons {:
Friends, Patrons, Subscribers and Adrertisers ::
Hear us for our debts. and get ready that you may
pay; trust us, we are in need, and have regard
for our need for you have been long trusted ;
acknowledge your Indebtedness and dive into
your pockets, that you may promptly fork over.
u there be any among you, one single patron,
that don't owe us something, then to him we say
step aside: consider yourself gentleman If
the rest wish to know why we dan them, this is
our answer: Not that we care about cash our
selves, but our creditors do
Would you rather that we 90 TO JAIL and yen
60 free. than You pay Your debts, and we all
keep moving7 As weagreed, we have worked
for you; as we contracted, We have furnished
our paper to YOU as we promised. we have
waited upon you; but, as yon don't pay. dun
you7 Here are agreements for job work con-
iracts for subscriptions; promises for long cred
IL; and duns for deferred payment Who is
there so mean that he don't take O paper? If
any he needn't speak-we don't mean him. Who
is there mean that he don't advertised If any
let him slde-he amt the chap either. Who is
there so bad that he don't pay the printer iii
any, let him sbout-for he's the man wei re after.
His name is Legion and he's been owing us for
one. two three, four, FIVE six, seven aud eight
years--long enough to make poor, and him
self rich at our expense. If the above appeal to
his conscience doesn't awake him TO sense of
justice, we shall have to try the law, and see
what virtue there is in writs and constables,
The Shasta courier., 1855-06-02
County Assessments for 1855.

TIME ATTENTION OF OWNERS AND
Il Agents of Real Estate and Personal Prop
erty, within the County of Shasta is hereby re-
spectiully directed to the provisions of the Pub
he Revenue Act of ihe State of California re-
quiring them to furnish statements of the same
to the County Assessor, of buildings and i'm
provements on lands occupied or held by them,
together with The value of all personal property,
goods and chatels Of every description; all
cash. monied stock, notes, mortgages and bonds.
or property of any and every kind, whether
owned or held in trust for others
sT if any person shall be guilty of giving a
false list of property, under the oath required
by law, such person or persons shall be liable 10
indictment for perjury, apd the property shall
be liable for three times the usual tax
LB The assessment OF all property of persons
refusing to give list will be doubled by the
Board of Equalization,
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DESCRIPTION OF Coop HoRsE-He should
be about fifteen hands and half high; the head
light and clean made: wide between the nos
tris, and the nostrils themselves large transpar-
ent and open; eyes clear and sparkling; ears small
and neatly set on neck rather short, and well
set up; large shoulder we'll thrown back
and high; legs ine, fiat. thin and small boned :
body round, and rather light, though sufficiently
large To afford substance when it is needed full
chest, atfording ample play for the lungs; back
short. with the headquarters set on rather OBJ
hugely. ANY one possessing horse of this de-
scriPuon and appearance, and weighing eleven
or twelve hundred pounds. may rest assured that
he possesses horse of all work, and bargain
which is very well worth getting hold Of
The Shasta courier., 1855-06-02

This rattle is no hnmbug. but the property. as
described, is on hand, and placed at or near It's
cash value. The drawing, which will be by
wheel. will he conducted with fairness, and ev-
cry individual will get The prize they draw.
which will be ready for delivery Immediately
after the drawing. The stock is mostly on Croy S
Ranch, and will be kept thare subject TO the or
der OF those who draw it till called for. The
object OF the proprietor in Offering this raf-
DE Is 10 close out his business, and at The same
time give some lucky hombre an opportunity to
make his pile for tritie. He is one of the old
est residents of shasta, and will respectfully re-
ter to the following gentlemen for confirmation
OF the statement made above relative 10 the val
ne of the prizes named:
BULL. BAKER & CO.. Shasta
TOMLINSON s. MOOD. do
7. NJ. E0ER & CO. Weaverville.
RHODES & CO. .Yreka
PACIFIC EXPRESS, do
The Shasta courier., 1855-06-02

u A gentleman in Keloosho, Ark. was mar
ried to young woman, and after four months
connubial felicity, was presented with black
baby. He called on his lawyer. related the cir
cumstance, and asked his advice. "Al right" +"
said the man of the law, "let me have the pa
pers, and you shall have divorce instanter "
"Oh. hang divorce, replied the gentleman.
" only want to know if | sell the cursed
niger"
The Shasta courier., 1855-06-02

EE AHITABEL VAN AESr as. JAMES A.
IfE VAN NEST.
In the District Court of Shasta Comfy. Ninth
Judicial District Of the State of California.
The People ol tire State OF California To James
II. Van Nest, greeting:
Whereas. the above named Gem plainant Ma.
hiabel Van Nest, hath filed in the office of the
undersigned, Clerk of The Court aforesaid her
complaint against yon. the object Of which is to
obtain decree of the Court aforesaid divorc-
ing her from the bonds of matrimony heretofore
contracted with you, alleging for cause habitual
lntenlperance. cruelty, &c.
You are, therefore, required to appear and an
swer said complaint, as follows, to wit: Within
ten days if served in the County of Shasta.
within twenty days If served out of said county.
but in said Ninth Judicial District, in all other
cases within forty days, in either case exclusive
OF the day OF service, the complainant will
apply 10 the Court aforesaid for the relief de-
manded
Witness, ". p. DAINGERFIELr. Judge
L. s.. ]of said Court with seal thereof hereto af-
fixed this ll,h day OF May. 1855.
Attest: THOS. w. DAWSON, Clerk.
On petition and order of The County Judg ge OF
the County of Shasta. il was ordered thai the
service herein be made by publishing the sum-
mons for six successive weeks in the Shasta
Courier
Attesti THOS. w. DAWSON,
myl2-6t Clerk District Court.
The Shasta courier., 1855-06-02

POLITICAL CoNvERTs.-Ther appears to be
qnlte Democratic revival among the repenant
or orphan Wings in the city. Cot. E. D. Baker.
r. g. Crozier, Joshua P. Haven c. p Duane and
VIM. Green are among the late converts.
The three last named have made speeches at va.
rious Democratic meetings. and it is said that
Col. Baker will speak this evening at the mass
meeting before the Oriental Hotels. r. Ckroa-
The Shasta courier., 1855-06-02

~ We fully sympathise with the sentimen,
contained in the following "burst" from a
down east" editor -
''Oh, there is not in this wide world a pleasure
so sweet.
As to sit near the window and tilt up you feet.
Pull awny at the Cuba, whose favor Just snits
Aud gaze at the world 'lwixt the tees OF ynur
boots!"
The Shasta courier., 1855-06-02

a LADY's RIDING WHlP.--Lient. McIntire. U.
s. Army, informs be San Francisco Herald that
few days ago be caught sturgeon near Pacific
wharf Benicia, End that in its nav he found a
lady's riding whip. twenty-one and half inches
in length. The whip was silver mounted
The Shasta courier., 1855-06-02
CATALOGUE OF PRIZES.
First Prize, Eagle Hotel, $4,000
2. DAEEFF,S CORRAL Asnn

=. DAkEH,S CORRAL, 1850
3. Six large fine American Mules, Wag-
on and Harness, all complete 1000
4. 8 800 In cash, l.5GO
). 5 200 IN cash, 1000
6. One span extra large American mules,
Peg and John, 1000
7. Ranch of l60 acres Of land, with i'm
provements, situated two miles be-
low Tehama. on the Marysville road,
and known as Croys Ranch, 1000
8. $500 in cash. 500
9. One large iron grey American stallion, 800
10. One large span match iron grey horses. zoo
ii. One span large American match grey
horses, $50
-. 5000 in cash. 600
l3. One span fine match grey American
horses 500
IA. One fine bay American mare, 600
Is. One large brown American troiting
horse, 500
is. Que large bay American trotting horse, 500
IL. S400 in cash, 400
l8. One. lot twenty feet front, on Main
street, by 80 feet back, adjoining G.
Tinaham's. 500
10. One lot adjoining the above, 800
90. One bay American horse 500
81. 5000 in cash. 200
% to %. Seven large yoke of American
work cattle, each 5000, 1900
%, 80. Two fine saddle mules, each 5000, 400
81. One large yoke OF WORK cattle, I'D
32 One bay American horse, $50
33. One black American colt. $50
81. One heavy two horse wagon. $50
30. One gold watch and chain, $50
80. One yellow pony, saddle and bride. l25
81. One bay pony. saddle and bride, l25
3S to A.. Five prizes, each SlGO in cash, 500
43. One grey horse, saddle and bride, 100
"a. One iron srey mare. saddle, &c, 100
45. One brown pack mule. 100
46. One bay do 100
AZ. One bay pony. 100
4S. One pony, 100
40. One do 100
so. One white pony. 100
81. One yellow pony. 100
81. One grey pony. 100
50 10 30, Three prizes, each one cow and
calf, at Sl00, 300
SO. One two horse wagon, 100
81 to 63. Seven prizes, each one COW, at
500, ESQ
63 to 80. 26 prizes of $50 in cash, 1,30C
Grand total of prizes, s37.lO5
The Shasta courier., 1855-06-02

ACHALLESGg TO DANIEL WEBsTER.-A cores
pondent OF the New York Post discloses fact
not known even to many of Mr. Websier's most
intimate friends, that he was once challenged by
John randolph. Mr.. Webster declined, but the
correspondence which passed between the par
lies, Mr.. Benton acting the friend ofRaudolph.
appears highly creditable to the challeu ged
party.
The Shasta courier., 1855-06-02
IL. HAYWOOD. Proprietor.

Manufacturer of Fire-proof Doors, Shutters.
Vaults &c. &c. Battery, near Pacific eef, San
Francisco.
n. Borders from the country promptly at
tended to.
A large assortment of second hand Doors and
Shutters constantly ON hanc, for sale at pery ton
rates. nyl9-6nl
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TONER HOUSE,

TO w Ek NQpS&s
At sae Ja1etios of lie Yreka and UearrrpiNs
Roaas, l2 psaIes from Shasta.
ts55SaH Fl E DERSIGNE
ss99llE would announce to the pub. as1&R
adaaaa2Isza4zs. hc, and particularly to per
sons travelling TO and from Yreka s.Hl Weaver
vile, that, having leased this long established
stand, formerly known as the .Free Bridge
House, he is prepared to entertain customers
IN style not surpassed by any hotel in Norlherl
California
Having completed his commntiiaus build
ing, and furnished it in the best possible niamuer,
he IS enabled 10 promise the very best accom-
modations. The table, rs heretofore. will all
ways be supplied with the best viands the mar,
ket furnishes: while from the large garden II,
tached to the premises, all the vegetables grow u
III this part of the State will be fur2iShed in the
greatest abundance.
He has also secure Corral conneGscd with
his establishment always supplied with AN album
dance OF barley and hay
JASON TONER
March LIST, 1854. nAlltf
The Shasta courier., 1855-06-02
Surgical Diseases,

Surgical Diseases,
As tumors. morbid growihs, affections of the
bones and joints determines. whether consen-
ital from accident, diseases of the urinary ap-
paratus, OF the eye, ear. etc.
Patients Placing themselves in DR.. Sawyer's
hands. for treatment operation, will be pro-
videtl with suitable accommodations. and with
careful and attentive nurses.
Facilities now offered by Or. Sawyer for
The successful practice OF Surgery, which are not
to be surpassed in any city of HE Union
Residence-Rasette House, (hasement) corner
ot Bush and Sansome streets. Office hours until
4. ". and frnm to s P. ".
San francisco, January %, 1855. feb3-y
The Shasta courier., 1855-06-02
HENRY J0HNs0as & CO..
Wholesale Druggists,

l46. Washington street. San Francisco
nFFER FOR SALE TO THE TRADE. the
~ largest and brsl assortment OF gno,Is in their
iIne ever imported into Californsa ,n WHICH
ihey invite the attention O} ronpiyy buvers who
VIII Ind 1t To their advantages To examine lheig
stock. as they are Determined TO sell at the low
est rates goods can be afforded for. Their Chem
icals are all received direct from the best manu-.
iacturers. and their Drugs are Of the best unaI.
ty. and selected by of the firm in The East
ern markets and they will endeavor to keen no
their reputation Of giving their customers the
best quality Of Goods as heretofore.
Their stock consists in part of
Chemicals Of every kind Oh Vitripl,
Dye Sinffs do Corks, every kind.
reffnmery, assorted, Essential Oils,
RANT Brushes, Iartarc Acid,
Nhie " ASH do, Cream Tariar
Stacking do. Congress Water
l1alr anu ioo'h do, Bay Wafer, IN bbls and
Spirits Turpenline, bottles.
brohzes. Olive Oil, in bbls and
Window Glass, bottles.
tIo'd Leai, Alcohul in tins and bbls.
druggists Glass Ware, Hops, 1854,
Walls every kind, Labels. every kind,
Soda Bottles, Trusses
Whiting, Syringes,
Swedish Leeches &C.
Together with full assortrn ent of Patent Med.
icines OF every kind in demand, and every otber
article appertaining TO the business.
Agents for DR.. Jaynes' Family Medicines.
Holloway Pills and Oinments, Sands Sarsapa.
rIla Moffat's Pills and Biiters. &c m3l-3nl
The Shasta courier., 1855-06-02

PAINTING, PAPER HANGING, &c.
TNHE UNDERSIGNED WILL CONTINUE
Il the business of Painting, Glazing and Pa
per Hanging, III the city OF Shasta and surround
ing country. on his own individual account.
mario tt J. VAN SCHAICK
Shasta, Dec. l6, 1854. If
The Shasta courier., 1855-06-02

CyTickets for sale and to be raffied for \, II, .
Eagle Hotel and ST. Charles Hotel in Shasta :.
Independence Hotel. Wesvervile: st the Yreka
Hotel. Yreka. and at all the principal trading
posts in Northern C4lifornia.
JAMES DAIGH.
Shasta, March 81. 1855 ID
The Shasta courier., 1855-06-02
3, 600 PACKAGES DRUGS.

Medicines, Chemicaa, Dye Stufis, Points, OILS.
Turpeniue, Pertumery. Fancy
Goods Brushes, &c.
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MIx's WHISKY CREEK HOUSE,

HIX's WHISKY CREEK HOUSE,
t..,I THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD IN
lni form the public that this Hotel, pleas
- antly situated in Franklin City, on Whis-
ky creek SIX miles north of Shasta on the Yre,
ka and Weaverville road, is now open for the
reception of travellers boarders, and customers
generally The Table is constantly supplied,
with all the varieties of meats and vegetables
procurable in this market, while the Bar is fur
nished with almost every kind of liquors of the
very best quality. There is also good and Sc
CorEal
attached ia the establishment always sapplied
with an abundance of hay and barley, for tina
accommodation of packers, travellers, &c.
The subscriber has no hesitation in promising
full satisfaction to al who may patronze him.
BENJAMIN MIN
Whisky Greek, Jaly 80, 1853 II
The Shasta courier., 1855-06-02
DR.. A. 2. SAWYER,

LvORMERLY CONNECTED WITH THE
Il Surgical Department of the MASSACHUSETTS
GENERAL HosPiTAL, gives special attention 10
the treatment OF all
The Shasta courier., 1855-06-02
Daigh's Grand Rattle.
$4,000 FOR 50!
10 be drawn on the 9th of July,
at the Eagle Hotel.
TICKETS THeEE DOLLARS.

THE FIRST PRIZE IS THE
e A G. l. e. III O IT ELL!
With all the Furniture, Fixtures, &c,
M EW AND IN COMPLETE ORDER. and
Y now doing first rate business. This is
the largest hotel in Shasta, having front of sixty
feet. and iorty two feet back divided into suila-
able rootls, all elegantly furnished.
The End Prize is Daigh's Corral,
Having'a front of 152 feet, running back ITO
feet. together with four lots fronting on Main
street. 90 feet front by 80 back. and Immediate
ly IN front of said corral On these lots there is
a neat and substantial dwelling house, and on
the corral lots there is good warehouse; also,
stables, sheds, &C., all in good order.
The Shasta courier., 1855-06-02

ST. CHARLES HOTEL,
AND
STAG = RoU Sc
Main Street, Shasta.
R. o. DEWITT and ID. G. BRO WIN,
OPRIE TORS.
M@ The present proprietors of the St.
F4mil Charles Hotel would inform its old pat
-Z2..A rons and the public generally, that they
have reftted and furnished it in such manner
that they can assure them of being as we'll ac-
commodated in their establishment as in any
hotel in No thern California, and ask for them
selves fair share Vi the public patronage. The
TABLE will always be supplied with every del
icacy that can be supplied in this market, as also
those of Marysville and Sacramento. The
Sleeping Apartments
are new, and will be kept in manner inferior
to none in the country. The
Bar Arrangements
will be under the direct supervision of D. g.
Brown, long and favorably known as a connois-
seur in this department
All the stages running from here to Marys-
vile and Sacramento, belonging to the
California Stage Company
start from this House. Passengers wishing any
Information, can obtain it from WM McTURK,
Agent for the company, who is always on hand.
Also the office of the
California Steam Navigation Co..
E. X. SHED Agent, is kept at this house.
The Passenger trains for the north, leave the
ST. Charles daily, consisting of
LOag's Train to Weaver.
Greathouse & Bros Train to Yreka.
This Hotel has always been the great depot
The Shasta courier., 1855-06-02
SUMMONS,

EE AH!TABEL VAN AEsT as. JAMES A.
1f-E VAN NEST.
l.. IL. ~
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-09-08

to please his friends, German, Sibley, Rosser
and the Administration. Republicans can
have nothing to do with him. They cannot
vote for him without violating their most
sacred trust and principles. They "cannot
touch him with a forty-foot pole" Rice
comes quite as nearly up to the Republican
mark upon the great principles for which we
are striving, as does Olmsted in his letter of
August 9th. p1
And yet his -"home organ" the Winona
Express owned by himself and mainly edi-
ted by himself-is continually prating that
" Olmsted is as good a Republican as Mar
SHALL" And we understand that in the
strongholds of Republicanism adjacent to his
home, he goes about talking to the voters,
and attempting to deceive them with this
same sort of "blarney." Will any one OF
our friends in Southern Minnesota be taken
in and done for by this cunning, deceptive
mask We should hope not, and we really
believe not.
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BALTIMORE; Sent, |,

During Che "a hours ending at noon to-day
Norfolk. Among them Thomas Nash, Capt
Stark, wife and daughter.
At Portsmouth for the same time, the
deaths were IA.
The disease is assuming milder form, and
physicians had arrived from Charleston and
New Orleans.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. Z.
A horrible murder was committed i'm a
beer saloon in the 5th Ward of this city last
night. A dispute arose about sum of mon
ey and man named befos Preoo was struck
on The head with club, which laid his skull
entirely open. He expired almost immedi-
ately. One man has been arrested.
WASHINGTON, Sept. /.
Marquis C. Latham, Elk Nj. G. from Cali
fornia, has been appointed Collector of the
port of San Francisco in the place of Richard
Hammond.
x Boston, Aug. %.
On. Friday last, person hailing from
Louisiana, obtained clearance from the Gus
tom House, for suspicious looking schooner,
named the Mary G. Smith, purporting to be
bound for Montevideo, in ballast. During
Saturday, a cargo, number of water casks,
and quantities of beans, were put on board,
and the vessel hauled into the steam. The
Collector becoming suspicious, sent three
Custom House Officers on board, when the
captain put to sea. The officers arrested
were brought back last night, having been
put on board steamer in the lower harbor.
The schooner is supposed to be engaged in
the slave trade.
BALTIMORE, Aug. %.
We learn from Norfolk there were 35
deaths from fever there, for 48 hours I'M to
Yesterday. Mayor Wood, is among the dead.
The panic was increasing in intensity. The
mortality at Portsmouth is reported as fear
full
New Orleans papers of Wednesday, are re-
ceived. The election returns show a MAORI
tA OF 200 for Pease, Democrat, for Govern
or of Texas.
New York, Aug. IS.
The Judges of the Supreme Circuit
have rendered their decision in the liquor
cases, argued before them in Brooklyn in Jul
" last. The case of the people Us. Philliss
of Poughkeepsie, the judgment
Of the Duchess county court is reversed and
the defendant is discharged from his arrest.
The people VS.. Thos. Taynbell, Hotel
keeper in Brooklyn. This was seizure case,
and the defendant was fined fifty dollars and
the liquors declared forfeited by Justice
Smith of the Court of Sessions. Proceed
ngs reversed and set aside
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Norfolk, August 30.

The fever RACES as badly as ever. Among
the new cases are Lieut.. r. Page, Lieut.. JAS
Henderson, and 90 of the Philadelphia ply
sicians who recently arrived here. The wife
of Commodore Bidder is dead.
The new cases are of milder nature, but
the deaths in the two cities, Norfolk and
Portsmouth, for the hast "a hours were thir-
ty-ive.
BosroN, August 81.
James E. Simpson, merchant, has teen
arrested here, charged with fitting out the
brig Mary E. Smith as shaver.
Jacob r. Lunt, one Of our harbor pilots,
who took the brig to sea, carrying off the
United States Marshals, who had boarded
her for the purpose of arresting her officers,
has also been arrested on charge of OBJ
structinc said officers in the discharge of their
duty.
BURLINGTON, N. j., August 81.
The number killed by the late Railroad
accident is now ascertained to be only 90
The two bodies not recognized, yesterday,
proved to be those of Mr.. Humphrey, of ILL
nois, and Hugh Davis, of Newark: The
wounded are recovering rapidly.
~ BALTIMORE, Aug. 81.
The fever is represented to be unsbating
in its ravaSes at Norfolk.
President Pierce held public reception
at the White Sulphur Springs, in the course
of which he made a speech-complimente
ex-President Tyler ON the purity of his Al
ministration, and The high purposes he SO
bravely conceived and so wisely executed
He denounced Known otbingism as in direct
antagonism to the doctrines and principles of
the constitution, and hoped that some of the
modern Esisms," so potent for evil and so
powerfess for good, had representatives there
present. He urged his hearers to avoid her.
estes, which are in direct opposition to the
doctrines and princles of every true Ameri-
can and the Constitution.
BosToN, Aug. 81.
Besides numerous private gifts, the late
Abbott Lawrence bequeathed to Lawrence
Scientific School $4,000; for building mo-
del lodging houses, $4,000; for Boston Pub
lie Library, $4,000; to the Franklin Lii
brary in in the city of Lawrence, $4,000 !;
to the American Bible Society, SIS, 600.
BINGHaMrFoN, Aug. %.
Delegates to the X. N. Convention which
meets here tomorrow are arriving in large
numbers.
There is call out for mass meeting in
the evening, in which Messrs. Ulmann Bar
ker, Brooks, Kenneth, Raynor of New York,
and other distinguished politicians are ad-
vertised to speak.
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New York, August 81.

The New York Soft Convention at SYRIA
cusc have appointed the following gentlemen
the State Central Committee: Robert Riley,
John Cochrane, Samuel E. johnson, Charles
Morefeld, Peter CaSger, W. 0. Brock, r. G..
Stone, NJ. Laid, w. Hunt, Seymour, Green,
Horatio, E. p. Ross, Thomas Corners, Dean
Richmond, and A. P. Lansing.
The following were nominated for State
officers: Judges of the Court of Appeals
long term-Samuel s. Selden, of Monroe;
short term-John S. Lott, of Kingston; Sec
rotary of State, Israel s. Hatch, of Erie;
Comptroller, S. Stelson, of Clinton; Treasu-
rer, Ariel S. Thurston, Of Chemung; Canal
Commissioner, S. Hawley, of Livingston; At
torney General, Samuel j. Silden, of New
York; State Engineer, John B. Jarvis, of
Oneida; State Prison Inspector, Patrick IL.
Hogan, of Onondaga.
1t was voted that, in case of declination of
nominees, the State Central Committee be
empowered to fiji vacancies. A vote of thanks
to the Chairman was unanimously passed.
Mr.. Van Buren, proposed committee of
three to assist the Secretary to prepare the
minutes of the Convention for publication
Adjourned.