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The Shasta courier., 1855-01-06
NEW FIRE PROOF BRICK STORE.
A. J. STEVENSON g. co.

A. J. STEVENSON & CO.,
HAvE REMOVED TO THEIR NEW FIRE
L Il PROOF BRICK STORE opposite Rhodes
& Cos Express, where they offer for sale an ex-
tensive and well selected stock of Goods.
The large amount of capital which has lately
been put INTO their business, and the fact that
one OF the firm resides at San Francisco, who
purchases only for cash, enables them to supply
Packers and Traders at the very lowest prices
and on the most favorable terms
All orders sent either to San Francisco or to
their store at Shasta, will be promptly filed and
the goods warranted TO be of the best quality
and at the lowest prices.
A. j. STEVENSON, San Francisco.
X. STEVENSON, Shasta.
J. N. CHAPEL, Salesman.
Shasta, Nov. 25, 1854. If
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SW A SE X'S III q n 4 L.
Lower Springs.

TWO MILES BELO w SHASTA.
- THIS HOUSE is located in a good
iiii mining district, and possesses superior
ea advantages for the accommodation OF
miuers and the travelling public. Teamsters are
assured that every attention will be paid to their
wants. Hay and barley always on hand at the
west market prices. BENZ. SWASEY.
Dec 80, 1854. tt
The Shasta courier., 1855-01-06
ESTR ".
SHASTA STEAM SAW AND FLOUR
ING MILLS,

LLOUR;
l. Corn Meal white and yellow;
Biscuit Flour. (comes low j
Shorts, cattle feed,
Bran, do
Barley, Meal, do
LUMBER, of all dimensions; Shingles;
Hay and Straw Cutter;
Some Zinc; For Sale.
Cash paid for wheat according to quality.
BRICELAND & co.
Shasta, Dec. is. 1854. If
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TRIAL OF McCREA-REBELLION AND CIVIL
WAR AT LAWRENCE, kansas.
Correspondence of the ST. Louis In,ellis

Correspondence of the ST Louis In,elligencees
learn that the case of McCrea, who is being
tried at Leavenworth city, before Judge. Lee
compte, for the murder of Malcolm Clark, last
spring, progresses but slowly. The court has
progressed very slowly. A great deal of diff
Guilty has been experienced in getting JURORS.
The counsel for the prisoner filed demurrer
to the indictment, partly for defects on its face,
and partly on account Of the manner of form
ing the Grand Jury. We learn that this de-
murrer has been overruled by Judge Lecompte,
as also motion to plead in abatement.
The case, we believe, has occupied ten days,
and no progress in it has yet been msde.
was told that an effort would be made 10 get q
change of venue, as it was apprehended that
the prisoner could not get fair tria< here.
Great dissatisfaction is expressed by thu Free
State men, because several members of the bar,
and clerk of the Court, and some of the jury,
both grand and petit, are of the "Bordar Ruff
fan" class, some of them having been Engaged
in lynching Phillips last spring. A notion has
been made by one of the attorneys to DISMISS
the clerk and those of the attorneys WAC had
been thus engaged, and afidavits were iled to
prove these facts; but the Court has mo- grant
ed the motion.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Noe. 30, 1855.
Col. McCarty, of the Missouri House tf Rep
resentatives, received despatch this evening,
which was read before the House. folonel
McCarty says there is no doubt Of its g'nuine-
ness or correctness. Some regard it as hum
bug, to influence the Senatorial election. Jones
is sheriff of Douglas county Lawrenc is the
county seat
Westport, Nor. 27.-Col. McCarty Gov.
Shannon has called out the militia against
Lawrence. They are now in open rebellion
against the laws, and Jones is in DANCE. We
want help. Communicate this to the friends.
"a. G.. Boone"
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he was the person thus denounced, aud inqnlr-
ed if he had any acquaintance with hin1. de
replied, I" You are not the man / knew IN ill-
nois." He was advised to be more careful In
future about vilifying persons whom he did not
know. presume his ISLANDERS, without the re-
traction, will 60 the rounds of the Pro-Slavery
prints.
The District Court of the Territory y in SEES
sion. The grand jury of last Court Ias been
collected, and six more added, and Il icy have
now brought in an Indictment against McCrea
for willful murder, and, if his enemies ,:an sue
coed as well in packing the petit jury, hey will
probably hang him. The County Com mission
ers have met, and decided on the subject of a
county seat for this county. 1t was given to
Delaware, with its handful of legal voters, in
stead of Leavenworth, with its hundreds.
majority of the Commissioners decided
that they had no right to 60 behind the records.
The judges knew who were voters, and they
must give it to Delaware, because its poll-tsook
showed the largest number of votes. Kickapoo,
the other competitor, lacked just one boat load
of voters from Weston, to equal the numbes at
Delaware from Platte city; so it is said in this
contest, that Platte city beat Weston. heaven
worth obtained an injunction, and the Question
is to be decided by the United Slater Judge,
Lecompte. Yours, truly, KANSAS.
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1875
NEW YORK CENTRAL COLLEGE.

This Institution is now IN prosperous condition. ir
has Collegiate and Academic Department IN both o
which the study elevated and profitable L.
Is entirely unsecaran and by surrounding all rich end
poor, black and white male and female, with equal
ties stands opposed the spirit Of caste in all It's pha-
Character not color circumstances sex. a. the b5-.
OF respect Labor Is regarded emnenily houorli
and furnished TO students great extent po-
sble. Those awaiting themselves OF this puvieg. c.,l
acquire education with comparatively liUl- cxpeu,-
This Institution Is located al McGrawyiIlr Cofllart
county, New York.
On the afternoon Of Monday, Tuesday and 1iejnes,a.
proceeding the commencement OF each term carr.-s-
will be az Cortland, 10 convey students to NIcD5ay,v
free OF charge. The winter term commences Thur.t,,
December 18th, aud continues thirteen weeks
inquiries concerning the character and adv anita or.
college should be addressed Leonard & Calan> Pr-
deni.
r. :. To accommodate those who wish their SOILS under
his immediate care, President Cakius will take numb
OF students into his house and furnish them W..
board ROOM lights fuel aud tuition Tor one hundred ni
fifty dollars per year.
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CIRCULATE THE DOCUMENTS.
HON. WILLIAM H. sEWARD's SPEECHES

The Republican Association of Washington
city have published in pamphlet form the
speeches recently delivered by the Hon. William
H. Seward at Albany and Buffalo, and, in order
to give them as general a circulation as possible,
have determined to send them at the following
cheap rates:
Speeches at Albany and Buffalo, in one
pamphlet, at 81 per hundred copies.
Speech at Albany, in the German language,
81 per hundred copies.
The Association will also direct and mail
them singly, free of postage, to such names as
may be furnished, at the above rates; or they
will send them in packages, at the expense OF
the person ordering, at the very low price OF
Sl.25 per hundred copies. Address
L. CLEPHAYE, Secretary ofHe
Republican association, Washington, ID. c.
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To some, this may appear as if the Republi-
cans had great load to carry in eIecting Mr..
Chase; but to me it simply appears, that, with
out Mr.. Chase at the head of our ticket, we
should have been disgracefully defeated. And
l am very certain that had Mr.. Chase been
running with but two tickets in the field-one
an Administration ticket, and the other an An
II Administration ticket-and free from the
charge of Know Nothingism, he would have
been elected by over one hundred thousand ma
jority.
This matter is daily being better understood
by all intelligent and observing men. Indeed,
it is but day or two since that l saw in the
Cincinnati Gazette paper which had most
earnestly opposed Mr.. Chase's nomination, an
acknowledgment that to him, more than any
other man, were we indebted for the success of
the Republican cause in Ohio, declaring most
unqualifedly that his nomination was a wise
and judicious one; and this is the conviction
and Judgment of the great mass of the solid
people of Ohio.
Our friends at home and abroad would do
well, think, to examine all the facts connect
ed with our recent canvass, before they make
public such statements, and not thoughtlessly
take up and reiterate the base calumnies of our
vilest foes, especially when it is calculated to
do no good, but greatly injure the cause of
Freedom and its advocates and defenders.
Truly, yours, j. NJ. A.
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IMPORTANT FROM KANSAS.

The St. Louis papers of the 3Oth ultiiao con-
tain a despatch from Westport, Missouri, OF the
18th, confirming the intelligence published
yesterday, that there has been an open rupture
in Kansas between the ProSlavery anil Anti
Slavery parties. The despatch was ad dressed
to a member of the Legislature at Jefferson
city, and is to the following effect
"That Governor Shannon, of Kansas, had
the night before ordered out the militia against
Lawrence, the county seat of Douglas county.
There is an open rebellion against the laws, and
Jones, the Sheriff of the county, is in danger.
The call is for help"
Mr. McCarty, to whom the dispatch vas ad.
dressed, thought there was no doubt of us gen.
uineness, whilst others believed it was iIteaded
to influence the election of Senator in Mis-.
souri,.
We understand that the President ye sterday
received Geographic dispatch from Gov. Shan
non, of Kansas, by which it appears tR civil
war is really threatened. The Governor requests
prompt assistance from the General Govern
ment, and, in conformity with this request, the
President has ordered the immediate dispatch
of troops from the posts nearest the disturbed
district, for the purpose of preserving the peace.
National Lntelliseacer.
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FROM ST. LOUIS.
ST. Louis, NoU. &c, 1855.
To the Editor ofthe National Era:

ST. LOUIS, Noc. 26, 1855.
To the Editor Of the National Era:
The universal cry in ST. Louis is hard times,
and this seems strange, when it is we'll known
that the vast extent of country, of which st.
Louis is the metropolis, is at this time in the most
hourishing condition ever known, every town
and city in the neighboring States making rap
id strides to wealth, unimproved lands In Hi
nois selling readily at ten dollars an acre, while
thousands of acres in Missouri, equally as good,
fail to attract the settler at the low rate of bit
an acre.
But this is no new thing. Slavery blights
all that it touches; and yet how astonishing,
when this is so well known, that the infatuated
citizen of the slave State is ready to unite with
the unprincipled politician, and g cry aloud for
the extension of Slavery; but this state of things
will not always continue, depend upon it; a
great change is now taking place, and whole
communities in the South as well as North will
dare to speak and act against this great evil,
that has grown to such magnitude in our coun-
try. Look at the change in Alton, ILL.,, where
eighteen years ago Lovejoy was killed, in at
tempting to establish for the third time, Re-
ligious Anti Slavery Press. But what do we find
now in that city of more than ten thousand in
habitants? Why, not enough Nebraska Demo-
Gratis to fill the offices in the gift of the Admin
istration, making it necessary to import their
own creatures for that purpose.
The Alton Courier is edited and published by
George Brown, ESQ.,, young man of rare en-
| dowments, and who will yet make his mark in
| Illinois. This excellent paper has done good
work, and will no doubt continue to labor faith
| fully in the Free Soil cause. We believe that
outside of Chicago it has the largest circulation
and is the most extensively read of any paper
in the State; but Alton is not the only place
where the people are shaking off the shackles
that have bound them. Here in ST. Louis, we
affirm that men can as boldly declare their SEN
timents as in any city in the Union, none daring
to modest them.
We are more than pleased at your course In
exposing the evils of Know Nothingism. BY
all means, labor to separate liberal principles
from such narrow-minded selfishness. They
have not one redeeming quality end should
they meet with much success, ruin and evil can
alone follow in their path. st. Louis is already
suffering from the consequences of their utpar-
tia success, as q writer in the Democrat proves.
The New York Tribune has many readers
here, but i lament its taking sides with Russia.
How can it possibly strengthen the hands of the
Slave Olgarchy in this country? Its hatred OF
the Free Trade policy of England is the secret
cause of its present course. Your exposure OF
| its inconsistency is well timed. May it be con-
tinued against all that tends to wrong or oppres-
sion. Yours, truly, ST.. LOUIS.
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The following is the vote in detail.

The following is the vote in detail:
FOr w. RichdrdsOn-Messrs Aiken. Allen,
Barclay, Barksdale, Bayly, Bell Bocock, Bowie,
Boyce, Branch, Brooks, Burnett, Cadwalader,
Caruthers Caskie, Clingman, Cobb Of Georgia,
Cobb Of Alabama, Craige, Crawford, Denver,
DoUlell, Edmundson. Elliott, English, Evans,
Faulkner, Florence, Fuller of Maine, Goode,
Greenwood Hall of Iowa, Harris of Alabama,
Harris Of Illinois, Herbert, Hickman, Houston,
jewett Jones of Tennessee, Jones of Pennsyl-
wanna, keitt, Kelly, Kidwell, Letcher, Lumpkin,
Marshall of Illinois, Maxwell, McMullen, Nc
Queer. Miller of Indiana, Millson, Oliver of Mis-
sour, Orr, Packer, Peck, Phelps, Quitman, Ruff
fin Rust Sandidge, Savage, Shorter, Smith Of
art, Talbot. Taylor, Vail, Warner, Watkins,
Wells, Winslow and Wright of Tennessee.
For Mr. CdmpbeU.-Messrs Albright, Bar
bour, Bennett of New York, Benson, Bingham,
Trenton, Clark of Connecticut, Colfax, Cum
back, Day, Dean. Dickson, Dunn, Durfee, Gal
ioway. Gilbert, Granger, Harlan, Holloway,
Horton of New y ork, Horton of Ohio, Howard,
iughSton, Kelsey, King, Letter. Mace, Matte
son, McCarty, Miller of New York, Moore, Nor.
gan, Morrill,, Murray, Norton, Parker, Pelton,
Remington, PettiI, Sabin, Sapp, Scott, Sher-
man, Simmons. Stanton, Walbridge, Waldron,
"ashburne Of Illinois, Wsshburn Of Maine, Wat.
son, WEIGH, Woodruff, and Woodwork.
Far III. MarShdU.-Messrs. Campbell of
kentucky, Garlic. Clark of New York, Cox,
Nallen, Davis of Maryland, Etheridge, Eustis,
osier' Harris Of Maryland, Hoffman, Kennett,
Lake, I.lndley, A. h. Marshall Of Kentucky,
ZANE, Porter, Puryear, Reed, Ready, Ricaud,
MYERS, Smith of Alabama, Swope, Trippe, I'm
Gerwood, Walk, Walker, Whitney, and Zollicof-
Ter
Tor M. Bgnks-Messrs. Burlington, Bur
nngame, Chafee, Comins, Cragin, Damrell,
DAVIS OF Massachusetts, De Witt, Dodd, Emrie,
IAN Of Massachusetts,, Knapp, Knowlton, Mott,
.erry' Pike, Sage, Tappan, Thorington, Traf-
Ton, and Wood.
For Mr. FuLler.-Messrs. Bradshaw, Broom,
Iampbe of Pennsylvania, Covode, Dick, Edie,
might, kunkell, Millward, Pearce, Purviance,
IL E,ichey, Roberts, Robson, Sneed, Todd, and
For W.. Rsnnington.-Messrs. Bishop, Claw
son Fuller of Pennsylvania, Meacham, Robbins,
"uSS.halan, and Wakeman.
J., fgr NJ. Harlan.-Messrs. Ball, Bliss, and
:. FOR w. WheeIer.-Messrs. Banks, Oliver of
-'ew ork, and Thurston.
. for W. NJ, Th"5stOn.-Messrs. Spinner, Wheel
e. and Williams.
w l9[ NJ Ho,card.-Messrs. Biliinghurst and
'%shourn of Wisconsin.
Flagler. 'o''''' 1,''''0" OH"
f r. Mr. Nace.-Mr. Campbell of Ohio.
L :, -Ir. Bennett. Edwards.
T 70 w. BHtiams.-Mr. Nichols.
I 10 NJ. Lake.-Mr. Humphrey Marshall.
Tor 70 W.. Harea.-Mr. Knox.
f 10 w. GailO'ray-Mr. Giddings.
~" W. Nichois.-Mr. Grow.
f r VI. MHer.-Mr Haven.
T r Mr.. Sdge.-Mr Pringle.
~ ~ M J0neS.-Mr. Richardson.
suits "oie N"0' WIN ''"'''A. -
~ election =, having yet been made
fl III Neit moved that the House adjourn I'M
dr., morrow at IL o'clock. He, however, with
NJ. me motion, at the request of
III ~ Jones, of Tennessee, who moved that I'M
''N7F"ise ordered, the daily hour of meeting
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Tuesday, December 4, 1855.
SENATE

SENATE
| Messrs. Hale, of New Hampshire; Durkee.
of Wisconsin; Yulee, of Florida; and Pearce,
of Maryland, new members, were duly sworn in.
The Senate then proceeded to elect a Chap
| lain, by ballot, with the following result:
Whole number of votes given, As necessary
| to a choice, %.
Robert c. Dean received 90; W. Hodges, 3 ;
J. G. Butler, 10; Henry Ward Beecher 2; L.
Parker, l /; David Paul. Brown, 2; B. 81. Cha
pin, l +; Leonidas Rosser, l; VIM. H. Holcomb
l Archbishop Hughes, 1.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The Clerk of the last House presiding at the
Clerks desk) having read the journal of yester-
days proceedings,
Mr.. Jones, of Tennessee, moved that the
rules of the last House be enforced so far as
they exclude persons not admitted under them
within the Chamber, while the House may be
in session.
Mr. Morgan objected
The Clerk put the affirmative of the question,
and announced the motion carried.
On motion of Mr.. Bocock, they next proceed
ed to the fifth ballot for Speaker, with the fol-
lowing result:
Whole number of votes cast, 22O. Necessary
for choice, Ill.
VIZ hiCudfusOH ItCciNtu ~. lamp
bell, So; Banks, 49, H. NJ Fuller, 20; H. Mar
shall, 19; Pennington, 8; Wheeler, l Walker,
2; Nichols, l Haven 2; Oliver, of New York,
l Howard, 2; Lindley, l; Williams, l; Thurs
ton, /; Zollicoffer, l !; Mace, L.
No choice being made, the House proceeded
to the sixth ballot, with the following result
viz:
Whole number of votes cast, 223; necessary
| to choice, III. Mr.. Richardson received IS
| Campbell, 81; Pennington, 9; Banks, %; Full
Ter, %; Marshall, Is; Walker, Il Nichols, l;
Haven. 2; Oliver, of New York, l Howard, 2
Lake, 4 Thurston, 2; Zollicoffer, Mace,
Garlic, !; and one Or two others received scat
tering votes.
No choice having been effected, they pro
ceeded to a seventh ballot, with the following
result:
| Whole number of votes cast 223 necessary
to choice, III. Mr.. Richardson received IA
Campbell, 81; Pennington, 10; Banks, 2o; Fuller
20; Marshall, 20; Wheeler, l; Walker Haven
/; Oliver, of New York, Howard, 2; Wash
burn, of Maine, l Zollicoher, 2; Thurston, 2
Etheridge, l; Garlic, 2.
No choice having been effected, the House
| adjourned
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COMING EVENTS FOREsHAD0wED.
From the Philadelphia North American.


More Territory. - The twenty-nints parallel
of latitude is named as the next Southern
boundary of the Union. General g .sdsden is
said to have been negotiating with So TIA Anna
for new cession of territory, incs ,ding all
north of that line when the progress the rev.
olution interrupted the proceedings. # course,
no one knows how true this is; bm General
Gadsden has acay of soriting hoi.e to his
friends cag,te hints Of important Thug going
on, ,ctich sets conjecture all agog to ascertain
the precise truth. The difficulty abou the pay
ment of the three millions Of the last indemni-
ty, and the demand for reparation tor Gala
hans invasion and the burning of Piedras Ne
gras, all conspire to assist this conclusion; and
probably before President Pierce goes ont of
office, he will communicate new treaty. with
fresh demand on our surplus millions The
twenty-ninth parallel would tLrow into the Uni
ted States Two thirds of the Mexican State of
Sonora and two-ffths of chihuahua, with popu-
lation enough to form one of our States. In
such case, the new territory would have to 90
under political pupilage az Territory. or else
New Mexico would have &c nne admitted as
State. A rumSr is afioat in the newspapers
to the effect that General Gadsden has sent
word to Washington, that if the halanTe of the
Mesilla indemnity be not paid to thu present
Government OF Mexico, not another f OF of ter
ritory will be coded to the United STATE. Mean
time, we have various other projects f, { acauir-
ing new colonies. Thus the report j., revived
that Russia is willing to sell her Amef lean DOS
sessions to us for a consideration in money
rather too Arctic matter for the folks at
Washington, as neither cotton, tobacco, hemp,
rice, nor sugar, can be grown up there. Then
there is report coming from Europe that Rus
STA has suggested to Denmark the propriety of
settling the difficulty between the latter =.
United States by selling to =. n. ;.n W tlie
India Island OF St ~ Tomas, the price Of which
i've ulin" us of dollars, may be taken also as
our consideration for freeing us of the Sound
dues. st. Thomas is small island to the
windward of Porto Rico, with population of
seven thousand souls. Right near IL it is an
other small island, called Santa Cruz, also own
ed by Denmark, with thirty-two thoasand in
habitants. For five millions of do lars. we
ought to get both of these. But st. I tomas is
of much Importance from its geogra{' Meal DO
sition, which is such as would render 4 form
liable position in the hands of navf Power.
1t has a fine harbor, and is always fir sought
by vessels in distress coming from seaward.
Were it in our possession, it would, in a great
measure, nullify the purpose for whichathe Brit
ish hold the West Indies, as, a nay9 Power
might from it command the whole cas-, Irn front
of the West Indies and the coast of tb 4. United
States.