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The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-11


Hon James Campbell. Postmaster General The direction
and OF the Post Office Department are assigned
by the constitution and laws to the Postmaster Genera mat
ia business may conveniently arranged ana pre-
pared for his action il is distributed among several ou
reaus, follows The Appointments Office in charge OF tne
First Postmaster General the Contract Ohce IN
charge of the Second Assistant Postmaster Generai the
Finance Office in charge Of the Thitd Assistant POSTMASTER
General and the Inspection Office, in charge Of the chief
clerk.
Appointsaent O6ce.Horatio King, esq, First Assistant
General and nineteen clerks 10 this Once are
of post offices changes of sites and names
removal of poasers and route and local
AS also the giving of instructions to postmasters
are furnished with marking and rating stamps
and letter balances this bureau which charged also with
providing blanks and stationery for the use OF the depart
uen and with the superntendence Of the several agencies
established for supplying postmasters with blanks 10 TINS
bureau likewise assigned the supervision OF the ocean mail
steamship lines of the foreign and international postal
arrangements.
Controet O6ieewilliam IT, Dundas esq, Second Assist
ant Postmaster General and twentysx clerks To this OF
Gee assigned the business Of arranging the mail service
The Shasta courier., 1855-10-13

NOVEL FISH BATE.-lf we We're not afraid Of
being considered personal, we would invite one
of our friends whom we now have in our minds
eye to go fishing with us. We are afraid how
ever, and will merely give the anecdote. and
let the reader smell out if be can the peron TO
whom we alude.
Esrl-NosEY.-One day last winter wood
chopper in Hyde Park. (vt.) thirsty with bis
labor chopped hole in the ice. which covered
mountain stream, and lay down 10 drink
While in this act he found his nose seized by
some sharP-iooihed creature, and suddenly jerk
ing up his head he threw out upon the ice a
p" trout which weighed two and half pounds.
We believe that to be coufonnded long-nose.
The Shasta courier., 1855-10-13
BEAUTIFUL sEsnxEsr-we live in the midst

BEAUTIFUL SENTiMEST.-We live in the midst
of blessings. till we are utterly insensible OF
their greatness and from the source from which
they How. We speak of our civilization. oLr
arts, our freedom. our laws. and forget how large
share of all is due to Christianity. Blot
Christianity ont Of the page of mans history.
civilizationf Christianity is mixed up with our
very being. and our very life. There is not
familiar object around Us. which does not wear
different aspect because Of the light Of Chris
sisn hope
The Shasta courier., 1855-10-13
Ready Made Clothing Warehouse.
WILLIAM G.. BADGER,
No. 90 Battery street, San Fran

No. SO Battery street, San Franclsco,
IMPORTER OF READY MADE CLOTHING
i and Furnishing Goods. Also every variety
of Hats, Boots and Brogans. ! would invite
country merchants visiting San Francisco to call
and examine my large stock of Clothing, &c.
have on hand and constantly arriving. the
largest assortment of every variety and style OF
Clothing of any house in the State. NY stock
amounts to over two hundred thousand dollars. !.
The goods are manufactured unuer my o"b
supervision; are made from the best material
and in the most durable manner. Persons buy-
ing my clothing will find large and saleable
sizes.
Persons may rely upon finding every article
they wish in my stock. My prices will be as
low. if not lower. than they can be found else
where in the market. ] guarantee each article
SELL.
Please call end examine nv stock. se22-3m
The Shasta courier., 1855-10-13

Ex.Gov. FooTE's ADDRKss.-Ex-Gov Foote
delivered his address before the State Agricul-
tura Society on Wednesday. We have room
illis morning only for the following extract from
his remarks:
Where. beyond The limits Of California would
man be listened TO with credence who should
state what no one now presert certainly would
question. That delicious peaches had been known
10 mature on trees only two years old from tla
pitt That repeated instances had occurred OF
double crop, both Of pears aud peaches. being
raised in The same senson. Whoever henrd
save in California. of pumpkins weighing one
hundred and iwenty-nine pounGs OF ueels
seven and half feet in length OF stalk o.!
Indian corn. tweniy.iour feet in height? Where
except in California, can it be asserted and
proven, that strawberries rpeu during every
month Of The year, and that it is possible To
bring 10 perfection two thousand pounds of this
de icions fruit from an acre of ground devoted
to their culiivaiinn7
The Shasta courier., 1855-10-13
She Did.
Greet one another with holy kiss"
II Corinthians, 1871 ch. 1874 ..


A correspondent of the Chicago Literary Bad
get gives the following account Of an event he
was privy 10, illustrating the beauty OF obedi
ence to the above apostolic Injunction:
Stars were beaming, Luna cleaning, was
dreaming,
Dreams as sweet
As the olden summers golden that have rolled on
Still, yet feet.
Then from Alden came maiden-(beauty laden
Girl was she;)
Glorious creature each fair feature a love
teacher
"Close beside me"-wbo dare chide mel Here
Love hide thee;"
Blushes-Grace!
1t con!esses how her tresses with caresses,
Touched my face.
There's praisiug the amazing bright eyes
gazing
Into mine.
Lips whose meetness whose repleteness of all
sweetness were divine.
Bul she waited. medta,ed; I-elated-
Gently child;
Smiling, told her one older would behold her,
If she did.
Nearer, nearer. softer, clearer, " armer, dearer,
Came her breath;
Then forgetting. all reeretting, angels letting,
Her-oh Death!
Still she waited, hesitated, said she hated
To: child;
She grew willing-O! twas thrilling! dream
fulfilling For she DID.
The Shasta courier., 1855-10-13

Miss PELLET.-The editor of the Nevada Jour
nal-a most unfeeling and ungalant bachelor,
we doubt not-doD't admire the matter Of Miss
does her equestrian excursions ell over the coun-
try 10 strike him very fayorably. Hear
how the man talks -
Ii may all be very well to talk about strong
minded, masculine woman, mounted on a
mule, ascending steep mountains, and descend
ing into yawning caflons travelling nights alone
to preach total abstinence to miners, the mos.
setdenying class on earth, but this is species
OF nlght-eiraniry we are not constituted By na.
ture or fitted by education to admire. Just
imagine (aud it is not all inlaginaiion) a femi-
nine OF soodly proPortions--a feminine with
pet'lcoats and goggles on-besrimMed with
dirt, perched up sidewise on a specimen of lhs
long cared race link MS the hungry kline of Egypt
gong over the break-neck decliviies of the
Sierras 4" solitary and alone" ike Tom Benton.
10 retail diluted extract of every Temperance
address delivered since the days Of Mohun,med
We sny it may do 10 talk about, but 10 think
about II won't do al all.
He also doubts her claims 20 the terms dis
Interested "apos'oiic" ''heroic." "phian-
thropic" &c., SO lavishly showered npon her.
for the reason that she seldom spoke to an au,li.
ence OF miners without requesting them to pan
out"
The last W. heard of Miss p she was weep.
ing somewhere up i'll Oregon. BY the way she
is certainly one OF The most weeping persons il
has ever been our happiness 10 know. She beats
a weeping. willow Her head seems to be d
fountain of waters. She is lachrymal 10 de-
gree. We have frequently thought that sl.s
would some time hence eyanisb from, oD,ona
this liquor-loving world in dissolving view F"
The Shasta courier., 1855-10-13
PAINT, OIL AND GLASS STORE,

FANI OIi AMI GAASO O4 OfSG,
F. W. LOUGEE, (LATE BLOOMER &
Loueee,) l42 Clay street, San francisco, has
for sale in lots to suit
Atlantic White Lead;
Boiled and Raw Linseed Oil;
Turpentine; Furniture Varnish
Mobiles aud Hoars English Varuish;
Damar's Varnish;
Black japan Varnlsh;
japan Dryer;
Tieman's Colors-dry and in oil-in tins of
from to 10 lbs each;
Window and Picture Glass-all sizes and
qualities
Also, stained Glass, and every description Of
Brushes, Tools and Materials. used by Sign,
House. Ship. Furniture or Coach Painters.
F. w. L., would say that the above. being OF
his own importation, he can sell at fair prices
for Cash.
Care viii be used in putting up goods for
wagon or mule trade.
At the old stand. l42 Clay street. sep22-lm
The Shasta courier., 1855-10-13

Dos'T DoJT.-Never make use of an honest
woman's name in an improper place. at an i'm.
proper time. or in mixed company. Never make
assertions about her that you think untrue. al
lGsions that you feel she herself would blush to
hear. When you meet with men who do not
scruple TO make use of a woman's name in a
reckless manner shun them. for they are the
very worst members of the communiry-men
lost to every sense of honor, every feeling of
humanity
The Shasta courier., 1855-10-13
NUMBER 80.
SpoOneyfsm.

! The article below on spooneyism, singular as
it may seem, was written by one OF the most
spooney of the spooney tribe-an individual
who goes into estacies at the sight of pretty
hand, and makes tolersbly large sized fool Of
himself over a neat little foot. We ourself. q
| short time since, overheard him whispering In
the pleased ear of young maiden of thrty.two.
the charming and seductive words of the poet,
ANGELS painted fair to look like you."
Slightly altering the language in which the Sy.
barite Italian, in Dean Alilman's tragedy. enun.
ciates his allegiance to the divinity of dreas. we
may truly say that
-" He is one ofthe gallants.
That pine for fair lip. or eye, or cheek,
Or that poetical treasure, pure heart,
And Embroidered head dress makes him
AS love-sck as a dove at mating time;
tasteful slipper is his souls delight:
Oh he adores robe that drops and floats
As 1t We're Ii shter than the air arodnd it;
He doats upon a stomacher to distraction,
When the gay jewels, tastefully disposed,
Make it a zone of stars; and then fan,
The elegant motion OF fan is murder,
Positive murder, to his poor weak senses.
And yet he presumes to berate sensible, truth.
loving and gallant editors. because they speak
handsomely of the beauty of w0man, lovely
woman" How ridiculous! But hear this
member of the Muggin's family
EDlroR's CouRitR:-One of the most com.
mon which the press of The present day
has fallen into is the one famiiarly known a.
above. This habit or trait exhibits itself prom.
inen,ly all occasions when feminine attributes
are spoken of, but not uufrequently also in
speaking of men and things
For instance, little party is given in the viii
lage neishborhood where one of those
spooney" editors resides, end the next week
his leader will be headed, charming reunion"
in great round characters and then will follow
column of the most fulsome adulation OF some
Perhaps she does not wear number
mines for shoes her tiny feet are spoken of in
rhapsodies. Her waist may not reach alder
manic proportions forthwith her form is de.
scribed as sylphlike. Her dancing may not much
resemble the motions of a grissy straight
way she moves with the lghtness and airiness
of a fawn, or gdes over the floor like swan
would swim over the surface of lake.. Her
eyes may not have white films over them, or
may not be red crossed lat once they are
spoken of as melting blue" or like the Ga
zelles These and many other similar exirava-
gancies INDUCED in, which, to the recipient
of such praises produce no good effects, but, on
the other hand, are we'll calculated to excite the
worst feelings of poor human nature. All wo-
men not angels, and the Press should have
independence enough 10 let them know it, or
else cease TO speak of them al all Truth should
be the Goddess at whose shrine editors as well
other men should worship, unless, indeed, as
Squibob would say, when writing political ar
ticles.
The Shasta courier., 1855-10-13
QUARTZ CLAIEI FOR SALE.

TESHE UNDERSIGNED will dispose OF three
Il halt shares in the Washington Quartz Mill
and lead consisting of one eighth part OF the en-
tire property. Said clainis will be sold cheap,
either singly or together. For further particu-
lars enquire of James Daish. Shasta. John Feb.
ly. Scots Bar, or the undersigned, at French
Guich. Terms, Cash.
a. S. YEOMANS,
A. G. TYLER.
August II, 1858. aull If
The Shasta courier., 1855-10-13

" Gen. Shields, late u S. Senator from Hi
nois, has emieIated to Minnesota Territory
where he has formed a settlement on the ST
Peters river, about fifty miles west from tn.
town of St. Paul-,>
The Shasta courier., 1855-10-13
NEW BEDFORD
OIL AND CAMPHENE WORKS,

81 Washington Street San Francisco.
WE HAVE ON HAND AND FOR SALE.
w $4,000 gallons of bleached and refined
Ol-embracing Sperm, Lard, Polar. Elephant.
China Neatsfoot. and Tanners Oil. Fresh Cam
phene, Burning Fluid. Alchohol and Wicking of
all kinds and Of the best quality Also. Soda,
Ash, Potash. Tallow, Axle Grease, soap. &c.
Dealers desiring genuine article, at low rates
are invited to call and examine our stock be-
fore purchasing. B. +. KNOX u co.
sep22 3m Manufacturers.
The Shasta courier., 1855-10-13

p Hon. Jere. Clemens, recently democrat
ic United States Senator, bat who was a Know
Nothing candidate for the Alabama Legislature,
wss defeated st tho late election
The Shasta courier., 1855-10-13
A Valuable Ranch for sale.
THE SUBSCRIBER offers for sale the ranch
l. known as
Hewling's Ranch,

lying near Dry Greek in this county. and about
Is miles west of Shasta. This Ranch consists
ut about 100 acres of land, one hundred OF which
enclosed by good fence. OF this go acres
have been cultivated. 90 acres being meadow.
The building improvements consist OF frame
dwelling house and good out-buildings. The
ranch is well watered There is also an excel
lent garden upon the same. Tho Ranch will be
sold with or without the present years crop.
Terms to SOFT purchasers. ers.
THOMAS LOWS
Shasta County. June %, 1855 ie23H
The Shasta courier., 1855-10-13
rsaTEa. AT FIFTY CENTS.
PDI.s.As-fs a.; iStsy'.s
Anti Malaria Pills,


A SURE AND SAFE CURE FOR REMIT
: \ tent and Intermittent Fevers, and also
most effectual cure for all The secondary dis
eases accompanying. these fcvs rs, such Liver
Complaint. Neuralgia. Iudi s''stion, and Enlarge
ment of the Spleen. or Agne Cake. For inter-
mittcnt Fever, or Fever and Ague, these pills
are undoubtedly the most eiftctual and safe rem
edy in the krown world. They may be taken
at any stage of the disease, we'll III the cold
stage as in the hot. These pills not only stop
the Chls aud Fever, but they remove from the
system all secondary afictions which remain
after the use of other remedies to reproduce
the disease again. In this respect claim
superiority over every other remedy which has
been offered to the public. There is paper
round each box. under the label, containing
short history of the causes of the fevers OF this
country. a1d the effects and operation OF the
remedy which propose. These pills are
made and put up in he city Of Marysville, Yuba
county, Cal.
Depot aud ofIice-D st:ac;. second door south
OF the United States Hotel.
- For sale in Shasta by DR.. Benz Shurtletf,
agent for Shasta County,
July 18th. 1854. jy15f
The Shasta courier., 1855-10-13
Notice to Trespassers.
ES TR Il VS.!

sa THE SUBSCRIBER WOULD 49,.
GZA. inform the public that he is pre-. G-AS
pared 10 hunt horses, mules, cattle, &c, &c..
that may hive sfrayed from their owners, and
are now wandering in thar portion Ct the coun-
Try on the eastern sid. OF the Sacramento. and
between Pitt River on the north and Butte
Creek on the south. A minute description of The
animals lost. together with the time Of slraying.
&C., should be addressed me at the Shasta Post
Office. g. W INSKEEP.
Shasta Angnst 1851. aul I.:3m
The Shasta courier., 1855-10-13
IsE DzCAA NOTICE.
DOCTOR ]. E. PELHAM,

IS1 VLa " Ii zII4kA<1AfAy
TEAVlNG LOCATED HIMSELF FOR THE
{ purpose of practicing the various branches
the citizens of Shasta aud vicinity, and hopes,
by close attention aud reasonable charges to
merit and receive portion of the public pat
rolage. TO those 10 whom he is unknown, he
hopes il Will not be considered out of place for
him 10 state that lie has praciced tlle various
branches OF his profession fer
80 z ars,
the last five years Of which were passed in Cal
ifornia. He is a graduate of the Medical De-
partment OF Pennsylvania University, and has
recommendations from men of the highest
standing in the south west iii reference to his
character Physician.
OaFECE
Next door to the Eagle Hotel.
Shasta. March 81, 1855. might
The Shasta courier., 1855-10-13

Ror Governor, (JohnsonI SOIL
For Lieut.. Governor, (Anderson) l.7l6
For Judge Supreme Court, (Aurray) 407
i" (Terry) o,735
For Controller, (Whitnan) 8 800
For Treasurer, (Bates) 3,006
For Attorney General (Wallace) 3.425
For Surveyor General, (Brewster) 3t7
For State Printer, (Allen) 1864
For State Prison Directors "a. Belly 1904
"a (McKenzie) 3.5l2
" (Wilson) 3.7l2
The Shasta courier., 1855-10-13

OFFICIAL MAJoRlTIEs.-The complete ma jor-
tiles for State Officers chosen at the last election,
(excepting from one county, Colusi,) given
by the Sacramento Union IS follows.
The Shasta courier., 1855-10-13
Cooper's Eye, Ear, and 0rthop@dic
Infrmary,
San francisco, No. II, Snnsome Street,
Nco- he poeefjs HouSe

bnn FrnnciscO, NO, IA, Snhsoine Strtfs,
Near the Rasette House,
DATIENTS LABORING UNDER Diseases
i of the Eye, the Ear. and those afflicted
with all varieties of determines, resorting to
this institution, will find at once a home, where
miners as well as others can be accommodated
with board and comfortable rooms in plain or
costly style. according to their taste. DR.. Coop
er has visited all the important Hospitals OF Eu-
rope, for the purpose of extending his know-
edge Of medicine and surgery, and will give
the Infrmary his immediate supervision
N. B. All surgical operations tree to patients
who presept themselves at the clinic on We'd
nesdays or Saturdays.
For particulars apply to DR.. E. S. Cooper at
the Infrmary. seS-5m
Georgetown weekly news., 1855-04-12
EoR SALE
BROWNS HOTEL.

IN THE FLOURIsHING TOWN OF BOTTLE HILL.
ss!s<9fsar rs by so feet, well arranged in every
lsII5E apartment; founded on corner lot front
Iiil aa ing "a feet on Main street, and 200 feet
L--1---A on Forest street. Being an inexperien-
ced hand at Hotel keeping and for the purpose
of going iuto another kind of business, the pro-
prietor of Browns Hotel" is desirous of selling
his large and commodious establishment, with
all the furniture, out houses. Lot, and everything
belonging to it. This house has good run of
custom, and is so situated that every street lead
ing into town meets in front of it, and Bottle Hill
being surrounded by inexhaustible sElining re-
sources of the best and most extensive diggings in
the Northern Mines. 1t is certainly destined to
be the most desirable and permanent business
location in the country. For further particulars
apply on the premises, or address
GEO. Z. BROWN, Georgetown.
Bottle Hill, April llth, 1855. [26-1m*
Georgetown weekly news., 1855-04-12

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Ell Dorado
- County ss.-In Justices Court before A. Z.
Williams Justice of the Peace, Georgetown town
ship-F Graham & Co., VS.. D. c.. Ballard
The People Of the State of California TO u. u
BALLARD, Greeting: You are hereby summon
ed to be and appear before me, at my ONCE. IN
Georgetown township, county and State aforesaid,
on Tuesday the 22nd day of May, A. ID. lSa5, at
ten QO) o'clock A. NJ. of said dayehen ana there
to answer the complaint of f. Graham d Co., in
civil action. for the recovery OF the sum OF thlr-
tvthree and 23-lOO dollars, for goods sold and de-
iivered to YOU by the plaintiffs, as per complaint
now on file in my office. Hereof, 1all not TO be d
anpear as above required, or Judgment will be rem
dered against you by default, for the said sum of
s33 and 23-lO0 dollars, and for the costs and ex-
penses of this suit
Given under my hand, at office, in Georgetown,
this the 22nd day of February, A. d. 1866.
A. P. WILLIAMS,
Justice of the Peace.
1t appearing to my satisfaction by the affidavit
of F. W. Bye, Zone of the firm of Graham q Coz
that the above named defendant, d. C. Ballard,
has departed from this State, and that personal
service cannot be made upon him, and that
good cause of action exists against him. it is
therefore ordered, that service herein be made,
by publication of summons once q week for three
months in the Georgetown Weekly News, a pub
lie newspaper, published in Georgetown, county
and state aforesaid,
A.P, WILLIAMS. J. P.
February 22nd, 1855. lls3m
Georgetown weekly news., 1855-04-12

ANOTHER JoAQUIN.-The Democratic
State Journal says "that another Joaquin
has made his appearance in Amador county.
The poor Chnaman all over the country
are being robbed by gangs of armed Mexi-
cans The Jackson Sentinel, in speaking
on this subject, says:-''The foreign tax col
lector5 report that almost every Chinese
camp in the northern part Of this comfy
has been robbed by gangs of armed Mexi-
cans. within the past few days On ANA
dor creek alone, nine different camps had
been plundered. Several camps near jack
son have also been plundered and three
Manila men have been arrested.
Georgetown weekly news., 1855-04-12

ed that it had been there declared that per
sons fighting duels were rebels to the King.
lie appealed to the House as the conserya-
tors Of the law and as the guardians Of
christian morality to put stop to crime
which had desolated so many hearths, and
was disgrace and evil among us; he con-
jured them to raise their hands for the pro
lection of wives and children, and indeed
of the whole community, and on that day
when the imperial diadem would fall from
the brows of kings and warriors, and the
chains Of the slave would snap asunder-on
that great day when time would be no more,
would they receive their aeward.
Georgetown weekly news., 1855-04-12

Re Bank Failures !---Corrupti0n !---
Eruption Sc. 8c-Moral and Physical Scor-
butte Affections !!
At this time when the bursting of banks
Makes each man look out for himself,
When corruption runs bare-faced abroad,
And Security's laid on the shelf,
The subject should strongly be urged
That each man takes care OF his wealth;
But how can he do this, we ask,
If he does not take care of his health?
That this can be done is quite plain,
And below we submit good plan,
Which when read we are certain will please
Each sensible woman and man:
Iho their systems be quite as unsound
As the Banks in this city are now,
There's remedy in our possession
10 purge them as pure as the snow.
lake GUYsoTT's EXTRACT OF YELLOW Dock"
And 'SARsAPARILLAn combined,
And soon-be the state of your blood what it may;
In this mixture, relief you will find;
lis the greatest and best purifier
That's ever yet been brought to light;
You'll find it at NINETY-FoUR MERCHANT.
At the Depot of
Yours, PARK & WHITE.
Also for sale by all the respectable Druggists
IN the State.
DR. ]. TURNER, Agent,
I'lm Georgetown.
Georgetown weekly news., 1855-04-12
Grand total of prizes, ...... $39, "a

Grand total of prizes, .......... $39, ,75O
The proprietor would respectfully refer the
public to the following card from gentlemen we'll
known in the community. G. NJ. MAUPIN.
WE, the undersigned, being we'll acquainted
with the proprietor of the above Rattle, and the
property offered therein, take much pleasure in
recommending the scheme to the favorable no.
tice of the public. and we have every confidence
that the Rattle will be conducted with integrity
and fairness, and also consider the property put
up at fair valuations
W. F. CUNNINGHAM J. r. 7. MALONE,
LITTLETON WALDRoN, Z. P. FIGG,
DIR. JOHNSON PRICE, j. P. MARTIN.
V. E. GEIGER, Crook g. Dunn,
DWIGHT SPENCER. of Placerville.
The day for drawing will be fixed upon as soon
as enough tickets are sold to justify, of which
due notice will be given to thee public. Price of
Of tickets, One Dollar each.
Tickets for sale at the Literary Depot, opposite
the Post Office, Georgetown.
Persons purchasing tickets in the above Rattle,
from the undersigned, need have no fears as re-
CARDS the safety of their money for it will not
positively be sent from here until after the above
named prizes have been ratified for.
I25-tf.] VIM. I. GIBBS, Agent.