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ALL ABOUT WoMAN--AND A MARRIED ONE AT
THAT.-Up at Portsmouth, Ohio, they have had
an amusing law suit. Three ladies were pass
ing store, before which several gentlemen were
standing. The store-keeper said one of the la
dies, whose face he had not noticed was not
Mrs H. One of the party said it was an
other said it wasn't. The merchant said he
would give him a sack of coffee if he would 90
and see. He went saw, returned, and said the
lady was Mrs. H of a verify. In the morn
ing he claimed the sack of coffee sending over
horse and cart, when little sack, holding an
ounce or two, prepared for the purpose, was
laid on the cart and duly delivered by the cart
man to the astonished Holmes. Holmes repair
ed to the store and claimed regular sack of
coffee; it was refused. He brought suit !; jury
empannelled, and rendered a judgment
against Hyatt, ordering him to deliver up to
Holmes iifty-pound sack of Java coffee, worth
eighteen cents per pound.
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The GoyERSxESr LoAS.-Ten millions of the
twenty million loan were taken by various bid
ders at from four to seven per cent premium
The loan is for fifteen years, and at fve per cent
interest Thirty millions were offered but the
successful bidders were Chiefly American, and
not foreign capitalists. The bulk of the sum
was taken at about seven per cent. AL the
money viii be paid in by the first ofSeptember
The scrip sells in the market already at an ad-
vance of two per cent.
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NOTES FOUND.

DICKED UP IN THE MAIN STREET OF
L Shasta, on the Goth inst, six Promissory
Notes, amounting in the aggregate to S2,3l6 70:
The owner, by calling at the dry goods store Of
Henry Gettleson, proving ownership, and paying
for this advertisement, will be placed in posses
sion of his property.
Shasta, Jan. %, 1858. jan23tf.
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DIR. EBB ERS
Invigorating Cordial Sanguifer.

ITO MANY THIS MAY SEEN EXTRAVA-
i giant praise of this concoction, but if they
could see, as l have, the many whom this has
restored to health, they would not be surprised
at any language in its praise. To offer more
certificates is useless; at least eighty have al
ready been published, and only the thick headed,
self-wise sceptic and unbelever can doubt that
it is the most blessed health-restorer and
strength -giver ever invented by man. ltrcstores
and permanently invigorates the broken-down
system. Nay, more it replaces natural weak
ness with strength. The desponding it revives,
the feeble it endows with vigor, and the cheer
fulness and strength which it restores or ere
ates it preserves.
| will now enumerate a few Of the diseases
where l have seen DIR. Webber's Invigorating
Cordial act most beautifully; General Derdnge-
ment Of the System Weakness from rarious causes,
viz: Change Of Climate Long Sickness, the use OF
mercury, or being otherwise over-doctored,
from abuse of Nature and her laws, by Drunk
enness, Commanding, De5auchery, and other
excesses; Trembling, FeUer and Ague Chals,
Rheumatic, Neuralgic, and other Pans an the Body
or Limbs, Want of appetite, Sleep or Memory;
Sour or Bilious Stomach, Tickling an the Ears,
Tic Doloreur, ETC., ETC.
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How THEY DO IN CHIcAGo.-A correspondent OF
the Cleveland Reriec, writing from Chicago
says; | should say that every real estate man
is mortgaged for five times what be can pay
As general item upon this point, will state
upon the authority of friend, who saw the re-
cords that the assessed valuation of the taxable
property of Chicago last spring was $50, ,oOO. 900
while the amount recorded upon bond and
mortgage, which it was pledged to secure. wa:
oUer one hundred and nine millions of dollars,
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Sold only in Quart Bottles, by

every respectable Druggist in California. Price
S3, or two for 50.
ESFLMPORT4NT AUTION.-Beware of
Counterfeits. See that the names of T. Jones
and J. Webber are on the top of the outside
wrapper, and also blown in the glass. Buy no
other.
Wholesale Agents, Park & White, Crowell,
Crane Brigham, and Redding & Co., San Fran
cisco. ie5-3m
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BsS- A recent American traveller, when in
Venice. expressed a curiosity to know how the
remarkable palaces of that city were built, and
on what foundation they stood. When told that
they stood on piles, he desired to see the pile
driver. "There is a model of it in the DogeIs
palace, somewhere" replied the guide, but it
has not been used, for we have had no house
built in Venice for three hundred years.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25
Strange Vicissitudes in the Life OF n
NObleman. o

Many years ago, Baron Frederick Won Oertel
whose family was one Of the most independent
and aristocratic in Saxony, fell in love with a
poor girl and determined to marry her. He thus
incurred the displeasure of his wealthy father
who on learning OF the proposed alliance, at once
disinherited the young nobleman, and turned
him from his doors. This sudden reverse exas-
perated and maddened the lover, and bidding q
silent farewell to the home ofhis childhood and
without informing the object of his affections
he bent his course to this country. On arriving
here, he joined the United States Army, served
ten years a soldier. 1t is said that his bravery
and true heroism on the fields of Mexico won
the admiration of ali who had opportunities to
observe them. AT the expiration of the ten years
service he returned to Germany to ascertain how
the estate of his family was managed. He found
that his parents were in their graves and that
the property was distributed equally among his
brothers and sisters, himself being wholly over
looked and disregarded in the will. To add to
his dark fortunes, he ascertained that the girl
who was the innocent cause of his ruin had
married and moved away. Won Oertels mind
never fully recovered from the shock this intel
ligence had created. Wandering in reason, he
returned to the United States, and came to ST.
Louis. Here he Frustrated by violent sick
ness, for some mouths. When he convalesced
he found himself entirely destitute of MEANS
His pride was thoroughly broken down, and,
for livelihood, the Baron actually took to SELL
ing "bretzels," a kind of pastry in much favor
with the Germans. He continued at this paltry
but honest business for sixteen or eighteen years
and gained the appelation of Bretzel Fritz"
Three years ago. having saved up the snug sum
of 900, and having met one of the opposite sex
in whom he thought he could confide, and whom
he believed would make him good and faith
ful wife, though she was several years his Junior
Won Oertel was married. One day few months
afterwards, on going home with his basket, he
found that his wife had eloped with a seducer
and not content with bringing her husband to
disgrace, had taken his money and everything
of any value about the house, leaving him the
possessor of a basket of bretzels and a dishon
ored hearth. The old man, for he was now ffty-
three years of age quietly bore his new grief
and again, with perhaps an imprecation on the
false one, addressed himself to the one great
task of his life-forgetting
Bretzel Fritz has been well known in ST.
Louisa wrinkled, slow-paced, STOPPING old
man with his basket on his arm and rarely
smile on his face In the last three years he has
laid away S400, the profits of his little business
Yesterday he was buried, having been sick thl lee
or four weeks. Before he expired he benevo-
lently bequeathed his small possessions to the
orphan children of poor man, well known to
many of our citizens, who died about year ago
And so ended the eventful career of Baron Fred
erick Won Oertel.-St. Louis Republican,
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RsF A country editor, speaking of member
Of the New York Assembly, says: "The first
year he went to Albany he was so conscientious
that he utterly refused to receive his allotment
OF stealing in the shape of books and stationery,
The next year he did not hesitate-and finally
came home unable to tell the truth, even under
the most favorable circumstances.
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WHAT CONSTITUTES HEALTH

Rich Pure Blood Natural Preparation, Good
appetite for Food Sleep, Exercise, and the enjoy
ments Of Nature, tcitH strength Of Body, Mind and
Lim5s-Actinty Of tie Lirer, and all other Natural
Functions; such is a state felt By all, after using
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25

ENGLISH SUPERsEDrNG FRENcH-Germany is
becoming so Anglicised now that France grows
indignant at the slight put upon her language,
her literature, her taste and her people. For
many, many years, it has been the habit to con-
slider French the court-language of all Europe
No matter whether you were a Russian or
Swede, Turk a Pole, an Italian or Ger
man, French was a tongue as necessary to your
respectable progress in life as your own vernac-
ular, and every educated man or woman ac-
quired it, as matter of course to be used with
the same frequency and fuency All over
Germany this peculiarly the case for at
least two centuries, and French books, French
goods, French customs, have taken precedence
of everything indigenous. Butnow, how changed
the scene France has, little by little lost her
hold upon the German mind, and England has
gradually usurped the estranged affection. For
thirty years, the gradual metamorphosis has
been going on, and at present English, instead
of French, is taught at every respectable school,
English volumes have superseded French ones
in the general perusal English authors crowd
out of the markets the productions of Partisan
minds, and an Anglo-mania as the French term
it, pervades the Teutonic head heart and liter
ature. So much the better. Sprung in so large
a degree from the German stock, our language
should be dear to every unsophisticated offspring
of the Vaterland. There is much in common
between the English and German mentality and
although political diosyncracies have for so
long time led to an estrangement neither natu-
raj nor profitable, time, which rectifes all
things, is about to atone for the error at last
Let France complain. Her dream of glory is
bubble. Her day of greatness is come and gone.
She is on the wane The United States have
contributed to give to the English language an
impetus in the practical world which cannot be
tod oil +loa 81 i
will continue to acquire preponderance until
it shall have become the speech of civilization
and Christianity, when it, in turn, must culmi-
nate and give way, perhaps, to some new rival
for universal dominion.--New York Sunday
Times.
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APPEAL TO THE INTEMPERATE.

rTHE APPETITE FOR LIQUOR DESTROY
i ED.-One of the beautiful properties pos
sessed by DR.. Webbers Invigorating Cordial is
that it removes all longing or taste for liquor.
MANY inebriates have found that after it has re-
newed and strengthened them, queted their
nerves, it has caused aversion to spirits have
seen it cure some of the most frightful cases,
where delirium remens has actually occurred.
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The most Blessed, Sublime and
Divine Remedy Of the Age,
and especially for Cali
fornia Diseases.

When erery Remedy has failed, schen you hare been
doctored near to death ruth Mercury, Sarsdpdrii-
Ia and other populdr decisions aohen, from
achaterer cause, y0u become aceak, lang,nd and all
ina, then trY this most blessed concOctiOn.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25
The Book of Job,

The Book of Job is generally regarded as the
most perfect specimen of the poetry of the He
brews. 1t is alike picturesque in the delineation
ofindividual phenomena, and artistically skill
ful in the didactic arrangement of the whole
work. In all the modern languages into which
the Book of Job has been translated, its images,
drawn from the natural scenery of the East,
leaves deep impression upon the mind. The
Lord walketh on the heights of the waters, on
the ridges of the waves towering high beneath
the force of the wind" &c The morning red has
colored the margins of the earth, and variously
formed the covering of the clouds, as the hand
of man holds the yielding clay" The habits of
animals are described, as, for instance, these of
the wild ass, the horse, the buffalo, the rhinoc-
eros, and the crocodile, the eagle and the ostrich
We see :" the pure ether spread, during the
scorching heat of the South wind, as q melted
mirror over the parched desert"
The poetic literature of the Hebrews is not
deficient in variety of form; for while the whole
Hebrew poetry breaths a tone of warlike en-
thusiasm from Joshua to Samuel, the little book
of the CLEANER Ruth, presents us with a charming
and exquisite picture of nature. Goethe, at the
period of his enthusiasm for the East, spoke of it
Gas the loveliest specimen of epic and idyl poe
try which we Hum5oldfs Cosmos.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25

AN IDEA OR Two.-The Atlantic Cable has
given birth to number of ideas, some of which
are ingenious and poetical. A poet in the Bos-
ton Transcript says of it:
beneath the broad Atlantic main,
Despite the tempest Wild
Complete is tn electric chain
From parent unto childn
But there seems to be dispute as to the an
atomy of that same chord. A Chicago paper
in its article upon the Atlantic Cable, says
" This world is finished its spinal chord i:
laid, and now it begins to think! A living nerve
has been unwound from the Anglo-Saxon heart
and tied in q true loYe-knot between the old
world and the new"
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25
THE
BRITISH REVIEWS,
f A IL Err, GUIDE.

L. SCOTT & CO., NEW YORK, continue to
publish the following leading British Periodi-
Gals, viz:
The London Quarterly, Conservative
2.
The Edinburgh RerieW, (Whig).
The North British Revie1c, Gree Church).
L.
The Westminster Repie'o, LiberaD.
5.
BlackToods Edinburgh Reeicp, (Tory).
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25

CHEss.-In the match of fifty games between
Mr.. Morphy, the American champion, and the
celebrated Hungarian player, six games have
been played Mr.. Morphy has won four: Herr
Lowenthal. one and one had henn drarrn
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25

B2T newspaper man says that nearly all su-
icides in this country are by foreigners. Yankees
sarely, if ever, make away with themselves. for
nearly every one thinks be has chance of he
coming Presidential any rate, his curiosity lets
him live on, inst to see what he will come 10
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25

RaT Some of the women talk of stopping the
population if the men don't behave themselves
better. We admire their spunk.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25

WHATS UPPERMosr Cones OR FtRsr
old lady sleeping during divine service in .
church IN Liverpool, let fall her Bible With
clasps to 1t, and the noise partly waking bar
she exclaimed aloud, " What you've broken an
other jug, you SLUT have you?n I'M
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25

GAIT AN INDICATION OF CHARACTER-Obsery-
ing persons move slow-their heads move alter
nately from side to side, while they occasionally
stop and turn round. Careful persons lift their
feet high, and place them down fiat and firm
Sometimes they stoop down, pick up some little
obstruction aud place it quietly by the side of
the way. Calculating persons generally walk
with their hands in their pockets, and their
heads slightly inclined. Modest persons gener-
ally step softly for fear of being observed. Timid
persons often step off from sidewalk, on meet
ing another, and always go around a stone in
stead of stepping over it. Wide awake persons
Toe out" and have long swing to their arms,
while their hands shake about miscellaneously
Careless persons are forever stubbing their toes.
Lazy persons scrape about loosely with their
heels, and are first on one side of the walk and
then on the other. Very strong minded persons
have their toes directly in front of them and
have kind of a stamp movement Unstable
persons walk fast and slow by turns Venturous
persons try all roads, frequently climb the fences
instead of going through the gate, and never let
down a bar. One idea persons and very selfish
ones toe in" Cross persons are apt to hit
their knees together. Good natured persons
snap their thumb and finger every few steps,
fun-loving persons have kind of a Jig move
ment
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25

RATHER SrRoSG.-An old, rough clergyman
once took for his text that passage of the Psaln,
p" SAID In my haste all men are liars.n I,ooI;no
up apparently as if he saw the Psalmist before
him, he said oei0ie
ioq said that in your haste, David. did
you Well, if you had been here YOU might
nave said it after mature reflection
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WoMAS.-The fairest work of creation: the
edition being extensive, let no man be without
> copy.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25

RsT Keep out of bad company, for the chance
IS, that when the devil fires into flock he will
hit somebody ~
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EROM JAS. F. COOK, ESQ, the present pro-
Il prietor and builder of the Forrest Theatre,
Sacramento, California.
SAN Francisco, August 90 1856.
| hereby certify that | have, on several occa-
sions, taken DIR. Jacob Webber's Invigorating
Cordial, for feebleness, trembling and general
debility, and have found it highly beneficial as
a Nervine, Tonic and Alternative, and believe
it to be, as a curative, all it is represented.
JAMES f. COOKE.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this Goth
day of August, 1856.
W. L. HIGGINs, Notary Public.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25

CALIFORNIA CHEESE, in lots to suit,
~ by au2l-tf n. S. ARNOLD.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25

JOHN DEAN AND HIS MARY anna New York
correspondent of the Boston Gazette writes:
ou remember the story about John Dean
ana his Mary Ann Boxer poor girl. her ro-
nance IS converted into a miserable reality. He.
as stated some time since, is marker in the
custom mouse, and they now occupy the second
moor OF mouse over corner grocery on Second
ana south Third streets, WILLIAMSBURG. sur-
rounded by tumbled down shanties and beoparIv
looking tenement houses. The only sipn Of re
nhement IN the apartment is piano, which tho
young lady continually strums upon. to tho
great annoyance her neighbors; for, truth 10
say sne Is by no means Thalberg.
PREMIUM FOR LIVE AFRIcAN.-Tbe re-onon
ing OF the African slave trade seems to be GROW
ins IN popular favor in this section. Alta meet.
ing OF the Executive Committee of the Chatham
ana hilngham (Ga-) Agricultural Society beid
IN our city yesterday, which was attended bv an
the members of the Committee, it was mani
mousiy resolved to offer a premium of twentv.
n'e dollars for the best specimen of a live All
can imported into the United States within n,
last twelve months-to be exhibited at the nov,
neeting OF the Society. 1t is thought that a fin,
young prince, blood relation of the Kin, -
Dahomy-a passenger on the late trim of IN.
hawhns-will take the money, though the homo,
VIII be contested by other aspirants.- Sg,aun' y
Georgian. '"''''''
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We are now prepared to do this style of print
ing in neat and expeditions manner, and at
San francisco Prices
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25

These Periodicals ably represent the three
pufrtrc'tI parties of Great Hritain-Whig,
Tory and Radical,-but politics forms only one
feature OF their character. As organs of the
most profound writers on Science. Literature,
Morality, and Religion, they stand, as they ever
have stood, unrivalled in the world of letters.
being considered indispensable to the scholar
and the professional man, while to the intelli-
gent reader of every class they furnish more
correct and satisfactory record of the current
literature of the day, throughout the world, than
can be possibly obtained from any other source
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25
Terms, Per Annum:

Clubbing.
A discount of twenty-five per cent from the
above price will be allowed to CLUBS ordering
four or more copies of any one or more of the
above works. Thus: Four copies of Black
wood, or of one Review, will be sent to one ad
dress for 50; four copies of the four Reviews
and Blackwood for $40; and so on
Postage.
In all the principal Cities and Towns, these
works will be delivered, FREE OF POSTAGE. When
sent by mail, the Postage to any part of the
United States will be but Tuenty-four Gents
year for Blackwood," and but Fourteen Cents A
year for each of the Reviews
N B. The price in Great Britain Of tie fire
feriod'cdfs a6ore-namedi is S21 per dnnum
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Mr.. DAVID SCANNELL, Sheriff

of the City of San Francisco, Cal, certifes to
the fine Tonic, Nervine, and Anti Dispeptic
qualities of DR.. Webber's Invigorating Sangui-
fer.
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Early Copies.

The receipt of Adrance Sheets from the British
publishers gives additional value to these Re-
prints, inasmuch as they can now be placed in
the hands of subscribers about as soon as the
original editions.
The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-20

and requires more experience, than
to do the same work with our own
hands.
Mothers are frequently so nice and
particular in their domestic arrange.
ments, that they do not like to give
up any pat Of it 10 their children.
This is a great mistake, for they
are often burdened with labor, and
need relief. Children should be early
INDUCED in their disposition to bake
and experiment in cooking in various
ways. 1t is often but a troublesome
help they afford, still it is a great
advantage to them.
| know little girl, who, at nine
years old, made loaf of bread every
week during the winter. Her moth
err taught her how much yeast and
flour to use, and she became an ex-
pert baker. Whenever she is dis
posed to try her skill in making a
simple cake and pies, she is permitted
to do so. She is thus, while amusing
herself, learning an important lesson.
Her mother calls her cher little
house-keeper," and she often permits
her to get what is necessary for the
table. She hangs the keys by her
side, and very musical is their jingle
to her ears. | think before she is out
of her teens, upon which she has not
yet entered, that she will have some
idea how to cook.
Some mothers give their daughters
the care of housekeeping; each a
week by turns. 1t seems to me a
good arrangement, and a most use.
ful part of education.
Domestic labor is by no means
incompatible with the highest de-
gree of refinement and mental cul-
ture. Many ofthe most elegant and
accomplished women have known,
have looked we'll to their household
duties, and have honored themselves
and husbands by so doing.
The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-20
Girls should Learn to Keep House.

No young lady can be too we'll in
structed in anything that will affect
the comfort ola family. Whatever
position in society che may occupy,
she needs practical knowledge of
the duties of a housekeeper. She
may be placed in such circumstances
that it will be unnecessary for her to
perform much domestic labor; but on
this account she needs no less knowl.
edge than if she was obliged to preside
personally over the cooking stove and
pantry. Indeed, | have often thought
it was more difficult to direct others,
The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-20

other star to guide us, another pillar
OF fire to hover about US, 1t is no
Egypt the chatting spirits of the South
would fly from. There will be no
rock of Horeb to give US refreshment,
and no shower Of mama in the will
dernGss Of disunion. The red sea Of
dissolution will not lift up for us its
walls Of water, that we may pass over
in safety. We shall commit our TATE
to its tossing bosom, and be driven on
ward by the winged dragons that peo-
pie the enraged winds. mol no! the
fathers Of the land must speak, and
the young men must hear. The en-
sign Of the Union must be kept flying
over the land and over the sea, the
beauty, the hope, and the glory of the
earth. Every hand that rises to touch
it, but in veneration and love, must be
shattered and flung dripping and use.
less at the side of the traitor that bears