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The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25

ODD FELLOWSHIP IN CALIFoRYM.-There are
now seventy-eight lodges and fourteen encamp-
ments in the States. These number 430e actual
contributing members. The amount collected
in the year 1857, in the shape of such dues as
the rules of the Order require to be collected
was SlO3,600. There was paid out ofthis sum.
for the relief of brothers, S26 900. For the
assistance of widows and orphans, Ss. 900; for
the education of orphans 50 600; burial of the
dead, 81 900. Such of the balance of the re-
ceIpts over the expenditures as is not required
ior immediate use is placed at interest by each
lodge which has the surplus. The amount Of
interest received in this manner by the different
lodges, which was considerable, was not in
cluded in the $l03 900 referred to- In addition
to these sums, each lodge can make additional
voluntary collections, as it may see fit, for yari
Gus purposes. Probably not less than $4,000
has been collected and disbursed by the differ
ent lodges in the time spoken of. The Order
owns IN this State about $500, 900 in real estate
Some OF this is ownership in halls built by a
union Of Masons, Odd Fellows and Sons of
temperance. The entire value of the pronertv
OF the Order, including money at interest fur
niture, libraries, etc, is estimated at about
9foo,ooO The San Francisco library alone
contains 5000 volumes, and its museum is said
10 be the most extensive in the State. The Ii
orary at Sacramento is qdite large also. 1t is
supposed that there are some 1000 Odd Fellows
IN 'he State who have never connected them
selves with any lodge in it.-San joaquin Re-
publican.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25
Assessor of Shasta County

IHE RED RIVER SETTLEMENTS-Simultan
ly with the movement in this city and in differ
ent parts of the State, for the establishment of
an emigrant route through Minnesota and the
British Possessions, to the new field of adven-
ture on Frazer River, the opportune arrival of
some six hundred carts from the Red River, la
den with the furs of that region, had the effect
OF directing public attention more Immediately
to the growing Importance of our commercial
relations with these remarkable settlements
while it furnished, at the same time multitude
of witnesses not only to the advantages of the
proposed route, but to the richness of the re-
sources which such a route would develope, and
to the beauty and fertility of the region tribu-
tary to the valley of the Mississippi, which it
would open to colonization.
The novel appearance of the visitors them
selves, the odd uniformity of their costume of
coarse blue cloth, with its barbaric opulence of
brass buttons and fanciful ostentation of red
belts; the strange mixtures of complexion which
they presented-all the way down from the fair
skin and light, soft curs of the Celt to the din
gy color and straight black hair of the Indian,
with every intermediate shade which the ANAL
gamation of races could produce their language
as various as their origin-a curious medley of
Chippewa, Croe French, English and Gaelic
their rude wooden carts, guiltless of iron even
to the venial peccadilo of nail, drawn BY the
most part by oxen harnessed singly in shafts.
with gearing made of strips of raw hide and
filing in long procession through the streets of
the city, with the disciplined sequence of an
Asiatic carayan-it is not surprising that these
incidents of social life, removed at once from
barbarism and civilization, should have excited
some interest in the history of people who,
with the marks of a European extraction, emerge
from the depths of the wilderness with the char
acteristics of the savage.-.St. Paul Pioneer, 3oh
.IuL,L
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25
The Law of Newspapers.

l. Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary, are considered as wishing to
continue their subscription
2. If subscribers wish their papers discontin-
ued, publishers may continue to send them until
all charges are paid.
s. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
papers from the office or place to which they
are sent, they are held responsible until they
settle their bill and give notice to discontinue
them.
4. If subscribers move to other places without
informing the publisher, and the paper is sent to
the former direction, they are held responsible
Notice should always be given of removal.
5. The courts have decided that refusing to
take paper or periodical from the office, or re-
moving and leaving it uncalled for, is prima
facie evidence Of intentional fraud
NsyH Postmasters would oblige, by strict
fuIflment of the regulations requiring them to
notify Publishers, once in three months, of pa
oers not taken from their office by subscribers
f9s- Under the law of Congress papers are
aot charged postage in the county in which they
are published
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25
Words of Wisdom.

Col. Bakers address over the bloody remains
of Hon. VIM. |. Ferguson is an effort worthy of
the greatest orator on the Pacific coast. The
following words of advice ard warning are wor-
thy of being cherished in the memory of every
young man in California,
Fellow-citizens, the words Utter should
not deem complete, if | did not, before close,
utter word of warning. The most powerful
intellect, the most amiable qualities, may be
shaded by love for excitement, and the evils
which the i;fe OF y politician is but too apt to
engender What Ferguson was we know. What
he might have been, ifhe had conquered himself
who can tell. The inspired book saws that Che
that ruleth his own spirit is greater than he that
taketh city, and if our departed friend could
have conquered himself, who could have STAYED
the reslstiess course of his bright intellect? II
should be warning to us all, grey heads as we'll
as TO young men. All should remember that
the pursuit of politics is delusve and full of
temptation. No man should forget the duty he
owes to his country, but all should remember
that they owe duty to themselves. When men
! refer now more particularly to young men
when they see great statesmen stand forth in
the midst of listening Senate, and mark the
stamp which they make upon the public mind,
and upon the policy of the country, by the force
OF tnelr intellectual vgor, they are apt to forget
the laborS by which that proud position has been
achleVed-to forget how many have sought to
attain such lofty position and have failed; and
to forget that he who is now filling their minds
with admiration may be on the eve of sudden
fall Politics should not be the pursuit, mean
the only pursuit of any man. Representative
honors, official station, should only be the occa-
slonal reward, or the occasional sacrifice and
If forgetting this rule, young men attempt to
make politics their only hope with the proba-
bllity that in many cases they will fail, and that
II successful they will surely be exposed to a
thousand temptations; if they love excitement
for its own sake, the noisy meetings. the con-
yentions, the elections-ths love for excitement
Will grow upon them, and they will soon be on
the high road to ruin. If any one is determined d
to achieve distinction in politics, let him first
obtain competency in some trade, profession
or pursuit, and then, even if unsuccessful in
politics, the step will not be irretrievable. But
young men, do not be beguiled by the example
OF our departed friend; even if you possess his
splendid talents-eyen if you could achieve the
success he did, look at the end There he lie.
IN bloody grave. Let our habits be fixed
Let all the ends thou aimest at be thy country:
and thy God's'"
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25
Times of Holding Courts.

NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
SHAsrA-Third Mondays in January, May and
September.
SIsKIYoU-First Mondays in March, July and
November.
TRIsrrv-Second Mondays in April, August
and December.
Shasta County Courts.
Held on the ist Mondays of January, May and
September.
At said terms, the business pertaining to the
Court of Sessions shall first be disposed of and
after that the business of the County Court and
Probate Court in such order as the Judge may
determine.
BOARD OF SUPRRvIsoRs-Meet lst Mondays in
Nay, August, November and February.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25
He DIED PooR-Col. Baker thus eloquently

He DIED PooR.-CoI. Baker thus eloquently
alludes to poor Ferguson's honorable poverty:
:" There is more than one thing in his legisla-
tive career which deserves notice, and not the
least is the manner of his death. He died moor
not poor in the common sense of the term. but
poor as was Aristides when he was buried at the
expense of the citizens of Athens. Amongst all
his papers, there is not found the trace of
speculation. He had no property-no resources.
his poverty, If remarkable, was honorable. In
a land where corruption is said to be rife, the
more especially in legislative bodies. and which
whether the charge is true or false. is nrover'
bially liable to corrupting influences. it seems
impossible to suppose that he used the vast now
er he possessed for aught except the public in
terest and welfare. And this alone wouId he
good epltaph to record upon his tombstone
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25
COUNTY DIRECTORY
COunty Officers.

District Judge-William z. Daingerfirad, oi
Shasta.
County Jadge-Joel T. Landrum-
Associate Justioes-J. 3. Stewart, and VIII
liam Knowlton-
COUNTY Treasrer-James Hayburn.
County Clerk-H. |. Vanhorn.
Sherif-H. Clay Stockton. Under Sheriff
John Dent.
.co~xfs Aesessor-W- II. AngelL
County Sarreyor-E. Linn.
s,s5lic ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Swasey-
District Attorney-James d. Mix.
School Commissioner-G X. Godfrey.
County Physician-Dr. James E. Pelham
Board of Superrisors.-lst District, Samuel
PAYNE; I'd District, William b. Stoddart; Sd
District, D. c. Johnson
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25

seven hundred; raspberry, four thousand and
twenty; strawberry, twenty thousand grape
vines, twenty-five thousand grapes, one and
one half TONS
Value of fruit raised, six thousand and three
hundred dollars.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25

BS5@ The Utah Peace Commissioners have
arrived at Washington City. 1t is Major Nc
Culloch's opinion that the United States should
MAINTAIN there very strong military Govern
ment, Tor the Mormons have no love for
institutions, and can only be kept in subsection
by coercive measures. To effect that it would
be necessary to repeal the law organizing the
Territory, and vest all authority in Governor
and council, appointed by the President and
Senate.
A force of 2 800 is to be kept in Utah.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25
F O X w A X ID | N C
From Red Bluffs.

-1@n THE UNDERSIGNED, HAVING
$50 purchased the interest of A. D.
Carpenter, Esq, in the Forwarding Business, has
made arrangements by which all goods consigned
to his care, at Red Bluffs, will be faithfully at
tended to. NJ. n. DUSTIN.
Red Bluffs, Dec. 5, 1856. d6-tf
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25

The RIGHT OF SEARCH QuEsr1oN.-The right
of search question may so be construed as vir-
tually and forever settled On the 26th july.
Lord Malmsbury stated in. his seat in the Lords:
" As the question now stood, the English Gov
ernment has abandoned the right of search and
visit, and the American Government had agreed
to entertain and consider, in fair spirit, any
suggestions to obtain security against the fraud
ulent adoption of the American aagn
"The Earl of Aberdeen stated that the whole
question was virtually settled when he was at
the Foreign Office, in 1912 and lS43"
Our Government has received full proof that
the British Government has entirely abandoned
the right of Search or of visit and there
fore we shall hear no more Of the matter despite
the walings of the sugar planters in Jamaica,
who are urging Her Majesty to keep the Mos
quito squadron on the coast of Cuba
Some startling developments will shortly ap-
pear in print here, (Which will send you,) in
relation to the African slave trade-Cor. s. f.
National.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25

GOLD Found IN OH1o.-The Vanwent (O.)
Constellation of the 18th ult, is responsible for
the following:
" gold mine was found in Mercer county,
near old Fort Recovery, about week ago, of
extraordinary richness. A boy, whose parents
had the good fortune to be poor, had job of
clearing to do for a neighbor. One dvy, while
chopping into large hollow beach tree, his axe
struck some hard substance, which seemed to
dull 1T. He then examined the root more close
iy and found there was something imbedded in
1t which had the appearance of an iron box, but
the iron rustcd and partly decayed. When the
wood was split asander he eagerly pred the box
out OF its long resting place, and it instantly fell
to pieces at his feet-when, lo wonderful
sight. In the sunshine before his eyes, Law
eight hundred Spanish doubleons, or $4,000.
JOY and then fear crept over him. He had found
1t on another man land, and was it not his p
TO be safe he secreted $4,000 of it, and took the
rest to his father-told him what he had done
left the house, and has not been heard of
since This is true tale, and the question is,
how did the money get there?"
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25
QUARTZ MILLS.

lnouSanu Ieet, winch is worth at the mill eigh-
teen dollars per thousand.
QUARTZ MILLS
The number of quartz mills is five, four of
which are propelled by water and one by steam
aggregate number Of stamps twelve-valued
at fourteen thousand one hundred dollars tons
of quartz crushed, eight hundred. There are
but three mills in the county in operation, and
they are mostly engaged in prospecting. This
accounts for the low valuation and the small
amount of quartz crushed.
CANALS AND DITCHEs
Of mining bitches and canals there are twen-
ty-four, valued at eighty-nine thousand dollars.
Their length is one hundred and four miles ;
water discharged, nine thousand inches. am
unable to state with accuracy what the income
and profits are.
TOLL BRIDGES
| OF toll bridges there are seven, valued at five
thousand eight hundred dollars
| GRIsT MILLS.
| Of grist mills there are two, with four run Of
stone-one of which is propelled by water and
one by steam. There has been but one in oper.
alton the past year, which has ground ten thou
sand bushels of wheat and two thousand bush
| els of corn. Value of water power grist mill
four thousand eight hundred dollars value o.
steam power grist mill, four thousand dollars.
FERRIES.
Of ferries there are eleven, valued ut nine
thousand two hundred dollars
TOLL ROADS.
There are in this county twelve miles of toll
road, which cost nine thousand dollars. | am
unable to state with accuracy what the income
is.
have to report one Tannery, one Soda Fac
tory, three Breweries, four Brick Kilns, three
Lime kilns, one Telegraph and one Pottery.
The total amount of property assessed up to
the first day of August was Sits, ,296 9O,-the
supplementary assessment will amount to about
$4,000 more-to wit:
Total value of real estate. .Ss0l .eo5 90
personal property. ...976,60l 90
All OF which is respectfully submitted,
WIN. Fl. ANGELL,
Assessor of Shasta County.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25
Township Officers.

SHASTA TowNsHIP.-Justices of the Peace-H.
A. Curtiss, E. K Shed Censtables-Robert o.
Dewitt, Thomas ]. Flynn
CLEAa CREEK TowNsHIr.-Justices-W William
Enowlton, James NJ. Eby.
FRENCH GULcH TOWNSHIP. B.
Stewart
SIERRA TowysHIp-Justices- D. Baker.
PITT RIVER TowNsHIP-Justices-J NJ. Hunt
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25
Live STOCK.
IMPROVEMENTS.

The whole number of saw mills is fifteen,
fourteen of which are propelled by water, with
an average of fifteen saws, and one propelled by
steam, with one saw. The amount of lumber
sawed annually is about two million six hundred
thousand feet, which is worth at the mill eigh-
teen dollars per thousand
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25
TOWER HOUSE.

At the junction of the Yreka and Wea.
verville Roads, 12 Miles from Shasta.
Ia THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD AN
Eii% nounce to the public, and particularly
ec.aiE1 to persons travelling to and from Yreka
and Neaverville, that, having leased this long
established stand, formerly known as the % Free
Bridge HoUse" he is prepared to entertain Gus
TONERS im style not surpassed by any hotel in
Northern California
Having completed his cemmodious building,
and furnished it in the best possible manner, he
is enable to promise the very best accommodate
tions.
The Table, as heretofore, will always be sup
piled with the best viands the market furnishes;
while from the large garden attached to the
premises all the vegetables grown in this part of
the State will be furnished in the greatest abun-
dance.
He has also secure CORRAL connected
with his establishment, always supplied with an
abundance of Barley and Hay.
LEVI II. TOWER.
Tower House, March /, 1854. mhll-tf
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25
TIMBER.

In the entire eastern, northern and western
portions of this county, timber may be consid-
cred as inexhaustable. All the varieties pecu-
liar to California, with the exception of red
wood are found in abundance-such as pitch,
spruce and sugar pines, fir and cedar. There
are also species of live and water oak and ash,
which are used for the construction and repair
ing of wagons, &C., and are very valuable
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25
FRUIT TREES AND VINES.

The number of apple trees is four thousand
and seventy; peach, seven thousand and two
hundred; pear, four hundred and twenty plum,
three hundred; cherry, two hundred and sixty !;
nectarine, one hundred and eighty; ounce,
three hundred and eighty-four; apricot, one
thousand; fig, one hundred; pomgranate, thir-
ty; almond, afty; walnut, thirty; gooseberry,
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25

LAND CLAIMED AND ENCLOSED
The number of tracts of land claimed is two
hundred and twenty-five. The number OF acres
claimed is sixty-two thousand and seventy-nine:
the number of acres of land enclosed, twelve
thousand and eighty.
LANDS CULTIVATED, AND PRODUCTS THEREOF
The total number of acres of land cultivated.
is four thousand four hundred and forty The
number of acres of wheat is twelve hundred
yielding twenty-four thousand and sixty bush
els; of barley, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-two acres-yielding twenty-six thous-
and five hundred and nine-two bushels; of oats.
seven hundred acres-yielding fourteen hundred
bushels; of corn, one hundred and seyenty-two
acres, yielding three thousand four hundred and
forty bushels; of barley, thirty acres-yielding
three hundred and seventy bushels; of potatoes,
forty-eight acres-yielding six thousand and
twenty-eight bushels; of onions, sixteen acres
yielding six hundred and seventy-two bushels ;
of hay, one thousand seven hundred acres
yielding one thousand two hundred and seventy
five tons; Of broom corn, two acres amount of
butter produced twenty-six thousand four hun
dred pounds of cheese, one thousand eight
hundred pounds.
The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-11-20
THE MESSAGE or THE GOVERNOR OF NORTH
CIROLIN4

Shortly after the organization of the legislature Of
North Carolina the governor transmitted his annual mes
sage The governor in the first place. sets forth the
financial condition of the State showing bonded indebt-
edness of Sc s79 sos There has been for years
floating debt due by the State kept foot from year to
year by resolutions passed by the legislature authorizing
the State to make temporary loans to pay the
liabilities of the State The amount OF this debt has
been gradually increased by the payment of interest
these loans The of the State for the past fiscal
year amounted to S507 450 3d. Should the
tnue the for the present and next fiscal year. the
treasury for the next two years would realize about the
sum of 81 400 O00 amount in all probability sufficient
pay the interest the existing State debt and also
| the current expenses of the State government
The governor also calls attention to the imperfecton
of the present mode of assessing lands for taxation Tie
being quite unequal and out Of proportion to
any fair standard of value in the several districts Of
| which county is composed This Che suggests) might
be remeded by requiring the of the several dis
ticts to meet together aud compare their work. He
urges upon the legislature the popriety Of establishing
sinking fund for the ultimate discharge Of the State debt
The railroad stocks belonging to the State constitute the
chief part of the sinking fund Inasmuch as the bank
of the State had refused to accept extension of its
charter upon the terms proposed by the legislature the
governor thinks it highly expedient to charter in
sttuon of the kind to take its place. The governor
states that the board of commissioners appointed to
anime the Deeprver country in the opinion that
there exist in that locality immense quantities of the most
valuable iron ores To develop this wealth it is only
necessary build railroads for its transportation The
governor also recommends the adoption of
res which shall infusc life and vigor into the militia sys-
tenn rapidly going into decay From the report of the
superintendent he felt satisfied that the school
| system improving.
The governor also recommends that the proposition OF
the State of Virginia TO appoint joint committee for the
purpose establishing the boundary line between the
two States be accepted with such notifications may be
deemed necessary AT present there considerable diff
Guilty in determining at what precise point Virginia stops
| and North Carolina commences.
The cabinet of minerals and geological specimens in
the Capitol has been greatly enlarged and improved and
is well worth examination not only by the scientific and
those curious in such matters but by every taking
an interest in the mineral of the State The
opportunities for collecting many fine specimens
pie, and the governor recommends that Dr. Commons be
permitted to collect and add to the cabinets of the Uni
| yersty
The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-11-20
AN EXPANDED CURRENCY.


The Rev. Dr.. WayIand, in recent sermon the LAT,
financial crisis gives uterance 10 the following sound
doctrine upon the expansion Of paper currency
1.-The fact is, have all forgotten that there any
law by which God governs accumulation. He has told
us that by the sweat of face shall eat bread
that U.s. that all real increase OF capital Is the result a.
labor Every sees that there s at present lust al
much larger amount of value than there last year
as there has been labor and skill wisely exerted We
however have attempted 20 increase the value of the
productions of the earth by the increase of labor but
10y the expansion OF the currency We haye proceeded
with this experiment for several years Prices have
course gradually risen aud SUPP Csc themselves u
be growing richer Growing rich rapidly, they have Ia
vested in advance in everything that money could pur.
chase Their expenses have enlarged with their appar.
emily increased means AT last the expanded ciroaa
ton smten by the want of confidence has crumbled In
their hands The aocumulations of years surrendered
to meet the exigency and it is found at length that do
what will governed by the law originally en-
acted by our Creator.
The effect of these changes is greatly to be depored Ii
Is however felt most severely by the working CLASSES
As prices rise with expanded oircuation the cost Il
living is greatly enhanced When the comes The
worthlessnes OF money not unfrequently creates
diona rise of price, while at the time labor ceases
and all Of living at cut OFT Patriotism
humanity Christianity, all urge upon the adoption Of
such SHALL if possible us from the eEs.
tition OF such in the future and put IT out Of
power to iujure either others ourselves.