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The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03
NUMBER II.
Col. Benton's Opinion of the Authorshtp
OF "Junfus..

In the forthcoming Volume VII of Benton's
"Abridgement," there is the following note to a
speech OF Mr.. Randolph, in which Mr. Randolnh
spoke OF a repetition by q Ju1iusr of remark of
Lord Chatham. If the puzzle is not vet solved
of the authorship of "Junius.n this terse and
vigorous summing up of one of the theories is
unmistakably characteristic of the "Thirty
Years Senator" and not unworthy of either the
real or here supposed author of the celebrated
letters:
4" When the author of this abridgement (savs
Col. Benton) was ten years old, which was in
the last dacade borrowing Livy's division of
pi in the xnressiesasef - - centurv and
before enlightened wrisars rad thrown darkness
on the authorship of Junias, it was well con-
ceded that there was but one man in ENGLAND.
or the world, who united in himself all the
qualities of head, heart and temper, all the in
cidents of political and personal life, which the
writing of these letters required but one man
who had such power to drive the English lam
guage, such knowledge Of men and things, such
lofty and daring spirit, such inducement to pub
lish his thoughts and conceal his name. an ore
torical fame already so great as to set him above
the assumption of that ofJunius, great as it was.
That one man was Lord Chatham then old and
out of favor with the King and dominant par
| ties relegated (by his peerage) to that Hospi-
tai of lncurabes, the House of Lords, when no
patriot voice could reach the Commons of Eng
land; retired to his country seat at HAYES. and
all visitors shat out; discontentcd, despairing,
restless, and seeing no way to reach the people
but through the press, and by means of appeals;
bold to audacity, patriotic to temerity, and the
| more impressive because shrouded in the mvs-
terry OF an unknown origin. So stood Lord Chat
ham and Junius in the latter part of the century
in which they lived, convertible characters.
identical in person"
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03
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
arc 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
s. 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.
ESsy~ Postmasters would oblige, by strict
ruIflment of the regulations requiring them to
notify Publishers, once in three months, of pa
pers not taken from their Office by subscribers.
BSiy- Under the law of Congress papers are
not charged postage in the county in which they
are published
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03

Ia Ducrow had an effective, though very
peculiar manner of instructing the supernume-
raries in stage business. At one Of the rehearsas
Of " St. George and the Dragon" he told them
that when the announcement of the re-appear-
ance of the scourge of Egypt (the dragon) was
made, that they should rush to the feet of their
monarch for adylce-then to the chancellor, to
whom the monarch was to refer them-and from
him TO the altar Of their gods, then burning on
the stage, as advised by said chancellor. Hav-
ing trotted from one party to the other, without
betraying the least indication of alarm, Ducrow,
in a positive fever, exclaimed, Z" Look here, yon
fools You should rush up to the king-that
chap there-and say, Old fellow, the dragon
has come, and we're in mess, and you must
get us out of itp The king says, Go to Brough-
am ! then you all go up to Brougham, and be
says, What do know about dragon? Go to
your gods r-and your gods is that bit OF tow
burning on that bit of timber there" He ac-
companied all this with splendid pantomimic
action, and the effect was altogether perfect.
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03

A STRANGE LAKE.-A correspondent of the
Alta thus describes strange lake, located near
los Angeles
Elizabeth Lake is no longer lake; its wa
'terS are evaporated, and its bed is the play
.Ssound Of the winds, where they whistle and
whirl in almost constant eddies, the white and
volatile alkali powders that remain and all the
plains and hills for miles to the right are canes
sent with it. Years ago. camped on tue bor-
ders of this lake 1t was beautiful sheet of
water, and thought it the most delightful spot
IN the world. Upcn the opposite shore we saw
grizzlies and black-tiled deer; there were green
grass and trees and singing birds, and the hill
sides were glorious with new and delicate flow
ers But all is changed now, and we are
Obliged TO hurry on to avoid the falling powder "
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03

NEBucHADNEzzAR's HUNTING DIARY.-Colonel
Rawlinson, the antiquary, has found Nebuchad-
nezzars hunting diary, with notes, and here and
there portrait of his dogs, sketched by him
self, with his name under it. He mentions in it
of having been i'll, and whilst he was delirous
he thought be had been out to Craze like the
beasts of the field. Is not this wonderful cor
roboration of Scripture? Rawlinson also found
pot ot preserves, in an excellent state, and
gave some to the Queen to taste. How little
Nebuchadnezzar's cook dreamed, when making
them, that, twenty-five centuries after, the Queen
of England would eat some of the identical pre-
serves which figured at her masters table
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03

sgSSs- The London Punch follows the London
Tines in protesting against the folly of "gong
toCourt in ludicrous dresses, most of them re-
s3nbling liveries, without petitioning for deliv-
sfsnce from the necessity of thus dsgracing
themselves, and for the abolition of all the pow
q r. plush breeches and buckles, cooked hats,
= other unchristian accoutrements. trappings
= gmbems of hunkeydom and beadledom, ex-
Iibited on State occasions. Let us put away
from US these things, and, when we go to Court
go dressed like rational people, following the
example set US by the citizens of the Presiden-
tial Republic on the other side of the Atlantic" !"
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03

II JoHSs DAY.-The oath inst was great
4 kwith the Mexican population of Marysyille.
My man and woman of them who could get
rse, by any hook or crook, was upon horse
galloping over the Mexican quarter Of the
II whoor;ng, laughing and chattering $. like
e. Much of the sport Of the male riders
\ sted in snatching up, from the saddle, a
+ I'd chicken with his head sticking out above
Il. pd, and struggling afterwards to see which
= lid have him. In the evening the Mexican
u ses were Illuminated and fantastically deco
a .-Erpress.
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03
COUNTY DIRECTORY
County Officers.

District Juage-Willam P. Daingerfeld, OF
Shasta.
County Jadge-Joe 7. Landrum.
associate .',.sslces---r. 3. Stewart, anG V,-i.-
liam knowton.
County 7redsmer-James Hayburn.
County C7erk-H. |. Vanhorn.
Sterif-H. Clay Stockton. Under Sheriff
hn Dent.
-'ous,y Assessor-W H. Angel.
County SurreyOr-E. Linn.
Public ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Swasey.
District AhorReg-James d. Mix.
School Commissioaer-G. X. Godfrey.
County Physiciaa-Dr. James E. Pelham.
Board of Superyisors.-lst District Samuel
PAYNE; I'd District, William B. Stoddart; Sd
District, D. c. Johnson.
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03

STARTLING CoyFEssIoS.-A sailor died recent
l. in Texas, and on his death-bed confessed that
re was one of the crew who murdered Mrs. Ais
ton, of South Carolina, forty years ago. Mrs.
Aston was the daughter of Aaron Burr. She
sailed from Charleston for New York, in brig,
sand on the trip the crew mutined and murdered
all the officers and passengers Mrs. Aston be-
ing the last to walk the plank. The sailor re-
membered her look of despair, and died in the
geatest agony of mind.
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03

4 Man VINO HAS LosT HMsELF.-Rather n
romantic incident came to my knowledge the
other day. Some seven years ago, middle
aged man arrived in Honolulu from California,
and, after stopping in town a short time, hired
himselfto to work farm in the vicinity, where
he has remained ever since, quietly delving
never speaking unless spoken to- and raising
for himself a character for eccentricity. Until
short time back, no one knew his name. This
he disclosed to the owner of the farm, wiz an
intimation that be intended shortly to make
away with. himself. Means were effectually
taken to prevent his hanging himself, and, in
conversation with the American Commissioner,
the circumstances and the name were mention
ed. 1t was at once remembered as the name of
a well-to-do farmer in Illinois, who some eight
or ten years ago. suddenly disappeared and was
never since heard Of A letter was dispatched
to inquire for his relatives, and by the last mail
an answer was received from his anxious wife,
who had long mourned him dead, and her two
children fatherless. 1t appears that in telling
a tree, he received a severe blow on his head,
and has ever since been oblivious Of his former
self-wandering without aim or end. He will
soon be restored to his family.
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03

fBssg- May is an unfortunate marrying month
a editor says that girl was asked, not long
sslce, to unite herself in the silken tie to brisk
essp, who named May in his proposals. The
laiy very tenderly limited that May was an un-
l&ky month for marrying. Well, make it
Jhe, then" honestly replied the swain, anxious
{ accommodate. The damsel paused moment,
7itated, cast down her eyes, and said with a
bltsh, " Wouldn't April do as we'll 2"
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03

re- Grasshoppers made their appearance on
the plains of Salinas, between Howes' and the
San Miguel pass. They are said to be commit
ting great havoc in the fields, destroying every
green thing, even to the wild mustard leaves.
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03

Now Now" is the only constant syllable
t:king from the clock of time. g Now F" is the
vatchword of the wise. 'Nowi is on the ban
n,r of the prudent. Let US keep this little word
Constantly in our mind and whenever anything
piesents itself to us in the shape of work, wheth-
epmental or physical, we should do it with all
Or might, remembering that " now is the only
tine for US. 1t is, indeed, a sorry way of get
.itg through the world, by putting off till to-
Morrow, saying " then" l will do it. No this
" never answer. "Now" is ours then Z"
Biy never be-
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03

As EDIToR's LUoK.-The Trinity Journal says
Aclaim in Sierra county is paying SIS to
the IN daily we owned it once, and sold out
fork.7o0. Lord-eer y
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03

EF- The California Steam Navigation Com
paa1 building wing dams in the Sacramento
RVS near Tehama to improve the navigation of
the 4ream
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03
Township officers.

SHASTA TowNsHIP.-Justices of the Peace-H.
A. Curtiss E. X. Shed. ConStables-Robert o.
Dewitt, Thomas J. Flynn.
CLEAR CREEK -Justices-William
Knowlton, James NJ. Eby.
FRENCH GULCH TOWNSHIP. B.
Stewart.
SIERRA TowNsHIP-Justices-S D. Baker.
PITr RIVER TowxsHIP-JusticeS-J N. Hunt
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03

THE "CHIEF MoURNER."-There is a genius in
New York, say the Post, yclept Hatfield, who
has earned reputation in a novel manner,
which will not greatly serve him in time of need.
The detectives have his daguerreotype, as well
as those of his confreres. He operates ingeni-
ously, and with marked success, In a mode of
fnanciering which common thief would hardly
have thought of. 1t is his wont to attend funer-
ais, and at the customary exhibition of the
corpse to press to the side of the coffin there to
mingle his tears with those of the friends of the
deceased. Hence the soubriquet of " Chief
Mourner " has come to be his ordinary appella :
ton in police circles and other associations
where men of his character are known. While
honoring the deceased he keeps an eye open for
the living, as did the Ephesian widow and as
others come near to take last view, he con-
trives to relieve their pockets of whatever valua-
bles they may contain. His operations had be-
come to extensive that it was found necessary,
by the bereayed, to keep their attention on the
alert and the result was the detection of the
lugubrious gentleman of whom we have been
writing. He is shrewd financial man, and has
been unusually successful in his peculiar depart
nent Of industry.
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03

LET Us NOT BECOME THE MERE RECORDERS OF
VIcEs.-There is now period of sad occur
lrences upor California the press is laden with
She accounts, and we hope the season of ghostly
shadows nay pass quickly. We ask our cotem-
porary journalists if they have not observed the
fate fearful appearance of bad commoton, a
irightful 'umult in events between crime and
casualty? And we ask them If it is not shock
ing business to make the details of deathy and
Drutal transactions the leading feature of the
press? Il it duty or necessity to print in full
display al that is bad in what daily passes p
Are We required to search for the opportunity of
publishing so much of wickedness and misfor-
tnne, unit we almost forget the good and pure
Should there not be reform in this respect,
that our influence might be better and our State
and respective community not so well known for
errors Think of this, and let us not soon be-
come merely the recorders of boodshed and all
the vices of our time.-SieTrd Citizen
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03
TOWER HOUSE.
At the junction of the Yreka and Wea-
verviIle Roads, 12 Miles from Shasta.

Ssss THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD AN
Iiiisa nounce to the public, and particularly
- to persons travelling to and from Yreka,
and Weaverville, that, having leased this long
established stand, formerly known as the q Free
Bridge House" he is prepared to entertain Gus
toners in style not surpassed by any hotel in
Northern California
Having competed his commodious building,
and furnished it in the best possible manner he
is enable to promise the very best accommoda-
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 album
dance.
He has also secure CORRAL connected
with his establishment, always supplied with an
abundance of Barley and Hay
LEVI H. TOWER
Tower House, March l. 1854. mh1I-tf
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03
Times of Holding Courts.

NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
SHAsrA-Third Mondays in January, May and
September.
StsKroU-First Mondays in March, July and
November.
TRrSIrY-Seeond Mondays in April, August
and December.
Shasta County Courts.
Held on the lst 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 SuPERvIsoRs-Meet lst Mondays in
May, August, November and February.
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03

EF On the marriage of Miss Wheat, an ed
itor hoped that her path would be .fo~ery, and
she might never be Mrdshed.
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03

The lRIsuMAN.-The impulses of the CeIt are
vehement. He is wild in his mirth, terrible in
his wrath his spirit flashes and chafes at re-
straint but his fiercest mood of mind is suscep-
tlble OF being camed by the influences of beauty,
kindness, harmony, and grace Hence the deeds
that darken his history, well as those that
illuminate it. What has been so beautifully
sung of the men of Tipperary is equally true of
all the race
"Tall is his form, his heart is warm,
His spirit light as any fairy,
His wrath is fearful as the storm
That sweeps the hills of Tipperary
Yet meet him in his cabin rude,
Or dancing with his dark-haired Mary
You'd swear they knew no other mood
But mirth and love in Tippcrary"
You see him in his might, muscular and mem
tai, clad in a frieze coat, on the hurting green,
or at the fair, enjoying the manly sport Of the
shorr Whatever it may ie, a,l sr-:ds ~ til A
rules Glld laws which tradition has halowed.
TRANSPORT him across the sea, teach him to be
smart, and, above all, to forget his country, let
him learn to swear and drink and spit, to es-
chew'all reverence for age, or rank or religion ;
invest him with a kossuth hat and gold chain,
and you have in him the actual putrefaction of
every noble quality that adorned and saved his
race.
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03

PERSUASIVE ExHoRTER.-The Clarksburgh
IVA. Register furnishes the following as speci-
men of strong language from the pulpit. The
Rev Samuel Clawson, n minister Of the NJ Z.
Church, who is very eccentric, and has very
vivid Imagination. in speaking of one present
during one of his discourses who was a Univer-
salist, gave expression to the following bit of
eloquence:
"Thank God, the day is not far distant when
YOU win be chained down to helrs brazen floor,
and the Devil. with his three pronged harpoon,
will pierce your reeking heart and pile the red
hot cinders of damnation upon you as high as
the pyramids of Egypt, and fry out the pride of
your fat to grease the gudgeons of hell..'
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03

AsSss<aat hsa,,n.l-s ON Sacramento
to this city, s,>sos . was arrested on
= acomplaint charging tn libel, as soon as
yae came from the steamer. After Ned left Sac
ramento, the fact was telegraphed to police Off
Ger Jacob Chappelle, who Immediately made
complaint of libel against him before Justice
Austin, and got warrant for his arrest. 1t ap-
pears that MCGOWAN has been unsparing on
Chappele in the Phosnir. The officer was on
hand when the boat arrived here, and when
McGowan came on shore, walked up, placed his
hand on his arm and told him to consider him
self arrested. TMcGowan stepped back and said
I" You can't arrest me-" Chappelle said he was
a policeman, exhibited his star, showed his war
rant, mentioned the cause of arrest and told
him he must go along, and he would take him
before Justice, that he might give bail and be
set at large He entered carriage and was
saken to the Police Office, where Justice Austin
soon arrived and admitted him to bail in the
sum of $1,000 The bail bond was signed by
James Traverse and Wm. Free. AS MCGOWAN
Twas leaving the office pistol was fred and it
is thought it was aimed at him but he left the
office unhurt and, we believe, with his own pis-
| tol in his hand. 1t is said that MCGOWAN came
to this city 10 leave for Frazer river by the
steamer which goes to-day.-S, +. Times Jume 26.
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03

BG5- An English writer says that the Ameri-
can ladies Of the present day feel or affect spir-
it of independence. We certainly have seen, at
fashionable parties, many lady, who we
thought, might very appropriately recite Smol-
let's fine lines to independence:
Thy spirit, Independence, let me share,
Lord Of the lion-heart and eagle eye,
Thy steps follow with my bosom bare
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03
PROFESSIONAL.
n1E-
q Ha.lLLs


HAVlNG PURCHASED ONE HALF0FTHIS
IL well known Hotel, and obtained limited
lease of the other, take great pleasure in an
nouncing to my friends and the public generally
that no efforts on my part will be spared to please
those who may favor us with their patronage
The catering will hereafter be under my person
al supervision.
This House is far superior to any in this city,
being built of brick, expressly for first class
Hotel.
The ROOMS and BEDS will always be found
clean and the most comfortable in the place.
The BAR always supplied with the best of
liquors and the choicest of cigars.
TERMS!
Board and Lodging, per week................160 90
Single Meals. ..................... 10
Lodging, with Room.. .................... 90
j. H. ROBINSON Proprietor.
Shasta, Nov. 5, 1857. nol4tf
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03
Douglas Jcrrold sentiment and WIZ.

"The sweetest bed-fellow is-conscience con-
science Ha its charming thing to feel her
at our heart-to hear her evening song and
morning song"
Rouge is darling little ib that sometimes
lies like truth"
1.-The soul is at best as a trained hawk let it
ny as high as 1t will, there is a master, for the
time, with his feet upon the earth and straight
way 1t drops from the clouds at his feet"
" What is it? A battlefield, with thousands
biaspheming in agony about youl Your last
moments sweetened, it may be, with the thought
that somewhere on the field lies bleeding piece
OF your handiwork-a poor wretch in the death
grasp OF torture. Truly, that is bed of greater
glory which Is surrounded by loving hearts-by
hands uplifted in deep yet cheerful prayer
Ihere are thoughts too-it is my beief-better.
sWeeter far than thought of recent Staying, to
help the struggling soul from out its tenament.u
In almost all Jerrolds humor there is little
touch Of hitterneee He w-S.c ,ue / s-ssite lser-
| tures, and het is his theory:
Every woman, no matter how divinely com
posed, has III her ichorfowing veins one drop.
no bigger than a wren's eye of Caudle. Eve
herself may now and then have been guilty of a
lecture, murmurng it balmily among the rose
leaves"
"Some people were talking with Jerrold about
gentleman as celebrated for the intensity as
for the shortness of his friendships.
Yes, said Jerrold, his friendships are so
warm that he no sooner takes them up than he
puts them down again."
"Jerrold said to very thin man. Sir. vou are
like pin. but without the head or the point >"
" Some friends were talking with Jerrold
about an eminent litterateur, who was a devoted
admirer, and constant companion, of Charles
Dickens.
In fact said one of his friends, he is to
Dickens what Boswell was to Johnson
With this difference, Jerrold replied, that
- doesn't do the Boz WE'LL"
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03

An eccentric party, of which Jerrold was
one, agreed to have supper of sleeps heads.
One gentleman present was particularly enthu-
siastic on the excellence of the dish and, as he
threw down his knife and fork, exclaimed, well,
sleeps heads forever, say Il'n
"JERRoLD, There's egotism ?"
The Shasta courier., 1858-07-03

"'Well, Talfourd, said Jerrold on meeting
the late eminent judge and author one day near
Temple Bar, have you any more Irons (''Ion "
in the fire p"
There is no ,whet to the appetite like early
dew nothing for the stomach like grass and
wild flowers, takeswith a fasting eye at FIVE in
the morning. 1t was Adams own salad, and that
is why he lived to nine hundred and thirty
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-04-24
HeaIh i'm a FALL " DOM.

This morning, about one o'clock, sad af-
fair took place at a bell given by the De Sofa
Assembly at Saranac Hall. at the Northeast
corner of Sth and Callowhill streets. While the
ball was in progress. a young woman, named
AID limo Snwell, who was engaged in dancing,
suddenly fell upon her face upon the floor.
Her companions fastened to raise her mp when
it was found that she was dead The mel
ancholy occurrence caused deep impression
among the persons who were pr sent al the
party. The body of the deceased, attirrd in
hfr ball dr"ss. was removed to the Four
tenth Ward Station House, and from thrre
it was carried to her late residence. No. 1924
North I6.h sire t, above Girard Avenue.
The ceased vas thirty-six years of ag,.
Her sudd death is attributed to disease of
the heart. and the sad contamination was
probably FASTENED by the exercise in which
sha was indulging. Mrs. S w II was a sit T
of s rgrant Yeager, of the 18th Ward police.
Coroner Fenncr held an inqu st in the case
to-day. 1t seems that the ceas' d was
dancing the Lancer's Quadrille" at the time
she f-ll adj husband was present in
the hall room at the time of the melancholy
event. The ball which was the closing sc ne
of the lif. of Mrs Sawcll, was given on her
birth night. The Coroner's jury rendered
verdict that the deceased died from disease
of the heart.-Piilad lPiia Bulletin.