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The Shasta courier., 1858-04-03
Written for the Courier.
An OllapOdrida ssPOme.,,
Human scr.mblings and Doins.,

Through the world dashing,
Cutting and slashing,
Each other smashing,
See men force their way;
Seeking for pleasure,
Searching for treasure
In untold measure,
While fingers life's day.
Their rule of action, " "lieing,"-
Whether living or dieing-
Behold them all vieing
In full view:
Merchants in dealing,
Burglars in stealing,
Doctors IN healing,
And charging too;
Rulers in ruling
And the people fooling,
Teachers in schooling,
All follow the plan;
Actors in reading,
Lawyers in pleading,
Bakers in kneading,
All deceive, if they can.
Through the State going,
Principles sowing,
Politics blowing,
See patriots rush;
Jefferson citing,
The nation righting
By shoulder fighting
And raising muss.
Grow and Keitt meeting,
Each other greeting
By mutual beating,
Oh, glorious sight!
Washburn and Potter
Rush to the slaughter
Others don't loiter
To join in the fight.
Barksdale in losing
The wig he was using,
Seemed quite amusing
For him lucky thing
For he, by the stripping
Ofthe wig, and Keitt's slipping,
Got out of the 'sring"
But when the meetings,
And hostile greetings
BY mutual beatings,
Had come to an end;
When the delusion,
And the confusion,
And bloody effusion,
Caused by confusion,
Had come to conclusion,
There were heads to mend.
n
MERCURY.
The Shasta courier., 1858-04-03
Shasta County Courts.

Held on the lst Mondays of February, April,
June August October and December.
=, 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 1st Mondays in
May, August, November and February.
The Shasta courier., 1858-04-03
Township Officers.

SHASTA TowNsHIP.-Justces of the Peace-H
a. Curtiss, +. n, Shed. Constables-Robert O.
Dewitt, r. r. Snee.
CLEAR CREEK Observation-Disclosures William
Knowlton, james NJ. Eby
FRENCH GULcn TowssHIP.--Justices-J B.
Stewart
frEnRA TowSsHIP-Justices-S d. Baker.
PITT RIVER TowxsHIP-Justices-J M Hunt.
The Shasta courier., 1858-04-03
Times OF Holding Courts.

NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
SHAsrA-Third Mondays ia January, May and
September
;, SisKIYou-First Mondays in March, July and
November
TRISIrf-Second Mondays in April, August
and December.
The Shasta courier., 1858-04-03
The Law Of Newspapers.

l. Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary, considered as wishing to
continue their subscription.
2. If subscribers wish their papers discontin-
ued, publishers may continue to send them until
all charges paid.
8. 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 uncaled for, is prima
facie evidence of intentional fraud
Beg Postmasters would oblige by strict
fulfilment of the regulations requiring them to
notify Publishers, once in three months, of pa
pers not taken from their Office by subscribers
Day- Under the law of Congress papers are
not charged postage in the county in which they
hre published.
The Shasta courier., 1858-04-03

lHE GREAT QUESTION DECIDED-A New Y lOrk
jury has decided that lager bier is not intoxca-
ting. Therefore after fellow has swallowed
three or four gallons of this swill if he is seen
with his arm round an awning post addressing
it vehemently, but incoherently, he is not to be
considered intoxicated. Not by any means On
the quantity oflager bier that could be drank
without intoxicaton the n Y Journal of COM
merce says
Among the witnesses examined, there was one
who stated that he drank keg of lager bier,
containing thirty quarts within two hours, and
'felt no intoxicating effects afterwards" another
confessed to drinking fifteen pints " to get an
appetite for breakfast; y another to drinking
sixty, seventy, eighty and ninety glasses in
day, according to the strength Of his purse and
another to drinking l60 pints in three hours,
without becoming intoxicated. 1t used to be a
common practice, now happily exploded, among
Students at the German Universities, to perform
various lager bier drinking feats, which entitled
the drinkers to different honorary designations.
Thus the student who drank at one time, half a
glass, lie. half a pint was styled "a learned
man," (geebrter j the drinker of a full glass
was entitled to the title of ''doctor;h of two
glasses, professor" of four "Pope;" of eight,
Ocean y (Wet-meer;) j and of sixteen, to the
not inappropriate name of "a burying ground"
The exploits of the Brooklyn imbiber of one
hundred and sixty, completely eclpses even the
"burying ground" Whether the liquor is intox-
icating or not, most people will agree that drink
ers to the excess above stated, make beasts of
themselves"
The Shasta courier., 1858-04-03
T % w E r HOU Sc.
Attic junction Of the Yrekn and Weaver.
Vile ROnds, IL miles from SHASTA.

- TIE UNDERSIGNED WOULD. AN
iaiA al nounce to the public, and particularly
- to persons travelling to and from Yreka
and Wcaverville, that, having leased this long
established stand, formerly known as the /" Free
Bridge House" he is prepared to entertain Gus
toners in style not surpassed by any hotel in
Northern California
Having completed 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, win always be sup
piled with the best vands the market furnishes
while from the large garden attached to the
premises, all the vegetables grown in this part o.
the State will be furnished in the greatest abun.
dance.
He has also secure CORRAL connected
with his establishment, always supplied with ar
abundance of Barley and Hay
LEVI II. TOWER.
Tower House, March l, 1854. mhlI-tf
The Shasta courier., 1858-04-03
,H HASTA COURIER.
An Act

An Act
70 SFtend the time for assessing the taxes for
Skne and county purposes.
xne sfeopte Of the State Of California, repre-
senlfd IN Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol-
3 ioWs:
SscTIos |. The Board of Supervisors of each
2nnty shall, on or before the second Monday in
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight,
ysfhe tax for State purposes under the provi-
ms OF law passed February twenty-seventh,
thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, en-
~ An Act to amend an Act to provide rev.
Tor the support of the Government of this
J(dfe.
SEC. 2 In any county of this State, when the
Board of Supervisors have failed to assess the
county taxes under any general or special law,
they are hereby empowered to levy such taxes,
at any time before the second Monday in May,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
Approved March llth 1853
The Shasta courier., 1858-04-03

16r Fremont's agent, in Mariposa has COM
menced action of ejectment against 700 miners,
on the Fremont Grant.
The Shasta courier., 1858-04-03


LOLA MosTEz.-The divine Lola has recently
given to the world some interesting items touch
ing her history. 1t appears that she was sum-
moned as a witness in some case in New York
city, and to the inquisitiveness and impertin-
ence of one Of the lawyers is the world indebted
for the information following. We quote from
the Unton's New York correspondence:
She said she was born at Limerick, Ireland
and that her maiden name was Maria Rosanne
Gilbert; that her father was Adiutant General
of the Bengal army at the age of fifteen she
ran away with Captain James, and married him,
but her spirit was never united to him. about
year after, James away with another lady,
while they were living in India; her husband
had previously charged her with an intrigue
with Captain Lennox, but it was false; she re-
turned to England in 1910, and from there trav-
eled in Spain and learned dancing from Span
lard named Espa; she then went to Bavaria,
and there appeared on the stage; there became
acquainted with the King of Bavaria WitteIs-
bacher, such was his family name; she became
really his Prime Minister; but in answer to the
question as to whether she had been mistress to
the King Lola replied with an emphatic No. and
told the lawyer he was a villain for making the
inquiry
So the divine Lola, over whose large and ex-
pressive Spanish eyes and complexion, so many
thousands of stricken swains have rhapsodsed,
is after all an Irish lassie, with never drop
Castillian or Moorish blood in her veins
neA. There have been queer doings among
the player folks. A. H. Davenport usually
known as Dolly got divorce from his wife,
Lizzie Weston Davenport, on Friday last. The
charge was that she was living in open adultery
with that gay and popular comedian, Charles
Matthews. The andlady was the witness, but
|tneitlTr Charlie or Lizzie had anything to say
kQns sunday evening the highly virtuous female
was made Mrs. Charles Matthews in the Episco-
pal Church. Mrs. Annie Jordan has obtained a
divorce from her husband, George Jordan, COM
edan, and an allowance of eight dollars per
week. Mrs. Jordan, who was formerly Miss
Annie Walters, the popular dancer. swore that
her husband received salary of SlOO per week
and that he owns real estate to the amount OF
So 900. On Sunday evening, Jordan was united
to Miss Emily Thorne, who, it is said has been
for some time terribly smitten by the attrac-
tions of the dashing husband. Madame Ponsi
of the Broadway Theater, has been decreed a
divorce from her husband, James Pons on the
ground of adultery. Madame Ponsi has thus
got rid of drag, and has since been married
to Wallis, the property man of the Broadway
Theater. Several cases among the smaller fry
| might MENTION but think that will do This
"unsealing" and "resealing," among the theat-
ricals is not ''practiced to great extent in this
community" they generally take what Pat
would call more "ondacentn method to gratify
their affections" Poor Bellows-he NAV we'll
despair-Union Cor.
The Shasta courier., 1858-04-03

The vastness of the great Mississippi river is
thus given by newspaper correspondent, who
writes from Maiden Rock, Wisconsin:
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-03-06
From Washington.

WASHINGTON, March 4.
Contrary to the position assumed by Gen.
Shields and other prominent gentlemen. the
senate committee on Judiciary have CON-
pleted report concluding with a resolution
that Minnesota is not state in the Union,
this denies Gen. Shields the right which he
claim to a seat in the Senate. Senator
Clarke firm n. H., intends moving an amend
ment to the Kansas bill admitting Kansas
as state on the following conditions, that
the power to amend the constitution shall
be expressly reserved to the people when
ever they see fit to do so and that the ad-
mission Of Kansas with the Lecompton con
stitution nor the constitution itself shall be
80 constructed or have the force to revive or
enact after the admission. any law or regu.
latlon repealed by the Territorial Legisla.
ture before the passage of an act without
the re-enactment Of the State legislature Of
Kansas after admission.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-03-06
NUMBER l23.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Arrival Of the Steamship New York.

NEW YoRK, March s.
The steamship New York, from G reen-
wich Feb l4th, at 6r. NJ, arrived to day.
She experienced heavy Western gales all
the passage. On the lsth she was struck
by lightning, which split the fore royal
mast She brings Glasgow papers of Satur-
day evening 18th ult, which contain few
hours later advices from London.
Consels closed 1T noon Of the 18th at
80 4as6 IL for money and account.
The London Aduertiser's Paris CORES
ponaent writes that Allsop was in Paris
very recently, and was frightened sway by
the minaces Of his confederates who threat
ened to take his life because he expressed
doubts respecting the success Of the dread
full enterprise-he has. without doubt, e.
capped to America
1t is again said that Shamyl has given
his submission to Russia.
The steamer from Alexandria arrived at
Southampton on the 18th. She brings the
heavy portion Of the Australian mails and
100000 in gold.
The Mursopolo, with fSoO, 900 in gold,
was off Holyhead on Saturday, and the In
dia House had received q large dispatch,
but it merely adds some unmportant de.
'''.'s w VIC '"Ses "h o"uy puoiishcu
The Times supports the India Bill, and
the Daily Ncns and Herald have articles
opposing it.
The Daily Ne,cs has an indignant leader on
the treatment of English Engineers by the
Neapolitan government, and The inaction Of
the British Ministry
The Times is glad to pass Mr.. Doebuch
off against the nefaring French Colonels,
but protests against some Of his express
IONS
The Journal de Frankfort states that the
commercial crisis in st. Petersburg caused
several failures, with liabilities ranging
from $4,000 to 100000 silver roubles.--
Slightly Il Co. are reported to have lost
largely, and by way Of compensation it is
said, the Emperor has since permitted them
to export one million gold imperials. The
10 per cent. export duty has been suspended
in their favor. It seems probable these
particulars involved great exsgerations.
! lAccOunts received in Paris state that more
troops were required in Asia to carry out
the intended operations.
No more addresse. from the army will be
published in the Monitenr, or any other pa
per in France.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-03-06
Pennsylvania State Convention.

HARRrsBURGH, March 8.
The Dem State Convention re.assembled
this morning, Com. on resolutions unani-
mously reported, declaring the principles
involved in the repeal Of the Missouri com
promise and inserted in the Kansas Nebras-
ka act; the people of the Territories shall
have the exclusive control of their institu-
tions. is the only sure guarantee against
agitation in the Nation in regard to local
institutions of the States and Territories by
the uniform application Of DEM principles
to the organization Of the Territory and ad-
mission Of new States with or without sla-
very, as the people may elect. The equal
right of all States will be preserved; the
original compact of the Constitution main.
tained and the inviolable harmony and per.
petuity ofthe Union preserved. The reso-
lutions are large and fully sustain the LIE
compton, constitution and president Buch.
anan.
Mr. Stoker, Of West Moreland, offered a
substitute presenting the views Of the mi
nority Of tie committee and declaring that
the acceptance Of the Leconpton constitu-
tion would he congressional usurpa ion and
that members of Congress voting for the
Lecompton constitution would be guilty OF
morbid treason. II also endorses Gov.
Packers course, especially his inaugural ad-
Dress
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-03-06
AN ORDINANCE to provide for City


AN ORDINANCE to provide for a City
Armory.
Sec. l. Be it enacted by the City Council
of the City of Davenport, That the Inde-
pendent Military companies of this city shall
have the right to use, for the purposes of
military instruction and drill, such rooms as
the City Council shall provide; which rooms
shall be called the City ArmOry; and such
rooms shall be furnished by and at the ex-
pense of the companies so using the same
SEC. 2. All Military companies of this
city shall, when not in actual parade. SER
vice. duty, or excursion. deposit and keep
in said City Armory, all muskets, rifles and
guns, used or owned by such Military COM
panies.
Src. 3. The Marshal Of this city shall be
er otfco, the City Armorer, and shall keep
the keys of such Armory, and shall. at
all times open the doors OF such armory, up
on the request of the Mayer of the city, or
either Of the commanding officers of the mil
itary companies of this city, except in times
of riot, and then the Mayor alone shall have
the right to command the opening or clos
ing OF the City Armory.
AUSTIN CORBIN, Mayor pro tenn
Attest E. PECK, Clerk.
Passed and approved March 8, 1853.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-03-06

AN ORDINANCE concerning Lamps and
Lamp Districts:
SEC. !. Be it enacted BY the City Coun-
ell OF the City Of Davenport: That the fol-
lowing limits. to wit All that part of the
City situated within distance of two hun.
dred feet Of the public lamps which may
be erected in any street or avenue, shall he
deemed to be the lamp district of the divi-
sion in which the same is situated. The
limits OF said district may be extended from
time TO time by the extension Of public
lamps, by resolution of the City Council.
Lamps shall in all cases be placed at proper
distances in the districts, under the direc-
ton OF the Committee on gas-lights, appoint.
ed by the City Council.
When lamp districts are extended. the
provisions Of this ordinance shall apply
thereto.
SEC. 2. The City Council shall annually
levy on the real estate in the lamp districts,
IN the same manner as general taxes are as
sessed, a sufficient tax to defray three fourths
the expense of erecting lamps and lighting
the streets therein: Provided, that all that
portion Of such expense incurred in erecting
new lamp posts shall in each case be equita-
bly, levied and assessed upon the real estate
OF the block opposite the lamp post so erect
ed on the same side of the street 1t shall
be the duty of the City Clerk to keep sepa-
rate and accurate accounts of the expendi-
lures in each district and the money collect
ed therein by tax, which shall be termed
the Street Lamp Account" and whenever
tax shall be assessed upon the real estate
in any lamp district, or upon the real estate
w
posts may be erected as aforesaid, the Clerk
shall rule appropriate columns in the Col
lectors warrant for general taxes, for the en-
try and collection thereof; and the same
shall be collected by the Collector with the
same power as such general taxes.
SIC. 3. Anyperson who shall carelessly or
malciously break. deface. or in any way
injure or destroy any public lamp or lamp
post Of this city, shall forfeit the penalty o
ten dollars for each offense. together witt
the expenses, cost and charges that may b,
incurred in repairing the injuries commi-
ted, to be recovered for the use of the Ci.y
Treasury.
SIC. 4. Any person who shall climb uo-
on or hitch any horse or any other animal
to any public lamp post, or hang or pla,e
any goods or merchandise thereon, or pla.e
any goods, boxes wood or other heavy ma
terlal against the same, or who shall extn-
guish or cause to be extinguished, or light,
or cause to be lighted, any of said lamos.
unless duly authorized so to do by the prep
er authorities, shall forfeit the penalty of
five dollars for each offense
SEC 5. The assessment of taxes contm-
plated in this ordinance shall be made by
the City Assessor, upon all real estate in the
lamp district. in the same manner as the
general annual assessment for city taxes is
made, and said lamp taxes shall be levied
and collected in like manner.
AUSTIN CORBlN, Mayor. pro tsn.
Attest, E. PECK, Cle.k.
Passed and approved March 4, 1853
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-03-06
NEWADV'RTISEM'TS.
ShcFiM',s Sale.

QY virtue Of Chattel Hortsage dated on the 9Oth
ID day Of March 1857 In favor Of james n Frame.
aad AGAINST John Davies and James a Davies an6
recorded in the Recorders once OF Scott county
Iowa, IN book - OF goods and chsttes, page SO2
and BY virtue u said mortgage have tasen one
c outcry In front Of the Court House In the city OF
Davenport, In 9cstt county. Iowa. On Saturday the
18th day Of March, 1855 At the hour OF clock Il
Of said day, to the highest bidder therefor IN cssA.
II. LEONARD,
mch3-dlOi Sheriff OF said county.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-03-06
@Lack of confidence in huma

G Lack Of confidence in human
nature and Illinois currency was never more
completely exhibited than by clerk of our
acquaintance who refused to receive that
kind OF money because the payor did not
ask premium upon it. The young man
says it has been so long since he has seen
any good money in bank notes, that he has
quite forgotten the names of the good banks
and has entirely forgotten the appearance
of their faces.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-03-06
AgriCul tuFal.

TVHE 6cott County Agricultural Society Win meet
L at the Court House In Davenport on SATURDAY
the 9th day Of March next at ons O'Clock, p 4.
II. @. NEAL
Febl7dH 0acv
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-03-06

@Barker's Lecture In Progress at
Germania Hall on Thursday evening was
well attended, and was one of the most en-.
terta'ning and eloquent discourse we have
some listened to. We cannot say that we
coincided with the gentleman in many
things which he said, but we are free to
confess that he said many things which
would be extremely difficult to refute.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-03-06

TNO Married WOmss on the Voluntary Control Of
= the Maternal Function, Strictly Moral In is tone,
BY Pfofeesloal Gentleman who has made tAe Rhys-
iology Of prCcrestinn his special sendy the great
pat Of his life IL clearly reheerses ths phtoDopoy
Of impregu alton snd contains summary Of al the
modes TesoFtea TO- 70 prevent conception, pointing
out which are ectent end discussing their vtStues,
with Yscn0mendattons and di1ectioss h0v 70 easily
and safely lorcssal conception. Sent under seal, By
mail me- lpr a. OsnmunicaAacos otTtcsly pSivaas.
lODuR3 J. BUSCH. T. D..
DedoGdhvau ~ DsoodWeg, NJ
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-03-06

Inthe County Court of Scott county.

lnthe County Court of Scott county.
DUBLIO NOTICE Is hereby given that the under.
! signed has been appointed bv the County Court
Of Scott county, Adminis atix the goods chatses
and credits Of John Hogarty, deceased, late Of WIN
field All pareons having claims against saiA de-
ceased notified and required To file the same In
said Court snd Al persons indebted TO sid oeccassd
are required 10 make payment 10 the undersigned
without delay.
February 25th, 1858.
mch3-w3w LUCY HOGARTY, Administrators.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-03-06

A Busy DAr.-Yesterday was an
other busy cay on the streets. Crowds of
teams poured in from the country, loaded
down with produce of all kinds, for which
ready sale was found at slightly advanc-
Ell prices. The roads are in fine condition,
and our farmers are improving them by
bringing Whatsoever they havo for sale, to
market
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-03-06

NEw ALBANY, Ind, March 4.
The steamer r. lockwood, q new boat.
while rounding ont from the wharf with 60
or 70 excursionists on board, took fire in the
wheel house room and was soon enveloped
in flames. The boat was ran ashore where
every one escaped in safety, some jumping
from the hurricane deck. The boat floated
down short distance and sunk. She will
prove total loss. No insurance.