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DISSERTATIONS. 40.

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~ heretofore existing between UhUPREE i
SruKEs. has this day dissolved by mu tuai consen
and agreement. Either Of the partners will close
UP the business Of the old CONCERN.
WM 9. BEUpREE
RICHMOND. VA June lst 1883 Il. Il. STOKES.
h. III SfUA S. will cont,nue the business at tina
old stand Of DEUPkEE SfUKsS. i-zv
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02

BLOWING FROM GUN.-A medical officer of
this presidency, conspicuous for his bravery and
gallantry during some of the late disturbances,
gives description of an ''execution parade, y
which is terribly graphic We have some scru-
pies about publishing it, and only do SO in the
hope that as suggested by the friend who for
warded it to us, it may thus reach the native
public, through the medium of the vernacular
papers, and SO be the means of doing some
good;
This first parade was horrible sight. but
the blowing away from guns is most appalling
After the explosion, the grouping of the mems
remains in front of each gun was various and
frIghtful One mans head was perched upon
his back, and he was staring around as if look
ing for his legs and arms. All you see at the
time is cloud like a dust storm, composed of
shreds of clothing, burning muscle and frizzing
fat, with Jumps of coagulated blood. Here and
there stomach or liver comes falling down
in sinking shower. One wretched fellow
slipped from the rope by which be was tied to
the guns, just before the explosion, and his arm
was nearly set on fire. Whilst hanging in his
agony under the gun, sergeant applied pistol
to his head and three times the cap snapped,
the man each time winciug from the expected
shot At last a rife was fred into the back of
his head and the blood poured out of the nose
ard mouth like water from a briskly handled
pump. This was the most horrible sight of all.
l have seen death in all its forms, but never
anything to equal this mans end"-Bona5aq
Gazette.
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02

AFFLcrIoy-WHAT IT TEAcHEs.-Iiow fast
we learn in the day of sorrow Ii is as if afflic-
ton woke our powers, and lent them new quick
mes, of perception. We advance more in knowl-
edge of Scripture in single day, than in years
before; we learn .ssongs in a night" though
such music was unknown. A deeper experience
has taken US down into the depths of Scripture
and shown us its hidden wonders. Luther used
to say, "Were it not for tribulation, should
not understand Scripture" And every SORROW
ing saint responds to this, as having felt it; as
did David, when he said: Blessed is the man
whom Thou chastenest and teachest out of Thy
law; it is good for me that have been afflicted,
that might learn Thy statutes" What teach
ing of the mind goes on upon sick bed or un-
der the pressure of grief And 0, what great
and wondrous things will even some little trial
whisper in the of soul that is learning of
the Father?'
In some cases this profit is almost unfelt, at
least during the continuance of the process We
think we are learning nothing. We become
confused, nervous, agitated or, perhaps, insen-
sibe. We seem to derive no benefit Yet, ere
long, we begin to feel the blessed result Matu-
rity of judgment, patience in listening to the
voice of God, keener appetite for His Word,
a quicker discernment of its meanng-these
are soon realized as the gracious results of
chastisement The mind has undergone most
thorough disciple, and has moreover, made Won
drous progress in the knowledge of divine truth,
through the teaching of the Holy Ghost
Bonar.
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02

A STRoNG-MINDED BRIDE.-Womans Rights
has crept into France, the following from
French journal will testify:
"a Young couple were going to be married
and had proceeded as far as the church door,
The gentleman stopped his intended bride, and
thus Unexpectedly addressed her:
My dear Eliza, during our courtship have
told you much of my mind, but have not told
you the whole. When we are married shall
insist upon three things:
"sWhat are they? asked the lady.
@ In the first place. said the bridegroom, Il
shall sleep alone, shall eat alone, and find fault
where there is no occasion. Can you submit
to these conditions 2
o. oh, yes sir, very easily was the reply
for if you sleep alone, shall not; if you eat
alone, shall eat first; and as to your finding
fault without occasion, that think may be pre-
vented, for will take care you shall not want
OCCASION
'sThe conditions being thus adjusted, they
proceeded to the altar, and the ceremony was
performed"
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02
COUNTY DIRECTORY
County Officers.

District Judge-William p. Daingerfcid. of
Shasta
County Judge-Jeel T. Laudrum
:. Assoe'ate 1"si'ces-J b. Stewart, and Will
liam KnowItou.
County Treasrer-James Hsyburu
County Ciesk-H l. Vanhorn.
Saer.g-H- Clay Stockton. Under Sheriff
John Dent
County -issessor--W II. AngeH
County Sarreyor-E. Lima.
Public Observation-Disclosures Swasey
District Aaoraev-James y. Mix
School Commissioner--G. X. Godfrey
County Physician-Dr. James Z. Pelham
Board Of Sapsrrisors. District, Samuel
Payne; I'd District, William B. Stoddart; Sd
District, ID. c. johnson.
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02

FoxIT AND CHoLERA.-Persons who ara con-
lemplating trip to the Atlantic States, may
save their lives by reading and needing the fol-
lowing, from the S. F. Daily Aryus of the 18th
inst:
The purser of the Golden Gate states in his
report "No sickness occurred among the pas
sengers on board during the passage" but avoids
informing the public, that on the Atlantic side
the "vomit' and "cholera" prevailed to an
alarming extent. We are thus informed by a
gentleman who arrived yesterday, and who fur
ther states that in all his experience he never
met with the yellow fever in more malignant
form, or steamer as badly appointed as the
one on the Atlantic side
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02

CRESCENT CITY.-The Herald of the 10th
Dec, says, the latter part of last week we ex-
perienced the severest blow we think that has
been felt here since the settlement of the town.
1t had the effect of causing extremely heavy
ses to roll IN, which came to the doors of the
buildings on parts of Front street, and on the
upper part of the street did good deal of dam
age by washing away sidewalks, &c. Had it
been at the time of spring tides, serious loss
would undoubtedly have been occasioned. We
learn that the mail hence to Kerbyvile and
Jacksonville will probably be discontinued for
the balance of the winter. The stage line has
been taken off for the present.
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02
The Rainy-Day.
By HENRY W. LoNGFELLow.

The day is cold. and dark, and dreary;
1t rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the mou,dering wall:
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.
Ny life is cold, and dark, and dreary;
1t rains, and the wind is never weary;
Ny thoughts still cling to the mouldering past
But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast
And the days are dark and dreary
Be still, sad hcartl and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining !;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02
The Law Of Newspapers.

/: Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary, are considered as wishing to
continue their subscription.
z If subscribers wish their papers discontin-
ued, publishers may continue to send them until
all charges are paid
D. Ii 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.
t. Ii 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.
g. 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
Eay Postmasters would oblige. by a strict
fulhlment of the regulations requiring them to
notify Publishers, once in three months. of pa
pers not taken from their office By subscribers.
Bty Under the law of Congress papers are
not charged postage in the county in which they
are published.
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02

THE HoRsE's >AcAcIrY-A gentleman in Ten
neesee lately purchased horse in portion of
the State separated from his own region by
mountains and rivers, and took him home by a
route extending nearly hundred and fifty miles.
He placed him in pasture Lot for the night but
in the morning he was gone In few days it
was ascertained that he had returned that very
night to his old home, reaching there by day
light. He had taken straight course across
the country, swimming rivers and crossing the
mounran. On his arrival he showed signs of
fatigue, having travelled distance of sixty or
seventy miles during the night following uner-
rngly the point of the compass to which he de-
sired to go. His memory would, of course, have
served him in retracing the route By which he
had come; but guided by the same instinct
which conducts the bee, after long wandering
and laden with his sweet burden, in line
automatically straight from, the last flower he
r,vishes to his cell, this horse, in the darkness
Of the night, over unknown paths, returned by
tie shortest course to his home.
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02

The House of Representatives consists OF 234
members-llS members constituting majori-
ty 1t will be seen from the above that the
democrats have clear majority of twenty two
over the combined vote of the Republicans and
the Know Nothings- This majority will be in
creased to twenty-five at an early period of the
session by the admission of three Democratic
members from the new State of Minnesota. 1t
may be added as a significant fact that six of
the seven territories of the United States will
be represented in the next Congress BY Demo-
cratic delegates.
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02

B9y~ Nena Sahib, the man who has recently
distinguished himself in India by mailing live
children in wooden boxes and throwing them
into the flames, according to a French writer,
cannot read tender line in Byron or Shaks-
peare without being moved to tears He speaks
French Italian and English is acquainted
with their several literatures; talks the latter
as fuently and surely as any "gentleman de
Hyde Park, " and translated Hamlet into Hindoo.
to the great admiration of COMPETENT critics
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02

FuGITfvE SLAVE CAsE-Boston has again been
visite by fugitive slave excitement. Betsey
a nurse in the family of Mr.. Louis SWEET, of
Nashville, Tennessee, was taken from her mas
ter on the 10th November, OH writ of ha5eas
corpus, but on private conversation with Judge
Shaw, the woman, to the great disgust of the
fanatics who had been creating hubbub, de.
clared her full knowledge of her rights, and her
determination TO remain with her master and
mistress. An incident in the court house is re-
lated by the Boston Journal:
1t is stated by Mrs. Simeon Grover, of Law
renee, who was present and deeply interested in
the fate of the slave-so much so that when
our reporter first entered the Sheriff s room he
found her on her knees before Betty, wringing
her hands and believing them with tears, sup
plicating her not to go back to slavery, but to
declare for GLORIOUS freedom"-that in Law
renee Betty stated her wish not to go back to
her Southern home, but to remain free in the
North. and it was by reason of this expressed
desire that the petition for haJeas corpus was
issned Betty's subsequent declaration for SER
yitude deeply chagrined this lady, and this fact,
together with the unpleasant handling among
the throng of assembled negroes, has induced
her to the conclusion that she will interfere
with no more slave cases.
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02

SrUMPED.-Mr Finnefrock. and Ohio politi-
clan stamper, while making high flown speech
recently, paused in the midst of it and exclaimed.
:" Now gentlemen, what do you think?"
Instantly man rose in the assembly, and
with one eye partly closed, modestly with
Scotch brogue, said: q Mr.. Finnefroek, / think.
sir; do. indeed sir; think that if you and /
were to stump the country together, we would
tell more lies than any other two men in the
country, sir; and I'd not say a word myself all
the time sirl"
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02

CALIFORNIA CREDIr.--Forney's Press, pub
ished at Philadelphia, says that California, since
the vote in favor of paying the State debt,
islands foremost in the Union, and her credit at
this moment in our State is in the best and
highest rePute"
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02

BRoScHITIs.-A writer in the Baltimore Sun
who has been afflicted severely in his family by
that appalling disease, bronchitis, has found re-
lief from the following remedy: Take honey,
in the comb, squeeze it out and dilute with a
little water, and wet the lips and mouth occa-
sionally with it. 1t has never been kn. wn to
fail, even IN cases where children had throats
so swollen as to be unable to swallow. 1t is
certainly simple remedy, and may be very
eficacious one.
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02
Township Officers.

SHASTA TowSsHIp.-Justices of the Peace-H.
\. Curtiss, E. X. Shed. Constables-Robert O.
Dewitt, Il. r. Snee.
CLEAR CREEK TowSsHiP.--Justices- William
knowlton, James NJ. Eby
FRENCH GULcH TowSsatP--Justces-J B.
Stewart
SIERRA Observation-Disclosures D. Baker.
Pirr RIVER Observation-Disclosures NJ. Hunt
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02

Ba5- General Haskell, of Tennessee who was
conveyed to a lunatic asylum few weeks apo.
is recovering, and it is said will soon be set at
liberty.
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02

B65~ The beauty of woman transceuds all
other forms Of beauty, as well in the sweetness
Of its suggestion as in the delicious fervor of the
admiration 1t awakens. The beauty of lovely
woman is an inspiration "a sweet delirium-a
gentle madness
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02
Times of Holding Courts.

NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
SHAsrA-Third Mondays ia January, May and
September.
SIsKlYou-First Mondays in March, July and
November
TRIslrr-Secoud Mondays in April, August
and December
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02

B6-A Chorister of country church lately
made sad mistake in the choice of tune
there being long slur in it, which came direct
ly upon an unfortunate word which produced q
startling effect, namely:
With reverence let the saints appear,
And bow-wow-wow before the Lord"
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02
Paying Debts.

ne following letter has been received by
lns1cnant in New York from dsbtor in New
o'ieans The document, though short and SIM
pe' is ln some respects sublime for its great and
genuine impudence
o. NEW ORLEAs, Octr 1857.
or piees let me Know by Deespeth if you will
'ake OF 4oc on the dollar for what oe YOU as
am proposing the same tu all N. Y. Merchants
" you ar anser Quick for at Orleans wee can
got 10 pr CT par Month on real Estate Morpaper
anu oefor ! Speculate wish to give my Mer-
enants the Chanse of paymnt our Bank Notes
''se selling at 10 on the doller nearly all our
apts 0rar eger Nothing Can Bee sold at
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02
T 0 w E r HOU S e.
Al tho junction of the Yrcku nud Wenyer.
Vile Roads, ~ miles from shasta

- THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD AN
Ilus3 nounce to the public, and particularly
ikaaakA TO persons travelling to and from Yreka.
and Wcavcrville, 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 completed his commodious building.
and furnished ii in the best possible manner he
Is enable to promise the very best accommodate
tions
The Table, as heretofore. will always be sun
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 a 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., 1858-01-02

How NICHOLSON WAS ELECTED UNITED STATES
SENATOR IN TEssEssEE.-The Memphis Eagle
says:
General Pillow, it is well known, had ma
jority of his party pledged for his election, and
up to the time of voting in caucus expected to
receive the nomination. What then must have
been his surprise when Nicholeon came out
ahead. But the sequel runs that Andy john
son threw his influence in favor of Nicholson,
for which the latter was to do yeoman service
to make Governor johnson President in 1860.
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02
A Startling story---The Open Polar Sea.


We find the following communication in the
National Inteihgencer
GEyTLEMEN-In the recent discussions and
speculations touching the existence of North
Polar (open) Sea, superinduced by the publica-
tion of the work of the late lamented DR.. Kane
aud Others have been somewhat surprised
never to have met with any allusion to ..lract'
entitled "A brief discourse of a Passage by the
North Pole to Japan, China, &c., pleaded by
three Experiments; and answer to all objections
that can be urged against Passage that way,
by Joseph Maxon, Fellow of the Royid Society,"
From said document make the following rerba-
tim extract, TO wit:
q Being about % years ago in Amsterdam,
went into Drinking house, TO drink Cup cf
Beer for my Thirst, and sitting by public Fire,
among several People, there happened Seaman
to come in, who, seeing Friend of his there,
who he knew went in the Greenland Voyage,
wondered to see him, for it not yet time for
the Greenland Fleet to come home and asked
what accident had brought him home so soon
bis friend (who was the Stoermans aforesaid in
Greenland Ship that Summerl told him that
their Ship went not out to fish that Summer but
only to take in the adng of the whole Fleet, to
bling it to an early Market, &c.
But" said he, before the Fleet had caught
fish enough to lade us we, by order of the
oreenlanu company, Saiieu unto the North Pole
and came back again. Whereupon This relation
being Novel to mel entered into discourse with
him, and seemed to question the Truth of what
he said: but he did insure me that it was true
and that the ship was then in Amsterdam and
many of the seamen belonging TO her, to justify
the truth of it; and told me, moreover, that they
had sailed two Degrees beyond the Pole
asked him If he found no land or islands about
the pole? lie told me No, there was free and
open Sea. ] asked him if they did not meet
with great deal of Ice? He told me no, they
saw no ice. | asked him what weather they
had there? He told me fine warm weather" &c
To the tract from which the above extract
Is taken there is no date, but infer the period
OF Mr. Maxons conversation with the steer
man to have been in the year 1916, from a
date given in another part Of the document.
The tract is published in the I" lst volume
of John Harris's Collection of Voyages and
Travels, page GIG, London, MDCCV, folio, edi-
ton" the only copy of which have ever seen
is the one belonging to my library, and from
which quote as above
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02

BeE The following story is related of the
Queen of Gustavus .dolphus, of Sweden The
Hereditary Prince was the son of Bernadotte,
and is now the King of Sweden:
1.-The Queen did the honors with great SEEM
ing aiiability, and played a rubber of whist with
the Hereditary Prince and the Ambassado of
England and Russia. After cards. tea was served
with a plateau prepared for the Queen and
Prince. The Queen advanced and poured out
tea into two cups, indicating one to the Prince,
who just as he was in the act of taking it, sud-
denly felt the pressure of thumb on his shoul-
der fnrcible and significant enough to convince
him that it was meant for warning, the purport
OF which quickly flashed upon his senses With
considerable presence of mind, he Immediately
exclaimed:
"'Ah, Madam, it is impossible that can per-
NIT your Majesty to serve mel sezing the pla-
teau, turned it around adroitly in such a manner,
that the cup which was intended for him was
placed before the Queen, who turned mortally
pale; and Charles John watched the event with
anxiety still uncertain whether his suspicious
were well grounded. Was she about to confess
her crime? No; she quickly RECEIVERS, takes the
cup, makes smiling sautation to the Prince,
and drinks up the contents to the last drop On
the following day the Gazette, of Stockholm,
contained the following short paragraph:
The Queen Dorothea died suddenly during
the night, and the cause of her death was gene-
rally imputed to appoplexy.' This happened in
1873"
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02

BoGus DIrrY.-There's bogus doctors, bogus
pills, bogus charges, bogus bills, bogus stories bo
gus teachers, bogus saints and bogus preachers,
bogus friends and bogus names, bogus cures and
bogus claims, bogus sighs and bogus fears, bo-
gus smiles and bogus tears bogus looks and
bogus airs, bogus faith and bogus prayers, bo-
gus sales and bogus notes, bogus laws and bo-
gus votes, bogus deeds, bogus coins and
bogus creeds, bogus gents and bogus ladies, bo-
gus wives and bogus babies bogus almost eve
thing. Of all the monsters come to rogue us,
there's none can match old brandy bogus
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02

Ba5- The ladies of Aurora, Illinois, have
passed the following resolution:
"Resolved, That if we, the young ladies Of
Aurora. don't get married this year, somebody
will be to blame"
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02

bSE~ Does not the echo in the sea-shell tell
OF the worm that once inhabited it? and shall
not mans good deeds live after him and sing
his praise?
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02

Ga5- The sun is like God, sending abroad
life, beauty and happiness; and the stars like
human souls, for all their glory comes from the
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02
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 NAV
determine
BOARD OF SuPERvIsoRs-Meet lst MONDAYS in
May, August, November and February
The Shasta courier., 1858-01-02

KIND WoRDs.-They never blister the tongue
or lips. And we have never heard of any men
tai trouble arising from this quarter. Though
they do not cost much, yet they accomplish
much. They help ones own good nature and
good will Soft words soften our own soul
Angry words are fuel to the fame of wrath, and
make it burnmore fercely. Kind words make other
people good natured. Cold words freeze people,
and hot words scorch them, and bitter words
make them bitter, and wrathful words make
them wrathful. There is such rush of all 9TH
er kind of words in our day. that it seems desi-
rable to give kind words chance among them.
There are vain words, and idle words, and hasty
words, and spiteful words, and silly words, and
empty words, and profare words, and boisterous
words, and warlike words. Kind words also
produce their own image on mems souls. And
beautiful image it is. They soothe and quiet,
and comfort the hearer. They shame him out
of his sour morose, unkind feelings. We have
not yet begun to use kind words in such abun-
dance as they ought to be used.-Passal