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The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-10-06

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The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-10-06
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TO WHOM IT NAY CUNCERN'
Wishing to test the advantages Of taking
up Fruit Trees in the Fall, the proprietors OF
The "Central Nurseries will sell aud VAR
RANT trees after Oct. lst, at the same price
the; would sell without such : lrranty.
BDWkN s. KNAPP.
Spring CresA, Z Mon Grove.)
Sept. 18th, 1859. n4'w4
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05
The Law of Newspapers.

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2. If subscribers wish their papers discontin-
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notify Publishers, once in three months, of pa
perS ottaken from their Office by subscribers
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not charged postagean the county in which they
are published.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05

nsn- a correspondent of San Francisco pa
per says men go to the Legislature to make laws
for the State The fellow is a muggins, and
don't know much If he would just keep run
of the Legislative proceedings, he would learn
taht part of their duty is to cut out work fol
Congress to do. Already they have instructed
Congressman on many points. The affairs o.
Kansas also come within the scope of their of.
fetal duties. Many of them, indeed, manifest
more interest touching the affairs ofthe people
of that Territory than of those of California
Its a pity that such do not go to that land o.
their love-
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05

FURTHER OF HoFFMAN's ENcoUNTER.-The L,
A. Star has the following remarks about Hoff-
mans encounter with the Mojave Indians:
The escort of Col Hoffman-ffty men of tho
First Dragons, under command of Lieut.. Chap
man-were encamped at Beaver Lake, in fat,
about two miles from Beales crossing of tho
Colorado. The conduct of the Indians became
insolent and aggravating in the extreme. They
approached the camp in numbers, painted, each
having an extra supply of arrows they even
fired at the sentinel, and by their conduct, show
ed that they intended to attack the command at
their leisure, being confident, apparently that
they could exterminate them. Col. Hoffman
determined to check their nsolence, and ORDER
ed the party to drive them away, which was
quickly done, at a loss to the Indians of at least
ten men.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05

THE CALIFORNIA PANTUER.-The California
Painter is cowardly animal, and never attacks
a man except impelled by extreme hunger or
danger to its young. Speaking of this animal
the 4lta says:
When full grown Panther sees a man he
usually starts at once to run, and he will often
flee from dog alone. A gentleman of our ac-
quaintance once out hunting and was
creeping through some brush and timber to get
near to deer, when he felt heavy body strike
his back. He started very suddenly, and looked
round, and saw a Panther, which had jumped
down upon him from tree. The beast seemed
more astonished than the man, and, after star
ing for minute, started and fed at full speed.
He had probably mistaken the buff coat of the
hunter for calf or deer
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05

BLooDsHED IN KANsAs.-The jefferson City,
(Alo.,) Eramiaer, f25th December, says:
We learn of Thomas Murray, editor of the
Warsaw Democrat, the following particulars in
regard to recent outrage by Montgomery 3
banditti-Mr. R. H. Melton, of Warsaw, being
Mr.. Murrays informant.
1t appears that one of the Montgomery men
had been indicted for murder in the first degree
and was confined in the Jail at Fort Scott, Kan
sas. Montgomery demanded his release, and
threatened if he were not set Mt liberty, to de-
stroy the town. Of course the citizens of Fort
Scott refused to comply with his request, and
furthermore sent their defiance to Montgomery.
On Wednesday night, 18th December, two hun
dred men, led by Montgomery, stole upon the
town, taking the people of Fort Scott unawares.
Mr.. Melton who had visited Fort Scott on busi-
ness, Immediately mounted his horse and fled .
Five or six persons had been killed before he
escaped. lie thinks Montgomery took the town
and destroyed it. gentleman from Bates
county heard heavy cannonading during We'd
nesday night
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05

g3FA short time ago Pol lock, the poet, died
and left wife and children penniless. The,
newspaper men of San Francisco determined to
get up theatrical benefit for them. Mr.. Nc
Guire gave the of his Opera House, the Ac-
tors gave their services, the p VI. s. S. Company
paid for the music, and the affair netted for the
beneiiciaries the handsome sum of $3.50, to
which the committee will add another hundred
We have snid it before, we say it again, that no
people OF the face Of the earth are more gene
rous than those of San Francisco. Doubtless
there are vast amount of villanies committed
in that proud city, put at the same, there is not
day but that some one ef its bright-winced
guardian angels speeds away to the realms of
eternal bliss, bearing the tdings of some unu-
sual deed of benevolence. Had some of the GOOD
citizens Of the proud metropolis of the Pacific
been dwellers in Sodom and Gomorrah. those
cities would have escaped their terrible doom.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05
COUNTY DIRECTORY
County Omcers.

Shasta.
County Judge-Joel 7. Landrum.
Associate J,tstices-J. r. Durick and Thomas
Bass.
County Treasurer-Jarnes Hayburn.
County Clerk-H T. Vanllorn.
Sherif-H. Clay Stockton. Under Sheriff
John Dent.
County Assessor-W. II. Angen-
County .Surreyor-E Linn.
Public ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Swasey.
District Attorney-James d. Mix.
School ComBsissioner-G X Godfrey.
County Physicidia-Dr. James E. Pelham.
Board Of Supervisors.-lst District, Jno A
Dreibelbis; ID District, William B. Stod-
dart; Sd District, D. C. Johnson.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05

A COOP BILL.-Senator Sam Merritt has in.
troduced q bill in the Senate which, if it be-
comes law, will eflectually knock on the head
all such speculating schemes to rob the Federal
treasury as that known as the Lime Point swim
die. The bill provides that in all cases where
sites are required by the United States, for light
houses, Notifications, and other purposes, and
where the owners are unknown, nonresident. or
from any other cause incapable of making a
perfect title, or when an agreement cannot be
made as to price, the Government, by instituting
certain proceedings in a District Court, may
obtain good and valid title against all persons
whatsoever.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05
Township Officers.

SHASTA TowNsHIP-Justices of the Peace
r. Durick, and Jmes Keene. Constables-Tho-
fnas J. Flynn, Joseph NJ. Short
CLEAR CREEK TewNsHIP.--Justices- William
Anowlton, James NJ. Ebg. Constables-J. W
Gardner, d. Wilder.
FRENCH GuLcH TowSsHlr.--Justices-E NJ
Mcdonald. Constabe-William Davis.
SIERRA Observation-Disclosures D. Baker, D.
G. Stevenson. Constables-Stephen Park, Jo-
seih Meyer.
PIrr RIVER TowxsHIP- Justices Thomas
Bass, A. r. McCollum. Constabes-Daniel g.
Hunt, Stanley.
SUGAR LOAF Observation-Disclosures Nc
Mann, S. F. Southern. Constables- William
Lytle, David Reams.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05
TOWER HOUSE.
At the Junction of the Yrekn and yVea-
verVille Roads, IL Miles from Shasta.

~ THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD AN
iii5A nounce to the public, and particularly
EELssA to persons travelling to and from Yreka
and Weaverville, that, having leased this long
established stand, formerly known as the I" Free
Bridge House. he is prepared to entertain Gus
toners in style not surpassed by any hotel III
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, viii 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 viii 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 II. TOWER.
Tower House, Marchl. 1854. mhll-tf
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05

We THINK OTHERwIsE.--The Mountain Demo
crat has long article, written in Dan Gelwicks'
peculiarly nervous not to say felicitous style,
in which occurs the following passage
"Take for example, Mr.. Buchanan, his cleo
tion and the history of his Presidential career.
He is not, nor never was, among what we know
as the first statesmen Of the country"
We have always thought otherwise, and deem
ed Mr.. Buchanan worthy of being classed with
Clay, Webster, Calhoun, Wright, Cass, and Ben
ton
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05

HAsrY.-Speaker Stratton is an impetuous,
hot-headed individual. Three weeks ago he met
Mrs. Coleman, lately from Kentucky The
twain fell in love at first sight, and on the oath
ult. were married. Marry in haste and repent
at leisure is an old saying. Wonder if Mr.
Speaker ever read the elder Samuel Wellers
opinion of 4" vidders.n That remarkable indi-
vidual said, "beware of vidders, Samuel. nv
son." 1t is q remarkable fact, as all history
hath proven, that one widow is more danger
Gus than dozen maidens, let them be ever SO
pretty. Cos Hy-they have such " VERY weav-
ing WAYS"
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05

pS7- A Washington correspondent says it is
q proposed there should be a caucus Of southern
members of Congress from States bordering on
the Gulf, and others, irrespective Of party, fa-
vorable to a decisive policy with regard to Mex
leo, to urge upon the Administration the neces-
sity of promptly seizing the present opportunity
to improve our relations with Mexico, and to
extend our influence over that country. The
time is considered most favorable, and ought net
10 be lost by delay"
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05

TAXING lNDIANs.-A bill for taxing Indians,
recently introduced in the Assembly, by Mr..
Lightner, met with considerable ridicule. Itap-
pears now, however, that Mr.. Lightner was act
ing like very sensible man, while those who
laughed at him were themselves the proper OBJ
jects of ridicule. His object is simply to increase
the representation of California in Congress. 1t
seems that, under the Constitution of the United
States the appointment of members of Congress
is based upon certain rates of population, " ex-
cluding Indians not taxed" OF course no one
expects to force the Indians to pay poll tax,
but it is believed that a law which will include
them among tax-paying Indians, will secure to
California one more member than she will get
otherwise.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05

DISTINGUISHED CoRREsPoNDEyrs.-We venture
the assertion that no paper in America has a
more distinguished corps of correspondents than
our northern neighbor just over the line the
Jacksonville (Oregon) Sentinel. In the last num-
Der of that very admirable paper we observe
Washington letters, addressed to the editer, from
each of the Senators elect from that embryo
State. We hope our Senators will place US on
level with our neighber of Oregon. Accord
ing to the Constitution of the United States.
g" the citizens of each State shall be entitled to
all privileges aud immunities of citizens in the
several States" IfQregon editers can have T.
S. Senators for correspondents, we do not see
why we shall not. We hope Messrs. Broderick
and Gwin will attend to this little matter
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05

GENTLEMEN OF THE "GREEs BAG" Please
NoTIcE-In the Cal. Home Journal aPeter Par
adox" expresses the opinion that lawyers grow
out of the body polite like rarts on the nose, or
stain the fountains ofjustice, as flies polute the
purity Of amber" He proposes "a Law to sim
pHfy law, and provide for the gradual extirpa-
ton of LAWYERS
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05

OBEYING IYsTRueTIoNs.-Gen Cass refused to
obey instructions to vote against the Fugitive
Slave Act, 1--WE believe it was, and the Democ-
racy applauded him for it. During the last ses-
sion of Congress, Wright and Thompson, OF N
j., Fitch and Bright, of Indiana, Jones, of Iowa
Allen, of Rhode Island-in all, six Senator'S
refused to obey the instructions of their respec-
tive Legislatures, and vote against the admission
of Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution
and Lecompton Democrats everywhere applaud
ed them for it.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05

osrRAcfsM.-It has long been thought by both
learned and unlearncd men, that " what is sauce
for the goose is sauce for the gander." Hence,
as Mr.. Broderick's opposition to the Administra-
ton on one measure is deemed by our legislators
| sufficient cause for ostracising him. So it is
thought by some, Mr. Geiger should be ostra-
cised for combating Gov. Weller on the Indian
| Reservation system. Clearly ifa United States
Senator is to be kicked from among the DEM
ocracy because he opposes one measure of the
President elected by the Democracy it is
nothing but justice that Mr.. Geiger shall be
kicked from among the Democracy for combat
ing position taken by Governor elected by
the Democracy. "What is sauce for the goose
is sauce for the gander.p Democracy is a sem
timent ncorruptible, not to be appalled,, &c, and
all Democrats for like sins are entitled to like
puniShments. 40. P. O." in the S. F. Herald
very clearly intimates conclusion to this effect
Wherefore we anticipate that some other Leg
islatiye donkey will immortalize himself by in
Producing a resolution requesting Vince Geiger
to resign the Nome Lackee Agency-which
Vince will of course incontinenty proceed to do
in cornucopia of exceeding extensive dimen-
sonS.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05

Ey- The following is the second and last Of
the joint resolutions introduced into the Assem-.
bly, by Mr.. Street on the 24th:
Resolued, That the interest of the whole eeun-
try demands that the Government of the United
States should, if possible, peaceably acquire, or
if not, forcibly seize upon such portion of the
territory of Nicaragua as is necessary to secure
for all time to come free transit of the Isthmus
and erect such Notifications and defenses on the
line of said route as will effectually protect
American citizens in its enjoyment.
This is carrying ont TO the fullest extent the
ating which the supporters of Mr.. Fillmore, in
the last Presidential race, denounced Mr.. Bu-
chanan. They declared the Ostend Manifesto y
was simply defense of the crime of robbery.
many supporters of Filmore,-who denounced
Mr.. Buchanan for that very paper and who
have since sneaked into the Democratic party
under cover of the dust kicked up by the Kan
sas fght,-do not charge him with desire and
willingness to rob Nicaragua of portion of her
territory.
Others of this class of new Democrats are so
delighted at the prospect of being hereafter with
the majority, that Mr.. Street need fear nothing
from their barking. They will now declare that
they never denounced the "0stend Manifesto"
that they never were in favor of Fillmore In
short to obtain full fellowship in the Democrat
ic party, they will vow to our foreign-born cti-
zens that they were never Know Nothings-as-
severate to eld-line Democrats that they never
denounced jackson as Id tyrant, or Buchan-
an as an old Federalist,-and swear to all men
that they always had said, still say, and will con-
tinue to say that Democratic men and measures
are the salvation of the Republic.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05

Bs15- We confess that we are somewhat sur
prised to see the vote of Senator Burch recorded
in favor of the resolution requesting Senator
Broderiek to resign, because he refused to vote
for the Lecompton Constitution. That gentle
mans constituency were nearly equally divided
on that question. Out of vote of :. .O22. the Le
compton candidate for Supreme Judge, Mr. Bald
win, obtained majority of but sirty votes. And
the Senator is certainly aware of the fact that
many Democrats in his district, who were op-
posed to the LecomPton Constitution, voted for
Baldwin, for the reasen that they would not op-
pose the regular nominees or the Administration
because they differed with them on one question.
1t is probable then that majority of voters of
Trinity and Humboldt, at the last election were
opposed to the Lecompton Constitution. At all
events they stood very nearly equal
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05

fyH A reader of the " local items" columns
of the San Francisco papers, cannot but be
struck with the great number ofdrunken women
and insane men recorded therein as under ar
rest
bSsy" 1t is reported that Gen. Denver has de-
termined to resign his position at the head OF
the Indian Bureau, next spring, and return to
California.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05

BANK BLASTING AT LIBERTY HrLL.-A success
full experiment in bank blasting was tried at
Liberty Hill, Little York township, last We'd
nesday, in the claims of Parish & Co. A drift
was run in the Hill distance of ninety feet. be-
ing eighty feet below the surface Four hun
dred pounds of powder was placed at the end
of the drift, and ignited. The shock was tre
mendous; the country around was shaken as by
earthquake; the furniture was thrown about
in the houses, and number of ladies, while
engaged in their household duties. were nearly
frightened out of their wits The snow, which
was about eight inches deep on the surface was
cracked in every direction on the hill. The
ground is composed of a very hard cement and
is believed to be sufficiently loosened to be easi
ly sluiced down by the hydraulic. c.-Ncvada Dem.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05

TIE MONTGOMERY AND ENGLISH FIGHT-It now
appears, from the evidence of three persons who
witnessed the encounter between Messrs. Mont
gomery and English, on Pennsylvania Avenue,
that Montgomery, when addressed by English,
did not reply, but simply passed on, when Eng
lish stepped after him, and, with heavy stick,
struck him from behind. Montgomery then
turned on him, when English drew the sword
from his cane. Montgomery then stepped back,
and caught up piece of brick and threw it af-
ter English, who was running Montgomery
then went back for another brick, and English
ran rapidly away up Fourteenth street. Mont-
gomery was wholly unarmed. 1t is very evi-
dent that the attack was premeditated, as Eng
lish had twice before on the same day passed
Montgomery without addressing him. 1t is not
generally thought that English acquired any
very great credit for bravery by his conduct in
this affair.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05
SHASTA COURIER.
Cuba.

The recent news from Cuba is of a most in
teresting character. revolution is believed to
be on the eve of speedy deyelopement. A legal
emigration of Americans to that island is said to
have been going on for months. Within a very
short period no less than eight hundred Ameri-
cans, all supplied with passports, have landed
in that island, and are ready to aid the Revolu-
tionists. The appearance of great numbers of
them in the streets Of Havana have so frighten-
ed the newly arrived Spanish officials, that they
have made overtures to the French government
to intervene to prevent any revolutionary move
ment contemplated by the inhabitants of the
island. General Concha, the deposed Governor
was not consulted in the matter, and it is init
mated that his sympathies are with the Revolu-
tionists. Success to the Revolutionists, say we
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-05
Times of Holding Courts,

Times of Holding Courts.
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
SHAsrA-Third Mondays in January, May and
September.
SIsKIyoU-First Mondays in March, July and
November.
TRISITY-Seeoad 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 SgsERyssoRs-yleet lst Mondays in
Hay. August. November and February.