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The Shasta courier., 1859-01-01
PROFESSIONAL.
TOWER HOUSE.
At the junction of the Yreka and Wes
verville Roads, IL Miles from shasta

verville Roads, IL Miles from Shasta.
- THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD AN
Iiii nounce to the public, and particularly
EaaAA to persons travelling to and from Yreka
and Weaverville, 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, 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 l, 1854 mhll-tf
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-01
Daly's Aromatic Valley Whisk-

Is put up in cases containing one dozen bottles
each.
For sale by all the principal Liquor Houses
in San Francisco. n2o-3m
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-01
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE COURIER

By THE NORTHERN TELEGRAPH LINE
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-12-21
Mistrltaup.,
The Impending Crisis Of the
South
AN ABSTRACT OF HELPERS BOOK.
From The Cine innati Ga.et,e.

A duolecimo of4l9 pages, the full title of
which is :--s'' The Impending Crisis of the
South; how to meet it; By Hinton Rowan
Helper. OF North Carolna,' was published by
Burdick Broihers, of New York, in the sum-
mer of 1857 ard reached a circulation of more
than l3 600 copies before the January follow
ing. The locality Of the authors birth. and
his supposed competency to speak from ex
periencc on many points which Others could
only discuss at second hand. gave weightto
his positions and aroused an interest in his
statements. which perusal of the book part
ly weakened and partly confirmed. Its start.
ling array of figures. and forcihle presentation
of facts that could not be denied; all tending
to set forth the pauperism and demoraIizing
effects of the American Slave System. created
an impression directly opposite to that which
his virulence against the shareholders and ap.
peals to the passions of the non-slaveholders
of the South inspired. It was generally con-
ceded that TO say the least, the book he'd fear.
ful draw backs. '-
Perceiving that in its original form there
were serious objections 10 the general circula-
tion of the work, and yet being desirous that
its statistics should not be overlooked, mum.
Der of leading friends of freedom and judiciocs
reform. caused it to be epi,omised; stripping
itiot its most objectionable features. and re-
taining all tha,i Is mathematicaIly and incontro.
vertibly true. This "Compeudinm of the I'm.
pending Crisis" as far as facts and ignres are
concerned. is no u ore an incendary document
than the United States Census Report Both
show the appropriateness Of The system of
servile labor. 80. '..,'' .. ~ .=.r.
The most praiseworthy act can be distorted
by the malicious into heinous crimes, aud the
subscriptions for the circulation ofthe Helper
pamphlet has afforded the administration
journals fine opportunity for opening their
batteries against the committee of publication.
the subscribers and Republican party general.
Iy. 1t is hardly necessary 10 state that the
latter is not responsible for the unofficial acts
of few persons who may vote for its candi.
dates. and that the wisdom or folly of the un.
dertaking is no part of Republican policy
As the public have for the last few weeks been
regaled with vague charges of insurrection
and treason and with garbled extracts from
the Impending Crisis" the two very different
editions being Intentionally confounaed. we
lay before our readers nm abstract of the ori--
ginal book sufficiently full to give key to it's
contents, and to show the strong and weak
points Of the writer: et sarp i4
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE FREE AND SLAVE
STATES. -.s ss 4
Under this head Mr.. Helper commences his
sad revelations. Omitting all reference to
ethical distinctions, he attempts to answer the o
question, why, when two sections of the
country have started under the same auspices,
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-12-21
For the Ernaneipatsr.

"And the nurnberof them was ten Thousand times tel
Thousand. and thousands of thous ands-Rev v; IL.
See st thou Won stars that meye in mseic dance.
In order all. led on bv him who spo,s SO 'i3
AM hade them bet Drtsan no, that they worlds
Made of no use, des ind tor,,m teir SQUADS ,.
AID pnpr useless tide of splerdor f.-.h
To light creation's wastes. They're esntsrs Ill,
q Whose "a s"'s it'.,a I'D Sci ir famla - ZIG
su of panstsin their spheres; -' bose .,r SLED F
With henss like ourselves- unfallen ih,ugf, ,.,
Aud paying boundless gratitude to c..
&c And hs---gFeat Shepherd. wh?n rs N iyerse :!
Obeys, saw our lost wo,ll AMI pittied It,
All set his love upon it-boundless lorei
q And came like o-ewho the mountains seelss >
I9 The hundred,h sheep; he came andgsve his lf, ca
For dying men For this let rocks and hills
Their silence break, and lei the mighty A, ds
If up thrir voice join the gen'ral praise, 70
3. And let clad heaven ring with Joyful songs 4
tn occasion asks it God hssro r 10 save So,
wand'rint world. He might have sent ii forth
To ,erk da-'rn'ien in the - bless wastes l'i1i
Beyond the limits of created things; sos sc
He might haze kinded in il ii es of wrath
To bi re on t'e', aud carry terror -nnnd
t'i To sister planets I; hut he ssrnn ely chose o.
s To, save il--cairary ca 'cstfs-s gi7d sztcsT
And the can y WHO sing tis love .5i
Already, On the plains Of Paradise;
And millions, ow on ar,i. etu a ,.''e sauneJGE
s Nor ,hey alone. osarib! lift MP thy VOICE; .yqa
Dumb Naturel speak. No has scathed thee yet;
Molly 'rborean frost has !, d h seas i1'1
~ And suri,ei.i continents 10 realms of ice.
But thou dos' fael everlasting change q IL % 5F
T.. of SUM- and coud and fruciifying- owet-
OF balmy breath, of spring and summer heat,
OF devy morn and care-i eguling eve. 'H 1-5
b o. What tongue-the tongue Of SIN 2ers lost can tell
How Cod i3 load thee with selectest gif-;
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-12-21

eS5.1sr.sE . s55a 3 4Dai From q Atlantic Monihly
81 az. 80 zs ssssz LARFE. .ssss s5
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-12-21

4 AGRICULTURAL. SUPERIORITY OF THE NORTH.
The facts which come under this head are
set forth in tables. which would occupy more
space than is at our disposal, but which de-
serve careful examination. They prove that
the boasted agricultural superiority of the
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-12-21

She was combing her fair hair at the mirror
thai Ghrisimas morning and she tarned round
with little eager cry. while the blood leaped
into her cheeks, 'has be gone, Betsy 7 sssyn
81" Yes .snd he left. merry Christmas foI
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-12-21
FRMs:-oNls DoI.LAIs AND FIFrY oENTs- IN ADvANoE.e
,taas .{ 90 HOLE No ase.

the South does not exit. The tatsI of the
bus Ell measure agricultural productions ofthe
North 10 1850. as compared with that Of
Southern productions i, the same year. shows
balance against the latter section of seyen-
teen millions four hrrdted and twenty .thrfe
thonsand one hundred and fifty two bushels.
in quantity, and difference in valne of forty
four millions seven hundred and eighty-two
thousand six hundred and thirty six dollars.s
THE NORTHERN HAY ceoP vs., SOUTHERN STA.
sGITt sggoa PILES. fsE1azey
.oi The next fact to be established is that the
annual hay crop of the Free States is worth
considerably more. in dollars .snd cents than
all the cotton, tobacco. rice, hay, hemp. and
cane sugar. annually prodnced in the fifteen
Slave States. In proof of this the following
table is subjoined fts -
HAY THE FREE erArEs-1e5o.
u 69o9ea TOMS sll g.. 1as sss
suzDRy PRopucrs TIE stAE sTAAEs-1s51 -
Cpton... 2it5 779 bales. at So2 90.
Tobacco. la5 s9S a06 lbs. zat l0.ss.. lS5 39t
Rice (ropgh) 2l5 Il 349l lbs a. a4....,. u SO
Hat.. II77ei tons, at II sf...... 10 T43 ls9
Henp......i 3I673 tons, liz 0s......o . 6es 56
Cane Sugar. 257 Is3ooo lbs. at T.-... Is 500 so
77svsis-oFe 70 siilsi1 slse 6e5 12s
Hay ropof the Free sates...- aes
Balance in favor OF Tive Free s. e75
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-12-21


asigiisF POUND MEASURE rRoDrcTs.; sFsisi1
After melancholy picture of the inefi.
cheney Of The rnde agriculture of the negroes.
the author proceeds to show the superiority
of the North in the cultivation of the twelve
principal pound measure products of the Free
and Slave States, viz: bay. cotton. butter aud
cheese, tobacco. cane sugar, wool. rice. hemp.
maple sugar, beeswax and honey. hops and
nax. This investigation occupies eight tables.
the recapitulation of which We here give q
2" % - fEhlt''.4 ' .7'l-s 9-sati5 rtuxps.
Free States. s7s z6n2
Slave States 4SSs.slo 6ei
~ Balance in lbs s.................s4 $50 asi2al
sgsaff 5la - rsrs1 --e5--l- ra f,.rT vsLuR-l
Free states.
Slave States. 13,,zzSz SD
tsl
Difference in value. e...-...--.-...--- $50 9ll99los
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-12-21
Q -. - ? Y 2 p q z p 4 =
a ohRfsTMASifs SifsToRY.

3. Mr., Rood has Just left this here for you
ma'am, eaid the servant. with a yery broad
smile, as she stood IL. the chamber door hold
ing out a small pearl box TO her young mis-
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-12-21
Sciences Domestic Economy, Social Improvement

noe Q TYRANrs Is oBEDIENoE T CD: - -
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-12-28
Gibson, the DefnssEtists Treasurer,
Found Glgtttu. -.-y1e.-.-f =

The trial of VIM. II. GIBSON, the defaulting
State Treasurer, which has occupied the Court
at Columbus for several days past, was termi-
mated on yesterday, by verdict of guilty
The sentence of the Court will seeasigA him to
felon's cell within the walls of the Ohio
Penitentiary. A motion for new trial has
been made, but not yet decided s54=s5 E 4..a
But few years since GIBSON was the great
orator of the Republican party, and was noted
for his vindictive attacks on the Democratic
party. and particularly for his charges of dis
honesty upon Democratic men. These charges
were the more frequent while perpetrating the
crimes which enabled the Penitentiary to claim
its own National Democrat. =
Bdr"Not dollar of the missing money"
said Gov CHASE, "ever soiIed Republican
hands" The same jury that have found GIB-
SON guilty of embezzlement, have also, by
their verdict, convicted SALMON p. CHASE Of
deliberate and wilful falsehood. and of the
moral crime of obtaining votes under false
pretences. GIBSON, however, will go to the Pen
itentiary, and CHASE will probably goto the SEN
ate! And all this high-handed and disgrace
full roguery is perpetrated under senseless
clamor about sshuman bondagew
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-12-28
Il,ferestimg Statistics.

We are indebted to our attentive member of
the Board of Equalization, Maj URIE, for a
copy of report embracing some valuable sta
tistics gathered by E. d. MANSFIELD, and
addressed to the Auditor of State. '7
From it we learn that in our own County of
Ashland, the wheat and corn crops of the
present year was about one-haf the average; /;
in Richland four-fifths of the Wheat was kill
ed b. the frost, and the Corn crop was one
half the average; in Wayne, .''ncarly all de-
stroyed-not enough for bread and of Corr
one-half the usual crop s e's
In Ashland county, in the year ending July
1, 1859, there were 239 deeds of Farm lands,
sold at an average price a little exceeding
twsnty-nine dollars per acre. In Richland the
number of deeds are not given, but the Farm
lands sold during the same year, averaged s28
per acre. In Wayne the number of Deeds
executed during the same period was 267, at
an average price per acre of S29,33.
Our farming lands, then, according to the
best standard, ale more valuable than those of
Richland, and only little below those of
Wayne. When the Atlantic and Great West
ern Rail Road is fully completed, as we are
confident it will be, within eighteen months,
our farming lands viii become greatly enhanc-
ed in value-largely exceeding. those of any
of the adjacent counties. Our county has
immense capacity for production. All we
want is a market, and that the Rail Road will
afford us.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-12-28
JOHN MARSHAL WHEN a YOUTH,

4 A correspondent of the New York Century
gives. pleasant account Of the early days of,
John Marshall, who became Chief Justice of,
the Supreme Court. The following picture
of the young man is given: 4 s,fi,.f l7.sr7al,.,
g,.."sIIn.. the, spring of I776, number of the
Virginia troops. who had participated in the
battle of Great Bridge, tarried, ON their journ-r
ey home, at the good old town of York.,
Among them was young man, of twenty,
who became q great fayorite with the gentle-r
men and ladies of the borough. he was tail,
slender, with sparkling black eyes, and lips
which wore an habitual. smile In bis walk /,
his bearing, his simple and winning gestures,
were observable that characteristic called sthoI~
oughl- bred. :. In costume he was far from pre-
sentipg a, very imposing appearances. His
dress was plain, and somewhat the worse for
wear; his siouch hat was actually shabby Che
plainly paid not the least attention to his peri
sonal adornment He had another suit, which
he sometimes wore no doubt to the terror OF
his nervous young lady friends. ~
This consisted chiefly of a rude cap deco
rated with, the tail of buk, leathern belt
rustaining a. tomahawk and couteau de ekasse,
and green hunting shirt, with the words
Liberty or DEATH in large white letters on
the bosom. 1t was the uniform Of the tCul-
pepper Minute Men, in which corps the youth
held the post of lieutenant a1i s9ess ,..'
"Tarrying thus in the fine spring days at
Yorktown. he became regular yisiter to the
houses of the old gentry, who at that time
made the borough an attractive spot, illustra-
ting it with all the charms of former mannera
and refined. festivities Among other friends
whom the young lieutenant made, was Mr.
Jaquelin Ambler, collector of customs for the
port, and afterwards Treasurer of the Com
monwealth, where his incorruptible integrity
secured for him the noble name of 7s1,hA Nr;s
tides of Virginia With the whole houshoId
of the worthy Colonel Amber, the youth soon
became what was then called a great toas.;,,
but especially did he manage to find his way
to the heart of a little danlseh only fourteen
years of age, Miss Mary Willis lAmbler by
name. He read poetry to the ladies in his
sweet voice, filed with melody and pathos,
waited upon them with the grand, simple gal.
lantry and knightly elegance of the old Sres
giz.e, and endeared himselfto one and all by
his Kindness and dignity, -. s,,.. 80
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-12-28
THE DANCING MlIlDY NJ azRMAHsrY,

5asA few months after the dancing rnalady OF
l37 had made its appearance at AK latChap-
pelle, it broke out at Cologne, where the num-
Der of those possessed amounted to more than
five hundred, and about the same time at Metx.
the streetsof which place are said to have BEEN
filed with eleven hundred daneers. Peasants
left their plows, mechanics their workshops,
housewives their domestic duties, to join the
wild revels, and this commercial city became
the scene of the most ruinous disorder Sc
cret1 desires were excited, and but too often
found opportunities ior enjoyment; and numer-
Gus beggars, stimulated by voice and mystery,
ayailed themselves of this new complaint to gain
a temporary livelihood. Girls and boys quit
ed their parents, and servants their masters, to
amuse themselves at the dances of those possess
ed and greedily imbibed the poison of mental
affection Above one hundred unmarried wo-
men were seen raving about in consecrated and
unconsecrated places, and the consequences
We're soon perceived =
Gangs ofidle vagabonds, who understood how
to initiate to the life thu gestures and convul-
sions of those really affected, roved from place
to place to seek maintainanee and adventure,
and thus, wherever they went, spreading thia
disgusting spasmodic disease like plague, for
in maladies of this kind the susceptible are in
fected as easily by appearance as by reality
At last 1t was found necessary to drive away
these mischievous guests, who were equally in
accessible to the exercism of the priests and
the remedies of the physicians. 1t was not,
however, until after four months that the Rhens
ish cities able to suppress these impostures.
which had SO alarmipgly increased the original
evil In the meantime, when once called into
existence. the plaguecrept on, and found abun,.
dant food in the tone of thought which preyail-
ed in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries,
and even, through minor degree, throughous
the sixteenth and seventeenth, causing per-
nanent disorder of the mind, and exhibiting,
in those to whose inhabitants it was novelty.
scenes as. strange as they were detestable.N u
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-12-28

For the Ashland Union.


This is little word of familiar sound, but
full of meaning. It is most suggestive, and
at times most startling. Most generally it is a
call to halt to stand STILL to desist, signal for
rest. But it has "a greater, wider meaning
this, when it rings out warning rebuke,
checking some wild career, some evil practice,
some vicious purpose. But at other times it is
as welcome as the sound of the wedding bell,
when the lover calls it to the maiden. of his
heart. When the schoolboy hears it summon
ing him from his weary task to the play ground.
When the labouring man catches its message
from the horn and for an hour drops his spade
in the furrow and his hammer upon the anvil.
Little children stop to pluck flowers, to chase
the butterfly by the wayside, to hear the robin
sing its sweetest song. This is a delightful
pause. The youth stops to gaze upon the
maiden that trips through rosy paths by his
side, to look upon the beauties of nature, and
contemplate the goodness and power of the
Infinite Creator of all the sights which fill his
soul with wonder and admiration. Manhood
stops to contemplate the past, and make plans
for the future. Butthere is place and time
when and where we must all stop. We shall
all, stop before that same, awful shadow, we
shall stop from all our madness, all our deprav-
ity, all our strifes, our contention enmities,
our ,waywardness, from all of earth and its van
tiles, uddenly, in moment, "When the sill
yer cord is loosened, when the golden bowl is
broken and the pitcher broken at the foun-
TAIN we shall all stop. We shall all stop
before the words of the great 'I Am" when he
says thus far shalt thou come and no further
Then we shall lay ourselves down and rest
from all the scenes of vanity and vexation.
All mankind in whatsoever situation they may
be placed look, Forward with shudder to the
dreadful stop of death. Then in the midst of
life, its busy scenes, its frivolitos, let us for
moment stop and consider if all our ways be
right, if we walk honestly and uprightly before
all men. Stop thy disobedience, Q young
man, the hand, o Gambler, thy tongue, o Bias
phemer, thy thirst for gold, o..Miser. Incalcu-
liable the.amount of wretchedness brought upon.
mankind by not minding this little word
stop! Yours, 2.as5 2GlR.5ti
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-12-28
Jbe AsblanS Nnioa .
ASHLAND, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28 1859.
Under schsch Fya..

There are many who are anxious to know
whether the Ashland Times, in this hour of
National danger, when all the true hearts of
the country are rallying under the broad folds
of the Flag of the Union, intends TO persist
in its narrow and intense Abolitionism? The
large Union Meetings recently held in Boston,
New York, &C., have met with noEisible fa-
vor in the columns of the Ashland Times. The
speech of EDWARD EVERETT, the letters of
WINFIELD ScoTT and MILLARD fillmore,
have not even been noticed in the Times.
These men were giants in the days of the old
Whig party, and were the objects of Wing
idolatry. The Times has evidently enlist
ed under GIDDINGs, and his s'irrepressibleY
crew The people will 'spot' the whole
concern. Love of country is not SO utterly
crushed out of the American heart some
men may suppose and hope for. IL. Lsa5g5
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-12-28
and seetionas Candidates

~ ttL GOsbttG dtNU SeCtGOnNE CUfUt0OfeS
The friends Of WILLIAM H. SEWARD and
SALMON p. CHASE respectively urge their
claims for the republican Presidential nomina-
tion on the ground that their sectionalism
makes them available in the North GA z =
It is somewhat remarkable that the friends
of Judge DoUGLAs-among whom are many
good men-advocate has nomination because
he is strong in the Republican States.
IF the object is simply to select candidate
by reason of his sectional availability, why not
nominate an unadulterated Abolitionist, such
as GIDDINGs or GARRISON?
Upon this great question of conceding to
the Southern States their full Constitutional
rights as, members of the Union, there is no
halfway house The. issue must be decided
upon broad principles of equity, and upon a
strict construction of the Constitution
Whatever the Democracy of few Northern
Republican States may do,8the Charleston
Convention will select candidate and shape
a platform with reference to the interests of
the WHOLE UNION; and when their work is
completed, it will be cordially ratified by the
united Democracy of the WHOLE COUNTRY
which embraces all sections.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-12-28
THE ENGLISH WOMEN.


It is very evident that large foot is not;
considered detriment to female beauty in
England, as the ladies make no effort to di-
minish the size of their feet by wearing pinch
slippers. On the contrary, they wear clumsy
CATERS, with heavy soles, which make their
steps anything but fairy like And in this
they show their good sense. One half of the
consumption cases among. the American women
are owing to water-soled. shoes, which render.
walking both difficult and dangeroas, and so
they set pining in satin chairs in their oysr-
heated rooms, sucking cough candy, and wait,
ing for the doctor, and his shadow-the under.
taker; while these buxem English beauties are
tramping about in their waterproof boots,' or
darting through lanes and parks in their sad
dies. To appear delicate or lackadaisical is no,
part of an English woman's ambition. Health
and vigor of body are considered of primary
importance, not only for comforts sake, but as
the most essential qualifications for satisfaetor-
lily and successfully performing the duties Of
wives and mothers. And they dress and eat,
and exercise accordingly, On eallingo on Lady
----- ,9,the other morning, one of the most beam
tifal and accomplished ladies' in, London, I
found her dressed in a plain, purple coloTed
woollen robe, made of cheap and coarse mate.
rial, and yet so tastefully fitting her figure
that was struck with the elegance and the
comfort of the ensemble An ultra fsshien@
able belle fethe Fifth Avenue woald hardly
"come down, to her visitor in 50 simple eos.
tune; or if she did, it would be with confu.
sion of apologetic words and. bushes Cox
Ftn3lers Sparks from a Loct n,otire '''''