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The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

SPANISH DEsEcRATIoy.-A singular proof OF
Spanish Indifference to the monuments of an
cient art, has been recently given. The famous
bridge Of Alcantara, which spanned the Tagus,
with the triumphal arch of Teagan, has been
demolished for the sake Of the stones of which
they were composed. The bridge was $50 feet
long and twenty eight feet wide. The arch upon
the bridge was forty feet in height. 1t was one
of the noblest of Roman relies in Europe and il
Is really inconceivanle how any people, not ac-
tually barbarous, could consent to destroy so
precious memorial Of bygone centuries.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

CONSUMPTION IN CALIFoRxIA.-The State Reg
iStrar, IN his Report, says that the most numer-
ous among the causes of death in this State is
. consumption" The greater number of the
deaths recorded among the Chinese are attribu-
table to this disease. This is, perhaps, owing
somewhat to the difference in climate. but more
attributable to this race living in many cases. in
damp, Differentiated, and, in great number of
instances, in underground tenements. Several
deaths from consumption, among the California
Indians, adopted into families aud inducted into
the customs of civilization, are among those re-
orted.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

The GOLD CRoP OF CALIFoRNIA.-The whole
amount of California gold received in New FORK
by consignees during the year 1858, was S36,-
1884, as against the sum of S34,222 9O4 re-
eeived by New York consignees in 1857; but in
1897 one million and half shipped from this
State to New York was lost by the wreck of the
steamship Central America. 1t is doubtless true
that the amount taken to that city by passen-
gers, Of which no account can be made, amounts
to several millions annually, aud the sums sent
home to friends one million. The gold, says tue
New York Herald, goes chiefly TO pay our debts
ahrnal
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGo-One hundred
years ago there was not a single white man in
Ohio, Kentucky Indiana, and Illinois Territories.
Then, what is now the most hourishinr parts of
America, was as little known as the country
around the mountains of the moon. Il was not
until lT69. that the - Hunter of Keutucky.p the
gallant and adventurous Boone left his home in
North Carolina, to become the first settler in
kentucky The first pioneer of Ohio did not
settle until twenty years after this time A hun
dred years ago, Canada belonged to France and
the whole population of the United States did
not exceed million and half of people A
hundred years ago, the great Frederick of Prus-
sin was performing those exploits which have
made hlm immortal in military annals, and with
his little monarchy was sustaining a single
handed contest with Russia Aus ria and France
the three great powers of Europe combined
a hundred years ago, Napoleon was not born,
and Washington was young and modest Vir-
glnia Colonel, and the great events in the his
tory of two worlds, in which these great but
dissimilar men took leading parts, were then
scarcely foreshadowed. A hundred years ago.
the United States were the most loyal part of the
British Empire, and on the political horizon no
speck indicated the struggle which within a
score ofyears thereafter estat lished the
Republic of the world. A hundred years ago.
there were but four newspapers in America
steam engines had not been imagined, and rail-
roads and telegraphs had not entered into the
remotest conceptions of man. When we come
to look back at it through the vista of history
we Ind that to tile century which has passed,
has been allotted more important events in
their bearing upon the happiness of the world,
than almost any other which has elapsed since
the creaton.-P PHtsburgh Post
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19
Constitutional Weakness,
Intemperence, Delirium,
Dyspepsia, Chills, Ague, &c.
In all of the above it is an absolute panace l.

Read this statement o. cures, effected by the
most extraordinary concoction of the age.
4 case Of 6odi1y pam, Ague Debility and Dys-
pepsia cHred
Mr.. John B. Flemming. Merchant Tailor of
Ophir, in this State, certifes, Sept 81, 1854,
that two bottles of DR.. Webber's Cordial cured
Mr.. j. c. Ewens, of the same place, of pains in
the body, dyspepsia chill and hacking cough,
together with general debility, neuralgia and
| rheumatic pains.
DR.. James Bonnaut certifies to the cure of a
pitiable case of decayed manhood (where the
strength, nerves, memory and the whole phys
ique was prostrated) by its use.
Mr.. James Freeman, of Mokelumne Hill, SAYS:
"Myfeeling was an exhaution, a want of strength,
torpor, want of vigor, appetite and other
miserable feelings. One battle of your Cordial
relieved, and three have entirely cured me-"
We could give fifty other certificates, not
withstanding that most persons are sensitive
about being noticed; but the above must salts
fy any reasonable person.
1t is sold for S:S, or two bottles for So, by
every Wholesale and Retail Druggist in Califor-
MIA PARK Il WHITE,
San Francisco AGENTS
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19
shortfellow sums up Longfelloy.

Miles Standishi old Puritan soldier, courts gal
/ Priscilla by proxy,
Gal likes the proxy the best, so Miles in a rage
/ takes and hooks it;
Folks think he's killed, but he amt, and comes
back, as friend, to the wedding.
If you call this ink-Standish stuff poetry, Punch
will soon reel you of, Miles,
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

WORKING UP SAwDUsT.-The ingenuity OF
Partisan eabinet-makers, ia the Faubourg St.
Antoine, has found a use for common sawdust
which raises the value of that commodity far
above the worth of solid timber. By a new pro-
cess, combining the hydraulic press and the
application of intense heat, these wooden parti-
cles are made to reform themselves into solid
mass, capable of being moulded into any shape,
and presenting a brilliant surface, a durability
and beauty of appearance not found in ebony,
rosewood or mahogany
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19
" Eli Shakspeare.-

In the course Of recent lecture at Chicago,
J. g. Wilson Of that city introduced An anec-
dote related to him by his Quaker friend. VIM.
Howiu.
Said HOwitt: As was passing through STRAIT
ford one morning, saw the master of the VIII
lage school mastering his scholars to their task.
! stopped, being pleased with the looks of the
old man, and said: " You seem to have a con.
siderable number Of lads here; shall vou raise
another Shakespeare from among them. think
your"
Why replied the master, u have a Sbak-
speare now in the school,"
knew that Shakespeare had no descendants
beyond the second generation, and was not
aware that there was any Of his family remain
ing. But it that the posterity of his sister
Joan Hart, who is mentioned in his will. vet ex
lists, part under her marriage name of Hart, at
Tewkesbury, and family in Stratford, of the
name of Smith.
g. have Shakespeare here" said the master
with evident pride and pleasure. Here, BOYS,
here"
He quickly mustered his laddish troop in a
row, and said to me, There, now, sir, can YOU
tell me which is Shakespeare 2"
| glanced my eye along the line, and instantly
fixing it upon one boy, :" That is the Shak-
speare."
" You are right said the master, that is he
the Shakespeare countenance is there That is
William Shakespeare Smith, a lineal descendant
Of the poets sister,
Mr.. Hewitt adds: ait sounded strangely
enough, as was passing along the street in the
evening, to hear some of the same school bows
say one to another, That is the gentleman who
gave Bill Shakespeare shilling this morning. y
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19
A NARROW EscApE.-On Thursday last. a ma

NARROW EscAPE.-On Thursday last, a man,
taking fancy for chicken dinner, gave chase
after fowl which took refuge under small
frame building, used butcher shop, and
which was raised props in such a way as
barely to admit the body of a man, in crawl
ing attitude The young man crawled under,
and had seized the hapless rooster, which COM
menced squalling, when the butcher, hearing
the noise, and thinking it was occasioned by a
hungry, thieving cur, about helping himself to
poultry dinner, took down large knife, full two
feet long, exceedingly sharp-pointed, and going
to a crack in the floor, where he saw moving
what he supposed was the dogs body, he in
serted the point of the knife, and was Just in the
act of striking the fatal blow, when the lucky
wight spoke, and saved his life. We do not
remember ever having heard of more wonder
full escape from death than this. The weapon
was long enough to have gone through an OBJ
ject twice the bulk of the body at which it was
directed and was welded by powerful arm.-
San 4ndreas IndependeR
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

ls2En The census of ST. Louis, just completed
gives total of 5000, of which only 81 ,657
are Americans. The Germans number 43. .S74
the Irish 22,0l3, the English 3,45l, and the
French l 1887. Free blacks l,672, slaves .4s4
Of the latter, l,033 are females.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

HooPA VALLEY.-This beautiful and fertile
valley is in highly prosperous condition. The
presence of the .. S. troops inspire confidence
and the citizens are putting in large crops II
is in contemplation to establish new town on
the north side of the river and there is petition
in circulation for post Office for the accom-
mediation Of the settlers on that side \ por-
ton of country from forty to fifty miles square
has been almost entirely cleared ofIndians, who
have hitherto held complete sway over it, dep
redating upon our citizens who dared to inlrude
upon it as settlers, or travel over it. The worst
OF the Indians have been killed, captured or
driven off. There remains, however, much to
be done to rid the country of them Those
spoken of as having been driven off are mostly
Indians who have eluded the volunteers, and
are among the most wary and treacherous that
have infested the country. They are now in the
dense forests of redwood, banded together it is
thought, for fight; and when that fight has
been concluded and those Indians either killed
or captured, the object of the expedition will
have mainly been omplished.-Norh Cali
forHidn
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

BsGs@ Too many persons grow to use their re-
ligion as diver doth his bel-to venture down
into the depths of worldliness with safety, and
grope for pearls with just so much of Heavens
air as will keep him from suffocating, and no
more; and some, alas as at times is the case
with divers, are suTocated with the experiment.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

1gA- If you love others, they they will love
you. If you speak kindly to them, they will
speak kindly to you. Love is repaid with love.
and hatred with hatred. Would you hear a
sweet and pleasant echo, speak sweetly and
pleasantly yourself
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19
ID A L Y'S
VALLEY w HISKY.

State Assayer's Office, 80 Somerset ST., I
BosToS, MASS, April II, 1858.
WM. II. DAILY, New York:
Dear Sir-I have made Chemical Analysis
of your '4romatic VALLEY Whisky and find it a
pure, fine favored Rye Whisky containing no
injurious matter of any kind, and recommend it
as suitable for medical and public purposes.
CHARLES T. JACKSON, NJ D.,
State Assayer.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

BSge \ negro driver of a coach in Texas
stopped to get some water for the young ladies
In the carriage and on being asked what he
stopped for, replied &c am watering my flow-
ers" A more delicate compliment could not
have been paid
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

Dss@ The Savannah and Cuba Telegraph
Company had commenced planting poles in the
city OF Savannah. The extention of the line
through Southwestern Georgia to Florida will
be pushed through rapidly.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

BsE@ Two lines of stages are already adyer-
tised to leave Kansas for the gold region. They
commence running in April, and will perform
the journey in less than two weeks.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19
CERTIFICATE.


], the undersigned, Governor Of Hungary, do
testify hereby, that DR.. L. ]. Czapkay has serv-
ed during the contest for Hungarian liberty, as
Chief Surgeon in the Hungarian army, with
faithful perseverance-whereof | have given
him this certificate, and do recommend him to
the sympathy, attention and protection of all
those who are capable Of approaching patriotic
self-sacrifce and undeserved misfortune.
KossUTH LAOS, Governor of Hungary.
Washington City, Jan. 6, 1852
nsAp Spermatorrhoea, or local weakness, ner-
vous debility low spirits, lassitude weakness
of the limbs and back indisDositon and incapa-
bility for study and labor, dullness ofapprehen-
sion, loss ofmemory, aversion to society, love of
solitude timidity, self-distrust, dizziness, head
aeh, involuntary discharges pains in the side,
affection of the eyes, pimples on the face, sex
ual and other infrmites in man, are cured with
out fail by the justly celebrated physician and
surgeon, L. J. CzAPKAY.
His method of curing diseases is new, (un-
known to others) and hence the exeat success.
TNHE GREATEST DISCOVERY OF THE
i Agel Greatest blessing to Mankindl In
nocent but potent DR.. J.. j. CZAPKAY'S Pro-
phylacticum, (self-disinfecting agent,) sure
preventive against Gonorrhea and Syphilitic
diseases, and an unsurpassed remedy for all
venereal, scrofulous, gangrenOus and cancerous
ulcers fotid discharges from vagina uterus and
urethra, and all cutaneous eruptions and dis
eases. As innoculation is sure preventive
against smallpox, so is DR.. L. ]. Czapkay's Pro-
phylacticum preventive against Syphilitic and
Gonorrh0al diseases. Harmless in itself it pos
sesses the power Of chemically DESTROYING the
syrhiliic virus, and thereby saving thousands
of debauchees from being infected with the most
loathsome of all dieases. Let no young man
who appreciates health be without DR.. Czapkay's
Prophylacticum. 1t is in very convenient pack
ages, and viii be found convenient for use. be-
ing used as soap Price s..
All letters must be addressed L. j. CzapkaY
NJ D., San Francisco fl9.3m.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

The DIFFERENT AFRICAN RAcEs.-At a late
meeting OF the Boston Society of Natural Histo-
ry, DR.. Bodiehon, resident of Algeria in Afri-
ca, presented a paper of great interest on the
races of that country, founded.on his own obser-
walton. He stated that there were two white
races one inhabiting the mountains, the NJ
indians or Berbers and the Arabs. The former
were small in stature, warlike, independent, de-
mocratic and polygamous. They dwell in vii
lagos and plant vineyards. They are fine SOL
diers, able to compete with Europeans. They
are not govened.by laws, but refer their difficult
ties to the first man that chances to pass by.
DR.. B. considers them an indigenous race The
Arabs are tall race of dark complexion, eques-
trian, nomadic, warlike, religious, poetical and
polygamous. They divide their time about
equally between fighting and praying. He also
referred to a mixed race of Turks, and the wo-
men of the different tribes ofthe country, which
not having the stamina of the parent races, are
fast disappearing before the French. He found
in the interior of Africa Germanic race. with
blue eyes and light hair, which are probably
the descendants of the ancient Carthagenians
They are polygamous, and unlike all other ma
tons, the females are sovereigns both in family
and state. They also possess the characteristic
superiority of white races-the enslaYing of the
neighboring blacks.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

E2s@ Punch says To find out whom child
loves make it present, and notice to whom it is
most eager to show that present, exultineIy.-
10 lind out whom a woman hates, do the same
thinr
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

Nz35 Mr. Douglas must have arrived in Wash
lngton IN singular costume. The States saws he
was . looking fresh as the morning, and firm as
pillar of iron, with his brow wreathed with
the triumph of re- election
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19
Daniel Webster's Dining Room,

A correspondent of the n Y. Tribune. writing
from Marshheld, in describing a visit to the
webster mansion, thus alludes to the dining
room;
was shown into the dining room.
winch opens from the mosaic room on the
north. 1t Is about 40 feet long by l6 broad
AT the lower end of it is painting of Webster
by Harding, aud on the right wall is another of
him at Marshfeld, by Ames. Over the mantle
piece at the upper end of the room is a portrait
of an Italian girl reading letter. in a Golden
colored dress with rich black hair hanging over
her well-formed shoulders. 1t was done from
lie by Alexander. The tone is mellow and har-
monious, and the effect of the picture very
pleasing Two sideboards filed with silver and
glass are on each side of the long sides of the
room, and on the table stands the Union
puhcnDo"l 1t IS the largest glass vessel that
mas oeen made In this country, and will weigh
should think, about fifty pounds. 1t took sew
eral men SIX months to make the mould in which
II was formed. A magnificent screen of carved
mahogany stands at the lower end of the room.
before door which the servants enter On one
END OF the sideboards is a broken tumbler curl
ously mended by Chinaman. | was told that
ne came into the room one day when Fletcher
Webster was at dinner in China, and begged for
broken glass to mend. Mr.. Webster took up
his tumbler and threw it upon the marble floor,
and told the man to pick up the pieces and put
them together. The Chinaman mended it on the
spot by means of bits of tin which he riyeted in
to the substance of the glass; and so nicely was
1t done that 1t was entirely water-tight, though
some Of the pieces are not half an inch square.
The price of this j1b was only few cents"
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

B@sA We are strong advocate of every man
marrying but ourseyes-PLGcsr Herald
We presume the misses of Placer admire the
Judgment of the editor, and perfectly coincide
Placer Press.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

IA We like the new pilln which distin-
guished physician has invented. 1t is made of
:" fan and fresh air in equal proportions, and is
to be taken with cold water three times day. u
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

Young LADIES PLEASE NoTIcE.-Do you eat
onions? A few grains of roasted coffee eaten
Immediately afterward, tea spoonful or two
of vinegar swallowed, removes at once the odor'
from the BREATH
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

GA- portion of comb bearing the name
OF George Washington has been found at VAL
ley Forge, and it is supposed to be one lost by
him during the Revolutionary Var.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19
The Chimes Sc.

"Sluice-Boz," writing to the Sacramento Bee,
from Linnvlle, in this county, says:
By reference to the Shasta Courier, of the 29th
January, you will see a call for county conven-
tion of miners to take into consideration meas
ures for the expulsion of the Chinese from among
US. This is fast becoming an important ques-
tion for legislative, deiberation and cannot long
be STAYED off.
The miners throughout the Chinese-inflicted
districts, are becoming unitized on the subject,
and will make hostility to the latter sine qua
non with all those who seek political preferment
at their hands.
am heart and hand in the movement, yet /
desire 10 see it accomplished through legitimate
means-if possible-but accomplished anyhow.
grant that the problem is q difficult one, and
not easy of soluton-still | think a proximate
result may be attained.
The Chinese are amongst us, and by the Con-
stitution of the United States, and its treaty
stpulations, legitimately SO. The State Legis-
lature, in its sovereign capacity saw fit to enact
certain municipal laws regarding them. 1t de-
prived them of the right of becoming citizens,
or of giving oath in cases where white men were
interested-at the same time it licenses them to
work the mines of California upon equal terms
with American born citizens. Now, it appears
to me an anomaly in legislation, to inhibit po-
litical and civil rights to certain class, while
it permits them, for consideration, to social and
fraternal equality with the most numerous and
laborious portion of our own citizens The
right to tax Chinese miners, implies the right to
prohibit them and this is what is demanded
and will be insisted upon In early times, when
two, three, and four dollar diggngs were disre-
garded by the Americans, their presence caused
no great inconvenience, but as mining is fast
becoming not matter of fortune getting, but
one of bread and butter, the question naturally
suggests ITSELF whether we shall appropriate il
to the use of ourselves and those dependant up
on u.s. or yield it, without a struggle, to those
pig-tailed heathens.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

Ie5- Lord Derby is laboring under an organic
disease- Punch says be has been so long in the
Stable that his heart has become 'ossifed.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

gSA- At least twelve or fourteen Republicans
IN the House will vote for the Senate bill for the
admission ofOregon into the Union, and oppose
all efforts to tralnmel its passage.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

SOMETHING NEw.-There probably will come
time when originality will give out, and moth
ing new will be invented. Fur garters are the
latest agony-we say garters" right out after
long mental conflict as to its propriety.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19
T r u [ I I r EE S
...AND...
GARDEN SEEDS,
- vM Il CE~ EH
.Pomological Garden and Nursery.
ION THE...
American River, 2 1-2 miles from sac.
ramentO.
DEPOT A j STREET.
DEPOT Al STREET.

WE OFFER the present season finer and
w larger stock ofFruit and Ornamental Shade
Trees, Flowering Shrubs and Green House
Plants than any season heretofore, embracing
the following varieties, viz:
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

lsgr darkey's instructions for putting on
coat, were =" Fust de right arm den de lef, and
den glib one general conwulshun."
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

e5= The last discovery made in Paris is very
novel and Frenehy- They have ascertained that
the Empress Eugenie's father died about three
years before she was born
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

lsS~ Loais Napoleons alleged design to place
Murat on the throne of the Two Siciies is
again published in the London papers.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

Days Aromatic Valley Whisky
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., 1859-02-19
CAUTION.

Es5~ James W. Downer, of the Telegraph Of
fee in Shasta, is authorized to make sales of
our Fruit Trees and Garden Seeds and has sam
pies of the different sizes and vari tiles of our
Fruit Trees for the inspection of those wishing
to purchase.
Catalogues furnished at Shasta. iaS3m
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

Ilg- The American feet threatens to bonn
oard Rama unless justice be done to the mur-
derers of the American missionaries.
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

Iz5 The slave trade is carried on with great
activity IN Cuba Two thousand negroes are
reported as recently landed
The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

TRrE.-Nany true heart that would have
come back, ike the dove to the ark, after the
first transgression, has been frightened beyond
recall by the angry menace the taunt, the saw
age charity of an uafoTgising world. So it is
with political par,ies.-A maaer SenLiasl.