The Shasta courier., 1859-02-19

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LEcruRE.-We are pleased to learn that
Calvin B. Mcdonald, editor of the Trinity Jour
nal, will shortly deliver Lecture in this place.
Mr.. Mcdonald is one of the most elegant and
eloquent writers in California, and lecture
from him will doubtless prove a most interest
ing production. His accomplished wife, Mrs.
Estelle Mcdonald, will on the same occasion re-
cite magnificent poem.
Nor So.-We are informed that the County
Assessor, William II. Angel, has publicly
expressed the opinion that the present An
ti-Chnese movement in this county was
set on foot by the Shasta Courier for political
purposes. What say the miners who initiated
action in the matter, to this charge? In their
memorial they assert that the movement is
'entirely free from party feeling and party
strife" and that it I" is spontaneous movement
throughout the mines of this county" Now, if
what Mr.. Angel says is true, these declarations
of their memorial are deliberate falsehoods.
What say you, Messrs. Miners?
As for the charge against the Courier, it is
wholly gratuitous. We knew nothing of the
movement until after several of the Middle Creek
miners had visited various portions of the county
for the purpose of elicting the views of the min
generally, and given us an order to print, in
hand bill form, the call for County Conven-
ton. We believe it is now purely Miners
movement. At all events, we leave the miners
to settle that matter with Mr.. Angell
SLASDERoUs.-Quite number of the peculiar
friends of the Chinese-those whose Black Re-
publican sympathies naturally lead them to op-
pose the white miners who would get rid of
the pig-tailed gentry-are in the habit of en-
deavoring to create prejudice against the white
miners by charging that they are squaw men,"
The chances are that if the private lives of these
fellows were exposed to view, (as will be the
case very shortly, perhaps and compared with
that of the squaw men," they would gain no
honor thereby. Men who are circulating this
sort of Pro- Chinese argument (2) would do well
to stop it.
The present Chinese movement started in the
Lower Springs and Middle Creek districts. OF
the one hundred and fifty miners in those dis
tricts, not single miner keeps squaw, so we
are informed by gentleman living in one of
the above mentioned districts
NoTIcE TO SETTLERs-The following is an ex-
tract of a letter written by Col Magee, of this
county, to District Attorney Mix, dated Marys-
vile, Feb. 18TH
I" learn from the Register of the Land Office
that no business of any kind will be transacted
in the Office, except to carry on the sales, until
the 18th day of March. Therefore if any of our
friends should speak of coming to the Office,
either to enter land or locate school warrants,
or anything of that kind, please inform them
that they need not come until after the 18th of
March next.
THE MINERS MEMoRIAL.-Mr Street presented
the memorial of the Miners of Shasta County in
the Assembly on the 18th. He is reported to
have moved its reference to the Committee on
Counties and County Boundaries. We think,
however, that this is a mistake of the Reporter
Such a motion might be looked upon as an eff
fort to bestow ridicule upon the Memorial
thing of which Mr.. Street is incapable, if we
know the man, unless he has changed some
what within the past few months. The Memo
rial was subsequently referred to the Committee
on Mines and Mining Interests.
DUEIING LAw.-Mr Watkins bill to repeal
the law against Dueling was indefinitely post
poned in the Assembly on the 18th, by a vote of
81 to To- Mr.. Watkins made pithy speech on
the occasion. He said the anti-duelling law was
like an old rag upon the legal edfce of the
State, defacing its beauty and marring its sys-
tematic proportions for which reason he was in
favor of removing the excresence.
KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC CoNvENTIoS-
body denounced sectional agitation and Know
Nothingism endorsed the acquisition of Cuba,
and determined to ignore differences upon un-
essential points as Kansas and Lecompton
The Boyd party, which endeayored to sout-
Herod' Herod in supporting the Presidents Le-
compton policy, was defeated by the moderate
men, or the Breckenridge interest
WEATHER CoIScIDENcE.-On the night of
February 10th of last year, was experienced the
severest storm of that winter. On the night of
the 10th inst, we had the seyerest storm of the
present winter.
FicHrIse.-Capt- Messec's company has been
doing some very hard fighting in the Redwoods
Several of his men were badly wounded, and
great number of Indians killed, wounded and
taken prisoners. The service is a hard one, and
an -ngrateful one.
ASoTHER.-Edward Sheenan, an Irishman
was instantly killed on the l4th, by the caving
of bank in his claim, at Garden Gulch, near
Weaveryille. He was twenty-seven years of
age.
BusY.-The miners in every portion of the
County are now busy working their claims
Water Is abundant everywhere, and likely to
continue so for a long time Our merchants are
anticipating an unusually brisk Spring trade.
kAIs--We have had some very heavy rains
his week, and some terrible blowing.