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Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-02-26
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On March oath, 1858, Mr.. Walthall
Burton contracted to clear out the intri-
cate RATS which had encountered for ma.
ny years the bed Of Muscle Bayou, and
which is otherwise a large and capa
cious stream.
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d. STOCKING, n. L. STOCKING.
Pointe Coupee, Bayou Sara.
d E NJ II Z g IT II x.
IN L. d D. STOCKING are prepared to at
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sion in any part of the country,
gsB~Dr. d. Stocking can be found at the resi-
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Taking advantage of the cxtraordin-
ary high water caused III this bayou by
the crevassc above, and with his accus-
toned energy, the contractor soon re-
moved these obtructions, and the work
having been received, a warrant for the
amount due him was issued by the State
Auditor in his favor in June last, but
the State Treasurer refused to pay the
contractor.
OF the practicability and Importance
of this chain of drainage canals there is
now no reason to doubt, and it will not
be out of place here to repeat a part of
the Engineers report of last year rela-
tive to this matter
"That you may decide whether the
appropriation is justified by the value of
the lands, | have collected the following
data, which exhibit very nearly the am
cunts expended upon and the benefits
derived from the works:
"Amount expended previous
to 1896. ................S 2,llJ 10
amount expended since
1856, to pay for work .. 1852 25
amount expended since
1856, as per estimate. >. 55,223 so
5 1884 80
additional amount asked
for for................... $500 90
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-02-26
Total cost of AtchaEalaya

|
! Improvements ......... $103,S94 50
Amount Of swamp lsnd reclaimed by
the improvement, lO9,629 II acres.
Value at sl,25 per acre, $l37,037 IA;
besides a large extent of country indi,
rcctly benefited by the improvements.
amount Of swamp laird iii Pointe
Coupcc sold up to January 1st, 1857,
72,ol7.s0 acres. Valse of these at State
prices, $9O,022 25.
"Value of lands in Pointe Coupee sold
during the year 1856, $17,533 81.
''Thc tax paid by the parish of Pointe
Coupec to the State has increased since
the year 1856 about 33s per cent.
at has been urged that these canals
are too small to drain so large an extent
of country, and a hasty comparison with
Ftlc natural drains favors this objection.
"AVe must bear in mind however that
the bayous form large receptables for
water, giving it time to waste off thro'
the canals, and that, if all the lowest
portions cannot be made entirely dry,
still the amount of arabic land will be
vastly increased.
"Some of the most valuable portions
of the Mississippi river coast were once
far behing the present condition of the
Atchafalaya lands, and those who knew
the Atchafalaya previous to the year
1858, will not hesitate to say that its ad-
vancement has equallcd that of any
portion of our State.
"The canals, as at present laid off with
limited means, are too small to answer
the future demands of the country, it is
true; but the route is chosen and u
drainage system established.
"As lands increase in value, the de-
mand for land will increase, and the sale
of those already reclaimed will furnish
funds for further Improvements.
''Timc will improve the canals, and
the enterprise and interests of the in
habitants who are benefited by them will
cause them to he extended"
LIST OF WORKS UNDER CONTRACT IN THE
PARISH OF PoISTE CoUpEE, JAN !, $50,
OM Contracts Completed.
Canal from Cow Head to
Muscle Bayou. Old con-
tract of John Toy A. Al
ford new contract-exca-
walton SOC. per cubic y'd;
clearing, 35c per lin. y'd. $l0,224 10
Ne,e Contracts Completed.
To clean out RATS in Muscle
Bayou. w. Burton, 5000
Tor Job. ............... . 5,UUu w
To close up gap in Bayou
Latenaclc Levee. Neigh
boring planters uniting
their forces; 30c. per Gu
bic yard. .............. y l,ot2 lo
Old Controes incomplete.
Canal from Moreau to Ma
rinc Bayous. Z. McDo- ...... .....
nough. Earthwork, SOC.
per cubic yd; clearing l5c.
per lin. yd. ....... 5 1874 OF
Canal from Marine to Lake
Bayous. J. A. Miller.
EartIlwork 30c per cubic
yd; clearing, ,$475 permilc 5 3,277 26
Canal from Lake to Latena-
che Bayous. P. MDonough
Earthwork, 25c. per cubic
yd; clearing, l5c. per lin.
yard. sl7,465 ls
Canal from Latinache to
Cow Head Bayous. A. Al
ford. Earthwork, 30c. per
cubic yd; clearing, 35c.
per lin. yd. ...... s14,375 50
| Repair to Cow Head I,eyee.
The Shasta courier., 1859-03-26

opposed to the hordes Of Chinese that crowd
around them. They are opposed to having their
several mining districts colonized and overrun
with swarmS of Tartars, imported and thrust up
on them by spectators off the earnings ofthese
sayages. Let the American miner alone and he
will, without bloodshed and without any con-
tiict with the civil authorities, protect himself
from them, and cause them to work mines less
productive. But | trust the local authorities
will never undertake. as is recommended by the
Sheriff of Shasta county in one of his dispatches
to colonize any mining district with Chinese
against the united wishes of the American mi
ners, and maintain them there by the whole
power of the State. Such policy might enrich
him, as the Collector of Foreign Miners Tax,
but would ever awaken just indignation in the
breast of American freemen. | know not what
action this Legislature will take on the Chinese
question, if it fails to grant the relief asked in
these memorials now. Shasta, ever true to her.
self and her interests, will continue to memori-
alize, and Others Of the great mining counties in
this State will join her in her appeal, and thun-
der away, session after session, at the door of
the Capitol, and pile upon the Clerks desk petit
ton after petition fer the removal of the de-
graded serfs of China and if they know them
selves, if they know their power, they will have
ears here that are not deaf to their appeals.
The Shasta courier., 1859-03-26
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The Shasta courier., 1859-03-26
TOWER HOUSE.
At the Junction of the Yreka and Wea-
yerviIle Roads, IL Miles from Shasta.

ft9aS THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD AN
Eiiaa pounee to the public, and particularly
Ese1 TO persons travelling to and from Yreka,
and Neaverville, that having leased this long
established stand, formerly known as the I" Free
Bridge House" he is prepared to entertain Gus
tomsrs in a style not surpassed by any hotel in
Northern California.
Having completed his eommodious 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 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., 1859-03-26
Ir. Hare and the Shasta Mob.

HoRsETowY, March IL, 1859.
My name seems to have been pretty generally
used by the press in connection with the diff
culties growing out of the Chinese question in
this county. have been placed before the peo-
pie rs leader of a riot. | think the public are
satisfied by this time that no riot did exist, and
the mob have had the distinguished honor of
commanding, emanated from the Imagination of
the weak brain of a few timid individuals, such
as would startle under the moons rays at their
own shadow, and think that every bush was an
armed assassin waiting to take their lives.
4 thousand affidavits, of as true and loyal
men to the laws, as the State can produce, can
be procured, if necessary, to prove that no riot
did exist, and further that none was ever con-
templated. That in expelling the Chinese from
such districts where the laws prohibited them
from working the mines, they were only exer-
cising right given them under the statutes of
our State. In removing the Chinese. no prop
erty was destroyed, no lives put in jeopardy, but
in every instance humanity was displayed to-
wards them which is seldom shown by the tax
collectors when forcing from them the foreign
mining license
My name has also been mentioned with mat
ter that happened during the time our army oc-
cupied the city of Mexico. 1t was the blacklist
and most foul wrong that was ever perpetrated
against man. That question was brought against
me, when candidate before the people of this
county for the Assembly at that time it was
freely discussed the result of that election is
well known. My conduct previous to, and DUR
ing the Mexican war, and since that time, should
be alone sufficient to give the lie to that whole
proceeding have pe"er met brave soldier of
that war, either officer or private that knew me
personally, but what would greet ne as a COM
rade worthy of their fullest confidence and no
person, except heartless coward, would ever
try to take advantage of a matter, that when
fairly investigated, will recoil back with crush
ing effect upon every one connected with it, an
outrage that history can scarcely parallel. And
the only reason have not ere this demanded at
the hands of the Federal Government reparation
for that great wrong, is the fact that my efforts
IN the mines of California have not afforded me
sufficient remuneration to admit of my going
to Washington. 1t is question have never
yet tried to shrink FROM and | am free to meet
it now or at any time it may be brought before
the public. Will you be kind enough to pub
lish the name of that very patriotic gentleman
who called at your Office and left such import
ant information concerning the great insurrec-
tionary chief of Shasta. l have no doubt he
thought he was doing the State some service,
and should be honored for his good intentions !;
therefore give us his name, SO that I, in connec-
ton with my friends throughout the State, may
know who to reward for that disinterested SER
vice. Respectfully yours,
ISAAC HARE.
The Shasta courier., 1859-03-26
Standard Of tie 1871 inst.

OUR SENTIMENTs.-Nice President Brecken-
ridge, in the course of short speech delivered
to serenading party, who, in celebrating the
admission of Oregon into the Union, called upon
him, in speaking of the acquisition of Cuba,
said:
=" We talked too much and did too little
When England wished to do thing, she did it,
and talked afterwards. Ifthe Island of Cuba,
instead of being placed at the mouth ofthe Gulf
of Mexico, laid at the mouth ofthe British Chan
mel, England would take it in ten days. He was
in favor of the acquisition of Cuba. He would
not rob for it, but act with any portion of his
fellow citizens in using all honorable means to
acquire it."
The Shasta courier., 1859-03-26
COUNTY DIRECTORY
County Officers.

NIOsHHH'J
District Jndge-WIiissa p. Bsingsrfeld O
Shasta.
County Juqge-5Gel E. Lhndrum.
Associate sEstiees-7J. R. Durick and Thomas
BASS.
Cou'ty ffeesurer-James Hayburn.
County Gerk-H. l. yanhorn
Merif-H. Clay Stockton. Under Sheriff
,Dohn Dent
county AssessOr-W. II. Angel.
County Surreyor-E. Linn
Public dministrator-Benjamin Swasey.
District Attorneg-James D. Mix.
School C0mmissioner-G. r. Godfrey.
County Physician-Dr James f. Pelham.
Board of Superpisors-lst District Jno. A
Dreibelbis; I'd District, William 3. 6tod-
dart; Sd District, d. C. johnson.
The Shasta courier., 1859-03-26
SHASTA COURIER.
Removal of the State Capital.

We observe with regret that the project of
again making the State Capital peripatetic has
been fayorably received in the Assembly. That
body has appointed committee to proceed to
Oakland, across the Bay from San Francisco,
for the purpose Of making inquiries and hearing
propositions relative to the location of the Cap
ital in that little village of gardens, heneries,
duck-ponds and handsome rural homes. We
believe the citizens have already agreed to do
nate to the State ten acre lot, and place upon
it buildings suitable for the occupation of the
entire State Government in time for the assem-
bling of the next Legislature.
This, it must be confessed, looks very well on
paper, but not half so % gorgeous" as the mag
nifcent project once submitted by Gen. Vallejo,
and voted fayorably upon by the people And
we venture to assert that even "Yusuf Baja," the
great wit of Oakland, would find it difficult
task, even with all of his Oriental imagery, to
draw up hid' so bewilderingly enchanting
as that transcendantly magnifical proposition OF
the old Spaniard. And yet how speedily /" dis
solved into thin air. that immense conception
How wonderfully quick was it, like the dog
stealing business of Jem Beggs, " done busted
up!' TWAS luscious apple to look at, but no
sooner had the States hand touched the golden
fruit, than it crumbled into ashes.
So, too, with Benica. The advantages oi
locating the Capital there were manifold and
momentous in prospective. In reality, however
they were found to be little and contemplate.
And we may say, so too with the proposition O.
the Sacramentans, to linitad degree They
promised generously, magnifcently. They would
furnish State Capitol for nothing They ful
| filed their promise, " over the left" They Sc
cured the Capital, and then made tha State pay
somo nineteen thousand dollars per year fo
buildings which they agreed to furnish gratu
tously. Herein they violated their faith. If they
lose the Capital, theirs alone is the fault. How
ever, there is some excuse for this broken pledge
The State House with almost the entire city wa
burned. But for that calamity, Sacramento
would doubtless have kept her word. At al
events she has endeavored to make the amende
| y ~ luC ptttc " lOt Vi iuuu WOTL
S5o,O00, and which is an admirable sight for
Capitol. If the State intends to build Capito
that is the lot upon which it should be built, fo
| the reason that Sacramento is in the most cen
| tral portion of the population of the State. Th
people are satisfied with the present location O
| the Capital. They do not ask its removal. There
fore unless some extraordinary inducements ar
held out for removal, the Legislature SHOULD
| not touch the question:
The Shasta courier., 1859-03-26

DAM THE GOLDEN GATEl-After a vast deal of
serious reflection upon the bulkhead question,
we have at length hit upon plan which cannot
fail to meet with general appreciation. Our plan
is simply this Let the Legislature send down q
committee with instructions to inquire into the
practicability of building a sea wall across tho
Golden Gate or entrance to the Bay of San
Francisco Let the wall be built upon the
mouse-trap principle, SO that everything may
float in, and nothing escape out again. The
benefits which will accrue from such an enter
prise will be of noaloulable value not only to
San Francisco, but to the State at large In the
first place, the wall will dam in the waters of tho
bay and thus deepen the sopndings around the
wharyes in the next place it will materially af-
feet the price of water lots and secure the city
front in its present picturesque condition, and
above all it will keep millions of dollars and
thousands of people from leaving the State and
ofcourse this will make us rich in very short
time. Then dam the Golden Gate i-PtaceruiHe
Observer
The Shasta courier., 1859-03-26
Township Officers,

SHASTA TowNsHIP.-Justices of the Peace-J
T. Durick, and Jmes Keene. Constables-Tho-
fnas J. Flynn, Joseph NJ. Short
CLEAR GEEK -Justices-WiIliam
knowlton, James ~ Eby. Constabies-J. W
Gardner, D. Wilder.
FRENCH GULcH TOWNSHIP. N
Mcdonald. Constabie-William Davis.
SIERRA TowNsHIP-Justices-S. D. Baker, D.
G. Stevenson. Constables-Stephen Park, Jo-
ecph.Moyer.
PITT RIVER TOWNSHIP Justices Thomas
Bass, A. r. McCollum. Constabies-Daniel G
Hunt, - Stanley.
SUGAR LOAF HIP.-Justices-Jos Nc
Mann, S. F. Southern. Constables-William
Lytle, David Reams.
The Shasta courier., 1859-03-26

DSE@ Oregon comprises an area of 2s0 miles
north and south, by coo east and west, which
would make it contain 1850 square miles,
although it is generally set down as embracing
227 900. California has 1880 square miles
within her limits, so that these two sister Pa
cifc States are about an equal size, so far as
territory is concerned Sac Bee
The Shasta courier., 1859-03-26

B59. The correspondent of the Missouri DeDs-
ocrat says that Gen. Houston got a document,
the coutents of which were distasteful to him.
Instead of throwing it into the fire, as most men
would have done, he procured q quantity of tar
and feathers, and, smearing the inside of the
paper and sprinkling On the feathers, inclosed
it in an ample envelope, and franked it to the
gentleman who sent it.
The Shasta courier., 1859-03-26

Bsy@ The Kansas Legislature has adjourned.
Among its last acts was the passage Of gener-
al amnesty bill, granting pardon to all persons
IN custody, and immunity from persecution on
account cfpast Disturbances in Southern Kansas.
The bill received the approval of the Governor.
The Shasta courier., 1859-03-26

s2F After five years residence in Califor
MIA, George Washington Newton Raenha-t,-
professor, Poet, Lecturer, &c.-has returned to
the home of his youth, with, says the S. F. CaH
fortune of S5o,Ooo-S4o, ,s99 in experience,
and the remainder in cash. As the Professor
has long had longing 10 visit the Holy Land,
We trust his large fortune will enable him to do
The Shasta courier., 1859-03-26

Fon PREsIDENT.-The Kentucky Democratic
papers are bringing ont the name of Hon. James
Guthrie as a candidate for the Presidency.
In Washington they bring out the name of
Stephens Of Ga. for PRESIDENT and Gen. Lane of
Oregon for yice-Presidcnt