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The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22

Our GoLD MISEs.-The Secretary of the Inte-
rior, Hon. Jacob Thompson, recommends Con-
gress to pass " a general law reserving all auri-
ferrous, silver and cinnabar mines-the precious
metals-from sale, for the use and occupancy of
the people of the United States, under such reg
ulations as Congress may prescribe, and leaving
those lands containing copper, iron, lead and
eoal-the useful minerals-subject to the ordi-
nary laws of settlement and sale for their devel-
onment.p
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NOTICE.

A LII PERSONS are hereby notified that
4 will pay no debts contracted BY nv wife.
Maria hvaillard Lafontaine, of French Gulch
SHASTA county will not be bound by, adopt
or conhrm any contract made by her with any
person. ANSELME LAFONTAINE.
SIskiyou County, Jan. II, 1859. ia22:4t
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LAYING OUT Work FOR CoNGREss.-Itis is aston
ishing to behold the industry and ingenuity of
members of the California Legislature in laying
out work for Congress. Already sundry Cali
fornia Solons, in sundry and divers joint reso-
lutions, have laid out an amount of work for
Congress to perform thas cannot but prove high
ly gratifying not only to their cons tituency but
to Congress itself-inasmuch as it will save that
body vast amount of trouble in hunting up
proper objects of legislation. We presume that
all the other States in this Union do not cut out
so much work for Congress as this very young
and rapidly growing State of California. Snik-
taw's' resolution touching the subject we con-
slider highly indecorous." 1t reads thus:
Resolred, By the Assembly, the Senate con-
curing, that our Senators be instructed and
our Representatives in Congress requested, to
call upon the Legislature of California to legis-
late on matters affecting the interests of Calfor-
MIA, and let national matters be discussed bv
the Senators and Representatives in Congress
assembled.
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22

THE BIGGEST EAGLE.-We have recently seen
recorded the killing of unusually large eagles
but none so large shot last week near
Soda Springs, on the Sacramento road to Yreka
Its wings, when spread out measured eleven
feet from tip to tip. This is one foot longer than
any yet published.
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22

ssr Thomas Miller, recently appointed Post.
master at Columbus, in the place of Sam Media.
ry' who resigned for the Governorship of Kan
sas, was Medary's immediate predecessor an.
was turned out last spring because he was Anti
Lecompton.
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22

RIcH.-A vein of quartz has recently been
opened near Timbuctoo, Yuba county, which
bids fair to be the richest ever discovered in the
world. Thus far the quartz taken therefrom is
worth from $4,000 to $4,000 per ton. So says
the Marysyille Express.
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22

bsss~ Dan. Gelwicks, of the Mountain Demo
94'' mas received letter from Washington, the
TENOR Oh which lends plausibility to the rumor
that Dr. Gwin will go into the Cabinet aftor 49,
fourth of March next.
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22

neA- The Weekly Patriot, E. B. Boust, editor
and proprietor, has just been commenced at
Iowa Hill 1t is an exceedingly handsome little
sheet and its editorials are well written. indie
pendent in politics.
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CHEAP BREAD.-Charley Boehl announces that
he will hereafter, from his various Bakeries,
furnish our citizens with bread at the rate of
81 for IL oayes.
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TO PHYSICIANS,
HIDES HIDES!

TNHE SUBSCRIBER is desirous of purchasing
i first rate article of Hides, for which he is
willing to pay Two Dollars piece, delivered
at the Shasta Tannery. W. SCHEUERMAN.
SHASTA, Jan. IA, 1858. jal5:tf
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A FooL.-N. P. Willis is delightful writer
aud poet, but he is nevertheless a fool. 1t is
said that his travelling valise having come in
contact with the garments of the cantatricc
Piccolomoni, he cut it up, and distributed the
strips of ofconsecrated leather among his friends.
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22

bSg@ Parker H. French and Hon. Mike Walsh
are publishing paper, the Ecening Senhnel, in
New York city. 1t is most admirable CO.
partnership, for, verify, the twain are of one
flesh
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22

bsz5N The New York Herald entertains not
very exalted opinion of the Washington Union.
In recent article old Bennett, or one of his
SUBS" thus contemptuously alludes to an
opinion OF this self-constituted great central Or
gan OF the National Democratic party:
The Union had better give up endeavorinq
10 explain great public questions, and stick to
It's pap at least until it has cut its teeth
Highly disresnectfll-reru
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22

THREE WOMEN IN THE EMBRACES OF Ice MEN
-HoRRBLE Andrew l., Ezekiel T., and Fred
erick M. Ice, were, says the True Virgmian, re-
Gently married to their respective q gurrels" at
a hotel in Munice, Delaware county, Indiana
1t makes one s-s-s-shyer and s-s-s-shake wi
coco cocold to think of the horrible s-s-s-suf-
ferinks of the g-g-gurrels aforesaid
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RsS~ The special St. Louis correspondent of
the Sacramento Union says;
correspondence from Washington gives the
loilowing Senator Broderick, of California, is
bers of Congress.
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n O L &c E.
County Treasurer's Notice.

IN ACCORDANCE with an Ac: passed by the
i Legislature, and approved April D. 1858,
authorizing the Board of Supervisors of Shasta
county to create fund for the redemption of
County Warrants to the lowest bidder, hereby
give notice that the money collected for said
fund will be paid to the holders of warrants that
will take the lowest amount of cash for the war
rants, and that sealed proposals directed to the
County Treasurer will be received by me up to
the last day of the regular meeting of the Board
of Supervisors in February next. No bids for
more than the par value OF said warrants, nor
any bids unless accompanied by the warrants
proposed to be surrendered will be received
JAMES HAYBURN,
County Treasurer.
Shasta, Jan. l, 1859. ja8:30d
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A Blunder.

Assemblyman Young, of Nevada, has given
notice of his intention to introduce bill to
abolish all the offices in the gift of the Cover
nor. The object is to strike telling lick at the
further Gubernatorial, or Senatorial aspirations
of Mr.. Weller, by placing it out of his power to
put friends of his in positions where they may
do him essential, or, at least important service.
IT this be the only aim of the bill, we trust the
Democratic members of the California Legisla-
ture will not disgrace thems selves by treating it
with any sort of respectful consideration. While
we are now and always have been in favor of
curtailing the patronage of Executive officers,
to that extent which the interests of the State
demand, yet we believe this movement initiated
by Mr.. Young, is a political blunder-a political
crime-because it is an effort, by legislation,
simply to injure the political standing of an un-
lmpeached and, We believe unimpeachable Dem
ocrat. What right have legislators thus to
prostitute their exalted positions? What right
have Democrats thus, by the aid of an arm of
the Government, to wage upon member of
the party in good standing?
be understood as advocating the claims of Mr..
Weller to the U. S. Senate. When the proper
time arrivesfor the election of the successor ofDr.
Gwin, our position will be known We are sim
ply actuated by desire to raise our voice against
an intestine internecine Democratic warfare.
OF the coming of which so many indications
are being daily developed. A short time ago
certain Democratic U. S. Senators, being struck
with blindness, endeavored to strike down Sen
ator Douglas by as mean lick as ever went out
straight from the shoulder of Five Point shoul-
der-h'tter. If they have not already learned it.
the lesson will very soon be taught them, that
they committed great blunder Enact this bill
of Mr.. Youngs into law and Douglas will have
what he is not supposed to have had, Except
for few weeks after the news of his position on
the Kansas question first reached California;
the sympathy of Gov Weller
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22

VIsIroRs.-Ex-Gov johnson, Hon. Jesse Pit
ger, and J. Chadbourne, Esq, members of Wea-
verville bar, have been in town during the week,
in attendance upon the District Court.
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22

Bsy~ The weather in this region during the
week has been surprisingly lovely.
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22

lg" Thomas S. King has disposed of his in
terest in the S. f. Ba'letaa, and Withdrawn from
the editorial corps.
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22

ss5@ Ex-senator Henry S. Foote whom the
Know Nothings of this state endeayored to eIec,
10 the United States Senate, is about to become
editor of the Memphis (Tenn.) Eagle and Enqui-
rer Brother Foote here's our editorial Roy
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Total. .................S1 81 ,O47 500

We may therefore reasonably infer that, at
the commencement of the next session of the
Legislature, there will be still larger surplus
in the Treasury than at present
On the other hand, it is a notorious fact that
every County Treasury in the State is in de-
pleted condtion-that county scrip, On an av-
erage, is not, when issued, worth more than fifty
cents on the dollar.
Wherefore we cannot perceive the force of the
recommendations Of the Governor and Controll-
er of State that the revenue, now paid into the
County Treasures from the ninth and tenth
classes of merchant licenses, and liquor licenses,
be, by act of the Legislature, restored to the
State Treasury Such action would seem to us
nonsensical. The Governor certainly does not
forget that the people pay all the taxes. There
fore If, by directing portion of the aggregate
into the County Treasury-when it is not needed
in the State Treasury-they are enabled to re-
lieve the County Treasures from embarrass-
ment, they have perfect right to do so without
being grumbled at by any of their agents
The objection urged by the Governor-that,
since the revenue from the ninth and tenth
classes ofmerchant licenses, and liquor licenses
has been directed to go into the County Treasu-
ries, the aggregate amount derived from these
sources has greatly fallen off, is we conceive, of
but little force, when we consider rho pays all
the taxes If the government belonged to GER
tain privileged classes, as in monarchies, then,
under similar circumstances, those in power, be-
ing the representatives of the privileged classes
and owners of the Government, would have
right to complain-just as the English owner of
an estate in Ireland would have right to grum-
BILE if his tenants failed to pay to his agent the
stipulated amounts due for the occupation of his
tenements and cultivation of his soil But in
our case the government belongs to the people
the tax-payers-and if they fail to pay as
much taxes this year as they did last year, whose
loss is it? Is there any loss? Not the slight
est. The owners of the government simply keep
the amount of the deficit in their own trousers
pockets.
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position of Secretary of the Senate, says in the
s. f. National, that one of the means used to de-
feat him was charge, made by Chief Justice
Terry, that John McMullen had told him that
whiie Blven was merchant in Stockton, he,
McMullen had deposited $4,000 with him, and
that the latter had never paid back some 81, 200
OF this amount. Rasey Biven pronounces the
statement "a base and malicious falsehood,
whether emanating from John McMullen. or the
product of slanderous disposition on the part
of Judge Terry"
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22

Bs2s~ Mr. Street has been recommended by
the Supreme Court Committee for admission as
an attorney to practice in the Courts of this
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22

Ds3H The suit of George P. Baker for di-
vorce from his wife, has terminated-the Court
deciding against granting the dirnrce
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22

pEg- The Assembly has decided that Mr.. Tin
ton, of Ell Dorado is entitled to his seat-his
right having been contested by Mr.. Hoyt.
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22

LEGISLATIVE FAvoRs-We return our thanks
to Messrs Garter, Street and Bureh, for valuable
Legislative documents
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months to Australia, has returned to San Fran
cisco.
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22

neA. Mr. Street is Chairman of the Commit
tee of Ways and Means, and member of the
State Prison Committee
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22

PosT4GE.-The cost of the Post Office De-
partment is several millions of dollars greater
per year than its revenue. To remedy this evil
the Postmaster General recommends the adop-
ton of a uniform fye-cent rate, in place of the
present three-cent one. We think the object of
the Postmaster General might be accomplished
with less Inconvenience to the public, by an
abolishment of the franking privilege. Another
big item might be saved by a cessation of the
practice of paying, for ocean mail service, hun
dred times much as the same steamers charge
for carrying express matter or merchandise
Hdrper's Weekly says: We are not exagerating
when we say that our ocean steamers receive
from the Post Office Department, on an average
one thousand dollars for service which they
would gladly perform for ten dollars, or even
five dollars, for any merchant" The same pa
per says truly that there is no reason why mail
matter should cost more to transport than -four
hardware silks or laces
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22
METHODIST CHURCH.

Preaching Sunday Tomorrow Mt II o.
clock A. VI. n. BURlON.
Shasta, Jan. %, 1859.
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22
DI S SOL u TION.

FTHE C0-PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing
Il between J. G.. Doll of Red Bluffs, and Loud,
Hosmer Il Titons, of San Francisco, for the
transaction of business at Shasta and Red Bluffs,
under the name and style of ]. G. Doll & Co.,
is this day, by mutual consent, dissolved.
j. G. Doh is authorized to collect all the ac-
counts, by book or notes, due the said concern
at Red Bluffs, and will settle all their outstand-
ing liabilities. Loud, Hosmer & Tiltons will
attend to the settlement of the house at Shasta,
and all accounts due said house are to be paid
to them. J. GRANVILLE DOLL
LOUD, HOSNER & TILTONS.
San Francisco, Jan. IL, 1852
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22
N O T ICE

IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned wis
i apply to the Board of Supervisors, at that.r
regular term on the first Monday in February
next, for renewal of license to keep public
Ferry across the Sacramento river, for one year
at "a point known as Emigrant or Wells Ferry,
four miles below Clear Creek.
A. S. WELLS.
"eiiS refry, Jan I, leo9 jaStd
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state and County Finances.

At present there is in the State Treasury the
enormous amount of over Eight Hundred Thou
sand Dollars This is more than enough to pay
the interest upon the public debt and defray the
ordinary expenses of the government, if econom-
ically administered, for the ensuing twelve
months. The State Controller estimates the
receipts of the State Treasury for the fiscal year.
ending June 30, 1859, to be as follows:
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BENEFIT PARry.-Mr Millington, as viii be
seen per card, proposes on next Thursday even
ing, to give dancing party, at the "Charter
Oak" for the benefit of the Shasta School Fund
BALL-As win be seen per advertisement
Ben. Mix intends to give magnificent ball at
his new and very elegant hotel on the ed of
February.
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22
MARRIED.

AT Dyes Ranch, on the evening of the 18th
inst, by the Rev. NJ. n. Culp, Mr.. John Butler,
of Red Bluff, to Miss Isabel Dye, of the former
place.
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22

ARRIVAL OF THE OVERLAND MAIL.--The South
ern overland mail arrived at San Francisco on
Thursday. 1t brought no news of very special
importance, except the intelligence that the
Atlantic Telegraph Cable was in working order.
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22

OYSTER sTEws-At the Post omec Saloon.
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DIR. AUTENRIETH,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,

OFFICE-Next door to A. J. Stevenson Co
Oct ID, 1913. Main Street, Shasta
The Shasta courier., 1859-01-22

FLOOR MANAGERS.
"A. SkilIman, Ben. Anderson, L. Mcintosh.
Whiskeytown, Jan. %, 1858. ja22:td
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-10

PIGEONS IN EASTERN VIRGINIA.-It is estimated
that 20 900 worth of wild pigeons caught in Es-
County, Va, every As they sell for about
81 dozen, this makes the number caught about a
quarter of Million The Salem Observer gives this
account of the way they are caught:
The pigeons attracted to particular parts of the
wood by the strewng of grain in open space cleared
of the brnshwood for the purpose. In this way they
not only toled around the spot where traps are
to be set and familiarized with the ground but are
well fattened before being taken. They are fed for
some time previous to the spreading of the nets.
When sufficient number have congregated to make
it worth while to eutrap them, their grain is satu-
rated with whisky, which steals away silly brains
as it does silly mems brans and they become willing
stupefed victims of the tmppers. The net is set in
such way that, by the use of young saplngs or
drawing springs, it is made to jump the dense
flock OF fuddled pigeons gathered in front of it and
when they attempt to rise they entanged in the
meshes. The pigeons are told when enticed by
the grain and whisky, will hudlle together in com.
pact mass, if for the special convenience and graft
tcation of the trapper. When once caught in the
net they thrust their heads through the meshes and
the trapper, by a certain pressure upon the neck,
kills them one after another with great rapdiiy and
with more dexterity Of touch than tenderness of
feeling.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-10

The Arizona should have been here yesterday, but
her detention is, perhaps owing to her having large
cargo.
The following the particulars of the loss of the
schooner j. T. Johnson furnished us by the obliging
purser of the Arizona.
1t appears that in endeavorng to cross the bar of
the Brazos (under the charge of plo) the johnson
broached to and was washed ashore on the north
breaker on the south end of Padre Island. Every
exertion was made to get her off, but without sue
cess, as there was heavy at the time which
worked the schooner up and caused her to strike
what is supposed to be the wreck of the steamship
Globe, and on the 26th she bged and filled.
Part of the cargo, saved in a damaged condition,
was sold at Brazos and Point Isabel. Some iron
went down with her, which, together with other
things of little value, ,'were sold at auction for $40
The johnson was owned by the following named
parties: Jno. Young of Brownsville Messrs. Golden.
bur Il Lespan of this city, Messrs Shiers & Oliver
of New York, and Capt. Russell.
The johnson was fine, new and substantial vessel,
and of the stauuchest crafts in the trade We
informed the only party having their share insured
was Messrs. S. Il 0. The cargo is supposed to be
mostly insured in New Orleans 10 lives were lost
We could not obtain list of her consignees but be-
eve that Messrs. Preau Coutureau of this city, had
somewhat in the neighborood of $4,000 in specie on
board-on all of which, excepting $500, insurance
had been effected.
The purser reports the brig Minna Schiller, Capt.
Wilson, for New Orleans, having waited seventeen
days for water the bar after which she succeede
in getting to sea. There was only seven feet water
on the bar when the Arizona left, June 6.
Here is a list of the passengers by the Arizona:
Madam Vincent, Mr.. NJ ign9n, adu, child servt j
Beanche and lady. t'urbo and lady, d. Kayckback
se,v Or. M j. Qlinn Msssrs G. Bless, f. Bress Gray
Rhin aueun Garcia, IT, l.. Peirce Wisco Cearth Yarkin
s.. Clair, Griffith Maignon
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-10

A Texas Tragedy-The Frontier Troubles.
From the Dallas Herald of the lst instant we ex.
tract the following:
We learn from a gentleman Just from Belton that
a horrible murder and suicide was committed in Bell
county, last Monday, May 23d Mr.. Ashley, who had
married daughter of Murrel the Land Pirate, killed
a brother-lnlaw, Mr.. Mccormick. and wounded an
other man who was standing near; then fled and
ended his own life by taking strychnne. The par
ticulars we do not sufficiently understand to give in
this issue. 1t was most cold.blooded murder; and
the whole affair seems to convey the impression that
the unfortunate author of the deed was insane. He
native of Kentncky ; had left his home under
unfortunate circumstances and short time ago wrote
an autobiography, in which he involved some of the
best and most respected citizens of Bell county, The
work was suppressed after his death.
From the same gentleman, we learn that there was
some excitement at Beton in regard to the frontier
difficulties and after series of inhammatory war
speeches, only twenty-seven men mustered Into
service, who willing to come in conflict with the
United States Troops the Reservation; and they
declined going unless the number of fifty men was
| raised We have it from uudoubted authority, that
the citizens of Waco are denouncing the attack on
the Reserve by Bayors band of insurgents, and are
indignant at the highhanded measures resorted to
by them. We are receiving assurances on all sides,
that their conduct is seriously condemned by the
moderate and law-abiding men of every county sur.
rounding us.
We saw gentleman from Tarrant county few
days since, who reported that the citizens who had
assembled the frontier were fast leaving their
camps = indeed were going off in larger numbers
than recruits were coming in. This is an evidence
that the people of the frontier, who NEST and
industrious citizens, cannot be long duped by the
false alarms and documents sent out through the
country We have ever believed that the heaviest
retrlbuton will be meted out to the few designing
| men who have figured as leaders in this treasonabe
disregard of the law and in open violation of the cit
izens OF the frontier and other countless
The sentiment of condemnation of these lawless
proceedings is universal in this county hut, while
quaiedly condemn such measures, they neverthe.
less believe that the great body of the frontier peo-
pie are less hlameable than any others who have sd
out of immediate danger, and kept up the excite
cions, and pandering to the corrupt prejudces of
men-who have less hatred to the Indians than for
certain whites
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-10

FIGHT BETWEEN A TARANTULA AND A WAsp.-Tr
the Austin (Texas) Intelligencer we find the fol
lowing:
A gentleman on Wednesday brought into the In
telligencer office glas jar containing dead taran-
tua and living species Of the Wasp family These
animals had been discovered on Tuesday, late in the
evening engaged in severe warlike demonstration.
On the succeeding morning our informant and Mr..
Shepard repaired to the spot and found the wasp ia
the act of entering small cavity in the ground.
Upon digging few inches below the surface, the Ia
rantula was perceived covered over with little twigs
and cold and inanimate as the spur of Sir William
Wallace The deceased spider had no doubt, in an
,n, II the snnerior proves Of his valiant advsrsarv
to whose gentlemanly courtesy he was indebted for a
decent burial.
The wasp seems to have received hut slight il any
injury in the conflict. is remarkably quick iii move
msnf with frame black in complexion and in size
mnch exceeding the common animal, and With dark
red wings.