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The Shasta courier., 1860-07-21

The HUMAN FIGURE.-The proportions of the
human figure are strictly mathematical. The
whole figure is six times the length of the foot.
Whether the form be slender or plump, this
rule holds good. Any deviation from it is de-
parture from the highest beauty of proportion.
The Greeks made all their statues according to
this rule. The face from the highest point of
the forehead, where the hair begins, to the chin,
is one tenth of the whole statue. The hand
from the wrist to the end of the middle finger,
is the same. The chest is the fourth and from
the nipples to the top of the head is the same.
From the top of the chest to the highest point
on the top of the forehead is seventh. If the
length of the face, from the roots of the hair to
the chin, be divided into three equal parts, the
first division determines the part where the
eyebrows meet, and the second the place of the
nostrils The navel is the central part of the
human body, and if man should lie on his
back with his arms extended, the periphery of
the circle which might be described around
him, with the navel tor the centre, would touch
the extremities of his hands and feet The
height from the feet to the top of the head is
the same as the distance from the extremity of
the fingers when the arms are extended.-Lon-
don Lancet.
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-21

A HUMOROUS IScIDENT.-A laughable incl
dent occurred recently, not many miles from
GAINESVILLE, the circumstances of which are re-
lated by the Daily Herald of that village, as fol-
lows:
An old gentleman farmer, who had two hand
some daughters, was so cautious of his charge
that he would not premit them to keep the COM
pany of young men. However, they adopted the
following expedient to enjoy the company of
their lovers: After the old man had retired to rest
the girls would hang sheet out of the window,
and the beau would seize hold of it, and with
the assistance of his lady-loye who tugged lusti-
y above, would thus gain entrance. 1t so hap
pened that one evening the girls got out the
sheet too early, for the old gentleman, by some
i'll wind, was accidentally around the corner,
and spying the Sheet could not conjecture the
meaning of its being there. So he caught hold
and endeavored to pull it down the girls sup
posing it to be one of their fellows, began to
hoist, and did not discover the mistake until the
old mans head was level with the window sill,
when one of them exclaimed, oh, Lord It's
dad p and letting go the sheet, down came the
old gentleman on the hard ground dislocating
one shoulder, which convinced him to make old
maids of his daughters was matter not so easi-
ly accomplished and withdrawing all further
opposition to their keeping company, he was
soon father-in-law
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-21
A Fine Place.
Frank Soule writes of the Washoe country

Frank Soule writes of the Washoe country:
when the world was created all sentiments
of the ridiculous and absurd were left un6evel-
oped and imperative until nature laid the foun-
dation of Virginia City, and there they had full
play. Its climate is the elixir of the ridiculous
the absurd and the grotesque."
The reading of the foregoing description of
the region "round about Washoe" calls to mind
description OF the Humboldt river by an old
coon in '53. He was an emiE3a6t, and spoke
feelingly, and his tongue had previously been
moistened by several horns of blue lightning
strongly diluted with Carson river water by the
enterprising proprietor of canvass grocery
who hung out just on the edge of the desert for
the purpose of taking the dollars and-the emf
grafton. You see (said the old coon) that at the
creation of the universe the Almighty late Sat-
urday afternoon got tired, he had used up all
the raw material worth anything and had lot
of useless rubbish left that ne didn't know what
to do with, he had finished all the balance of
creation except the region about here, and he
thought he would give the devil chance to try
his hand at landscape gardening. Well, the old
father ofevil got along very well for while, but
he soon used up all the best part of the mate
rial furnished him up about the head of the
Humboldt, so he piled the rocks, sand and alkali
around indiscriminately, and not knowing hov to
manage the rirer part af the job, and it gro,cang
dark mighty fast, he run the id thing in the
ground, right here at the sink.
| We have only to add that the Washoe country
is in the vicinity of the sink of the Humboldt
river.
| The foregoing is from the Plumas Standard
We know nothing from personal observation Of
the Washoe region but touching the Humboldt
river and region, we are I" "anxious to swear
that the head of the old coon" made mentor
of, although warmed by chain-lightning whisky
was mighty near right"
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-21
AbOlishing Debts.

The Wisconsin Legislature has formally con-
sidered proposition to abolish all laws for the
collection of debts. The mover of the bill Mr.
Elmore) is great wag as is evidenced by the
following extract from his speech upon the sub
ject
The speaker proceeded to review the present
system of collecting debts. 1t was all a hum
bug and cheat, matter of technicalities and
legal shutting. Lawyers gave advice in order
to obtain fee and encourge litigation. Judges
made blunders and mistakes. He had some ex-
perence in the law, and that was rich. laugh
ter.) He would give history of it. The speak
er then related how he purchased a yoke of
oxen about fifteen years ago-paid fifty dollars
for them. A few days after, the son of the man
OF whom he bought the oxen came to him and
said the oxen were his. He insisted on having
pay over again, and commenced suit before
justice. The jury didn't agree. Finally, through
the blunders of the Bushwood justice of the
peace, the case went against him. He appealed
to the Circuit Court in Milwaukee There lost
again, and said to my lawyer 81 will give you
ten dollars to quote Pennsylvania law to Judge
Miller and have new trial ordered" (Great
laughter.) He took the ten dollars and per-
formed the duty.
| to Walworth county. Judge Irwin was then
the Judge. Any man who wanted to gain a
case in his court had either to 60 hunting with
him and let the Judge claim all the game that
was shot, or else pat his dog. Well, patted
the dog. Larghter.) l fed that dog with
crackers. CRenewed laughter.) The case wa:
decided in my favor. When heard the deci
sion, thought to myself the dog had followed
me about long enough; l turned around, ant
gave him kick. (Laughter.) The yelp of th'
dog had hardly subsidized ere heard the Judg,
say, Mr.. Clerk, this judgment is set aside, ant
a new trial granted" (Gre,t laughter.) Mr.
Speaker, that kick cost me 5000 (Convulsiv
laughter.) You have no doubt seen suit in
Justices Court in the country. There is tim
spent by jurors and hangers on, besides othe
costs, at least $50, besides the i'll feeling an,
dissensions caused by it. 1t is all a cheat. Th
litigants had better sit down and play game 0
old sledge to decide the case. 1t would be NOR
sure to settle the dispute justly.
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-21
THE IaIsH Exopus:-a Livernoo, n,nsr sov.

IHE IRISH ExoDus:-A Liverpool paper says
Ihere can now be no question that the exodus
from Ireland this season is likely to he as mar
Velous IN Its extent as that which followed upon
the terrible famine in 1861. The provincial
papers TEEN with the subject, and the farmers,
remaining at home, have taken the alarm at the
almost certain prospect of scarcity of labor
ers, and the consequent enhanced price of labor.
The emigration-panic is to be traced to the SIM
pie fact that every mail from America brings
large remittances for passage and outfit to rela-
tlves IN the old country, who, of course, are will
llngly tempted to better their condition in a
country which offers larger field for industrial
enterprise
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-21
Speech of a Heart-sick Man.

The Chicago papers furnish the follow
ing report of Gen Nye's speech, at the Great
WIgwam in that city on the evening after the
4" Great lrrepressible" had been slaughtered by
Greeley and old Blair. The Mayor introduced
General James W. Nye, of New York, who spoke
as follows:
"We have in our State law making it
criminal TO abuse animals. Q.aughter.) do not
know what is the law in Illinois on that subject.
but think if there is any such statute it is
openly violated now. (Laughter.) You all
may sing one of the sweet songs of Zion, but nv
harp is on the willows. Laughter) l came
here with heart full of bounding hope. Ex-
pectatlon was on tip-toe that we should be able
to present for the first office of the nation man
who has made his pathway luminous and Illus
trious with the bright attributes of pure states
manship. But we failed. My heart, therefore.
is full of anguish, and yet I feel as David was
supposed to feel when the giant of Gath told
him that it would sweeten death to fall by his
right hand. (Laughter) As my leader is strick-
en- down low, there is another sprung up to take
his place, and bow with all that humility that
nature untempered by grace would allow
(Laughter.) l hope, therefore, with this frank
acknowledgment, and owing to the peculiar af-
Fiction under which am laboring, that shall
be excused from further remarks Loud cries
of Go on go only am trying to get called
off, SO as not to speak further / think will
go, any way. e Go onl go onr told you I
could not make q speech, for / have not my
heart with me. will say to my friends from
Pennsylvania, well, if they will give me back
my heart again, will fight. (Laughter) But
! suppose the blow was struck in love. | will
try to find honey on the end of the rod. laugh
ter) Now, my fellow citizens, l intend, as soon
as Sunday is over, to leave on night train for
home Ttarl 7 IL
others have done who have done something they
ought not to-rde nights, and put up at some
quiet place in day time. Iaughter) I can't
dare go home by daylight. Laughterl am
going home as soon as recover from the shock:
(Laughter) am going to gird on my lit&Ie arm
or, and go out on the hill-tops and in the deep
valleys, and for the rail-splitter of Illinois
(Great appause) But you must not expect it
too quick. When man has been stunned by
beng knocked on the head, you must wait till
returning circulation enables him to come to
the scratch
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-21

SHEEP RAIsIsG.-S. B. Rockwor ,ba oroo,
sheep-raiser, writing for the Solano Herold
says; " Sheep are the most profitable of all the
domestic animals. A given amount of capital
invested IN good, fne-wooled sheep, will give
in the period of five or seven years, an income
greater, by seventy-fve to one hundred per
cent, than if invested in any other of the do
mestic animals. One thousand dollars invested
IN good sheep in Calitornia, will double in one
haif the time it would if invested in cattle,
horses or hogs.
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-21
Written for the Courier.
A Poem.
- cdsus eUGSerdt ontnes,
Redditagae Eurydice superas peniebat ad auras

- cdsus eU1serdt 0nnes,
Redditagae Eurydice superds reniebat ad auras.
Hail heaven-born Music thou celestial prize,
Man rescued from the wreck of Paradise,
Linking this mortal state to worlds divine,
What wondrous powers-what boundess reign
is thine
All Nature is thy subject, arth-air-sea=
Sentient-insensate-al things breathe of thee;
Amid the unmeasured depths the starry spheres
Hymn their lo1d anthems to the eternal years,
While guardian echoes answer and prolong
The thrill that quivered through their morning
And even around Jehovah's awful throne,
Adoring silence yields to thee alone.
When seraph chors their harps celestial move;
To hymns melodious with immortal Love.
Thine was b art, whose love-inspired shell
Unbarred the gates and stilled the groaus of
hell,
Melting to sympathy, with magic skill,
Souls all untouched before by human i'll,
Who round him press by conscious pity moved,
And even in hell remember they hare loved,
While mid the gloom the snaky Furies crouch,
Steeling their hearts half swayed by mercy's
touch,
And red-mouthed Cerberus stills his triple
tongues,
Unhappy lover, by thy love betrayed
To cast one fond glance on her re ;cued shade,
One instant seen, then vanishing away,
Lost, lost TO thee, and to the blessed day.
Yet had success unbounded crowned thy aim.
No more the feat would claim the voice of fame,
Though bold the spirit in thy age would dare
To climb from Tartarusto the upper air,
To loftier flight the modern master wings,
And plucks existence from his trembling strings:
And the last Orpheus has triumphant striven
To lead Eurydice from earth to-heaven.
| COuny.
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-21

BRoS2lNG A Princess LMBs.-The exploit Of
the Irish surgeon in Handy Andy" who paint.
living subject, is only equaled by an event that
took place in Paris, and which is related in the
Partisan gossip of an American paper: "At the
last ball given by Bugenie, (at which there was
no court etiquette) the Princess Mathilde ap-
peared as Cleopatra. The dress, though scant
such as Egypts Queen is supposed to have
loved, was correct, and the celebrated painter,
Giraud, was employed to give the Princess the
complexion that fascinated Antony. He spent
three hours in 6ronzing the legs, arms, face and
shoulders of the Princess. She had, of course,
a train of maids of honor, but what painter had
the honor of bronzing them, the court calendar
does not record"
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-21

s63 Tennyson's hero, Lord Cardigan. who
commanded and led the famous charge of the
Light Brigade of Cavalry at BalakIava, NAV now
be seen every sunny afternoon, in HYDE Park,
London, with his latest victim, the present Lady
Cardigan, leaning on his arm Though now
approaching sixty, the Earl carries his age with
the most elastic buoyancy and with his 1.-the,
vigorous figure and dashing air is still the beau
ideal of a light dragoon. The present Lady
Cardigan, who, before her marriage, was con-
Sidered one of the loveliest flowers in the garden
of aristocratic English beauty, is the third
plucked from that conservatory by the same
sensual hand-not to mention numerous ravaees
in mere lowly parterres. His first wife he
eloped with from her husband, Major Johnstoue
of the 9th Regiment Of the line; his next vic.
tim was Lady Leesoni the wife of Sir William
Lesson, Chamberlain of Dublin Castle, who died
shortly after her guilty fight, on board of her
seducer's yacht, off the coast of Scotland and
the third, his present wife, who is a daughter of
one Of the Oldest houses In England, he also
carried off in his yacht during the life time of
his late wife. The poor girl seems to cling to
her brazen, defiant looking lord for protection;
and shrinks from the gaze of the passers-by
with that look of sorrow which, to a sensitive
nature, the consciousness of her false position
brings.
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-21

GARIBALDI's PARTNER.-Ten or twelve years
ago Garibaldi was in New York, where he was
reduced 10 severe straits for some time to make
living. His partner, Mr. V. Squarza-in the
candle business, which he set up at that time on
Long Island, is now in this city, keeping a cof-
fee saloon on Montgomery street. Squarza is a
character himself-dressing in the picturesque
Italian costume, with red liberty cap and sash
He occasionally tells some amusing stories, in
his own style, about the famous warrior whose
deeds are now agitating all Europe Squarza
says that his old partner was just as handy and
thorough in making candles as he is now in
leading his legions on to victory in Sciy.-S
f. Alta.
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-21
SHASTA COURIER.

n% L. P. FISHERS the only Agent of the
SHASTA COURIER in San Francisco, with power
to receive subscriptions and advertisements
therefor, and receipt for the same.
OFFICE-1713 Washington street, opposite
Maguire's Opera House.
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-21

Az AMERICAN SKSIGHTED.-Queen Victoria has
conferred the order of knighthood on Francis H.
Saltus, of New York city, for important i'm
provements in artillery. Mr. Saltus is the frst
American citizen thus distinguished.
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-21

Ea5~ A Chinese merchant said to an American
few days sine: : japanese great man now
Americans want more Treaty-by'n by Treaty
be signed, japanese like anybody-just like
Chinese just like damn nigger."
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-21
Township Officers.

SHASTA TowYsHIP.-Justices of the Peace
James Keene, and E. K. Shed. Constables-J
N. Short, C. S. 0vett.
CLEAR CREEK TOwNsHIP.-Justices- H
Brooks, W. S. Barnum. Constables-Chas
Mcdonald. VIM. Logan.
SIERRA TowNsHIP.-Justices-D C. Steven
son, Jas. B. Downs Constable-E. NJ Hill.
PITT RIVER TowNsHGP.-Justice-H f. Ross
Constable-A. J. Wimot.
FREScH GULoH TowNsHIP.-Justices- B.
Stewart, E. Dickinson.
LooKHART FERRY TowNsHIP.-Justice-J. NJ
Ford.
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-21
Times Of Holding Courts.
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
SHAsTA-Second Mondays of March, June
and November
SIsKNoU-Third Monday of January, first
Monday of May, and third Monday of Septem-
ber.
TRIYrrY-Second Mondays in April, August
and December.
Shasta County Courts.
Held on the 1st Mondays of March, July and
NoTember.
AT said terms, the business pertaining to the
Court of Sessions shall first be disposed of, and
after that the business of the County Court AMI
Probate Court in such order as the Judge may
determine
BOARD OF SUPERvIsoRs-Meet lst Mondays in
May, August, November and February.
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-21
COUNTY DIRECTORY
County Officers.


District Judge-Willam P. Daingerfeld, OF
Shasta.
County Judge-Joel 7. Landrum.
Associate Justiees-E K. Shed, f. Dickinson.
County Treaslrer-James Hayburn.
Recorder-J. r. Durick.
Clerk-John Anderson.
Sher1-John S. Follansbee; Under Sheriff
Wm. II. Angel.
Tar Colleetor-A- Skillman.
AssesSor-B. Garland.
Pub Administrdtor-Den Dunn.
Surueyor-A G. Quait.
District AHorney-James D. Mix.
Sup. Pub. Instruction-G. X. Godfrey.
Board Of Supergisors.-1st District, Jno A
Dreibelbis; I'd District, J. W. Romer; Sd
district d. G.. Johnson.
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-21
snsAronl.L QuAnIrIEs-A Senator Of Metal-.

DtII.
A Shining Senator-Bright.
A Verdant Senator-Green.
A Greasy Senator-Chandler.
A Debilious Senator-Wigfall.
A Lazy Senator-Doolittle.
A Healthy Senator-Hale.
a Grave Senator-Toombs.
A Royal Senator-King.
A Brick Of Senator-Mason.
A Sporting Senator-Hunter.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-07-30
Douglas W. Breckenridge.

. The Missouri Republican, the abIe.' aud most
influential D'nglas organ in the west has letter
IRON a New Orleans sympathi.er. wbo says
"A. nsugla. and Brcckinridge stand urnn Ia
same platform in regard to the rights "f Siav'f9
in the Territories. few thinking men asset ""s
preference for the latter account o his So.'t.-
ern citizenship, and there is. consequently, ~ IL
ing leit u stimulate such preference.
We believe that this is very near the truth.
Taking their pa, record. we would not eivo *
Tor the difference. But we g. farther than the
writer of the above, whilst admitting that boi,
nou LA. and Breckinridge coDceds tho right Il
slavery in the Territories" -apd affirm that both
were Squa,tcr Sovereign to the core. We Should
therefore assert no preference for the latter oh
account Of III. Southern citizenship" whilst he -
TO be ropnda,"d on account Of the cHnHanv IN
which he Is found. The Yancey Rhett tickst
wont do.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-07-30

and Everett ere mors ~orIhy 70 b il repr srtn
tatises. They are bvib sfatesssn Of the wash
in sson sclooI of great naturably u profsnd read
ing 10 The science uf goversmsst. and ct thorough
practical knowledge VI our ovn. Their emerged
policy and patrio ism embrace and psevade the
Whole of our great country. and Ill - diversity
If .oil. climate. production aud iutefesfsa
They are not extremists bot they are moore In the
IN deration Of enlighteneL naasared. national aud
pliiosophis Statement. Everett. has the more
seniu-, learning and eloQuence. Bell the more
pI acticnl statcsmanship, and the more nerve TO
meet and quel the storms Of disunion. But de-
,niion TO the Union, fidelity TO the Constitution.
md iniomtnble purpose to enforce the laws have
become incorporated with the intellectual AID
moral structure Of both. They are the men that
Clay. aud Washington. and the founders oil our
Government, If now upon earth woald support for
the rfice to which they have been nnm ed, and
trust ihat the present generation VI onr country
men will have the wisdom frmness and patriot
s,n TO fotget all else but the imperiled condition
II The Uuion and the country, and summon Bell
and Everett to the rescue. GARRETr DAVIS.
Mr. Burr. the able edltornf the Hartford Times
yes n union of national men of Connecticut,
y !uinst Lincoln and IIamlin.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-07-30
John Bell on Abolition Petitions

Our candidate has been roundly abused by the
southern Democracy, for having voted with JOHN
Quincy Adams for the reception by Congress OF AL
clifton petitions, and In defending himself from the
charges made against him years ago, relative TO hi,
course in this particular, !ie displayed TINT sound
judgment which has always marked every act OF his
public life. In u letter written the Sth Of August.
1870, TO the Hon. G. R. Gilmer, which ia repuh-
li,hei in the Nashville Parrot Mr. Bell thus ,lndi
Gates himself
my opinion was says Mr. Bell that, whether the
petitioners had strict right their side not,
policy dictated the reception and reference OF ihr
petitions. believed that any uEuSud! course in
gard to them would give undue importance to tb,.
movements OF The abolitionists, furnish gronuu
for agitation and rather increase the existing
men, than nllay it. In my opinion, repor, from II
committee at each session-temperatc, YET firm aud
unqualified in its conclusions would have been well
calculated TO correct false impressions at the North
TO dispel pre- adee, and prevent that ermen ana
giy feeling at the South which, at that stage Of tn
Question, was calculated to do mischief Whether
right or wrong and without pretending To censurc
those friends who differ with me, have uniformly
held these opinions YET will add that few gentle.
men in the Sonth would he prepared for prompt
and decisive measures Of resistance and protection
should the rights and interests of the South connect
ed with This sui ec be invaded through Consrcs.
or otherwise than myself"