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The Shasta courier., 1861-10-19
GROVER & BAKERS
First Premium Noiseless

ns- The great success attending the introduc-
ton of style Family Sewing Machines in
this State (as in all others,) has prompted certain
unprincipled and unreliable parties to endeavor to
force upon the public certain inferior and called
The Shasta courier., 1861-10-19
RANCH FOR SALE.
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS.

NOTICE is hereby given that will be at the
~ following named places for the purpose of
giving Tax Payers an opportunity to pay their
r. xoS an the days hereinafter mentioned
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RANCH FOR SALE OR RENT.

VTNHE undersigned, being desirous to leave for
the Atlantic States, offers his valuable Ranch
for sale or rent, but would prefer selling.
The Ranch is situated on Huling's Greek, on the
Bald Hills and Arbuckle road, about seven miles
from Horsetown.
The Ranch is weH calculated for two families Its
location is of the most healthy in the county,
fever and ague never having been known in this
vicinity.
Attached to the Ranch is about 260 acres of good
land which viii sell in lots of from 40 to 60 acres
or the whole, as may be desired
For further particulars, apply on the premises,
or at this office.
JOSEPH PRYOR.
Huling Creek, Aug. 90, 1861. au3f
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FOUND.

nAPERS of considerable value. apparently the
property of Mr.. JOS. Scherr, among which are
two promissory notes, one for Sl766 and one for
$50, were found in the streets of Shasta the Sd
inst. The owner can have the same by calling at
this Office and paying for this advertisement
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF SHASTA,
Sierra Township.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF SHASTA,
Sierra Township.
On this the I'd day of September, A. D. 1861, be-
fore me, G. w. Adams, Justice of the Peace of ST.
crra township in and for the county aforesaid per-
sonally appeared Cecilia Gray, wife of Thomas
Gray, personally known to me to be the
individual described in and who executed the
above declaration as party thereto, and that said
Cecilia Gray, wife of the said Thomas Gray,
having been by me first made acquainted with
the contents of said instrument, acknowledged
to me, on examination apart from and without the
hearing of her said husband that she executed the
same freely and voluntarily, without fear or COM
pusion. or under the influence of her said husband
and that she does not wish to retrac the execution
of the same.
In witness Whereof have hereunto set my hand
and seal in the township and county aforesaid, the
day and year last above written.
G. w. ADAMS.
se2l* as Justice of the Peace
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SOLE TRADER NOTICE.
.STITE OF CALIFORNIA, \
CouYTY OF SHASTA,
Sierra Township ]

CouSTY OF SHASTA,
Sierra Township.)
II NOW all men by these presents that 1, Cecilia
N Gray, of said township and county, wife
of Thomas Gray, residing in Sierra township,
and county of Shasta and State aforesaid, do
hereby declare and make known my intention to
carry on business on my own account and in my
own name sole trader, in pursuance of an act of
the Legislature of the State of California entitled
IAN act to authorize married women to transact
business in their own name sole Traders ap-
proved April 12th 1852, and further declare that
said business will be the business of farming and
stock-rasing, and will be carried and practiced
in said Sierra township and county of Shasta and
that the amount of capital invested in this business
does not exceed five thousand dollars.
In witness whereof have hereunto set nv hand
and seal this I'd day Of September, A. D. 1861.
her
CECILIA X GRAY.
a1 sarssE mark.
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Corrected Weekly.

a.. 2.
COG Frort Street, San Francisco.
Sole Agent for Freeman & Simpsons Old Mag
noia Whisky.
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NEWS From TIE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Is, 10

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is, 1851.
DISPATCHES FROM OUR SQUADRON IN CHINA saAs
Dispatches wese received this morning at the Navy
Department, from Flag OfReer stribbling with dates
from Hong Kong November a. BY the latest accounts
Ten sin, and the Convention Of Pesn, In the official
Gazette Of Pekin.
The Allies had left Pekn but will retain force Of four
dvo thousand at Trim slen fer the present, The
English and French Ambassadors are expected to leave
the north Of China very soou
The rebels continue 10 occupy all the country around
Shan9hae and at the latest dates were near the oty
There can be no danger to ccantrymcn there pre-
sent az the allies have large force there now which
Trade however, cannot be usual there under existing
circumstances. At present there appears to be
but little hope Of better state Of thinss
until tho rebels are expelled or they acquire
possession Of Shanghae In the latter happening
onethrd Of the empire, under mule OF the rebes
would be opened to trade.
The Commodore had heard OF the arrival OF the Naxsa
at Jeddo, with the Japanese and she would leave a.
once for Hong ,ng reaching there the lst OF Decen
Minister Ward who will leave at that time for the United
States.
THE NEW ONE CENT STAMPED RsvnoPEs
The Post OHce Department has decided to furnish Z
cheaper style Of one cent stamped envelopes than that
now In use for circulars combining tho Improvement Of
the black lines OF this quality there will none with.
out the lines These envelopes viii be "a soon a
the manufacturer prepare them
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ISSUES THAT CANNOT Blk AVOIDED ny SEcEs-
sroN-Gov. FLoYD UNDER ARRAIGNaENT.-Th
Grand Jury of the District of Columbia has
earned the thanks Of all honest and patriotic
men by indictipg exSccretary Floyd on the
charges Of malfcasance IT. Office and conspiracy
against the general government which have
been go openly preferred against him by the
press. Although he has removed himself be-
yond its jurisdiction, his refusal TO appear and
confront these indictments will weigh as heavi-
" against him a. a conviction. Whatever JUS
LITIGATION be may make out to his own con-
science for his treachcry to the government, he
cannot, without acknowledging his culpabilty,
avoid answering this formal impeachment Of
his personal honesty. Unrcplec TO, il will
stand for all time as record against his charac-
ter. and unless The chivalry Of the Old Domin-
ion are greatly altered, he will find that his
claims 10 social consideration amongst them
will not be improved by his silence.
This is, We believe, the first instance on
record Of CabiLet Minister being in
dcted by Grand Jn,y for malfeasanoe
in Office. What spectacle for a
man thus honored by place in the national
councils to be degraded to the level of
defaulting clerks and contractors. and involved
with them in charges of Wholesale embezzle
ment Of the public funds We know not how
true or false these charges may be; but II Mr..
Floyd does not care sufficiently for bis own
character to meet them, the country will not
the less be in position to pass judgment upon
them from the evidence taken in the course Of
the present inquiry.
Although Mr.. Buchanan is a. pure man a.
ever filled the executive chair, and Is sensitive
70 an extreme In regard TO the honesty Of bis
surroundings, his administration has been more
damaged by the lsxity Of principle Of some Of
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MAYOR WooD AND THE Two DEMoCRAcIEs-
From the number of atrabilarian paragraphs
which are now appearing in the republican
journals about Mayor Wood, it is evident that
he is still ON their slate as q live and great
man. Such Is his influence in this community
that they cannot afford to let him alone. "Some
men are born to greatness, some achieve great
ness, and some have greatness thrust upon
them" Fernando Wood may be ranked among
the second class, but he is more distinguished
in the third. His own talents and industry and
energy may have laid the foundation of his
greatness; but he never would have been SO
successful but for the repeated assaults of the
republican journals still keeping him before
the people. As they have now again renewed
their onslaughts, there must be something in the
wind. One of the two democracies of the
city-Tammany Halls exercising itself
about the meeting of Democratic State Con-
vention, to be held on the 3lst inst.-a meet
ing of dead men, like phantom review"
Has this anything to do with the present at
tacks of the republican journals on the Mayor?
Time will tell. Tammany Hall never had any
luck since it quarrelled with Wood, and the
other democracy has Jared no better. Since
he ceased to lead the victorious hosts of Mozart
Hall to battle, its standard has been trailed in
the dust 1t is now trying to supply the want
of its former leader by inducing John Coch-
rane to become its chairman. If that concern
will only take the advice of Mr.. Cochrane it
may do well. But before it can gain the conf
dence or respect Of any able men 1t mast learn
to be true TO its friends
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The New York HeralA-EditiOn for
Europe.
The Cunard mail steamship ASIA Capt Lott, will leave
tbis port tomorrow for Liverpool
The European mails viii oloss in this city ct eight
o'clock to morrow morning
Tho EUROPEAN EDITION HmALs vii! be published
O'Clock in the morning. Single copies in Wrap
pers, six cents.
The contents OF the EUROPEAN EDITION OF THH HERAiS
will combine tho received by mail and telegraph q:
che office during the previous week. and TO the hour o.
puhlicatlOa.
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The New ENGLAND EIECrIoNs.-The STATE
elections about TO take place ia New HAnp-
shire, Connecticut and Rhode Island may be
regarded as tests Of the popular will
in New England in regard TO the rights
Of the Southern States. If the people
decide in favor Of the Chicago platform,
and against even handed justice. then we shall
know where we stand. IT. on the contrary,
their decision be to reject the unconstitutional
and tyrannical dogmss Of the Chicago platform,
that will be decision in favor Of the Union,
and there may still be hope of reconciliation
and reconstruction OF the confederacy, in
stead of separation, and. it may be, civil war,
destructive to every interest of the country,
North and South, East and West, not only for
the present generation, but for generations yet
unborn. 1t is important, therefore, that the
true friends of the Union in New England
should exert themselves TO bring about
favorable result, and SO wipe away the re-
proach which chiefly lies at the dosr Of their
section-the reproach Of breaking up, for
theoretical abstraction of no practical value, the
noblest fabric of human government the world
ever saw
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IFF'T7N, Jan. y, IB6Is
Tie government examined witness in the jsckaIsv
ds; and then coeed the evidence This witness
tsti0ed 10 bat took plae before Commissioner vroom
when the prisoner vss first arr, ste1.
Raysrd Tsyh WINS examined 90 the part OF the do
,pice and he testified "a having person on CON
mtdnre Pcrrys Expedition 70 Jnpan resembling Jsoka
nw. ne SAID that he him hoard sf the steam
ship Misaiss ipp and he r.sembd Jaekslow very much
su0 thought II sas the aame man.
Mr. Granuin, the counsel for the prisoner, opened the
srturnt nj fs the defence. He that the prisoner
acquitted for the want Of Jurisdiction In the
Is alleged that the robbery WIS commit ed between
orwak bar Dor and He'll Gate, and therefore not In
The Jurisdiction OF the district ~ New Jersey, bat
either In the southern district OF Ncw York the dis
riot OF Connecticut He argued that the long Island
sound was not part II the high seas and that tho
oictment wss therefore defective.
Mr. butcher, on the part OF the government, pro.
oeeded these objections, and quoted difereat
authorities 10 show sAs The sound OF the see
He had rot Concluded whom the court adjourned
Il ,s tho pht that his argument viii occupy the ~hois
defence will then proceed.
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NEWS FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.

ALBAsY, Jan. %, 1851.
The talk for Senator today has been strong for Greeley
rs friends have taken courage since the announce
nent that Evarts had been finally eed upon BY tho
RegencT Evarts' friends, on the other hand are ex
ueney confident and claim more than enough 70 non,i
nate him the moment Harris ~ out OF the fel.d.
Information has been from Springfield to
&c the effect that Greeley arrived there on Saturday last
lie s'opping at private house and that be spent tho
evening with the President elect The intelligence
by the same source asser,s shst there is q perfect
ersandng between Lincoln and Greeley in regard
to toe appointments in this State II this report
be true, Weed VIII end II necessary 70
take his carpet bag and make tracks for Springfield
This news must be received with proviso
The Houae had under consideration In the Committee
of the Whole, Gen sanfods bill for the enrolment o(
the militia Several amendments were mpde and pro.
gress reported The bill is bundle OF impracticabu
ties and atsurdities n u becomes law It vii
place civil officers under the control judgment or the
military and cause great deal # trouble Everything
shond be stricken after the euacng clause and sec
tons costaing common substituted In it's place.
The Senate spent the evening on the bill 70
20 max all local laws. Should It become
a law II will remove from the Legislature q
large OF local legislation that now takes up their
time which should be sp ut State enactments
Progress only reported.
The leading elected to the State Convention are de-
ternne not TO mako u party assombage to discuss
in the least party issues but 10 above that and zee
what be done settle toe national troubles or Ct
least 70 prevent the border States foo~ins the sax 20
ceding saies II is conceded that they will appeal
to the party in power TO submit the question to the poo
pie The evening Journal strongly advocates the ap
pontnen. Of the Ave comm ss,ones asked for BY vlr.
AZ
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THE CoorEn Institute Us1oS MEETING
The Union meeting last night at the Cooper In
stitute was a brilliant affair. There were
present on the occasion Bell-Everett men,
Douglas men, Breckenridge men, old line wings
and Americans and hard and soft shell demo-
Gratis all fusing as harmoniously as in the late
Presidential election; but their proceedings,
in the absence of the victorious republicans,
we're pretty much like "the play Of Hamlet
with the part Of Hamlet left OUT Union meet
pgs are good things, Union resolutions are
good things, offers Of compromise for the sake
Of the Union are good things but practically
they amount 10 nothing, emanating from par
tiss which have no power to do anything.
Such were the resolves Of the Union meeting
Of last night The Southern States want to
bear from the republican party Of New York.
The defeated snti-rcpublicsns are all right;
but ss theT can do nothing, their Union meet
ings VIII 20 for nothing Cannot we get up a
republican Union meeting In this city, endors-
ing, IKE Senator Cameron the Crittenden com
promise? Such meeting might open the eyes
Of the republican party In Congress. All these
other Union meetings are Of the stamp Of the
great Democratic New York State Convention
for the Union, which Is to meet on Thursday
hey are Union meetings Of politicians who
have thrown their power away, and are blindly
beating about In the dark to get II back again.
such movements will not save the Union. The
whole case reefs with the republican party.
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INV ORLEANS, Jan sS, 1861.
The steamship Tennessee has arrived here with dates
m Vera Cruz 20 The 23d and from the City OF Mex,os
TO tho 10th inst
The cohsiituional government WAS IN fun operation
Psaspoi Ia han been sent TO the spanish Minister the
IDps Nlsco the ba vos from Guatemala aud Equa-
dor.
Considerable excitement prevailed among the Span.
pTds.
The American Legation had removed TO the city OF
Mexico.
The Tennessee brinfs Sl5ac0 In apectc
national Congre~s N called 70 meet at the national
capitu on the thrd tuesday In ApriL
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due to the Success Of Northern party. in tbs
atitude Of hostile movement against the
domestic institutions Of the South. Ths South
en States. appseciAsins Ae dangers Of delay,
are precipitately seeking the refuge of an in
dependent government In the Union hence
forth they arc at the mercy of the North, IN
less they are given the security of new bonds
Of protection; out Of the Union they may CON-
mand the recognition of their peculiar institu-
tons. The republican party have the power in
their hands to grant these new guarantees Of
Southern safety in the Union or to deny them.
The border slave States stand ready to aid in
the good work Of restoring the Union; but they
can do nothing without some encouragement
from the republican party.
If, then, the Inauguration Of Mr.. Lincoln shall
be sgnalized as the beginning of civil war.
the responsibility will rest upon the foolish
Bourbons Of the republican party.
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New MULTIPLICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION IN
NEw YoRK.-Some Of the republican journals
are calling on the Legislature 70. pass law
authorizing our local police to seize the arms
and ammunition belonging TO citizens of other
States. One of them the other day admitted
that the police had no warrant in law for their
acts, but claimed that no jury could be found
admission of the public depravity and de-
moralizaton. But in order to give the police
the necessary authority, the Legislature is in
voked to confer it upon them. This cannot
mend the matter. The Legislature has no right
to do wrong itself, and therefore cannot dele
gate its authority to others to do it. Such =
law would be Of the same class as the Personal
Liberty BILLS nullity and of no force being
in direct conflict with the planest provisions Of
the constitution of the United States. But its
efficacy to do mischief and to drive more States
out of the Union would be most potent; and
if that be worthy object, then let the
bill by all means be passed. But let
us hear no more hypocriical slang about the
preservation of the Union. The seizure of
arms and ammunition in transit to another
State, whether by the police of their own
mere motion, or under the authority of an un-
constitutional law, is an act of war. But it is
not in the power Of the police, nor in the power
of Che Legislature, under the constitution, to
make war. That belongs to the federal 60
vernment, and only Congress and the Pre-
sident can define what is war on the part of
any State, or declare war against foreign or
domestic foe. 1t is, therefore, an impudent
and audacious usurpation on the part of the
police authorities to make war, or pronounce
any goods "oontrabanS;" and Il the Legisla-
ture should attempt to authorize such pro-
ceedings, it win only be committing the whole
State to an outrageous violation Of the oonsti-
tuition, at time when acts of the same kind
are the principal cause of cur national
troubles.
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AN OPERATIC Juror IMPENDING.-Amid all
the social and political revolutions going on at
the present time, it would be quite absurd to
suppose that the operate world could remain
without its peculiar sensation, and therefore
we are not surprised to find that there is q pros
pect Of grand contest in Irving place and the
religious Opera House at Brooklyn. This affair
springs, as usual, out of a rivalry between
two prime dome, one American and the other
foreign. The American singer Miss Hinkley,
who was born in that paradise of lobby opera
tors and railway managers, the city of Albany,
has already made her debut, and entranced all
the young men who run after personal charms,
raven hair, black eyes and pretty figure, joined
to magnificent voice, which is vouchsafed to
us in its spring time and first freshness. OF
course the American party will be strong in
favor of Miss Hinkley. The foreign element
French, Italian, German and Irish-wiN support
the other prima donna, the Sgnorina Elena,
who has not yet made her debut in this coun-
try. 1t is claimed for Elena that she is dra-
matte vocalist of the first rank, very handsome,
perfectly well taught and acquainted with all
the best works in the modern repertoire Miss
Huxley has in Elena, they say, a very for
midable rival, and public curiosity is go much
excited upon the subject that it is not impro-
bable that this war of the roses will create a
Juror which may result in an old fashioned
operate revival. Party feeling runs very high
on both Sides and the adherents of the rival
prime dome are already upon a war footing.
In this state of things the position Of the
amable maestro, Signor Muzio, becomes a very
delicate one. 1t is no small matter to guide
the whirlwind and to direct the storm;
but ii is much easier to do that
than to conduct the Opera comfortably with
two prime dome, both young, both ambitious,
both clever, and both with strong parties of
devoted adherents. Signor Muzio must be very
careful about his policy; he must be prudent,
cautious and reticent, going regularly to con.
fession, and keeping his head-his conscience
clear. His is no ordinary task, and he requires
all the aid that can be obtained from any quar-
ter to carry it through successfully
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Delegates Go che Democratic state Con-
vcntion.
AUrrrS, Jan -, 1897.
The Seoond district OF CAyugs county has elected a.
Delegates 70 the state Convention or Governor X. .
Throop, Pcscr Yongcr, w. O. Besrdscy and Tbos Case.
The Tariff Bin before Congress.
PunHrRo, Jan %, 1881.
The Board OF Trade held . meeting here oday snd
paced the following
whereas, Informed thai effort Is being made
70 reduce the duty propoeed In Mr. Morrils tariff Dill,
Senate. :
Resolved, Tha, wc protest against any uodacatson
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IMPROVEMENT OF NASSAU STxEr.-The per-
petual jam Of vehicles and foot passengers in
Nassau street. makes 1t, during the business
hours of the day, nuisance, as II, at present is
allowed 10 remain. We would suggest to our
city authorities the expediency, OF tagging 1t
from one eide TO the other, excluding carts, car
riages and horses, and turning 1t into prone
made, similar to the courts which abound In the
cities Of London and Paris. This would make
1t commodious thoroughfare Tt would in
crease the value Of real estate, and, before the
expiration Of many months, make Of deplora-
bly, dirty lane, which Il is dificult, and, occs-
sionally, unsafe TO traverse, beautiful plaoe,
filed with the finest banking palaces, and law
yers' and brokers sfices in the city. II could
be made to answer many Of the purposes Of an
Exchange, and would be one Of the most orna-
mental and rich portions Of the metropolis. Il
Is an idea worthy Of mature confederation on
the part OF the Common Council.
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the members OF his Cabinet than By any acts
OF mistakes Of his OWE. II would have
been we'll for him II. in 1867, whom rsyd,
Thompson and Cobb boisterously urged hin .
adopt the Lecompton constitution, instead OF
sending it back to the people, he bad dismissed
them from of6ce and filed their places with
men Of integrity. Had there been no slavery
issue in question in the late Presidential Coz
test it is certain that Lincoln wsuld have bees
all the same elected. from the demorslizatioa
introduced into the democratic ranks BY tAs
dishonesty and corruption Of the public
officials.