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The Shasta courier., 1861-09-07

while sssna ssns sSanH es sd street.
read the sign of Mr.. Curry as follows: II.
Curry's Finding Store" First he peeped
in. then he went in and looked around Fl
nally, he exclaimed, g swow, you must be
da,ned lucky chaps to find all these things !
| s'pose you haint found my umbril with .
bone handle-imitation of ivory, you knowl"
The clerk said, Is No, but We win look for it
right off," The chap was satisfied
The Shasta courier., 1861-09-07

BREcKINRIDGE FuRIoUs.-The Mozart Hall
Democratic General Committee recently in
vited Senator Breckenridge to visit New York,
but recanted on hearing of the Indignation
expressed toward him in Baltimore, and SO
telegraphed to their committee, who, how
ever, failed to receive the dispatch till after
they had delivered the message. They, how
ever, obeyed orders and performed the deli
cate duty of countermanding the invitation
as gracefully as possible.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia Led
ger. who reports this, says:
The Kentucky Senator charged the COM
mittee with deliberately insulting him, and
denounced the New York Democracy as ne
better than Black Republicans-while, fol
the city itself he declared terrible retribu
ton was in store for it when the people whom
she had robbed so many years would have
their armies occupying their marble palaces.
and their flag floating over the City Hall and
Merchants Exchange. Vallandigham was
present all the while, looking :. unutterable
things" The committee took the lecture in
silence, but left the room before it was con-
cluded.
The Shasta courier., 1861-09-07
Important News by the Pony.

3 the Pony, with dates to Aug. oath, we
lear the gratifying intelligence that the Gov.
eminent loan of $50, ,OOO, 900 had been Ia
keniby the Boston, New York and Philadel-
phn bankers and capitalists, thus demonstra'
ting that the confidence and substance of the
country are fully, freely and unreservedly at
the command of the Administration. This
prompt action of the monied men of the coun.
try, in coming to the rescue Of the Govern
ment at this critical time, will not merely
have a salutary influence at home, but it will
inspire foreign nations with assurance in the
stability and permanence of our cherished
republican institutions. and cannot fail to be
productive of the most advantageous effects
hereafter.
Great excitement exists in Kentucky, and
many fear collision with Tennessee. The
Government has supplied that loyal State
with 10000 Minnie rifles, and Gen. Ander-
son, of Fort Sumter notoriety, has gone
thither to assume the command of his depart
ment.
The Louisville Journal of the 26th uses the
following language:
We say to the Union men of Kentucky, be
ready-lose no delay in organizing in the
most thorough manner in every neighbor-
hood-perfect yourselves in military discip-
line.
| The Legislature of Kentucky is largely
Union. and it is believed that Governor Ma
coffin will be impeached, and Senators Pow
ell and Breckinridge requested to resign.
Gen. Mcclellan is busily engaged in brig
aiding the army and drilling it in accordance
with this system, and the untoward' re-
oonnoisance of Gen. Mcdowell at Bull Run
will soon be sbliterated.
Gen. Fremont has taken possession of the
Illinois Central Railroad, and is concentrat-
ing large body of men at andin the vicinity
of St. Louis.
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Latest--Dates to Aug. 26th.

From our Extra of Wednesday last.
ST.. LOUIS, Aug. 26-P.
There has nothing of striking interest oc
CURED since our last report.
The Pony Express have made their start
ing from station ITO miles west of this city
Letters will probably go by stage to and from
that point.
The Evansville and Paducah packet, seized
at Paducah on the 22d by the rebels, and ia
ken up the Tennessee river, had cargo val
ued at 5000
Four thousand rebels are reported at Ben
ton, Mo-, fortifying the place.
1t is rvmored that the New York Daily
News and Day Book are to be suppressed i'm
mediately by order of the Government, it be
ing reported they received assistance from
Southern sympathisers, who freely circulate
them.
Orders are issued to the Adjutant General
that all recruits must be enlisted for three
years.
1t is intimated that Government will moi
longer allow Kentucky to occupy neutral
position.
Baltimore papers have agreed to comply
with the request of Gen. Dix to refrain from
publishing news which will aid the enemy.
Ii is reported that JEFF. Davis has approved
of the Act appointing two other commission
ers to Europe, also the Act for the aid ol
Missouri in repulsing invasion, and author
izing her admission into the Confederacy.
The Confederate Congress is reported tt
have received dispatches by telegraph, stat
ing that the English Government has sem
orders to Admiral Mines, of the Gulf Squad
ron. to see that British merchant vessels b
protected in the ingress and egress to ane
from the ports of the South. The officials a
Richmond believe much of it to be fact.
The French Consul at Richmond has re
ceiyed dispatches announcing the arrival o.
several French war vessels at Norfolk.
1t is reported that martial law was de
clared at Nashville on the 23d.
The name of Capt. Falster, of the Royal
Dutch Army, bearer of dispatches to the
Government, is registered among the arrivals
at Willard's Hotel, Washington.
w. H. Russell, correspondent OF the Lon
don Times, applied to the Provost Marshal
for passport across the Potomac, and was
fatty refused.
The continued improvement of the Federal
troops in eastern Virginia, in all respects, is
the chief subject of congratulation.
ST. JOSEPH, Aug. 27-9 A. x.-The Poto-
mac Investigating Committe at Washington
report 200 spies in the departments who can
not be depended upon as loyal. Several wo-
men have been arrested in Washington, and
others placed under surveillance, for giving
comfort to rebels.
Major Barnett's arrest was not solely for
refusal to take the oath of allegiance, but for
other grounds.
In consequence of the Presidents procla-
nation. Adams Co. have issued orders TO
al their officers to refuse TO receive letters
from the Confederate States.
The Shasta courier., 1861-09-07

The LOST STEAMSHIP PAcIFIC.-The steam
ship Anglo Saxon, which reached Quebec,
from Liverpool, on the lst ult., reports that
a memorandum had been found in bottle
at the Hebrides, north of Scotland, solving
the fate of the steamship Pacific, which was
lost about three years ago. The memoran.
dunn states that at the time it was written the
ship was surrounded by icebergs and going
down. This is probably the only memento Of
the lost steamer that will ever reach us, as
every soul on board must have perished with
her
The Shasta courier., 1861-09-07

AID TO VoLUNTEERs--Now that compa-
nv of volunteers is forming in this county, we
would suggest that some systematic plan
be set on foot, to assist them with clothing
and other necessary comforts that they may
stand in need of. All that is needed is sys-
temised cooperation, and the work can be
easily performed. No patriot who heartily
loves his Government will hesitate to contri-
butte from his means to promote the comfort
of the gallant men who go forth to defend
their country in the hour of its peril.
The Shasta courier., 1861-09-07

Acc1pExT.-A melancholy accident hap
pened Mr.. Gill, of Tehama county, on Sat
urday last, by the discharge of his gun,
loaded with buckshot. His arm is much
shattered, ard the wound is considered dan
gerous. Mr. G. was out in pursuit of the
murderous Spaniards who had perpetrated
the recent outrages near Tehama, when
Britton, Houston and Mcintyre were mur-
dered
The Shasta courier., 1861-09-07

BoDY FouNp.-Ned Weeks informs us that
as he came over the mountain yesterday, he
found the body of a man in an advanced state
of decomposition, hanging by the neck to the
limb of "a tree. Mr.. Weeks thinks it is the
body of crazy man from Oregon, who was
last seen in Scott Valley five or six days
ago. The body was found near the spring
on the old trail, going down the mountain to-
wards Scott Valley. The man had evident.
ly committed suicide Trekd Journal.
The Shasta courier., 1861-09-07
SHASTA COURIER

- I. p. FIsHER--Is the only Agent
Of fhs SHASTA CouRIER in San Francisco, with pow
era . receive subscriptions and advertisements and
receipt for the same.
0FFICE-17l3 Washington street. opposite Ms-
guiFes Opera House..
The Shasta courier., 1861-09-07
FOR SALE.

A GOOD AND COMFORTABLE
Dwelling House on Main street, situated in
i'll the vicinity of Scott's Hotel and Corral
The owner wishes to leave town, and will
sell the property at bargain. For further partic-
ulars apply to A. Skillman.
Shasta, March l, 1861. mre IF
The Shasta courier., 1861-09-07

J. W. DESvER has been appointeda Brig
adler General in the army Of the United
States, by President Lincoln.
The Shasta courier., 1861-09-07

The Postmaster General has issued the
following order to all agents of the Post Of
fee Department: Without any further in
etruction, lose no time N putting an end to
written intercourse with those States, by
causing the arrest of any Express agent or
persons who shall, after this order, receive
letters for transportation to or from said
States, and will seize such letters and for
ward to this Department.
(Signed) W. BLAIR.
Postmaster General.
The State Department issued an explana'
tory note in relation to passports, and was
principally intended to check the communi
catioaa Of disloyal persons to Europe.
Passports are not required of ordinary
travellers on the lines of railroads of the Uni
ted States entering British possessions, unless
any special case Of suspected persons be OBJ
jected to by an agent of this Government on
the borders. The agent there will cause
such persons to be detained until commu.
nication has been made to this Department
in regard to the case.
(Signed) W. H. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.
The Government has reliable information
of quarrel which has broken out among the
leading traitors of the Southern Confederacy,
which promised to be disastrous.
The following programme from Washing
ton, if carried out, will act as virtual sup
preston of the newspapers named:
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Aug. %.
To Postmaster of New York None of the
newspapers published in New York City
which we've lately presented by the Grand
Jury as dangerous and disloyal, hlll be
forwarded in the mails.
(Signed) T. B. PRATT, Chief Clerk.
Governor Gamble issued proclamation
calling for $4,000 volunteers of the State
Militia, to serve for six months, unless peace
is sooner declared by the States.
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BILL HEADS.

WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A VERY sU
w perior article of Bill Paper. Persons wishing
Bill Heads would do well to give us call. W.
print cheap. for Cash.
The Shasta courier., 1861-09-07
SEWING MACHINES.
GROVER & BAKERS

GROVER & BAKERS
First Premium Noiseless
FAMILY SEWING MACHINES +!
At Greatly Reduced Prices
At Greatly Reduced Prices
At Greatly Reduced Prices!
eco and Upwardi
SEQ and Upward!
SEQ and Upwardl
Over 90 per cent. Discount
Over 20 per cent. Discount.
Over 20 per cent. Discount.
~ The great success attending the introduce
ton of our new style Family Sewing Machines in
this State as in all others,) has prompted certain
uuprincipled and unreliable parties to endeavor to
force upon the public certain inferior and called
CHEAP MACHINES,
Wncn etner py leg2l lnJunctlons OF from tnelr own
inherent defects have long since died out in the
Eastern States.
1t is our determination to supply good Machine
at low price, that the purchaser may not as past
instances experience in the purchase of one of the
mis-named "cheap sewing machines" dear bar
gain and waste ofmoney.
The worldwide reputation of the
Grover & Baker Sewing Machines,
and the fact that over $4,000 have been already
sold, and daily and hourly merrily clicking in
every quarter of the globe, procaiming, in their
unerring action, perfect operation and wonderful
simplicity.
Their Undeniable Superiority
Is the best evidence can adduce of their merits
The highest efforts of inventive genius, the most
perfect application Of mechanical Skill and the best
practical results Of an undivided aim to
Pre-Eminence above All Others,
Are combined in the
The Shasta courier., 1861-09-07
Times of Holding Courts.

NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
SAAsrA-Second Mondays of March, June and
November.
SIsKIYoU-Third Monday of January, first Mon
day of May, and third Monday OF September
TRISIrY-Socond Mondays in April, August and
December.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-10
hioarnnhz of aensrnl MoDowen.

General Irwin Mcdowell, who led the
movements of the grand army in its ad-
vance upon the rebels at Manassas
Junction, is a citizen of Ohio. He en-
tered the Military Academy at West
Point in 1895, and was n classmate Of
General Beauregard, both graduating in
1888. lie was brevetted a Second Lieu
tenant Of the Artillery on the 1st Of Ju-
ly Of that year was Assistant Instruc-
tor Of Infantry Tactics at West Point
from September to November in 184l:
served as Adjutant, at the same post,
until October 1S45 from the last nam
ed date he acted as aid -de-camp to Brig
adiersGenoral Wool until May, 1847j
he was brevetted Captain, for gallant and
meritorious conduct in the battle of
Buona Vista, Odd February, 1847. In
May, Of the same year, he was made As
sistant Adjutant- General, with the rank
of Captain and in February, 1851, he
relinquished his rank in that line In
April last General Mcdowell wrote to
personal friend in Cincinnati saying
that he was anxious to take the field
against Boouregard, who was then
threatening Washington He afterward
offered his services to his native State
to command the contingent, but the
Governor, Dennison, did not accept his
proposition, prefarring Hill and Cox -
Subsequently, Mcdowell was promoted
by the War Department to be a Briga
dior-General, probably through the ad
vice Of General Scott, who has, for sever.
al years, employed him as his aid, and
holds him in high estimation. He is
said to be q man of great power, unit
ring industry, very abstemious habits
and unquestiouaDle courage.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-10

TFrom the Richmond Enquirer
The Battle Field Near Manassas.
The writer of this recently passed
over the battle of the 2lst near Bull
Run. It was gratifying to fnd, con-
trary to rumors which have gained
some circulation, that the dead, not on
ly of our own army, but also Of the en-
envy, have all been decently buried
In the whole area of that terrible onset
no human corpse, not even a mangled
limb was to be seen. The earth had re.
ceivcd them all, and, so far as the hu-
man combatants we're concerned, moth
ing remained to tell of those who had
failed victims Of the shock of battle
save the mounds Of fresh earth which
showed where they had been laid away
in their last sleep. Many Of those
mounds gave evidence of tho pious care
of surviving comrades. Enclosures
were built around the graves, and
branches of evergreens covered the
spot. Sometimes boards marked the
head and the foot, on which we're carv-
ed the name and fellowship of the de-
ceased. Sometimes boards nailed to
the neighboriug tree told that the ground
adjacent contained the fallen Of a GER
tain regiment or company.
Numerous dead horses scattered over
the area, show where batteries Of flying
artillery were captured or disabled, or
where some officer dismounted.-
The PROSTATE fences, too, served to
mark the track of the battle. Where
the infantry crossed they were broken
down so that man might step over,
and wide gaps showed where the artillo-
ry carriages had Numbered along. The
ground, too, trampled by the feet of
rushing men and horses, evidenced
where the struggle had been the 6erc-
est.
Of relics of the battle, already but
few remain. The field has been search
ed and CLEANED by daily crowds of vis-
itors seeking for mementoes. A few
bullets that had run their errand, some
fragments of exploded bombs, a lot of
haversacks, and few other things,
were all that an extensive ramble brO't
under our view. Canes cut from the
battle field are considerably in demand.
The euemy's column Of advance, as
shown by the battle ground, presented
a front of about one mile. Their on
ward march from the point where they
met our full line, and the full battle
was Joined and the fate Of the day de-
cided, was about a mile and a half,
therefore, covers the scene of the great
conflict.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-10
Army Pay.


Lieut., Gen. SCOTS total monthly pay,
inclusive of rations, is S758 per month;
his aid-do-camps reoeiveSl94 per month
each; Major Generals, S457; Brigadier-
Generals, S3l4 so, Colouels of Eugin-
eers and Dragons, 1929; Lieutenant
COlonels Of the same, S2O5; Colonels of
Artillery and Infantry, S212; Lieuteu-
ant. Colonels, Sl88; Majors of Engiu-
eers and Dragons, SlSl; Captains,
Sl34 so; Lieutenants, first and second
and brevet'seeond, Sl2j SO. In Artil-
lery and Infantry Majors receive SlG6;
Captains, Sl15 so; second and ,brevot-
second Lieutenants, SlOO5O. The Sur
geon General is paid S228 33 per month
and his assistants from S217 to Sl17 83,
according to their time Of service.
The older Surgeons of course receive
the largest pay. The Paymaster Gen
oral receives 1928 33, and common
Paymastcrs Sl8l per month Non
commissioned officers are paid as fol-
lows, by the act of August 4, 1854:
Sergeant. Majors, Quarter -master-Scr.
geant, Chief musician and ordnance Ser
S2l per month; first sergeant of a com.
pany $50; all other sergeauts St7; arti.
fcors Sl5, corporals Sl3; musicians and
privates of dragoons Sl2; musicians and
privates of artillery or infantry Sill
one dollar p r month of each privato's
pay being retained to the expiration Of
his term Of service.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-10
Colonel sieel.


The mastery military strategy Of Col
onol Sigcl in South Western Mo-, has
caused inquiry as to his antooodents.--
The Detroit Advertiser tells who he is
as follows;
Colonel Sigel is German, rs bis
name will at once indicate For some
time previous to about 1848 he was at
tached to the editorial corps Of Lon
don newspaper, after which he omigrated
to this country, where he has since re-
sided Some years before the Baden
revolution Of 1913, which a year Inter
eliminated in open war, he was a First
| Lieutenant Of Artillery iu the army Of
the Government. A man of fne edu-
cation and a close thinker, he had been
but a short time in the army before he
became aware that it required an entire
remodeling, and he wrote series oflet-
ters upon this subject, which was pub
lishod in one Of the most influential
newspapers in Germany. The letters
acquired a large circulation, and were
read with great interest by military men
Of both Germany and Prussia, and some
years subsequently his reform wa,
adopted in the army Of the last named
Kingdom
The notoriety Of the letters at last
became so great that search was
made for the author, and when it be
came known that mere Lieutenant haC
the audacity to originate and advocat,
the reforms the jealousy Of the officials
manifested itself by the Imprisonment
Of the Lieutenant and the Withdrawal
Of his commission.
a few years later, Herr Sigol, (no
then even Lieutenant,) the Revolution
having broken out, was a General il
the army of the Revolutionists, nnC
proved his right to that title in severa
minor conflicts, until at the battle oil
Hemsbaok he showed himself far supe
rior to General DIieralowsky who wa
in command; and had he been the com
mander, instead of a subordinate, tn
battle would, without doubt, have re
suited in the victory Of the Revolution
lists.
After the close Of the Revolution
General Sigel, who was made a refugee
by the treachery Of the Government
fed to England, and afterwards cam
to the United States, as before stated
At twenty-eight he was a General, nov
he is about forty years of age, and is
colonel
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-10
What Mr.. Buchanau's Neighbor's
Say About Him.

A correst 0 dent of the Boston Jour
nal, who has boon travelling through
Pennsy ylvania, writes
A neighbor of Mr.. B. was in the cars
He represents that the ez President has
been long dangerously sick from sheer
exhaustion. He has little sympathy
from his fellow-townsmen, who upbraid
him as being the author of all our ma.
tional troubles He is obliged to hear
much that must wound him, and letters
by the basket full are sent to him full
Of abuse and calumny, and so much SO
that while he was so sick his friends
would no. allow him to see any letters
unless they knew where they were
from. Miss Lane is represented as
making herself agreeable to all who
call, and keeping open house to all
who come to Wheatland, with that same
grace that made her so popular at the
White House.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-10

That excellent Catholic journal, the
New York Tablet, has some very sen
sible observations on the prosen mode
of providing pupils for the Military
Academy at West Point It says:
"Givo those youths who are neither
politicians nor the sons of politicians a
chance Let admittance to the Militia
ry Academy of the Great Republic be
based upon Democratic principles.
Let a boys own intelligence, genius,
moral worth, be the needed qualifca
tions, and not his father's wire-pulling
talents or the number of votes he can
control. let a board Of examiners be
appointed iuovcry Congressional Dis
trict, and lot all youths between certain
ages be enabled to present themselves fol
examination, and the most worthy be
selected"
True, every word. Merit, and not
favor is the right principle in this case
as in every other connected with public
affairs. Our army can never be all
that it should until the fundamental
vice of West Point is removed.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-10
The Envelope Letter.

The combined cnvelopo-letter, or let
ter-envelope, which has just been pre-
pared by the Government, is one of the
most useful contrivances that we know.
1t presents us three separate things in
one, viz: a sheet Of letter or note paper,
an envelope and a postage stamp, ali so
simply put together that ore may use
them with more ease than he would the
old envelope. The advantages are,
first, that the whole costs less than the
materials would separately, thus effect,
ing an important economy for those
who write many letters; second, the
stamp cannot be stolen or rubbed off,
which is a m4ttor Of some consequence
when we remember that nearly mil.
lion Of letters arc returned to the Dead
Letter Office annually that have suffer
ed in this way; third, tho postmark is
always on the letter itself, which can
therefore be used in courts Of Justice, as
a legal proof or document as to dates
contents, etc, aud, fourth, as the sheet
envelope aud stamp are one, time and
trouble are both saved in conducting q
heavy correspondence. Those are ad
yantages which must commend them tC
general use, Let us add, what man,
do not seem to know, that they can bo
had, like tho ordinary stamp, at varioul
lposlofices.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-10

ENdLIsH IRON FRIGArEs. Contracts
have been entered into By the British
Government for the construction of 8
more iron frigates, on an improved prin
ciple, said to be a great improvement
on the Warrior. They will carry sixty
guns each; they will be specially built
to be used as steam rams, having their
bows beneath the water projecting far
ia advance of the apparent bows above
and they will be completely cased in
iron They will be four hundred feet
long, sixty broad, of six thousand eight
hundred and fifteen tons; their coating
will be iron plates Eve and a half inch
es thick, with eleven inches Of teak
backing, and one-half inch iron plate
on the inside The Admiralty, last ses
sion, obtained a grant Of Sl2,5OO, OOC
for the construction Of these-a nice
little sum, out Of which there will be
pretty pickings. .-r. ....