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Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-12-20
Funeral Of John Miles

John Miles, of Morrisville, died very
suddenly on Saturday last. For years he
had been subject to fits; and he had often
remarked that he expected some day to
be taken away by one of them and so
it happened. The funeral took place on
Tuesday last. The services were conduc-
ted by Rev. Eli Ballou, of Montpelier.
The house was filled with people. Attic
close Of the exercises, the following hymn,
written by Sarah S., a daughter of the
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-12-20

O. Ten newspapers have suspended
publication in the State Of Iowa during
the past so days,ry iEb riydf Al dygel
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-06-29
LIGHT.

From the quickened womb of the primal gloom
The sun rolled black and bare,
Till l wove him vest for his Ethiop breast
Of the threads Of my golden hair;
And when the broad tent OF the armament
Arose on its airy spars,
penciled the hue of it's matchless blue,
And spangled it round with stars,
painted the flowers of the Edeu bowers
And their leaves of living green,
And mine were the dyes in the snless eyes
Of Eden's virgin queen
And when the fend's art on the youthful heart
Had fastened his mortal spell,
In the silvery sphere Of the irst-born tear
To the trembling earth fell.
When the waves that burst DER the world accursed
Their work of wrath had sped,
And the ark's lone few triumphant and true.
Came forth among the dead
With the wondrous CLEANS of my bridal beams
made their teri ors cease,
AS wrote on the roll of the storms dark scroll
Gods covenant of peace
Like pail at rest on senseless breast,
Nights funeral shadow slept
When shepherd swans on the Bethlehem plains
Their lonely vgils kept
When flashed on their 81 ght the herads bright
OF Heavens redeeming plan;
AS they chaunted the morn Of a savior born
Joy, joy to the outcast mani
Equal favor show to the lofty and low,
On the just and unjust descend:
Fen the blind, whose va in spheres roll in dark
ness and tears,
Feel my smile, the best smile Of q friend.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-06-29
To THE DEMocRAcY.-Stand firm and steadfast

To THE DEMoCRACY.-Stand firm and steadfast
to your principles and party. Heed not the
sneers and taunts, and listen not to the incendary
appeals of the Abolitionists and sectonaliss. who.
taking advantage of the excitement of the hour,
would swerve you from loyalty to that great
and patriotic party which has so long and faith-
fully battled for the whole Union. In this city
you are still in the ascendant and have the power
to triumph over Black Republication, as you
have triumphed over it whenever it has entered
the field against you. Falter not! Waiver mott
Stand fast and firm by the old Democratic Gag
~ y .Neias
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-06-29
To MAKE AN AMERICAN FLAG properly

To MAKE AN AMERICAN FLAG properly,
it should be one halt longer than wide. Thus
y flag nine feet long should be six feet wide
The stripes should be alternately red and
white, seven red and six white. top and bot
tom both being red. The field should be
blue, and extend over seven stripes com
mencing at the top, four red and three white
The stars signifyng the number of States,
should be white, arranged on the blue field
in the shape Of five pointed star All the
new flags are made with thirty -four stars,
which is not correct, AS by an act of Con
press the additional star is not added to the
flag until the 4th of July succeeding the adj
mission of new State. ."'i" aH
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-06-29

Coercion. 1.-The Union Of these States
cannot be preserved 10y the exercise OF the
coercive power confided to the General
Government"
The above extract from the Farewell AID
dress of General Jackson, March 4:h, 1887,
is cogent evidenre of the Interchangeable
maxim, that no government, not even the
strongest, can exist unless based upon the
affections Of the people. If General jackson
were living he would be sigmatized as
traitor and rebel" for speaking against coer-
cioD. Mountain Democrat
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-06-29

The following advertisement in the Cairo
Gazette we publish from a sympathy with
the advertiser: "LoRsr.-A small sIurt puFP
about the size. of young dorg. Of black and
tan compleckshun, and anti rat proclvities.
Had on when hs left pair Of sassy bobbed
ears, long tail, and lame streak on@the
of fore leg Fivs.dollars reward will bepaid
70, this Interesting anirale."
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-06-29

Who ENLIsr2-The New York Express
of late date uses the following language:
"We say that we know, that threeIfourths
if not four,fflhs of the soldiers now in
Washington. from the chivary Of the New
York 7th to the dashng Irish Goth. were vo-
ters for Douglas or Breckinridge or, Bell
and have not changed political opinion.
Their first, their dearest, their highest desire
is amity with the South, and the defense of
all its institutions" ..,
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-06-29

A writer in the Alta, it, speaking of the
late State Breckenridge Convention, says:
A greater amount of talent. howsoever
perverted, has never been seen in any polit.
cal gathering in California. There were
many eloquent and elegant orators amongst
them. and nearly all conversant with the
past political history Of the country.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-06-29

SIGHTS IN TRAVELLING. - An up country
Editor, in noting the events of recent trip
down the Sacramento, says:
"One sees queer things while travelling,
and saw a glimpse Of female nature worth
relating. Just after dinner, as the passen-
gers were leaving the table. gorgeously
dressed woman, entering the after cabin,
swept with her amplitude of crinone.
shiny stove pipe hat across the floor; she
gave it a passing look, and sailed on; the
next woman gave it another brush; the third,
like the Levite, passed by on the other side.
and the fourth woman was Ike unto her; the
fifth lifted her skirts. and, showing not bad
ankle, stepped over it; but ths Iasr--s lady
picked up the hat and showed her man.
ners"
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-16

can people Who oppose secession. Even Seward
has announced himself as opposed to the plan
of whipping the seceders back into the Union.
So has Greedy. So has Lincoln. So has Baker.
What then will become of those fire-eating men
in this State, who have uttered no sentiment
but war, war to the knife, and the knife to the
hiltp What will then become of those valient
California legislative fighters who have SO bold
ly with all the danger two thousand miles dis
tant,) called for the marching of armies, for the
roar and smoke of the battlefield, for the rava-
ging Of peaceful vallies and the burning of op-
pulent cities, for the wall of orphaned babes, Of
rayished maidens, and of widowed wives,-ior
a country war-rentiwar 'raxishf a@-for q land
whose prolific wales, and happy homes, have
been made desolate by a war such as the world
has never witnessed since the days when Titus,
with bis Roman lcgions, thundered at the walls
ofJerusalem, and stormed the marvellous Temple
of the Living God
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-16
The S. F. Times.

This paper, famed for its radical Republican,
ism-approaching Abolitionism about as nearly
as one blackeyed pea resembleth another in
similtude-bids his party stand firm" and
yield not one iota for the sake of compromise
The editor denounces compromises, says he
cannot understand the " constitutional compro-
misses" referred to by Seward, and in effect de-
clares the fate of the Republican party must not
be jeopardized for the sake of preserving the
Union !
We understand that Washburn, the editor of
the Times, is in the East, Office seeking, and
that his paper is now edited by Frank Soule,
formerly editor of New Orleans paper, subse-
quently Whig Senator from San Francisco,
and for ten years connected with the California
press. We believe Mr.. Soule married daugh-
ter of the South, whose body now lies moulder-
ing beneath Southern soil. We remember
that once, while member of our State Senate,
he uttered apiece of most impassioned eloquence
in eulogy of that dead Southern wife, which
went the rounds of the press here and in the
eastern States. 1t is q little strange that man
who once loved the sunny South" as did Frank
Soule, and who so adored when living, and wor-
shipped when dead one of her daughters, should
now that his love of that land seems to have
been turned to hate-permit her bones to re-
main mouldering beneath what be doubtless
deems its slave-accursed soil
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-16
Think of it,.

The seceders say they wish to withdraw from
I" this accursed Union," mainly because the
North will not agree that the Federal Govern
ment shall protect them in the right to carry
slaves into the Territories and there hold them.
Therefore, to get even on the North, hey,-with
the wisdom of the man who bit off his nose to
spite his face, e,-abandon to the North not only
all the Territory, but nearly all the two thousand
millions of dollars worth of property belonging
to the United States Government besides i
There's wisdom for you," as Jack Bunsby
would say. 1t reminds US of financial opera
ton of a once noted San Francisco lawyer, who
was lost on board the Central America. Having
thousand dollar piece of scrip, he offered to
sell it to his partner for certain price. His
partner, however, refused to pay the price asked,
but offered to take it at another and lower fig
ure, which he named. The indignant lawyer
quietly drew out his knife, spread the piece of
scrip upon table, and then proceeded delibe-
rately to cut it into exceedingly minute parti-
cles, which, with single angry puff, he then
blew all over the room, exclaiming triumphant
ly, " There, sir, that's the way serve men who
try to swindle me-"
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-16
NUMBER 80.
Inexorable Truth.

There can be no doubt that wisdom's voice
counsels the border slave States to remain in TIE
Union formed by our Revolutionary forefathers,
and not be persuaded into the path which leads
to national death by men maddened by lack of
success, by unholy ambition, or by too in
ordinate use of the intoxicating cup. man
whose brain is fred with the I" invisible spirit of
wine," may declare wish to "pull down the
pillars of this accursed Union But be speak
eth as the madman speaks. His utterances are
but maniacal hallucinations.
The border slave States are indebted to the
UNION almost wholly for the protection of their
1t is the gSIoN that keeps the
I" Canada line" hundreds of miles distant from
their borders Destroy the Union, and at once
the Canada line" is at their very door -slls.-
With that air line thus located, who believes
that aught of the institution OF Southern slavery,
THAT most benefcent of all the benevolent in
stitutions of this enlightened age,) save mere
remnant, and that existing voluntarily, will, ten
years hence, be found in either Virginia, Mary
land, Tennessee Kentucky or Missouri? This
the Abolitionists have long seen. Hence their
persistent efforts to destoy this Union, which
they have denounced as I" a covenant with hell,'i
because it protects and maintains the insti-
tuition of slavery.
If, then, the border slave States have grievan.
ces to complain of,-and no impartial man
doubts it,-they must not look to secession as
the mode of redress, until after they have una
vailingy exhausted every means inside Of the
Union. Gov. Hicks, of Maryland, speaks forth
the sentiments of soberness and of truth when
he says:
within the Union, firmly believe we can
secure guarantees for our protection which will
remove these distressing causes of irritation.
If we find hereafter that the North shall, after
due deliberation, refuse to give them, we will,
in united body, demand and receive fair di-
vision of the national domain. We claim an equal
share of the Territories let us not abandon the
whole of them by seeding. We claim the full
execution of the Fugitive Slave Law-let us not
! annul that law entirely by leaving the Union,
| and thus virtually bringing Canada down to our
| borders. We claim the protection of our insti-
tutions, as guaranteed by the Constituton-let
us not render this protection impossible by tear
| ing the Constitution to fragments.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-16

In THE LIQUOR BusNEss.-A few days previ-
Gus, says the Concord n H. Statesman of Dec.
18th, eight barrels of liquor were received at the
freight station in that city, addressed to each
of the following named persons: Stephen A.
coin, Hannibal Hamlin, John Bell, Edward Ev-
erett, John G. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane.
Of course that liquor will be permitted to spile,
as nary one of the distinguished donees ever
drinks alcoholic pisen.' Not they, particularly
little Dug, young Breck and old joe especially
old joe
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-16

nea. 1t is rumored that Senator Merritt. is
going to marry an actress by the name of Miss
Agnes Land who is reported to be accom-
plishel Don't believe it. Sam Merritt is an
incorrigible bachelor
P. S. A correspondent of the Marysville Ap-
peal says that Perry, an actor, had already To-
Gated a emption claim upon that piece and
parcel of Land bounded on all sides by heavenly
crinoline, and was to have received his patent
for the same on Monday last.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-16
From the Golden Era.
REQUIEM.
BY COMET QUIRLs.

Sable serge, ebon plume,
Bring the gloomy pail,
Toll the knell, quench the light,
Liberty Goth fall.
Beat the drum, draw the sword,
Chain the hero hands;
Droop the stars, cross-bones wave,
Over traitor lands.
Warriors pride, statesmen's hope,
Lower in the dust;
Chant the dirge, heap the sods,
Over moth and rust.
One by one, altar stones,
Seam and fall apart
Drop by drop, drain the blood,
From the patriot heart.
Justice frowns, Peace has fed,
Furl the Tapping sail:
Slow aud sad, drift the ship,
On to meet the gale.
Fearless eye. soaring wing,
Clotted are with red:
Rend the Stripes, hide the Stars,
Eagle hope is dead.
Washington Lafayette
Marion and Greene
Start from death, 10 your sons,
Enact Arnold's dream.
Prophets pray, sages teach,
Liberty is dear:
Proven false, men of blood,
Carry out the bier.
Brand it deep, iron time,
Under White is Black:
Outward right, inward wrong,
Drift the nation back.
Rend the links, Freedoms cap,
Lies upon the ground:
Draw the sword, cut the bands,
Union Jack is down.
Sable serge, ebon plume,
Bring the gloomy pail.
Toll the knell, quench the light,
Liberty doth fall.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-16
Officers of Western Star Lodge, No. 2,
f. & A. M.
Omsers of Shasta Encampment, No. II,
/. O. of O. r.
The Law of NeWspapers.

1. Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary, are considered as wishing to
continue their subscription.
>. If subscribers wish their papers discontin-
ued, publishers may continue to send them until
all charges paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
papers from the office or place to which they
are sent, they are held responsible until they
settle their bill, and give notice to discontinue
them.
4. If subscribers move to other places without
informing the publisher, and the paper is sent to
the former direction, they are held responsible
Notices should always be given of removal.
5. The courts have decided that refusing to
AXE paper or periodical from the office, or re-
moving and leaving it uncalled for, is prima
facie evidence of intentional fraud.
RaF Postmasters would oblige, by strict
fuIfment of the regulations requiring them to
notify Publishers, once in three months, of pa
pers not taken from their Office by subscribers
Bas- Under the law of Congress papers are
not charged postage in the county in which they
are published.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-16

s2P We have come to the conclusion that
with the exception of Briggs, the great Marys-
vile Rattle swindler, the " Pony" is the greatest
liar in America. Briggs got off lO7 900 at q
single dash. "Pony" don't get of quite so many
in lump, but he keeps on bringing EN- with
all the regularity of the tick, tick tick of an old
Dutch clnclS
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-16

sSs- The " Daniel Webster" just arrived at
San Francisco from Japan, brings specimens of
the gold and silver pheasants, which are SO VAL
liable in London, says the Herald, that one
hundred gzineds readily offered for every pair
delivered alive. Also domestic fowls, very ST.
perior for size and plumage, with many canaries
and sparrows.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-16

nE% sSniktaw" writes to the S. F. Mirror
that four e1-State Senators, to wit: Gen. Cosby,
Capt Fair, and Msssrs. Berry and Ketchum, are
practicing law at the Yreka bar. The writer
might have named the fifth, R. T. Sprague, of
this place, who also practices in the Siskiyou
District Court and also the sixth, for E. Garter,
of our town, likewise practices in the same
COurt.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-16

T MRS. wINsLOW, an experienced
Nurse and Female Physician, has Soothing
Syrup for children teething, which greatly ia
cilitates the process of teething, by softening
the gums, reducing all inhammation-will allay
all pain, and is sure to regulate the bowels. De-
pend upon it, mothers, it viii give rest to your
selves and relief and health to your Infants
Perfectly safe in all cases. See advertisement
y another column. aulS
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-16

The TRIBUNE ALMANAc.-We are indebted to
our friends, Gold & Philippson, for a copy of
this most useful annual. It contains all the va
rioas political platforms, the electoral vote of
the several States for President, and other use
full matter Price, 25 cents
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-16
SHASTA COURIER.

Bar L. P. FISHERS the only Agent of the
SHASTA COURIER San Francisco, with powers
to receive subscriptions and advertisement
therefor, and receipt for the same.
OFFICE-17l4 Washington street, opposite
Maguire's Opera House.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-16

a SPLIT IN OLD ABE's FAMILY-The Chariot
tesville Rerieso says that Mrs. Lincoln is pro-
slavery woman, and quotes authority for the
assertion.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-16

ES- The Chinese rebels have proclaimed the
Rev. l. ]. Roberts, an American missionary,
their King
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-16
TOWER HOUSE.
At the junction of the Yreka and Wea-
verville Roads, I2 Miles from Shasta.

verville Roads, Ia Miles from Shasta.
- THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD AN
Is5i nounce to the public, and particularly
nj El5Ez1 to persons travelling to and from Yreka,
and Weaverville, that, having leased this long
established stand, formerly known as the " Free
Bridge House" he is prepared to entertain Gus
toners in a style not surpassed by any hotel in
Northern California
Having completed his commodious building,
and furnished it in the best possible manner, he
is enable to promise the very best accommoda-
tiors.
The Table, as heretofore, will always be sup
piled with the best viands the market furnishes;
while from the large garden attached to the
premises all the vegetables grown in this part Of
the State will be furnished in the greatest abun-
dance.
He has also a secure CORRAL connected
with his establishment, always supplied with an
abundance of Barley and Hay.
LEVI H. TOWER.
Tower House, March l, 1854. mhll-tf
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-16

nsa. The old San Francisco dry goods house
of Taafe, McCahill Co., has failed for about
81 900 600, three hundred thousand dollars Of
which is borrowed money from laboring men of
San Francisco. The wonder is that q house
which has been paying over 100000 interest
per year on capital invested could maintain it.
self so long. Old Taafe was formerly baker.
BSy@ The annexed advertisement is FROM the
Savannah Nslrs, a secession paper:
RATTLEsSAKEs-Crawli in your Hole TONIGHT
at o'clock. By order,
GRAND RATTLE.
Poison FASGs, Secy.
Eea The debt OF Yuba county will, at the
end of the current fiscal year, reach the rather
large figure of four hundred thousand dollars
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-16
COUNTY DIRECTORY
County Officers.

County Officers.
District Judge-William P. Daingerield, OF
Shasta.
County Judge-Joel 7. Landrum.
associate Justices-C C. Bush and G. H Brooks.
County Tredsmer-James Hayburn.
Recorder-J. r. Durick.
Clerk-John Anderson.
Sheri6-John S. Follansbee; Under Sheriff.
VIM. II. Angel.
Tar Collector-A. Skillman.
Assessor-B. Garland.
Pub. Observation-Disclosures Dunn.
Surueyor-A. G. Quait
District Ahorney-James D. Mix.
Sup. Pub. Instrucsion-G. X. Godfrey.
Board Of Superpisors.-lst District, John V.
Scott; I'd District, J. w. Romer; Sd District,
A. J. Reed.
Township Officers.
Shasta Totrnship.-Justces- C. Bush and
Geo. s. Kittridge. Constables-J. NJ Short and
z. Gilhooley.
French Gulch Topnship-Justices-E Dick
inson and VIM. Hopping. Constable-Wm. Da-
Wis.
Clear Greek Tounship.-Justices- Fl. Brooks
and George Corson. Constable-A. Engle.
Lockhart Township.-Justices-L L. Y. Has
tings and c. H Stevens.
Sierra Tornship.-Justices- F. Frank and
u. w. AuamS. OOnSlaDleS-lSaac S0OuSe ana
Z. Donaldson.
Pit Rirer Tocnshp -Justice-Joel Sunny
Sugar Loaf Totcnship.-Justice-P. ]. Quinn
Cottonwood Tornship-Justice-W H. Brock
way. Constable-D. Cornue.
Times of Holding Courts.
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
SHAsrA-Seeond Mondays of March, June
and November.
SIsKT1oU-Third Monday of January, first
Monday of May, and third Monday of Septem-
ber.
TRISIrY-Second Mondays in April, August
and December.
Shasta County Courts.
Held on the 1st Mondays of March, July and
November.
At said terms, the business pertaining to the
Court of Sessions shall first be disposed of, anG
after that the business of the County Court and
Probate Court in such order as the Judge may
determine.
BOARD OF SUPERvIsoRs-Meet lst Mondays il
Nay, August, November and February.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-04-17
FOR CINCINNATI!
CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS.
CINCINNATI SHORT LtntE
Rail Roadt

Shortest, Quickest and only Direct Route from Chi.
cago to Cincinnati.
Passenger trains leave the Great Central Depot foot
OF lake street, as follows: II r.
Firsttrain I:45 am, arrives at Michigan City at
f230 p M. dinner, La Eayette 52 tsupper) Jndl-
anapolis sl5 pm, Lawreuceburg 1880 and Cincin-
natl at l1:f5p.m
Second train scoop m arrive at Michigan CITY at 20
pm, La Fayetts 2f3 am, indianapolis 5aO a m,
Lawrenceburg lo:2O a.m., Cincinnati at 1918 am
Passengers leave 0ttumwa 800 pm arrive at
darlington at ,2o pm, arrive at Chicago at 5l5 a. M
ut Cincinnati 1880 IN.
Only one change ofcars between Chicago and Gin
eiuuati. 81
Patent sleeping ears attached to all night trains
and rur through from Chicago to Cincinnati withou.
change.
Through tickets can be had at all railroad offices
In the West aud at the company otce corner Lake
aud Dearborn streets and at the depot foot Of Lake
street. Chicago.
Fare az low as via any other route
II J. srALDING, Agt Chicago
NM. POWELL, Trav. Agent.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-04-17
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