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The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-09-19
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The Shasta courier., 1861-02-23
The Crittenden Compromise.

As the plan offered by Crittenden, of Ken
tucky, for the adjustment of our national
difficulties, is very generally approved and is
likely to be the basis Of their adjustment, we
append the following synopsis of his comprom-
Use:
It embodes amendments to the Constitution,
re-establishing the Missouri Compromise line,
only that it distinctly establishes slavery south
of $50 so promises to protect slavery south
Of the line; restricts Congress from abolishiug
layery in forts, dock yards etc, within the
limits of slave States, or in the District of Col
umbia, while it exists in Maryland or Virginia
or from prohibiting the inter State slave trade !;
that Congress shall pay the value of all fugi-
tive slaves escaped from United States officers
and reclaim the cost from the county wherein
the rescue occurs that the Constitution shall
never be amendable in any ofthe clauses recog-
nizing slavery in any form. Mr.. Crittenden's
proposition, also, maintains the fugitive slave
law as it stands; declares all personal liberty.
bills unconstitutional, ard then advocates an
amendment of the existing fugitive slave law
as matter of policy.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-23

rsA- The following glorious wave has been
added to the f." Star Spangled Banner" by Miss
X. W. Hall, of Washington:
And now when disunion and discord abound,
And the South and North glow with fierce
irritation,
With hearts more united we'll gather around
And look to our flag as the sign CT salvation
Accused be the morn, when dish0nored and
torn,
Its glory departed, its beauty all shorn,
The star spangled banner no longer shall
wave
Ger the land of the free and the home of
the brave.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-23

A FUNNY PRooEEDISG.-A few days ago, & lot
of boys in Nevada commenced game of foot
ball in the streets, in outrageous transgresson
of the peace and dignity of the city, whereupon
the Marshal arrested dozen or so ofthe young
sters. Knowing the failings of weak humanity,
some one placed the ball temptingly in the
middle of Main street, and the result was that
it was very generally kicked by every one in
that locality, and by others who came there on
purpose to kick it. The Marshal, determined in
the stern discharge of duty, arrested and 'sum-
moned" the offenders, until the whole town;
with the exception of the women and few
lame men, had been cited to "appear and an
swer.' The matter came up for hearing before
the Recorder, and a jury trial was demanded by
the malefactors The officers started out in
quest of jnrymen, but twelve men who had not
kicked the ball could not be found in the city
and the charges were dismissed.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-23

The FAMOUS MAJoR.-The gallant Major An
derson's name is on every lip in the civilized
world, aud craven deep into the hearts fevery
abe, she or it, That's all well enough, but
Frank Leslie and other great benefactors of the
human race have conceived it to be their duty
to give to The world pictures of this great man
each claiming to be from genuine, real
simon pure original photograph, obtained from
his mother OF from some other equally anthem
tic source-yet not one ofthem alike. One that
we have seen in the shop windows makes him
look like cross between Breckenridge and Ma
thanel Hawthcrne-whilst another makes him
appear like a compound of General Winfield
Scott and Congressman J. Cactus Burch-and
so on. Had We never seen those pictures we
shonld never have desired that pleasure-but, !,
having seen them, we are left in a worse mud
die than ever. We can imagine poor Ma jor An
defson's feelings when he sees them, and fancy
we hear the sinking tones of his heroic voice,
like the diving echoes Of Fort Sumter's lazy
guns; exelaiming
o wad some power the giftie gle US
Not to see oursefs as ithers see us!
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-23
Officers of Western Star Lodge, No. 2,
F.. q A. NJ.
The Law of Newspapers.

l. Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary, are considered as wishing to
continue their subscription.
:. II subscribers wish their papers discontin-
ued, publishers may continue to send them until
all charges are paid.
B. 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.
Notice 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.
Rs- Postmasters would oblige, by a strict
fuIflment of the regulations requiring them to
notify Publishers, once in three months, of pa
pers not taken from their Office by subscribers.
R9s@ Under the law of Congress papers are
not charged postage in the county in which they
are published.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-23

POPULAR VoTE.-The total vote for President
in 1852 was 3,l42, ,sc6; in 1856, 4,0l9,sI8; in
1860, 1907, ,l7o In 1852 it was divided Thus
Pierce, Dem, i,G90,5l3; Scott, Wing, I,3s6.-
IA; Hale, Free Soil, 1861 In 1886, thus;
Buchanan, Dem, sos, ,o29; Fremont. Rep, l.
342,I64; Fillmore, Am, s74,e25. In 1850,
Lincoln, Rep, 1857. $40; Douglas, DEM, &c.,
97e; Breckenridge, Dem 847 ,953; Bell, Union,
y90,63l.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-23
SHASTA COURIER.

. kE~ L. I. FISHERS the only Agent of the
SHASTA COURIER San Francisco, with powers
to receive subscriptions and advertisement
therefor, and receipt for the same.
offiCE-l7l3 Washington street, opposite
Maguires Opera House.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-23
TOWER HOUSE.
At the junction of the Yreka and Wea-
verviIle Roads, I2 Miles from Shasta.

At the junction of the Yreka and Wea-
verviIIe Roads, I2 Miles from Shasta.
.sSs THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD An
ill., nounce to the public and particularly
IkA ~ to persons travelling to and from Yreka,
and Weayerville, that, having leased this long
established stand, formerly known as the +" Free
Bridge House, he is prepared to entertain Gus
toners in 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-
tons.
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 secure CORRAL connected
with his establishment always supplied with an
abundance of Barley and Hay.
LEVI H. TOWER.
Tower House, March l, 1854. mhlI-tf
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-23

HANNIBAL HAMLIS.-He was born in Oxford
county, Maine, and when boy he undertook
to learn the trade Of printer, and became an
apprentice in the Office of Horatio King, now
First Assistant Postmaster General At the
printing business he only remained six months
but during this time a rather green boy entered
the Office one day when the proprietor was with
out, and desired to learn the trade. Hamlin told
him that no apprentice could be taken unless
the applicant could eat a pint of printers ink,
and forthwith set before the new candinate for
typography n sample of that delicious article.
The applicant was too anxious to become q
member of the craft to refuse to partake of the
ink, and so he /" waded in and ate what he
could, but declared his inability to eat pint of
it. Upon this, Hamlin informed him that he
could never become a printer, and advised him
never to make application to a printing Office
again for that purpose 1t is almost needless to
say that the advice was followed.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-23

W 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 inflammation-will allay
all pain, and is sure TO regulate the bowels. De-
pend upon it, mothers. it will give rest to Your
selves and relief and health TO your infants
Perfectly safe in all cases. See advertisement
n another column. aulS
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-23

SAp.-A son of our friend Gen. Cosby, OF
Yreka, was recently drowned in a spring near
his fathers residence. He was about four and
a half years of age.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-23

HSP Gen Shields has determined 10 become
q permanent resident of California, and has
en,escd into the practice of the law
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-23

A SENSATION DIsPATcH.-The Vanity Fair,
dispatches daily transmitted to the press of that
city:
WASHINGTON, DEC. =.
Unless something happens Immediately, 1t
will be sometime before anything occurs.
The tone of the South is not very favorable
to abolitiorism, and if South Carolina success
fully secedes, nothing can prevent her from 60
ing out of the Union.
Trouble in the Cabinet was reported last
night, but unless supported by facts the rumor
can have but little foundation.
The excitement here, in political circles, is
not so great as it was before it began to sub
side; but it is still greater than it was before
it reached its present hight.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-23

ORNAMENTAL, But NOT UsEFuL.-We listened
to funny soliloquy, the other day, by our
County Judge. 1t was called forth by the fol-
lowing incident: The Board of Supervis ors had
allowed and furnished the Judge with q fne
new Office stove, which he had set up in his of
fee. When the Board met a few days since, the
Judge appeared before their Honors, stated that
his stove was up, and asked order for wood.
Their Honors thought it quite sufficient that
they had furnished q stove, and informed him
that he could not get cord of wood at the
county's expense. Judge argued the case warm
ly-said the stove was of no use without some-
thing to burn in tiff the county was b0lnd to
furnish stove, by parity of reasoning it ought
to supply wood. Board was inexorable. Judge
left in huge disgust Arriving at his Office, he
eyed with defiant look his fine stove, all pol
ished and clean, but cold as an iceberg. After
a moments silence he raised his hand in all the
solemnity of judicial eloquence, and thus ad
dressed that unconscious institution
ayes, hard and cold Fit emblem of the
Board of Supervisors; highly ornamental but
id useless f'-T Trinity Journal.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-23

Publication Office in Loag's Building, on Main
Street, where all Orders for Adv eftising and Job
Work should be left
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-23
Why Not ,

Why cannot any Northern Union man agree
to the Crittenden COMPROMISED The principle
of the amendment in reference to the Territories
is this, as clearly stated by Mr.. Breckenridge:
Prohibition of slavery north of 36o3O,-
recognition and protection of it south of that
line-aud the rule to apply to all territory ac-
quired."
In other words, it proposes that tho Southern
people, who claim the right to enter all the COM
mon Territories with their property of whatever
kind, including slaves and to have it protected
there during territorial existence, shall ayield
this right in three-fo urtls of the existing terri.
tory to save it in the remaining fourth" That
is, " the citizens of the Northern States and
their property are to be protected in all the ter
ritory-the citizens of the Southern States with
their property IN e.foHrA ofn, 1t does seem
to us that the man who viii not agree to that
compromise for the sake of the Union, is no
friend of the Union. Toombs and jeff Davis
both in committee declared their willingness to
accept it, Let Lincoln and Seward initiate their
example, and peace viii be restored and the
Union saved
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-23
THE
SHASTA COURIER.
UBLIsHED EVERY SATURDAY MoRNIN,
BY SKILLMAN & DOSH.

sAH. H. DosH, ARCHIBALD sKILLMAN,
Editors and Propriefors.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-23
Times of Holding Courts.
Shasta County Courts.

Held on the 1st Mondays of March, July and
Noycmber.
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 and
Probate Court in such order as the Judge may
determine.
BoARp OF SUpERvIsoRs-Meet Ist Mondays in
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-23

o wad some power the giftie gle US
Not to see oursefs as ithers see us!
The Shasta courier., 1861-11-02
Times of Holding Courts.

NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
SHAsrA-Sccond Mondays of March. juno aad
November.
slsKIseu-Third Monday of January, first Mon
Aay of Nav and third Monday of September.
TRIxtrY-Second Mondays in April, August and
,har
The Shasta courier., 1861-11-02

SKETCH OF PEACE ORAroR.-A peaes
meeting and white flag raising came off soms
time ago a.>ne junction OF the Bardstown
and Brunerstown roads, about three miles
from LOUISVILLE, Ky. Prentice, of the Jour.
nal, says:
the proceedings. As he approached the SPOT.
he saw the flag hanging over the heads Of
twenty five secessionists with the word
/" Peace" on it. The word was in red letters.
as ifto indicate that the sort of g Peaces the
fellows were after was bloody peace. Our
friend, on getting to the stand, found a Sc.
cession orator, with belly like pregnant
cows, haranguing his fellows, and thought
he never heard such ferocious peace speech
before, Every wheeze was a note of carnage.
The speaker told his men that the members
of the Legislature got themselves elected by
false pretenses, that they pretended to be for
Kentucky neutrality, but were not, that they
must be watched closely, that, if they should
venture upon any attempt to impeach tbs
Governor, or should make enactments for the
collection of the Government tax, or should
do anything to violate Kentucky neutrality
as understood by the State Rights party, the
people ought to 60 armed to Frankfort and
drive them out and level the Capitol to its
foundation.
This is the kind of peace our white flag
gentry are after. 1t must have been rare
xhibition-above, white flag covered all
over, we suppose, with figures of doves,
lambs, butterflies. and other emblems Of
peace and pastoral innocence, and, under.
meath, big fat man, whose body would be
fortune to any young tallow chandler, spout
ing fire, breathing birthstone, and sweating
aquafortis,
The Shasta courier., 1861-11-02
COUNTY DIRECTORY

District Jadge-William P. Daingerfeld, of
Shasta.
County Judge-Joel I. Landrum.
Associate Jastices-Wm. S. Kapple Joel SUNNY
County Trcasurer-Felix Tracy.
Rccorder-J. r. Durick-
tIerk-John Anderson
.Shcrif-John S. Follansbee-
Under Sherif-Wm. IL. Angel.
Tar Co{ector-A. Skiilman.
Deputy Tar Cotlector-Ben- d. Anderson
issessor-Caleb atkins.
Public 1dlaiaistrator-DeDnis Dunn.
.Surreyor-A. G. Quait.
District AHorney-W. L. Knox.
.Sisp. PRStie IastrEctioa-G. X. Godfrey.
Board Of Superrisors.-lst District, Samuel
Cooper; I'd District, ). w. Romer; Sd District, A.
] /. Reid.
The Shasta courier., 1861-11-02
fere for the present with Gen. Fremont and
his command.

fere for the present with Gen. Fremont and
his command.
Washington, 23d.---The success of the
movement of Stone and Banks across the Po-
tomac is now established, as the enemy did
not venture to make further resistance. All
agree that our men conducted themtelves no.
blv in the affair of Monday.
Price's army was at Greenfield last We'd
nesday, still heading South.
New York, 22d.- Information received
here saws the loss in killed and wounded at
Edwards Ferry is LIS.
A dispatch from McClellan's headquarters
is said to have been received at the War Of
fee at 2 P. NJ, stating that Leesburg would
be taken in an hour. There has been sharp
fighting in that neighborhood all day. 1t
was also reported that Stone and Banks had
crossed the Potomac and were advancing
with sc, 900 men on Leesburg.
The Shasta courier., 1861-11-02

FREEDOM OF THE Pass. A recent writer
in the New York Tribune makes strong
point for the constitutional provision of lib
erty of speech and of the press, as follows,
When you speak of free speech in these
United States. you don't mean free French
press in the United States, or a free British
press, but free American press. And
suppose if Frenchman should attempt in
New York the publication of q paper devoted
to the French Government, at the time when
that Government was making warupon ours,
and besieging our National Capital, or if an
Englishman should publish an English war
journal, while the red-coats were warning
upon US by land and sea, his forcible suspen
sion would cause no wailings about the free
dom of the press" The public voice would
be unanimous in favor of any rigor the Gov
ernment might use upon such journals
Those who did not approve would gladly
keep silent. Yet an English paper in time
of war with England, or French paper
while the French were bombarding the Cap
ital. would be tolerable in comparison with
such sheets as the New York News, Day
Book, journal of Commerce, &C., under pre-
sent circumstances.
The Shasta courier., 1861-11-02
shasta County Courts.

Held on the first Mondays of March, July and
November.
At said terms the business pertaining to the
Court Sessions shall be first disposed of and after
that the business of the County Court and Probate
Court in such order the Judge may determine.
BOARD OF SUrEEYIseRs-Meets ist Mondays In
May August, November and February.
The Shasta courier., 1861-11-02

The TUNNEL THROUGH MoNT CENIs.-A
letter in the Patrie describes the progress of
this great work. The cutting of the tunnel
advances day and night with regularity
which excites the admiration of engineers.
At the commencement of this great enter
prise only the pickaxe and blasting were en-
ployed; but since the machines invented by
NM. Grattone and Sommellier were brought
into use, the cutting of the rock has been
carried on with remarkable celerity. The
machines, which are worked by compressed
air, are very ingenious they are each of $50
horse power, and act simultaneously on both
sides of the mountain. They set in motion
different instruments of great power, which
operate in any direction that may be requir-
ed The section of the tunnel is about sixty
metres, and when the cutting was commenc-
ed only twelve men could, from the limited
space, lie occupied at each end, the work they
did being only forty centimetres labout l6
in per day but the machines employ
force equal to $500 men, and cut out daily
two metres-that is, one at each end. In a
few months arrangements will be made for
making the men employed relieve each other
every eight hours, and an electric light will
be established; and then the extraction of
rock will be three metres per day. The tun-
mel will be II kilometres e miles in length.
1t is 1899 metres above the level of the sea,
and 1000 below the summit of Mont Gents.
1t will gradually rise per 1000 to the cen
ter, descending from that point toward Pied
mont on the other. In the center of the way
small canal has been formed for carrying
off the waters which filter through the rock.
Every fortnight an examination is made for
the purpose of ascertaining the direction of
the tunnel and level of the roadway, instru-
ments of great precision being employed in
the operation. Thus far the cutting on both
sides of the mountain has been found to CO.
incide exactly. The rock is easily penetrat-
ed by the machines. When holes Of from 40
to 60 centimetres (l6 to % inches) have been
bored they are filled with gunpowder; the
workmen retire to a distance of about 100
metres, and strong doors in iron are closed to
prevent fragments of the rock from flying
out Then the mine is fired, and masses of
rock are heard to strike against the DOORS
Afterwards current of compressed air is
driven into the tunnel to expel the smoke, so
as to allow the workmen to enter. The re-
moving of the fragments ofrock is effected in
the way employed on cuttings of railways,
and the machines are again set in motion,
The Shasta courier., 1861-11-02

ENROLLING NORTH CARoLIsIAss FOR THE
UNIoN--A general order, issued by Secreta-
ry Cameron, authorizes our commanding
officer at Hatteras Inlet N. c., to accept the
services ofsuch loyal Carolinians, not exceed
ing one regiment, as may, in his neighbor,
hood. volunteer TO takeup arms for the United
States, ~dnd designate a regular officer to
muster them into service. Recruits will be
organized in the first instance into companies,
battalion, or regiment, and, if approved, the
officers be commissioned by the President.
-TTiburr
The Shasta courier., 1861-11-02
The Law of Newspapers.

1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to
the contrary, considered as wishing to continue
their subscription
2 If subscribers wish their papers discontinued,
publishers may continue to seHd them until all
charges are paid
5. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
papers from the office or place to which they are
sent they held responsible until they settle their
bill and give notice to discontinue them.
L. If subscribers move to other places without
informing the publisher, and the paper Is sent to
the former direction, they are held Responsible
Notice should always be given of removal.
5. The courts have decided that refusing to take
a paper or periodical from the Office, or removing
and leaving it uncallcd for, is prima faca evidence
of Intentional fraud.
zess~ Postmasters would oblge, bya strict fulfill
ment of the regulations requiring them to notify
publishers, once in three months of papers not ta-
ken from their office by subscribers.
KY Under the law of Congress papers are not
charged postage in the county in which they arc
published.
The Shasta courier., 1861-11-02

Publication Office in the Charter Oak Hall, up
stairs where all Orders for Advertising and Job
Work should be left.
The Shasta courier., 1861-11-02
SHASTA COURIER.

Ms- l.. p. FISHER--Is the only Agent
of the SHASTA COURIER in San Francisco, with pow
to receive subscriptions and advertisements and
receipt for the same.
. OFFICE-17I4 Washington street, opposite Ma
guire's Opera House.
The Shasta courier., 1861-11-02

HAD HIN THERE.-A few days since, the
wife of former resident OF this place " as
visiting Suisun, and was accosted by a Ger
tain renegade Yankee, sympathlzing with
the rebellious South, who reached out his
hand for the purpose of exchanging friendly
greeting The lady kept her hand to herself,
however, and remarked:
Il don't know that have any occasion to
shake hands with you, Capt. NJ. l hear that
YOU are secessionist. Now, do you know
that the ladies of San Francisco are drilling
to shoot just such men as you are? Ipractice
with them every day.
The Captain wiIted and with 9 good
evening, Mrs. W. he bolted off, He has
since left the country-whether TO avoid the
:. sharp shooting threatened, or not, we are
not informed. -.Solaao Herald.
The Shasta courier., 1861-11-02

NORTHERN TRAIroRs.-The Sandy Valley
(Ky) Advocate is very pointed in its refer
ence to those Northern men and newspapers
who are devoting themselves to the interests
of the rebels. 1t says
The most ostcontemptible hunkeyism of which
we have any knowledge, is found in the
Northern men and newspapers who oppose
the prosecution of the war for the pressrya-
ton of the Union and the suppression of
treason and rebellion. We hate a traitor
from any quarter of the country, but we de-
spise Northern men who profess to be for the
Union. and oppose the war on constitutional
grounds, Such men are Vallandigham, OF
Ohio. and Ben Wood, of New York, profess
ing to be Union men, and yet its most dan
gerous enemies They are horrifsd because
Lincoln has violated the Constitution, yet
Southern traitors have violated the same
Constitution. and these men can only express
sympathy for them From such Union men
may the Lord deliver us.
The Shasta courier., 1861-11-02
THE
SHASTA COURIER.

A. sKILLNAN, JOHN J. coNAf :,
Editors and Proprfetors.