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The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09

FLORIDA This one-horse State cost the Gen.
erai Government the very handsome sum of
S35,ooo, ,ooO-og more than the whole property
OF the entire S,.,e would now sell for. And vet
she ms RI, to take up her bonnet and
wall right on. from a1dsT the jurisdiction of
her 1enerable. IA, " Unl gle SAM" without say
ing SO much as by yOur.fave, sir" Nay. with
chillingy polite curtsys gallusn wave of
her crinoline, and a disdainful toss of her head
as she passes, she attempts to oyerwhelm her
respectable progenitor, and fancies that she has
accomplihed her object, because the old gentle
man looks on quietly and don't I" blow" about
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09
Dissolution.

THE Co-partnership heretofore existing be-
4 tween Lafferty L Adams, in keeping pub
lie ferry and ranching business, was dissolved
on the 18th OF January, 1861, by mutual con-
sent.
All indebted to the firm will please make i'm
mediate payment to Adams l. Bragg. who are
alone authorized to settle the business of the
hrm. FOUNTAIN LAFFERTY.
]. w. ADAMS.
Oakley Ferry, Feb. 6, 1861. f9:3t
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09

D9rO. D. Aveline, formerly of the jackson
Sentinel and Calaveras Chronicle, has purchased
the Placervile Central Californian We mean
no merely friendly compliment when we say
that Avalne is one of the very best editors in
this State
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09

n1y The Wide Awakes, of Independence,
Iowa, held ball in honor of the election of
Lincoln, at which there was "Io distinction of
COLOR The white Wide Awakes danced with
the coiored feminines, and their wives and sis
tiers cheerfully danced with burly negroes.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09
COUNTY TREAsURER,s REPORT.

To the Hon. the Board of Supervisors of Shasta
County, State Of California:
GESrLENEs:- herewith present you full
report of the receipts and disbursements from
Nov. lst, 1860, to Feb. lst, 1861, being cor
rect transcript of books kept by me as County
Treasurer:
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09

In the matter cf he Estate Of Thomas and Sc n,uel
Sesith. asiaor heirs Of Nary E. SDsith, deceased
ON reading and filing the petition of George
~ W. Parsons, of Georgetown, of Ell Dorado
County, and State of California, and guardian
of Thomas Smith and Samuel Smith, minor heirs
of Mary E. Smith, late of Shasta county, deceas-
ed. praying for sale of real estate, and it a p
pearing therefrom that sale of the whole of
the real estate of said minor heirs would be for
their benefit. and is necessary, it is herehy..or-
dered, hat the next of kin of said minors, and
all persons interested in said estate, appear be-
fore this Court, at the Clerks Office thereof, in
the town and county of Shasta, on
Monday, the 11th day of February, A.
ID. 1861,
at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, then and there to show
cause why an order should not be granted for
the sale of such real estate. And let copy of
this Order be published once a week. for four
successive weeks before said day appointed, in
,ae Shasta COURIER newspaper, printed and pub
hshed in the town and county of Shasta
J. 7. LANDRUM,
Probate Judge.
onas'a, Jan. 10, 1861. jnl9.4t
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09

A INDUSTRIOUS LiE--We see statement CO.
ing ths rounds of the press =ss-shs effect that
South Carolina, Georgia. Florida, Alabama and
Mississippi shave held two-thi rds of all the Of
hces in the civil, military and naval departments
of the Government from its foundation
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09

iHE SIG kAcE.-The race came off on Satur-
day last, over the Cottonwood Course. be-
tween Herkimer 4 Pages horse and Wilson's
mare, for purse of Ss 200, distance coo yards.
The horse won without difficulty in thirty-two
seconds. 1t is reported that property and cash
worth eight or ten thousand dollars changed
hands at the race
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09
STONE MASONS WANTED,

TNHE UNDERSIGNED is about to erect
l. stone building, and would like to employ
four competent Stone Masons, for whose SER
vices be will pay fair wages. He desires their
services at once. Apply promptly.
WM. SCHEURMAN.
Shasta, Feb. s. 1861 f9
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09

A SrUMPER.-Our seeding friends say that if
the five Cotton States sccede from the Union.
the Union is necessarily dissolved and the Re-
public of Washington destroyed To such the
Kew Robt. j. Breckenridge, uncle Of John c..
in effect says, suppose the six New England
States, instead of the Cotton States, were to
revolt and establish separate confederacy.
would the same seceders then admit that the
Union and the Constitution were thereby de-
stroysd? Hardly.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09

kIILED.-John Thomas, formerly ,of Illinois,
was killed Feb. I'd, on the South Fork of Sal
mon River, by the caving of bank.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09

THE PoSy-As we were going to press late
last night, the arrival of the Pony was announc-
cd. Crittendens proposition had been reject
ed, ous was up for reconsideration. jeff. Davis
nad teiegraphed Gov. Pickens of s. c., to COM
init no overt act. South Caroline no longer
considers the attitude of Fort Sumter as cause
Tor war The news upon the whole, we are in
formed, Is hopeful of peace. A California War
Deot Bill, appropriating some 100000 had
passed. Georgia passed cecession ordinance
alter powerful opposition The Alabama and
Mississippi U s. Senators had Withdrawn.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09

FuNSY.-Who are the all-fredest tire-eaters
OF the South? Two ofthem are Rhett of South
Carolina, and Slidell, of Louisiana-both of
whom were born and bred in Northern States
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09

MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PREss-This is the
name OF very useful paper, published weekly
st San Francisco, by J. Silversu,itb, editor. al
80 cents per month, or Ss per annrm.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09

Piety Hill Division, S. of T., will be delivered at
Piety Hill on Saturday evening, the 10th inst,
by B. NJ. Parker. The public are invited to at
tend
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09
Notice..

A IL PERSONS are hereby notified not to pay
n any money due the undersigned except to
himself. II. Il. VAN HORN.
Jan. II, 1861. jnls
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09

biLLs--Thanks to Senator Logan for copies
II important Senate bills.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09

SHASTA COUNTY DEBr.-According to the re-
port of the Treasurer, our county Indebtedness
is being gradually diminished. On the FIRST Of
February of last year the County debt, not in.
cluding interest, was S35,5l7 Al. On the first
of the present month it was S3l ,OO6 32-show-
lug deduction in one year of S4,5ll o.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09
HOPS! HOPS!

HOP ROOTS, best quality.
LII For sale by u. S. ARNOLD.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09
Statement OF Ho.n,,.,D.,,

10 amount Of unpaid Scrip Feb. lst.
1861, on Hospital Fund II
Contra, Or.
By Cash in Hospital Fund, s1sa %
10 amt Hospital Debt Feb ls,. 1861. S3,sl6 40
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09
Dissolution.

THE cO-PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing
l. under the name and firm of Nixon l. Levy
is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
A Levy is alone authorized to collect all out
standing debts and pay all claims against the
firm. ]. c. NIXON,
By WV. HoPPNe, Agent,
4. LTVY.
FreneI 'ch, JAN Ie, 1861.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09
Dissolution.

THE Co-partnership heretofore existing under
Il the name and style of Seelig 4 Lew, in
Shasta and at Red Bluffs, is dissolved by mutual
consent of the parties.
All persons who have claims against the firm
will please present them Immediately. And
those persons indebted to US will confer favor
by settling up.
S. Seelig is alone authorized to collect all
outstanding debts, and pay all debts against tho
firm. SIMON SEELIG.
HENRY LEVY.
Shasta, Jan. 25, 1861.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09
Statement OF school Money.

Inc amount in Treasurer's hands
is q ,els SO, and apportioned as follows:
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09

*Mr. Buchanan denies that he ever made any
such arrangement. But we have the word of
all the South Carolina Congressman, and of his
own Secretary of War. Floyd, to the contrary.
And the world, with its knowledge of the unre-
liable character of Mr.. Buchanan, his timidity.
selhshness and lack of stability, will never view
his testimony as casting even shadow of the
most outside shade of cloud upon the testi-
mony OF the South Carolina Coneressmen.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09
SHASTA COURIER.
SATURDAY MORNING, FEB. 9, 1861.
Not So.

The MarysEille Express says we have denoun-
ced Buchanan because he did not send troops
South and wage war upon South Carolina. The
editor ought to have known, when he thus wrote
that he was writing falsely. The position of
the Courier has from the beginning been just
exactly opposite to that which the Express for
some unworthy purpose has ascsibed to it. We
are opposed to what is commonly meant by the
term coercion" We believe it is the duty of
the Federal Government to maintain possession
OF its own property at all hazards. Mr.. Buchan-
an by parleying with avowed rebels and enc
mics of the Republic, and by promising them
tnat he would leave the forts in the harbor of
Charleston in defenceless condition. in con-
sideration of their pledge not to execute their
piratcal and reasonable purposes until after
the expiration of his term of ofice*-by acting
mus, we repeat, Mr. Buchanan proved that he
sympathised with the enemies of the Republic;
that for the selfish purpose of remaining Presi-
dent ofthese United States for the remainder of
his term, he was capable of making terms with
rebellious citizens that would enable them the
more easily to consummate their reasonable
purposes when the reins of government passed
out of his hands. In short, knowing their pur-
poses to be the destruction of this Union, Mr..
Buchanan played into their hands," by refus-
ing to reinforce Maj. Anderson, and thus made
himself particsps criins in the crime of treason.
For this we have denounced him, and not. as is
false, asserted, because he would not wage war
upon South Carolina.
Latterly Mr.. Buchanan has given evidence of
purpose to do his duty. We hail this evidence
of change in his mind with Joy. If he will
but do his duty, and back those officers who,
like Maj Anderson, are striving to do theirs, he
may yet deserve the plaudits of his countrymen,
who will then strive to forget that but for his
early lack of irmness, together with his (per-
haps only apparently sympathy with the seceders
and their cause, the present terrible and disas-
ferrous state of affairs would never have been
reached.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09
Probate Court, Shasta County, Cal.
SPECIAL TERN. -aASnAaxIs, issl.-

In the matter cf The Estate Of Thomas and Sauuel
Sa'ith. 'aiaor heirs Of Nary E. Spith, deceased.
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09

Highway Fund, DIR.
To balance on hand Nov. 1st, ls6o,... Sse7 43
Real estate and property tax,....... 7s4 33
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09
Board OF supervisors.

Present,-John V. Scott, Chairman; Jacob
W. Roner and A. ]. Reid
The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09

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So.
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The Shasta courier., 1861-02-09

Sl2,O2s OIL
To balance on hand Feb. lst, ls6l...S2,e77 Is
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-01
Nortber,l Rights.

The time is ripe for the due consideration Of
Northern rights. Long have our ears been filled
with declamatory sounds respecting Southern
rights but since South Carolina has initiated
war, torbearanco on the part oftho North has
been transmitted into determined feeling that
hereafter justice shall be done to people of all
sections, and equal rights secured to every citi-
zen.
Among the rights which Northerners will
hereafter claim are the following
l. The right to travel without molestation
through all parts of the Union.
2. The right TO collect debts in the South
due citizens of the North
3. The right to express political opinions
through the press or in the ballot-box, without
fear of prescription.
4. The right to be Northern men with I'm
ion principles.
s.. The rlgh1 to feel that slavery is not Di-
vine institution, to be perpetuated forever as
the basis Of American civilization.
6. The right to be Americans, and not sec
tionalists. We dc not know Of a single South
ern right that has been denied or invaded.
The North has been held at bay by Southern
threats, but forever that ignominy has now pas
sed away. One great UNION party has arisen,
which will vindieato IT'S rights at all hazards,
and defend the Union at any cost.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-01

It is reported in the Southern papers that
two immense Coumbiads, each weighing Is 600
lbs, reached West Point, Ga, recently, on
their way to Pensacola. The rebels seem to be
becoming reluctant to try their big guns and
Columbiads on Fort Pickens, however The
Montgomery correspondent of the New Orleans
Delta remarks
81 For day or two past the opinion has been
freely expressed, by several we'll informed citi-
zens, that the Government does not contemplate
the initiation of hostilitics at Pensacola. The
simple upation of Fort Pickens by the enc
my is not regarded as being detrimental either
to the honor or to the interest of the country,
and that the only object this Confederacy has
in view, in the maintenance Of so largo an army
in Florida, is to protect and retain possession Of
the Pensacola navy yard
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-01
MAIL ROBBERY. The BeNowS Falls Times

MAIL RoBDERRY.-Th Bello,os Falls Times
says the post office robbery here is developing
itself, and the amount stolen is probably much
larger than at first supposed. Three different
persons in Grafton, we are Informed, have lost
some $500, which they think was lodged here,
A check and some money was recently sent
from Lempster, N. IL. to Rutland, but never
reached its destination. Other parties in this
vicinity make similar statements Some of our
readers may have seen in the city papers an ad
vertisement of g c. G. Piper u Co., " of this
place, who propose to send q powder for the
" luxuriunt growth of whiskers, &C.. and af-
forwards changed to ct. Potter g. Co." All
this, we understand, was q mere swindle car
ried on by Kimball, whom we mentioned last
week as having been arrested for robbing tho
mails. Having the sanotty of the post offico as
clerk, he was able to carry on this cheat with
considerable success.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-01

Some members of the Ohio regiments have
dubbed together purchased two barrels of -four,
and employed a stone cutter in West Philadel-
phin, named Smith, to make them regular
supply Of fresh bread. On Wednesday morn
ing, he brought them l6 leaves of fresh bread,
and on Wednesday evening he said that the flour
had " run out" The Ohio men indignant at
this statement, went in search of Smith. They
caught him, and gave him severe beating. 1t
is said that the -four was afterwards found where
Smith had hid it away.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-01

New RIrLE.-The Naw Haven Palladium
thus notices a now rifle
6 It is, in many particulars, the old volcanic
repeater, but so improved that it will carry
ounce balls, and when one of these fails to ex-
plodc, it is thrown from the lock at the moment
the next charge is put into the barrel. Both
operations are effected by the simple cooking of
the gun. The cartridges are of copper and
water tight, and the leaden messenger is affx-
ed at the end, so that the powder and ball are
both in the same case. No man, who examines
this fret arm, can fail as we think, to pro
nounce it the best and most efficient ever in
vented. 1t carries fifteen balls, and throws
them as rapidly as the lock can be cocked-so
that regiment of one thousand men can, with
these weapons, throw Gftaen thousand bullets
in less than one minute. Fifteen new charges
can be put into the gun in e minute more! 1t
is really marvellous, and, we had almost said,
q magical gun.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-01

WAR HuMoRs.-7he only motto Of Els,corth's S
Zou0reS--Fire.
Arms for s. c. Priratcers-Yard-arms
Ohlo's War Cry-Wade, in.
A (" CROOKED stick''-The Baltimore Marshal
Kane,
Important to fyiny .4rtiNery-The art of
gunhurry.
Not UnHkeIy-They do say that Privateering
is very Catching.
Tit for Tdt-The South threatens the North
with her Beauregard.
New York will meet her with her Bowory
Guard.
By Van Amburgh-Did Mr.. Lincoln let his
whiskers grow for the purpose of Boarding the
Secession Lion in his den?
jas! about So-Before this troublesome couple,
North and South, can effect Il Union we fear a
Long Engagement is necessary Vanity Fair.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-01
Gt)G l)oill! 1resll,an,
EHONTPEaEETe, VIE,
SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1861.

PARsoN BRowNIow's DAuGHTER.-A gcatle-
man just arrived in this city from Knoxville,
Tenn, brings intelligence of affairs in that city.
He says that 25OO Secession troops are stationed
there tor the express purpose Of overawins tho
Union men.
The house Of the celebrated, bold hearted and
outspoken Parson Brownlow, is the only ono in
Knoxville over which the Stars and Stripes are
foating "A few days ago two armed secession
lists went, at O'Clock in the morning, to haul
down the Stars and Stripes Miss Brownlow
brilliant young lady Of twenty-thrcc, saw them
on the piazza, and stepped out and demanded
their business. They replied they had come to
- take down them d--n Stars and Stripes. -
She instantly drew revolver from her side. and
presenting it, said g Go on | am good for cno
Of you, and think for both -
BY the looks Of that girls eye, she IL shoot
ono remarked. " | think we had better not try
it. we'll 60 back and get more men" said the
other.
"Go and got more men, " said the noble lady
"got more men and come and take it down, if
you dare ~
Iney returned with company Of 90 armed
men, and demanded that the flag should De
hauled down. But on discovering that the
house was filled with gallant men, armed to the
teeth,who would rather die as dearly as possible
than sec their country's flag dishonored, the Sc.
cessionists retired.
When our informantleft Knoxville the Stars
and Stripes still foated to the breeze over Parson
Brownlow's house. Long may they wave -
Chicago Journal.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-01

Some time since Van Amburgh, the lion ta-
nar, while on his way to Easton, Maryland,
with his show, was intercepted by an express
rider, who notified him that the rebels had laid
plans to seize his horses, of which he had
100, shoot his wild animals, and send him adrift.
He Immediately turned about, and by travelling
48 miles in one day got safely into Pennsylva-
MIA with all his property, Van now advertses
that he will give So 600 to any one who will
take JEFF. Davis alive pledging himself, if he
gets him in his keeping, to furnish him with a
bran new cage, and take him through the coun-
try on exhibition.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-01
4 90 . ~-k

The rebels sometimes tell US there are no I'm
ion men at the S0uth-that all have now uni
ted to resist the " aggressions' of the Genera
Government. Yet Memphis, which aspires to
become great commercial metropolis, fitted
herself for place in secessiondom by driving
out more than three thousand of her citizens who
were loyal to the stars and stripes, How many
thousands and tens of thousands of loyal men
are kept down at the South by the overbearlng
despotsm of the mob, VIC shall only learn whom
Government affords efficient protection to free
speech. Boston Journal
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-01

DRAFTS REPUDIArED-Th Western Chris
tian Advocote says:
AT the late annual meeting of the Mis-.
sionary Society Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, the presiding elders holding
drafts against the Missionary Society were
notified that such could not be paid by the
Publishing House; Nashville. They were
instructed to try to raise collections within
the bounds of their respective districts to
meet them, which, of course, as q general
thing, cannot be done.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-01

Washington, May 3l,--The War Department
sent the following letter of instructions to Gen.
Butler:
Sir Your action in respect to the negroes who
came within your lines from the service of the
rebels, is approved The Department is sensi,
bic of cmbarrassments which must surround Off
GERS conducting military operations in q State
by the laws Of which slavery is sanctioned. The
Government cannot recognize the rejection by
any State Of its Federal obligations; nor can It
refuse the porfol nance of the Federal obliga-
tions resting upon itself. Among these Federal
obligations, however, no one can be more I'M
portant than that Of suppreseing and dispensing
armed combinations formed for the purpose Of
overthrowing it's whole constitutional authority;
while, therefore, you will permit no interference
by the persons under your command with the
relations of persons held to service under the
laws Of any State, you will, on the other hand,
SO long as any State within which your military
operations are conducted, is under the control of
such organizations, refrain from surrenderng to
alleged masters any persons who may come
within your lines. You will employ su; per-
sons in the services to which they may be best
adapted, keeping an account of the labor by
them performed, of the value of 1t, and of the
expenses of their maintenance. The question
Of their final disposition will be reserved for fu-
ture determination
S. CAMERON, Secretary Of War.
10 Mai. General Butler.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-01
AS the Eighth Ohio regiment was going fro1

AS the Eighth Ohio regiment was going from,
Cleveland to Camp Dennison, Capt. Bucking-
ham supposed the train would stop at Crestline,
and notified his wife. Unfortunately the Or
dere were to pass through Crestline without
stopping:' The train however checked up lit
tie, but the rate of speed was still high. The
gallant Captain saw his wife on the platform,
made desperate spi ing, clasped her in his arms,
kissed her quickly, and, under tremendous az
plauso from on board sprang back on the fly
ing train-having hardly time to catch the rear
car.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-01

Luther Arnold of Londonderry, was arrested
by sheriff Fuller on Monday of last week, on
charge of assault with intent to kill, made up
on the persan of Abba Tuttle, q servant girl of
Rev. Mr. Chase at the Methodist parsonage in
that town, on the night of the 30th of April
last We have not learned any further par
ticulars, but we understand that he gave bail,
and that the examination was adjourned 10 June
18th.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-01

SETTLED-The assault and battery suit
James Fisk against Isaac Glynn, of Cambridge.
port, was settled at the last term of court, by
the withdrawal of the suit on the part of the
plaintiff, and paying defendants cost, amount
ing to some $67.