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The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

CoTToN IN. .ENGLAND.-The Liverpool Mer.
curry says: g The accounts from India are
more encouraging than those from America
The India public seem to be at length thor
oughly reused to the Importance of the pre-
sent crisis on the fortunes of India as cot
on-producing country. A very great step
has been made by the introduction of steam
boats on the upper part of the river Coda
very. That great river, with its numerous
tributary steams, flows through the most ex-
tensive of all the cotton fields of India
namely, that of Nagpoor and Hyderbad.
The quantity of cotton grown in this district
is immense, and very little of it has ever
found its way down to the sea coast, owing
to the difficulty and cost of transportation
Moreover, the quality is superior to that of
the Surat cotton, and most equal to the me-
dunn qualities of American. Mr.. Mercer,
one of the American planters who was en-
ployed by the East India Company to intro
duce the growth of the New Orleans cotton
seed in India, speaking of this cotton, says !:
"All the cotton | have seen from that neigh
borhood is of very good quality indeed, and
better cleaned than is usual in Indian cot
ton"
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13
Sheriff'S Sale.

James f. CroweH VS.. Thos. Gilmour. As
signee of John Ball, an Insolvent Debtor.
and j. c. spencer, John Vanchaick. ct
al, claiming Mechanics Liens: John
Shea. claiming Lien by Mortgage.
In the District Court of the Ninth Judicial District
in and for the county of Shasta
NIHEREAS, by decree and order of sale,
W issued out of the District Court aforesaid
on the 18th day of December A. D. 1861 op iudr-
ment rendered in said Court, in the above entitled
cause, on the Sth day of August 1861, in favor of
James l.. Crowell, and against the defendants
aforesaid, am commanded to SELL at public auc-
ton, in accordance with the law in such case made
and provided, all that certain piece or parcel of
land situate lying and being in the town of Shasta
county OF Shasta, and State of California and
bounded and Inscribed as follows, to wit:
Beginning at the northeast corner of ]. W.
Downers store, on the southwest side of the Main
street IN the town of Shasta; thence running nortl
westerly along the line of said Main street. nineteen
feet ten inches, 90 feet 10 inches) to the south
east corner of the lot owned by James Loag thence
at right angles with Main street. in a south-weser-
y direction, along the line of said Loags lot I24
feet, to stake; thence south h-easterly parallel with
the Main street, nineteen feet 10 inches (l9 feet 10
lnches,) to the line of J. W. Downer's lot thence
along said Downers lot the north, to the place
OF beginning, one hundred and twenty-four feet,
together with all the rights, ways, privileges and
appurtenances thereto belonging, or in any wise
appertaining.
Notice is therefore hereby given, that on
Friday. the 10Th day of January, A. D..
1862,
at o'clock, p NJ. at the Court House door in the
town and county ofShasta, will sell the foregoing
described property, at Public Auction to the high
est bidder, for Cash.
J. S. FOLLANSBEE,
Ltd sheriff.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

SECRETARY OF THE TREAsURY.-The report
of the Secretary of the Treasury is out 1t
is lengthy document and of great import
ance. Secretary Chase states the manner of
raising revenue, and gives history of loans.
The revenue receipts do not come up to his
expectations. The aggregate realized from
loans in various forms, says the Unions dis
patch, is one hundred and ninety seven mill
lions, seven hundred and forty-tvo thousand,
five hundred and eighty eight dollars. The
Secretary recommends the confscation of all
rebel property. He also recommends fur
ther duty on tea, sugar, etc., and retrench-
ment generally.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

WANT TO KNow.-Our peace friends are
much opposed to this unnatural war;" and
are desirous to see an honorable peace estab-
lished. We put three questions to them, and
will make small bet that none of their or
gans can be induced to answer them, or
eithorsof them
. What do you precisely mean by an
honorable peace?
2. Is lin your honest private opinion) not
the United States entirely justifable in at
tempting to maintain the supremacy of the
Federal Government
3. Do you not at heart honestly hope that
JEFF. Davis may triumph in this contest
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

CHARLESTON IN RuINs.-The Appeal, Mir
r0r and Alta have dispatches confrmatory of
the destruction of Charleston by fire. 1t
was by far the most extensive confagration
ever seen on the continent. The statement
is that it was burned in slave insurrection,
which do not believe. Our readers will
have the full particulars in short time
The same dispatch mentions a rumor that the
Federal forces have won great victory in
Virginia.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

GETTING ALARNED.-Since movement
has been set on foot looking toward the COM
plete harmonization of all the antl-secesslon
elements in this State during the coming
Legislature, the seeesh sheets haye become
terribly alarmed, and simultaneously set up
a howl cf virtuous indignation which is
amusing to notiee.-Appedl.
The indications are that such harmoniza-
ton will take place on the very first day of
the session-sind so IT should. The Union
men of California should no longer be divi-
ded, but like our brethren elsewhere, form
one solid front to the enemies of their coun-
try-Bee.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

From WAsHoE.- "A correspondent furnish
-es the Appeal with the following mining
items from Nevada Territory:
A person with little capital could make
some good investments here this winter.
The Yellow Jacket claim had advanced con-
siderably in price. The Gould & Curry,
Potosi, Sacramento and Sierra Nevada offer
the best inducements for investments, as
they are known to be good The Gold Hill
ground is still held very high Sandford
Bowers sold out his mining interest in the
Territory for the neat little sum of S24O, 900.
He owned 20 feet in Gold Hill. The mills
have nearly all closed up on account of the
high price of wood. But as | have already
protracted this letter too long, will bid you
adieu for the present.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

BANcRoFT's ALMANAC FOR 1S62.-We are
indebted to II. II. Bancroft Co., San
Francisco, for copy of their Hand Book
Almanac for 1862" 1t is the best thing of
the kindwe have ever seen upon the Pacific,
and contains thousands of matters of inter
est in regard to the Government of the Uni
ted States and California, which will make
it a work of daily reference. Messrs. Gold
L Philippson have them for sale. A copy is
worth four times the price charged.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13
. Peace'' Democrat..

There are class of men in this State.
whose sympathies are with the rebellion now
attempting the overthrow of this the most
thoroughly democratic government the world
has ever known, who are eternally yelpins
that they s'are Democrats" /" without having
the slightest idea of the meaning of the term
employed by them Let us examine them.
If by Democracy, as is likely, they have ref
erence to the party of that name, will one of
them turn to- the clause in any Democratic
platform ever written anywhere, by any
body, that didn't in its spirit, and its plain
letter, inculcate the idea of loyalty to the
very fullest extent possible? Was there ever
a war in which the United States were en-
gagged that the Democratic party did not
standup to the country in every event? Was
not the motto of ''our country, right or
wrong, but right or wrong, our country
asentIment adopted by the Democracy since
She days of Jefferson and jackson? Of the
fathers and founders of the Democratic par
ty, mention the name of one who ever uttered
sentiment that gives countenance to the pre-
sent reasonable actsof Secessia, with whom
our peace" Democrats sympathize SO WV
idly. Under. what auspices was it that the
boiling faction was ever authorized, in that.
party to presume to give laws to those who
did not bok2 According to every rule ever
established in Democratic councils, was not
the peace Breckinridgers of last year bolters?
If they are boilers from the Democratic or
ganization, what right have they to call
themselves Democrats2 The jingle of the
name OF Democrat dupes many noodle who
never did, and never will know the meaning
of the term, but which, however diffusive its
definition may be, can never embrace an
enemy Of the United States of North Amer
lea. There is place paved with just such
d" Democrats as these rebellion sympathi-
sers.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

THE Town OF LINcoLN.-The Union does
not like the name of the new town laid out
at Reid's ferry in this county, because there
is already one place named Lincoln in Cali
fornia. Some other name should be given it,
and in the absence of any other suggestion,
we would say that Dupont or Sherman
would do very well, and at the same time be
something of a compliment to the leaders in
the Beaufort expedition.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

PRoF. G. X. GoDFREY.-We have heard it
stated that Professor Godfrey has accepted
an invitation, to deliver lecture before the
State Educational Society, at Sacramento
this Winter. The labors of this gentleman
in behalf of the cause of education in Cali
fornia, have been devoted, earnest and unset
fish, and he we'll deserves the honor confer
red on him. We observe that his report on
the common school system in this county, at
tracted very favorable notice from the press
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

THos. STARR KING.-Some of the interior
papers are indulging in unjust filings at this
gentleman. Speaking of his appeals to the
moneyed men to subscribe literally to the
National Loan, they spitefully insinuate that
he would do much better if he would indulge
in example rather than precept, and show
his loyalty by taking portion of this loan.
We would inform those journals that Mr..
Kings example in this matter has far out
stripped his precepts. In the name of him
self, wife, child and sister, he has subscribed
more to the National Loan than any other
man in the State-.S f. Call.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

STATE or cS5s14 ea1lsoshaa, oG sna:l.. IS
On this the 10th day of October, A. D. 1861, be-
fore me, l.. L. Y. Hastings Justice of the Peace
in and for said county, personally appeared Mary
Clayton, wife of William Clayton, personally known
to me to be the individual described in and who
executed the above instrument as parties therein,
and acknowledged to me that she executed the same
freely and voluntarily, and for the uses and pur-
poses thereinpentioned, and the said Mary Clayton
wife of the said William Clayton, having by me
been made acquainted with the contents of the said
instrument, acknowledged to me, examination
apart from and without the hearing of her husband
that she executed the freely and voluntarily,
without compulsion undue influence of her hus-
band, and that she does not wish to retract the
execution of the same.
In witness whereof have hereunto set nv hand
the day and year first above written
l.. l.. Y. HASTINGS,
d2l:4t Justice of the Peace Shasta couutv
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

RED BLuFF-Red Bluff, standing at the
head of navigation, goes on improving, con-
scious that she stands high above the floods,
and is destined to be the most important
commercial point in Northern California
Independent.
We are glad to hear the above. We fear
ed that "shc'' was rather shaky as to her
"posish," but we only judged so from the
perturbation and nervousness exhibited by
the editors thereabouts. By the way, who
is that ''Veritas" Town lots in Reading,
Union and Lincoln have gone up incredibly
since his arguments against the navigabilify
of the river have been made public.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

BALL AT WnIsSYrowS.-Itish is hardly worth
while calling attention to the ball to come off
at "hiskytown on Christmas Night, as every
one OF our readers knows it already, and are
all going. A pleasant time is expected.
friead MeGuire will make his guests very
comfortable.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13
Fusion in the Legislature.

We have heretofore given our views. and
who in the late campaign in this section
supported Mr. Conness for the position Of
Governor, in relation to the joining, in the
coming legislature, of the votesef all sound
Union men. The proposition meets with dis
favor among the secession sympathisers in
the State, and their coadjutors, the old line,
brass-mounted abolitionists.. Generally the
mere consideration that these classes give
their opposition to any measure, per Sc makes
an argument in its favor, and in. this instance,
it does seem, that any movement that so Sc
cures the opposition of secessionists and abo-
ADMINISTRATIONS alike-should command
the approval of all true men. We believe it
dos. Neither the Republicans, the Union
Democrats, nor the secession faction have
majority in the Legislature, and as there
will be political questions brought forward
in that body, unavoidably it seems to us,
those who are loyal to this Government will
be compelled from the mere accidents of the
hour, II you Will, to unite their forces. It's
OF no use for party managers to try to pre-
vent it. 1t is time wasted for this, that, or
the other editor, with his hatful of type,
and the oracular we," to attempt to cons
troll theGomnana of the people on these con-
siderations. What should be done has been
stated. What will not be done under any
possible combination of circumstances. is
plainly anticipated. There will be no unit
ing Of those who claim to be Union Demo
Gratis, and that faction who are in sympathy
with this rebellion, and who having brought
on war, snivellingly and hypocritically
clamor for the return of that peace which
they did not value when they had it. That
is what will not be done.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

AT stated meeting of Western Star Lodge, No.
2. F. & A. NJ, held in Masonic Hall Dee 16, 1861,
the following officers elected for the year 1862:
a C, L. Danielson, W. NJ; II. A. Curtiss,
Nv S, W.. John Cushing, J. w.; A. Cole
\ * man, Treas. W. G.. West, Sect; A.
~ Dobrowsky, s. D.; VIM. Tozer, ]. D. !;
Rev. P. L. Haynes, Chaplain; Levi B. Matlock,
Marshal; E..Pestner and John James, Stewards
Robert Berry, Tyler. Trustees-H- A. Curtiss, A.
Coleman, J. Isaacs.
Installation of officers on ST. Johns Day, Dec.
9th, 1851.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13
NOTICE TO PAY UP.

4 Ii those indebted to the firm of J. 4 D. Gala
IA CHAN, are respectfully requested to settle then
accounts. Havin entirely disposed of their inter
est in the business in Shasta, the debts due the
firm must necessarily be settled immediately
Mr.. D. Lynch, our successor in the business i:
fully authorized in our absence to receive all mon
ines due to u.s. ]. D. CALLAGHAN,
Shasta, December 9th, 1861.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

The FLOOD NoRTHwARD.-We are under
obligations to Mr.. Tracy, of Wells, Fargo &
Co., for late news from the North country.
1t seems that the storm was quite as furious
in Oregon as in California ~ IT rs said that
there is not a bridge standing between Jack
sonville and Portland. Crescent. City was
nearly destroyed. The food took it all.
Mr.. Preston, lawyer of that place, was
drowned. Wells, Fargo e Co. send their
express hereafter by San Francisco. until
the roads, &C., to Portland are repaired
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

New ROAD. j. w. Harrison and others
propose to incorporate themselves for the
purpose of building Turnpike Road from
Grizzly Gulch to the Tower House. The
county road between these points has been
destroyed by the recent rains.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13
SunQmona

STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
In the Justices Court, Shasta township in and for
the county of Shasta
The PeoF.e ofthe State of California. send
greeting to Joel Hargraves:
VoU are hereby summoned 10 appear before me-
i at my office in the township of Shasta. in the
county of Shasta, on the 2Sih day of December. A
d. 1861, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, to answer unto the
complaint of the People of the State of California
by w. L. Knox, District Attorney, who sues to re-
cover the sum OF One Hundred and Two l9-IOO
Dollars, t102 1e10o being the amount of State and
County taxes, and costs delinquent, for the fiscal
year 1859, alleged to be due and owing from YOU to
mem Iogetner with 70 per cent. additional thereto
ME In my ofice, when judgment will be taken
against you for the said amount together with costs
and damages, if you fail to appear and answer
To the Sheriff or any Constable of said county
greeting:
Make legal service and due return hereof
Given under my hand, this 10th day of Decem-
Der, A. D. 1861. JAMES KEEN.
d2l;2t Justice of the Peace of said township
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

I. 5. LoAN.-It is said that the Prince de
Joinville, through his friends, has invested
one million Of dollars in the Z. S. Treasury
Notes, and that Louis Napoleon will take FIVE
millions of dollars of the same security. The
Loan notes are being anxiously sought after
by foreign capitalists.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

Ex-Gov. RooP, of Honey Lake. and Co.,
merry citizen of Shasta, has been elected .
Commissioner, by the Nevada Legislatures
to visit The California Legislature this win,o-
tor the purpose of log-rolling away mart Of
the territory of California, and annexins it 10
Nevada. He will probably have a good
tiIae.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

RoUGH.-Four persons, says the New Or
leans Delta of 2Sth October, were sent to
the work house for six months, because they
were not loyal to the Davis Government.
This is eminently fair down in that quarter,
but in q Abe Lincoln's Government" it
would be called " coercion"
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

BAD FOR JoHN.-The Auburn Herald gives
an account of the drowning of forty-fve
Cinnamon at Oregon Bar, on the North Fork
of the American river, in the late freshet,
and expresses the opinion that at least one
hundred of these people have been drowned
in Placer county alone. by the recent foods.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

HUMBOLDT couSrr.-Gen. Wright propo-
ses to create district in Humboldt co,ntr
unoer the command of some officer desirna.
ted by himself, whowill have full nower ovsr
the garrisons therein, for the purnoso g -
ing out indian disturbances in that quarter
% he says IN letter to Gov. Downey of tho
Eth inst. VI the
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13
SHALL pox.- dreadful disease is nov

SHALL Pox.---This dreadful disease is now
raging in several portions of the State. A
writer In the Bulletin gives as a reason for
its existence, the fact that pork is eaten to
the exclusion of other meats. There can be
no doubt bat that pork is unhealthy, and that
it is consumed on account of its cheapness.
Il can be raised very cheaply in California,
by feeding the hogs ON the offal from butcher
shops, dead stage horses, defunct Cinnamon,
&c., all of which swine devror with quite as
npch zest as will be exhibited by an old sow
eating her offspring.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

GOLD & PHILIPPsoN.-This establishment
keeps us supplied with all the late papers,
magazines, etc., whereof they have a con-
slant supply at the Postofice. Call there
and look over their holiday gift-books, and
you wills something quite pleasing.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

CoNTRIBurIoN.-The citizens of Sacramen-
to subscribed about $40, 900 for the purpose
of shielding the city from future inundations.
The San Franciscans also contributed very
freely.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

PREMIUM OFFEREp.-A handsome offer is
made TO any peace sereamer. who will show
how the election of Daniel S. Dickinson, in
New York, was triumph of "peace Demo
crats.''
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

Ir is a mistaken notion that humbuggery
succeeds. The people love the truth best,
and in the long run will pay more for it.
Humbugging like all cheating, may show a
temporary gain over honesty. But it is only
temporary, and in the long pull fair dealing
with all communities will ensure the best re-
turn
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

oe -AekR CoUSTr--This county is now out
" ueo.' and has comfortable little balance
~ It's treasury of eighteen thousand dollars
rive years ago it was heavily in debt.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

HITTEL-- John S. Hittel proposes to
be employed by the State at a salary of six
thousand dollars year, as a sort of resi-
dent historian of California. Cheap enough.
The people should be grateful that he did not
want double that amount
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13
SOLE TRADER NOTICE.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
Car~xrv ar SukSTa

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY SHASTA,
II NOW all men by these presents that I, Mary
IN Clayton, of said county and State, wife
of William Clayton, residing in the county of
Shasta and State of California, do hereby declare
and make known my intention to carry bust
ness my own account and in my name,
as sole trader, in pursuance of an act of the Leg
islature of the State of California, entitled .An Act
TO authorize married women to transact business in
their name, sole traders, approved April II,
1852 and l further declare that said business
will be that Of stock raising and carrying the
grocery business, and such other business to me
may proper; said business to be carried on in
Pit River Valley, in the county of Shasta And
further declare and make known that the amount of
capital by now invested in said business is less
than five thousand dollars
In witness whereof L have hereunto'se my hand
and seal this 10th day of October, A. D. 1861
her
MARY ~ CLAYTON.
mark.
In presence of
L. l.. Y. HASTINGS.
I F. Rp.Dy
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

LEGIsLAruRE--This body meets at Sacra-
mento on the 9th day of January, 1t is
noped that the session will be a short one
The people expect it.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

REINFoRcEMENrs.-Gen Butler arrived at
Port Royal on the 4th inst, with q, 900 men,
which makes force of about sixty thousand
in South Carolina alone
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

FAILURE.-N. Vertimer, the well known
wholesale grocer of Sacramento, has failed
for about $l25, 900,
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

"JAclSro' informs the Trinity Journal
that the water at Texas Bar is all used for
mining purposes from which we infer that
the people there are undermining their con-
stitutions with spirituous beverages
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

GREAT RISE. The Appeal surmises that
the Middle Yuba was higher in the late
freshet, than it has been in two hundred
wears, from the fact that it washed out trees
of that age.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

FRENosr.-We see from the advertising
columns Of tho Mariposa Gazette, that Ere.
mont's Grant is to be sold under an execu-
ton for about six thousand dollars.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

LossEs.-Thc Appeal has by careful in
quiry estimated the exact loss of the citizens
of Marysville by the food, at S39, $50.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

ALrURAs.-Thc new county of Alturas
will be before the approaching Legislature.
This is the fourth trial.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

L1Eur. Gov. GHkLLIs. This gentleman
passed down on Thnzsdsy -, eney 70
Sacramento. We have no doubt but that
Mr. Chellis will make an efficient officer, and
be fully up to the responsibilities and diff
cultics of his position as President of the
Senate. He is loyal gentleman, and does
not draw the lessons of his duty as citizen
exclusively from party platforms and usages.
We anticipate for him a career of usefulness
in his new position.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13
ID. LYNCH.

SUCCESSOR TO ]. D. CALLAGHAN,)
Viii continue the business at the old stand will
sell goods very low down for cash. D. LYNCH.
Shasta, December 9th, 1861.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

CoMMIssIoNED.-R. w. Brownell has been
commissioned Brigade Inspector, with the
rank of Major, in this Division.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

SENTENcEp.-Ida Venard has been sent to
the penitentiary for one year for shooting an.
other woman, at the Bay.
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

,hf.-eush'ng 4 Bush have sent us a
,sa 'ple Oh some very fine honey, from a lot
.nes nave on hand for sale (cheap). 1t is
''' eiean, white and nice, Call and ost
some. anu ger
The Shasta courier., 1862-12-13

GREAT RIsE.-The Klamath river. in the
late fo9d, was one hundred and .titsy feet
above low water mark.