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The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25
County supt. Public Schools

ELECTION OF U. S. SENATOR IN KENTUCKY
| INTERESTING ScENE.-A letter-writer at
Frankfort KY, details the following interes-
ting proceedings: The ceremonies attending
the election of United States Senator were Of
the most solemn aud interesting maner. The
writer was sitting among the members of
the House of Representatives, although lay.
ing no claims to membership himself, when
the hour of twelve arrived, and the speaker
announced in cleav and distinct voice, that
the time had arrived for the election of
United States Senator from Kentucky. The
The usual committee was appointed to inform
the Senate that the house was ready to pro-
ceed to the election. A moment after this
committee left the Hall, similar committee
| from the Senate entered the door of the Hall
of Representatives to announce the readiness
of the Senate Also JOHN B. Bruner, Sen
atof from Breckinridge county. was chairman
of the Senate committee, and desirs to tell
YOU of the very able and imposing maner in
which he discharged his duty. never shall
| forget. either, what he said or did, ormanner
of saying or doing it. Having entered the
door of the hall, he halted in she centre of
his committee, standing erect. about six feet
| two inches high but on that occasion, when
all eyes were turned upon him. looking like
| ne was at leaSt seven Ieet nlSn, tne uOOr-
keeper startled the whole house by crying out
at the top of his stentorian voice, Message
| fir, m the Senate" Mr. Bruner stepped one
step forward, and stood upon the very same
spot that John c. Breckenridge occupied
when he made his last REASONABLE speech to
the Legislature of Kentucky, and said, +" Mr.
Speaker have the honor to inform this
House that the Senate is now ready to pro-
ceed to the election of United States Sena-
tor to fill the vacancy in the Senate of the
United States, occasioned by the expulsion Of
the traitor John c. Breckenridge, from that
body" Half smothered burst of applause
could be heard foom all quarters of the
House, and the people in the galleries re-
joiced so loudly that the Speaker was COM
pellcd to call the gavel to the aid of all his
dignity to enable him to enforce order. Par
tial silence was restored. and the House pro-
ceeded to the election; but the word " trail
tori seemed to issue from the verv walls.
and to tremble upon every lip, and to come
from every desk during the whole of the pro
ceedings. The prominent candidates for
Senator were, Garrett Davis, John j. Crit
tenden, James Guthrie, and Joshua F. Bell.
The vote stood: Davis, 46; Guthrie As.
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

A LITERARY BANouEr.-The celebrated
New York Mercury publishes its annual
Prospectus for 1862, in our columns to-day,
and our readers will miss some thing if they
fail to peruse it. The Mercury is not only
largest and cheapest literary paper in the
world, but its great serial Roms noes, Moral
Tales, exquisite Poetry and General Miscel-
lany are the very best published in this
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has anything like its famous contributorial
corps d. elite and wonderful variety of mental
food. 1t is now in its oath year, and has a
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it a sure and rich return for the money in
vested. The New York Mercury for 1862
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once, we say.
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

SCARCITY OF EDIToRIALs.-There are sew.
eral very good reasons why the COURIER has
so little original matter this week, viz: q
lack of mail facilities no local news; busi-
siness at stand still advertising dull and
last, though not least. the gentleman who
has been editing this paper for several
months past, has been under the influence Of
the weather during the week, and has suf
fered considerably from wet without and
wet within.
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

NICARAGUA RoUTE.-The New York cor
respondent of the Bulletin, under date of
December 2lst, says:
The scheme for re-opening the Nicaragua
route is revived, under auspices that are
stated to be very favorable. The story is
that an English company have taken hold of
the matter. and are now negotiating with
parties in this country for opening the route,
and putting line of first class steamers on
the Pacific, to run your port, and probably
to British Columbia The steamer John Hart
has already gone forward from this city to
Nicaragua to ply on the lake. 1t is said that
the enterprise will go into operation early in
the coming spring.
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25
The Great Fire in Charleston.

The Golden Gate brought the newspaper
account of the Charleston FIRE.
The fire broke ont on the evening of We'd
nesday, Dec IL, in Rus sell 4 Olds' sash and
blind facrory, at the foot Of Hazle street, ex-
tending to the machine shop of Cameron L
Co. Before midnight the FIRE had assumed
an appalling magnitude, and Meeting strest,
from Market to Queen, was one mass of
fame
AT midnight, the Circular Church and In
s.itute Hall were burning, and the proximi-
ty Of tie flames to the Charleston Hotel and
the Mills House caused them TO be evacuated
by their inmates At o'clock the FIRE tend
ed more southwark toward the corner of
Archdale and Queen streets to the rear Of
the Charleston Hotel, and to the end Of
Hayne street. Crossing Market street. the
FIRE spread down Eas, Bay to Cumberland
street, and across TO the Mills House. includ-
ing in its destruction the Circular Church,
Institute Hall, and the Charleston Hotel.
All the buildings on King street, from Cliff
ford nearly to Broad, were destroyed before
o'clock.
AT about o'clock the wind changed the
direction of the flames toward Broad street.
Soon after, ST. Andrews Hall took fire, and
subsequently the Cathedral, the spire of
which fell shortly after 5 O'Clock. The fire
made clean sweep through the city, ma
king its track from East Bay to King street.
The Charleston Courier, of the 18th De-
cember, gives list OF between 200 and 500
sufferers, and says that the loss is estimated at
from FIVE to seven millions of dollars. Mr..
Russell, at whose factory the fire originated,
thinks that it must have been occasioned by
an incendiary or by the negligence of the
negroes employed there.
The Charleston Mercury says that SIC
buildings were destroyed by the fire.
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25
school Meeting.

EDITOR COURIER IL notice in last weeks
COURIER that the trustees of Shasta district
advertised for meeting to be held to-day,
in the school house, in reference to employ
ing teachers.
So far as csa learn, this is to be pub
lie meeting to take into consideration the
propriety of choosing the teachers by ballot,
for this district.
Who ever heard of meeting like this, to
get the expression Of all the parents as to
whom the trustees had better employ as
teachers? If it is left to the people, what is
the use of having trustees? But what is the
duty of trustees in this respect? Is it ex.
pressed or implied in the school law that
they shall call the citizens together for the
purpose of getting an expression in regard
to the teachers to be employed, irrespective
of certificate of qualification Or were
they appointed to employ teachers, without
calling town meeting for public express
sion, disapproval or recommendation?
The School Law, section 10, says: "N No
person shall be employed by any board of
trustees, as teacher Of public school, unless
he has received and shall produce certi6-
cate Of qualification If, Notwithstanding
the above prohibition, any person not pro-
vided with the required certificate, shall be
employed as p tcacher by any bfasd Of tr9sl
tees, he will not be entitled to receive COM
pcnsation for his services out of the school
fund belonging to the district. If they act
otherwise they are shirking responsibility,
and placing it in the hands of the people
and such move as is contemplated will ere
ate more or less excitement, dissatisfaction
and hard feelings among the school patrons.
This meeting will have bad tendency,
and will result in no good. All cannot have
their favorite teacher employed, and how is
it possible for the meeting to have any other
than bad effect, and break up in q row?
Neighborhood quarrels about teachers
show weakness of the mind, and such
acts appear silly to the intelligent. Parents
and patrons of Shasta, listen to me, and
please stay at home, and have respect for
yourselves, and for the feelings of the teach
ears, for no female teacher would like to have
her name come before this meeting, to be
voted for like a candidate before political
convention. During the past five year. of my
official duties, the school matters have pass
ed off satisfactorily, and trust agreeably in
this district, and why should the present
trustees overstep their duty and try to do
something that no other set of trustees have
ever done in this State? Trustees, instead
of getting up excitements and divisions in
school affairs, should do their duty irrespect-
i've of fear, favor or affection, and strive to
| promote the success of common school educa-
ton.
Hereafter, no person, competent or incom.
petent, need apply for Shasta district school,
or any other district school in this county,
with the expectation of drawing public
funds, without complying with the law, and
no set Of trustees have the right to employ
teachers for public schools unless they car
show certificate qualification.
G. X. GODFREY,
County Supt. Public Schools.
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25
RATES OF OCEAN PAssAcE.-The prices 0

RATES OF OCEAN PAssAcE.-The prices of
passage on the steamers of the Pacific Steam
ship Company, through to New York, are as
follow: First cabin, deck room, S25S So
main dsck room, s233 25; second cabin,
$3.50 IS; steerage, Sl3S 25. To go to New
York around Cape Horn in clipper ship,
first cabin costs about $3.50, more or less,
according to the accommodations, style Of
living, &c. A cabin passage to China costs
from S75 10 S125 to Australia about the
same, and the Sandwich Islands from $40 to
$50. A cabin passage to England costs
about $3.50.
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

FIVE years ago we applied cement Of
white lead paint, whiting and dry sand to a
small tin roof that leaked like a sieve. II
soon became nearly as hard as stone, has
never scaled of, and has kept the roof since
then perfectly tight. 1t was put on at about
the consistency Of thin putty. Slater's ce-
ment for stopping leaks around chimneys, is
composed of linseed oil. whiting, ground
glass and some brick duet. 1t is good
cement for this purpose; also for closing the
joints of stone steps in houses.-Scientifc
American.
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25
PROBATE NOTICE.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
County of Shasta
In the matter of the estate of B. b. Young,
deceased.
In the Probate Court of the County and State
aforesaid, at the December Term, 1861.
NOTICE is hereby given by the undersigned,
~ Admistratrix of the above named estate, to the
creditors and all persons having claims against said
deceased, to exhibit the same, with the necessary
vouchers at her place of residence in the town Of
Shasta, county and State aforesaid, within ten
months from the first publication of this notice.
Any claim that is barred by the statute of lmita-
tion will not be allowed by the undersigned or the
Probate Court of said county.
L. A. G. YOUNG,
Administrative of the estate of B. B. Young, decd
in25.4t
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

Two loaiers, named Davis and Bill Suse,
were recently tarred and teathered at Goose
Bay, Humboldt county, for abducting an
Indian girl, aged eleven years, and horribly
beating her father ond mother, who ATTEMPTED
to protect her.
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

SOLDERING MAKES Coon HusBAxDs.-A
volunteer who prides himself on the domestic
arts he has learned during camp life, writes
home to advise the girls not to be in hurry
to marry, for the boys will return in short
time, and the girls can then get good hus-
ands who can cook, wash and iron, and do
general housework, or work in the garden,
or run errands for their wives.
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

IT is reported that the Orleans princes,
who were recently figuring as aides-de- camp
to General Mcclellan, have been dispatched
to Europe on business relating, it is suppos-
ed, to the Slidell and Mason commissionship.
1t is said their influence would be felt ir
France, Austria and Prussia.
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

We are under many obligations to Mr..
Brastow, the indafatigable messenger Of
Wells, Fargo & Co.. for favors during the
week-although the have not been many
but We suppose the poor cuss did the best he
could for us under the distressing pressure
of the weather
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

Loss OF CArrLE.-We understand that R.
H. Thomes, in this county, will lose in the
neighborhood of two thousand head of cattle
this Winter. The general average loss Of
stock raisersis third of their entire stock,
and some have estimated it as high as one
half-Red Bluff Independent
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

CoURT OF SESSIONS This Court was in
session four days during the week. On ac-
count of the river and creeks being so high,
it was impossible to procure witnesses in the
CAGES to be tried. The Court adjourned un-
til February
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

The Archbishop of San Francisco has in
formed the Relief Committee that St. Mary s
Hospital, Stockton street, lately occupied by
the Sisters Of Mercy, has been temporarily
fitted up and prepared for the reception of
any of the sufferers of the late disastrous ca
lamity whom the Relieving Committee may
wish to send there for relief and shelter.
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

BoDr FouND.-The body of Mr.. Dougher-
tp, drowned in the Trinity river, at Lewis
ton, IN December last, was found last week,
buried in the sand, one of the feet being un-
covered by a yoke of oxen hauling a log
across the place.
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

A BIG BEET.-The San Francisco Journal
has seen beet, raised by Mr.. Davis, of So
noma, from the celebrated Perkins beet seed,
two feet six inches in circumference, three
feet and one inch in length, and weighing
fifty three pounds. Beats all the beets we
ever heard of
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

CLEAR UP SHowER-On Wednesday after
noon last, the people of this vicinity were
visited with the most terrific rain storm-so
the "oldest inhabitant" says-that has been
seen here since so. 1t lasted some ten min
utes. For the welfare of Sacramento City,
we hope it did not extend farther down the
Valley
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

The MINEs.-Scarcely lick has been
struck by the miners of this county during
the past month, on account Of high water and
bad weather. GOOD time coming, boys,
wait little longer-'
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

TIE RoADs.-The roads in many places of
our county are impossible, the rains having
washed away the places where the roads
used to be. We take the liberty of calling
the attention Of roadmasters to this very es.
sential matter, and hope they will not be
dilatory in making the necessary repairs at
an early dav,
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

WHERE is CUMBERLAND GAP?-Cumberland
Gap is situated about ten miles from Cum
berland Ford, in Tennessee, and has been
celebrated for century as great depres
sion in the mountain ridge which traverses
the continent from New Hampshire to North
Alabama. Through this gap, very similar in
appearance and characteristic, to the South
Pass in the Rocky Mountains. formerly the
emigrants from Virginia and North Carroll.
ma passed on their way to the virgin wilds OF
the West For half century thousands
the Mississippi Valley, from the Atlantic
slopes. Boone Kenton, and their pioneer
confrers, first entered the land of the g cane
and turkey" over the preAdamite turnpike.
1t really forms, to this hour, the best, and in
fact the only practicable road for the trans,
portation of troops and heavy munitions of
war from East Tennessee into Kentucky.
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

READING.-The site of the new city-so we
have been informed-has not been submerg-
ed, Notwithstanding the extraordinary rise
Of the Sacramento river.
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

A DELICATE young lady came near faint
ing one day last week, while visiting ship
ward, on being told that she was sitting on :
naral timber. She mistook the word for a
belly gerent term.
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

HIcH.-We learn that provisions in Trini
ty county are very scarce and very dear. Our
merchants have enough on hand for both
counties
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

DIsTRIcr CouRr.-The regular January
term of this Court, for Siskiyou county, will
not be held, on account of Judge danger
field being unable to reach there.
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25
BY NED BUNTLINE.
1t is the greatest Nautical Novelette, since the
days of Marryatt.

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Ss- Specimen copies sent free to all applicants
Address all letters and remitances, post paid, to
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The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25
FERRY NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned
~ viii make application to the Hon. Board of
Supervisors for Shasta county, CAL, at their mex.
regular term in February next for renewal of Ii
cense to keep public Toll Ferry across the sacra
mento river, at point known as Waugh's Ferry. :
JOSEPH WAUGH.
Jan. Is, 1862. in25.td
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

BEEr.-The price of beef in our markets
has advanced from bit to fifteen cents per
pound-and very poor article at that
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

Ms. AKSoRp, in to-days issue, advertises
large stock of groceries. liquors. &C., also
the only stock of fresh garden seeds in
Shasta
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

An Irish doctor advertises that the deaf
NAV hear of him at house in Lifey street !;
where also his blind patients may zee him
from ten till three.
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

RISE IN PRlcEs.-By reference to our prices
current. the reader will observe considera.
Bile advance in all kinds of staple articles.
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

One hundred and eighty y-seven couple were
married in Sacramento during the year
1861
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25
ID. LYNCH.

SUCCESSOR TO ]. 4 D. CALLAGHAN.,
Viii continue the business at the old stand. Twill
sell goods very low down for cash. D.LYNCH
Shasta, December 9th, 1861
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

Gov. DowNEY's MEssAGE-We publish
on the outside copious extracts from Gov.
Downey's message.
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25
'ebruary.

The Board of Supervisors will hold their
next regular meeting on the first Monday in
February
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25
REDEMPTION FUND.

Office is hereby given, that sealed proposals,
IN directed to the undersigned for the surrender
of county warrants, will be received up to the last
day of the next regular meeting of the Board of Su-
pervisors.
FELIX TRACY, Treasurer.
Shasta, Dec 81, 1851. jn4:td
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25
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The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25
To Physicians.

"ANTED, in Shasta, good general Prac-
w titioher and Family Physician. We having
been pretty actively engaged in the practice of Med
icine for the past Ten Years made all the money
we need, and desire to quit, and should be
pleased to have good Ply sician come and take
our place.
Also, wanted at our Office,
$4,000 Of County Scrip!
for which we will pay as much any one, Shasta
county excepted.
DR.. E. B. MCLAUGHLIN.
Shasta, Jan. Z, 1862. jn11:4t*
The Shasta courier., 1862-01-25

WARS the news? Clear weather.