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Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-31
FOREIGN loan.
WASHINGTON, Aug.

y ~ ~ W
Aspecial 10 the Commercial says:
DR.. Elder, of-the Treasury Department
Is preparing a report on the proposition of
certain European Bankers, for loan of
one thousand millions of dollars.
The report will be forwarded to the pro
posers
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-31
FOURTH DISPATCH.
Special to the Cleveland LEADra,)

special to the Cleveland LEADER)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 80.
The only information we have from the
Shenandoah Valley is that the rebels are
retreating in the direction of Strasburgi
and that Sheridan's Corps is pushing his
rear guard into the neighborhood of Win
chester.
1t is believed that Longstreets force be-
gan their retreat one week ago to-day.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-31
THE FLORIDA EXPEDITION.

NV 1OkAl aug. 80.
The Heralds Hilton Head correspondent
says; That the expedition sent into Flori-
da, under Colonel Harris, and which WIS
thought had been surprised and captured.
had succeeded in fighting its way out and
reached Magnolia.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-31
FIFTH DISPATCH.
Especial to the Cleveland LEADER-l

Especial to the Cleveland LEAPER.l
WASHINGTON, Aug. 80.
Dispatches from Gen. Sherman announce
that everything is quiet in front of Allan
ia, a quiet, however, that will not long
remain undisturbed. The indications are
that battle will be fought on the Macon
railroad before the close of the present
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23

GEN. SHERMAN's MARCH TO REINFORCE
GRANT.-A Chicago paper says that General
Sherman, in moving from Eastport, in north
ern Mississippi. to Chattanooga. accomplish
ed one of the most remarkable feats in the
history of army marches. Its course. for the
most part. laid through the enemy's country,
which it '' went through kiting." A very
limited amount of supplies was taken along
by wagons, and the whole country for miles
on either flank was stripped of every article
of food and every pound of forage. The cit
izens were sorely pressed for the neccessaries
of life. but the safety and sustenance of the
armies were balanced against this fact, and
the beam swung in favor of the latter. All
animals capable of carrying a soldier, his
gun and blanket. were pressed into the SER
vice: and almost the whole command. con-
sequently, came mounted. Such rigs were
never seen before. Seine had strapped
blanket around the frail, baggard frames of
hunger pinched horses. and were ploddng
leisurely along. looking like fit followers of
the Knight de la Maucha after an arduous
and fruitless adventure.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23
Indian Attack upon the Settlers ON salmd
River, klamath County.

On Wednesday last we were informed by
Harry Burk, driver for the California Stage
Company between Shasta and Trinity Gen.
tire, that on last Sunday the white settlers
along the Salmon river, in Klamath county,
arrived at Trinity Centre, whittier they had
been driven by hostile Indians. The fugi
tives report three white men and two China
men killed on Sunday last near the Forks of
the Salmon.
1t appears that man by the name of
Dumfrey an extensive trader on the river,
having one store at the Forks and one up the
South Fork of the river, having been inform
ed that hostile Indians were in the vicinity of
his upper store. started from the Forks on a
mule. and when within about three miles of
the upper store, was met by band of eigh-
teen Indians, dressed in United States uni
forms, and armed with muskets and pistols,
who compelled him to halt and deliver up
his mule and pistol. They then robbed him
of what money and other valuables he had on
his person, and told him to lead the way to
the store. After arriving there the Indians
helped themselves to clothing. boots, shoes,
and whatever else they could carry off, and
departed. leaving Dumfrey and a Chinaman
at the store After the Indians left, Dunn
frey obtained nine men from the vicinity
and armed with rifles and pistols, they went
in pursuit of the red devils. Proceeding
down the river to bridge, they attempted
to cross. when they were greeted by sharp
yolley of musketry from the vicinity of an
old blacksmith shop on the opposite side of
the river, when three Of the party fell, Dunn
frey being one of the number. Two of the
men who had fallen rose to their feet, but
receiving another round, again fell, mortally
wounded, when the balance of the party fled.
They gave the alarm to the settlers along
the river, and owing to their isolated situa-
alton, they took their women and children
and fled over the SHOWS of Salmon Mountain,
and have safely arrived at Trinity Centre,
leaving their property to the mercy Of the
Indians.
We learn that the commander at Fort
Jones, on being informed of the situation of
affairs, Immediately dispatched a company of
twenty five men to the scene of hostilities,
and has also telegraphed to the Governor for
permission to take the State arms in the pos
session of the Yreka Military companies, and
if they are obtained he will Immediately des-
r IL r
into the mountains or exterminate them
Immediate steps should be taken to put
stop to the incursions of these devils of the
forest, and we are of the opinion that g Lo,
xhe poor Indian" IS about played out, and
that the cry will soon be ''extermination.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23

TRINITY NAT1oNAL.-This Democrat"
organ. which was started in Weaverville last
summer, is dead In his valedictory Mr..
Carter says:
With the present issue the Trinity National
ceases to exist, and with its demise ends the
last attempt that will ever be made to estab-
lsh Democratic organ in Trinity county.
< Undertaking the publication in
good faith, we have struggled for almost a
year. under the most discouraging circum-
stances, and have exhausted every honorable
expedient known to the practical printer. to
establish the paper. and it is only when we
find ourselves standing almost alone. and
our resources have dwindled down until they
might appropriately be compared to the ''li,
tie end of nothing whitfield down to point. "
that we strike our colors and give up the
ship.
1t will be recollected that we predicted,
when the National was first started, that it
would not be paying institution, knowing,
as we do, the leaders of the Trinity Democ-
racy. Events have shown that we were
right. We understand the press and mate
rial on which the National was printed is
mortgaged to a gentleman of Red Bluff for
about $1,000. A poor investment.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23

Schuyler Colfax, the newly elected Speaker
of the House of Representatives. is native
of the State of New York. but has resided
since his bovhood in South Bend, Indiana
His principal education was received while
he worked as a printers boy-his common
school education previous to his entering the
printing Office being very meagre. At twen-
ty-one years Of age he became editor and
proprietor of paper: and after occupying
several prominent political positions in Indi-
ana. he was sent to Congress, where the peo-
pie have kept him ever since.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23

GEN. Buffers SPEcULArIoNs IN New Or
LEANs.-Mr. Parton, in his Life of Gen. But
Ter, recently published, gives an ample refu
tation of the slanderous stories that the Gen.
eral accumulated immense profits by specula
ton while in command at New Orleans. The
facts are reported as follows =
When Gen. Butler returned home he was
called before the Committee on the Conduct
of the War, who examined him freely on ev-
cry charge which had been made against him.
That which was most circumstantially told
was to this effect, that he had bought sugar
in New Orleans on his private account. sent
it to New York in vessels chart red by the
government, and sold it. Said Gen. Butler ::
- / did buy the sugar with my own money,
and sent it north in government ships. The
ships were under charter they had to have
ballast, being empty there is not ballast
stone within fifty miles Of New Orleans; |
should have to send to Ship Island for sand
ballast, at great expense and waste of time.
The sugar was there and could be boug ght at
a rate sure to yield handsome profit in New
York ~ bought it, loaded the vessel with it
qpi<kly, sent it to New York, and with it in.
rfoices to Mr.. Chase, Secretary of the Treas
ury. with full account of the transaction.
| asked him either to take the sugar, sell it
on government account and return me the
money, or else to authorize. me, to sell it on
my own account. He took the sugar and
gave me back my money. Here are all the
papers in the transaction"
Will any one say that Gen. Butler did not
act like wise and prudentman? More, is it
not clear that if he had been puculator or
corrupt man he would have carefully avoided
an act easily misunderstood and likely to sub
iject him to suspicion? Mr.. Parton tells us
that, exclusive of the profit on the sugar, which
the government received there was saving
of seventeen thousand dollars in the differ.
ence in time of detention of the vessels, which
were all heavy charters. lie tells us, too.
that to effect this saving for the government
Gen. Butler was obliged to pledge his whole
private fortune to Mr.. Jacob Barker, to OBJ
tain the money to purchase the sugar.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23
Sheriff S Sale.
j. G.. Doll VS. z. X. Jordan. $. ID. Lambert
j. Is. Morey, and = Morey his Wife.

In the 9th District Court Of the State of Califor-
MIA, in and for Shasta county.
"THEREAS, by decree entered in the above
w entitled cause ON the I4th day of November
A. D. 1863 in favor of j. G. Doll, and against the
aforesaid defendants, for the sum of S1S60, with
interest from the said date at the rate of two per
cent. per month, with the sum of S63 65-l00 costs
taxed. together with the fees. disbursements and
commissions that may accrue it is ordered, adjudg
ed and decreed thar the property hereinafter de
scribed be sold real estate is sold under execu-
ton and whereas, by an order of sale in said
cause, issued the 18th day of January, 1864,
am required to proceed 20 give notice OF sale, and
to sell the property in said decree, thus described
The following described premises, with the APP
purtenances thereto appertairing within said coun-
ty that is to say all that certain OF parcel of
land situated in Shasta county, aud State of Cali
sornia, and known as Lambert's Ranch it being the
same this day april 18th, lS6e) decided to Rob
ert X. Jordan by Sylvanus d. Lambert and Rebec-
ca his wife. The said premises being the same as
thus described, viz The southeast quarter of sec
ton No fhirtytwo 1927, in township No. thirty-one
(31) north of range No. one (1) east Mount Diablo
base and meridian. containing 100 acres, according
to the L. S. survey,
Notice is therefore hereby given, that on
Friday, the 5th day of February, 1861.
at o'clock P. NJ, at the Court House doors, in
the town and county of Shasta, L will SELL at pub
lie auction, the foregoing described premises the
highest bidder. for cash in U. S. gold silver coin
JIG JOHN S. F0LLANSBEE, Sheriff.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23

ORGANIzEp.-On the 10Th inst. the Trus-
tees of the Daniel Webster G. S. & G. Mining
Company, of Pittsburg district, met and or
ganized by the election of r. I. Sprague,
ESQ.,, President, Felix Tracy, Treasurer, and
H. A. Curtiss, Esq, Secretary of the compa-
ny. The Board adopted code of Bylaws
for the government of the company, and or
dered the Secretary to procure certificates OF
stock and books for the company. The an
nual meetings of the stockholders will be
held on the first Saturday in April of each
year. Monthly meetings of the Trustees
will be held on the first Tuesday in each
month
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23
Fund FOR PupL1c scHooL.-It has been

FUND FOR PuPLIc ScHooL.-It has been
proposed by the Trustees of Shasta School
District to raise fund for the purpose of
continuing the public school in this place for
eight munths. This can be done by assessing
each scholar in the high school one dollar,
and those in the primary department fifty
cents each per month. The matter of raising
this fund will be entrusted to Mr.. b. NJ.
Parker, principal of the school, to ascertain
whether the parents of the children now at
tending school will second the move by con-
tributing this small amount. We trust our
citizens will respond favorably, so as to keep
the public school going. By uniting the fund
so raised with the public moneys In the
Treasury to the credit of the district, the
children can be kept in school sufficient
length of time to do some good.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23

DIDN'r WANT 1T FILED.-A Frenchman
had claim against the county, and appeared
before the Board of Commissioners. lie was
told that the summary settlement demanded
could not be made that he must hand in
his bill to be filed by the Clerk. He grew
irate 8 Non, by gar you too much file him
several time now What you call? Cut
him down? Sac-r.r-r e dam Non, parbleu
no want him fled down one cent" And he
would net hear to anything. until the Board
went into Committee of the Whole to con-
slider the merits Of his demand. Humboldt
IN. IT, Register.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23
ARRKsr roR p1s1or rArr-We see ii stated

ARREST FOR Loratrr.-we see it stated
BY the Red Bluff Indepepded that one John
Pool, an old resident of this county, was ar
rested by the military authorities of Fort
Crook, and was conveyed to Red Bluff and
delivered to the Sheriff of Tehama> county for
safe keeping, but that Constitutional Demo-
crat permitted the prisoner to go abourwith
him, and be escaped. He has been seen. in
this county since, but his whereabouts is ntt
now known. This is the second escape thA
Sheriff of Tehama county has permitted with
in few months.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23

MAN Suor.-On Friday, the Sth inst, a
man named E. C. Cole, residing on Bear
Greek, in this county, was accidentally shot
in the right hip, and seriously injured, by
one Thomas Hart. 1t appears that the par
ties were out hunting, when the gun of Hart
became somewhow entansled in the bushes
and was discharged, thus inficting the
wound. At the time we heard of the acci
dent Saturday LAST the bullet had not been
extracted.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23

A SHORT time since, most horrible acci
dent took place at village in Germany. A
threshing machine was in full operation,
when farm servant, who was tending it,
fed. The poor fellows foot was seized by the
machinery. he was drawn down, his legs
were crushed, his flesh was mangled. and
gradually he was drawn in till the trunk was
seized by the wheel. Then the machine
stopped This was horrible enough; but
horror vet remains behind The farmer,
hearing the fearful cries of the victim. ran to
the spot, then to his house, and seized a sharp
hunting knife. with which he actually sep
arated the mans body from his legs, in the
hope of saving his Ii e. As the trunk was
lifted out of the machine. the poor fellow
breathed faintlv and expired.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23

FELT LIKE STEALING.-The next morning g
after the verdict was rendered in the case of
Hoag VS.. Pierce, Church & Co., one of the
jurors was seen rushing for livery stable,
and was hailed by a gentleman who wished
to pay him some money. He replied =
"Can't stop; have been on the jury for
eight or ten days, and got so much law In me
that I feel like stealing everything l get my
hands on. Must get on my own premises as
soon as possible"
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23
LEFT Us.-On Tuesday of last week Mr..

LEFT Us.-On Tuesday of last week Mr..
Philip Morshead, an early settler in Shasta,
left for the Atlantic States and England, on
q visit to his friends. Mr. Morshead has
been one of the lucky ones in business in
this town, where he has been engaged exten-
sively in teaming since 1858, and now has
gone to enjoy the hard earnings of years of
toll and industry. We expect to see him
back again in about year, with young
wife.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23

GENERAL GRANT-the Washington CORE
spondent of the Springfield Republican says
General Grant desires to be Lieutenant
General. and does not care to be President.
1t is known in political circles that be will
not consent to run against Lincoln in Re-
publican Convention as candidate for the
Presidency. His ambition is to take the
highest military honors, and he cares moth
ing at all about politics. In addition to that,
he would under no circumstances stand in. be
way of Lincoln. The friendship between the
two men is of the most intimate character.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23
PROPOSALS.

. EALED PROPOSALS will be received at the
y Office of the Secretary of the above company,
Until January 26th,
at o'clock, P NJ, for running fifty feet of the
lower Tunnel in the companys claim, to be 81 Feet
the bottom, feet the top, six feet high
to be upon grade of one-half inch TO the rod of
16 feet clear of all distractions. The Trustees to
40 per cent of the contract price per foot
until the contract is completed, With power to reject
all bids.
By order Of the Board of Trustees.
II. A. CURTISS, Secretary.
Shasta. Jan. 1Ith, 1864. inI6:2t
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23

Ware again called upon to return thanks
to Major Jack Stratman for a bundle of New
York pictorials. Persons wishing newspa
pers or magazines from any part of the world
can obtain them by sending their orders to
j. Stratman, San Francisco.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23

THE TAINT OF TREAsoN.-There is truth
and a fearful warning in this paragraph,
from the San Francisco Evening Journal
'' In future years what man will not be
ashamed of Copperhead father? The pos
terity ola Copperhead will be as reticent as
to their ancestry as are the posterity of the
COW boys of the Revolution.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23

BLAsPHExISc, in Philadelphia, is an in
dictable ofense, and punishable by fine
not exceeding 800, or an imprisonment not
exceeding three months. Recently, young
vagabond was hauled up for this sin,
and the evidence proved that he had swore
himself into perspiration of sulphurous
smoke" amid which he was arrested
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23
Taxing the Mines.

MIR. Hittell has introduced a bill in the
Assembly entitled 'an act to amend an act
entitled an act to provide revenue for the
government of this State, passed May 18th,
l76l," the obstensible object of which ap
pears to include taxation of mining claims.
1t aims to amend section four of the act of
1861, so that all property of whatsoever kind
and nature, shall be subject to taxation. and
then goes on with exceptions, such as State
and municipal buildings, public squares, H.
braries. colleges, schools, hospitals, benev-
olent institutions, churches, Masonic and
Odd Fellows property, cemeteries, widows
and orphans and growing crops, but not
word about exempting mining claims. This
is new strategy to get at taxing the mines,
and seeks to cripple the principal support
and branch of industry in our State. The
mineral land shold not be taxed, and it would
prove detrimental to the prosperity of our
State to create any such system of taxation
The products of the mines are taxed the same
as any other property. and the idea of tax
ing the gold before and after i. is taken out
is an imposition upon the most numerous
men of industry in the State. 1t would only
be grinding out the substance of laboring
miners, and make the burthen lighter upon
capitalists and business men. when in reality
the business men and capitalists desire to see
no restrictions upon the industry from whence
their revenue is derived Men of business
will be satisfied. and so ought the farmers,
to have the mines occupied and worked in
order to keep up good market for supplies
and produce. We do not believe the bill
will pass. butwe hope that it will be so effec-
tually defeated, that no attempt will be made
to revive any such idea of taxing the mines.
The merchants down below demand U. S.
gold coin for their goods, originally bought
with greenbacks, and it is supposed that the
mining community can stand everything,
hence Mr.. Hittell is desirous of giving the
miners an extra chance to invest .. S. gold
coin, no matter whether they take it out of
the ground or not Treka Journal.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23

The CONSUMPTION LAw.-The Conscrip-
tion Law, as recently amended, provides that
drafted men who pays four hundred dollars
is exempted until every other man in the
district is drafted, when he is again liable.
Both classes are consolidated. he exemp-
tions are the only son of a widow and the
father of motherless children.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23

CoMMIssIoNED.-OnT Thursday last our wor-
thy Sheriff, John S. Follansbee, received
from Governor Low his commission as Com
missary on the staff of Brigadier General
Bidwell, with the raj of Major. We un-
derstand that brother Gordon, of the Trinity
journal, has also received his commission as
Paymaster on the same staff.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23

MAN KILLED.-At Sacramento, on the 10th,
the Central Pacific Railroad cars. while pass
ing a curve near the Capitol, ran off the
track. The engineer fell under the wheels,
and was horribly mangled and instantly
killed. No one else was injured. The acci-
dent was caused by distractions placed on
the e-track By children.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23

GREAT FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE-The Ca
thedral of Santiago, the capital of Chill,
was burnt down on the Nth of December.
and upwards of two thousand people perished
in the flames, mostly women and children.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23

The ConANcHs.-The wreckers and divers
sent out from New York to rescue the Co.
manche from the wreck of the Aquila, arrived
in San Francisco by the Golden City.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23

PRoBATE-In Probate Court, on Wednes-
dav. in the matter of the estate of James L.
Hart, deceased, letters of administration
were gInnted to D. II. Dunn, Public Ad-
ministrator.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23

CouNrY CouRr-This Court was engaged
until Thursday evening in the trial of the
case of Hoag VS.. Pierce. Church 4 Co. On
that evening the jary rendered verdict for
the defendants.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23

LARGE SALE.-The stock of goods of H.
Kohler. sold under execution last week. net
ted the sum of 81 $40. This, with Sl20 so,
cash, found on the premises, is sufficient to
satisfy the two first judgments entire.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23

A MURGER.-Blake. American Consul at
Nanzanillo, shot and instantly killed sail
or, deserter from the United States steamer
Saginaw The affair is pronounced a delib
crate murder.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23

IT is said that Vincent E. Geiger, the muir
derer of Captain Wells, and upon whose head
price is set, recently passed through Salt
Lake on his way to Dixie.
The Shasta courier., 1864-01-23
Original Twenty-Six Mining Ccmpa-
ny, Pittsburg District.

NJ 0TICE.-A meeting of the Stockholders in the
~ Original TwentySix Mining Company, will
be held at the Court House, in Shasta, the 26th
day Of January, 1864, at o'clock. P. NJ, for the
purpose of adopting By-Laws for the company, and
for the transaction of general business.