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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-24

A rLANrrc MAIL. STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
N ron ST THOMAS AND BRAZIL.
Regular United States Mail Steamers sailing The I'd
OF every month
SOUTH AMERICA Captain n. L. Tinkicpsugh, Nov. n
GUIDING STAR, Captain W. O. Berry. Dec. "a
NORTH AMkRtcA, Captain I. Zimmerman, Jan y
These ssGAnt sail With regularity and call 50
hcmAs Psr fernAmbuco. Bahia and RIO Do Jssero
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-24
DAcIYIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANIES
Il THROUGH LINZ
To
CALIFORNIA
CARRYING UNITED STATES NAIL

Steamer e.vs pier No q North river. foot Of Coal
street a ~ O'Clock noon. a. follows;-
netting With aoLpHN CIR, Captain J. I. Wsiiinss
November 10-AKfxOrA, Captain JeG. Maury, connedng
with MONTANA. Captain q. n Bradbury.
November si7kIsixg star, Captain A. 2. Gray. On.
All departures touch a Acapuico hcse Of Iss and ust
Panama with steamers for south Paddle pers
and oh FOR Central American poa and those Of let ch
81 MansaniIlo.
nne IRON Panama 20 Australia and New Zealand:
Steamer Of December H. is8 vii connect with the ut
Of the compsnXs China Line leaving San Francco
One 2usdrsd pounds tssssss allowed each sdail Md.
zines and assendsecs frss
The once The wharf. foot Of Canal street North risr.
New York 4 X. HOLMAN. Agent
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-24
DAcIrIc NAIL sTEAusHrr COMPANIES
L rHRoUoH LINE 10
JAPAN AND CHINA.
c.Rkrisc ix ar sIr ~ srx4Es sal

Steamer HENRY CHAUNCEy, win ieavs pier ~ Norh
river fec Canal street Nsv yort 81 o'clcct noon n
wssb steamer ooLDHk CRY for San frsnssSo where Pc
.eneers malls and fast frsigh, WI b s1sfsrr.a 70 "
q ncon on Tuesday. January l. is7 fss rokohAna an
Tsrouss ,cssss isued from New yort adding 70 regular
prices New york and San Yrancsco the following
rates, payable In gold or tie eluivalent.-
rirst Cabin. second Cabin. ssesrHs-
San Franchise W ychohama. .S1U SiW YES
San francesca 10 Hong Kong. 80 20 100
Due notice Win be rven o. subsequent Voyages.
ror through tickets and ell further information appl, 81
the once the wharf pier a North river, foot Of Canal
street 10 SIX. HOLMAN. Agent
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-24
HOUSES. ROOMS. &C.. TO LET.

rVyo LEr-PERsoNs GOING TO HOUSEKEEPING OR
having to let be supplied Win CARPET rnr,
street. Of Canal and pay by weekly or mon'n pay
ments II preferred.
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28

One pecnliarity of Vicksburg hotel life |
forgot to mention in former letter, and
hence will do so here. At the principal
hotel in that place, instead of printed bills
Of fare, when the guests are seated at table,
a stalwart negro mounts stand at the
head of the dining room. and announces, in
stentorian voice. the dishes that are to be
served 1t sounds precisely like an auction,
and lasts throughout the meal; the crier
giving to his various announcements all the
variations and intonations peculiar to the
auctioneer's profession, and so easy and
natural to the negro voice. Upon asking
the landlord his reason for this novel and
unique innovation. he replied that in for
mer years he 4" kept tavern" at Jackson,
(the State CapitalD ard the members of the
Legislature boarded with him. But few of
them could read. and he ingeniouslv hit
upon this expedient to announce the good
things in store for their epicurean palates. =
Finding tho plan work well he transpanted
his system-also his loud voiced African
to NickSburg. 1t is funny to see the looks
Of wonder and establishment upon the faces
Of couple of hundred intelligent river
travellers, when they hear for the first time
the sonorous sound Of the crier's voice.
Many of them fail to comprehend . the sit
uation" until the meal is half over, and he
gets down to . Here's your hot buckwheat
cakes and sugar house molasses. - Cor.
Deurer Neacs
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28
500 Reward
For an Incurable Case

Special attention is respectfully
directed to our exclusive manufacture
of the celebrated Golden Dalsam, pre-
marathon never known to fail in the cure of
Svphilis in all its stages and used in the French
hospitals for the last ten years with the greatest
success. For obvious reasons VIC cannot publish
the testimonials of the thousands who have been
cured bv ii, but in the innumerable eases in which
it has been administered, We have yet to learn an
instance of its failure. GOLDEN BALSAM, No.
l. for FIRST and second stages, such as sores on the
legs or body. Sore eyes. etc. Golden Baisam' NO.
2, for Tertiary, Mercurial or syphilitic Rheuma-
tism, pains in the bones, etc. Sent by express to
any part of the Pacific Coast. Price, Fifty Dollars
per dozen, or Five Dollars per bottle.
C. F. RICHARDS 4 CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Druggists and Chemists,
corner Clay and Sansome sts., Fan Francisco
sole agents to whom all orders must be ad-
dressed. Also, agents for the celebrated
Spanish Antidote, preparation warranted
to cure Gonorrhea, elect, lrritatlon-
Gravel and all Urinary Derangements
Neither of the above genuine with
lE- out our signature across the eN
face of the label. AL
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28

AN unprecedented scene occurred at the
Cirque Napoleon on Monday night. during
the performance of Mr.. Batty the successor
of Van Amburg who is now exhibiting in
Paris. The moment he entered the wild
beasts cage, the lonness was observed to be
in terrible rage. The lions were all Jump
ing and roaring about, and Mr.. Batty ap
peared to have lost his usual influence over
them. The public, fearing to see him torn
in pieces, cried, "go out. go out !" Mr..
Batty took the advice and cautiously with
drew, walking backwards. The cause Of
the extraordinary commotion was soon as
certained. A few moments before the co a.
mencement of the performance the lioness
had given birth to cub, which was thought
to be the only son, the young lion was taken
away from her and given to bitch to suck
le; but just as Batty entered the cage the
lioness unexpectedly produced a second one,
and the lions wanted to eat It-a propensity
said to be very common with wild beasts
when in state of captivity. The fury of
the lioness in defense of her offspring and
the ferocious attitude of her companions in
the cage produced an extraordinary panic
among the spectators, and several ladies
tainted. After a short p1use Batty con
trived to separate the lioness from the cub.
and the latter, about the size of cat, was
held up by the nape Of the neck for the in
spection of the company.
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28
VINO KILLED LINCOLN 9-Those fond of
sensational item, will find it in the following

sensational item, will find it in the following
dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer:
LOUISVILLE, March 81.
A man named Sterling King was arrested
at Bowling Green. Ky, on the charge of
horse-stealing. He was brought here and
put in Jail. Yesterday he sent for General
JEFF. c. Davis and Gen. Watkins. command
ing at this post. They wen, and spent two
hours in his cell, recording most wonderful
confession. King said that be was the man
who killed Lincoln, and attempted to assas
sinate the Stewards that Wilkes Booth was
the man who held the horse at the back door
of the theatre; that the only person who re-
cugnised Booth on the stage at Ford's thea
tire was Laura Keene, an actress. who was an
enemy Of Booths, and took this opportunity
to ruin his character as an actor; that after
the deeds were done. he and Booth rode to,
gether through Maryland and escaped into
Canada. From there they went to Cuba,
where Booth now is.
lie also states that the man who was killed
in the barn was nat Booth. and that no per-
son has yet sworn that it was Booth who was
killed. He gives dates, incidents, etc., of the
whereabouts of certain documents which are
hid, all of which seems plausible and truth
full.
The officers telegraphed Kings wonderful
confession in full to Washington, and to know
what to do with the prisoner. Last night he
opened "a large vein in his arm with his knife
with the intention of putting an end to HIM
self. He will no doubt die, as the doctors
have no hope of his recovery.
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28

RED LODE -Fordham & Worthen dicover.
cd this ledge last Winter, and recently took
some of the rock to the Union Mill, at Lower
Springs. in order to have it worked for mill
test. Fifteen dollars per ton was the result
Now we respectfully ask of outside barbari
ans, emisrants to the outside of civilization,
&C., if they are not trihe foolish for going
elsewhere 10 accumulate kale? Thousands
of lodes OF equal value. or richer. crop out
over our hills everywhere, inviting the enter
prise Of those who would get rich by small
Investments
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28
SAN liousros's DrArn.-An interestine .

SAN nousToN's DEATH-An interesting
article on Sam Houston iu the April num-
ber of Harper's Magazine thus speaks of
his death
But if Houston's days were ended with
adversely impending over his country and
bis house, be was not without hope in tie
great Future, where the only war was pun
ished by the expulsion Of the Great Enemy
of Mankind, and of Peace He died, as he
had lived number of years, Calyinistic
Baptist, in full faith and fellowship with his
church. His last days were given to prayer
for his distressed family and country, ard in
spiritual preparations, while yet on the
narrow strip of land which separates Man
from Eternity" These were his own words.
In the absence of minister of his own de-
nomination, for several weeks before his
dissolution he had the consolation of Pres
byterian divine, with whom he had lately
reconciled previous differences. In the
same manner he forgave all his enemies,
and he died as none but Christian dies.
He left widow and seven children, no
one of whom had obtained years of majority
He had owned a few slaves. lie no longer
looked to them as dependence after the
first gun was fired. His lands are not avail
able to his family. So that Houston died,
as Benton said public man ought to die
poor. He had married late. His widow is
a sterling woman, who had greatly influenc-
ed and improved his later years. In his
darkest hours she had been his best adyis-
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28

BEAUTIFUL ILLusTRATI0N.-At one of
the anniversaries of a Sabbath School in
London two little girls presented themselves
to receive the prizes, one Of whom had reci-
ted one more verse than the other, both
having learned several thousand verses Of
Scripture. The gentleman who presided
inquired, = And could you not have learned
one verse more, and thus have kept up with
Martha ?"
- Yes. sir the blushing child replied
4" but love Martha, and kept back on pHr-
pose"
And was there any of all the verses you
have learned that Taught you that lessen "
again inquired the President.
- There was, sir" she answered, blushing
still more deeply: IN honor p'.fiarin9
one an2ther
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28

PROPOSED TO EXCHANGE Yesterday a
Cinnamon, whose wife or female slave is i'm
prisoned in the County Jail, along with the
other common prostitutes, went to the prison
and made a singular proposition to the turn
key. lie had an old hag with him, and
upon the prison keeper appearing at the
door, he opened conversation as follows {:
GOOD mollow, John you gattec my wifey
in jaily she good looky young woman, me
wantee her." s. You cannot have her, John ;
she is here as punishment for being bad
woman, and must remain four weeks, !"
answered the prison keeper. You dontee
know me. good Chinaman me. always do
rightee, likee you muchee. dontee wantee
cheetee city. Me bringee one old siche
Chinawoman. belly ugly, no goodee to any
body all the same to you, you keepee her,
givee me my wifey, and givee you twenty
ollar-ah-thatee be belly good jokee on
Judge Hickey Chinaman then laughee good
dealee." Unfortunately for the Chinaman' s
proposition. the turnkey could not see it.
and instead of accepting the offer, and max
ing the exchange, kicked him down the
steps and babe him go and sin no no more.
To the untutored mind of the Chinaman it ap.
pears singular that the law is not satisfied
with a substitute furnished by any one SEN
fenced to endure penalty
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28

ANDY JonSsoN.-The President of the
United States, on the evening of the 18th
inst. was sereuaded by soldiers and sailors a,
Washington City. He made them speech
The speech has been telegraphed and pub
lished in the daily papers. As little respect
as we have for Andy. as much as we regret
that such a man should occupy such posi-.
tion, and as much as we are opposed to what
he is pleased to dignity as his policy, feel
ing of shame. rather than resentment, was
the consequence to Us upon reading it.
Shame and disgust, that the dignity of the
nation should be so outraged. The only eff
feet his mad howlings can produce, is to make
him ridiculous in the eyes of every right
thinking man at home, and bring our system
Of government into contempt with the older
nations of the EARTH God speed the time
when his term shall expire. Verify the as.
sas>in's bullet penetrated deeper than was al
first supposed.
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28

REBELDoM-The virtuous and reticent
Alexander II. Stevens, has been before the
reconstruction committee. The Union's dis
patch gives the following opinion Of the NY.
Evening Post, on his testimony.
" Stephens urges that the States lost none
OF their rights by the rebellion. Most true.
But rebels in them lost all their rights. We
did not choose to execute the laws upon Ste.
phens and his Confederate traitors. We pre-
ferred mercy TO justice. But surely it is as
founding impudence in men SO treated, to
turn u, round and lecture us upon their rights
iheir right is to he hanged. and because we
very sensibly believe hanging a very poor use
to make of so large a number of men. there
fore they are nor to forget that they are Grim.
mails, and. as Stephens now does, lecture loy.
al and patriotic men. showing them their re.
CONSTITUTIONAL duties.n
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28

MAMMOTH MILL Co.-This company has
commenced work again under auspices more
favorable than any mill in the district. They
are sinking shaft on the Harrison lode, at
Quartz Hill, and taking out rock at the same
time. The road from the lode to the mill is
being put il first rate order, the machinery
is being cleaned up, and all with volunteer
labor-the men agreeing to wait for pay un
til the mill takes out the money. Inasmuci
rs those at work are familiar with the lode
they are giving pretty good evidence Of thei'
faith in IL.
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28

MuLErowN.-The Jollie Brothers have
opened lode at Muleiown that lies very ia
vorable for working. Il is two feet wide and
Is tapped from gulch, two hundred feet be-
low where it crops on the Mill. Four hun
dred and twenty pounds of the rock was taken
to kelly's mill. at Lower Springs, and work
ed. Twenty dollars was the yield. Inas-
much as this little experiment speaks so loud
Iy fer itself, we do not propose to say any
thing more upnn the subject.
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28

RECONSTRUCTED NORTH CARoLINA.-A cor
respondent of the New York Times, writing
from the south, gives the following interest
ing episode
As an instance of the loyalty of the peo.
pie of the State | would mention that in
Raleigh. few evenings since. at Fair for
the benefit of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum,
some of the most fashionable young women
in the town began singing secession songs
because a number of Union officers were
present; placed large portrait of Jefferson
Davis before their faces, and made every
effort (men all know what distinguished
success women have in that way when SO
disposed) to render themselves as obnoxious
and offensive as possible. The army officers
Immediately struck up several national airs
in most resonant voices, completely drown
ing the feeble treble Of the rebels in petit
coats. A dozen of the Southern gallants
grew livid at the " insult" and demanding
an explanation afterward of the offending
parties were thrashed for their insolence.-
They certainly obtained satisfaction, but not
in the manner they songht
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28

A SHORT time ago, at one of the Dumfries
fairs, q young woman, teo obviously - from
the country" was seen standing with very
pernlexed air at one of the street letter box
es in front Of the Mechanics Institute
She was observed to knock several times on
the top of the iron pillar, but obtaining no
response, she passed round to the opposite
side. and raising the cover of the slit in
which letters are placed, she applied her
mouth to the aperture. and called ont loud
enough for the amazed bystanders to hear.
" Can We let me have ppstage stamp"
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28

'JuLIUs, if mob of chickens cost ten
dollars, what will pair come to ?"
g Who bought 'en, ?''
g What yeg ask dat for?'
"Cause il my wife bought 'en. could tell
what dey'd come to, mighty quick
50 hat ~
{" Two potpies and a friccasee"
g Look here, my colored friend, don't YOU
come your circumambient jokes on dis child
or he'll broke yer jaw short off by dc han
dle.'
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28

ExPLANAToRY.--Last week we gave an ar.
ticle headed Shasta as it was and is. !"
Many of our citizens persist in misunder-
standing the meaning of the article, giving
it construction that its words do not Justify.
Where in that article we say, :" not a hotel in
the place, not an attorney, &c. &C." some of
our readers persist in saying that we assert
there is no hotel, no attorney, &c.. when it is
plain we say, ''our advertising columns do
not show such things, and that persons at a
distance, looking over that department of the
only paper printed in the county, would find
no such there. That is what is said and
meant; but fearing there may be outsiders
with equally foggy pereeptive faculties, and
for the credit of the town, we will here state
that we have seven grocery stores in town.
three dr. goods stores we have hotels and
corrals in abundance, and good ones too.
We have livery stables--two of them. We
have billiard saloons and drinking saloons.
Wo have physicians and lawyers enough to
supply the demand for their services We
have an express Office, banking house, jewel
ers. meat market; in shorr, everything that
goes to make up first class town, including
a Court House, jail &c.
No charge for this advertisement, and we
hope our apology may be deemed. as the bro
therhood of the E'Clampsus Vitus'' would
say, satisfactory"
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28
SHASTA COURT E r.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL %, 1866.

NEGRO EoUALIrY.-'.Consiste1 thou art
jewel" Has modern democracy any of the
elements of consistency in it? Immediately
before and during the war, it was democracy
TO believe, and blow the opinion iBto all ears.
that slavery was divine institution, that it
was a civiIizing, christianizing and progres-
sive institution; that the nigger was natural
" the infer Tor of the white, ttat he could not
care for himself, nor was he susceptible of ed
ucaton, nor would he fight. These, and SINH
lar IDEAS having been whipped out of them
by their request, we find democracy yelping
on the heels of progressive Union party,
bawling at the top of their voices, do you
mean to make the niger the equal of the
white race?'
If the negro has not the mental capacity of
the white, can legislation give it to him? 1t
strikes US as supremely ridiculous, for any
one to claim that a law giving any race equal
legal rights with others can change his men,
tai or social status any more than statute
could make the veriest bockhea the equal
Va 'VJ-eSt. 1hS CIV hOdhhSo' VI
this cid fngy ofice-holding set of demagogues
consists in their not being able to see their
position. Anti.progressive themselves, they
fear everything that moves may out strip
them. Standing bewildered. with arms out
stretched and fingers working to clutch a
commission that will give them office and their
customary food, but grasping naught but
thin air, seeing nothing but live Yankees en-
gagged in business. and nary niger at work
for them. what wonder that they howl - the
cursed radicals will make the nigger our
equals" Too egnt~tical to think too sell
fish to allow themselves to be convinced that
their lives have been lie; too proud TO ad
nit that God and nature rules Instead Of the
democrats, they but stand and growl at
everything and do nothing.
If God has given the power to the negro to
become the equal. or superior to the white
man. just sure that superiority will be re-
cognised by all and, in our opinion, he has
not far to go, to become the equal Of those
who are so tender. footed in refusing equal
chances to all in the race. The negro has
been handicapped" long enough. Give him
an even chance weight for age" and a
fair field. We amt afraid
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28
THOMAS NJ. BoARMAN

MORE STATE TAxEs--The County Auditor
has Just shown us a circular from the State
Controller, advising him that an additional
tax of three cents on every one hundred dol.
lars of taxable property, must he levied fol
Insane Asylum purposes. This addition,
makes the total of State and county tax 81 rs
ON the one hundred dollars, instead of 81 &C.
rs heretofore.
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28

THE Mendocno Hearld says that Ukiah
City took its name from :he stentorian voice
of big boned woman whose husband s
name was Hezekiah. When she wanted him
to come to dinner, instead of using tin
horn, she sang out, You, 'Kiah You,
Kiah ~
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28

lMPRovEMENT.-In these times of almost
universal torpidity. it gives US pleasure to
n"''ce any little symptoms that indicate life.
n"u encouragement in seeing our friend,
~ H. Dunn, at work grading new road into
MS corral making ingress and egress much
easier 'nan heretofore. He also proposes to
enlarge the corral itself, so as to convenient
y accommodate his Increasing cnstom \
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28

AEw yoLuAE.-The P.jaro Valley Times
entered upon its fourth volume April Dist.
good paper in iis way. We don't like its
way. politically, bat as a local newspaper its
good iniia''
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28

ScHooLs.-By the revised school law, the
school census. upon which the al,portionment
of moneys, after this year. will be upon the
basis Of children between FIVE and fifteen
years, instead Of four and eighteen. as now
and heretofore. All children between FIVE
and twenty one may attend public schools.
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28

TRIUMPH IN MEcHASIsA.-The Alden ma.
chine for setting and distributing type. has
ut last. and after many years of patient study
and labor. been perfected is now being man
ufactured for general use.
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28

GENERALLr so.-The Carson Appeal thus
strikes quite nearly on fact: :. Block head
heirs ooorisn aequlsitors of sudden wealth !:
lucky tools who win great prizes in lotteries:
nhie.tered u rustics who inherit earldoms Ia
Room houghhead witless princes and the
gauay dweiiers OF Petrolia and Shoddyton !;
hoiders cl the prize ticket in elephant rafaes
and accidental Presidents of the United
States have uniformly made themselves the
objects OF pity. derision and distrust
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28

CArusiIc SERvIcE.-Rev. Father McNulty
will hold divine service, in this place. on Sun
day next, Goth inst. and in Horsetown on the
Sunday following the 9th of May.
The Shasta courier., 1866-04-28

KELLENGER MINE.-We are permitted to
make the following extract from letter TO j
j. Bell. ESQ. dated at Red Bluffs, April 25
Mr.. Sheath has been to the mine, and re.
turned. He was much pleased with the pros.
poets. We no doubt have large ledge OF
good ore in the tunnel leading from Pit,
River tunnel Have gone into the ledge some
seven or eight feet. and not through it vet
The lower tunnel is in little over nine hun.
dred feet; rock works we'll, and they are do
ing good work. Yours truly.