The Shasta courier., 1866-04-14
SHASTA COURIER.
A Fenjan Circle and other Things.
-na sa.srA April Is, 1866.


WF SHASTA, April 1S, 1866.
En-. COURIER Prompted by the glowing
description given by your Iexas Springs cor
resnondent. of the spelling school at 'na'
nlace | concluded to pay them a visit on
Sa,urdav evening last. On arriving there
found that the spelling school was postponeo
for that night, consequently went to tne
hest nlace. which was to church. Ihere
we we're edited by listening to sermon
nreached by Rev. Mr.. Burrows, who viVldiy
tainted the horrors of the internal regions IN
true Methodist style; SO fthe people OF that
locality are not saved, it will not be the lauil
Of the reverend gentleman. So horribly oiu
he naint the ultimate fate of the unrepentah'
sinner that I imagined smelt sulphur ana
doubtless would have returned WIN 'ha'
imnression had not looked around ana seen
a galaxy of the fairest female faces | nave
seen together for many years. NO "ohuer
your :. ged Gentleman" was IN ecstacy at
the beauty of the ladies who attended the
spelling school. for they would create a
fever in the blood of age" Such number of
Young ladies'. and SO pretty, too, with SO
many young widows, is enough to turn the
head of any person. 1t is no wonder Bach
elor's Hair Dye sells so readily at Texas
Springs.
hope your readers will excuse this di-
gression, for | cannot help it; ; it is so pleas
ant to turn from the description of the horri-
BILE to gaze on the beautiful. that | could not
help it, if it acas in church. Church over,
visited the business part of the town at the
store of Mr. McCracken, and found him
busily engaged dealing out dry goods. groce
ries, syrup and whisky, to numerous Gus
toners: and as he was too full of business tt
talk, went to the store of Wright 4 CO.
There found the venerable gentleman, sur
rounded by a large crowd of Cinnamon
while he and his assistants were serving tn
crowd to nearly everything from smoked rat
to crow bars The head of the firm informe
me that times were good there that he pur
chased one hundred ounces of gold dust pc
week which is taken out of that district, an
that, too, when all thought the diggings wer
exhausted years ago.
From there | went to Horsetown, and o
Sunday evening attended meeting held a
that place for the purpose of organizing
Circle of the Fenian Brotherhood; and a
though lived at Horsetown in its palmies
days, aud have seen its patriotic people hol
many public meetings, the one on Sunda
night was the most enthusiastic meeting
ever had the pleasure of seeing there. Whe
the meeting was called to order and lis
opened for names and subscriptions, men G
nearly every nation walked forward and en-
rolled their names, some saying they ha
served in the armies Of continental Europe
and wished to enroll themselves under tn
Fenian banner; others said they had learne
military tactics in the English army, an
now they were prepared to put in practic
what they had learned, in aiding to overthrow
the treacherous British oligarchy; then cam
some of the veterans who for the past fou
years have kept watch and ward for our owl
country, saying they had served in the Amer
lean army during the late struggle and wer,
anxious to identify themselves with the Fe
nian movement. They were all anxious t.
assist in furnishing perfdious England. No
was it all idle talk, tor they gave solid am
shining proofs of their patriotism in the shap
of FIVE and ten dollar pieces. and soon raise
large pile of gold and silver on the table
which showed more eloquently than word
that they were in earnest. A large Circl
of the Fenian Brotherhood was then orgnr
lied, and named the Washington Circle
James DAILY was chosen Centre, James Curry
Secretary, and Patrick Winnie, Treasure
Thus was the first Circle of that Order
this county organized under very favorah
circumstances in fact, the old and th
Young: men of all nations of all religion
and of all shades of politics Joined hands
the common cause, each vieing with tt
other in their devotion to Fenianism. Thr
was the Shamrock firmly planted for the fir
tine in Shasta county, by band of me
from nearly every civilized nation, al
named after the Father of our Country.
PHoT O'GRAPH.