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New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-04-06
BY j. Is. WALTON & DEsLoNDE
u d " ALTUEl li-CETUIIetT1
Ohice--No Il CaroDdelet sire
yUEDNESDAY, April 1Ith, 1866, at

" Apfll llshr 1900, at
w o'clock H. the Merchants and Auctioneers ExCha
SIX LOTS OF GROUND, herg the quarter Of square
g. bounded by Camp, Ehesnut SOnat aud RUbe s;.le:
designated by the Nos. |, 2 8, T. u and 25
Lots Nos. to inclusive iom the of l'1p aa''
Mat Streets and each about 81 lesI iron.
street, by depth OF 1t feet inches
Lots Nos 23and "a front Sonat street. and measure
30iset by l25 feet IN depth.
EIGHTEEN LOTS OF GROUND, bring the three aus :
Of square No. 49, bounded by Camp Chesnut s0uIa aud
Eosnt street and designated by the Nos. 10 tnci,r
II TO "a inclusive.
Lots Nos to 8 Inclusive, front on Camp stctt
measure each abnut 81 feet, by depth OF let feet ures
Lots Nos. and 10 front 5onut street. and msa5r.
30 feet, by l2J 'eet deep
Lots Nos II to % inclusive, front Chestnut 7tirtt,
measure each ahoat 81 feet front, by depth Of 100 feel
Lots Nos Il to u inclusive, front DGlGsiit street
measure each nbout 30 teet by l25 fest deep.
FOURTEEN LOTS OF GROUND. being the ha'r tralr
No. 81, bounded by Chestnut, Camp Bscas,el and pl,
streets and desi ignated by the Nos IS 2G inclusive.
Lots Nos l5 to u front Chestnut street, and m C
each - by 100 teet deep
Lots Nos. IL and II fopt Duf0sat street. and me
each a6ont 30 feet by $50 feet deep n
Lots Nos. % and 2G front Bccaste street and UBt
each about 20 feet ty 100 feet deep E
EIGHT LOTS OF GROUND, being the half 0T sIUa &l
T. bounded by Perer, Plaquemne son4t and Robert 5
designated BY the Nos; ito u Inclusive.
Lots Nos to inclusive front Plaqueminc street,
measures each abopt3l feel by lDl feet deep
Lots NOS TO II inclusive front Perrier street LuL
ure each abnnt 81 feet by 100 feet 10 inches deep
H55@ TKRNs-0nethi cash in u s. Treasury notes
balance on and two years edit in the 0f the
ch'tses to their order bearing per
aud eight cent eventual interest, and mortgage
property Until final payment q
Acts Of sale before y Magner notary public at thee
of the purchasers. including The II. S. z Ef
New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-04-06
AUCTION SALES.

SALE OF THE Al STEAMER CHAMPION NO. g.
BY GARDNER SMITH, xEISER & CO.
GARDNER SMITH, Auctoneer,
OGice-NO 50 Camp street.
SATyRDAY, April 2, 1866, at IL O'Clock
- at the Merchants and Auctoneers' Exchange will be
sold
The Al swift and substantial Champion No 8 In
complete order and ready for Now lies Agiers
Ferry Landing
Possession given Immediately
Also, 1ngesOs galvanized iron Life Boat, l6 feet long
in perfect order. on board steamer Champion
M33~TERMS-CRsh in L. $. Treasury Notes
New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-04-06
foAsHAA
RY MONTGOMERY d BRO, -r.
.r,.. F3Eflal FIf R. NJ. MONTGOMERY, Auctioneer

ApriI q, ut II O'Clock A. M.
~ at their Auction Mart, 81 CImp street. will be Sold
general assortment of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, such
snns sa WsSshstad Mahogany and Walnut Ttes Sofas
Marble Top Side Boards Extension Tables Velvet
sells Carpets French Plate Mirrors Mattresses Engravings
Paintings Cooking Stoves and Utensils etc. being
Of several well furnished houses ~ T77ll sTg
large invoice Of Cottage Beds, Cane and Wood Sea
Chairs, ETC. ., 1It.t r. - a .. ..EraH Z .Ht ...
3- TERMs-Cash
New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-04-06

IMPORTANT TO cAPITAL1sTs-'wHoLEsAL GRO
Gerry Stands Hotel Property Residences Building Lots
Squares, at public auction.
New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-04-06


BY ROBINSON Ss NASH, ...
W. L. RoBISsoN. AuctiOneer
Office, corner Carondee and Gravier streets.
SATURDAY, April 4, at 1919 O'Clock, at
- the Lafayette Warehouse, will be sold
40 bales COTTON, partially damaged
EJ~TERAs-Cash in e. S. Treasury Notes.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-23

SULPHURETs.-Quartz miners just begin to
learn the real value of sulphurets. The
Grass Valley National says:
Recently a most valuable discovery. cal.
culated to greatly increase the value Of the
Blue Cement claims of Little York township
has been made. A gentleman from San
Francisco visited these mines and mills. He
examined the sulpburets and asserted that
they will pay well for working. Experiments
were made and it was found they paid we'll.
In a number of the mills sulphurets are now
saved. and offers from fifty to one hundred
dollars per day have been made for them
1t is thought that enough gold can be obtain
ed from this source to pay for the working of
the mines and mills, thus making what are
now the gross proceeds of mines. clear gain
TO the owners. The miners of Little York
have never troubled themselves about sui
phurets and during the last year more than
a hundred thousand dollars have been wash.
ed into the ravines. This one discovery is
equal to the opening of dozen new mines,
If the snlnburets are of one half the value
for them. Each dav we have some new de-
yelopment. and after men imagine they have
obtained all the gold from their mine, they
Suddenly find out that they have thrown away
large portions in the refuse. In many places
in this county rock has been worked over two
or three times with fair profits. The result
of these experiments in Little York is cal
culated to give new impetus to mining. and
claims which would not pay before. will be
worked with the sulphurets taken from them,
at a very good profit.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-23

DoN'T LIKE IT MUcH.-We have seen a
letter from Gray Harris to his mother, dated
Ruby City, June Sd. He confirms the
statement copied elsewhere from the Index,
and adds that their journey from Summit
Spring to Ruby was very hurried and un-
pleasant one The Indians left them nothing
but the clothes they stood in-blankets, pro-
visions, extra clothing, all gone. and in that
condition they travelled through constantly
falling rain and snow until they arrived at
Ruby or Silver City. He worked the first
week after his arrival, and made S27 So
With this sum he paid his board, bought an
under and over shirt and pair of drawers, and
had one dollar left. Truly country to make
money in, il a man could but go naked and
without food He says, further. that our old
townsman, 10 Short, now resident of Silver
City, was very kind to him, taking him in
and sharing q comfortable bed with him. In
the course of another week or two he hope;
to earn enough money to buy him pair o
| blankets. 10 assures him, however, that ht
will do we'll there. And then somebody elst
wants to 90 to Idaho or Montana. It's Sc
pleasant, you know.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-23


WARRANTS TO DRAW NO INTEREST. The
lollowing law was passed at the last session
OF the Legislature:
An ACT to regulate the drawing of warrants
n, % on the Treasurer of Shasta County.
me feopte oftte State of California. repre-
sen,ea s.,1 N Senate and assembly, do enact as
section l. No warrant drawn upon the
eounty Treasurer of Shasta County after the
hrst Monday of March. one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight, for any service or
Indebtedness whatsoever. shall draw inter.
est ana all warrants drawn upon the Treas.
der of their issue. ''' '''0 -
Sec. = 1t is hereby made the duty of the
County Auditor of said county TO furnish
monthly to the Treasurer a list Of all war.
rants drawn by him, which list shall contain
the date, number, amount. fund drawn
against and the name Of the person 10 W bom
each warrant was issued.
Sec. 3. All Acts or parts of Acts which
conflict with the provisions of this Act are
hereby repealed SO far as they are in conflict
with the same.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on the
first Monday in March, one thousand EIGHT
hundred and sixty-eight.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-23

OREGoN.-The aggregate vote in Oregon at
the late election was 81 100000 more than
at any previous election. We are agreeably
surprised at this, for we had supposed that
Weller and Beriah Brown would have in
creased the vote at least 10000, They were
we'll watched, doubtless, ,,and then again were
deceived by their too sanguine Democratic
friends, who no doubt thought an increase OF
1000 would carry the election. Their bag
gage had better be examined for patent bal
lot boxes, at the next election, or they will
carry the State by ten or twenty thousand,
Just to show that it was not their fault that
the election was not carried this time.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-23

PERsoNAL.-Mr Frank Grant, long a resi-
dent miner at and about Whiskytown and
this place, after an absence of something
over year, trying the mines of Yuba, near
Smartsville, returned to take up his abode
with US once more. He says he has learned
enough during his absence to assure him that
Shasta is better mining district than any
of those below, but that we here are sadly
behind in enterprise and in the improved
modes of mining. He proposes to soon give
us a practical illustration of the way they
work below and make poor diggings pay.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-23

A BOHEMIAN AT SOUTH FoRK-The fol-
lowing was picked up from a writing desk
at Ellsworth's mill, and the finder, knowing
the rules governing the Sacramento Union
would not permit the appearance of the un-
finished letter without signature, it was
handed to us by a friend, who guarantees the
document genuine:
Mr. Eadetar sur of the Union in complyence
with your wish to keepe you poasted on the
South Fork mines will submit the following
thar is the sheeago that is arful rich wei sur
the fact is you can see the sulfreets of selver
Copper lead al mixed & Conglommerrated to
gather which makes powarful rich in fact
don't believe thar has bin as good thing
sence Old Solomens time.
The following explains itself, and was ev-
identity left for the perusal Of those who had
captured the above, that they might be tie
recipients Of the writer's keen sarcasm:
Myster Eadeter Sur please except the fol-
owing from South Fork as it is a true state
ment of fax peopl here have got som good oar
here and now mvstake but they air awful
green herebouts you may depend for sumo OF
um seede thatar luther letter | rit to you and
made Cradle of fun of my spelling | said
nothing | nows who is the smart on and he
ant they ant to blame for being fulish fol-
they dident make themair selves you now ii
was their father or some one else.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-23

DEATH OF GENERAL LEWIS CAss.-The
telegraph announces the death of General
Lewis Cass, at Detroit, June l7th. General
Case was born at Exeter, New Hampshire,
October 9th, 17s2, which would make the de-
ceased SO years of age last Fall. His father.
Jonathan Cass, was Revolutionary veteran,
was present at the battle of Bunker Hill,
and was Captain in the Continental army
all through the war. He removed to south
eastern Ohio in 1900. At Marietta, Ohio,
Lewis studied law, and subsequently estab-
lished himself in practice at GAINESVILLE. In
1906 he married In 1908 he was elected a
member of the Ohio Legislature. For his
special services in aiding in the defeat of
Aaron Burr's confederacy designs he was
appointed by President Jefferson q. s. Mar
shal of Ohio. In 1872 he was chosen Colo
mel of the Third regiment of Ohio Volunteers.
lie was the first man in the war of lSl2, to
step in arms on British soil. When Gen.
Hull made a cowardly surrender to the
British, Colonel Cass refused to deliver up
his sword, but broke the Dllue anu lhIe" II
away He was afterwards placed in COM
mand at Detroit, and subsequently appoint
ed Governor of Michigan. While in the lat
ter Office, and acting Superintendent OF In
dian Affairs, he concluded nineteen valuable
treaties with the Indians. In 1881 he was
appointed ambassador to the French Court.
In 1874 he came very near nomination for
President in the National Democratic Con-
vention In 1915 he was elected United
States Senator from Michigan. In lS4S he
was nominated for President but the de-
fection of Van Buren, and his friends in the
Democratic party gave the election to the
Wing candidate General Taylor. In 1851
he was re elected United States Senator
from Michigan. President Buchanan ap.
pointed him Secretary of State. He was
very temperate in his habits, never used
spirituous liquors, was industrious In his
several Offices, and very hospitable and afa-
Bile at his home 1t is particularly noted of
him by his biographers that be " always
evinced an aversion to everything that sayor-
ed of British"
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-23

A FAIL.-Mademois Rosa Celeste hav-
ing been advertised to walk tight rope,
from the Cliff House to the Seal Rocks, on
Sunday, was " on hand" and ready to fulfill
her engagement. says the Alta, but the wind
was blowing furiously, and the friends of the
young lady refused to permit her to attempt
the hazardous feat. A daring fellow, named
Jack Lee, volunteered to walk the wire, and
did attempt the perilous task. He gained
three. fourths of the distance, when he lost
his balance In falling, however, he caught
the wire and worked himself ashore. He
had a very narrow escape, of course, either
from drowning r.being dashed against the
rocks
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-23

ANOTHER RAID.-On the 10Th of MAY,
while Mr.. Harris, and some six others.
were encamped near Summit Spring, on the
Humboldt road, the Indians made raid
upon the horses, consisting of about eighty
five head, and drove them off They were
pursued and all but fifteen of the horses
recaptured. During the absence of the men
the Indians entered the camp and DESTROYED
the harness, cutting and breaking the wag-
ons, and completely confscating erything,
then pursued the party for about twenty five
miles. Mr. Harris and party left Chico on
the 9th of May came by way of Humboldt;
lay by three days; arriving here on the 9th;
making the trip in eighteen days travelling
me.-Sitrer city Ldaho) bader.
The party above referred to were fitted out
by Collins, of Missouri Bend, Tehama coun-
ty. Gray Harris and John Lennon, known
here in Shasta, were of the party.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-23

CREDULTY AND CRIME.-Ihe New York
Daily News of May 22d makes public story
of deception and crime seldom met with. 1t
appears that when Mrs. Gen. Eaton, so fa-
nous as the leader of social and fashionable
life in Washington during the administra-
ton of President jackson, became widow
in foreign land, she returned to this coun-
try, taking up her residence here She
adopted two of her grand children, boy
and a girl, and with a competence amount
ing to at least 500, 900 was living very hap
PLY. At length an Italian adyenturer
named Bourgonais was employed as dancing
master for the children, and they took such
liking to him that they prevailed on their
grandmother to allow him to be introduced
to their home. The result was that be mar
ried Mrs. Eaton, and succeeded eventually
in getting possession of all her property
Nor did he stop here, but prevailed upon her
to place in his charge the property She had
set apart for her grand children, all of which
he had the full use and benefit of. He then
set at work corrupting the girl, and finally
sailed for Europe last Wednesday, taking
her with him as his wife, lie left a note
for Mrs. Eaton, in which he told her he had
converted all her property into cash, and
would allow her twenty dollars per week if
she would keep the matter quiet.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-23
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION
At EHOPSetOWM.

A "A MEETING OF THE CITIZENS OF
"a Horsetown and vicinity, held at Spencer 8
Hail. on Saturday evening. June 10th, for the pIr-
pose of taking measures for celebrating the coming
anniversary of American independence, DR.. A.
Gutman, D. Well, E. NJ. Dixon, II. Chapman and
Joseph Simpson were appointed committee to
make arrangements for properly celebrating the
day.
At meeting of the Committee of Arrangements.
subsequently held, the following programme of
exercises was agreed upon:
At 10 o'clock, A. NJ. the citizens will meet in
front of Spencer's Hotel, and, preceded by the
Shasta Brass Band march to Washington Square,
where the following exercises will take place:
DIR. B. Shurtlef, Presiding.
1st, (by request of the Ladies' REPRESENTATION of
the American and Irish flags to Washington Circle,
F. B., by three young ladies, and reply by P.
Connolly.
2d.-Musc by the Shasta Brass Band.
3d.-Reading of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, by l.. Coulter.
4th.-Music by the Band.
5th.--Oration. by J. S. Follansbee, Esq.
6th-Musc by the Band
After which the citizens will reform in process
sion, and march to Spencer's Hall, where they will
disperse.
M7S- The Ball in the evening will be
given by Washington Circle, L. B.
The people of the county are respectfully invited
to attend.
BY order of the Committee.
Horsetown, June %, 1866. je23
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-23
AIR sH1p.-on the 26th of Nav last bal.

AIR SHIP-On the Goth of May last bal
loon, prepared with wings to propel he1
through the air in any desired direction, was
tried and pronounced success by the in
~entor and others interested So says the
New York Herald. We may now look fol
the pioneer of a regular line of air ships any
day. 1t is claimed that mile in three min
utes can be attained against strong wind
Of an affair SO very ETHEREAL we do not care tc
give an opinion, but await results
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-23

CoNsoLING-The S. F. Call and Alta left
the Union party and followed off johnson
when he fell into the arms of the Democracy
The Mountain Democrat in commencing its
leader of June. 10th, thus compliments the
renegades:
The San Francisco Alta and Call, and
other mercenary newspapers of their stripe,
with no fixed principles, are clamorous for
the organization of new party-a :party
made up of renegades and place seekers"
1t is the fate of fence straddlers to be thus
welcomed on whichever side they may chance
to fall.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-23
Miners Meeting at South Fork.


A meeting of the miners and others inter
ested in this district, was held at Ellsworth's S
mill, on Monday last, to consider the propri
ETY. of so amending the laws of the district as
to make them less onerous to claim holders
in the manner of working assessments. The
meeting was large and respectable-a gath
ering of men who felt that they were acting
in matter of grave importance-one in
which grave responsibilities were being as
sumed
The meeting was called to order by DR.. j.
E. Pelham, whereupon w. X. Conger was
appointed chairman, and G. c. S. Vail, Sec
retary
On motion, II. Rothwell. John S. Follans-
bee and D. Brown were appointed commit
tee to draft amendments to the laws Of the
district and report the same to the meeting.
Committee reported. Report acceTted and
committee discharged.
After considerable discussion of commit
tees report, Mr.. Andrews offered substitute
which was unanimously adopted. The sub
sttute provides that all companies holding
claims in the district may at their option
work the same, or hold them by renewing
notice every sixty days, by procuring re-
newal of the record in the District Recorders s
office. After disposing of this question, the
meeting adjourned.
Orr than ,,onupfo1 biS RnSpn n tn
and proceeded to the top of the mountain
south of the mill, to have lock at the net
work of lodes which have created such stir
in our quiet region. He saw all that could
be seen by a man on horseback and reports
a most marvellous regularity in the direction
of the lodes, running in direct parallel lines,
and perfectly straight, series upon series,
only from sixty to a hundred feet apart, their
courses as well mapped out as black lines
upon white paper. OF course the actual
wealth of the district has got to be proven
To do that work and money are necessary
but those interested have this to console
them: they can live at home, have good wa
ter to drink, good neighbors abou. them, no
rascally Piutes to scalp them, incur no dan
ger of starvation, are at home, surrounded by
home comforts, and within easy access of all
that is or may be required to determine the
value of the new discovery. Abundant wateX
power, timber in abundance, climate cool
and bracing during the summer months and
L L / a. 1oI.
easy of access and so lying as to be easily and
cheaply opened, convenience of stores alrea-
dy existing, immediate vicinage of splendid
farming country. and of saw mills already
running, constitute some of the characters
ties of South Fork Mining District.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-23

KILLED.-On Friday last an Indian was
found dead on the road side ON the Canon
House hill. He had been shot in the back of
the head and his skull beaten in on the fore
head with plowshare. He is said to have
been Chief of all the Indians around here,
and to have been good Indian" in his
life time. We have no information as to
who killed him.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-23
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PATENT.

NOTICE is hereby given to all whom it may
IN concern, that on the 2lst day of July next,
Qs66) at 10 o'clock A. NJ. of said day, will apply
at the Office of the Register of the State Land Office,
at Sacramento City, for patent to the following
described lands, to wit The East half of Section
No. 30, in Township No. 81 north, Range No 6
west Mount Diablo meridian, containing 800 acres,
the same having been purchased as school land
under the act of the Legislature approved April
23d, 1858, at which time and place all persons may
appear and contest my application.
HENRY LUDWIG.
By WM MAGEE, Attorney. Jez'
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-23
HouIc1nr IN TR1N1rr CouNrY.-The Erin.

HOMICIDE IN TRINITY CoUNrY.-The Trim
ity Journal of June 10th says:
A bloody deed has been enacted in this
county On Sunday afternoon, June 10th,
George Lance shot j. F. Copeland at his
cabin on Browns creek, from the effects of
which he died soon after A Coroner's jury
returned a verdict to that effect, after hear
ing the testimony of Mrs. Copeland and her
son, boy of eleven or twelve years. who
were the only witnesses of the affray. Mrs.
Copeland testihes that herself and the boy
were at Lance's cabin that about two
o'clock Copeland entered and asked whose
family he had there Lance replied " His
(mine) of course" Copeland replied =
. You are lying $ of a b." and seizing
cup from the table, threw it at Lance
Then be drew and raised a knife and ad-
vanced on Lance, who backed to the oppo-
site side of the room, where his pistol lay, he
meantime telling Copeland not to come clos
er. As Copeland advanced, Lance drew his
pistol and fired, the ball taking effect in his
left side Copeland then turned and walk
ed from the cabin, remarking to his wife as
he went out that he was q dead man. y
He sat down outside the cabin, and there he
died. Mrs. Copeland says she left the cabin
SUM "lter "uu starteu lor to"h Ihat oho
spoke to her husband as she passed out, but
received no answer. The boy says that
Lance left next, and he last; that his father
asked him to go to town for assistance
When asked why he did not 60 so, the boy
merely replied that he I" didn't want to. =
| The boy says a Chinaman who works for
Lance was at the cabin when he left, while
the Chinaman says he first discovered the
| dead body after dark lance came IN town
that afternoon, since which time he has not
been seen. Copeland was native of Ten
nessee, aged about thirty-seven years.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-23
SrSGuLAR.-A San Francisco dispatch to

SINGuLAR-A San Francisco dispatch to
the Bee gives the following:
The negro servant of DR.. Hueston blew
his brains out yesterday afternoon. The
doctors son had been given an old revolver,
which he was swapping at those about the
house. believing it to be unloaded. The
negro took the pistol, put it to his temple,
saving. Look at me kill myself" pulled
the trigger, the pistol went off, the bullet
crashed through the unfortunate mans head,
and be fell to the ground quivering corpse.