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New-York tribune., 1867-08-05
BY STEAMSHIP.

The steamships America, from Bremen July 20
and southampton July 49, and the Gmbria, from Ham.
burg July and Southampton July a. reached this port
on Saturday evening last The steamship City OF Balt
more from Liverpool July "a and Queenstown July 25
arrived here yesterday Our files and correspondence
BY arrivals furnish details OF advices already re
New-York tribune., 1867-08-05
rwLyrrs.

The same correspondent writes "The news from
Spain is not encouraging again Spain has dlsap
pointed those who believe In the ofepeated promise TO
restore her credit Railway shares are held largely IN
France and Government does not to be able 10 90
anything for the Spanish nqnpayng companies. An ct
tempt is being made TO get rid OF of the new Sc
Petersburg and Moscow Railway Obligations but the
public disposed 10 return 10 their old faith
In foreign securities. dozen loans await the public II
they would only return 10 their old faith. The only
cheerful news have 10 communicate is the promise u
more than average harvest throughout France. The
rains have produced heavy crops, and we only want
sunshine to Insure one Of richest yields Of late years"
New-York tribune., 1867-08-05
SPAIN.
TuE INsuRRECTION.

If there really be an insunectiOn, the Govern
ment succeed in suppressDg nearly all particulars
The Paris correspondent of The Morning Post London)
writes:
some particulars Of the Dsurrectionary movement In
Spain have reached Paris The whole of Catalonia is in
full revolt The rebels masters of Tortosa and vna-
rosa The Government, nevertheless hopes 10 be able
speedily to put down the nsurrection, which is mainly
owing to the extreme poverty and priyatons Of the
uorlxinQ classpsD
New-York tribune., 1867-08-05
TURKEY.
THE cRErAN INsURREcTroN.


A dispatch from ConstantinOpe, July %,
ars that the Ottoman Legation at Athens telegraphed
yesterday to the Porte announcing the evacuation Of
the sphakia district by the insurgents and its com.
Island is declared to have'submitted.
Our correspondent writes from Consantinope on tho
10th, that though Omar Pasha had taken the village oi
having gained possession of the District Of IS spha The
Greeks still hold Of the strongest points in the spha
regard the chances Of Crete favorable this week
than last The Turks have sent fast steamers from Con-
pirate. and destroy her whenever found but doubS
order.
Letters received at Marsees from Athens dated July
l state that the Arkad had completed her nineteenth
voyage TO Crete, where having dsembarked yoluneefs
and cargo she took board 400 and children for
The Athens journals publish advices from Crete stating
that subsequently, to the advance Of Omar Pasea with
entered Askfo where he was closely surrounded By hd
Insurgents sPhafioe families were leaving their home
to seek safety In the mountains About 1000 women and
children had taken refuge in the mountain eayerns;
sry violence and the English Consul had sent steamert
he Lerant Herald of the 18th publishes the followia
from its Smyrna correspondent, July Io g alsf Bff
.I hasten to send the which has Just reache
Satisons at Franco casteii s cenrmed as also the tact
that the troops succeeded In occupying the villages
foot Of steep mountains close to the sea- His Hhness
Immediately notified the fact 70 the foreign consuls a1
Canca many Of whom concluded that all the iDsurged
positions had fallen into the hands Of the Imperial orees
"rhe Amencan,D DR. Howe who returned here this morn5
ing from Crete tells that Had Mikhsl had recently
raid in the neighborood Of Canea, where he had
killed some bashibazouks, and carried of number y
sheep TO the mountains. Another guerrilla band had
made similar raid right up TO the very walls Of CANDIDA
and had burned Vey Pasla's farm, which is not mort
than one hours distance from the town. Raids and srt
mishes OF this sort Of great moment In purely
sraegcal point Of view but they 70 consantiN
alarm and harass the garsOns left by Omar Pasha in t
northern towns. .
"a detachment of the Turkish army Of Arabisfan END
barked June 26 at Beyrout, for Crete on beard two
steamers"
THE REJoINDER or RUSSIA.
In reply 20 the Turkish 10 the last identical"
note of the Great Powers, Gen. Ignatief the Russian
ambassador at Constantinople has informed the P0rts
that his Government regards the Of the Porto
as mere tu,tc0rthy oT notice. and that t viii NOT
be answered. This has caused some uneasness among
the Turks.
New-York tribune., 1867-08-05

THE ENGLISH VOLUNTKERS-THE SULTANS AP-
PEARANCE-UNPRoPITIOU wEATHR--ExCIT-
ING SCENE.
New-York tribune., 1867-08-05

- ..-.r E.Ln En-nE- -.
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-26

BEN WooD.-There are many gamblers in
this land, says New York correspondent.
but the greatest of them all is the Hon. Ben.
Wood, ex.member of Congress. Indeed |
may say he is the biggest better in the i" ord
at the game of faro, or almost any other
game. A few nights since he engaged in a
" snap game" the Hon. John Morrissey.
Congressman elect, backing the game. Wood
PLAYED with thousand dollar chips" and
frequently bet ten to twenty thousand dollars
on a card. At one time during the game he
was SS5, 900 loser, but the tickle jade, for
tune, deserted Morrissey, and after play Of
fourteen hours Wood retired from the game,
his winnings being one hundred and forty
thousand dollars. He won one bet of S33,
900 on case card, betting the g nine" to
win. This is ne doubt the largest winning
ever made at a single sitting in any country.
Wood has frequently won or lost S2O.0JO TO
$50, 900 in play, and once lost 500, 900, and
on another occasion won $40, 900 in a snap
game" technical term well known To
sports. | may mention, as fitting sequence
to his great winnings, on Saturday last he
bought splendid piece of property here
known as "Tryon Row." for which he paid
a quarter of million of fdollars And there
are persons here who, within twenty five
years, have known this man to want for the
price Of dinner
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-26
SHASTA COURIER.

GRATING GRAPE VINEs.-J. d. Stockton
sends to the Petauma Argus, the following
suggestions about grape grating:
:. The gratis should be cut IN january
about the coldest time of the year-and
buried in soil, about six inches deep, on the
north side of a stump, tree or building, and
where the water will not stand around them.
Let them remain until March, when uncov-
er a few at a time, rinse in clean water, and
wrap them in wet cloth when ready to
use them unroll and take out but one setting
at a time, replacing the others and laying
them where the sun will not shine on them.
Divide an ordinary cutting near the center,
leaving an eye near the upper end; shape
the other end about the taper necessary for
wooden wedge, but leaving the edge under
the bud or eve slightly thicker than the other
edge, using thin keen knife; clip the point
oft graft from one edge to center, then from
the other edge in like manner, so as to make
the point square and With edges to that thick
ness that will fill the lower part of the cavity
left by the saw, which is prepared In this wise:
Scrape the soil from around the vine which
YOU wish to graft, so to leave the roots
bare. and far enough to allow room for your
saw. and 80 as to leave the stump square,
which should be several inches below the
surface-leaving room for the inclslon IN
which to place your graft-if Inclined select
the upper side for the graft; place your saw
80 as to cut this side at right angles; saw
down enough to take the wedge OF your
graft opposite where yoLr graft will stand
force in wedge so as to spring the sides OF
the stump slightly open; now, with sharp
budding knife pare each OF the inner sides
for the graft, cutting from bottom to top ard
gliding deeper as you pass up so that the
graft will fit with but little pressure the cav
ity on that side; insert the graft, with the
thick or eye side outward remove the back
wedge, and bring up loose soil around and to
the top of the graft and the work IS accom-
plished. In cultivating. gradually draw the
earth away so as to let the bud grow. You
may expect some fruit the first year"
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-26

No sickly person can honorably marry
another in good health without previously
making fair statement of the case. And
even then if a marriage takes place a crime
has been committed against the community
and against unborn innocents But when
both the parties are i" sickly," it is wholly
inexcusable, and ought to be frowned upon
by every intelligent community, hwever
satisfactory the pecuniary condition of the
parties They may be able to support them
selves, but they can give no guarantee that
their children, diseased in body and feeble in
mind, shall not be public charge at the
hospital, the poor house, or an insane asy-
lum The best general plan for insuring a
healthy and vigorous offspring is to make an
antipoial marriage to make as much of a
cross in the physical characteristics as possi-
bic. The city should marry the country the
black haired the blond the bilious temper
ament the nervous; the fair skinned the
brunette the stout the slender the tall the
short. To marry each its like. is to degrade
the race.-HaVs Journal of Health.
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-26

THE SOCIAL EVIL IN New 1oRK.-ln the
CITY of New York the number of those women
who. with n lamentable truth, are styled
Abandoned. cannot be less than ten thou
fand In 1858 the number of profesSed
prostitutes, by actual census, was $50 !:
thew must be more numerous now, and their
roll is continually increasing. Already they
equal the population of two average rural
townships. If they were placed in line,
two abreast, they would form procession
two and half miles long, that would reach
from the Battery to above Union Square Oi
all this CHASTITY army. one-half are under
twenty years of age. The average duration
of an abandoned woman's life, after she
Yields herself to her horrid trade. is just four
years 1t only requires that brief space OF
carousal and champagne, revelry and rum,
to reduce beautiful girl, fresh from the
country, into loathsome mass OF disease.
ready for the pauper's grave. In addition to
the ten thousand prostitutes, there are prob
ably twenty thousand more who are either
kent mstresses, or the occasional fre
ouenters of hou es of assignation. If the
names of all these could be published. it
would make fearful quaking . in society, T"
ard some knees would "smite together
behind those brown stone fronts, AMI beneath
Paris laces. Some years ago New York was
Mortified at learning. through the press, that
a licentious man had been conducted to IA
room in house of infamy, in which hefound
his own wife waiting to receive the " wages
of SIM Neither one had suspected the
infdelity of the other.
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-26
Onlnions Of the Press.

DIR. DOHERTY is skillful physician and
honorable gentleman, any statements he makes to
his patients he is sure to fulfill shat fact is
great cause of his eminen success IN his profession
II Is fortunate that among the many advertising
musicians there is one who can be depended on,
II Review.
nR. DOHERTY'S reputation as physician is
, sufieient guarantee for the cure Of any case he
undertakes.-[C Chronicle
DIR. DOHERTY has devoted his study more
particularly to chronic, specific and secret prac,
tiee and as such is now the most successful ofapv
physician in San Francisco II Free Press.
: DR.. D0HERTY'S reputation is second to no
other physician the coastin chronic and specific
practice Mirror.
DIR. DUllERTI.-Few men in the medical pro-
fesson have succeeded in gaining the confidence OF
the publiein their skill and judgment as be has
Enquirer.
DR.. D0HERTY ranks as one Of car most dis
tinguished physicians, and also one of the most
successful which IS now the criterion by which the
medical practitioner is Judged Echo
DR.. DOHERTY enjoys a more extensive prao.
tee than any physician in this State Express.
Address,
W. X. D0HERTY. NJ. D.,
MY San Francisco, California
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-26

A FRIGHTENED SNAXE.-Two young Nim-
rods. seeking what they might shoot in the
shape of birds and prey. espied woodpeck
er just making his entrance into a saSsafras
stub at point some twenty-five feet from
the ground. Not being quick enough to
bring him down with powder and shot, one
OF the hunters proposed bringing him down
by climbing to his retreat. He had ascend
ed to within a few feet of the nest, when to
his infinite amusement black snake that
had taken up his abode in the same tree pro.
jected his head and forked tongue almost in
the climbers face. There was a '"sudden
goneness," not only about the stomach but
in every limb of the aspirant, while his
downward tendency was truly alarmin g.
But the earth was soft, and with returning
treath came consciousness. To his compan
ion S inquiry if he was much hurt. he replied :
Don't be alarmed, I'm all right; but if
you want to see scared snake. Just climb
up into that tree about twenty feet-Napa
ReOiSter
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-26
FEMALE MONTHLY PILLS.

DR.. PERRAULT is the only agent in Cali ornia
for DR.. BOTS Female Monthly Pills. Their
immense sale has established their reputation a
female remedy, unapproached, ana far in advance
of every other remedy for suppressions and irregu
larities and every other obstruction in females On
the receipt of five dollars, these Pills will be sent
by mail express to any part of the world, secure
from curiosity or damage.
Persons at distance can be cured at home, by
addressing letter to DR.. PERRAULT, corner of
Sacramento and Montgomery streets, Rooms 8, 10,
and IL, or Box 973, Post Office San Francisco,
stating the case as minutely as possible general
habits of living, occupation, etc.
All communications confidential. o20:ly
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-26
Tur ro,Donocb,o NJ p from ireland wh

THE O'Donaghue, M. P. from Ireland, who
presided at the great Dublin Reform Demon
stration. on the occasion Of Bright's great
speech, is thus described The O Donaghue
is as nearly Fenian as member of the
English House of Commons can well be-
Besides the distinction of being called The,
instead of Mr. he is descended from
know not how many Irish kings. and is about
the 'handsomest man in the House of Com
mons. He is a remarkably eloquent speaker;
doubt whether. in manner and voice, even
Mr.. Bright can be called his superior; and
even when he expresses the most extreme
opinions. is listened to respectfully in the
House Of Commons ;,
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-26
Capital Ghost Story.

We do not generally give much credence
to ghost stories, but the following, which
we find in the Lynchburg News, appears so
intrlnsically reasonable in view of the awful
doom which doubtless awaits the wretch
who would swindle an editor. that we cannot
for a moment doubt its truth. The story,
saws the News. is - dedicated in an especial
manner. to all newspaper readers" That
apparitions do not always wander without
cause, is proved by the we'll lattested fact
which we give below:
Last Tuesday night, as Mrs. -, Ia
lady of rather literary taste and studious
habits) sat reading in her drawing room, the
clock on the mantel-piece struck twelve !
As the last stroke reverberated through the
apartment, the door was flung wide open . In
the act Of raising her head to repel the IN
truson (unrung for) of her servant, her eyes
rested on the form Of her late husband she
screamed and fell senseless on the carpet
This brought up such members OF the family
as had not retired to rest restoratiyes were
administered. and when Mrs. - had re
gained her suspended faculties, and being
woman of strong mind and highly cultivated
intellect. she felt disposed to consider the
whole distress she had undergone as the re
suit of certain associations between the mel
ancholy tale she had been peru-ing ana her
late loss, operating on a partially deranged
nervous svstem She however considered II
advisable that her maid servant should re-
pose in her chamber lest any return of what
she considered a nervous affection should dis
tress herself and alarm the family. Last
Tut sday night feeling stronger and In bet.
ter spirits than she had been for several
months past, Mrs. - dispensed with the
presence of her attendant, retiring alone TO
her chamber. and went to bed little before
ten O'Clock Exactly as the clock struck
twelve. she was awakened from sleep, and
distinctly beheld the apparition she had be.
fore seen, advancing from the table ION
which stood her night lamp) till it stood OPP
posite to and drew aside the curtains OF her
bed. She describes her very blood retreat
ing with icy chllness to her heart from every
vein. The countenance of her beloved IN
life wore not its benevolent aspect the eyes
once beaming with affection were now fixed
with stern regard on the trembling, half dis
solved being who. with the courage of des
peration, abiured him thus, " Charles dear
Charles why are you come again?
Jessie, slowly and solemnly gasped the
shadowy form, waving in his hand "a small
roll of writing paper, Jessie, pay my
newspaper accounts, and let me rest IN
neace -
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-26

PROGRESS IN Russia Notwithstanding
the sneers of Western Europe at Calmuck
and Tartar" civilization. there is no country
in the world making more rapid advances
in social and political reform than Russia
When the Polish insurrectun was in progress,
little was heard from the British and French
press but abuse of Russia and eulogy upon
1.-THE generous Poles struggling for their
freedom" But the facts show that Polish
freedom, like that of Hungary before 1919.
was Il shadow. No people made harder and
crueler taskmasters than this same Polish
nobility, who held the poor as feudal serts
attached to the land, and that in the most
abect condition. In the province Of Lithu
ania the peasantry so held to perpetual ser
vice are described in history and by travel
ers as in a condition, physically and intel
lectuallv, tar below that of the average of
American slaves Under the Government of
the Polish aristocracy their condition was
not at all likely to have been improved
But recently the Gar abolished this feudal
serfage and freed all the slaves of Poland.
as be had before freed those of Russia
The Gar is not only humane but wise. and
the next generation will bring the ripe fruits
of his wisdom. One intelligent freeman.
whether in peace or war, Is worth more to
his country than u dozen slaves. Ii We are
not much mistaken, the rule will receive
the same happy illustrations in America
1H0
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-26

A KIND WORD FOR CARLoTA.-A Mexican
letter says Carlota is beloved by the whole
population of the Valley of Mexico she has
worked increasingly to improve the poorer
classes-she has founded schools and hospi-
tails, supporting them from her own purse
and sincere mourners in thousands would
lament her death, should that be the result of
her illness. To the shame of Protestant
England and America, this noble and royal
lady has been the only missionary that has
ever visited the poor of the Valley Of Mexico;
hers the only hands to distribute charity, and
toll for the elevation of the tens of thousands
Of the half clad and most numerous portion
of The Mexican people. | have seen her in
the suburban Pue los of this capital. accom-
panied by single lady of honor. calling al
the mud huts of the poor, and stopping for a
moment to review one of cur recently founded
schools. Whatever may be said of Maximil
ian and his sad eff 'rt to govern these people,
nothing can be SAID of Carlota Of Belgium
that will lessen the opinion Of thousands of
her, and that is, that she is one Of the nobest
minded women Of the century.
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-26
SHERiFF'S SALE.
p. B. Reading VS.. Margaret Mullen and
A. GrOtefend.
In the Ninth Judicial District Court, County Of
Shasta, State of California.


"HEREAS, by decree of foreclosure and
w order OF sale in the above entitled cause,
rendered on the 4th day of January, A. d. 1867 it
is ordered adjudged and decreed that | sell, in
accordance with the law relative to sales under
ecution the property hereinafter described, OF so
much thereof may be necessary to pay to the
Sheriff his costs and expenses of sale, and to the
plaintiff, P. b. Reading, his costs in this action,
taxed in the sum of one hundred and three (Sl03)
dollars, also to the defendant, A. Grotelend, the
amount due him, to wit nine hundred dollars and
twenty-seven cents ($900 27-lO0). with interest
thereon at the of twelve (l2) per cent per an
from the 4th day of January, A. ID. 1857 and
the plaintiff, P. b. Reading, the further sum of
three thousand six hundred and eighty dollars
and fty-nine cents 1851 $4,000, together with
interest the last mentioned amount at the rate
of twelve l2) per cent per annum from the 4th day
of January, A. d. 1867.
Notice is therefore hereby given that
Friday. the lst day of February. A. ID.
1867,
at o'clock P NJ, at the Court House door, in the
town and county of Shasta, Stale of California, |
will SELL at public auction, to the highest bidder
for cash. the real estate in said decree mentioned
and described as follows, to wit
All that certain tract parcel Of land situate in
the county of Shasta and State of California
bounded and described as follows, to wit:
Commencing at the corner post corner to section
%, a. q and 2S, according to private survey of
P. B. Reading of his Ranch Buena Ventura ON
record in the Recorders Office of Shasta county;
from thence south 42o 81 west along the line be
tween sections "a and 81 forty chains, to a corner
post and rock mound near the east side of Red Bluff
and Shasta road thence north 60 90 west 100
chains to n corner post and rock mounds; thence
north 7U' 45 east 81 60 100 chains to a valley oak
20 inches in diameter which oak stands on the west
bank of the Sacramento river, and on the south
bank of Ureg guleh thence on the meander OF
the Sacramento river down stream, LIST. south 50
45 east IL chains, I'd, south $50 30' east q 50100
chains Sd, south SO Is 10 chains. 4th south
600 45' east 10 chains, to the road at Henry s.
Balls ferry; thence south $50 or west along the
road from said Balls ferry and along the north side
of Margarer>Mullen' fence 81 chains, to a corner :;
thence south 20 20' east, along the west side of
fence 81 chains, to the place of beginning, con-
tanning eight hundred and thirty-nne SO-10O acres
1859 s0-10o). The same being bounded on the
north by the lands of said P. b. Reading, on the
east by the Sacramento river, on the south by the
lands of said Mullen and J J. Bell, and on the
west by the public road leading from Shasta to Red
Bluff, together with all and singular the tenements
hereditaments and appurtenanees thereunto be-
longing OF in any wise appertaining,
W. E. HOPPING, Sheriff.
By ]. I. BURRowEs, Under Sheriff.
January lZth' 1906 jn12
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-26

OsKAR BECKER. who. as young student.
fired pistol at K ng William of Prussia in
1862. at Baden, has enjoyed for some weeks
past the benefit of the Prussian amnestv.-
Having committed the deed on Badish terri
tory. he was sentenced by the Badish Courts
to seventy wears solitary confinement, at
Bruchral Yet now King William asked it
as a favor from the Grand Duke to pardon
the young man. and Becker was released
from his prison on the condition of leaving
Germany. The permission to remain in
Europe is great exception, as usually
such pardon is only given under the condi-
ton of emigration to America.
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-26
Officers of Western Star Division, No. 80,
). of t., French GuIch.

E. ]. A. Smith, w. P. Frederick Sohuman, W.
A.. W. S. Kidder. R. S., j. A. Lutty, A. r. 81;
Thompson Kennedy, E. S. c. L. Watts, Treas. !;
James McElroy, Chap. George Cline, c.. +, A.
Allen. A. c.; Frederick Cushman, !. s.; A, D.
Brown, O. S.; Erastus Dickinson, P. W.P.
Regular meetings Sundays at o'clock, P. NJ
Members in good standing in other Divisions tenn
,,v 90
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-26

A POOR woman and her child lately set
tied in Western city, and were greatly re-
duced and in need of food. The child see
ing chicken in the back yard. wanted to
kill it and have pot pie. No, no, )" said
the mother, "that would be wicked, and
God would surely punish you" Then, !"
said the youngster, looking up, g let's move
back to New York, there amt any God
there"