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The Shasta courier., 1867-06-29
SHASTA COURIER.
Union State Convention.

}. j. Owen, of the San Jose Mercury, was
q candidate for State Printer before the late
State Convention. He was our fayorite for
the position. Here is what he says of the
Convention and the Ticket. 1t will be seen
that his head is level and not bit sore:
The Convention which assembled in Sacra-
mento last week, placed in nomination for
the support of the Union voters of this State,
the ticket found at the head of our columns.
The circumstances under which that conven-
tion met. growing out of the embarrassing
contest for seats by the opposing delegations
from Sacramento and San Francisco, have
operated somewhat to disturb the harmony OF
the party But we trust peace and good
feeling will again be restored. before the day
of election, aud the party move forward upon
the enemy's works in solid phaanx.
The admission of the % Short Hair" dele
cations from Sacramento and San Francisco,
both pledged to the nomination of Gorham, is
what defeated Bidwell. But it need not
necessarily have done so, for he had a
majority of the Convention Notwithstanding.
Bidwell is no political worker. He is cold,
unapproachable sort of a man, with no
magnetism about him. and entirely incapable
of inspiring bis supporters with the least
enthusiasm in his behalf. Gorham outgen
eraled him at every point. One was Dutch
merchantmen, with square bows, and loaded
too heavy aft; the other was Yankee clip
per, built for great speed, and carrying no
dead weight Is the result of the race at all
surprising?
Many of the names upon the ticket are
unexceptionable. Not even the Union and
the Bulletin can find cause for cavil thereat
For instance. take Jones of Trinity for Lieut.
Governor, Farquhar of Nevada for Clerk of
the Supreme Court, Judge Curry for the
Supreme Bench, John SWEET for Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, Romualdo
Pacheco for State Treasurer, Charles Clayton
for IIarbor Commissioner, Mccullough for
Attorney General, and Reed for Surveyor
Genera. no Convention could make a better
selection than this. The objection to the
balance Of the ticket is more from personal
considerations than from any real or magin-
ary unftness on the part of the nominees.
If there were irregularities in the manner
of choosing the delegates from the two cities
mentioned, the Convention according to all
party usage, was the only tribunal that had
authority to determine in the matter. Behind
the action of that body we have no right, as
partisans, to- 90. For any considerable
portion of the Union party to repudiate the
action of the Convention will prove a most
dangerous expedient.
We observe that movement is now on
foot in San Francisco to reorganize the Re-
publican party. As an old Republican we
sincerely hope the matter will be postponed
until after election or until we enter upon
the next presidential campaign. At any
rate we should carry the party through this
fight without any dismemberment of our
ranks and then, if deemed expedient, we
can reorganize. But we have no time to talk
about that now
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-29

How BIDwELL Losr THE NOMINATION.
TriAes sometimes determine the fate of indi-
viduals, as well as of nations. Everybody
knows that goose saved Rome, that Water
loo was lost because Napoleon had not dined
well, and that Conness secured his election
to the United States Senate from this State,
because disordered state Of the viscera and
a laxity Of the sphineter muscle compelled
him to keep his bed. But everybody does
not know the trife that caused John Bidwel
to lose the nomination for Governor before
the late Union State Convention. 1t was
his appetite for cherries-a tempting fruit,
and one of which the Chico farmer is very
fond. Bidwell arrived in Sacramento short.
ly before the sitting of the CUnven ton, flush
ell With the expectatioE-as he had right
to be-that he was to be the Governor nom
mate of the party. lie took stately rooms,
posted his lacqneys, and made every ar
rangement beftting his sense of dignity
Then he laid off, ordered up supply of his
flvorite fruit, and friend to keep him com.
pany, and gave strict orders to bis sable
footman that no one, especially politician,
should have access to him without first send
ing up his ca d. Pretty soon came dele
gate seeking admission-a man who held
good many votes in his hand who were
pledged to the Chcoanuer, and-who wanted
a small Office in consideration of his services
His card was duly sent up, and he expected
an immediate interview but unfortu nately
the cherries were only half eaten, and until
that important and pleasant business was
disposed of, no one could be seen. After
kicking his heels for half an hour, permission
was given the delegate to approach the
sacred presence. He came in no very good
humor, and with his ardar for John consid-
erably coolel. 1t was effectually quenched
when the hero of great expectations declined
To make any promises or to talk politics at
all. He did not want his digestion of the
cherries impaired, perhaps. Anyway, the
delegate left in a towering passion, and i'm
mediately transferred his own vote and the
votes of his colleagues to 4" Gentle Georgey"
This was the first break in the evee of security
with which John had surrounded himself,
and the crevasse soon widened sufficiently
20 sweep all his gubernatorial hopes into OBJ
livion.-.S. f.. Gail.
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-29
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This is remedy so universally known to surpass any
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The Shasta courier., 1867-06-29
LYONS Flea Powder.

DEATH TO FLEAs-It is well known that Lyons
genuine Magnetic Powder will perfectly destroy
everything in the shape of feas, ticks, bed-bugs,
reaches, &C. that it is perfect poison to the insect
tribe, but entirely harmless to the human species
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ture of E. LYON, and the private strmp of DEMAs
BARNES & Co. Anything else of this kind is an
imitation or counterfeit. Any druggist will pro-
the genuine if you insist you will have no
other.
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-29
Lyons Ginger.

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The Shasta courier., 1867-06-29

TfAsISG.-During the past week large
amount of freight has passed through this
place for Trinity, Siskiyou and Klamath.
Competition among teamsters has reduced the
price of carrying freight to very low figure.
We hear CT several cargoes being delivered
here from Red Bluff at fifty cents per hun.
dred, and some for thirty seven and half
cents: Last year the Association price was
81 % per hundred.
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-29

SoUrH FoRK-The South Forkers are at
present hanging on by their eyebrows, and
waiting anxiousv for something to turn up.
All the companies have storped work, and
forrishing camps. Judging from present
appearances, very little will be done at that
place this summer.
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-29

DEAD.-Henry c. Watson. editor of the
Sacramento Union, died at Sacramento on
the 9th. He was native of Baltimore, and
aged 81 years.
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-29
SETTLE UP! SETTLE UP /!

ID ISAACS BRO. RESPECTFULLY
HI. requests all persons having claims against
them to call at the old stand and present them for
payment, and those indebted to them are requested
to come forward and settle up.
r.. ISAACS 4 BRO.
Shasta, May IS, 1867. m25
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-29
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disorders which would be supposed beyond its
reach Such remedy has long been required ty the me-
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do for them all that medicine CAP do.
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-29
Lyons Kathairon.

1t is most delightful Hair Dressing.
1t eradcates scurf and dandruf.
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1t makes the hair rich, soft and glossy.
1t prevents hair turning gray and falling off.
1t restores hair upon prematurely bald heads.
This is just what Lyons kathairon will do. 1t
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by the load, and yet its almost incredible de-
mand is daily increasing. until there is hardly a
country store that does not keep it, family that
does not use it
E. THOMAS LYON, Chemist, n. Y
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-29
STOP THAT COUGHING 7

G ONE OF YOU CAN'T, AND WE PITY
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ONE destined, by its intrinsic merit, to supercedo
all similar preparations. it is not surprising you
should be reluctant to try something else after tbs
many experiments you have made Of trashy
pouhds foisted on the public certain cure; but
The Shasta courier., 1867-06-29
NEWELL'S
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and with one accord give it their unqualified apprs-
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unacquainted with this the greatest Panaeea of the
age, for the healing of all diseases OF the Throa,
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The Shasta courier., 1867-06-29

II is said that the Indians are busy collect.
in their poll tax on the Plains. They take it
out in hair
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-03-07
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
nr.rnAnr THE coNsTITUTION.

From out the complications Of oul
politics, momeRtous issue proceeds
Stripped of all glittering generalities
and Invested of all insidious pleas, tina
living, breathing, colossal issue is: Shall
we have republican government in
which the will OF the people shall be the
source of power, or shall we have a des
potism under the forms of a free state
This is fair and true statement That
the Federal Government, as now admin
istered by Congress, is minority des-
potism, needs no argument to establish.
1t is not denied by Jacebin politicians.
If they do not, in SO many words,
discard the binding force of the
Constitution, they deny it by their ac'
ton. In the veto message of the Mill
tary bill by the President of the United
States, is strong and conclusive proof of
this proposition. The Radical party do
not pretend that that bill is constitu-
tional. They do not care whether it is
or not. The Constitution is kicked about
by them as boys kick ball, or as cats
wound and caress mouse. In Tennes-
see we have government of the few
over the many. 1t solemnly declares
that a majority of white men shall not
participate in the government of the
State. In Missouri the same state
of affairs exists. The same cup
is held to the lips of the
white race Of the South, and they must
drain il to the dregs or die. When com
plete success shall have followed this
policy in the South, and in all the border
States, it will turn towards the North,
and if not resisted, will overcome that
section. The Democrats and Conserva-
tives there are doomed, if they do not
spring forth from their lethargy. Now
is the time for the South, and the friends
of the principles of the old Union in the
great North, to lay down their platform
in the form of an ultimatum, and swear
to live and die by it. Let the old Con
stitution, by a convention Of its friends,
from Canada to the Rio Grande, be sol
EMMY re-enacted. Then let them in
scribe it upon their banners, wave it
over the country, and call upon the peo-
pie to rally to its resurrection. Unless
this is done,we are lost, North and South.
Unless resisted, the party in power will
plunge on in their madness, and when
they strike fsriously and sink, the PEG
pie will 90 down with them
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-03-07
FROM NEW YORK

New YORK, March THE Herald
publishes circular from Secretary Sew.
ard inviting Spain and South American
republics to unite in peace conference
at Washington, April lst.
The Irish wires connecting with the
cable are down.
The steamers City of Antwerp, from
Liverpool, and Celia, from London, have
arrived.
Collector Smythe addressed a letter
to the President affirming that the Office
of Collector was never more economi-
cslly, purely and effectually admins
tered than by him. He denies receiving
one dollar directly or indirectly, in the
manner charged.
Dublin advices say it is reported that
James Stephens landed at Dingle Bay,
and gone to the interior Trouble is
feared at Woolwick.
The Internal Revenue Bureau has is.
sued Instructions for the immediate as
sessmeut of the income tax in March, in
stead of May, and a per cent. uniformly
on all incomes over one thousand dol
lars.
Surratt's trial will probably commence
on Monday
The Republican caucus adopted, with
out opposition, Ashley's motion to refer
the question of impeachment to the Ju-
dietary Committee. Stevens motion
was that when the House adjourned it be
All Mav Qth TTnon..-a,,.t.. d. l.-..l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-03-07
DEATH on COZ. ]. D. B. pEBOw.

The Nashville Dispatch, Of the 2Sth
ult, contains a biographical reference to
Col. J. d. b. DeBow, whose death oc-
cured at Elizabethtown, New Jersey, on
the 9th of February. Ten days previous
he left Nashville upon summons to
attend his brother, who was dangerously
i'll at Elizabethtown. On the morning OF
the day Of his death his wife received a
telegram requesting her to come to him
without delay But before evening the
announcement came that he had expired.
1t is conjectured that he died of pncumo-
mia, resulting from exposure during his
journey to the bedside of his brother.
Mr.. DeBow was a native of Charles
ton, S. c., and would have been forty
seven years old next July. In lS45 he
removed to New Orleans, where, in 1916,
he commenced the publication of De.
Boic'S Reuielc with which he was con-
nected up to the time of the war, re-
suming its publication with the return Of
peace. The Reoie0 was edited with
ability, and was authority in matters of
statistics, in which Col. De Bow achieved
high distinction. He was vigorous
writer, displaying liberal culture and
varied learning, in numerous articles
which commanded attention throughout
the Union. In l84S he became Professor
of Political Economy, in the University
of Louisiana. In 1853 he was appointed
Superintendent of the United States
census, completing the work of the CEN
sus of 1850 in 1855 During this period |
he published "a statistical view of the
United States, and also the Industrial
Resources of the South, in three large |
vnlumag
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-03-07
GREAT DECISION OF THE SUPREME
COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA.

Last fall, contemporary says, the Su-
preme Court Of Pennsylvania promul-
gated their decision in a very important
case, involving the right Of citizen to
Vote. Congress, by act of March Sd,
1865, declared that all persons who had
deserted the military or naval service Of
the United States, and who had not been
relieved of the penalty, should be deemed
and taken to have relinquished and for
feited their rights of citizenship and their
right to become citizens, and be deprived
of exercising any rights of citizens.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania on the
4th of June, 1866, passed an act based
upon the act of Congress above named,
whereby 1t was enacted that in all
elections in Pennsylvania it should
be unlawful for any judge or inspector
of elections TO receive the vote of any
person embraced in the provisions and
subject to the disability imposed by the
act of Congress, and unlawful for any
such person to offer to vote. The act
imposed severe penalties upon judges or
inspectors who should excuse such votes
and also upon such persons, deprived of
citizenship by act Of Congress, as should
vote or offer to vote at any election in
the State, and still further, upon any
person so deprived Of citizenship to offer
a vote, or persuade any officer to receive
the vote.
Judges Of election in Pennsylvania
complied with the law, and rejected the
votes Of persons presumed, or known to
have been deserters. One Of the per-
sons, whose vote was so refused, brought
snit against the Judge who refused to re-
ceive his vote, and recovered judgment
The case was appealed to the Supreme
Court Of the State, and after elaborate
discussion by able counsel, the judg-
ment Of the Court below was affirmed,
the Supreme Court holAng thst the
plaintiff below mot having been con-
victed Of desertion and failure to return
to the service, or to report TO a Provost
Marshal, and not having been sentenced
to the penalties and forfeitures Of the
law. vas entitled to vote.
The points decided are thus stated
The act Of Congress DECLARING that
those who have deserted the military ser
vice shall no longer exercise the rights
Of citizens, is highly penal
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-03-07
MOVEMENT IN GEORGIA.

A public meeting was held on the 4th
inst at Atlanta 10 consider the condi.
ton Of the country. Resolutions,
says a dispatchi approving of the
terms Of the Sherman bill and the course
Of Elk Governor Brown were rejected.
The meeting then divided, the minority
approving the Sherman bill Withdrawing
and will hold a meeting tonight The
majority organized a new meeting
and passed resolutions counseling
quiet submission to the bill, but
characterizing it as harsh and
unjust, expressing approval Of the
noble course Of President Johnson, as
seriing that the honor and manhood Of
the Southern people we're left, and an.
nouncing as the sense Of the meeting that
the freedom Of people must not be
bariered away for the provisions Of the
Sherman bill. The resolutions recon-
mend the Governors Of Southern States
to take steps to test the cOnstiiuiionaliiy
Of the bill in the Supreme Court Of the
United States"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-03-07

Congress has no authority TO prescribs
the qualifications Of electors within the
several States of the Union.
II the act Of Congress did in reality
impose the penalty Of loss Of citizenship
and its privileges without due process Of
law, conviction by il would be a grave
oiIense against the Constitution.
The Constitution guarantees to all ac'
cused persons trial by jury except in
cases in the military and naval service.
Guilt cannot be ascertained and PEN
allies imposed except by trial according
to the law of the particular case by a
tribunal authorized to adjudicate it
Trial before Election Judges is not
due process of law for the punish
ment Of ofenses, according to the mean
ing of that phrase in the Constitution.
If Congress really contemplated the
imposition of the loss Of the privileges of
citizenship as penalty for desertion with
out due process of law, it would exceed
its constitutional authority.
Congress intended that the forfeiture
Of citizenship for desertion should be
adjudged after due conviction by court
martial.
For this there can be no substitute.
This is in harmony with the personal
rights secured by the Constitution it
gives the accused trial, opportunity of
defense, and preserves the common law
presumption of innocence until proved
guilty according to the forms of law.
To hold that Congress intended that
persons should be called upon to prove
their innocence without any conviction
of guilt, would be an unwarranted as
sumption.
The accused not having been convicted
of desertion was entitled to vote.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-03-07
JAMES BROOKS.

While the organization of the new
Congress was progressing, Mr.. James
Brooks, of New York, made an eloquent
protest. He employed this language
If the indications | see in the public
press and elsewhere are to be realized
if the process of impeachment is to 90
on, or what is more revolutionary, the
suspension Of the President, the action
of this House is a revolution, and
nothing but a revolution, call it by
whatever name you please. The Speaker
of the House is to create Committee of
Impeachment, and to have the whole d.
rection and control of the process of i'm
parchment through this House. | say,
therefore, that the most serious of all
steps is the organization ofthis House aud
in case the precedent you threaten us with
is created by you, and the existing Presi-
dent is deposed, in case of the new Presi-
dents death, the Speaker of the House
becomes the President of the United
States, so that in point of fact, here, by
our solumn action to day, we may be
creating a President of the United
States. Iprotest, therefore, in view of
the full solemnity of the occasion /
protest before my country and in the
presence of the gentleman from Ohio,
Or Ashley, who is TO be leader in this
revolution / protest most solemnly
against taking any further steps toward
the organization Of this House until all
the States are fully represented.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-03-07
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-03-07
FROM San FRANCISCO.

SAN Francisco, March 7.-Acapulco
was abandoned by the Imperialists Feb.
10Th.
San Bias has been taken by the French
frigate Victoria
Three French vessels remain at Aca.
pulco, but hold neutral position. There
is the greatest order and confidence
among the people.
Alvarez, with 1000 men, marched from
Cuernavaca for the City of Mexico, in
tending to join Diaz
General Velez defeated the Imperial
lists who were sent to recapture Tobasco.
The ship Winged Arrow, from New
York, and Constitu ton, from Panama,
have arrived.