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The Shasta courier., 1868-02-01

In the speech made by General Halpin in
the Dublin court where he was convicted, be
said " The Crown officers have laid great
stress upon the fact that l travelled under
different names therefore I was guilty of
great crimes. have precedents for it, when
| read in the papers that some continental
monarchs travel under assumed names, and
I hear that the Prince of Wales also does SO
when he thinks proper to go to London
brothels." The English papers suppressed
this passage in their reports, but the Irish
journals published it as quoted above.
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-01

ScoRBUTIc diseases are tho parent stock
from which arises large proportion of the
fatal maladies that afiiict mankind They
are as it were species of potato rot in the
human constitution, which undermines and
corrupts all the sources of its vitality and
hasten its decay. They are the germ from
which spring, Consumption, Rheumatism,
Heart Disease, Liver Complaints, and Erup-
tive Diseases, which will be recognized as
among those most fatal and destructive to tho
races of men. So dreadful are its conse-
quences to human life, that it is hardly posi-.
BILE to over estimate the Importance of an
actual, reliable.remedy, that can sweep out
this scrofulous contamination. We know
then we shall proclaim welcome news to our
readers of one from such quarter as will
leave little doubt of its eficacy-and still
more welcome when we tell that it does surely
accomplish the end desired We mean
Ayers Sarsaparilla, and it is certainly wor-
thy the attention of those who are afflicted
with scrofula or scrofulous complaints.-Reg-
lister, Albany, N. Y.
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-01

LIVELY TIMEs-The Portland Herald
edited by Beriah Brown, and the Salem
Unionist, edited by Calvin B. Mcdonald,
are having lively times just now. Beriah
thus amiably refers to Mack:
He maintained precarious existence for
many years between the gutter, the Jail, and
such printing Offices as would give him en-
ployment; sometimes uttering violent in
yective against the Radicals, then altering
his stereotyped phrases to hit the Democrats |:
sometimes living on the wages of an timer
ant actress, at other from the charitable con.
tributions of printers. He has been whipped
like dog in the public streets, taken from a
theatre in San Francisco to Jail for using
obscene language in the presence of women
and children, and sent to the watch house as
a street drunkard.
Mack, not to be outdone in politeness, talks
to Beriah thus playfully:
We accordingly denounce Beriah Brown to
the citizens of Portland and to the people Of
Oregon as defaming liar, who was ignomin.
ousY run out of San Francisco with ieer.
ing populace at his heels; who was identi-
fed with the knights of the Golden Circle.
some of whom were arrested, tried and con.
victed cf robbery and murder, and who was
ridiculed out of Stockton on account of tbe
incident referred to- He is traitor bv in.
stinct, a coward by nature. and a liar by ed
ucation, a disgrace even TO his own ipnoble
party. He will devour his own words with
the yoraeity of convalescent swine. and
where his own worthless carcass is men,cad
by resentful manhood, will stand to be kick
ed with the fortitude of a moribund mule. =
At another time We shall give the history of
this ass in lions skin, and will make tbe
atmosphere of Portland uncommonly sultrv
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-01

Go1No TO PRosPEcr.-Sam. Waring, one Of
the early pioneers of this county, has recent
ly returned from Montana, and intends to
spend next summer in thoroughly prospect
ing a certain locality in this county. Sam
thinks that if prospecting was done as thor
oughly in Shasta county as in Montana
this would prove the best of the two mining
localities
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-01

RELIEVED. Zach Montgomery announces,
through bis paper, that as the Legislature
has repealed the Test Oath Bill, he will now
resume the practice of the law. When the
bill was passed, a few years ago, requiring
all Attorneys to take an oath of loyalty to
the Government, Zach. declined to take it
and gave up his practice.
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-01

INrRoDUcED.-Mr. Chappell has introduced
bill into the Senate, authorizing the Board
of Supervisors of this county to create sep
arate Fund for the purpose of paying the
salary of the District Attorney in COIN
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-01

The CAPITAL.-Pursuant to notice, Mr..
Giltner, of Mariposa, has introduced bill
into the Assembly providing for the removal
of the capital to San Jose. The bill was
,ofor,oJ
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-01

Lyon LIGHT rINFANTRY.-Captain Hopping
orders the company to assemble, in uniform,
on Saturday, February ODD, (the anniversary
of Washington's birthday at % o'clock A.
NJ, for parade and target practice. A full
attendance is requested.
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-01

HORSESHOE BEND.-We are informed by
several of the stockholders that the Horse
shoe Bend Company intend shortly to COM
mence preparations for opening claim on
the ground drained by turning the waters Of
the Sacramento through the Horseshoe Bend
tunnn1
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-01

BOARD OF ExAMINATIoN.-At the regular
meeting of the County Board of Examina-
ton, held on the 25th ult., six applicants
were present, and certificates were issued as
follows: First grade, M. s. Babcock; third
grade, Miss Lottie Loag, Miss Sarah Mullee,
and Miss Lizzie Grant.
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-01

ScHooL LAw.-The Senate has passed a
bill amending the School Law so as to enable
the voters of school districts to vote to in
crease the tax for building school houses from
the present maximum of thirty-fve hundreths
to one per cent.
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-01

A Coon MINING CoUNTRY.-The miners
about GAINESVILLE, Roaring River and Ar
buckle are said to be taking out more gold
this winter than usual Each mining season
tends to establish the truthfulness of the
theory that the mines on Cottonwood, about
GAINESVILLE, are of permanent character,
such as will require years to work out or
exhaust. 1t is also the belief of many expe
rienced miners that the branches of Cotton
wood Creek will pay most of the way up to
their source. From Janesville to the head of
the branches of Cottonwood is distance OF
forty to fifty miles, and the streams are lined
with fine gravel bars and flats, some of which
are known to contain gold, but have been but
little prospected. All the streams putting
down from the opposite side of Trinity Noun
tain have paid, or are now paying ricL, such
as Indian Creek, for instance. One reason
why the country about the head waters OF
Cottonwood have not been more thoroughly
being infested by bands of desperate Indians,
who had been driven to the mountains by the
settlers, and who retaliated whenever oppor-
tunity offered. Now that these Indians have
been pretty efectually cleaned out, the atten.
ton of miners begins to turn that way, and
we hear of plan being on foot to organize o
party for the purpose of prospecting the
country during the coming summer. If it is
found that Cottonwood pays above as we'll as
it has in the localities now being worked, q
thousand miners can find profitable employ.
ment there.
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-01
SPECIAL NOTICE.


In calling the attention of the reader to the ad
vertisemcnt of DIR. ]. C. Young's Institute, to be
found in another part of this paper we feel we are
answering the dictates of honest convictions in
pointing out to suffering humanity the honest and
skilful Medical praettiner. 1t is the duty of every
man whose knowledge places it in his power to act
as a guide to those who otherwise would unwittinp
ly take wrong path. There is no need to wear
out life Of pain and anguish, and in the end fill
dishonored grave. Hesitate no longer, unfortunate
ones, but turn to the Doctor who can restore YOU.
giving you in place of wasted energies and an i'm
paired constitution, health, vigor and power.
The Institute has been in successful operation
for Seventeen Years, and as it was the Pioneer In
sttute of the coast SO has been the Pioneer in the
march of progress.
Wesay again to the afiicted-read the advertise
ment and follow its advice s1A
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-01

CAssERLY UNION DEMocRAT.-It is eyi-
dent, from the general tone of the newspapers
of the State, that the election of Hon. Eu-
gene Casserly to the U. S. Senate is looked
upon with considerable favor, and the general
impression prevails that he will prove more
acceptable to Union men than to Democrats,
as Senator. The dissatisfaction with which
the rebel wing Of the Democracy view his
election, indicates that the new Senator is
Objectionable to them, and shows that the
Union journals have something on which to
base their comments. The fact is, Casserly
is strong Union man in sentiment, and
never entertained any sympathy for the
secession wing of the Democratic party. The
following extract from letter written by
him in 1861 to F. T. Davenport, Chairman
of the Nevada County Democratic Commit
wing of the Democracy with suspicion and
distrust: 9 q. 3n
In common with all true friends Of Califor-
MIA, have seen with pain and surprise the
movements of the new party in favor of the
State ticket headed by John r. Mcconnell,
ESQ.,, for Governor. | am aware there are
upon that ticket, and among its supporters,
some who claim to be friends of the Union,
and who prove their friendship by giving up
the cause of the Union without blow; by
making haste to declare that the Union cannot
be saved, and the attempt to save tits almost
crime, by assailing most intemperately the
Governmentofthe Union and everything it has
done, whether right or wrong, maintain its If,
while they have not one word of censure for
those who are armed to destroy it, by clamor-
ing for peace, instant peace, with the hostile
States, at any rate and any price. Alas for
the Union, if it has to rely on friends like
these. The best good faith only gives them
power for greater mischief. Her open enemies
the country can face, and the false friends
that would betray her with a kiss she can
discover. She has no defence against the
mistaken friend, who, in the name of
" Peace" holds her hands in the death Crap
pie, while the enemy stabs her to the
heart
The cry of peace" in time of war, has its
attraction. Itappeals both to the good and
the selfish feelings, to our hearts and our pock
cts. None understand this better than Mr..
Mcconnell, and the adroit and practiced pol
itical leaders who surround him. But in their
mouths the cry is :" delusion and snare"
They are for peace" because, say they,
/" the Union cannot be preserved by war.
Ask them on what terms they propose peace,
and their answer, if they give one, will be,
:" The recognition of the Soutern Confedercy,"
as if that does not certainly and permanently
dismember and destroy the Union. They
are against war, because las they say it will
not preserve the Union and they are for the
immediate recognition of the " Southern Con-
fedracy," which most assuredly destroys it.
The love of the Union, which inspires such
conclusion at the very Threshold of the strug.
gle, is not very evident
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-01

FELL THRoUGH.-While Philo Eames was
scraping the snow from the roof of frame
building, during the late storm, several of the
boards gave way and he fell through. He
landed some fourteen feet below, considerably
scratched. a
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-01

~ The inimitable and enterprising
,,FtH San Francisco News Dealer, will
M4Tc please accept our thanks for Co.
HHN dey's Lady's Book, Harper's
AkTSDf Weekly, Leslie's Illustrated.
Chimney Corner and Phunny
Fellow
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-01

EXCEEDINGLY EFFEcrIyE.-Brown's Bron.
chial Troches are excellent lozenges for the
relief of hoarseness and sore throat. They
are certainly exceedingly effective. We have
known several instances in which trouble.
some coughs have ceased very speedily after
one or two Troches were taken Christie,
World. London. Enq.
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-01

The WEATHER.-Last week it snowed..a
most continually, but the present week ha
been remarkably pleasant and sunshiny.
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-01
NOTICE

us HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CALIFOR-
n mia AND OREGON RAILROAD COMPANY
and the MARYSVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY
have amalgamated and consolidated their Capital
Stock, Debts, Property, Assets and Franchises,
under the name of the >" CALIFORNIA AND
OREGON RAILROAD COMPANY" with the
written consent of three-fourths of the value of all
stockholders in interest of each of said Companies
in accordance with the laws of the State of Cali
fornia.
ALPHEUS BULL,
President California and Oregon R. R. Co.
LELAND STANFORD,
President Marysvlle r. R. Co.
January Is, 1868. film
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-01
ATTENTION, COMPANY |!

FEvHE MEMBERS OF THE LYON LIGHT 4
Il infaAtry Company are hereby ordered to !
assemble, IN full uniform, at their Armory, in ii
Shasta, OF Saturday, February 22d, 1868, at Q
O'Clock NJ, for Parade and Target Practice
VIM. E. HOPPING, Captain.
Shassf Feb. 1, 1868.
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-01

q. S. INTERNAL REvENUE.-The Assistant
Assessor has received circular letter of in
structions from Thomas J. Blakeney, u. S.
Assessor of the Fourth District, in which he
SAYS:
Statements of income for the year en- ling
December 3lst may now be received, under
the Act of March 2, 1867, prescribing the
first Monday in March as the day on or before
which returns shall be rendered, and M aking
it the duty of Assistant Assessors to COM
mence thorough canvass of their respective
divisions on that day, for the purpose of
requiring returns from delinquents, as ex-
pressed in Sections IL to l8 inclusive, Com.
piled Revenue Laws. 1t is desired that this
assessment be thorough and promptly made,
as the consolidated lists of the district must
be in the hands of the Collector on the 1st of
July proximo To this purpose lists of
divisions will be required at the earliest
practicable day, which in no instance must
be later than the Both day of May Sworn
statements will be required of all persons
subject under the law to render returns,
whether they are liable to tax or not.
The Shasta courier., 1868-02-01

j. E. PELHAM, Secretary.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-06-05
Public Meeting.

A meeting Of the conservativeDe.
mocratic party of Fairfield District
was held in the Court House. at
Winnsboro, on the LIST instant.
Y The President, Judge W. r, Ro-
bertson, explained the object Of the
meeting to be in response to O oirou-
lar issued by the State Central Exc
cutive Committee. The Convention
which met in Columbia, in April last,
appointed only one delegate from
ench Congressional District and two
for the State ut large to the National
Democratic Convention, to bo holden
in the city of New York, on the 4th
of July next. It was ascertained
that the State was entitled to double
the number. The circular suggested
two plans for filling the vacaucies-
either to hold another conventioo, or
for each Central Democratic Club to
send up the names of suitable gen.
tlemen to the Central Committee,
from which they would select the
number required to fill the vacancy.
DIR. L. T.. Robertson moved that q
Committee of Seven be appointed to
nominate one delegate from the Con-
gressional District and two for the
State ut large.
The Chair appointed the following
gentlemen Oh the Committee: DR.. T.
Il. Robertson, W. Z. Aiken. Samuel
81. Stevenson. DR.. John w. Camp
bell, Thomas McKinstry, J. II. Rion
md T. w. Woodward.
The Committee presented the fol-
lowing names, which received the
unanimous approval of the meeting:
T.. ". Woodward for the Congress
sional District, and G. p. Sullivan
alternate; for the State at large
Hon. W. D. Porter-Jamcs Conner,
alternate; j. p. Thomas Hon. D.
l.. Wardlaw, alternate.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
W. r. ROBERTSON, Pres't.
I. n. WTTHERs, Secretary.
1Vinnsdoro Register.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-06-05

A great loss has occurred to the
country, as we gather from the fol-
lowing announcement: ''Logrenia
the Observation-Disclosures, begs
to announce, in consequence Of the
immense success attending his en-
tertainmcnts of Ambidexterous Pres.
tidigitation and Gift Enterprise in
America, that he will not bo in Eng
land this season."
AS Wendell Phillips, Anna Dickin-
son and some other public nuisances
are said to be going abroad, we may
s expect to hear thnt the peace OF
E,.aope is again threatened.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-06-05
We clip the following communica-
lion from the WinGsboro ,Redistet.:s 2.


ton from the Winnsboro Register: =
t,ssNfR. EDITOR: The people seem to
be an king to the extreme necessity
that exists of increasing our white
population by immigration. One
farmer offers to give, if necessary,
one-third of his land to actual settlers
from Europe or the North. Another,
who has only q small farm, and
whose honesty, intelligence and
thrift constitutes him one of our best
citizens, will allow the immigrant to
chosse the best twenty-five acres out
of his farm of 225 acres, excepting
the part upon which his house
stands. I think that an immigration
society should be formed at once,
and that merchants and professional
men, who do not own land, should
contribute otherwise to the success
Of the project; for they, as we'll as
the land holder, will be benefited by
m increase of population.
CIVIS."
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-06-05

A Bostonian-or some one who
gives evidence of living in the vicni.
ty of tho Club" claims the author
ship of o popular poem about which
there has been much discussion, and
to prove his right. gives to the public
the following hitherto unpublished
stanza:
Mother, dear mother, oh! give me
some squills,
I have grown weary of duns and of
bills;
Weary of working ten hours day,
Weary of working for very small pay,
Weary of trying to see my way clear,
Tired of cocktails and tired OF beer,
Tired of dining with Parker and
Mills.
Give me some squills, mother, give
me some squills.
This will probably finish the con-
troyersy.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-06-05

COON FIGHT IN kENTUCllY.-A coon
fight is one of the glorics of life in
Kentucky. The programme is this:
Some one announces to the gentle
men planters of an extended neigh
borhood that he will give barbecue
md coon fight on certain day, ut
such O. place, and they are invited to
bring themselves, their friends, and
their dogs, for his coon is veteran,
and will mako q big fight. This
brings a large gathering of men and
dogs to enjoy the feast and the fight.
The coon is placed in n barrel with
one head out, laid fat, SO that he
cannot be taken On the flank or rear,
and the dog that brings out the coon
and it takes one Of pluck to do that
wins the bet.
On the occasion to be described
large party assembled with nume-
rous fine dogs, eager for the fray.
The sport began. every dog Of
the party was whipped out by the
sharp teeth and claws of the gallant
coon. AS q matter of course, there
was noisy clamor and some tough
swearing ut the result. There was a
seedy Yankee present, looking on
with grin of delight, as each defeat
ed dog gave up the battle. He had
with him miserable yellow cur,
which went snealling about with its
tnil between its legs, swapping and
shying at every dog that offered
token of friendly introduction.
In the midst of the uproar, Yankee
quietly remarked:
"Wal, gentlemen, 1 think have
got dog that will bring 'eout that
ere COON"
"Where is he? whore is he? Bring
him out" shouted score of wit
nesseS.
''rhar he isl" pointing to the mise
rable cur.
There was u general laugh, and
Immediate offers of bets i'll any guam
tity.
"Wal, gentlemen, L haint got
much money, but here's my watch
and three dollars. That ere watch
is lettlo old, but it's M alfred
nice time-keeper."
"I'll bet you ten dollars against
your watch and the money"
wal, I guess that's about fair; I'll
do it,"
After great deal of coaxing and
pulling, the mongrel was hauled
close to the mouth Of the barrel.
The Yankee, after patting and call
ing his dog pet names for n minute,
suddenly seized him and thrust him
into the barrel, stern first. The next
instant, with an agonizing yelp, out
came the dog, and out came the
coon, too, fastened by tooth and
claw to the launches of the fleeing
dog. The screams that followed NAV
not be described.
II guess I'll take that ERE money
and watch;;" quietly remarked Mr..
Yankee, and he took tnom.
The loser, with scowl, by way of
self-comfort, observed, II reckon
your dog is spoiled"
"Wal- yes guess he's lettle da-
maged; but T never reckoned him
worth morn ten dollars"
-& -S----
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-06-05

MIXING OF RACES. -Agassiz says on
this subject: ''Let one who doubts
tho evil of the mixture of races, and
is inclined, from mistaken philnn-
thropy, to break down all the barriers
between them, come to Brazil. He
cannot deny tho deterioration conse-
quent upon an amalgamntion of races,
more widespread here than in any
other country i'll the world, and
which is rapidly effacing the best
qualities of the white man, the negro
and the Indian, leaving nondescript
type, deficient in physical and men
tai energy" At the time when a
new social state of the negro is n
subject of vital importance in our
craftsmanship, We should profit by
the experience of n country where,
though slnvery exists, there is far
more libcrnlity towards the free negro
than he has over enjoyed in the
United States. Let us learn the
double lesson, open all the advan-
tnges of education to the negro, and
give him every chance of success
which culture gives the man who
knows how to use it; but respect the
laws of nature, and let all our deal
ings with the black man tend to pre-
serve, as far ns possible, the distinc-
tions of his national characteristics,
and the integrity of our own
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-06-05

A very fat lady, on getting into an
omnibus, heard gentleman make
the grumbling remark, s'Omnibuses
wero not made for elephants. 10
this she replied, "Sir, omnibuses are
like Noah's Ark, intended to carry nll
sorts of beasts"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-06-05

A gentleman at an eating house
asked the person next to him if he
would please to pass the mustard.
"Sir," said the man, "do you mistake
me for waiter?" "Oh no, sir" was
the reply, 81 mistoolz you for a gen.
tleman."