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The Portland daily press., 1868-10-21

New HAMPSHIRE ITEMs.-Five persons ar e
to be tried for murder at this term of the SUI
preme Judicial Court, which began at Ports
mouth, yesterday Josiah L. Pike, for the
murder of Mr.. and Mrs. Brown at Hampton
Falls, May 9Th. He will plead guilty. Toom-
as o. Cornell for the murder of man named
Page at Hampstead, July 31st. Enoch Fogg,
for murder of - Mcquillan at Seabrook,
Aug 31st, by beating him on the head with a
gunstock. Dorr for attempting to murder his
mother with an axe at Derby, Sept. 18th. C.
E. Marston for an attempt to kill Oliver Blake
at North Hampton, June I'd.
A schooner arrived at Portsmouth on Sum
day, whose crew took 100 barrels of mackerel
in on. one day, worth 800 per barrel
Work in the Navy Yard is not driving and
the yard resembles Goldsmith s deserted vii
lage. Only 500 persons are on the rolls.
Loose hay is worth $18 Der ton; potatoes 81
per bushel; apples are plenty; cider Is cents
per gallon.
Charles Brewster, editor of the Portsmouth
Journal, has nearly ready for the press Ram
bles in and around Portsmouth"
Ex-President Pierce is gaining slowly. His
seaside house has for the greater part of the
time been full of visitors, and if that is any
criterion, he must be popular man.
Mr.. Lynch's resolution for removing the ma
terial of the Charleston Navy Yard to Kttery,
ought to pass, and then the latter would be the
largest one in the country. Its surroundings
are such that it is capable of being one of the
finest in the world.
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-21

ADVICE is like medicine-easy enough to
give, and uneasy enough to take. A good con-
science is a foretaste of heaven. The two best
perfumes now travelling are pure heart and
"Flor Del Santo," Woodworth's new extract
for the handkerchief eod1w.
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-21

Ar at Philadelphia 18th, bar1ue Henry Lord,
Pnkham, Portland brig Golden Lead, Dow, do (,
sehs l. vandervort. and Henry Horton, do.
SID i'm lie aware Breakwater nth, brig Amy A
Lane, tor Portland
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-21

---s., field, st John, NIB, via
->0sJ0n.
-~.ig Clara Goodrich. Look Pictou, Ms.
Sch Mcclellan, new Farr, OF and from Bruins
wick.
Sch Utica, Thorndke. Rockland.
Sch Snow, Thorndike, Rockland for New York.
Sch Henry A, Wade, Waldoboro for Boston.
Steam-tug Alert. from Richmond, Me- with a
barge in tow with HOO tons ice. Coaled up and pro-
ceeded.
CLEARED.
Steamer Chesapeake, Bragg, New York - Hen
ny Fox.
Steamer Chase, Mulligan, Halifax, Ms John
Porteous
Sch e Willard, Parsons, Phlladelpha-E vii
la d.
SAILED-Ship Enoch Talbot; brig Fl Kennedy;
sch Ida l. Howard.
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-21
WANTED !!

A SITUATION in a GRIST MILL Address s..
"A II. w, through the Post Office, Portland, Me.
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-21
MEMORANDA.

LAUNCHED-At Waldoboro 18th inst, by Reed
Welt q Co, ship oil 1896 tons. named Annie Fish
owned by the builders and others, and to be com
manded by Capt q Nj Yates, of Bristol.
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-21

COMPETITION IN WfcKEDNEss is as brisk as
in anything else Oliver Dyer, the man who
wrote the first "Wickedest Man" article and
immortalized John Allen, lectured in Music
Hall, Boston, Monday evening, and assured
his hearers that what their city lacked in
QUANTITY of vice it made up in quality. The
subject of his lecture was "What 1 have Seen
in New York, "and from the published abstract
of his discourse it appears that he has seen
some very naughty and some very distressing
things. He had visited North street and other
notorious localities Saturday evening and re-
preached the Modern Athenians for becoming
so much interested in Agassiz's account of
monkeys in Brazil, when so many chill
dren in the very heart of the METROPOLIS were
suffering for attention.
In the course of his lecture Mr.. Dyer des-
cribed tour among the haunts of vice which
he made some years ago in company with
Judge Mclean of the Supreme Court of the
United Statos, and Stephen A. Douglas. At
ter the visit was over, Mr.. Douglas said that
he had never before been able to FULLY credit
the descriptions of the debauchery and wick
edness of the ancient Romans, but he had
seen enough that night to enable him hereaf-
ter to believe in any accounts of human wick
edness and debauchery. He gave graphic
descriptions of what he had seen in his visits
among these places. He had found persons
living in cellars and keeping life in them
selves by making cloth caps at cent apiece.
lie spoke of the New York tenement houses,
which contain generally nearly a hundred
families each, and spoke of one which con-
tanned twelve hundred people. These houses
are vile and dirty beyond description or even
conception. There are 100000 persons who
| live in these places in New York. There are
in New York 221 arrests a day, and among
the arrests last year there were q ,5S2 arrests
| of women. The whole number of arrests of
both sexes last year was about 80 900, which is
more than the entire population of some
| States
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-21

VALUABLE HORSES SHOULD BE INSURED in
the ETNA LIVE STOCK INSURANCE Co. LoR-
ING & THURsToN Agents, No. Exchange ST.
MARINE INSURANCE. Hulls, freights and
cargoes insured in first class offices at the
Agency of Loring & Thurston's, No. Ex-
change street. sept23tf
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-21

AOSt OE 0tOitus
A CHECd dated october 10th, 1865 TOR seventy
IA seven dollars, signed BY Vim. Allen, Jr paya-
be to the or,l,r OF A. q. LIBBY. AMI endorsed by
him. All persons are cauH ned against receiving
said check, payment the same has been stopped
oct21d1w* A. @. LIBBY.
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-21

The sawmill at Winnegance, owned by Mr.
day.
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08

SOUTHERN ELEcToRs.-It is stated that the
Legislatures of Alabama and Florida have
passed laws authorizing the Legislatures Of
those States to choose Presidential Electors.
The second Article of the Constitution of the
United States provides that leach State
shall appoint, in such manner as the Legis.
lature thereof may direct, number of Elec-
tors equal to the whole number of Senators
and Representatives to which such State may
be entitled in Congress-" 1t will therefore
be seen that the Legislatures of the States
mentioned have a clear constitutional right
to choose Presidential Electors if they see
proper to do so. South Carolina always
chose her Electors through her Legislature,
and the legality of her action in SO doing was
never questioned In the newly organized
States of the South the treasures are empty.
and the people can lily afford to be taxed to
pay the expense of holding elections; and
for this and other reasons the action of their
Legislatures will doubtless meet the approval
of the people of Alabama and Florida
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08

BErrING.-On Tuesday S. Hull and VIM.
Bickford came into town, and intimated that
they had five hundred dollars to bet that
Seymour would carry this State over Grant
Jenkins argued that Grant would win the
day in California, and talked as if he could
be induced to bet five hundred dollars on the
Ficksburg game cock. After considerable
talk and bantering, Bicklord pulled out a
twenty dollar piece, and told Jenkins be
would wager that amount that he (Jenkins)
could not raise five hundred dollars to bet on
the. election. jenkins turned to bystander,
borrowed twenty dollars and closed the bet
He then proceeded to go through his old
clothes, and finally drew out wallet con-
taining just five bundled dollars, even count
lie then raked in the twenty dollar pieces,
after which he proceeded to cover the five
hundred dollar wager of the Seymourites,
aud the stakes were left in the hands of Sam
Cooper, Express agent.
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08

ESTERPRisIN6.---A attachment was issued
here some time ago for man named Guy
kendall, who was endeayuring to evade the
payment Of fourteen hundred dollar note,
given by him to parties in Idaho. Cuyken-
dali left Oak Run for Oregon, via Fort Crook
on the 25th ult., and warrant for his ar
rest was placed in the hands of Sheriff
Greene on the following Monday, Cuyken-
dali having two days start. The Sheriff
left here at IL A. NJ, and arrived at Fort
Crook, distance of one hundred mikes. at 5
o'clock on the evening Of Tuesday He trav-
eled all tho distance without changing horses
or feeding his animal. On arriving at the
Fort he found his man and arrested him.
The prisoner finally paid the amount of the
note and was allowed to 90 on bis way
The Sheriff certainly displayed commendable
enterprise in the affair, and illustrates what
pluck can accomplish in the face of 9ificul-
ties
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08
An Unfortunate Selection.

The Third Congressional District Conyen-
tion has nominated Chancellor Harrison as
candidate for Congress in this district A
decent. regard for truth compels us to say
that if the Convention had faithfully carried
out the wishes of the great majority of the
Union voters of the district some other man
would haze been placed in the field. We
regard it as an injustice to the struggling
Union men Of the district-to to the workers of
the party-to allow dead weight to be
foisted upon the organization at this time
Grant and Colfax are strong before the peo-
pie, but we will have to make a strong fight
to carry this State for them and for this
reason men should have been nominated on
the Union side who would add strength to
the ticket, and be able to make something of
a respectable defense of our cause on .fe
stump. In this important crisis, ~nen all
that patriots hold dear is throwh in the scale,
it is gross outrage and burning shame that
this man Harrison should be tackled on to the
Union ticket. We supposed that when he
was beaten last year by that fourth-rate
lawyer and intellectual pigmy, johnson, he
would never again be heard of as an official
aspirant, but in this we were unfortunately
mistaken. For months past, when others.
forgetfu of selfinterest, were laboring and
studying how to best promote the interests of
the Uffon organization, Harrison was employ
ing his giant intellect in fabricating and
circulating slanderous reports against the
character Of his Union competitors, and in
forwarding circulars containing contemplate
assaults on good men to his hackers through
out the district. Misrepresentation slander
and falsehood if not money. have been freely
rcSorted to in order to break down his oppo-
nehts for the nomination, ard bis disgrace.
full plans have succeeded but too well in
effecting the result he set out to accomplish
We protest against the nomination of
Harrison, because he is weak, incompetent
man, who can add no strength whatever to
the ticket because he has resorted to unfair
and dishonorable tactics against his oppo-
nents; and because he has, by these means,
foisted himself into place that should have
been occupied by an able, eloquent and hon
orable gentleman, capable of carrying the
Union banner high above the reach of its
foes.
We think our services as an answering
and faithful supporter of the Union party
and it's principles, since it's formation, emit
ties us to the privilege of uttering protest
when we behold an outrage perpetrated upon
our party, and in the exercise of that right
we have spoken. We regard the nomination
of Harrison as equivalent to the election Of
johnson.
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08

IMPRovING.-We are informed that great
improvements have been made duringthe past
year in Pitt River and Birney valleys. At
Burketville there are two well filed stores, a
blacksmith shop, hotel, and ten or twelve
comfortable dwelling houses. Caton's ranch
now embraces several hundred acres of ex-
cellent farming land, which has produced a
splendid crop of wheat, hay and barley this
season. Other fine farms are beginning to
thickly dot these extensive valleys, and the
country shows evidence of permanent settle
ment and improvement on every hand.
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08

FATAL AcCIDENT.-A fatal accident oc-
CURED on Saturday last, near Horsetown, in
this county. As Miss Mary Ann Keelan,
daughter Of Hugh Keelan, was riding home
from llorsctown, carrying before her on the
saddle sack containing some provisions the
sack accidentally fell to the ground, which
frightened the horse, causing him to jump
suddenly, and throwing her from her seat
In falling her hoop skirt caught on the horn
of the saddle, and the frightened animal
dragged hor about one hundred and fifty
yards, bruising her in horrible manner.
Medical aid was summoned, but after three
hours suffering death ensued. Deceased was
very estimable young lady, aged about 16
years.
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08

INDIAN OurRAGEs.-Howard Turner, the
Weaverville stage driver, informs us that a
party Of Indians attacked three white men at
a place called the Corral" on the Hum
boldt trail, Trinity county, on Tuesday. One
of the men beat hasty retreat on seeing the
Indians approach, and made his way to
Cox's Bar, Trinity river, where a party was
raised to return to the Corral" and look
after the other two men. On arriving there
one of the men was found with his thigh
shattered by shot fired at him by the In
dians, but nothing has been heard or seen of
his companion. The recovery of the wounded
man is considered doubtful.
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08

LET Us HAVE PEACE. ."-General Grant
closed his letter of acceptance by saying; =
" Let us have peace" In these words he
expressed the desire of the great masses of
the country who rallied to the defense of the
Government during the late rebellion The
war at an end, the loyal people of the land
want peace and quiet in order to restore the
interrupted commercial relations of t! g
country to former prosperity, to lessen taxa
ton, and secure such needful legislation as
the exigences of the war and the circum
stances growing out of the conflict have here
tofore prevented. Such are the sentiments
and wishes of the loyal people of the country
to-day. But they are confronted by the
Democratic party, composed of all the law
less and REASONABLE elements of the country,
standing on platform pledged to revolution
and turmoil. Taking their cue from this
platform, Wise, Vance, Hammond, Toombs,
Blair and other leading Democratic spirits
are boldly predicting and advocating revolu-
ton, and it is plainly apparent to every re-
hecting mind that if the party to which these
conspirators belong be not 0verthrown by
the people, the country will suffer nameless
woes at their hands. Therefore every man
who desires r eace, who owns property, en-
cages in business, and has the welfare of
society and the country at heart, should cast
his vote and influence on the side of the
party whose motto is (" Let us have peace. !"
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08

PRESIDENTIAL ELEcroRs.-The Republican,
State Convention met at Sacramento on We'd
desday, and organized with J. 6. Eastman,
of Yuba, as President, and NJ. d. Boruck as
Secretary j. B. FELTON,, General La Grange,
General Redington, DR.. Hoffman and Chas
Westmoreland were chosen as Presidential
Electors; and Walter Van Dyke, G. W.
TYLER. Senator Tweed of Placer. Lewis
Sloes and James McNabb were chosen as
a Alternates
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08

FouND.-A few days ago John Neal, living
near Montgomery Creek, in this county, dis
covered, below the crossing of that stream, a
partially decomposed horses neck, around
which was fastened a collar, such as is gencr-
ally used with buggy harness. 1t is sur
missed that some one was drowned in trying
to cross the creek during the high water last
spring, and search will be made in few
days for further indications. 1t is thought
that if any ono had lost horse or team in
the creek, and escaped himself, the matter
would have been made known
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08

A GLuTroN of fellow was dining at a
hotel, and. in the course of the . battle with
knives and forks" accidentally cut his
mouth, which, being observed by Yankee,
sitting near. he bawled out. - say, friend,
don't make that ar hole in your countenance
any larger, or we shall all starve to death"
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08

SurERvIsoRs.-The Board of Supervisors
shouid have met on Monday for the transac-
t,on OF business, but owing to the illness of
Mr' Lack and the absence of Mr.. Jones no
quorum could be had. Mr.. Scott, the only
member OF the Board who put in an appear
snce' adjourned from day to day until Fri
1Ay' ~nen he adjourned until O'Clock this
ed to be present. 'o"'S 10 expect
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08
COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE.

W. Garden. Walter Whitney, James DAILY
% Thomas Battams, William Ludwig, g. T.
Taggart, James Blair, 0. H. P. Tanquary and
Charles Mcdonald, elected by the late Union Con-
vention County Central Committee. are re-
quested to meet at the Court House. in tho town of
Shasta, on
Monday, August 10th, 1868
at II o'clock A. NJ All are requested TO attend.
as business Of Importance will come before the
meeting. auI
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08

PosTMAsrER.-On Tuesday DR.. Conklin
took formal possession of Uncle Sans Post
Office, in this place. We understand the
Office will remain at the City Drug Store for
the present.
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08

On Monday next, stages will leave Sacra-
mento at 4 O'Clock A. NJ, and connect with
the morning train on the California Pacific
Railroad at Davisville, taking passenger to
San Francisco, via Vallejo, arriving at 10
O'Clock the same morning.
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08

OVERLAND MoSTHLY.-The August num-
Der OF this new California magazine has
come to hand, filed to repletion with choice
and original articles. Every reading man
II The State should take this magazine.
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08

FAsr RIDISG.-On Sunday last, at the Bay
View Race Track, San Francisco, young
man named Mowery rode three hundred
miles in fourteen hours and thirteen seconds,
and won $1,000. Thirty horses were used.
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08

WAsurNcrox.- Washington Quartz
Company cleaned up the July run, and real
lied the snug sum of 1851 81. The con-
tractors who are running the new 500 foot
tunnel are getting along finely, having struck
into soft rock.
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08

PURcHAsED.-Charles Mcdonald has pur-
chased of G. F. Moore the Express route
between Shasta and Janesville, and will
commence running on the first of September.
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08
FIRED HIS CoAr Orr.-The Yolo Demo.

FIRED His CoAT OFF.-The Yolo Demo-
crat says.that at recent Democratic meet.
ing in Davisville, in that county, an enthusi-
astlc Democrat, while assisting in handling
the Seymour gun, threw his coat on the
ground, and afterward, in the darkness, mis-
took it for waddiug and rammed it
horoe -
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08

VIZ, "sh iRAINING.-Professors Wallace 4
wilson, the celebrated horse .ra;no-. -
In "n' give free exhibition of their
s,n' 10 '0,s place, en- Monday next at >
CLOCK r. NJ after which class will ~
formed Tor the benefit of those who dsv;,o
Instruction IN the art of train;nr ho,.o.
ms Is rare opportunity, and va h"a. :.
will be improved nope At
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08

THANKs-To Hon. George c. Gorham,
Secretary of the U. S. Senate, for valuable
public documents.
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08

Coop NOMINATION Hon. Aaron A. Sar-
gent has been nominated for Congress from
the Second Congressional District.
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
SECOND SUPERVISOR DISTRICT

HNHE DELEGATES ACCREDITED TO THE
IL last Democratic Convention from the Precincts
of French Gulch, Tower House, Horsetown, Piety
Hill, Chicago, Eagle Greek, Arbuckle, Roaring
River, Janesville, Ludwig's Bridge American
Ranch and Texas Springs, notified to meet at
Horsetown on
Saturday, the Goth inst.
at o'clock z. NJ, for the purpose of nominating
candidate for Supervisor for said district
By order of the Executive Committee
J. VAN SCHAICK, Chairman.
j. E. PELHAM, Secretary. aus
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08

FoREIGN MINERS Licenses Sbo,;ec
disposed of 374 foreign miners licenses d,r
ing the month of July. Nu'-
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

N0TICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN
IN pursuance of the order of the Probate Court
of the county of Siskyou in the State of Califor-
mia, made on the 18th day of July, A. d. 1868, in
the matter of the estate of James Townsend, de-
ceased. the undersigned Administrator of said es-
tate will sell, at public auction, to the highest
bidder, for cash in United States gold con in one
or two parcels, and subject confirmation by said
Probate Court, on
Monday, the 3Ist day of August, A. ID.
1868,
at o'clock P NJ, in front of the Court House
door, in the town of Shasta State of California all
the right. title interest and estate of the said in
testate at the time Of his death in and to the follow
ing described real estate, situated in Shasta county,
to wit:
The south west quarter of the south west quarter
of section number seven, in township number
thirty-one north, and range number one west con-
tanning forty and the south east quarter of
the south east quarter of section number twelve,
in township number thirty-one north, and range
number two west, containing forty acres, and of
the Mount Diablo base and meridian, altogether
containing eighty acres, and known as the Town
send Ranch.
JOHN c. TIPTON. Administrator
aus OF the estate Of James Townsend, deceased.
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08

STAGE CHANGE.-The Oregon and Califor-
MIA Stage Company has closed its offices in
Sacramento and Marysville, and has made
Oroville its headquarters in this State. A
Oroville.
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08
STYLES.

Having agerts in London and Paris We introduce
the styles in San Francisco simultaneously
with their appearance in New York.
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08
COUNTRY ORDERS.

Goods forwarded by Express to any part of the
Pacific Coast on receipt of orders and measures !;
send for directions for measurement.
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08
SPECIALTIES.
PRICE AND GUARANTEE.

The largest and most varied stock of G ntle-
mems Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Trunks, Bags
and Valises on the Pacific Coast. Every article
sold, being of our own manufacture, is guaranteed
Having contracts direct with European and Amer
lean Manufacturers of piece goods, VIC thereby
effect saving of fully so per cent. in wholesale
dealers profits, and are thus able to offer superior
Goods at less than second-rato prices.
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-08

How OLD?-Says the Sacramento Record;
" For the last sixteen years We have heard Of
COL T. j. Henley as &C the old war horse OF
Democracy" He has had very thin grazing
the past eight years; and, from age, very
blunt teeth. How old is he ?"