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MONTGOMERY FEMALE INSTITUTE,
wi CHRISTIANSBURG, VA.
THIS School, resumed September goth, 1869, is
in its 10th annual Session
Every facility for acquiring an elegant education,
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The Corps of Teachers consists of a University
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President Richmond Female Institute; c. W. Thi-
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mond Va.
Christansburg is one mile off Va. & Tennessee
Railroad.
Miss S. C. WALTHALL,
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This is the Oldest Of the series. In its main fea-
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Brougham, jeffrey Sidney smith and Lord Hol.
land, its original founders and first contributors
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airy NUMBER was set on foot rival to the EDIE-
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EDGEWoRTH FEMALE SEMINARY

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Ecclesiastical Autites.

Total, VI APO
JAMES WOODROW, Treasurer.
The Shasta courier., 1870-07-02
Clear Lake, Lake County.

From the Lower Lake Bulletin, we take
the following description of California Lake:
Clear Lake is beautiful sheet of water,
lying in Lake county 1t is about so miles
long. 1t lies somewhat in the shape of the
letter Y. the two shorter arms representing
lower ke, and the sulphur bank branches,
the other portion representing the upper lake
branch. The greatest depth of the sulphur
bank arm of the lake is about Sc feet of
lower lake IS feet; of upper lake So feet
The water is soft; away from the tule that
skirts the shores, it is good to drink. 1t has
vast mountain watershed and very mar
row outlet. 1t has some so miles of coast
line, nearly two-thirds of which is composed
of high bluff add chimese-covered hills, rising
abruptly from the lakes bosom. In many
places between these hills or divides thai run
down to the lake there are small hats slight.
lv raised above the level of the lake, cult-
vated ami famed mostly as stock ranches
At the upper and lower ends of the lake
there are iule marshes of considerable extent.
Uncle Sam mountain raises its handicapped
summit on the southern boundary Of the
Lake-into which from the foot Of the noun
tain green covered peninsula extends COM
manding view of the whole lake. Going
westerly from Uncle Sam. Big valley-A
large fertile tract of land-skirts the lake as
far as Lakeport, a town situated on its mar
gin. The ground here raises along the lake
shore and remains higher than in Big valley
undl Upper Lake is reached, where the
creeks running into the lake have filled in
alluvium, creating another valley. Thence
we strike high bold shores, interspersed with
few farms lying at the foot of these rocky
bluffs, and so until Lower LAKE is reached,
where there is another fiat of small extent.
Thence to Uncle Sam are chinese hills and
rocky shores uninhabited. There is an
abundance of good fish in the lake. In the
summer the winds blow mostly from the
south and east The ain fall of this locality
equals if it does not exceed that of any other
place in the State.
The Shasta courier., 1870-07-02
A Big Specimen and How ii Was
Found.

About four weeks ago three man named
Fredrick Rochon, Levi Songfeld and John
Hayett, hailing from one of the lower coun-
ties, drove up here in light two horse
wagon, which also contained partial pros
pecting outfit, halted in the shade of the
large cottonwood tree opposite this Office,
and went into Coleman's store for the
purpose of purchasing an ak. In the store
at the time were couple of Portuguese
engaged in telling the proprietor of the
favorable chances for striking good diggings
in the bars along Spring Greek, a consider
able stream which empties into the Sacra-
mento about three miles above this place.
The three emmigrants became interested-in
the description of the Spring Creek locality,
as detailed by the Portuguese, and deter
mined to procure few more mining tools
and 60 out there and try their hand at pros
pecttng orgoldy They accordingly visited
Spring Creek, located a claim on one of its
numerous bars, and proceeded to work
The claim only paid fair wages for few
days, but one day last week, while one of
the partners were engaged in shoveling
gravel up from the bed rock into the sluices,
he took up on his shovel what appeared to
be small rusty boulder. As he was about
to toss it aside, his attention was attracted
by the unusual heft of the supposed boul-
der, and he proceeded to rub the rust off
of it, when to his great delight it cleaned
forth solid nugget of pure gold, which,
on being placed in the scales weighed ff-
teen pounds and four and half ounces
worth $4,000!
The mines on the creek where this mug
get was found, were pronounced ."worked
out" six or seven years ago, by our resident
miners, but the truth is the bars along the
stream have never been half prospected and
are comparatively untested as mineral
ground. The history of Spring Greek is
also the history of hundred other mining
streams in Shasta county Wake up!-
there is still plenty of gold in the ground
but muscle and perseverance is required
to get it out.
The Shasta courier., 1870-07-02
NoTTCE.

q ECTIoN FIRST OF THE llTlGANI La"
= reads as follows:
IT shall be the duty of each District Judge, with
in thirty days after the passage of this Act TO des
igrats BY order filed, one newspaper IN each county
within his jurisdiction IN which shall be puohshed
all judicial and legal advertising for said county
In compliance with the foregoing provision,
Hon. A. NJ Rosboroush, Judge of the 9th Judicial
District by order duly fled in the Clerks Office Of
siskiyou county, designated the SHASTA COURIER
a. the legal paper for Shasta county.
soction Second of the Law further reads
When the proprietors of a newspaper SO desig-
mated shall file written stipulation, accepting the
conditions of this Act. with bonds in the sum OF
Eve thousand dollars $4,000. with good and sutfi
oient suretes to be approved by the District Judge
or the faithful performance of the legal ana judi
cial advertising of their county and to make good
.iny los, or damage which may accure from a fall
are to perform said advertising properly, the Dis
trict Judge shall designate said newspaper as the
medium in which all judicial and legal advertising
of said county shall be published during the term
for which he was elected.
We having complied with the demands Of Section
Second. Hon. A. NJ. RosbOrough, at the June term
of tho District Court. in7and fer Shasta County.
duly approved our bond and made the final order
appointing the COURIER as the legal advertising
medium for said County, which order is now in
full force and effect.
The rates of advertising fixed by law, for all ad
verising coming within provisions of the Act, are
as follows:
One dollar ard fifty cents per square for the first
insertion one dollar for each additional insertion
up to four. and thirty five cents for each subse-
quent insertion.
All legal advertising must be paid for in ad-
vance.
The Shasta courier., 1870-07-02
Shooting of E. ID. HOIbrOOk
at Idaho city.

The Boise City Chronicle OF June 22d
contains the intelligence that Hon. E. d.
Holbrook, late member of Congress from
Idaho, was killed in an affray oy Charles
Douglas. We clip the following, in relation
to the affair, from that paper:
Last Saturday evening about twilight,
as Hon. E D. Holbrook was sitting in front
Of DR.. Belknap's Office in Idaho CITY, he
was approached by Charles Douglas and
shot in the abdomen. Holbrook staggered
to his feet and grasped his revolver, when
Douglas retreated around the corner of the
drugstore, and both parties exchanged
shots until their revolvers were emptied
Holbrook then staggered to his room, lad
joining Belknap's ofice) and got on his
bed. Medical aid was in attendance at
once, but as intended, the shot was fatal
He fingered until Sunday morning about
ten o'clock. Monday afternoon, at five
o'clock, the Procession started from Masonic
Hall to convey the remains of the late E.
D. Holbrook to their final resting place
A larger procession was never witnessed in
Idaho. Fully 1000 persons must have
participated in the sad duty Of consigNing
Holbrooks remains to the grave-a sure
proof that the day of assassination has pass
ed in Idaho. By two thirds of the citizens
who participated in the obsequies last Mon
day, it is pronounced cold blooded MUIR
der. Any person of reason could not have
failed to observe that the peoples action on
last Monday was decisive in regard to such
illegitimate and disgraceful proceedings as
occurred the Saturday before. It showed
that they were tired of the shooting and
cutting style of settling petty difficulties.
Hoibrook formerly resided at Weaver
vile, Trinity county, and followed the oc-
cupation of showing pesteboard' for a
living. In the shooting and cutting line
he was always considered son it, and has
at last met with the fate which awaits the
majority of that class of people.
The Shasta courier., 1870-07-02

SHAsTA-TowN SIrE.-The town site
of Shasta is located on the S. ! of n. Z. I
and S. of N. w. and n. W. I of n.
W. and s. Z. 4 Of Section 25, and the
N. of N E. Section g. 1t Includes
the places of John Forster, Chas. Melon
aid, Mrs. Sperber, and the old Fordham
place now owned by F. Book. The town
was settled in May and June, 1S49, and
now contains about nine hundred inhab-
itants, the lowest number since the first
year of its settlement Our citizens should
feel gratifed that they are now secure in
their homestead, and the few dollars that
are to be paid for the same will doubtless
be handed over cheerfuily
The Shasta courier., 1870-07-02

SUDDEN DEATH.-A Miss Macarthur,
who recently taught private school in
Fall river valley, died very suddenly, at
her parents residence near Fort Crook, last
week. While engaged in getting dinner
she complained of feeling unwell and went
into an adjoining room and reclined on the
bed. One of her parents entered the room
a few moments afterward and found her
dead. Disease of the heart is supposed to
have been the cause of her untimely DEATH
The Shasta courier., 1870-07-02

SroP 'EM.-This place has been cursed
this season with perfect avalanche of one
horse shows, exhibitions, ETC., and the
chances are that the " Double-Tailed
Horse" the Educated Pig" " Fat Cir"
and other interesting and highly moral
entertainment" are now on their way to
our town. Our friends at the " Head of
Navigation" will confer great favor on
this community by informing all upward
bound showmen," ETC., that the small.
pox is raging fearfully here.
The Shasta courier., 1870-07-02

The Committee ofCongress on Retrench-
ment has discovered that during our civil
war, and while we were assisting the Mex
lean Government to drive away its foreign
invaders, that the same Mexican Govern
ment was carrying on systematic plan of
smuggling goods to and fro along the bor-
der, taking cotton into Mexico and in re-
turn supplying the Confederates with arms
and ammunition.
The Shasta courier., 1870-07-02

10. o. F. ELEcTIoNs.-On June 22d
the following gentlemen were elected off,
GERS of Shasta Encampment, No. IA:
NJ. S. Babcock, G. P; H. Habich, FL.
P; T. Habich, s. W; G. R. Knox, Scribe ;
L. Garrecht, Treas; j. E. Pelham, j W.
On June 9th the following gentlemen
were elected officers of Shasta Lodge, No.
81: P Hoff, n G.; Jos. Mullen, V. G ;
G. R. Knox, Sec
The Shasta courier., 1870-07-02
MAKING A Fool OF HIMsELF.-Sum

MAKING Fool OF HIMsELF-Sum-
ner avows his intention to offer an amend
ment to the naturalization bill providing
for the naturalization Of Chinese Other
Republican Senators avow their hostility to
the proposed amendment and will undoubt-
edly defeat it if offered. Old Sumner and
a few more of his kind of radical theorists
will hereafter have to take back seat in
the councils of the Republican camp. The
working people of Massachusetts, should
demand the immediate resignation OF the
diabolical old mischief maker.
The Shasta courier., 1870-07-02

LION KrLLED.-On Tuesday, Jerry
Culverhouse, driver between here and Trim
ity Centre, brought down the head of a
urge California lion. The head was di,
rected to DIR. Simms, the lecturer on Phre-
nology, Physiognomy, Physiology, Common
Sense, Nosc-Scents and various other mat.
ters "too numerous to mention " The
Doctor lost no time in boiling all the flesh
off of the head, aul can now boast of hav-
ing California lions skull among the
large collection of curiosities which he is
accumulatipg in his travels on this coast.
The lion was killed near the Mountain
House, BY Sebastian" the noted Nimrod
of the Trinity Mountains.
The Shasta courier., 1870-07-02

LEcTUREs--Mr. J. Simms, an able, ex-
perience and entertaining lecturer on vari-
rous subjects, has just concluded course
of six lectures in this place and will next
appear at Yreka. The Doctor is genius
in his way, and an original character in
everything The lecturer who can draw a
good house in Shasta for six successive
nights, is prodigy and needs no further
recommendation The Doctor did that.