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STEAMSHIPS
CHAyGE OF SCHEDULE. :
49,

On and after TUESDAY, the l4th instant, the
fast and elegant side-wheel steamer PALlSADE
will leave her wharf lat Powhatan Steamboat
eompany's shed,) Recltetts, every TUESDAY,
THURSDAY and SATURDAY MORNINGS, at
Ga o'clock A. M, for Norfolk, Portsmouth, and
all the regular landings on James River
Freight received every day from A. NJ. 10 6h
=. M.
All freights for way landing must be prepaid.
For freight or passage, apply to Captain
beard, or to VIM. + BRETT, Agent.
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DRrrIsH CLAIMS.

We Will attend to all CLAIMS OF BRITISH
SUBJECTS against the government of the Uni
ted States payable by the terms of the late trea-
ty between the United States and Great Britain
These claims are for acts committed against
the person and property Of subjects of Great Bri-
tain during the period OF the late war, and by the
army or authorized agents of the United States
CHANDLER, MORTON 4 SHIELDS.
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tBY AUTHORITY.l

BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA AND THE RE-
PUBLIC OF NICARAGUA.
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ID ICHMOND AND
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Notice TO SHIPPERS AND THE TRAVEL
ING PUBLIC.

RE-RsrABLIsHNRST OF THB DAILY LINZ DHTwRHs
RICHMOND, BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA
NEW YORK AND BOSTON.
AND TO ALI PoxTs.soRrH AND HAsr. WEST Asp
SoRrHWB5T.
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porting and publishing houses OF New York and
Philadelphia, 1 offer them as low can be bought
in America. will furnish any Chromo that Is
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notice, cheaper than any house in the city.
Looking Glasses all sizes, styles and descrip-
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fI7IIE NEW YORK HYGIENE INSTITUTE
Is AND Is LAIGHT ST, NEW YORK CITY.
A. l.. WOOD, NJ. d., PHYs1ciAS

The objects of this Institution, which has been
in successful operation for more than twenty
years, are two-told, viz:
l. The Treatment and Cure of the Sick, with
out poisoning them, by lIygienic agencies alone.
Q. To furnish pleasant, genial HOME to friends
of Hygiene throughout the world, whenever they
visit this city.
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EXTRADITION.

Signed June 25, lS7o-Ratifed april IL, ls71-Rat-
tfcations Exchanged June "a, 1S71-Procldined
September 10, 1871.
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CURE DEPARTMENT.

Thousands OF invads have been successfully
treated ut this institution during the past twenty
years, and its fame is known wherever the Eng
fish language Is spoken. Its appliances for the
treatment of disease without the use of poison
Gus drugs are the most extensive and complete of
any institute in America. They comprise the cell
ebrated
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VAPOR BATHS,
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p LIFTING CURE,
MAGNETISM,
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GREAT REDUCTION OF FARE
ACCOMMODATIONS UNSURPASSED

Passenger Train leaves Richmond depot daily
Sundays excepted) at Il. NJ +, connecting at
West Point with the first-class steamers
EASTERN CITY and DANIEL WEBSTER,
touching at the river landings and arriving In
Baltimore on the following morning In time to
connect with trains North and West.
Through Tickets and Baggage Checked to all
Points.
Passenger Train leaves at p. NJ. on SUM-
DAYS for West Point only
Steamer leave pier No. 10, l44 Light street, Bal
timore daily, Sundays excepted,) at p. d., ar
irving in Richmond the following morning at IL.
BY this line passengers enjoy good nights
rest.
Freight train, with passenger car attached. will
leave daily Mondays excepted) at A. NJ.
Freights received daily, carefully handled, and
promptly forwarded.
No Kerosene Oil transported over this line.
Through bills of lading given to all points.
FARE:
From Richmond to Baltimore. so
" Philadelpha......... 10
=" :" New York ........... 10 20
g Boston, all rail from
New York. ......... l6 10
Boston, via the Sound Is %
To Baltimore and return. ................. 90
WIN. N. BRAGG, Sup't.
J. l.. TAYLOR, Ticket Agent.
S. @. GRAsTY, General Agent, Baltimore
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THROUGH TRAINS leave depot, corner
Byrd and Eighth streets, as follows
The DAY TRAIN daily at 500 A. M. Arrives
in Washington at 1915, Baltimore Except on
Sundays at 2:l5, Philadelphia at 6:l5, and New
York at 1920 p. M. THE SAME DAY.
The NIGHT TRAIN daily Except on Sundays)
ut S:45 p. NJ
The DAY TRAIN arrives In Richmond at 2:l7
r. NJ.
The NIGHT TRAIN arrives in Richmond
(Mondays excepted at $3.50 A. Nj.
The ACCOMMODATION TRAIN, for MIL
ford leaves Broad-street Depot daily Sundays
excepted) at $3.50 p. NJ. Arrives in Richmond at
SAP A. NJ.
FREIGHT TRAINS leave Richmond on
TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS at 645 p. NJ.
THROUGH TICKETS and THROUGH BAG
GAGE Checks to all the principal points in the
North, East and West.
COMPANY'S OFFICE, corner Of Broad and
Eighth streets.
TICKET OFFICE, corner Byrd and Eighth
streets.
]. b. GENTRY,
General Ticket Agent.
+. T. ID. MYRRs. General Superintendent
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by THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED sTATBs OF AMRRIc
4 Proclamation.
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ID ICHMOND AND DANvILLE RAILROAD
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And whereas said convention amended has
been duly ratified on both parts, and the respec-
tive Publications of the same were exchanged at
Managua, on the twenty-fourth day of June last,
by Charles N. Riotte, Minister Resident of the
United States, and J. d. Rodriguez, Member OF
the Chamber of Deputies of Nicaragua, on the
part of their respective governments:
Now, therefore, be II known that l, Ulysses S.
Grant, President of the United States of Ameri-
ca, have caused the said convention to be made
public, to the end that the same, and every clause
and article thereof, may be observed and fulfilled
with good faith by the United States and the cit
liens thereof.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States to
he affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this nineteenth
day of September, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seyenty-one, and Of
the independence of the United States the nine
ty-sixth.
(sEAL.l ts r-r U. 5 GRANT.
BY the President;
HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary of State.
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Whereas convention for the extradition of
criminals between the United States of America
and the Republic of Nicaragua was concluded
and signed at Managua, by their respective Plen-
ipotentiaries, on the twenty-fifth day of June,
1870; which convention, being in the English and
Spanish languages, is word for word as follows:
EXTRACTION CONVENTION BETWEEN
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND
THE REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA
The Shasta courier., 1871-03-18

| l1.l};Eisl'
l32&

do not wish to. inform you, reader, that Dr.
Wonderful. or any other man, has discovered
remedy that cures Consumption, when the lungs
are half consumed in short viii euro sil diseases
whether Of mind, body estate, nuke men live
forever and leave death to play for want OF work,
and is desiened 20 make our sublunary sphere q
blissful Paradise, TO which Heaven itself shall be
but side show You have heard enough of that
kind of humbuggery- But when l tell You tnat
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy will positively cure
the worst cases Of Catarrh in the Head, only
as ert that which thousands can testify to-. l
viii pay $500 Reward for case that l cannot
cure. A pamphlet giving symptoms and other IN
formation sent free to any address. This iemedy IS
SOLD BY MOST DRUGGISTS IN ALL PARTS
OF THEW0RLD.
Price 80 cents Sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt
of sixty cents, or four packages for two dollars
Beware of counterfeits and worthless limitations.
See that my private Stamp. which is a positive
guarantee IF Genuineness, is upon the outside
wrapper. Remember that this priva.e Stang,
issued BY the United States Government expressly
for stamping my medicines, has my portrait.
name and address, and the worlds ~. 5. Ger
tifcate of Genuineness," engraved upon it.~and
need not be mistaken. Don't be swinded by
travellers and others representing themselves as
DR. Sage; l am the only man now living that has
the knowledge and right to manufacture the Cen
uins DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, and | never
travel to sell this medicine.
Rv PIERCE, NJ. D.
Jan. 22.1 133 Seneca street, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Shasta courier., 1871-03-18

If life-renewing fountain, like that
sought for by De Soto. should burst from the
earth at every mans door, thousands would
turn their backs on the ehealing springs with
in arm. reach. to run after pretended remed
les The observant, everywhere. accept Dr.
WalSeI's Vinegar sBtters as the greatest
medicinal blessing of modern times, but on
the other band inulitudes dose themselves
with poisons. while this well-spring of health
is aaee~sibie 10 all. IL purifies the animal
fluids. regulates every function Of the body,
cams the nerves, invigorates the vital organs,
and is an pnfailing specific for indigestion.
The Shasta courier., 1871-03-18
DI ED,

At Whiskytown March 9TH, Lester son of A.
G. and Rebecca Swain, aged year, months and
25 days
The Shasta courier., 1871-03-18

Gordon, of the Signal, referring to the
fact that some of the Democratic miners in
Trinity employ number of Chinese, wants
to know what kind of way that is to do
We suppose that with his knowledge Of
the facts he would know that if it was not
for the Democrats the ''Heathen Chinee'
would find but little employment in this
section. 1t is necessary for them to keep
. number of "Celestials" on hand for polit-
zeal capital, that's all.-Trinity Journal.
The Shasta courier., 1871-03-18
SUMMONS.

In Justices Court of Fourth Township, in the
County of Shasta, State Of California.
Thomas Greene, Plaintiff, against benjamin
S. Start, Defendant
The People of the State of California send Greet
ing to Benjamin S. Start, Defendant.
You are hereby required to appear before me, at
my Office in Fourth Township, in the County of
Shasta, in action brought against you by the
above named plaintiff and answer the complaint in
said action, file in my Office within ten days,
exclusive of the day service) after the service
on you of this Summons if served in this County
or twenty da, if served out of the County and in
the state, or in three months if served out of the
state.
The saidaetion is brought to recover the amount !.
of Eighty Dollars in Gold coin besides Interest on
a promisory note given by you to Chas. E. Holbrok
on the 18th dayof Feb 1870 and bearing interest at
the rate of one and one half per cent per month
until paid; said note transferred to Thomas
Green on the Sth day of November 1870, by whom
this action is brought:
And You are hereby notified that if you fail to
appear and answer said complaint, above re-
oured, said plaintiff will take judgment against
you for the said amount of $50 and Interest to-
gether with costs and damages. To the Sheriff or
anv Constable of said Shasta County, Greeting :
Make legal service and due return hereof Given
under my hand this twenty first day of December
A. D. 1870.
L L. Y. HASTINGS,
Justice of the Peace of said Township.
Burney Valley, December 18th 1870.
1t having been made to appear to my satisfac-
ton that this defendant in the ABOVE action resides
out of this State it is ordered that service oil the
above Summons be made by publication in the
Shasta COURIER the legal length of time.
l.. L. Y. HASTINGS, J. P.
The Shasta courier., 1871-03-18

Sir Charles Mordaunt, plaintiff in the
Mordaunt scandal case, has returned to
England from his tour in this country, and
is preparing to bring the matter before
the divorce court again. Against the ad-
vice of his friends he has determined to add
10 his petition as among Lady Mordaunt's s
admirers the name of the Prince of Wales
and that of Lord Newport Lady Nor
daunt has greatly improved in health.
The Shasta courier., 1871-03-18
SHASTA COURIER.

STRUCK BIZ LIGHrEISG.-The San Mateo
Gazette Of the 4th inst says:
I'VE learn from Father Dempsey that dur
ing the fierce storm of Monday night, Feb.
Goth. the Catholic church in San Mateo was
struck by lightning. The electric shaft seem.
ed to have first struck the large centre front
window SCATTERING it considerably, and pas
sing down, entered through the doors into
the vestibule and down through the floor to
= /. he-greund., 1t left scorched track which
L phihly Indicated the direction Of the shaft
and it is quite wonder that the building
was not set on FIRE. 1t is such rare thing
that we deemed the above case worthy of
notice. =. e--ztf1 go N
The Shasta courier., 1871-03-18

In another column will be found decis-
ion made by the Register and Receiver Of
the Sacramento Land District, wherein pre-
emption rights are accorded to single women,
women, in accordance with a late ruling of
the Commissioner of the General Land Office,
who decided that single women had the right
to pre- empt land that the word man. in
the law meant woman as we'll. The decis.
ion is certainly ajust one Folsom Tele
Craph.
The Shasta courier., 1871-03-18

II you have discharge from the nose, of
fensve or otherwise partial loss of the sense
of smell, taste or hearing. eyes watering or
weak. feel dull and stupid or debiIitated.
pain or pressure in the head. ti,ke cold easily,
you may be sure ynqi have the Catarrh
Thousands annually, without manifesting
halt OF the above symptoms. terminate in
Consumption and end in the grave. No dis
ease is 81 cnmmon more deceptive or less
understo d by physicians. Dr. Il. V. Pierce
l33 Seneca street. Buffalo n Y. is the
sole proprietor 'Dr- Sage's Catarrh Remedy
IA perfect specific far Catarrh. "Cod in the
Head" or Ca'arrhal Headache. which he
sends to aqY address by mail on receipt of
sixty cents. Snli by druggists
The Shasta courier., 1871-03-18

Edward Everett used to say that Mrs
John Quincy Adams, when mistress of the
White House, had the best manners of
any woman he had ever met in the world.
The Shasta courier., 1871-03-18

A man, having spite at sausage maker
rushed into his shop when crowded with
customers. threw large dead eat upon the
counter and said: THAT makes nineteen
Well settle when you re not basv?"
The Shasta courier., 1871-03-18
BORN.

In Silver City, Cow Creek, March 1, the
wife of VIM. II. Hilton, ofa Son.
On Oak Run, March 4, the wife of VIM. Leggett,
OF Daughter.
Near Wells ferry, March I. the wife of Q. N.
Adkins, of Son.
At Eagle Creek. March IL, the wife of W. S.
Kidder, Of Daughter.
The Shasta courier., 1871-03-18

VETEARE PREPARED TO DO ALL KINDS
w of Wagon work in manner that cannot
be beat by anybody in this State. We can ircn
light two-horse Wagons with hoop-iron for $50
per Wagon, and will warrant them not fit to run
in an Indian country. They chuck too loud.
The proprietor of the Pioneer Shop is the only
man that set tire without dishing the wheel,
and the only man that can shoe horse right, or
stop one from interfering or forging. am prepar-
ed to make Iron Railing of all kinds at 30 per cent.
cheaper than any ever yet made in this place. 0w-
ing to a superior punching machine have, can
do more work with it in three hours than any man
can do by the old process in a day. All kinds of
Picks, Mattocks and Hoes made to order. If any
body wants good work done, here is the place to
get it. No work will he turned away. and the
beauty of it is we don't file our work-tbat's what
hurts. SAMUEL ISAACKS.
Shasta April sth, 1870
The Shasta courier., 1871-03-18
BILLIARDS,

EfESSRS. PHELAN & CoLLENDER. THE
W. well known Billiard Table Manufacturers
of New York, have established at 54l Market street.
this city extensive branch of their business.
where they propose to keep constantly on hand
the largest and most complcte assortment OF Bill
lizard Tales Cloth. Cues, etc, on this coast The
Tables of the latest styles and size recently
adopted iu the Eastern States, Manu- actufed
in the best possible manner. and furnished with
Phelan's latest improved Cushions.
The composition Billiard Ball made by the
Hyatt manufacturing Co. Of Albany n. Y. the best
substitute for ivory yet discovered. For Sale only
by Prize Sl2 per set.
All goods i'll be Of the best quality, and the
prices fully as low any other house in the bus
inesS.
Parties visiting this city invited to visit our
warerooms aud inspect stock.
GEO. E PHELAN, 54l Market ST.
n. 3. The public notified that other
parties on the Pacific coast have the right to sell
Phclan's Cushions.
The Shasta courier., 1871-03-18

ssWistar's Balsarn Of Wild Cherry is pleas
ant remedy foF every kind of a cough, cald
and irritation Of the breathing apparatus; il
is a safe remedy; it is powerful remedy
it's remedy that cures.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-02
LITTLE ROCK.
clayl0n's Speech and Arrest by the United
States EaFshaI-DemOcTaey and
PIatfOrm-Sulcide.

LITTLE Rock, September 1.-Sena'
tor Clayton arrived in the city last
night, was serenaded by q few Of his
personal friends, and made a short
speech. This morning he was arrested
by the United States Marshal for the
Eastern District Of Arkansas, on the
charge of issuing a certificate Of eiec-
tiOn to General John Edwards as a
member of Congress from this Dis
trict, in violation of the enforcement
act Of Congress. The Senator gave
bond for his appearance at the Octo-
Der term Of the Federal Court.
Hon. Joseph Brooks made speech
last night to large crowd of colored
people, in which he was particularly
severe on Ex-Governor Clayton and
his ballot tbox suffers.
At large gathering Of Democrats
near here Thursday, the following
resolution was adopted:
ResOEUed, That as the sense Of
this meeting, we recognize the adOp-
ton Of the late amendments to the
Constitution OF the United States as
settling the political status of ali citi-
zsns not disfranchised by State or na-
fADldl lCs slo-f1AAOAts ANU t4ot We HCpAO-
cate any dissensiOn calculated to bring
il question the right of suffrage guar
anteed by these amendments; and
that we earnestly recommend to our
fellow citizens the doctrine of Univer-
sal amnesty, and universal suffrage.
A young man living in Prairie
on the line Of the Memphis
and Little Rock railroad, committed
suicide on Wednesday by taking
arsenic. When found, near his home
in the woods, his right arm was nearly
severed in two, and razor lying by
his side.
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coLFAx.
He Stands Square by GraHt, and Is Still
Modest and Smiling.

CHICAGO, September 1.-While
Vice President Coliax was in st.
Paul, on Monday, the st. Pau Dis
patch sent a reporter to interview
him, particularly to ascertain whether
the statement recently published,
that he intended to retire from public
life was not a ruse, and whether he
did not really intend to be candi-
date for nomination for the Presidency
before the next Republican National
Convention. Mr.. Colfax replied to
the reporter promptly and bluntly
that he was for Grant against the
field, openly and abOveboard. The
reporter, having alluded to the recent
statement In the New York Standard,
that the Greeley FentOn wing of the
Republican party in New York were
intending to bring him forward as a
candidate, Mr.. COlfax responded as
follows: "There is nothing in it; 1
have had no communication with
them, and am for Grant unquali-
fedly. People laugh at me, and don't
believe me when l say am deter
mined to retire to private life, and
have ceased repeating it; but it is
true, nevertheless. have got all of
public life that desire. When / got
better of my illness in Washington, I
found needed rest and quiet, and
ran up here to secure it. 7 feel great
deal better than when came, and
have been greatly gratified at the
magnificent country I have seen."