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The Shasta courier., 1871-01-28
NUMBER "A.
RICH CARGO OF A suNkEN BoAr.-A

RICH CARGO OF SUNKEN BoAr.-A
man by the name of Cooper, living at
Richmond, IN this State, found an old boat
hulk on the sand bar, nearly opposite Park
vile, in the Missouri river From in
quiries he learned this boat had sunk there
in the fall of 1855, though he could not
find out what her name was. As part of
the hull was in state of preservation, Mr..
Cooper resolved to remove it if possible,
and for that purpose of engaged a number
of hands. After digging awhile the front
hatchway was struck, and finally opened.
The stern of the boat, it appears, when
she struck the snag, swung offinto deep
water, while the bow hung on to the snag
and remained in an elevated position,
though the drifting sands had nearly Gov
cred it when found by Mr.. Cooper After
some labor one of the worknen struck
barrel, and then another one, and then an
other, and it was discovered that tier after
tier Of barrels lie in the hull of that sunken
boat. Upon examination the barrels were
found to contain liquors, wine, whiskey
and brandy. Mr. Cooper has since learned
that 500 casks of wine, 500 casks of brandy
and 500 barrels of whiskey were on the
boat when she was lost, and that her de-
struction was considered SO total that no
effort was made to raise her. Mr Cooper
has gone to ST. Louis to purchase appara-
tus wherewith he can raise the hull and
get out the barrels much easier than by
the slow process of digging by hand,
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LOCAL ADVERTISERS DIRECTORY.

| D. WE'LL BROTHER, Dealers in Dry Goods
& Clothing, Main Street
JOSEPH ISAACS. Dealer in Dry Goods
Clothing, Main Street.
c. C. BUSH co, Dealer in Groceries
Provisions, Main Street.
DANIEL LYNCH, Dealer in Groceries
Provisions, Main Street.
THOMAS GREENE, Shasta, proprietor Patent
Clothes Washer.
| SCAMMON 4 TIFFIN. Wagon making &
Blacksmithing. Main Street.
SAMUEL ISAACKS, Blacksmithing Main
street.
SAMUEL RICHARDS, Blacksmithing and
Wagon-making, Main street.
JOHN v. SCOTT, Empire Hotel, Main Steet.
D. H. DUNN, Boarding House.
MRS. H. L. GREENE, Hotel, Main Street.
A. COLEMAN, Dealer in Hardware, Fuse, &C.,
Main Street.
J. M. MANASSE, Books and Stationery, ETC.,
Main Street.
VIM. HARTMANN, Bathing 4 Shaving Saloon,
Main Street, Shasta.
L. WELLENDORFF. Dealer in Drugs, Med
WIN. H. DUNN. Livery Stable and Coral,
Main Street.
O. 4 c. STAGE CO.. Jno. Craddock, Agent.
Office Empire Hotel.
GRANT TAGGART, Shasta and Weaverville
Express Line, Office Empire Hotel. Also, Livery
and Feed Stable, Main Street.
JOHN FLEMING, Proprietor Of the Brandy
Creek Saw Mill
CHARLES MCDONALD, Saloon and Reading
Room, opposite the Court House, Main Street.
HENRY F. JOHNSON, Commission Mer-
chant Red Bluff.
RANTZAU 4 SHAW, Commission Merchants.
Red Bluff.
SAM JAYNES, Agent California Steam Naviga-
ton Company, Red Bluff.
G. C. SCEROTER, Saddle & Harness Maker,
Charter Oak, Main Street.
PETER HoFF, City Meat Market, Main
Street.
J. E. PELHAM, Physician, Office up stairs in
Wells Fargo Co.. building, Main Street.
JOHN S. FOLLANSBEE Attorney-at Law,
Shasta.
SAMUEL COOPER, Agent for PhGnix and
Home Insurance Companies, Office Main Street,
Shasta
HENRY HABICH, Dealer in Books L Station
cry, Main Street.
E. LEVIN & Co., Matchmaker Jewellers,
Main Street.
Z. DOBROWSKY, Gunsmith & Machinist,
Main Street.
A. DOBROWSKY, Matchmaker and Jeweler,
Main Street.
WA. SCOTT, Doomaker, Main Street.
A. W. BAKER, Expressman.
G. r. KNOX, Saloon, Greene's Hotel building.
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SHASTA COURIE Err
GREELEY ON GRANT.

Horace Greeley was elected few eve
nings since, President of the Republican
Committee of the city of New York. In
assuming the chair and accepting its duties,
he said that there were Republicans
enough in that State for one party but not
enough for two, wherefore he desired to
see the breaches healed, and all work har-
moniously together. And he further
said:
Gas to the Administration of Gen. Grant,
| recognize no one as Republican who
is not grateful for its jndicious, energetic
and successful efforts to produce the ratif-
cation of the XVIII Amendment, that
keystone of our political arch whereby the
fruits of our great triumph over Rebellion
and Slavery are assured and perpctuated.
That the President has made some mis-
takes in appointments is obvious-it would
be strange indeed if one SO inexperienced
in the conduct of political AFFAIRS had
wholly escaped them. Whatever blame
may justly attach to this falls rightfully
on us, who took him from the head of the
Army and made him our civil Chief Mag
istrate, fully aware that he had never
voted Republican ticket. if, indeed, he
had voted at all. While asserting the
right of every Republican to an untrammel-
ed choice Of candidate for next Presi-
dent until nomination is mode, venture
to suggest that Gen. Grant will be far
better qualified for the. momentuous trust
in 1872 than he was in 1868"
The Shasta courier., 1871-01-28

COUNTRY NEwsPApERs.-The Cleve-
land Herald makes the following truthful
observation concerning country papers,
and the duty of giving them wholesome
support.
The local paper is an absolute necessity
to the county and community where it is
published. All the city papers cannot
supply the place of the hone paper That
should be the first love of every man and
woman, for with the paper is the locality
identified. The paper gives the county
and town where printed much of their im-
portance in the world, and gives in detail
the local news, which cannot be gained BY
any other source. Every days issue Of
the paper is so much local history, and the
rise, growth and development of the town
and county can be measured and recorded
only by the local newspaper that constantly
is gathering its items People do not pro-
perly appreciate their home newspaper.
They measure the value of paper too
much by the number of columns it con-
tains. The home paper at any price is
the cheapest paper one can take, for in it
is found the information to be obtained
from no other source.
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A NEW CITY.-"G "Greeley" is the name
of town in Colorado Territory 1t is
called thus in honor of Horace Greeley, of
New York, and publishes Tribune, but
not the Tribune. The Greeley Colorado
Tribune says:
s'An editor Of one of the Cheyenne pa
pers says that we advocate impractible
ideas, and that we ought to do this and
that Rather impractible, isn't it, to plant
colony of thousand souls that can build
forty miles of bitches and four hundred
houses in six months, and have town as
well known as San Francisco? Perhaps
said editor thinks we ought to take Chey-
enne for model with its line OF forty rods
of orphan factories Then there is another
paper printed at Cleveland, which has an
article about our colony, neither good nor
bad it is true, but it makes the mistake of
supposing itself smart when it is only stu
pid We knew Cleveland for twenty-five
years while it struggled and gasped, not
knowing whether to live or die, and at the
end of that time it was barely as large as
our town six months old. Give us the
age Cleveland has and we will take it in
for suburb"
The Shasta courier., 1871-01-28

FooD MEDIcINEs.-Dr. Halle views
in regard to the efficacy of food as medi-
cine, when discriminatory used, seem to
be reasonable. He relates the case of a
man who was cured of biliousness by going
without supper and drinking freely of
lemonade. Every morning this patient
rose with wonderful sense of rest, refresh
ment, and feeling as though the blood
had been literally washed, cleaned and
cooled by the lemonade and the fast. His
theory is that food will be used as remedy
for many diseases successfully. For ex-
ample, he instances cures of splitting blood
by the use of salt; epilepsy and yellow
fever, watermellons; kidney affections,
celery; poison, olive or sweet oil; erysip-
elias, pounded cranberries applied to the
part affected hydrophobia, onions, &c
So the thing to do in order to keep in good
health is really to know what to eat, and
not what medicines to take
The Shasta courier., 1871-01-28

Then AND Now.-Henry Wilson, Uni.
ted States Senator from Massachusetts,,
speaking of the improved condition of
working men, said in the Senate of the
United States, March, 1869:
"Sir | venture to state fact that illus.
trates the wonderful improvement in the
condition Of working men. In the Winter
of 1888, when l came of age, hired my
self for one month TO farmer of my native
town. went into the forest, drove teams,
chopped wood and timber, working at least
fourteen hours daily. For this work I
received the enormous sum of six dollars
in cash. | then thought | was quite for
tunate to get six dollars for that months
hard. toll
The Shasta courier., 1871-01-28

HEAVY MoRTGAaE.-A mortgage for
the sum of ten million dollars against the
Central Pacific Railroad Company and in
favor of Charles Crocker and s. W. Sand
erson, as Trustee was filed to- day in the Of
fee of the County Recorder. The mort
gage covers all the railroad lands in Cal
ifornia, Nevada, and the Territory of Utah,
belonging to the Central Pacific Railroad
Company, but excepts the railroad track,
and all fixtures and appurtenal1ces of the
road. The mortgage purports to be given
to secure the payment of 10000 bonds of
$1,000 each. No stamps accompany the
mortgage, as the bonds themselves are
stamped. The bonds are specified in the
mortgage as payable in gold coin, in New
York city. within twenty years, with in
terest at the rate of six per cent. per an
mum. This is the largest mortgage ever
placed on record in this couuty.-Nevada
Gazette.
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How THEY Do Ir.-The Chinese spec

How THEY Do IT.-The Chinese spec
ulators conduct business on novel but
safe principle. They hunt out Cinnamon
with families who are desirous of coming
to this country. They give them pass
age 70. the average price of $500, and to
secure the repayment Of the money they
take mortgage on the mans family
When the money becomes due, the mort
gage is foreclosed and the family is sold
at auction, and is generally bought in by
the mortgagors and brought to this coun-
try as coolies. The passage costs the spec
ulators about $40 per head, and the entire
profit depends on the market here.
The Shasta courier., 1871-01-28

The account of a party given by lady
at Green Bay, Wisconsin, at which there
were present eighteen babies, while no less
than sixteen baby carriages were stand
ing in the yard, moves Californian to re-
gret the scarcity of women in the southern
part of that State, and to tell how he had.
in the city of Los Angeles, seen fourteen
horses tied to the HORSEBACK before the
door of one manageable maiden. His
first impression was that there was funeral
in progress; but small brother Of the
besieged young lady confdentially inform
ed him, with much giggling and ducking
of his head into his shoulders, that the
crowd were all courting sister. Anxious
to see the damsel who possessed such pow
ers of attraction, he was about entering
the house when be was warned off with the
admonition that if he had not taken up
any land thereabouts it would be we'll for
him not to interfere with the rights of
actual settlers
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jesse had beer doing something which
Der mama had told her she mutsnt do.-
She had been eating currants, aud, of
course, got her mouth all stained that's
the way she was found out Her mama
said: "You know you were forbidden to
eat currants." "But, mother, Satan temp
ted me" Why didn't you say @get thee
behind me, Satan?" II did say, "Get
thee behind me Satan," and he went and
got behind me, and pushed me right into
the currant bushes -f
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A SECOND WAsHINGTON.-Nasby says:
l commenced being good at very early
age, and built myself up on the best models
| was yet an infant when read the af-
fecting story of the hacking down of the
cherry tree by George Washington, and
his manly statements to his father that he
could not tell lie. read the story, and
it filled me with desire to surpass him.
| was not going to allow any such boy as
George Washington, if he did afterwards
get to be President, excel me in the NOR
alities. Immediately seized an axe and
cut down the most valuable cherry tree my
father had and more | dug up the roots
and burned the branches, so that by no
means could the variety be produced, and
went skating one Sunday, that might
confess the two faults, and be wept over
and forgiven, on account of my extreme
truthfulncss. The experiments, regret,
were partial failures. l was very much
like George Washington, but the trouble
was, my father didn't resemble George
Washington's father, which was essential
to the success of my scheme. "Did you
cut down that cherry tree?" asked he
Father cannot tell lie | did it with
my little hatchet," | answered, striking
the proper attitude for the old gentleman
to shed tears on me. But he didn't shed.
He remarked that he had rather I had
told thousand lies than to have cut down
that particular tree, and he whipped me
until was in a state of exasperated raw
ness. My skating idea was no less a
failure. l broke through the ice that
Sunday and was pulled out with difficulty
and boat hook. As lay sick for
month with fever, didn't get chance
to get.of the Washington remark.
The Shasta courier., 1871-01-28

The Supreme Court of Illinois has Just
ruled that it is not slanderous for the de-
fendant to say to the plaintiff, sYou cheat
ed many people," Said the Court, IA
charge Of cheating cannot be made the
basis of an action, unless the particular act
ct cheating is corrected with the plaintiffs
business, so that special damages may be
declared on"
The Shasta courier., 1871-01-28

THERE is mild and gentle-tempered
man residing in Fort Dodge, Iowa, but be
can't stand everything. He is suing for a
divorce. He says he 'didn't mind his
wife associating with few other white
men; but when he found she was running
around with couple of niggers, he sever
had any little thing to make him so mad
in all his life"
The Shasta courier., 1871-01-28

The knife with which Payne, the assas-
sin, assaulted Secretary Seward has been
returned, by order ofthe War Department,
to Mr.. Robinson, who was Mr.. Stewards
only helper in that perilous hour. 1t is
murderous looking weapon, about two
inches wide, the blade firmly fastened into
bone handle, and without spring or clasp.
1t is marked "Rio Grande camp-knife."
The Shasta courier., 1871-01-28

At the sale of effects of the old Ex-
change bank of Virginia, in Richmond on
the 10th instant, s5,OOO,0OO in Confeder.
ate bonds brought $40; sl,OO0,OOO, in
Confederate notes sold for $50, and Sl3,
500 in Virginia and North Carolina bonds,
issued during the war, brought $50.
The Shasta courier., 1871-01-28

Western Star Lodge. No. 2. +. & A. N.
n L. Welendorff, W. NJ; John v. Scott,
~~S. w.; C. C. Bush, j. W; BENZ. Shurt-
AA left, Treas; A. Dobrowsky, Sec.; G. G.
~ \Schroter, S. D.; j. Ashfeld, J. D.; Chas.
Anderson, s.; W. P. Hartman, s.; j. Isaacs, NJ;
J. r. Scammon, T.
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ABSENT MINDED.-The Oakland News
records the following case of absent mind

ABSENT MINDED.-The Oakland News
records the following case of absent mind
edness:
There is a man in Alameda who is pro-
voked. He is absent minded. A few
nights since he went out to drive his COW.
Arriving at the pasture ground, he found
the COW was gone, but the bell which
should have been around her neck was ly-
ing on the ground. He placed it in. his
pocket, and forgot all about it. Every
now and then it would give smothered
jingle. and he would think it was his COW,
and would start off in fresh direction.
He followed that bell, as he thought, until
IL o'clock that night, and walked twenty
miles. When he reached home the COW
had been there five or six hours, and his
wife gone over to the city to advertise for
him.
The Shasta courier., 1871-01-28

There is said to be FIVE year old child
at Sheboygan, Wisconsin, who writes poet
ry. We are grateful that he is at 50 great
distance.
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A&en ..

LIP. FISHER, 30 & FL New Mer-
chants Exchange, is our only authorised Agentin
San Francisco.
HUDSON 4 MENET, No. Al Park Row, N. Y.
are authorized to solicit and collect for advertis-
ing IN New York and other eastern cities.
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shasta Encampment, No. II, I. q. O. X.
- Henry Habich, @. p. Chas. Mcdonald, n.
ZIP; w.P. Hartman, s. w.; G. R. Knox,
Scribe. L. Garrecht, Treas; J. E. Pelham,
J.w. Night of meeting I'd and 4th Wednesday
of each month.
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EMPIRE HOTEL !!
1H;1 MAIN STREET, SHASTA, ii;
JOHN v. SCOTT, Proprietor.


VJlHE PROPRIETOR OF THIS FAvORITE
Hotel takes pleasure in announcing to his
friends and the public generally that he has re-
fitted and re-furnished the establishment through
out, and is prepared to entertain guests in
style equal to any other house in Northern Cal
ifornia. The PARLOR and ROOMS are large
and commodious, and the BEDS and sleeping
comodations unsurpassed.
THE TABLE
will always be supplied with everything the mar
kets of this locality afford, and every possible at
tention will be paid to the wants of guests, and no
pains spared to render them comfortable.
At the BAR none but the hest brands of Wine,
Liquor and Cigars will be dispensed to customers.
The Oregon Cal. Stages arrive at and leave
this Hotel daily.
CORRAL g. STABLE.
Attached to this establishment is good COR
RAJ and STABLE where Teamsters and others
can always find an abundant supply of HAY and
BARLEY at reasonable prices.
JOHN V. SCOTT.
Shasta, June 10Th, 1869. je19
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Northern Light Lodge, No. 100, r. & A.
-t-s.st M. Millville.

~ H. F. Ross, W. M. J.P. Webb, S. W. :;
-\[zN Henry johnson, ]. W. DR.. Guptill, Sec :
M ID. C. Stevenson, s. D.; johnson Fonde,
" J. D.; Robt. Boyce, Marshal; A. Will
lams and George Williamson, Stewards; R. F.
Martin, Tyler.
The Shasta courier., 1871-01-28
FLEMING'S SAW MILL,
Brandy Greek.
JOHN FLEMING, :: Proprietor.

SUyHIS MILL rs IN SUCCESSFUL OPERA
ton ON Brandy Creek, about two miles from
Whiskytown, and G. @. SCHROEDER will keep
On hand and for sale supply of Lumber, at
Shasta, and all orders left with him will receive
prompt attention. L. BEHRENS will also re-
ceive orders and attend to the sale of Lumber at
Whiskytown. Prices reasonable,
The Shasta courier., 1871-01-28

NoTIcE.-No attention will be paid to any ad-
vertisement unless accompanied by the cash, or
sent through responsible Advertising Agency.
The Shasta courier., 1871-01-28
The French Fleet.

Has France fleet? Has she or did she
ever have ship of war? If yes, where is
it? What has it been about all these
months? Where has it been hidden ?
We were told at the opening Of the strug-
gle that she had feet of war vessels-the
best perhaps in the world The Empress
went to Cherbourg and cheered the tars
asthey were about to leave for the Baltic
toplay havoc with German ports, and levy
embafgoes -on German commerce. The
feet sailed amid the boom Of cannon and
the huzzas of the multitude, but when the
smoke cleared away where were thgships ?
" She counted them at break of day,
But when the set where they?
They have not been heard of since Sedan !!
They were officered by men of the Bazaine
stamp, traitors to their country, who ,are
nothing for France, but who owe allegiance
only to the Emperor. In his interest they
keep the ships idle, just as in his interest
Bazalne surrendered Metz 1t has been
reported that in the coming treaty Ger
many is to get twenty of the best of them.
If they shall be of no more service to her
than they have been to France, the fewer
she takes the better for her. France can
afford to give them all, and she ought to
pay something for having them taken off
her hands There is treason in the feet,
just as certain as there was treason on shore.
And this fact is but another evidence Of
the corruption Of the Empire. Itchanged
the hearts of many, detaching them from
their country and attaching them TO the
fortunes of an individual These kingly
governments poison the fountain of patriot
ism, and the country dies that the man or
his issue may live and reign. And yet
multitudes favor that form of Government;
but the world is fast moving from imperial
ism to constitutional or limited monarchy,
and from that to republicanism.-[B Bee
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Shasta Lodge No. 81, /. O. o. r.

..s>usssx. Joseph Mullen, N. g.; VIM. jackson,
Z&Ev. g.; G. R. Knox, Secy.; Chas. Nc
Donald, T. Night Of meeting, Mond
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shasta Chapter, No. 0, r. A. M.

Az A. Dobrowsky, H. P; Benz. shurtlcf,
~~~K.; John v. Scott, s.; D. P. Bystle C.
~ H.; J. Isaacs. p s.; J. N. Chappell, R.
~ IA C.; 1. Weliendorff, NJ. Sd "; C. C.
Schroter NJ. I'd W. Chas. Anderson. 1st "; D.
We'll, Treas; G. l. Taggart, Secy.; J. F. Scammon
n
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THE
SHASTA COURIER,
Publication Of6ce,-Armory Hall
Building, First Floor.
PvsLzsHED EVERY SATURDAY AoRNi'
S@W. l.. CARTER.

These terms will be invariably adhered to, with
out reference to persons circumstances.
Terms of Advertising:
For One Square, of 10 lines or less one insertion,
Four Dollars; for each subsequent insertion, Two
Dollars.
A liberal discount made to Monthly and Yearly
Advertisers.
r- Advertisements not marked with the mum.
her of insertions thereon, will be continued until
ordered out, and charged accordingly.
ALSO,
Having furnished our Office with an elegant as
sortment of FANCY JOB TYPES, We are pre-
pared to execute neatly and expeditiously all
manner of Job Printing, such as
BilIs of Fare. Bill Heads,
Circulars, Handouts,
Pamphlets, programmes
Ball Tickets Cards,
Posters, Books,
Law Blanks, Catalogues,
Drafts. Sd s& Checks, &c.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-11-28

Agent, o strcet-brOkcr. handled millions OF
these bonds, without giving shadow of
responsible security for the integrity OF his
dealings. The Governor, Treasurer, and Con-
trollcrG General We'd with each other in fabr-
eating statements intended for tho public eye
while the real facts and figures in the desperate
case were kept in the secrecy OF tier own
Offices. There seemed TO be no snch 'hing as
sounding bottom in the wild stream when
rushed out Of the State Treasury. An Ihvcs-
tignting Committee, appointed blythe frightened
Legislature, came IN TO Ncw-YOrk To look mo
the finances of the state, which had no apparent
existence outside of Wall-st.; and these
gentlemen turned their toui> into holiday trip
and relaxed the stern justice of their intent
into a wild junkctug at an uptown ho'ci.
But the Cnd has come mt last. The fabric
of falsCho0d has collapsed; the public ricdi' Is
moribund. The people have been deceived ~
long az possible ard. after such statements hS
y seven million debt in 1870. and nine ana Il
half millions in September, 1911. we grasp me
astounding fact that on the Goth Novcmhcr'
ISL South Carolina owed the enormous sum
of &t5sOeoO8. Hero is n State made hlan-
cially bankrupt Ivy mere spectators I'D poi''
frs. What punishment shall ovcrtaEc ihc
pluudcrcrs who, within very few days, have
been whitcwaShing each OthcrY Certain 1t is
that their guilt is rs clearly determined hN
that of our own municipal mhli'ii'
whose audacity so much resembles theirs.
We are heartily sick Of the sentimental al
tcmpts of "party managers" to cover up inc
corruption, dishonesty, and extravaganza 81
the carpet bag governments. TIE plea that
exposure of these frauds will iniurc the Rrruh-
lican party is rs wicked az il is silly. Better,
thousand times, that thc party bc rtnl
asundcr than that any crime for which 1t can
he Justly held responsible be covered up IN lts
own house. No party can long live with
such q carccr concealed in ia lofom. E"t
the party is not responsible for the criminal
dishonesty Of few officials who bear ITS
name though il world hc justly he'd TO strict
account if it should he accessory to any
attempt at cOnccalmrnt OF tic ohcnScs 10
which we have called attention. We are glad
that il is too late to scr cn the rlSra'itIcs
which have been pcrrctlacd III the Carolinas.
We have fully exposed and denounced these
cunning thcils. and leave Tic issue with the
courts and the public, more tlaI ever con-
WINGED that this is specially a time for letting
in the light into d,ih places, and bringing
rogrc> cvcryN here 60 ra1lcous punishment.