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The Shasta courier., 1871-06-10
THE REASONS WHY.

A San franciscan writing to tie Reporter,
offers these reasons for Haight's unpopular
ty in San Francisco:
The German voters, numbering about
1000 are almost solidly opposed to him on
account of his lodging and vaseillating
course relative to the Sunday Law.
Eight thousand San Francisco Irish
votes helped to make Haight Governor.
Less than 200 voters born in the South
ern States appear on cur Great Register i,
yet Governor Haight has almost entirely
ignored our Irish fellow citizens in the dis
tribution of State patronage, and has given
nearly every good Office that he had to
give to Southern men. 1t is not too much
to say that even among our voters hailing
from below Mason and Dixon's line,
Haights followers are limited to hund-
red or so that he has appointed to office
and these Office holders particular friends.
"Put none but rich men on guard" is
the the motto of his Excellency and so
all the best and most lucrative offices in
San Francisco have been filled by Mr..
Haight with such men as DR.. Hitchcock,
the Maynards, Chas McLane, Tyler Cur
It's, 7. Ii. Canavan, McDermott, Eastland,
Connally, Washington Bartlett and Rod.
Gibbons. Some of these men are million
aires-none of them worth less than $780,
900.
Back seats for poor men A poor man
though he has given the best years of
his life to the service of our glorious party
never had any chance to get position
from Mr.. Haight. Over the Governor s
door in the State Capitol should be written,
in tiers of gold, this:
"Dimes and dollars, dollars and dimes,
An empty pockets the worst of cr;mas
The Shasta courier., 1871-06-10

How A Boy WAKES UP-The he lies
in his crib, nut cub of four years. He
sleeps the sleep of healthy childhood. In
the same position he lay when he dropped
into unconsciousness, one arm under his
head one leg kicked out from under the
coverlid. He is perfectly motionless His
round cheek pillows itself on the extended
arm, and his leg seems to have been arrest
ed in the middle of the last restless kick,
as the curtain fell over his blue eyes, and
he was fast asleep. You can scarcely per-
ceive his regular respiration. A train of
cars thunder by without noise-he might
be carried across the street without awaken
ing. 1t is morning; daylight streaming
into the windows; the sun shines on the
hill tops. The sounds of stirring life are
beginning to be heard about the house.
Watch the boy. Still and motionless as a
figure of marble As you look, the gates
of sleep are suddenly unlocked. He is
awake in twinkle-awake all over His
blue eyes are wide open and bright-his
lips part with shout-his legs fly out in
different directions-his arms are in rapid
motien-he fops over with spring--in
ten seconds he has turned couple of sum-
mersaults, and presents before you liv-
ing illustration of perpetual motion. There
is no deliberate yawning, no slow stretch
of indolent limbs, no lazy rubbing ofsleepy
eyes, no gradual becoming awake about it.
With snap like pistol shot he is
thoroughly awake and kicking wide awake
to the top end of each particular hair
The wonderful thing about it is its sudden
ness and completeness
The Shasta courier., 1871-06-10
EYES. EYES.
q
DR.. &. H. PARDEE,
OCCULIST AND AURIsTi
OCCULIsT AND AURIsT.

A FTER protracted blindness of more than five
IN years, DIR. Pardee has made himself thoroughly
and scientifically acquainted with all diseases of
the Eye, and is now practising with success not
surpassed in the United States.
All operations performed, such as strabismus or
cross eye, Cateract by linear extraction, Depression
or Absorption, Pterygium, or feshy membrane
growing over the eye, Reduction of Staphyloma, or
bulging out of the eye, Artificial Pupil, Fistula
Lachrymalis closing of the tear passage, and all
deformities of the Lids, ETC. etc.
Artificial eyes inserted without the least pain.
and possessing all the movements and hrilliancy Of
the real eye. large assortment constantly on
hand for sale at reasonable prices. The Doctors
Eye bath for the treatment and cure Of all nervous
disorders is used all over this coast
Thankful to those physicians who have sent him
cases for operations, and hopes that his universal
success VIII warrant continuance Of their conf
dence His celebrity an operator is co-extensive
with MS success; as patients presenting them
selves for treatment and operations from New York
and Boston almost month";.
Many patients can be at the Doctors office
daily, In different stages of recovery.
Office: 737 CLAY STREET, oppe Il the Plaza,
San Francisco uy15
The Shasta courier., 1871-06-10
GlLBERT'S SHASTA & RED BLUFF
EXPRESS.

GILBERTS SHASTA AND
4 RED BLUFF EXPRESS, VIA.
Horsetown, Piety Hill. Eagle Creek, GAINESVILLE,
Roaring River, &C., will rim as follows:
Arrive at Shasta ON Monday, leave Tuesday
arrive at Red Bluff Thursday and leave on
Friday.
All orders accompanied with CASH will receive
prompt attention. Collections on the route
promptly attended to.
Feb. 18th, 1871.
The Shasta courier., 1871-06-10
BLACKSMITHING DONE TO ORDER !

If you want your smith-work done tip-top,
Please give us call at TIFFIN'S SHOP
Where we are always ready, and never tarry,
To work for Tom, Dick or Harry.
All who comes and gives us a job,
Will find our motto not to rob,
But de our work up very nice
At reasonable and low price.
Shop in Shasta ON west side of Main Street,
Above c. c. Bush one hundred feet
J. E. TIFFIN.
Shasta, June lst, 1871.
The Shasta courier., 1871-06-10
FOREIGN MINERS LICENSE TAX.

United States District Attorney Latimer
appears determined to enforce the law rela-
ting to the collection of the foreign miner
license tax, and to utterly break up the
system. The case of Sheriff Jackson, of
Trinity County, who was indicted and
found guilty for having collected this tax,
does not seem to have caused the officers
Of. others to desist from making similar
exactions. 1t was a test case, and the
penalty enforced was merely nominal.
Once the matter was tried and decided, it
was considered the officers of other coun-
ties who collect this tax, would accept it
as law until the final decision of the Su-
preme Court of the United States was had
thereon. But it appears they have failed
so to do, and have gone on collecting as
usual. Five officers of different counties
have been indicted by the United States
Grand Jury, as will be seen by their final
report published in to-day's ALTA, for
violation of the law by collecting this tax.
Warrants have been issued for their arrest,
and they will be called upon to plead to
the indictments at an early day. If con-
vic.ed, they can scarcely hope to be treat
ed to as light sentence as Jackson's.
The Shasta courier., 1871-06-10

THE HEROIC IN MEDIoINE.---An n Indian
came to a certain agent to procure some
whisky for young warrior who had been
bitten by a rattlesnake. At first the agent
did not credit the story, but the earnest
ness of the Indian and the urgency of the
case overcame his scruples. He asked
the Indian how much he wanted. "Four
quarts !' answered the Indian. "Four
quarts ?" repeated the agent with much
surprise, "as much as that 7" eyes"
replied the Indian, frowning savagely as
though about to wage war of extermina-
ton against the whole snake tribe, "four
quarts snake very big"
The Shasta courier., 1871-06-10
IGO CITY HOTEL,
WARREN DUNHAM, PROPRIETOR.

HAV1NG PURCHASED THIS NEW HOTEL
i j the above named will hereafter conduct it as
hrst class house, and guarantees satisfaction
to all who may favor him with their patronage
TIL Z TABLE
will always be supplied with the best to be had,
the Rooms and Beds will be kept clean, and none
but the best Liquors and Cigars will be offered at
the Bar. May 26, 1877
The Shasta courier., 1871-06-10
G2UMgf1IwREaa
Bedding, Wall Paper, Window Shades,
Looking Glasses. Picture Frames,
Oil Cloth, Hair Cloth,


and a large assortment of Fancy Trimmings also
Moss Pulu, Excelsior and Eureka.
large assortment of DOORS and WINDOW
BLINDS, always on hand
am agent for the CRANDALL PATENT
SPRING BED, which combines Cleanliness with
Elasticity, and is confidently believed Superior
to any other Spring Bed ever offered to the Public.
1t is Light and can be moved by a single person
with ease.
1t is Elastic, yet Firm where Firmness is re-
quired which quality is obtained by additional
strengthenings in the center.
The Coils are in Couplets and Selt-Supporting,
thus dispensing with Twine, Cords, etc., and from
their peculiar construction, cannot cripple down
or get out of order.
As these Spring Beds are Aired at pleasure, no
Dust. Bugs or Vermin can find harborage in them
am also Agent for the UNITED STATES
SPRING BED. This bed is made entirely of Iron
cannot get out of order-will last for generations
without expense--is light, clean and easily hand
led, and is vermin proof. 1t is perfectly elastic
all over adjusting itself the form of the sleeper
so that the whole body is supported equally, and
requires but one thin mattress, which is really
better than a heavy one. They require no prepara-
tion only to lay them the Stats of any ordinary
bedstead, and put on the mattress. Where feathers
are used, very thin under-bed of cheap mater;
al required. Persons visiting Red Bluff are re-
quested to give nae call.
c. W. FICKERT,
Red Bluff, Feb. 10, 1871.
The Shasta courier., 1871-06-10
N OF ic e.!

NANE- BoTTOMED CHAIRS RESTORED BY
~ the undersigned; work to be left at Mr.. veide's
Furniture Shop in Shasta.
S. n. wLTHERoW
The Shasta courier., 1871-06-10
THE DAIRY S.N, So A YEAR.
TERMS TO CLUBS.
THE DOLLAR WEEKLY SIN.

Five copies, one year, separately addressed.
FOHr Dollars.
Ten copies, ono wear. separatelv addressed land
an extra COZ! to the Setter Of cluo)
Eight Dollars.
Tt-eEsJ copics. one ya r, Ser r. -elv addressed
taid aa cx-Ta cory - ;ae -etIer up of c.po).
Fifteen Dollars.
Fifty copies. ne year, 10 enc ldress tanu the
SEMI " eek y one year = getter nj D of club,
Thirty-three L OIIars.
Fifty copies, one year. separately addressed (and
the Semi W eekly one year 20 getter M club,
Tnirty-five Dollars.
One hundred copies, one year, to one address
(and the Daily for one year to the getter up OF
ciuoD. Fifty Dollars.
One hundred copies. one year. separately sd.
dressed (an4 the Daily TOR one year to the getter
up OF cluD), sixty Dollars.
The Shasta courier., 1871-06-10

The record of an English Accident Co., giving
list of indemnity losses paid in April, May and
June of last year, makes the following exhibit
horse accidents, 95; business accidents, Sc home
accidents, Al street accidents, 81 carriage acci-
dents, "a; railroad accidents, only IA. Persons
who don't travel much" please take notice.
The Shasta courier., 1871-06-10

THE SEMI-yYEEKLY SIN.
Five copies. one year. separately addressed,
Eight Dollars.
Ten copies, one year. scparatelv addressed (and
an extra copy to getter up of clnb).
Sixteen DOllarA
The Shasta courier., 1871-06-10
FURNITURE STORE,
ONE DOOR BELOW THE POST OFFICE,
Main Street Bluff.
5:SssSe r

~ w. FICKERT TAKES THIS METH
u. cd to inform the people of Tehama, and
Shasta counties that he keeps constantly on hand
large and well selected stock of
The Shasta courier., 1871-06-10
SEND YOUR MONEY

SEND " IL esCNEI
IN Post ONCE o-',ers. cherks. drafts on New
YORK, wherever Convenient Ii rot tnen register
the letters containing money. Address
/. ". ENGLAND, Put isher
Sun Office, NeI EorE City,
The Shasta courier., 1871-06-10

@ Fed 0TAT0Es-a supply of Early Good.
y rich and Early Pink Eyes at
c. c. BUSH Co.'S.
Shasta, Jan 26.th, II
The Ouachita telegraph., 1871-04-15
The Boss Cnrpct-Baggcr.

The following scrap of political his
tory is taken from the St Louis Rcpub-
lican:
\ private letter from Il reliable source
informs us that Senator Willard War
ncr was Il citizen of Ohio and member
of the Ohio Senate after the late war, in
the years lS66-67, having been elected
to that body from Licking and Dcla-
ware counties in October, 1860, and was
legally Senator of that State until Jan.
l, 1868. He was sworn in aS United
States Senator from Alabama on Sun
day evening, July Pc, 1S6S.
In our memoirs we have given due
credit to the ability and perseverance
of those carprt-haggers who reached
Congress after taking degrees of freed
mems bureau agents, bankruptcy regis
tiers, &c, &c. But Mr.. Warner must
be admitted to excel them all, for he
gained his place without any degrees
at all. y carpct-haggcr who, within
seven calendar months, can leap from
the Ohio State Senate through the Ala
bama bogus Legislature into the United
States Senate, must bc the chicfCSt
among ten thousand OF his class, and
altogether lovely.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1871-04-15
THE FIRE IN HOMER.

We regret much to hear that this
tied by fire. The fire, we understand,
originated in the Claiborne Advocate
Office. This office was the extreme
west room up stairs in the large brick
building onthc southwest corner Of the
square; the Iliad Office was second !;
General Ioung's law Office third; the
telegraph Office fourth, and DIR. =. y.
Williams dental Office fifth and last.
On the lower story was the mercantile
firm of Mitchell & Taylor. Everything
in the second story was a total loss
Mitchell 4 Taylor saved the larger por-
ton of their goods.
We deeply sympathizc with all those
who have lost by this fire. The loss
falls upon men of nerve, will and energy
and no doubt they will at once rebuild
and retit.
We would especially call upon the
people Of Claiborne to come to the res
| cue of J X. NIillican, and assist him in
rebuilding the Advocate. From all we
can learn, Mr.. Bartlett will be able to
bring up his side of the work, and it
only remains for the people to extend
| to Mr.. Millican a small loan to place
the Advocate on foot again. We say
| this much because the time is now up
on lis when a strong, untlinching Dem
| ocratic journal is indispensable in the
town of Homer.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1871-04-15
Well Said.
lcct:lf)lc

The Chicago Times has Il writer that
bull's-eyc:
The suhjoincd is from the leading
Republican newspaper of this city:
'Thc cotton year begins in Scptcm-
ber, and the receipts for the six months
OF the current year indicate that the
cotton crop of 1870 will reach as high as
1000 900 bales, against 1000 bales
of the preceding year. The highest
crop of cotton ever produced in the
United States was in 1S59-'6O, when it
amounted to 1 1913, 700 bales. The aver
age crop from 1850 was 3,3OO,O 900 bales
"Thcsc figures show that the aboli-
ton of slavery has not diminished the
producing capacity of negro labor.
They also show that, however numcr-
Gus may be the exceptions, the labor of
the South was last year most actively
rmplOycd.'
1t is not easy to characterize the
hardihood required for the publication
of such notorious falschoods. Does not
all the world know that the Southern
States for the past year have been in a
state of insurrcction, and that the prin-
cipal business of white mon has been
the numbering of negroes, and that the
blacks have not been at work for fear
of the ku-KluX? Where is the ma
jority report of the Senate Committee
on Southern outragcs: What is the
testimony of Morton, and Butler, and
Kelley, and Pool, and Holden, and
less than halfu hundred car
in Congress, besides Bcr-
gen and Kirk, and other gentlemen of
Piety and spotlcss rcputa-
ton.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1871-04-15
A ssDibble" OF Il Decision.

In the Eighth District Court, Judge
II. G. Dibble presiding, a decision has
been rendered adverse to the claim of
J. o. NiXon-noticcd by us last week
upon constitutional grounds. But
the point made by the Court is of Il
different character from that mainly
urged by the States counsel. The de-
cision is, that tho relief voted Col. Nixon
| was unconstitutional, because it was not
for the "public good" and not that it
increased the States Indebtedness above
the constitutional limit. Upon this
last point Judge Dibblc held that
An appropriation made by the Lcgis-
lature, in the exercise of the legislative
power, which is to be paid out Of the
general funds to be derived from the
current revenues, is not an increase of
the debt of the State in contemplation
of the third amendment to the consti-
tuition Of the State. Tho act under
which REALTORS claim is, then, not a viO-
lation Of the article Of the constitution
limiting the debt Ofthc State to twenty
five millions.
We never supposed that there was
XII III Iiftiit tft ttic
restricting the States indebtedness to
$50 100000. 1t appeared to us an easy
matter to circumvcnt this amendment
and to plundcr the people u9IiLIttns,
Notwithstanding its ratification but
we were not prepared for the gap Judge
Dibblc has made in its provisions. A
debt is not Il debt, according to his
views, until it is bOnle1, and no appro-
priation, even if for millions, is Il viola
ton OF the amendment, if it is to be
paid from the .sgencral fund ~
Now, what the people understood
if they understood their own ncccssi-
ties-by the amendment, was to put !.
stop to excessive taxation. But Judge
Dibble decides that taxes, the most oncr-
Gus, may proceed, if the legislature VIII
only pay out the money as fast us it is
collected. This is the gist of his dcci-
sion. We asked for bread, and they
have given us a stone!
This decision is, in effect, judicial
repudia ton of all the liabilities of the
State not now secured by bonds; since,
that which is not II ssdcbt," or part OF
the "dcbt,' is certainly in no sense col
lcctablc.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1871-04-15

The House has passed Il modified Ku
klux bill bya vote of us to 81. 1t only
remains for that body to enact a law
obliterating the States and declaring
that the people of the States are only
subjects Of His Majesty Ulysses I, to
complete the programme of Radical
usurpation.
1t is useless to contend that tho cOndi-
ton of affairs in the South demands or
requires any such legislation as this. 1t
is not plausible even as q prctcnsc.-
What the Radical leaders are influenced
by, is, an anNicty-ayc, Il reckless de-
termination-not to part with the con-
troll of the Southern States and not to
permit the Northern mind coolly and
dispassionatcly to contemplate the res
toration of constitutional government
We doubt not these leaders fully calcu-
late, that, even where no disorders cx-
ist, the agitation of sectional feeling,
consequent upon this odious and unius-
tiiiablc legislation, will stir up bad
blood and create the very disturbances
they pretend to punish and prevent in
their "Ku I<luX'' bill. They desire,
above all things, Il general riot and a
state of uncertainty in the South, and
their legislation is intended to bcgct
this state Of affairs, in order to rally
the "lOyaf' voters in support of Re
publicanism in 1872.
Let our people beware, and act eau
tiously. Their day of dclivcrancc will
not be long delayed, if they bear pa
tiently the burthcns placed upon them.
The desperation of our enemies only
proves how hopeless their cause is,cvcn
in their own eyes.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1871-04-15
THE TEXAS PACIFIC RAILROAD,

The organization of the Texas Pacific
Railroad Company takes place to-day
in New York. The event is looked tC
by capitalists from various portions o
the world as one involving mighty pc.
cuniary interests. A railroad such as
the Texas Pacific must inevitably be, is
an enterprise Of gigantic proportions,
and, possessing so many advantages rs
| Il paying investment, cannot but excite
worldwide attention. 1t cuts conti-
nent in twain, traversing magnificent
country, and is the "nigh cut'' from
China and Japan to the great CONNER
cial centers Of this country and of Eu-
rope. 1t is f.ted to be the richest and
most powerful corporation in America.
But, for the present, much depends
pany to be organized to-day in New
York, and upon the kind of men select
cd to lead in the work. 1t is in favor
of the Texas Pacific that one road has
already been built to the Pacific, and
the undertaking., therefore, is not an
untried experiment.; while the trade and
travel created by the road now in ope-
ration tend only to the perfection of a
route cheaper and more direct, which
are the essential advantages possessed
by the Texas Pacific route over all other
Pacific routes.
Our own railroad will be we'll repre-
sented in New York. Nearly all the
members of the company, including
Messrs. Ludeling, Waddill, Stubbs, Cor
don and Ray, have gone thither, with
the view, we understand, of linking the
fortunes of the North Louisiana and
Texas Railroad with those of the Texas
Pacific. We feel hopeful that some
beneficial change will result from the
anticipated conference. The country
demands speedy reform, but, what is
more inspiring, the present Company
has the deepest interest in forming new
connections and in taking now de-
parturc.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1871-04-15

There was deal of pith and point in
the comment of the African preacher
on the text, at is more blessed to give
than to receive" Said he: .I have
never known Il church to die cause it
gave too much. Dcy don't die dat
way. Rrcdcrcn, has any one of you
knowcd II church to die cause it gave
too much: lfyou do just let me know,
and I'll climb by the soft light of the
moon to its mosS-coNcrcd roof, III
stand and lift my hands to heaven and
say, BLESSED am dc dead dat die in dc
Lord.'''
The Ouachita telegraph., 1871-04-15
\ fricnd relatcs a comical story of an

y friend relates 4 comical story of an
lrishman who went in grief to a neigh
Dor to get some of the women tn lay
his grandmother out for burial. .ic-
cordingly, that night Il couple of the
ladies went over, when, to their great
establishment, the man mot them ut
the gate, informing them, "No hurry;
she isn't dead jist yet; but We may h,'-
gin bilin' the water to wash her"
The Ouachita telegraph., 1871-04-15

In the House of Representatives ut
Washington, Il few days ago, Mr..
Farnsworth, Il leading Radical, said
the party to which he belonged had
passed many laws they were afraid to
bring before the Supreme Court. This
is a candid confession, and substantiatcs
the position assumed by tho Democratic
party from the inception of the present
contest
The Ouachita telegraph., 1871-04-15
NEW ORLEANS CARDS.
n :. xs:'Sy & CO..

4 y
Y. NJ :. G II ! J.. X y d po'r
lo, HraNior St. New Orleans.
Mnnui;,c'rcrS' Agents for T.. CARVER co.'s
tEii;EENTED trTrnT 6 ms AND LIHrEIiS
HI.AkES STEAM PUMPS of ali kinds.
i;nSton Machine f",npany's Engines; Port
"hlc ami Stationary Boilers; the I!aXtcr
Portable Engines: Schaffrr d !;n,lrl,h"r..
Steam Gauges; Coifin's Steam. Water ana
Gas Valves. iIydrants and Water Metres;
SturtcNa'itS Pressure and Fan Blowers,
ENhauSt ;,nd Dryer Fans; i'"rrS-innu'a
Automatic Boiler Feed Regulator and I.o.,
Water Alarm: brakes f-VartS' ana Low
Automatic and Hand Feed Shingln Ma
chimes; tlarl.s Linen Hose, Hose Pipes,
Company's Screw Plates, Taps, Dies Ec:,-
mcrs, ETC.; I. s. standard Nut Conpailv'-
Finished and Unfinished Nuts and Bolts:
j. w. Mi%trr ~ COS Saw GumncrS pSr:$
and Mill Picks; Scl,icn's Steam Packing:
Plymouth Mills kivcts; tho Eagle Nisn,,. -
Plantation, Draining, Cotton, Ir0n NHok-
working and Iil HiuhS of Machinery: !srlt-
ing. ShaltilG and puilcJ'S. on hand or viii
be furnished Mt shot notice. ut Mnn.lf;.,.-
turcrS' Prices.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1871-04-15

Senator AmcS has written Il letter to
the negro members of the Mississippi
Legislature, charging Governor .Alcorn
with bad faith to the Republican party.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1871-04-15

a Shrcwd Illinois Radical wants to
take q contract for furnishing the .Ad-
miniStratiCn with tirSt-claSS i<u-k lux
outrage testimony. He says. with Il
thousand negro militia nj his com
mand, hc can get up any number Of
outragcS at the shortest notice
The Ouachita telegraph., 1871-04-15

Four rut1ians, convicted of rape III
Philadelphia, werc sentenced to 81. GOO
fine and Is years in the pcnitcntiary.