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The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-12-20
New Books.

The YACHT CLUB; or the Young Boat
Builder. By Oliver Optic. Boston:
Lee & Shepard.
The works of this author are SO well
known, and have found so much favor
among young people, that they need lit
tie comment from US.
The present volume is full of interest,
is well bound and finely illustrated.
The lesson in morals to be derived from
the experience of the Young Boat
Builder" is, that it is unwise and dan
gerous for young people to conceal their
actions from their parents and friends,
and that men and women who seek con-
cealment ''choose darkness because their
deeds are evil"
JOHN GoDsoE's LEGACY. By Elijah Kel-
logg. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
This volume, in its cheerful binding,
clearly printed pages, and high moral
tone, is destined to find welcome in
many families. The story shows, to the
encouragement of many who may be dis
heartened by the apparent inefficacy of
their efforts, the almost indestructible
influence of Christian home and of
early moral training.
The TURNING OF THE TIDE; or Radcliffe
Rich and his Patients By Elijah
Kellogg. Boston: Lee & Shepard
This book will be found to be very
entertaining to readers of a larger
growth, as we'll as to the young, for
whom it is intended. 1t shows what a
determined perseverance can accomplish
even under discouraging circumstances.
From the same publishers we have re-
ceived 'Fronouncing Hand book" of
words often mispronounced, and of
words as to which choice of pronoun-
citation is allowed, by Richard Soule and
L. J. Campbell These words are 5000 in
number, and by glancing over the page
of the little book there are few who will
not find that they are guilty of some in
accuracies in pronunciation. Its use
in schools, we think, would be excellent
HIDE AND SEEK. A novel By Wilkie
Collins. Philadelphia: 7. B. Peter
son 4 Bros. For sale by A. Roman &
Co.
The DEAD SECRET. By Wilkie Collins.
Published also by Peterson, and for
sale at Romans.
The ANTIQUITY OF MAN. By Sir Charles
Lyell. Fourth revised edition. Phil
adelphia: J, B. Lippincott & Co.
From A. Roman & Co.
This work has long been known to the
public, but this new edition contains
much valuable information not publish
ed in former editions No man can be
well informed on the great questions
which are now discussed by men of sci
ence and theologians, without reading
this book. Whether we agree with the
author or not, the work contains infor-
nation which will enable us to form an
intelligent opinion on the geological an
tiquity of man.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-12-20
A NICE QUESTION oF TASTE

A NICE QUESTION OF TAsTE.-Jeueles
-"What kind of chain would you
like?"
Young Nan" Well, I don't know,
hardly. What kind of chain would
you think 1 ought to have; that is, what
style do you think would be the most be-
coming for young man what carries
groceries to some of the best families in
town?'-Dan6uvy Ners.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-12-20

TAKING WOOD ON THE RIvER.-At one
point, when we supposed we were com
fortably holding our way in the channel,
a torch-light fared up, and showed us
nearing a scraggy bank. The thin, low
prov of the boat ran upon the land.
Gangways were lowered; planks were
run from the boats side to the bank, two
score negroes sprang from some myste-
rious recess below, and assembled for
ward before the capstan. The shower of
harmless sparks from the torches cast
momentary CLEANS over the rude but
kindly black faces. A sharp-voiced
white man, whom we afterwards learned
to call the Wasp" because he always
flew nervously about. stinging the sprawl
ing negroes into activity, thrust himself
among the laborers. Twenty stings from
his voice, and the darkey forms plunged
into the darkness beyond the gangways.
Then other torches were placed upon
the bank-and long Iwood piles appear
ed. The Wasp fitted restlessly from
deck to shore, while the negroes attack
ed the wood-piles, and, each taking hall
dozen sticks, hurried to the deck with
them. Presently there was an endles.
procession of black forms from the wood
piles to the vessel and plunging back
across the ficker1ng light, to the tune OF
loud ladjurations and oaths from the
Wasp. Now and then the dusky chain
of laborers broke into rude chant, be-
ginning with prolonged shout, such as
"oh! los my money daree
and followed by gurgling laugh as il
the singers were amused at the sound OF
their own voices. The Wasp, always
kindly and well-disposed towards the
negroes, despite his rough ways, broke
into appeal, threat, and entreaty, when
any one of the darkies stumbled or lag
ged. Then it was that he cried rasping
ly, "You, Reubenl" "You, Black
Hawk with an oath. "Come on there
you Washington! amt you going to heal
meI' Sometimes the Wasp sped among
the negroes, stinging them into such ac-
tivity that a whole wood-pile vanished as
if swallowed by an earthquake. So il
was that in two hours and half sixty
cords of wood were transferred from the
bank to the boat, and the Wasp, calling
the palpitating wood-carriers around
him, thus addressed them, "Now, you
boys, listen. You, Black Hawk, do you
hear, you and these three, first watch
You, Reuben, and these three, second
watchp etc. The torches were dipped
in the river, the light hissed dying def
ance at the dark, and the great white
boat once more wheeled around into the
channel.-Scribner's.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-12-20

Ex-President johnson is said to have
had $4,000 to his credit, at six per cent.
interest, in the First National Bank of
Washington at the time of its failure.
Should this prove total failure, the
old gentleman will, to use an expression
quite common in his own Tennessee, be
seriously "disgruntled.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-12-20

Almost the best rule of life is to be
worthy of ones self.-[S. P. Heron.
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a Successful Dodge.

We had ....t from "a bgoE-EeiIank ..-
male last week. She wished - dispose III =
book. She wa alone in the world, and had
no one 10 whom she could turn for synpath.
% assistance, hence wc should buy her book
She was unmarried and had no manly heart
in which she could pour her eufcfiugs, there
fore we ought To invest in her book ShcL.J
received liberal education aud could talg
French like nat!.a; sc could not IN cou-e-
qGcnce refuse - pas hcr tw1 dollars Dl z.
book. She wanted Il take lg gus in must
from learned German professor, c1uso-
quent'y &c must not jcc!H, bgsiug boo.
We had listened atteutiycIy, aud here H-a.r
IN with, What - yCu say we're deaf
She started with u loud voice aul wen.
through her ri2m1rDle. When she hal tn
ished we went and got roll Of paper an
made !, into a speaking trumpet, placed one
end o! i lu our ear and told her 10 proceed.
She nearly bur IT 4 blood vessel IN her naYtsr
effort. 10 uakr herself .hr7tl. Sic COM
fnenced - au alone 10 ,h- world 81.
doesn I make tie -iI.ht,-t difference 10 u-
We are not alone 900 fast. Nc arC a lu5 ban
ani 4 father. Alla.Ush tai. Is lean year
b:g.my is not allowed Ia tli. state. w a-a
not eligible Ia proposal" "Oh! what
fool this man is, shs sand ia 4. los tone
then at the top OF her voice, =" don't want
10 marry YOU, 0-sc!!-a a b-a-o !. 30
This last sentence vas howlcl. awe I.u't
want cook" We blandly remarked: ''a-s
wife does the cooking, aud shc wouldn't IT.
low as good-looking a woman a. YOU in The
house five minutes. She'- very Jealous.
She looked at US In despair. Gathering hrE
robes about her and giving az glance Vi
contempt she exclaimed. - d. believe }!
a three hundred FOUNDER were let oil alOn.-
side that blamed old deaf fools head he'd
think somebody was knocking at the doo-.
aud sung herself ont and slammed the doc.
with . yehemence tha, awakened our o.Hcg
boy, who can sleep sound enough los whole
family. When she was gone We INDUCED Il
dernoniac laugh. She isn't likely 20 sell ~
book any re.-FSagqyo.
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Progress at the south.

From time to time we have published some
of the facts that come under our observation
touching the temper of the Southern people
and the progress liberal and patriotic opin-
ions are making among them. In another
place we have briefly referred to the proof
given by the Texas Legislature that the
efforts the Government is making to buy
back their favor is producing very rich fruits
Since that was written, we have come across
the account given by Hon. VIM. z. Frye, a
member of Congress from Maine, of his OBJ
servations and experience during trip he
made South since the adjournment of Con
gress. To be sure, his trip was not an ex-
tensiye one, though he entered upon it with
the intention Of travelling through most of
the Southern States. But his experience Of
Southern life and the character and DISPOSE
ton of the people made it so unpleasant for
him that he went no further than Peters
burg. lie states that the utmost poverty,
neglect, and prejudice still prevail, and that
the people are far behind in improvements,
and in their methods of living. The hotels
are foul and unwhOlesome the cookery bad,
and the entire atmosphere tainted with shift
lessness. The prejudice against Northern
men is still deep, especially in social rela-
tons. Mr.. Frye speaks Of one gentleman
Ca Maine NAM who has lived in Petersburg
twelve years, next door "neighbor'' to an
"F. F. V. :" of most azure blood. 1t CHANGED
that the houses Of the two were identical.
For nearly twelve wears the two families had
lived side by side, without the slightest So
cial intercourse, till, one day, recently,
daughter Of the aristocratic Virginian STUN
bled into the Yankees house by blunder.
She soon retreated on discovering her mis-
take. On reaching home her mother re-
CURED her to change her clothing and be
sure not to put on the habiliments desecrated
by the Yankees footstool, until they had
been washed.
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The Education 0r CaIarcd Giili.
iTpE.


Cannot the mote liberal uud nt,l..-,i
Democrats Of this city AMI county even yyj
do something 10 procure the reversal Of it,
action of the Legislature IN striking ont che
clauses relating to the education of ,olv'ei
children in Mr. Hickman educational Lll
The colorcd people are cut,tIrd t. have Their
children educated, and the plan proposed Us
Mr.. lIickman's bill though falling somcthiu-
short Of cycu-handcd justice, vet would have
been greatly hotter than the present lack oi
any legal provision whatever for educating
such children.
We are confident that second stupid fail.
ire by oar Legislature Ia make some proyi-
sion Tor taxing colorci people for school pur-
poses and educating their children AZ Tho
public expense, viii result in exceedingly
dIsagrccablc consequences. We seriously
doubt if the present discrimination on account
of race and color will bear the test of trial be
fore the United States Courts, and il the
Legislature fails again u DO anything toward
providing separate school, Tor the colOrcd
children, we believe the colorcd people viii
and ought to try To- obtain justice through
the courts Of the United States hy tcnderlul
taxes to those authorized to receive them, and
demanding public school accommodations 70.
their children.
Our people profess 10 be an honest people,
loving fair play. Let them, then, Tor e mo
ment, put themselves in the place Dt the--
cOl0rcd people who are seeking 70 struggle
into a better condition. They have pet
toned the state To tax them aud givo them
school accommodations Tor their children.
and the State sulicnly refuses, and tclI- then.
to tax themSclvc-. They reply, JUSTLY the
utmost power Of the state is barely sufficient
to the collection Of taxes, aud we, armed
with no legal power, cannot tax ourselves
besides, the taxes received tom the poorer
white people, who are better oh. than our
selves, would not educate thrlr children, and
the public school ~ys,cIu Wa devised for the
special purpose of having the rich and strong
help the poor and weak secure gpt their chill
drcn that education which Is necessary 10 it
them for citizenship in a free state WHY.
then, demand Of us in our poverty, 10 bra.
our burden unailed and alone?
The answer j. a sufficient ono, and the man
who fails to let It turn him from his injustice
IN this matter is not merely no Christian.
willing to do rs he would De done BY. but ne
is lacking In those honest impulses in behalf
of fair play and the protection Of weaknc-,
which characterize the actions Of most .ay-
ages. Nor is this all he IS blind, preiu.
diced fool who eudangcr, free goycrhmeut
and the best interests Of Tie community .a
which lie lives By planning - secure T..
n'r"nce III the voters who VIII help STARE
aud control Tie destiny Of Our stale. VI
know that many ID not most tic Dem yrr..-
about here are UrP1 "a u such policy, ami
We appeal 10 them 10 not let the uueill-glt-
ened stupidity Of their party friends from fe-
low put the stigma Of this vie wrong and H.
justice on their party and CDR tate aga.u.
EcHy ErDHy, Wilmington, Delaware
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COWIrGicc.
&C., to /

While the New York Tribune has a special
agent travelling through the South for the
purpose of taunting, through his correspond
ence to the Tribune, the colOred people for
their lack of an education denied them by
law, the colored people Of the State Of Della
ware are vainy supplicating that state to
tax them for the support of schools, and to
allow them the privilege of enjoying educa-
tonal facilities.
The New York TiJuns may rave and at
tempt to incite the Ku-Klux against the coli
ored people Of the country; the State gov
enments may throw obstacles in the way OF
the colored mans advancement, it will be
to no purpose against the irrepressible desire
and determination of the colorcd race to adj
vance. As prejudice against the negro is
dying out, the New York Tribune takes the
field as the champion Of hatred and oppres-
sion, and by its highly-colored and exagger-
ated accounts of the negro at the South gives
new courage and strength to that kind Of
feeling exhibited by the Legislature Of Del
aware in its refusal TO allow colored people
school facilities
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why specie Payment u N"' ne
sumed.

The country is favored every few days oy
some of the little political economists who
manage the 'grcat dailies" of Our commer-
cial cities. with n wise and learned disserta-
ton. setting forth the reasons why specie
payments have been 50 long suspended, anu
the way their resumption can be certainly
and promptly brought about. But no TWO
of their plans are alike, ana no one oil them
has been considered of enough Importance
to attract general attention. All oil them
tocetber have done nothing to hasten the
desired result. for 1t seems further on now
than II has at any time during the last three
or four years.
We believe all hope OF resumption ought
TO be abandoned while we continue to import
such vast quantities of foreign products, and
to send abroad such immense sums in gold to
nav for them. No sensible man, even though
he makes no claims to the title of political
economist, can doubt that ii we paid to our
own manufacturers only one-half the amount
we yearly send abroad, that We could resume
specie payments within year. Look at the
startling figures From the middle OF lo62
to the last of June, 1872, fhe generous United
States paid Paris the enormous sum oil TWO
hundred and sixty millions Of dollars. This
somewhat staggering amount was forwarded
in gold, on account of jeyelry, laces, silks,
gloves, grapes, nerinos, hats, human hair,
and miscellaneous toilet articles.
This very respectable bill does not include
the gold forwarded from our shores TO the
French metropolis for wines, works OF art,
gentlemen's garments, and fabrics from which
to make the same. There is not single
item in the aggregate of the two hundred
and Ska millions which could not have been
produced at home, or been readily dispensed
wth-and that, too, with great benefit, not
only to the purse, but to the health of the
consumers. So long as our people prefer to
enrich foreign rivals at the expense OF do
nestle industry, so long must gold be trans
mitted abroad to settle the balance OF trade
against us, and so long must specie payments
be suspended.
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To Our Friends.

A number OF gentlemen connected with the
NEW CITIZEN, published in this city, to-
gether with the proprietors of the NEW Ma
TIoxAL ERA and their friends, have organ
lied Joint stock company for the purpose OF
carving on the business Of printing, publish
ing. and book-binding in all their branches.
The NEW NATIONAL ERA and the NEW
CITIZEN have been consolidated and will be
published by the Joint stock company. An
organ through which the colored people OF
the country can be heard, Published at the
seat Of government and at the fountain'head
Of political influence, as we'll as on the spot
where the leading minds and prominent
friends Of progress and liberty more often
meet than any other, can but be valuable
aid to the colored people of this country
struggling through difficulties out of the dark
ness and enforced ignorance of two hundred
and fifty years Of q cruel bondage. Every
member Of the race should feel it duty to
support journal devoted to the highest in
terests Of the race. You can build up for
yourselves a respect that will be lasting by
supporting an ably conducted journal. This
should be done. The company publishing
the NEW NATIONAL ERA and CITIZEN will
spare no effort to obtain for its columns the
best thoughts written by the ablest of our
race; it will allow no opportunity to pass for
using these columns for the highest interest
of tho colored citizens of this country. The
colored people should assist in making the
Press an instrument to be used in the work
Of their elevation.
The capital stock of the company is $40,
900, in shares of $50 each. Parties wishing
to purchase shares can obtain all information
by addressing
FREDERICK DOUGLASS, Jr.,
Secretary,
Lock Box 81 WASHINGTON ID. &.
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Low Prices and the Remedy.

From tables published in an Iowa paper
to prove that the principle cause of the low
price of farm products in the West Is the
oyer-production, it is stated that 4lO ,C0O,-
900 bushels Of corn raised in six Western
States in 1871 brought only 50, 000, 900 more
than did the 273,0O0,0 900 produced in 1866.
In 1866 the price averaged fraction less
than GO cents bushel, and in 1871 just 3Ut
cents a bushel. The railroads are not wholly
responsible for this great difference, and they
may not entirely remedy the evil. But they
can help, and home market will do the
rest. That can be made By protection to
home industry. From 1866 to ls7l the pro-
ducers increased much faster than the con-
sumers. When the reverse of this is true,
the price of corn and all other agricultural
products will go up to a point that will fairly
remunerate the farmer for raising them. Free
traders would convince Western farmers that
if we manufactured nothing they could find
a market abroad for all their products. But
how much profit do they imagine they would
receive on each bushcl Of corn transported
from Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri,
&C., to England, under such circumstances =?
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4 Ncrited AppOJntm emf.

Geo. W. Mitchell, Esq, who has, for the
past two years, filled the position of Tutor in
the Collegiate Department Of Howard Uni
versity, was appointed Professor of Latin BY
the Board Of Trustees of that University on
Friday, the 18th inst.
This appointment is just recognition Of
the ability, and a manifestation Of the salts
faction with which Mr.. Mitchell has per
formed his duties in the past. He is quiet
and unassuming, but one of the most earnest
and progressive young men of our day.
We are pleased so see that Howard Uni
versity is beginning to feel a sense of her
duty to recognize talent and worth wherever
they are found.
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THE Texas Legislature is composed Of a
precious set of "conciliated confederates. :"
They have recently shown their appreciation
of the efforts of Congress and the Court Of
Claims to conciliate our erring brethren"
by rejecting a resolution to invite President
Grant to visit the State, and adopting one
extending an invitation to Jell. Davis. Our
rulers have evidently not stopped low enough
yet to satisfy the demands of these ex-'' lords
Of the LASH" Nothing but an absolute SUBJ
mission to all their requirements, the pay
ment of all their losses, and thor restoration
to the positions they forfeited by their rebel
lion, will induce them to toleaie Us, even.
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President has ever done has made him 80
many sincere friends among the people as his
efforts toward abolishing political influence
in political appointments"-in other words,
his efforts in behalf of the so-called civil
service reform. The test of friendship i'll the
Presidents case would of course be an
earnest, practical support of him and his adj
ministration. And that could only be shown
by their rotcs. But it would puzzle the 7i@es,
we imagine, TO show that he had gained
single vote at the polls, or that single meni-
Der of Congress among the self-styied re
formers" and the self-constituted champions
of this particular REFORM" was won over to
the support of his administration by his
efforts to enforce the civil service scheme.
On the contrary, the more earnestly the
President favored the measure the mora
bitter the ''refomers'' became in their oppo-
sition.
And among the people, if voter was now
and then induced to support the Republican
candidate for President under the mistaken
belief that there was really some Saving
grace" in the civil service rules, it lost him
twice as many among those who oppose
system that places unrepentant rebels on the
same footing as Union soldiers and other
loyal men-giving traitors an equal chance
with loyal men and women for public en-
ployment. Such system will never be pop
ular except at the South, and will never add
real strength to any administration or party
which supports it, when its operations are
fully understood by the people.
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THUs far the only visible effect OF the re-
peal of the franking privilege is the demand
by the railroad companies Of sery large in
crease Of the price they now receive from the
Post Once Department for the postal car
service. Could there be any stronger proof
that they do not consider the free matter they
are now Transporting fox the department OF
sufficient consequence to effect in any way
the value Of that service? Ii the repeal Of
the thanking privilege doe. not effect saying
to the department in railroad charges, where
is the remarkable reform" We have been
uroruised?
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THE Liberal Republicans" are fast go
ing 'to their own place" At the Cincin-
natl election last week these hybrid politi-
clans voted generally for the Copperhead
candidates, as we have no doubt they did IN
New Hampshire and Connecticut, and as ~
believe they will in the end everywhere.
They belong with the Democratic party, and
the best service they can render the Republi-
can party will be to act openly against It
hereafter. 1t is time for them to throw on
their disguise and boldly take their position
in the ranks Of the party which has all their
sympathes.