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TUii SHASTA COURIER.
. ClLliftl 4UU.WAU, JLiNo 'Zo. 18/i.
■A gcuta lor Ike Courier.
Ihe following geulh men arc our regularly
auiliurutu AgciiK, empowered. lu toiitu sua
ati ipuoiifc, au' eriißc lu.u.ft, aiiiT Joh tturk, mid
Xeeeipi lor die name ;
Sam 1 HA.nistu Aar.scT.— E. R. Rohinsou,
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tW«r m bdutf.iuuistu. Vie lake pleasure u»
recommending Air. ti. to Uie lAvor oi ilie S«n
X rauciacomeieliunli. iheyiuiiy He luiiy ussureu
1h,.l all hujiiicno uniu's loi U.c Courier lot wiiU
him will he t.nliilUily iuunui_u. to. Ulhve ill Uie
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SiuiAJiiMu Aoiisct. —Mr. J. M. Shepherd
will liereutier act im .igeul lur ihe Slni&la Cuuii
er lu Siiciauieulu. lu i.lhce is ul ihe UoiL
Stor e ot Miepht nl & Syilaui, J sheet, between
7til ami Sill streets.
Wtuca iiUt. —L ium, Rogkri & Co.
Uue Ilvuc Town. —Smith Al Tollman, Ex
pressmen.
t'rmrh Gulch. —Morrow &. Shin.non, uir.
SilHutTtK if IiIUINM.NU.
t ItJiU. LIUX, & Cl).
Ljlr" AatNTs warned in every portion of tin
in lues.
outual iMi j e.u
For till' Couulica oi |,i:i»lii, 'JT iuilj , Siniii
} nil, IVlu.uum, umP kiumuuhlt,
Lr Alt Ltgai Au vuiimvuni* muni be paid Jot
in advance.
Wcwa by Vraln-iiayN Jlail.
In the p.ipet.s received Iruiu the cities below,
on yesterday, the chid U>{>ic of interest is llu
proceedings ut ilio Milo Demoo Mltc Conven
tion, which boily assembled at Benicia on ih>
21st instant. 'I he Cnliveiilion was organized
by electing A. C. Bradford, President. Nm«
\ ice i’rcsideuts w ere also elected. .Messrs. J.
(1. Stubbing, H. A. Davidge, and .Mr. Enyard,
were appointed Si eretaries. A great deal ol
enthusiasm was manifested by the friends ol
ll»e diile-rent aspirants for Gubernatorial honors.
In the evening after the organization one ballot
h r Governor was bad, w hich, according to the
J ‘‘illy Californian, resulted ;u the following vote :
L. 121 ; Roman and liuim, 127. Weleuru,
however, Ironi Mr. Tracy, Age t for Adams &
. , I
Go. in this place, who has received information
by letter, tlial on the first ballot Bigler received
131; Roman, 57 ; IJann, 18. Bigler was doubt
less immimited on the second ballot.
At a meeting of bankers and merchants, held j
on tlie 21st instant in San Francisco, resolutions
were passed condemning the Slate, County and
City, license laws, and a committee was ap
pointed forthe purpose of employing counsel to
test their constitutionality.
According to statistics published in the San
Francisco Heraiti, the export of gold from Cali
fornia, between the Ist cf January and the 19th
ol February last, exceeded that from Australia,
during the same period, over thirty per cent.
The weekly mail between the Atlantic Stales
and California has been stopped.
Pitt Rivir. —During the week, many of the
miners on Pitt River have temporarily left their
claims. A few still remain who have favorite
claims and sufficient water. It is now a settled
and well established fact, that the Pitt River
country is quite rich in deposits of gold. Many
of those who have been prospecting in ibe Pill
River, Lave taken up claims in some of the fa
vorite gulches, and intend spending the winter,
when water is plenty in working them. Al
though one half of those who were al Pitt River
one month ago have left, we learn that the de
posits of dust by the miners Las increased con
siderably. All tiiose remaining in that region
have good claims, and are working them with
great industry.
Brick Manufactory. —Since the destruction
of our town by fire, we learn that Mr. Gerrard 1
M. Roach has determined to commence the man- i
ufacturc of brick. For this purpose be hasgono j
below to obtain machinery. A large number of 1
brick have been already bespoken by those of
our citizens who intend building fire-pro« f
houses. Mr. Roach expects to be ready to de
liver brick of the best quality in the course of
four or five weeks, in sufficient quantities to
meet the demand.
Catholic Ghukcu. —father Honan has re
cently purchased a lot from Mr. Willij, in the j
east portion of our town. We learn that Father I
Flouan, assisted by the members of bis church, 1
intends building a house to be used us a place of
worship by persons of the Catholic persuasion.
It will probably be built within two mouths
from this time.
District Court. —The District Court for Shas
ta County will be opened in ibis place on Mon
day next. But few suits have beeu brought in
this court since its last term. There will be.
however, sufficient of business lift unfinished ut
the last term to occupy the attention of the Judge
for at least two weeks.
Murdered. —Two Chinamen, on their way
from Pitt River to this place, were murdered on
Wednesday last, when within about four miles
of Moody’s Rauch. It is reported that thne
other Chinamen were killed on the same day
and in the same vicinity. When Mr. Cheever
found the murdered men, one of them was not
cold and had apparently been dead but a few
moments.
The North Cottonwood. — But few person*
now remain about the Bald Hills on the North
Cottonwood, owing to the scarcity of water. Ot e
company, however, hare a race of about six
miles in length, by which they are fully supplied
with water, and are doing remarkably well.
Laws or ’53. — The laws of the last session of
the Legislature of California have been publish
ed, and furnished to State and County officeis
throughout tb» State. Since these statutes have
been carefully examined, we have beard many
intelligent gentlemen make disparaging remarks
about the last Legislature.
cap .We are indebted to Mr. A. Homan for late
numbers of the London Illustrated News, Ncnv
Y<v]k Illustrated News, Punch and Lantern-
Grading Main Street.
Shasta, June 20, 1853.
At a meeting of the citizens of Shasta, held
at the Methodist church uu the evening of the
above day, Isaac Hoop was fulled to the chair
and .\rr. Fletcher appointed Secretary.
Mr. J. M. ithudes slated the object of the
meeting to he to lake into consideration plans
lor grading Main street, Shasta.
Mr. Fletcher was excused from acting as Sec
retary, and J. C. Hinckley was appointed in his
stead.
Mr. M’Kay moved that Mr. Giliett be appoint
ed to survey Main street, and make a report as
.o the cost t>l its grading, and report to-morrow.
Mr. Sprague moved us uu ameuuuieut that a
committee ol three of the property holders di
rectly interested be appointed to employ Mr.
Giliett, and superintend the survey.
'1 he motion us amended carried.
Mr. Rhodes moved that a committee of five
he appointed to secure the services of Mr. Gll
lett, and to receive his report as to the cost ol
the street. Nut seconded.
Moved by Mr. Rhodes that two be added to
the committee of three. Carried.
Moved by Mr. Rhodes that the committee be
ipjrtiinted by the chair. Carried.
1 he following persons were appointed upon
he committee : James Loag, A. L. Downer, J.
>l. Rhodes, 11. T. Sprague, and J. G. Dull.
Moved by Mr. Doll that the meeting adjourn
Julii 10-moriow evening, at half past eight
ISAAC HOOP, President.
Shasta, June 21, 1853.
Citizens assembled according to adjournment
ou previous evening, and on motion E. Garter
was called to the chair.
The report of Mr. Giilelt was read as follows:
. , REPORT.
Gentlemen :—ln couluimry with your request
1 proceeded to-day to make some examination
in older lo ascertain t e best and most feasible
plan for grading Main street, Shasta, ami beg
leave lo submit lor tout consideration lire toi
iowi ng :
The best grade which can be given to the hill,
commencing at Mr. Long’s and running us far us
Mr. Isaac's store, would he one loot lad lo ten
.eet fior.zoiiiut measure, which would involve
about SUO cubic yards excavation. The street
should he sloped iroiu each side toward the* mid
dle, with a descent ol about two feet, to farm a
conduit for the water. At Mr. Isaac's store a
culvert will he necessary 110 le-et long by 2 feet
feet area, which, if walled up with squared lim
ber and plunked over, will cost about sllO 00;
from this culvert to Adams &: Co.’s ollice the
street may be made nearly level ; another small
culvert wilt lie required between these two
points. From Adams <fc Co.’s office to Bicking’s
blacksmith shop a grade ot one foot vertical to
25 feel horizontal, may be given to the street,
and tor tlie greater portion ot this distance a
wall of limber about 3 feet high should be built
from the street to the edge of the sidewalk, giv
ing it a slope of 1 to 1 outwards, so that the tim
bers may be used for steps. Two small culverts
will he required between Isaac’s store and the
Shasta Hotel, worth about s(io each, and a larger
one at, the alley between the Bowling saloon and
the Shasta House, which will probably cost $l5O.
The street should drain into these culverts from
the ditch in the center through an aperture cut
in the top.
The following is a rough estimate of the ex
pense :
1200 cubic yards excavation at 80 cts per
square, ...... SO6O
Cost of four culverts, .... 410
(175 lineal feet hewn timber and laying do 130
1530
Should the citizens not feel disposed to assume
this outlay immediately, it would still be advis
able, now that the town is in ashes, and new
buildinars in process ot election, tfiat the founda
tion of every house should lie laid in conformity
to this grade, or any other that may seem more
desirable, in order that some uniformity may be
preserved in their arrangement. The expense
of adapting each house to any regular grade w ill
be comparativelv trifling, and all jottings and
jolts in the sidewalk will be thereby avoided.
Respectfully. E. C. GILLETTE.
R. T. Sprague, j. M. Rhodes, J. G. Doll, et al,
committee.
On motion the report was adopted and com
mittee discharged.
J. M. Rhodes, Esq., moved that a committee
of three be appointed to raise money, by volun
tary contribution, lo defray the expenses of grad
ing. Carried.
The following gentlemen were appointed on
said committee: J. M. Rhodes, David Casey,
and Isaac Roop.
David Corsaut. Esq., moved that the commit
tee report ou Saturday evening next, at 7 P. M.
Carried.
On motion of James Loag, Esq., it was deter
termined that the committee should have power
to apply the money us collected in grading, the
street, in ascordauce with the adopted report of
the surveyor.
On motion the meeting adjourned until 'jatur
•Jay, 25th iust., at 7 P. M.
E GATTET, President.
As Affair or Honor. — On Saturday morning
list another affair of honor occurred at Marys
ville, between Col. Rust of the California Ex
press. and O. P. Stidger of die Herald. The lat
ter, w ho was the challenged parly, selected Mis
sissippi rifles, to be used al a distance of sixty
paces. The parlies, met in Sutter County, ai d
on the first fire Judge Stidger received his ad
versary’s ball through the skirts of his coat. A
second shot was exchanged uud nobody hurt,
when further hostilities censed.
Bhick Buildings. —A number of our business
men have determined, since the fire, to build ol
brick. Among them we may mention Adams
&. Co., Dr. Benj Shurtlt-ff, and Bull, Baker, &
Co. Olliers no doubt will follow the example of
tnose mentioned, ns soon as the facilities for ob
taining brick are improved. At present, and un
til the brick manufactory spoken of elsewhere
is established, and put in operation, it will be
impossible to obtain brick, except from theciliet
below, at considerable cost.
Fire. — O i Wednesday evening last at about 9
o'clock, a fire broke but in the house on Daii -
gertleld Flat, occupied by a colored man by the
name of Dixon. In a few moments the Louse,
being a light frame, was in ashes. The origin
of the fire is unknown. i
[Per Cram. Rogers & Co.’s Express.]
B«|slar Trinity Correspondence.
Wxa verville, June 23, 1853.
Orn.ii, —The elemental Scourge that swept
your town from existence last week, made many
a sad heart here—for here we know- the w reck
and ruin of a California fir* —having but lately
recovered from the effects cf a like disaster, we
know how to sympathise with you. But never
say die! We should have written you last week,
had we nut been under the impression (until
too late.) that you had lost all again ; but we
were glad to learn that your press was saved.
Since we last w rote, the weather has been at
that Plutonic point when it makes women and
butter spread themselves, the thermometer hav
ing ranged in the coolest places from 90 to 120.
Last week we hud a trial and conviction of a
man by tbe name of Ariugtou, for grand larceny,
lie having stolen oue hundred and fifty dollars
and a Colt’s revolver. Through the mersy of
t ie Judge he goes below for only three years.
The Democrats have held their Convention,
nominating John Musser, Esq. as their candidate
for the next Legislature. The \N higg have also
held a meeting and nominated delegates to their
State Convention.
A sad accident occurred yesterday, which
will probably result in death. A party of men
were about to butcher a beef, when the pistol
which was intended to shoot the beef, went off
accidentally, shooting Mr. Andrew McCoy
through tbe left breast, just above the heart, tbe
bull glancing duwnwardsuiid passing out through
the hack. Dr. was immediately ealied.
who dressed his wounds ami gave him every
possible attention.
Yours, &c. Adobe.
Improvement. —Ourtownis being rapidly re
built. About ten bouses have already bean
erected and finished on the burnt district, and
many olb®S are in process of erection. Indeed,
no great has been the demand for builders that
many persons have been induced to'leave their
mining claim# for tbe time and repair to town
to get work. In n few weeks we may expect to
see our town entirely rebuilt.
In another cotumu will be found the proceed
ings of a mass meeting of the citizens of our
town held on Monday night last. The meeting
was called, as it will be seen by a reference to
our report, for the purpose of establishing the
future grade of Main street. At the adjourned
meeting held on Tuesday evening, the report of
the County Surveyor, setting forth a plan fortlu*
grade, and estimating the probable cost thereof,
was unanimously adopted. We have reason to
think that the street will, in a short time, be im
proved in accordance with the established
grade.
With the Main street one hundred feet wide,
and properly graded, the town will present a
much haudsomer appearance when rebuilt than
formerly. The transaction of business will also
be greatly facilitated, while there will be but
little danger of our town being again so entirely
destroyed by fire.
Corrected Liat ofLauct by the Late Fire.
Bull, Baker & Co., Harrington &. Doll, and
Tomlinson, each $25,000 ; llollub & Isaacs,
I’lnimner &. Mitchell, A. L. Downer & Co.,
Chapman & Co. $20,000; Todd & Jones, $10,000;
Callahan. $12,000 ; H. J. Walsh, $0,000; Benj.
V\ hile, $8,000; St. Clmrles Hotel, $15,000 ; Em
pire Hotel. $10,000; Globe Hotel, $3,000; Tal
bot & Seaton, 15,000; Estate of Josiali Hoop,
$4,000; .lames Long. $O/100 ; Adams &. Co., $.5-
000 ; Rhodes & Lusk, $5,000 Dr. Benj. Shnrlleff,
$5,000; Jacobson & Co.. $8,000; Mr. Sytue,
$5OOO ; Gilson & Quirk. $7000: Goodwin iS: York,
$lO 000; John Moll, $5,000; Mr. Willis’ Liquor.
Store, $0,000; Keene &, Fordiey, $1,000; A. .1.
Stevenson, $4 000 ; Hall &, Crandall $2,500;
John Cox $2,000; D. Corsant $2,100; Cram,
Rogers «t Co. $l,OOO : Oletidorff & Hand $lO 000;
D. Casey $5,000; Norton's tin shop. $4,000:
.1. Folluiishee, $1500; L. H. Tower. $3,000. A.
Homan, $3,000; J. B. Hill & Co.. $1,000; Bar
ber & Waring, $2 000; {lather & Meecb, $500;
D. Casey, $7,000: C.Sapin. $1,500.
Whig Culm v Convention —.5 County Con
vention of Whigs will be held in ibis place to
day. for the purpose of electing delegates to the
State Convention. The State Convention will
assemble at Benicia on the (jib July.
Thanks. —ln the hurry ot making tip the paper
last week, wo neglected to return our sincere
thanks to our friend Mr. Scoville, of Monroeville,
for the assistance which he rendered us 'mi the
day of the lit ■ fire. Without such timely aid,
much of our material would undoubtedly have
been lost.
C irrkctujn.—Uu our first page w ill be found
in account of a destructive fire which occurred
in the town of Sonora. We are glad to say that
the account is wholly unfounded. The motive
that prompted the false repotl i* unaccountable.
Election Noticks. — In our advertising col
umns will be found quite a mmicious array o!
announcements for office, all ot which are made
■adject to the decision oi the Democratic County
Convention.
Pic Nic on thk Fol hth. —W e learn that a Pir
Nic party will come off at Lake Ranch, twelve
miles from this town, on the Fourth of July, to
he followed up with a dance in the evening. The
attendance will no doubt be large, and all anti
cipate a very argreeable party.
ES’’ Capt. Garrison, agent ot the Nicaragua
Line of Steamers, will please accept our thanks
for late New Orleans and Atlantic papers. By
Capt Garrison's line, passengers have lately ac
complished the trip from New Orleans to San
Francisco in the unprecedented lime of nineteen
J >*y B -
Balt, at \reka. — A grand Bull will be given
at the Washington Hall, in Yreka. on the Fourth
of July. We regret extremely the impossihility
of our attendance, in obedience to the polite in
vitation which has been forwarded to us by the
management. We have no doubt it will be a
very brilliant and a very pleasant affair.
The Weather.—For the past ten days tin
heat has been excessive, the thermometer usu
ally standing at about 100, aud sometimes going
up to Hi-
Pill Hirer Carrtif i<uff.
[P.K Cram, Rogers &. Go’s Express.]
Pittsburgh, June 21, 1853.
Eds. Courier :—Our floating population Lave
now nearly all left, and the steady misers, men
who are willing to work for six and eight dol
lars per day, are receiving a handsome return
for their labor. There does not appear to be
any scarcity of water on Rich Gulch, and there
are many large companies who have from oue
to two mouths work yet before them. The deep
diggings sunk in the side of the hills on Rich
Gucih are ail paying well, making an average
of lifteeu to twenty dollars a man per day.
Our wagon road is now completed through
from the Canon ferry and Shasta. A tew mule
teams, drawing ISOU lbs., came in on Monday,
direct from the Blutl'a.
A rich lead was struck 10-duy about two miles
from town, the result ol which 1 shall be better
able to inform you of in my next.
Yours, Timor.
Snkiiou loamy.
We take the following interesting article from
the correspondence of the Mountain. Herald,
published at \ reka ;
Siskiyou county extends from the Oregon line,
(42 degrees NurUi latitude) on the North, to the
divide between Scott and Salmon rivers on the
south, and from Indian Creek, which empties
in o the Klamath near Happy Camp, on the
West, to the Sierra Nevadas on the East.
\ reka City, the county seat, is a thriving
town of some six hundred inhabitants, stlualcu
in u branch ot Sdusiu \ alley.
Ail tlie inhabited portion of this county is n
mining country. On the Klamath River there
are many dimers at work. This stream bus
been, and is, remarkable for tbe niiiloiiiiity ot
Us yield of gold. Scott river lias been a river
for "big strikes,” many have made fortunes on
it, and some are still eoing so, while bund reds
who went into it expecting to take all the gold
they wanted in a day, have exhausted llieu Ill
lie stock of patience and perseverance at once,
and gone oil' in disgust. The whole stream,
however, Irum its mouth to the Bar has been
prospected, v and partially worked, and every
day's experience proves that there are fortunes
there lor those that have the patience to set
down and work a year or two for them.
Dead Wood Cieek and Humbug have been
very rich, and still “pay well those who work
well.”
Green Horn Creek, and the Yreka Flat, and
the iieighboitag gulches seem no nearer ex
hanated than they dia a year ago. Stil. to the
northward, and north ol the Klamath, is Cotton
wood Creek, from which an immense amount
ol gold has been taken, and on which new dig
gings have lately been struck.
Add to these several quartz mills in operation
and in course of construction, which promise
lair to remunerate largely those engaged in
them. And such are* our mines. But old min
ers say that this country is not half prospected.
Two years ago many persons engaged in mining
here thought our mines nearly worked out, and
that this would soon cease to be a mining coun
try, but there are more mines now w orked, and
more money taken out now than was then.
These mines give employment to hundreds of
persons, and yet there is room for hundreds
more to be employed. Ami these must be fm
nishecli with provisions. This single counts lias
been, and is yet. an important market for cattle,
sheep and bogs, flora Oregon, while nearly all
our bread stud's and such liko necessaries arc
brought Irani Sait Francisco. For many things
that could lie raised hero for half the cost ol
packing the same from Shasta City-, we d< peud
on the tanners in the valleys below' that place.
Every one can see the advantage of farming
in this section of country, since the fanner has
a ready cash market for every thing lie esn
raise.
Scott Valley i.s about twenty-five miles long,
and from live to six wide, nearly ail of it to
gether, with many smaller valleys adjacent to
it, are very fertile and well adapted to raisiue
all kinds ot small grain. As a wheat growing
country, I do not think the arable lands in lli•>
country can be excelled. Many parts of ihest
valleys will equal in richness and fertility tin
well tried prairies and bottom iamls of Indiana
and Illinois.
A gnat part of Shasta Valley, which is about
twenty-in v miles long by twelve to fifteen wide,
is good growing laud; while along Cottonwood
are many bottoms of equally valuable land,
front the small (tails made last season, everv
one is convinced that in point of soil, and cli
mate, these valleys are excelled by- none on
this coast. On the low hills bordering on them
valleys is much land unfit for tillage, but tin
rich growth ol grass with which they are cov
•-red in winter and summer, show them to be in
variable for stock raising.
I here is much of the lauds in our valleys va
cant and untouched, and we want farmers. \\ t
want gyod farmers, men ot families, who will lx
permanent citizens—men who have been ‘•far
mers in the stati s," and who know all the minu
tiae ol good firm ins.
1 A monster letter uniil.ouliit.rippiiig nil pre
cedent. was received at the post uflice from lb
‘•John 1.. Stephens.’ There were near three hun
dred mail
hags, ami seventeen thousand threi
hundred and twenty lao letters for delivery in
Sat 1- rancisco, and over forty thousand 'or di
trilmtion. him advent, in conjunction v\ ,th ih«
Oi'e.troi) mail, hkevvi.-e received vend rday. aim
tilling fourteen hags, swells the number of let
ters received in one day ::t the i (Hie in this city
othc enormous total of sizty thousand. Tin
new i’os;master wml certainly have his hands
tul; at the start, and must task hi* utmost rue -
cies to meet the emergency.—.S. F. l imit ana
Tran?crip’, June ‘CO
Improvements. —As a proof of ihe progress of
tiie City of \ reka, we would mention the rapid
ity with which good stone and brick frre-prool
buildings are being erected. Those of our in
habitants who are old residents—and have had
an opportunity of forming a just estimate of the
resources ot this part of ’lie country, are tin
first to erect those permanent, substantial, and
elegant edifice*.
'i he building materials of this place are of n
superior quality. —Mountain Herald-
Adams &, Co.—We return thanks for full files
of Atlantic and California papers furnished dur
ing the week.
Rhodes & Lusk. —As usual we are much in
debted to these gentlemen for full files of late
California and foreign papers furnished during
the week.
Mikiatuke Found.—A daugerreotype minia
ture of a lady was found on the side of the bill
after the fire. The owner can have the same
Ly lulling on Thos. W. Dawson, County Clerk.
EsP We return thanks to Mr. Lemmos for a
pitchejof well compounded ice’d punch, received
and enjoyed during <mjc of the hot hour* of yes
terday afternoon.
Opposition to thk Licknse Law. —A majority
of the Bankers of Ban Francisco, ami many of
the heaviest merchants, have culled a meeting
for ‘"the purpose ol taking into consideration
the means necessary and expedient to relieve
themselves and the trading community gener
ally from the unequkl, unjust and oppressive
luxation” imposed by the State, County and City
License Laws.
Port Qkvukd. — By a letter published in the
Alta California, we learn that the miners in the
vicinity of Port Orford are almost entirely de
serted. The reason of the desertion is alleged
to be for want of provision. The steamers ot
late have passed the Port without stopping.
NUASfA nuOLKSAI.I! PBUKS
CIKRBNT.
Shasta, June 25th, 1853.
Flour, 1
Corn Meal, kiln
dried,
do cala. ground
Barley.
Clear Pork,
Hams,
Bacon,
Mice, Carolina.
Tens, Imp. and
Gnu Powder,
Cheese,
ELECTION NOTICES.
XHO.UAS W. DAWSON.
We are authorised to say to the citizens of the
County of iShasta, that Thomas W.'Dawson is a
candidate for the office of County Clerk, and
subject to the decision of the Democratic County
Convention.
WILLIAiW A. iM AAALI.V
Would inform the citizens of Shasta County
that he is a candidate for the office of Sheriff,
subject to tbe decision of the Democratic County
Convention.
DAVID COIWAI'T
Announces bis name as a candidate for the of
fice of Sheriff of Shasta County, subject to the
decision ot the Democratic Nominating Conven
tion.
P. F. TURKI SH.
We are authorised to announce the name of
P. F. Turbush, as a candidate for the office of
Sheriff of Siias.a County, subject to the decision
of the Democratic County Convention.
EPHRAIM GARTER
Announces himself as u candidate for the office
of County Judge of Shasta County, subject to the
decision of the Democratic Nominating Conven
tion.
GERRARD M. KOCIIK
Would announce to his friends that he is a
candidate for tbe office of County Assessor, sub
ject to the decision of the Democratic Nominat
ing Convention.
HOUKK A. CURTINS
Announces that be is a candidate for tbe office
of County Clerk of Shasta County, subject to the
decision of tile Democratic County Convention.
DR. J. T. (SMITH,
Of Middletown, would respectfully announce
to the Democrats of Shasta County, that he is a
candidate for the dfccc of Representative to the
next State Legislature, (or Assemblyman,) sub
ject to the decision of tbe Democratic County
Convention, to be held on the I6tb day of July
next.
FORWARD MARCH ! !
THE DEMOCRACY of the county of
Shasta are rt quested to hold Primary Meet
ings in the several Election Precincts of said
County, and appoint delegate* to a Couniy Con
vention, to be held at the town of Shasta, on the
bird Saturday in July next, at 10 o’clock A. M ,
tor the purpose of nominating candidates for the
various County offices, anil choosing delegates io
lie District Convention, for the 13th Senatorial
District. i
By order of Democratic Cen. Committee.
P. F. TURBUSH,
d. coHSAirr,
WM. POTTER, Jr.
June 24th. 1853. je2s id.
ATTENTION WilUil.
The W bigs of Shasta County are reqnestei
hold primary meetings in the various eleci
precincts of the County, and elect delegates
County Convention, to be bidden in the low
Shasta, on Saturday, 25th inst., for the pnrj
of choosing six delegates to atlend the W
Stale Convention, to be held in ihe city of Sa
memo on the sixth day of July. The var
precincts are entitled to the number of deleg
as follows, being one for each precinct, and
each fifty or less W liig votes cast therein at
last Presidential' election, and one for each ai
lional lilty votes cast:
Shasta 219,6; Whisky Creek 40, 2; Fre
Gulch 64, 3; Oak Bottom 17,2; North Cot
wood 22, 2 ; Ei-gle Creek 37, 2 ; Horselown
! ; Dog Town 23, 2; Lower Springs 52. 3;
Bluffs 15,2; Cottonwood 18,2; Mule Town
2: Middletown 65, 3; Free Bridge 10. 2; (
Valley 34. 2; Cow Creek 24, 2; Month 0
Creeks, 2; Pitt River 4 ; Mount Washingti.i
Watson’s Saw Mill 2. The Convention
convene at the hour of 1 o’clock, P. M., ot
Jay above named.
ISAAC ROOP,
J. A. RAYMOND,
T. N. WAND,
Whig Centra] Committee, Shasta C<
Shasta, June 11, 1853. j
WESTERN STAR LODUE NO. 3,
F. AND A. MASONS.
WM MEET AT THEIR HALL IN SHAS
gj&gevery Saturday evening. Regular m
t*»«s®ings first and third Saturday of e
month. Brethren in good standing are invi
to attend. A. E. CALLOWAY, W.
—Jx mks J. Gt.KNif, Sec’y. mar!9
4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY «IF’
The FOURTH (number (DOULE&HI
of the Pictorial Union will be issued
|he office of publication, No. 21, J. Stree
Tuesday, June 28lh, 1853, in season for thi
lanlic Mails of ths Ist July. It will be B
fully illustrated and printed on fine whit
per, and will con;ain upwards of thirty p
vings, executed iq a superior manner.
Price, 50 cents per copy—s3o per ban
Orders received Will he promptly attend)
m the order in which they are entered npo
books. Address JAS. ANTHONY £ t
No. 21, J si., Sacrum
VW* For sale in Shasta by Rhodes Si ,
Craui. Rogers Si Co., and A. Roman,