The Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1852-1872, 1853-05-21
miscellaneous Items.


eion insults and n better care of American and
republican interests The Wings are now at
liberty to speak their minds, and 1t the party In
power decline To enforce the principles OF their
new Executive, The Wing party will soon have
"A popular majority against the government-S.
Fran. IFkfg.
~ The following is the mode adopted in ST.
Petersburg and Moscow for governing frighten-
ed horses: Around the horses neck, near the
neck-strap, is placed cord with running knot
To this siip-noose is attached pair of reins, on
senllemens horses generally of silk cord about
the. size of a pipe stem which always lie thrown
over the dash board ready 10 be seized at once.
When horse starts, and becomes unruly, the
gentleman takes mp his cord and tishtens the
horses throat that he cannot breathe. The
most furious horse stops almost instantly, but he
will not fall or kick. have seen many such
reins upon high spirited horses even in common
city dhroskies.
The FRuITs OF A HALF CENTURY. Fifty
| wears ago steamboats, were unknown-now
| there are 1900 afioat on American waters alone.
| Ia 1900 there not a single railroad III the
| world-uow there are 10,0 900 miles in the Uni
ted States, and ABOUT - 900 in England. Hall
Il century ago 1t took some weeks to convey
| news from Washington to New Orleans-now
not as many seconds as 1t did then weeks. Fifty
years ago the most rapid printing press was
worked by hand-power-now steam prints 90
| 900 papers an hour ON single press. Now Is
great fellow, bat will be much bigger half
century hence
| Lieut. Denham, U. S. A., was recently killed
at San Antonio, Texas, by the accidental dis
charge OF gun in the hands of Lieut.. Hillibird.
"Brudder Bones, kin you tell me de differ
| ence twene dieing and dieting Z" why oh
corse, kin, Lemuel. When you diet you lib on
/ nofiin, and when you die you hab noffn to lib
or" Well, dats different from what | tort it
wos. tort 1t wos race atwene de doctorin
stuff and starvation, 10 see which wood Kill
] fust."
| ANOTHER MEMPHIS CONVENTIONS con-
| veniion is to be held at Memphis OH first Mon
day i'll June. Its object is to establish "A CONT
mental depot of cotton, in opposition to Liver
pools to build up Southern importing interest
i'll opposition to New York; to enable planters
| TO export cotton without the intervention of
commission merchants and lobbers to estab-
fish railroad sympathies and connections with
| The west aud northwest; 10 have line of steam
ers to Europe to attract immigration to south
| rrn ports; to stimulate manufactures; to edu-
cate children al home, and in general to aim at
commercial and industrial indepeudence.-.S. +.
| Wig.
| SrRAwBERRIEs-Straw season has ar
| rived i'll this vicinity. The hills between the
| city and the Preside covered with vines
beraing the delicious fruit. On Sunday last
| hundreds srayed out 10 enjoy ramble through
the grass and among the bushes, and large num-
bers were to be seen. basket in hand, gathering
| the berries. The petty merchant stands upon
the corners of orr streets holding out plates
III which the red juicy morsels lie Tricky
among and shaded us II were with green leaves
Dellcacles from the temperate TO the torrd
zones are all gathering to San Francisco for IA
market And we doubt not that for meats, fish,
game, and trnlts we even now unexceed
by any market in the world, except it be that OF
New Urleans.-I'inles &. TRANSCRIPT
| New YonK PoLiTIcs.-A correspondent of
the Courier and Enquirer gives the following
definitions from an unpublished dictionary
when it is proposed to submit to the revision OF
Lewis Cass and Martin Van Buren,:
| Hard Shell Hnnker.-A democrat who voted
| for Cass, stands by the resolutions of '9S; curses
| Van Buren,, aud utterly refuses all compromise
or determination with the Barnburners of 4S.
| Soft Shell Hauker.-A democrat who voted
| tor Cass, deplores the division in the party adj
nlits that Barnburner may be democrat and
is disposed to forget the past and commune with
the opposing faction.
| Hard Shell Ba,ndurner-A democrat who
still insists upon standing OIL the fragments of
the outiaio platform, swesrs tnat Cass distracted
the party i'll 10, adores Van Buren, reads the
! Evening Post and becomes rabid at the n1me or
| presence of Hunker.
| SGT SheU Baujuner.-A democrat who
processes attachment TO The principles Of the
Buffalo PLATFORM, but Is disposed TO regard the
compromise as a finally; thinks there SEINE
excuse Tor Cass's presumption in is, and will
not object to friendly drink with u Hunker-
provided the latter will pay
CuRtosITIEs OF GEoLoGr.-It is known as a
tact IN Geology, that below the depth of thirty
feet' the earth becomes regularly warmer as we
IL .,.,,I IN.
rate OF one degree of Fahrenheit for every fifth
toot AT the bottom of the mines Of Cornwall
depih OF one thousand two hundred icet-te
thermometer stands at eighty eight equal To
high summer heat. At this rate rocks and me-
| tails would be melted twenty miles below the
surface; and down in the bowels of the earth,
several hundred miles, the heat would be ten
thousand times hotter than melted iron Who
| IS there that can wonder at earthquakes, when
all things rest on a molten sea OF fire
RoBBlSG AT EDIToR.-R. NJ Daggett. our
worthy Junior" who has for several weeks
past has been solonrnlng in the mountains. came
very near being IA g goner'' last week while go
/ ing from Jackson to Fiddletown having been
hired upon by gang Of Mexican robbers tied to
tree, robbed OF his boots, Ca new par) coat
carpet bag, and $3.50 in cash. and we may say,
considerably frightened though mo further
violence was attempted" They with Mexican
iiberallty. gave him six dollars of his own money
tor his boots, telling him that, that the prize
OF boots III that region.-Golden Era.
The New York Mirror saws there are two thou
sand Cuban youth in The schools of the United
States They will be apt TO carry home with
them views of our republican institutions of
quite hopeful character as anything to be
gained from the instructions Of the fibusiers.
Major H. w. VESSELS Lieutenants n Fl. Nc
Lean, /. Wright, j. Nugen. with companies .C''
aud '.G. I'd re2imenr L. S. Infantry passed
through Stockton on Friday. the 18Th inst. e,,
route to Fort Miller. The officers and men We're
IN the enjoyment of excellent health
More pleasing than the dew-drops that sparkle