The Shasta courier., 1854-02-04
THE SHASTA COURIER.
Red Bluff. Corre.po..lence.

BULL IOWN, Jan. '0f
DEAR Mr.. EDlToR:-As you told me you
wished to hear all the news that was goin on
in Bull Town, must tell you all about the squat
ters, and the steamboat what has come up, after
waiten till our pashence was most gone. On
Saturday the steamboat Orient come in sight,
and atho' the folk to Red Bluff did try hard to
get her to stop, it come up to our landin and It
is settled now, that the upper town is the place.
WE'LL you must know, we've had tremenjus
time here a squat;in; and Saturday evening will
be remembered and writ down in the anuls Of
Bull Town, as great and eventual day. Cousin
Jofham was to the meetin, and he told me the
proceedings. The citizens who wanted to squat,
assembled at the American Hotel, and passed
good many resolutions; and say they will squat
just when and where they please-that there is
no reason they should not squat-that in their
opinion they have rite to squat, and SO, Mon
day morning, some Of em did squat. There
was good deal of excitement, and quite num-
ber shot-in the neck. No lives lost. How the
matter will end, remains to be seen. Up to this
time it is mixed up affair. Cousin lothian says
the corporation is goin' to law, and the squat
ters is son' to law; and your Shasty lawyers
will feel bad to hear of that. The excitement
has been taken up by the Mexcans, and fam
lily of greasers were seen on the hill the next
day, all squattin'.
We had preachn' at the school house on Sun
day. All the merchants close their stores on
that day, and only sell out of the back doors.
Speakin' of school houses puts me in mind of
our school. We have nice one, with about 90
scholars. Our folk think now, that Bull Town is
rising fast, and if it keeps on it will soon beet
Pike county. Our new hotel is progressen,' and
there is TO be sich ball room. and us women
folk expect to try to go little ahead OF the Cot
tonwood ball when it is finished. We don't
mean to be outdone. You must be sure to come,
and bring all the Shasty ladies down. The ball
is expected to come off early in FEBRUARY.
AS the river is up agin, we are lookin for the
next Steamboat, and ii anything new turns up,
you may expect line from
Yours. as ever, MATILDY
P.S. AS didn't git chance to send this to
you last week, wish you would say to Mr.. Karl
that he is mistaken. Our Corporation is only
layin' out few more streets to accommodate
the squatters. Them Tehama folk is very jeal-
ous of our Bull Town. | think that pictur of
their town what hangs up in the bar room of the
Tehama Hotel, looks though it wanted new
Layout" for it is very seedy. M.
MlRABILE DlcrU.-We clip the following as
founding paragraph from the S. F. Eueniag
Journal:
1t is rumored about the streets that somebody
has been 'ught, aagrante delictu, in someJody's
bed chamber. somebody's bed, and with
somebodys-(O shame, where is thy blush ?)-
wo-wo-woMAN! We need say no more. Let
Imagination depict the astonishing discovery Oh
the part of the lady's tother halt, and the
intense Indignation and excitement of the Other
halces. However. hearing of no decease of re-
cent occurrence, we have concluded that the af-
fair was amicably adjusted according to Hoyle
The Jou,nal, after relating the foregoing,
makes the following malignant thrust at lovely
woman" for which he deserves tina. punishment
which parcel of exasperated females can alone
inf1ict:
eye bachelors again condole yourselves that
We are not linked with bonds matrimonial, to
that most beautiful, bewitching, deceiving, err
ing creature, yclept-woMAS.
We respectfully call the attention of Made
line'' to the above.