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The Shasta courier., 1854-07-01
werther had a love for Charlotte.

Werther had love for Charlotte.
Such as words could never utter;
Would you know how first he met herr
She was cutting bread and butter.
Charlotte was married lady,
And moral man was Weriher,
And for all the wealth of Indies
Would do nothing that might hurt her.
So he sighed, and pined, and ogled,
And his passion boiled and bubbled,
Till he blew his silly brains out,
And no more was by them troubled.
Charlotte having seen his body
Borne before her on a shutter,
Like well-conducted person,
Went on cutting bread and butter.
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q Among the new ideas just brought ont at
Paris is self-expanding petticoat. 1t is filed
with air, and is becoming immensely fashion
able. According to the inventor one of the pet
ticoats will stand out and occupy the room of
half dozen got up on the old-fashioned prnci-
pie. 1t is true, that when lady desires to get
TO the door. To obviate this. she must at the
moment of embarking. turn little screw hid
den in some fold of her dress. and let out the
air. The swollen folds at once collapse, and
shrink into an extremely small compass.
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Dr In all the range of visible creation, there
is no object to us attractive and deli iehtfnl
lovely intelligent gentle little girl, of eight or
nine years old. This is the point at which may be
witnessed the greatest improvement of intellect
compatible with that lilly-li purity of mind,
to which tant is incomprehensible, danger un-
suspected which wants not only the vocabulary
but the very idea of sin. To those who have
lived long, and observed what constant sweep
ing and cleaning their house within requires,
what clouds of dust fly in at every neglected
Granny. and how often they have omitted to
brush it off till it has injured the gloss of their
furuiture-to these there is something wonder
tul, dazzling and precious, in the spotless inno-
cence of childhood, from which the slightest
particle of impurity has not been wiped away.
Woe to those who. by single word, help TO
shorten this beautiful period.
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The SERAGLIo OF A JEHU.-A New York Jour-
nal reports singular episode in the daily life of
this great city. A stage driver ! induced FIVE
or SIX young girls from thirteen to sixteen years
OF age. to leave the houses of their parents and
lye with him. He had but little for them TO
eat. and but two beds for them to sleep ppon, in
which relation, however. they lived very AMIGA
bly, until the police removed them and their link
of a protector to other lodgings. This is really
more than plurality of aosces7
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What is letter! Let affection tell
A tongue that speaks for those who absent dwell,
A silent language uttered to the eye,
Which envious distance would in vain deny:
A link to bind where circumstances part,
A nerve of feeling stretched from heart to heart,
Formed to convey, like an eclectic chain,
The mystic flash, the lightning of the brain.
And thrills at once. through its remotest link,
The throb of passion by drop of ink
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Nav Metal BROUGHT INTO usE.-Ar the
meeting Of the academic des Sciences. on the 9Th
of February last NJ Dumas communicated some
experiments of M. st. Clair Deville. This dis
tinguished chemist, by modification of VI.
Wochler's method, succeeded in obtaining alu-
rninum in small balls and threads. The metal is
as white as silver, does not tarnish, and is due
tile in the highest degree Its point of fusion is
about the same as that Of silver; its density
2-56 1t is good conductor, and can be melted
and cast in the air, without sensible oxidiza-
tion Sulphurated hydrogen, cold and hot wa
ter, nitric acid heat, and sulphuric acid, do not
act upon tits true dissolvent is hydrocloric
acid.
When NJ. Dumas had finished, NM. Chevreul,
Payen. Regnault, lie Yerrier, and other distin-
guished members, gathered round the speaker
to admire the plates of aluminium which were
exposed in water, weak sulphuric acid, and nj
trio acid. Mr. Thenare moved, and it was car
ried unanimously, the necessary funds be al
lowed for experiments upon large scale
Should these experiments be successful, and this
new metal-which has all the good qualities of
silver, is maleable gold, and yet is lighter
than glass-be brought into general use, it is
easy to predict that silver would have had its
day for purposes OF domestic life. Cooking
utensils, plates and dishes, spoons and forks,
drinking cups, will all be of aluminium. Should
Deville's new experiments prove successful
as the old. he will have rendered mankind a
signal service by his discovery.
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Only Shadows.

Follow shadow, it still flies you;
Seen&to fly it, it will pursue you;
So court mistress, she denies you;
Let her alone, she will court you.
Say, are not women, truly, then,
Styled but the shadows OF us men
Ben .JoNsoN.
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f To see wasp-waisted young lady in
ringlets and an abundance of tiounces, gracefully
sail to the head of the table and with voice as
angelic tenor flute, call to the waiter for
plate of cold pork and beans, is the most trying
thing romance can encounter
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B In Turkey, if person happens to fall
asleep in the neighborhood of poppy-6eld and
the wind blows over towards him, he becomes
gradually narcotized, and would die if the coun-
try people, who are well acquainted with the
crcun stance, did not bring him to the next well
or stream. and empty pitcher after pitcher of
water on his face and body. a p
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W There are one hundred and twenty y-nne
thousand square miles of coal in the United
States. against seventeen thousand FIVE hundred
in Europe and yet the yearly product in Great
Britain is thirty-one million FIVE hundred thou-
sand tons against four millions in the United
States, and about the same in Belgium and
France.
The Shasta courier., 1854-07-01

F Whenever we find our temper ruffied to-
wards parent. a wife, sister, brother we
should pause and think, that in a few months or
years they will be in the spirit land watching
over those left behind. The intercourse be-
tween guardian angels.
The Shasta courier., 1854-07-01

subject of marriage, made the following obser-
vaton II first my wife in storm car
ried her to ball in storm; courted her in a
storm was published to her in a storm; married
her in storm; lived in storm all my life but
thank heaven, buried her in pleasant wealth
err
70 Rest is very fine medicine. 1t beats
sarsaparilla. Let your stomaehs rest ye dys-
peptcs. Let your brains rest ye wearied and
worried men of business. Rest your limbs, chill
dren of toll. You cant! Cut off all superflu-
tiles of appetite and fashion, and see if you can't
E Talking comes natural TO women. We
suppose it is born in the dears. While a man
runs clear ashore for words, and has nothing
more to say than stone post, woman keeps up
flow of verbas as fast and as wide as Niagara.
- Some of the domestic evils of drunkenness
are houses without windows, gardens without
fences, fields without 'illage, barns without roofs
children without clothing. principles, morals, or
manners.
u "Pray. sir. bestow little charity upon
poor destitute widow-wonan, who is perishing
for lack OF food. Believe me, sir | have seen
better days l''
so have /; it's miserable day. Good by,
good byn'
u journalist" said the great Napoleon,
Is a gambler, a censurer, giver OF advice. a
regent OF sovereigns, tutor OF nations. Four
hostile newspapers are more to be feared than
hundred thousand bayonets.
70 The St. Louis Democrat announces Mr.
Benton as a candidate for reelection to the
House OF Representatives. 1t also says that he
VIII be candidate before the Legislature for
| the office of U. S. Senator
p Russia is the greatest unbroken empire
tor extent that ever existed 1t occupies vast
regions of Europe and Asia and forms nearly
one-sixth OF the habitable globe. It's II times
the SIZE OF France, and l38 times that of Eng
land. 4A3I1 tAtt y E
s A Galaway paper speaks in deeply de-
spending tone of the increasing tide of emigra-
ton from that country which. if it should last
but year or two more, Ireland mus, become
| zone continuous Auburn
n An ingenious young Benedict, yclept
| John Mcintosh taken before Justice in Wash
ington for whipping his wife, argued his right
| to do on having good cause. in her having
refused to say her prayers" -. -, Z
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TONER HOUSE.

Al the 3xactaoa Of, The Yreka and JVeury,slh
Roads, IL miles from Shasta 81. s.ses
T55T4s T Fl E NDERSIGNE
|15sassS would announce to the pub aaAxY
haaalaszEAa hssaazA lie, and particularly to per-
sons travelling to and from Yreka and Weaver
vile, that, having leased this long established
stand, formerly known as the Free Bridge
House, = he is prepared to entertain customers
California. ~
Having completed his commodious. huild
ing and furnished it in the best possible manner.
he is enabled to promise the very best accom-
modations The table, as heretofore, will all
ways be supplied with the best yiands the mar,
ket furnishes while from the large sgardenpat-s
taehed to the premises, all the vegetables grown
III this part of the State viii be furnished in the
greatest abundance. gsss Efler rggfra
lie has also secure Corral connected with
his establishment always supplied with an abun
dance Of barley aud hay. Al j 4E y
Wb@8 80 JASON TOWER
March lst, 1854. mhllt
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8 w .ASE X's HO IT Il L.

4,s52a THE SUBSCRIBER WOULD tgax
iS A respectfully inform his friends and - -
- the public generally, that he has COM
menced business at the NEW HOUSE, pleas
antly situated under the big oaks few yards
below the old stand, where he will bs
ready TO do his best to give perfect satisfaction
to ali who may favor him with their patronage.
Attached to the house is the best accommodate
tions for watering TO be had in the county; alsoa
Large Barn md Corral,
we'll furnished with good spring water, plent,
of hay and barley, and warm covering for
mis. M ea ee ~ 1~f ~
This house being situated in the midst of
good mining district, we have made prepara-
lions to accommodate miners with the best ot
board and lodging at reasonable prices. s a
Give US a call and we will Try to suit you.
au.ffsaQr BENZ. SWASEY. -
November 12 1853. nlo-3m
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y When You happen to have no dinner. and
no money TO buy one, just sit down and read
cookery book. capital feas, of imagination.
that,
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BosAPARTE's POVERTY IN EARLY LIFE
Theirs, in his History of the Consulate, relates
some strange and previously unknown particu
lars respecting the early life and penury of Ma
| poleon Bonaparte, % q
1t appears that after he had obtained subal-
| terms commission in the French service by his
skill and daring al Toulon, he lived some time
| IN Paris in obscure odgings, and in such ex-
| treme poverty that he was often without the
means of paying ten sous (ten cents) for his din
ner and frequently went without any. He was
under the necessity of borrowing small sums,
and even worn out clothes from his acquantan-
cesl He and his brother Louis, afterwards
King IF Holland, had at one time only coat De-
tween them, so that the brothers could only go
| out alternately, time and time about. AT this
crisis & chief benesactor os the future Empe-
ror ana conqueror, q at whose mighty name the
world grow pale, was the actor Talma. who
often gave him wood and money. Napoleon s
face afterwards famed for its classic mould
was during that period of starvation, harsh and
angular in its lineameats, with projecting cheek
| bones
| His meager fare brought on an unpleasant
| and unsightly cutaneous disease of type so
virulent and malignant, that it took all the skill
and assiduity of his accomplished physician,
Corvisart, to expel it, after duration of more
than ten years,
The squalid beggar then. the splendid empe-
the ir"perial mantle---tiIe hovel and the palace
the meagre food, and the gorgeous banquet
the friendship OF poor actor-the homage and
terror of the world-an exile and prisoner
Such are the ups and downs of this changefu
life-such are the lights and shadows of The
great and mighty.
ORIENTAL MoDEsTY AND PoLITENEss-At trav-
eler in The Oriental countries relates the follow
ing:
At the town of Dear, got accidentally into
little adventure that might have proved exceed
ingly unpleasant. Small as the place was.
contrived to lose my way, and became entan-
gled among number of garden walls and mar
row passages Proceeding along one of these,
tancied heard female voice, and presently.
emerging into shady court beheld young
Circassian in the BATH attended by black fe-
male slave. In Christendom the lady would
certainly have shrieked and brought he whole
household in moment; but her oriental edu-
cation had taught her great canton Casting on
me look OF surprise, she stood upright in
the marble basin, as white as the marble itself
she asked how l came thilher. replied that
had lost my way, and knew not how had come
nor how to depart. Perceiving my perplexity
to be unfeigned. she epEed-"Sranger you
are in much peril, but follow the slave and she
will conduct you to place of safety" SO say
ing. she waved her hand towards dark corri-
dor, through which, after bowling to the lady, |
followed the negress, till we reached small
door opening into the street. As it would have
been extremely awk ward to meet any gentle
man of the establishment within the walls as
they mi ght have shot me first and then euquired
how came there, felt considerably eased by
escape.
The Shasta courier., 1854-07-01

PAPER DEvoURER.-In the Bank of Eng
land no fewer than sixty folio volumes or led
gers, are daily filed with writing in keeping
the accounts To produce these sixty volumes
the paper having been previously manufactured
elsewhere, eight men, three steam presses, and
two hand presses are constantly kept going
within the Bank In the copper-plate printing
department, $4,000 bank notes are thrown off
daily and so accurately is the number indica-
ted by machinery, that to purloin single note
without detection is an impossibility
The Shasta courier., 1854-07-01
The L AZ Of tie Lowiy.


RosxRr NrcoL1, Scotch poet, is remarkable
" the Unaffected simplicity of his verses He
elects bomeiy themes, but throws into them the
,ftiess feelings The following poem will go
ome TO every heart:
We are lowly-very lowly,
Misfortune is our crime;
We have been trodden under foot,
From ali recording time.
A yoke upon our necks is laid,
A burden to endure,
To suffer is our legacy,
The portion of the poor
We are lowly-very lowly,
And scorned from day to day
Yet we have something OF our own
Power cannot take away.
By tyrants we are toiled TO death
BY cold and thunder killed
But peace is in our hearts, il speaks
OF duties all fulfilled
We are lowly-very lowly,
Nor house nor land have we.
But there's heritage for us
While we have eyes to see.
They cannot hide the lovely stars,
" ords In creations book,
Although they hold their fields and lanes
Corrupted by our look
We are lowly-very lowly,
And yet the fairest flowers,
That by the wayside raise their eyes
Thank God, they still are ours
Ours is the streamlets mellow voice,
And ours the common dew;
We still gaze on the hill and plain,
And field and meadow too
We are lowly-very lowly;
But when the cheerful Spring
Comes forth with flowers upon her feet
To hear the throstle sing.
Although we dare not seek the shade
Where haunt the forest deer,
The waving leaves we still can see
The hymnng birds can hear
We are lowly-very lowly;
Our hedgerow paths are gone,
Where woodbines laid their fairy hands
The hawthorn's breast upon.
Yet slender mercies still are left,
And heaven doth endure,
And hears the prayers that upward rise
From the afflicted poor
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Complete AssOrflnent

OF every kind OF Goods adaptedto he wants OF
The market, are able 10 offer superior induce
ments to the City and Country Trade. - 'gIGg
We would also invite the attention of pursf
chasers for the Oregon and Sandwich Island
markets to our stock, believing that we can supp
ply them with articles in our line and snited To-
their trade. quite as reasonable as amy house ON
the Pacific Coast. t. - 'gsifs1. fae
Hotel keepers and steamboat ow ners will ind
every article suited to Their wauts III our Stock,
and at reduced prices, - s.isss - $40
TAAFFE, McCAHILL & Co. n.sts
Front, corner Sacramento street, San 4 Fraucisco.8
May g. e-ss ~. .f..s.... .sss.5rz 49,. a3mtas
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BARTON & sNAvELY,

CARPENTERS AND Bull DERS.
Estimates and specifications made on all kinds
Of buildings. Johhing done. at the shortest
tice. Also. Rockers Toms and SlGices Always
on hand and made to order. Atsk
n. B.. Seasoned lumber always on hand'H
LIvrSGsToS BARTON. URIAH B. SsAvELr. r.
marlatf $3.50 - Shasta City,
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y A man that marries a We oman because she
is good match must not be surprised if she
turns out lueiter,' 7is f4sifao saaa
The Shasta courier., 1854-07-01
LIVERY AND SALE sTABLE.

% PERSONS WISHING TO HIRE OR
-44<4 purchase first-rate riding horses or
mules. are informed that the undersigned al
ways keep on hand. at their stables, nearly
opposite the ST. Charles Hotel, Main street
Shasta, full collection of just such animal. and
none others Indeed, they faiter themselves
that ,helr stock. Tor elegance Of appearance.
travelling condition, powers of locomotion anJ
endurance, ana other requisites, cannot be sur
passed in this part OF the State. aasasl~ d l'1's
They are also prepared at all times 10 pur
chase horses and mules. and persons wishing to
dispose OF the same may do well to give them a
call before selling. a
cox & WALSH.
shasta July I6, 1888. jyl6tf
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HORSE MARKET AND L1yEp~
~ s. STABLE.

THE UNDERSIGNED sBEGS
leave to announce to his old Gus q =
0-O. O.iomers and the public generally HT
that his arrangements are now completed 70 bsx.
always on hand, Horses and Mules for hirr ~
sale, and trusts thar by strict attention to bus.
ness to merit continuance of the liberal patron.
age hitherto bestowed ON him.sg sssa - -
Horses aud Mules bought and sold on com.
mission alss.ls T9M ava - &
Auction sales of stock daily. saat ssn
Those wishing to sell purchase stock viii
find it to their advantage to call al the sStocs
Market sai as JAMES LOAG, -
Shasta March IL, 1853 e = Auctiopeers 4
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WHOLESALE DRY GOODS.

TAAFEE, McCAHILL q CO.
HAVlNG MADE EXTENSIVE arrange.
Il 4 ments for receiving large aid well selec,
ted Assortment of e4s.s-.r.s
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
Direct trom.New York by every elipperyas wef
as by express VIA the lsihmus and having jssas
received n
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VULCAN FouNDRx,

Steam Engine Reiler Machine Works.
,saaa f SAN FRANCLSCOf l0a2G
NILS. ESTABLISHMENT has The largest
L. and best machinery tools, and list of put.
terms on the Pacific coast s sSass1g gssi -
We are prepared to execute orders for high
and low pressure engines and boilers of any
size tor steamboats,, mills, &c. &c. Machinery
for saw, flour and quartz mills, breweries dis
ulleries, etc. Iron castings of any weight re,
quiree. Pilasters, columns, window and dSoE
cap sifls, balconies, brackets, entire fronts for
buildings. Our list OF gear, motive and pulley
patterns is very complete, embracing NEARLY
every kind and size III e..
Steam boilers of any weight or form for high
or low pressure. hand or made to order at
the shortest notice and lowest rates. Copper.
pattern. and blacksmith work OF all kinds exc
cuted in the very best nanney. -
variety OF steam engines, boiler tubes en-
gineer's findings, &c, always on hand = =
Our superior facilities enable MS 10 execnte~
orders with greater dispatch and at lower rates
than any other concern in California
ap29-2m GEO. GORDON & STEENE.
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~ Galaysay paper speaks in a deeply de-
spending tone of the increasing tide of emisra-
ton from that country. which, if it should last
but year or two more, Ireland mus, become
zone continuous Auburn
The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-04-05

The speech of the Emperor Louis Napoleon Il
the legislative assembly of France is the promi
nent tact OF the intelligence brought by the Ara
bia. Louis Napoleon, apart from his sentimen.
tai slasering over his English alliance, speaks
with dignity. lie frankly ccnfesses that France
and England have been deceived by Russia, and,
now that the Car has been unmasked. boldly
faces him. There is no concealmeut of the chief
motive Of the armed interpostion Of the allied
powers. in the conflict between Russia and Tur-
key. France and England have an equal inter
est, declares the Emperor, in preventing the Car
from becoming supreme at Constantinonle-
for to be supreme in Constantinople is 10 be
supreme in the Mediterranean. The previous
official announcement in the Paris Noniteur.
that the alliance of Austria had been seeured
is reiterated BY, LOUIS NAPOLEON in his speecb
Prussia, TOO, is hopefully alluded to, as. indepen-
dent of Russian influence.
The French Emperors speech has given great
satisfaction in England, and the two powers are
embracing each other with more warmth than ev-
er This new alliance contrasts the s:rongly-felt
and positively asserted aversion, on the part of
England, TO Louis Napoleon a few months since.
Political expediency is wonderfully eoncillia.
tory, and knows neither hate nor love, apart
from interest.
The news of the quieting ofthe Greek insurrec-
tlonary movement, through the interpositon of
France and England, together with the confirm
ed intelligence of the alliance of Austria relieves
the action of the allied powers from its chieei
embarrassment and PLACES Russia in SOLITARY
and helpless sntagonism toall Euaope,
In connection with these facts. the rumor
that the Car is prepared to renew negotiations
does not seem improbable.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-04-05

IMPORTANT DEcrsIoN.-The High Court of Er
rors and Appeals Of this State, says the Vicks
burg Whig, have very recently decided that sub
scrlptlons to stock in Railroad Companies in
thisSiate by BoarIs Of Police, and the levy Of
taxes BY the Board to pay the instalments Of
stock, are valid and constitutional, and that the
ter assessed must Be paid. This is very i'm
portant decision, as there have been many sub
scEiptions OF the kind in this State. and much
interest has been felt in the question. We un-
derstand that the decision is fall, explicit and 10
the point-the Chief Justice and Judge Handy
concurring; and Judge Fisher delivering no
opinion because he was stockholder in the par
ticalar Company in relation to which the cues
ton arose.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-04-05

TIE PAcTF1c RAlLRoAD.-The select commit.
tee of the .. s. Senate on the Pacific Railroad
have nade their report. The leading features
have already been mentioned in advance. The
only material change in the plan is that it gives
alternate sections of public lands twenty miles
wide, instead of six. for the construction of the
road across the Territories. The bill is wise in
that 1t designates no eastern terminus for the
road; it gives no money for its construction in
the Territories and its eonttructson it thrown
open to public biddings-the contract for carry
ing the mail thereon to be given to the parties
Offering to take it at the lowest rate, within
$500 per mile per annum, and who also offer to
complete the work within the shortest time.
The bill was voted for in committee by eioht
out Of its nine members. Mr.. Douglas alone
opposed it. He was in favor of a bill construct.
ing three roads--one North, another South, and
the third central