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The Shasta courier., 1854-04-01

AN INCIDENT FOR Mrs. STowE.-It is stated in
the Memphis appeal, that most affecting incl
dent occurred by the side Of the corpse of Col
D. G. Searcy who recently died in that city. An
aged negro man, who had been the attendant of
Col. s. in his infancy childhood and early youth
and who had been manumitted by his master
(though still supported by him, made his way
into the chamber of DEATH and stool beside his
deceased master. The grief of the poor old fe-
low was most affecting. All MASTER" said he.
addressing the corpse, "you's been don'
wrong! You hadn't ort to have gone afore me-
aud leave me here all alone wdout you-widout
anybody to take care on me, see for me, or
to do for me! You knows dat we'll enough !
What am | TO do now? Who cares for me |?
Who's gwine to see arter met Nobody and
dont no now, 'kase massas dead, and no.
bod's left to tink oh old - any more!r and
the poor old creature gave way to an agony of
tears, the sincerity aud genuine true-hearted-
ness of which left few dry eyes among the spec
tators. After he had i'll some degree recovered
himself the old fellow sought his mistress, and
if devoted attachment and heartfelt gratitude to
his master and attachment 10 her could have
soo,hed the anguish of the accomplished widow,
she might have drawn consolation from her hum
Bile comforter.
The Shasta courier., 1854-04-01
TrousIes of ,hc N.,uraii.t.

We copy the following amusing account Of
Lieut. Herndon's troubles respecting the safety
of his menagery of birds and beasts which he
collected in the Valley of the Amazon:
:" Nouember ls. Echeniqne, Rio Maranon-The
mosquitoes are very troublesome here. write
my Journal under musquito curiain and
whilst | am engaged in skinning BIRDS it is
necessary to have an Indian with fan TO keep
them OF. Even this does not succeed, and my
lace and hands are frequently quite bloody,
where he has to kill them with his fingers. The
Indians bring me a number OF very beautiful
birds every evening. We have increased our
stock of animals largely at this place. They
now number thirteen monkeys, monsoose and
Wild pig, (the Mexican peccary,) with thirty
one birds, and one hundred skins. ! bought
young monkey OF an Indian woman to-day. 1t
had coarse gray and white hair; and that on the
top OF its head was stiff, like the quills of the
porcuplne, and smooths down in front as If it
had been combed | offered the little fellow
some Plaintain; but finding he would not eat,
the woman took him and pnt him to her breast,
when he sucked away maniully, and with great
"gusio.' She weaned him in week so that he
would eat plaintain mnshed up and put in his
mouth in small bits: but the little beast died of
modification because would not sleep with his
arms around my neck. | had two little monkeys
not so large as rats; the peccary ate one, and
the other died OF grief My howling monkey
refused food, and grunted himself to death. The
friars ate their tails off, and died of the rot
The mongoose, being tied up account of eat
ing the small birds, literally cut out his entrails
with the string before it was noticed The pee
cary jumped overheard and swan ashore; The
tuyuyus grabbed and swallowed every paroquet
that ventured within reach of their bills and
they themselves, being tied on the beach at
EyaS, were devoured by the crocodiles. NV
last monkey died as went up New York Bay
and only succeeded in getting home about a
dozen mutnns, or curasows; pair of Egyptian
geese; pair of birds called pncacunga in Perm,
and jacn in Brazil; pair of macaws; pair OF
parrots, and pair of large white cranes, called
aburu. which are the same, I believe, as the
birds called adjutants in India"
The Shasta courier., 1854-04-01
GENERAL LAND OrF1cE, !
Washington. Feb. %. 1854

8asHlHSton, + eO. 70, 1904
SIR-I am in receipt Of yours Of the 18th ult..
in reference TO the selections made by yourself
and others agents of the State of California,
under the S,h section of the act Of the 4th Sep
tember, ls4l, and requesting that those selec
tous may be promptly acted upon, and the
State Warrants returned 10 the Register for de.
livery to the parties entitled thereto.
You may rest assured that there will be no
unnecessary delay here in certifying to the State
these lands,
The State Warrants will, however, have to
be retained here, as they will have to become
the basis of official action; but as the locators
will have to have some evidence upon which
the State authorities can act the Register at Be-
nicia and Los Angeles have this day been in
sructed to Issue certificates of location upon
which the State will issue the patents
This is the course adopted by the State Of
Louisiana.
l am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner.
The Shasta courier., 1854-04-01

F Col, g. W. White, contractor for carrying
passengers across the Nicaragua Isthmus land
route. has arrived at San Juan with sixty wag-
ons which will be in readiness next trip to con-
vey passengers and baggage to San Jaan del Sur
from Virgin Bay. Another light draught irou
steamer has beeu launched at Vanderbilt Poin..
to run to Castillo Rapids.
The Shasta courier., 1854-04-01
THE SHASTA COURIER.
For the Shasta Courier.
Winter in the Northern Mines.

By j.. w. EVANS.
1t SHOWS aud blews and colder grows,
Just as the winter ought 10 close;
My nose and toes nearly froze-
When will the winter elose-who knows7
The Miners wet wi II sweat and fret,
From morning till the sun shall set;
And then. with all the gold they get,
I'm keen 10 bet they'll be in debt
Come. gentle Spring. arousd US fling
Thy gaudy plume aud rosy wing;
Then mark the happy change twill bring
How Miners sing. and shovels ring.
The Packers train will start again;
The Farmer II plough and SOW his grain /;
The People then will not complain
But rivers drain, and wealth obtain.
BEsTvILLE, Klamath Co.. Cal,
March LIST, 1854.
The Shasta courier., 1854-04-01

THE SrNrULNEss OF SHAvING.-Any possessor
of a respectable pair of whiskers-or a mus,
tache-will read the following with feelings of
satisfaction
A correspondent of one of the Manchester
journals, calls shaving "pece of practical ini-
piety, and estimates the time lost yearly in the
British Isles, in the practice, equal to the con-
slant employment of 5000 men He further
says that the amount annually paid in the same
isles for removing the beard, reaches the enor
nous sum of $4,000 900, or almost Is, ,000,O
dollars
Those narrow-minded, Miss-Nancy fools, who
have not sufficiency of blood in their sickly,
undevelopcd systems to feed beard to health
fnl growth, and who therefore pretend to look
upon the possessor of that article with contempt,
may from this estimate, form some idea of the
cost at which men now-u-days interfere with
the plan Of nature in the articles of whiskers,
mustaches, goatecs, etc. And we would advise
those persons who are continually making esl-
mates Of the cost of liquor drinking, tobacco
chewing, and similar vices to commence fgu-
ring on the subject. From rough calculation,
hastily chalked out, we are satisfied that the
money annually spent in shaving hair off the
faces of men, if judiciously expended, would
keep the South Sea Islanders, the Hottentots,
the dwellers on the banks of the Ganges, the
natives OF Messopotama, well as the thou
sands of unknown inhabitants of tho Mountains
of the Moon, constantly supplied with tracts
satisfactorily showing what a miserable set of
poor devils they II would not only do that,
but it would afford every negro baby in Congo,
and along the banks of the Niger. with yearly
present of red flannel shirt and fine tooth
comb-results, in view of their known desttu-
ton, not to be sneezed at. In the name of hu-
manty, therefore. let there be no more shaving
The Shasta courier., 1854-04-01
School Land Warrants.

By the following letter from the Commissioner
Of the General Land Office, to the late Attorney
General of this State, 1t will be that the Re-
ceivcr at Benicia and Los Angeles have been
instructed TO issue certificates OF location TO the
locators of these warrants, in order that patents
may issue from the State.
The Shasta courier., 1854-04-01
f. e. GILLEFTE.
Civil Engineer.

Comfy Sarreyor Of Shasta County.
osURyEY AND RECORD THE FIELD
y Notes of land claims. Canals and fumes
laid out and graded. Plans. estimates and spe-
eifications drawn mp Tor bridges. aqueducts,
dams aud all KINDS O. structures.
Office in County Clerks Office. marriott
The Shasta courier., 1854-04-01

W A Judges duty is to snub the counsel on
both sides, and bother the jury by furnishing
them with third method OF looking at case.
We got this from wag who once went to law
to get damages; and he got what he went after,
enough TO last him lifetime.
The Shasta courier., 1854-04-01
PaINFING, PAPER HANGING. sc.

U9HE UNDERSIGNED WILL CONTINUE
the business of Painting. Glazing and Pa
per Hanging, in the city OF Shasta aud surround
ing country. on bis own ipdivianai aeGoanI
marl9 II VAN SSifAiCh'
The Shasta courier., 1854-04-01
q. c. MORN. JAMES X. LEWIS. EDGAR BRIGGS
h. &. HORN e. CO..

IMPORTERS OF HAVANA SEGARs. Brick
u Bnilding, IS Sansnme Street, between CAM
sornia and Pine Streets, San Francisco, Cal keep
constantly hand a full supply of segars and
Tobacco. together with Matches, Smut. &C. Nc
apa3 If
The Shasta courier., 1854-04-01
GRA1s, ROGERS & CO.'S EXPRESS,
To Scotfsbargk and Goose Bay.

% AA CRAM ROGERS &
H1WNA CO. will hereafter for
<-E.-.SSS>--N-- ward weekly Express
in charge OF regular messenger, to Scotts-
burSh, Goose Bay. Elktown. Garu +, aud Ump-
quah city, eia Jacksonville AID Winchester.
-. +.
All business in the Express liue promptly al
tended la.
MERITT, ODENNEIMER & Co.
Ageats, Soottsburg
Shasta. Nov. I2, 1853. ni2-2m
The Shasta courier., 1854-04-01
CITY HATH HOUSE.


Rear Of the California Exchange,
Sssasta.
THE UNDERSIGNED, PROPRIETOR
En of the above establishment bcgs leave
ft;yN to call the attention of the public at
hilaI large To his new and commodious
isEHfl B4THING ROO us
f.;AGsi situated in the rear of the California Ex-
WI change--ilnd takes this method OF in
forming them, that nothing shall be wanting on
his part. that will conduce To the comfort OF
those who may favor him with call.
He is also prepared to give SHOWER
BATHS.
Single Tickets. 81 90
Fifteen 10 90
Thirty " lG 90
s-F> Hot and cold Baths at all hours.
mario If s. LEAN.
The Shasta courier., 1854-04-01
+, p,xrR F.. GARTER,
BAKER & GARTER.
Attorneys mud Counseiiors ot LAW.
OFFICE in ID. Corsauts bniidlnss-
ap23tf
BARTON & sNAvELy,

LHhI E-s -ttE7 TT
Estimates and specifications made on all kinds
of buildings. JoLt;ng dane at the shortest no.
,ice. Also. Rockers. Toms and Siuiees always
cn hand and made To or,ier
NIB. Seasoned lumber always ON hand
LtyIxosrnS BARToS. CRiAn y, SNasrLf'
,n.r1n,f Shasta City.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1854-01-06

ture andlhorticulture when thus APP
APPLIED, win become something more
than mere distractions. The object Of
the new departmental is twofold; first,
the Improvement Of agriculture and
horticulture, and second, the giving,
dignity to those engaged in those pur1
suits. Every cultivator Of the soil
who looks to histrue interest and that
ofthe country, will give to this enter
prise his influence and support, .S
A farm and gardens conducted ON
the liberal plan proposed, aside from its
educational advantages, must become
aplace ofgreat attraction to the lovers
Of fscience and taste in the city,and will
be patronised literally by our citizens.
In the beautiful Lithograph Of the
proposed farm park Of twenty acres
occupies central position, ,hayingupon
it native forest which when tastefully
improved must Of itself attract visitors
during the heat of the summer. Col
lege Hill with its literary Institutions,
male and female, is destined soon to
become to Cincinnati what Cambridge
is to Boston. Success attend the effort
say we.
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The Forthcoming Volume.

We are exceedingly anxious that
our readers shall endeavor to extend
the circulation of the Organ when it
appears in its new dress, under the
title of the National Organ" 1t is
our design that it shall not Only be one
of the very best temperance journals
in the country, but also paper teem-
ing with a choice variety ofliterature,
and the most desirable news. Moth
ing will be suffered to go into its col
umns but what is chaste enough for
the most delicate of our readers, while
at the same time we intend that no
cannibal, rioting in the blood of his
fellow-men, shall go unwhipt, unre-
buked by the sentiments it shall breathe
forth from time to time. Gen. Gary,
the far famed lecturer and unrivaled
advocate of the temperance reform, is
still to remain editor Of the new Organ,
and intends that no effort on his part
shall be wanting to make it the most
desirable temperance sheet in the
Union.
In addition to his distinguished ser
vices, we have secured the assistance
of several other writer's, whose contri-
buttons will add not a little to the high
character which we intend our new
paper shall assume. We earnestly
hope that all who have favored us
with their patronage heretofore, friends
Of the cause generally, will render ma
terial aid in widening the circulation
of this new volume Of the Organ.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1854-01-06
For the Organ.
Ohio State Temperance Convention
for 1854.


In compliance with the request Of
numerous friends Of Temperance from
various parts Of the State, the State Tenn
perance Executive Committee hereby
give notice, that there will be holden at
Columbus on Wednesday the first dag Of
February nert,
A state temperance Convention
TO be composed Of delegates who may be
regularly appointed by some Division of
Sons; Temple Of Honor county or town.
ship Alliance or Convention of the
Friends of Temperance regularly oon-
vened on sufficient notice or BY some
other regularly organized Temperance
association.
AS the meeting is specially designed
for the transaction Of important business,
particularly to agree upon some definite
plan for future action, tits very desirable
that the real temperance sentiment Of
each locality should be fairly represented.
No person will be entitled to "a seat with
out the production of proper credentials,
though the Convention will doubtless
welcome and invite such well known and
tried friends of the cause as may be pres
ent; to participate in their deliberati6g.
The Committee will, pursuant to re-
quest from the Grand Division of the
State of Ohio, be prepared to submit to
the Convention for their approval, dmend-
nent, Or rejection, the draft Of Bill, which
if enacted into law, would efectualIy
prohibit the traffic in and manufacture Of
intoxicating liquors to be used as bey.s
erage, and at the same time be entirely
consistent with the constitution, and with
the principles Of our present system of
jurisprudence. s,s
Should the Convention agree upon the
fundamental principles Of such law, it
is proposed to go to the country on the
issue SO made up Of An Ohio probibtoYy
lap. M .aa..s .f'i
Other and not less important business
win be laid before the Convention t.s..
No limit as to the number Of Delegates
will be prescribed, but it is earnestly
urged upon the friends Of the cause ii
every part Of the State to be fully repre-
sented by their strongest men, and most
able advocates Ofthe cause. iaEq6
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OFFICE G. s., S. OF T. Of Ohio,
nrpCr v,tvYrr Cant on

O1hCLhNALLEt copbs oO' }
The new Ritual is now ready for distribution. Di-
visions can send in their orders at once, and they will
be Immediately attended to. In order to meet the
outlay, and prepay the postage the price Of the work
ia fixed at two dollars. Divisions should enclose
theabove amount in their ORDERS so that no new debt
may be created.
set will consist Of the B. B. officers cards and
one dozen ode cards. The ode cards can befurnished
at this Office or by Mr. Caleb Clark publisher OF the
"Organ," at 40 cents per dozen.
Single copies Of the B. B. will be furnished at one
WIN. BREMIGAM G. S..
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i" Farmers College,"

1t will begratifying to the public to
learn that the Directors of this -four
ishing and popular Institution are about
to make an effort to add to its pres
ent educational facilities an "experi-
mentar' farm and gardens for the pro-
motion of scientific Agriculture and
horticulture. The plan is original
and apparently at least. practicable.
Such an Institution has Of late been
much talked about in this and other
States, and all who are familiar with
the subject or who have given it their
attention, admit that science must be
taught experimentally if it is to be
made available to the farming COM
munity.
The sciences bearing upon agricul-
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1854-01-06

What can, they get but poisoned
dragged liquor. Sparkling catawba,
champagne, old port, &c. SSca arr
ranged in cut glass decantsrs are re-
aected from the gorgeous mirror and
each makes his own selection, yet all
receive substantially the same thing 7.
Now, for the first time, perhaps their
eyes'rest upon the largepicturs above
the bar. With brains beftddled with
liquor, their, modesty. put to sleep,
they can talk Of the exquisite proper
tons ofthe made figure, and their in
quiring gaze find others still more
shameless suspended on the walls
around the room. Each in its turn is
examined and commented upon. They
are now ready for the Theatre and can
be found an hour afterwards in the
upper ter" and ere midnight in the
house Of infamy. The strange wo-
man who Aattereth with her tongue "
arrayed in all the paint and daub Of
harlotry has decoyed them and "their
steps take hold on hell" New drafts
are made upon the con6ding parents,
or contributions are levied upon the
forbidden resources Of employers, or
the gaming table is resorted to, to
furnish supplies of money for the de-
mands of depraved appetite and lust,
Who will deny that there is close
connection between the grogshop and
the brothel? The fashionable saloon
keepers who ride in their fine car
riages, occupy prominent seats in high
places, and control the elections Of our
officers, are confederates with prosti-
tutes, and it is not unlikely that the
obscene pictures which cover their
walls are furnished by the propnetors
ofhouses of infamy. Togethet they
keep up the gambling hells and thea
tres, and furnish thieves, burglars and
murderers for our jails and peniten-
tiaries.
If we would strike a death blow at
vice and crime, if we would make our
city safe dwelling place for the good
and virtuous, we must 6pnihilate the
liquor traffic. Tousahds and tens of
thousands Of promising young men
will be annually received until these
places which breed death and pesli-
lence are closed up.
At the risk Of being upbraided as a
fanatic, and accused Of design Of
interfering with "priuate rights = we
will exert our best energies to call
down upon the liquor traffic the right
eous indignation Of the community,
and invoke upon it the vengeance Of
the laws. Who will aid us in this
usade,--this holy war
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nv This estn,ato is made for a Pamphlet Of 81
pages exclusive Of the cOver) embracing the Conss-
tuition, Revised Rules, Rules Of Order and Bylaws
Where the Bylaws exceed the usual space allowed
for them Geight pages, an extra charge will be made
All orders must be addressed to
CALEB CLARK.
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Important to subordinate IIivA-
80 q GiOms. siF re tgt

OFFICE OF G. w. r., s. Of 7. of0hiO,
Newark, Licking Co., Nov. u, 1858, i,
I hereby request such Divisions as have nOt'a
ready done SO, to send me- without delay, the names
Of such brothers as they would be pleased to have ap
pointed over them respectively, D. G. W. P's for
the current year.
Wherever this is not promptly attended to, those
who served in this capacity the past year win be re
appointed.
ALEXANDER DUNCAN G. W. P,
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Consultations for Subordinate Di-
ViSiOmSs

Having received the alterations and amendments
to the Constitution for Subordinate Divisions, made
at the late session Of the National Division from the
office Of the Most Worthy Scribe, we are now pre-
pared to furnish any number at the shortest notice
in the very best style Of Typography.
They will be printed upon fine white paper, with
Elazed covers at our usual rates, viz;
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1854-01-06
city Life

4 Win CITY lie nave very lmpeflect
/ Idea Of the snares laid for unsophisti-
Gated young menIwho come hither TO
engage in the active pursuitsio of busi-
ness. Ifthe temptations and dangers
were understood by fathers and moth
ers, they would more reluctantly con-
sent to let their sons quit their homes
to enter the Offices, shops and count
ing-rooms Of these marts Of commerce.
A young man needs all the armor
which morality and religion can fur
nish to protect him from those who lie
\ in wait for souls. We have sometimes
wondered how it was that any escaped
utter and irretrievable ruin. At the
head Of the inclined plane descending
to perdition, stands the liquor seller.
He seems to be aware of his emf
nent position IN the school OF vice, ana
all other panderers to the indulgence
of vile passions look to him as their
pimp. Every theatre, gambling house
and other places Of dissipation, depend
for customers upon the bars and drink
ing saloons in the vicinity.
Those places of more fashionable
resort for genteel young men are pro-
vided with all the equipments neces-
sary to incite mormid appetite and lust.
Take a walk with us after night-fall
along some one of the fashionable
streets of the "Queen City," We
soon meet a company of young men,
perchance students of law, or medi-
cine, clerks in mercantile establish
ments or apprentices. They have
started out to see what is going on,
but with no purpose to participate in
any unbecoming amusement or indulge
in any forbidden pleasures. One more
accustomed to the ways of the city
than his fellows, suggests visit to the
Theatre, but majority express a
decided negative to the proposition. It
is agreed that glass Of soda or
segar would be very grateful, and they
enter brilliant saloon. Their atten-
tention is arrested by discussion on
politics, story, song, or an inter-
esting game Of billiards. Every body
within seems to be enjoying himself, |
and the new corners are special objects
of consideration with mine host.
A whole-souled fellow who has got
the adyantagein the argument, or won
the game, proposes treat all round,
and one, then another, and finally all, |
out Of respect to the gentlemanly land
lord or the hearty good feeling of the
jolly fellow who is kind enough to in
vite them, conclude to take a glass Of
wine, Another story is told OF song
sung, and the drugged poison, begin
ming to take effect upon the brain,
dissipatng bashfulness, sitting con-
science, banishing reserve, inspiring
generosity, another drink for the COM
pany issalled for, all quit good friends
and retie. Thus one eveningis spent,
the "ieo is broken" and the +" coast
is clear" for another pleasant tete,G-tete
on future occasion. They have
"walket in the way with sinners" and
unconscbusly the emoral sense has been
blunted. At IA time not for future we
saa thiv conananv enter the saloon II
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Gg III go i'll see ft,' snarled a
rebelious husband. You'll see fts
if you do gol' coolly replied the wife,.
The dear man was last seen setting
on the bars behind the barn.
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