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The Shasta courier., 1854-01-21
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States.
The Nicarsgua steamship Coytes, Capt. Crop
per- arrived at San Francisco on Sunday morn
ing last, with dates from New Orleans to 22d-
from New York to the 2lst. and Liverpool to the
Sd December.
We are indebted to Adams & Co.'S Express
for the latest dates.
The Cortes brings 5l7 passengers, l20 of
whom are ladies', and 4S children; all well-no
sickness during the voyage. No rain on the 18TH
mus at present; river in excellent stage, and
crossing speedy. Indeed, the passage by the
Nicaragua line, seems to be very pleasant al
fair, under the present admirable arrangements
Thomas Francis Meagher, the eloquent Irish
patriot, is also passenger.
Gen. Armstrong, of the union has been elected
Public Printer to the House of Representatives
and Beverly Tucker, of the Sentinel to the Sem
ate. The election of this latter gentleman over
Gen. Armstrong, by vote of 26 to II, is sup
posed to be indicative of the comparative
strength Of the administration in the Senate,
Mr.. Tucker being regular Hard" The cor
respondent of the S. F. Herald says this was ef-
fected by combination of Wings, Free-soilers-
and nine disconted Democrats.
BURNING OF HARpER's PuBLIsHING HOUSE,
New York December I9.-The extensive pub
fishing house of Harper & Brothers, situated on
Cliff street, and extending back to Pearl, COM
prising several buildings. caught fire this morn
ing and have been almost entirely destroyed.
Several adjoining buildingsare also burning, to-
wards Franklin Square, and the flames crossed
Pearl street. catching to the fine old building
known as the Walton House-the head quarters
of Gen. Greene during The Revolutionary war,
and for time occupied by General Washington.
1t is feared that this building will be entirely de-
srroyed. The loss is very great, and is estima-
led at half million to million dollars Of which
about three hundred thousand dollars is insured.
The principal articles saved by the Harpers is a
valuable steel plate.
The STANDING COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS-
Senator Gwin was appointed Chairman of the
Senate committee on Naval Affairs, and is also
ON the Finance committee. Hon. John B. We'll
ler was appointed on The committees on Foreign
Relations and Military Affairs. Hon. Mr. La
than is on the House committees on Public
Lands and Indian Affairs. Hon. Mr.. McDougal
is a member of the House committee on Post
Offices.
The Shasta courier., 1854-01-21
TO SHIPPERS OF GOODS ON THE
UPPER aACRAMENTO.

NOTICE is hereby given, that on and after
y the first day of February next. all Freight
Bills for goods shipped OH amy of the following
boats, which may be employed the Sacra-
Steamers Shasta, Fashion. Orient. Cleopatra Cap
tain Suffer, Belle, Gazelle, and Plumas, must be
paid on delivery of the freight.
San Frnncisco. Jan. 5. 1854. I'm
The Shasta courier., 1854-01-21

8 70 The Senate have appointed a committee,
in Injunction with similar committee from
returns for Governor at The ELECTION Of 1851. The
committee are empowered to send for persons
aud papers. Frauds, it is alleged by Mr.. Crabb,
were committed in he making of those returns.
The Shasta courier., 1854-01-21

t-g Santa Anua has been invested with the
rank Of Captain General, with the title of g Most
Serene Highness.''
The Shasta courier., 1854-01-21

10 Some Interesting articles that have been
nnavoiIably crowded ont for several weeks, will
he ionnd on our fourth page. We direct esp,-
cial attention to the preamble and resolutions {
th. Chico railroad meeting
The Shasta courier., 1854-01-21

REMOVAL OF THE CApITAL.-A bill has been
introduced into the Senate, for the removal of
the Capital to Sacramento. A majority report
for, and minority report against the removal
have been made by the House Committee ap-
pointed to visit Sacramento and make examina-
tions relative to the superior fitness of that city
for the location of the capital. The intelligent
Benicia correspondent of the Eveniag Journal
expresses the opinion, founded on facts and good
authority together with considerable acquan-
tance with the question at issue, that the Capital
,cM be remOred to Sacramento-all other cores
pondents of the press to the contrary.
We trust that this opinion may prove correct
We are confident that business would be trans.
acted more rapidly, and with much more COM
fort to the members, if the removal were to take
place at once. Already we perceive that men,
bers, in their anxiety to leave Bepcia for time,
are neglecting the interests of their constituents
at the expense of the State. On Monday last
when the roll was called, no quorum was found
present in either branch of the Legislature.
There went $4,000 at single dash, and the
dozen such days during the session, if men,
bers determine to remain in Benicia By the
way, why are not the names of the absentees
on such occasions published? D.? And yet it seems
hard to punish them even thus. No one would
blame Dives, were he to occasionally slip from
the regions "where bad negroes CO." and wan
der through the green groves, and along the cool,
murmuring rivulets in the land where angels
with wings dwell. Not that we intend to com.
pare our legislators TO Dives, although their sins
of omission and commission are sufficiently nu-
merous to make them confess regularly every
Sabbath-provided they could by any possibility
be induced to attend divine service-wth re-
markable truthfulness, to the soft impeachment
of being "miserable Sinners
The Shasta courier., 1854-01-21

SHASTA COUNTY FINANcEs.-The full and in.
teresting report of the Committee appointed to
examine into and exhibit the present financial
condition of the County, will be found upon
our first page. 1t will be seen that the total
amount OF revenue received into the Treasury
for county purposes, from January lst, 1853, to
Jan. lst, 1854 was Sl2,5 81; while the liabi-
tiles incurred for the same time, amounted to
the sum of $l3,22l Is in scrip. The amount
of Indebtedness incurred prior to Jan. 1, 1853
was $l5,S48 90; debt on Jan. 1854, Sla, ,335 Sc
So that the county debt has been reduced during
the pastyear $3,5l2 64. This is the FIRST exhibit
OF the financial condition of the county that our
people have ever had, and the committee de-
serves the thanks of the community for the able
manner In which the duty is performed.
The Shasta courier., 1854-01-21

BREACH OF PROMISE CAsE-Miss Mary E..
Gates has brought suit against c.. Buckingham,
in the District Court of San Francisco, for breach
OF promise. The young lady proves that Mr.. B.
did at one time regard her as his betrotlIed. He,
however, subsequently became convinced of in
delicate, immoral and immodest conduct Oh her
part and therefore refused to fulfill his promises
Mr.. Dean one of the witnesses, admitted that he
had kissed Miss G. ON sundry occasions, (the
lucky dogD and that she, on such occasions, re-
turned those +" tokens of Affection (ihe happy
scampD Other testimony elected the fact that
Miss &. was in the habit of indulgng her taste
IN this respect much to the delight of sundry
fortunate young men of her acquaintance, one Of
whom, 1t pains us to confess we were not The
young lady was once married, but obtained
divorce from her husband She estimates the
amount of damage done to her affections nt $780,
600. Young men, beware Women, especially
the pretty ones, are sly, devlish sly"
The Shasta courier., 1854-01-21

p weekly papers are about being estab-
lished at Humboldt Bay aud Crescen, City.
The Shasta courier., 1854-01-21
From Yrcka.

We are indebted to Mr., Raines, Of Cram, Ro-
gers & Cos Express, for the Herald OF the 18th,
and also for slip issued from that Office ON the
following evening. From this latter we learn,
that the Indians have again commenced hostili-
ties against the whites. The Indians were gath
cred in considerable numbers. at a cave up the
Klamath, ten miles above the Ferry and are
supposed to be Tipsey's tribe and the Shastas
They are well armed, and succeeded ia defeat
ing the first party of whites that attacked them.
V. A. Hall, who communicates the fact, says:-
1t was ascertained that the Indians had a
large amount of cattle and horses which they
had stolen from our citizens. On the llth, a
party OF our citizens, about thirty strong, went
out to recover the stolen property The Indians
were aware of their coming, and surrounded
them OH the l3th and fought them all day. The
party finally retreaied. by charging the enemy
and fighting theirway through Them Four men
were killed, and a number wounded. Our party
lost all their provisions, number of guns, eight
or ten pistols six horses, all their blankets, and
i'll fact were completely defeated.
The persons killed were, Hiram Huln, John
Clark, = Mailen, John Had6eld; and VIM.
Newell is dangerously wounded. The others
wounded are not dangerous.
We learn further by C. A. Bernard, Rhodes s.
Lusk's Express messenger, that Capt. H. NJ. Ju-
dab, commander of Fort Jones, has left that post
with his whole dsposable force, for the scene ol
difficulties. His officers are, Capt. S. F. Sorrel
lst Lieut. J. G. Bonnycastle, and Cd Lient. w.
G. Crook, all of the 9TH Infantry. AS the Indians
are very strong. well armed, brave. and flushed
with victory, We may expect shortly to hear OF
some hard fighting on the Klamath.
The Shasta courier., 1854-01-21
A BALL.

NTILL BE GIVEN AT THE INDEPEN-
w dence Hotel, French Guch, on the eve
ming of the 26th of January. All necessary
rangements will be made to pleasantly accom-
modate all who may attend. The following
named gentlemen constitute the
The Shasta courier., 1854-01-21
WANTED

Middletown, Jan. 81, 1854. 1m*
The Empire County argus., 1854-05-27

INDIAN NARCoTIc.- -Bayard Taylor recently dev.
cred an interesting lecture in New York, on the
Arabians in the course of which he had occasion
to mention the habit of using a certain narcotic
drug, which prevails among this people, and des-
orlbes Its effects in experiments he made upon
himself. His description was as follows
While in Arabia, | had one remarkable expert
ence There Is drug in the East whose effect is
like opium that which is prepared from the Indian
hemp. It was much used by the Saracen warriors,
when about to enter battle, as stimulus. Tt pro.
duces on the imagination double consciousness
one part of the mind seems to study while the 9TH
part looks on. From motives of curiosity. | was
persuaded to try the effects of it upon my own sys-
tenn | was in Damascus at the time. Soon after
taking the drug, the effect began to appear | saw
the furniture in the room talked with the compa-
ny, and yet | seemed to be near the pyramid Of
Cheops, whose blocks of stone appeared to me like
the huge squares of Virginia tobacco
The scene changed, and was on the desert in q
boat made of the mother of pearl The sand SEEM
ed to be grains of lustrous gold through which nv
boat ran as easily as on the waves of the sea the
air seemed filled with harmonies of the sweetest
music; the atmosphere was filled with light with
odors and music. Before me there seemed to be a
constant series of areades and rainbows through
which for fifteen years l seemed to glide. Tho
liner senses were developed and all qualification
was single harmonious sensation. Hence we can
easily conceive the origin of the Arabian Nights
My companion, a huge Kentuckian, tried the drug
with an amusing effect. After looking at me
awhile, he suddenly started with the exclamation,
I'm a locomotive and began to cut off his words
like the puff of an engine, and to work his arms
like the moving of the wheels. At last he seized
the jug for drink, but set it down with yell,
saying, ''how can take water into my boiler when
I'm letting off steam!"
The Empire County argus., 1854-05-27

A RUSSIAN PARTY IN THE UNITED STATEs--The
New York correspondent of the Charleston Stand
ard, in his letter of March 81, writes as follows:
1t is observed generally, or even considerably,
that marked change is taking place in the tone
of many leading journals, in regard to the Russio-
Turkish question. Six weeks ago, scarcely voice
was heard save in eulogy of the Turk and his West.
ern alles--now the policy of leading American
sympathy to our hereditary, political and CONNER
cial enemy, England, whose rulers it is believed,
are actuated by the instinct of selfpreservation,
rather than motives of pure sympathy in their at
ttude toward Russia is freely and widely discussed.
Persons who assume to know, and who have pecu-
liar opportunities for knowing say that ten millions
of dollars has been expended in the United States,
within a few months upon public Opinion, and the
result is the gradual appearlng of formidable
Russian party-embracng statesmen, presses, &c.
1t is also asserted that four hundred prvateers are
ready in the interest Of Russia, to issue from our
ports, when the signal shall be given, and pounce
down on the commerce of England and France.
Certain, it is, If we cared to thoroughly humble
England our opportunity is almost at hand. Rus
sia il friend and has been, as far as grasping
nations can be friendly. She would accede almost
anything to u.s. and be our ely in almost any en-
terprise, if should assist her at this pinch. But
it will be hard to seduce Americans from that re-
gard for England, consequent upon common ORR
gin, language literature and laws, sufficient to
make US the ally of Russia.
The Empire County argus., 1854-05-27

ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY
bill to incorporate this company has passed both
Houses Of the Maine Legislature. The Boston
Times has the following in reference to this under
taking, of which Messrs. Hiram 0. Alden and Jas.
Eddy, of Maine are the orignators
1t will be recollected that bill is now before
Congress granting two millions of acres of land, in
aid Of this enterprise, condition that the compa-
dy transmit for the government 5000 words per
month, free of charge. The company bind them
selves to complete the line in two years. They pro-
pose to ay their wires under ground, to protect
them fran storms, wild animals, Indians, &c; which
are to DO covered by an imperishable insulating
subsistence, impervious to moisture, and Unaffected
by any decomposing influences of the earth. They
They propose to lay them deep enough to prevent
them being disturbed and they claim to have dis
covered a process Of conveying them across the
beds of rivers, and through masses of rocks. They
also propose to have testing tubes every five miles,
and operative stations every hundred miles, on the
entire length of the line. The enterprise is ggan
tic one.
The Empire County argus., 1854-05-27

A CALIFORNIA LovE-LETTER.-Sa Jose May ID,
1858. Most 1ianScendam and Charming Mss
would that my pen were dipped in the dyes of the
rainbow plucked from the wings of an angel that
might expect to paint the burning brightness of
that fame which thy thrilling eloquence hath en-
kindled Thou soft moonlight of sentiment soft
soap of consistency--thy voice is as gentle the
first stirring of an infants dream as meodious in
mine ears as the braying of mule-thy step as
light as the sylvan-footed zephyr that famed with
the wing of perfume the gable end of the ncw-borne
paradise. Thy eyes are brilliants stolen from the
seraphs--thy lips are vivid rosebuds, moistened
with the dews of Affection thy words drops
of amber-thy teeth are like snow set in a verbena
bed Oh sweet spirit of camphor ---double dis
titled essence hartshorn Sour kraut of my hopes
appe-sauce of my fancy, tiger of innocence butter
of perfection, logwood of melodythou art the gin
and fancy of my dreams, the brandy-smash of my
waking Visions and Santa Cruz of my recoections.
Thou art as harmless leopard creased
streak of lightning churned to consistency in the
milky whey. Tho art as innocent as tiger, hand
some as an elephant, melodious lion Oh
onion of SOUL picked pumpkins of my affections,
preserved crabs Of the garden of Smiths Island,
where desperate love dwells.
am yours, &c,
The Empire County argus., 1854-05-27

MOTHER Pound the idea of ones mother the
mind of man cngs with fond affection. 1t is the
first deep thought stamped upon our infant hearts,
when soft and capable of receiving the most pro-
found impressions and all the after feelings of the
world are more or less light in that comparison.
do not know but that even in our old age we look
back to that feeling as the sweetest we have thro
life Oar passions and our wilfuness may lead us
far from the object of flial love- we learn even
to pain her heart to oppose her wishes to violate
her commands we may become wild, headstrong,
and angry at her counsels, or opposition; but when
death has stilled her monitory voice, and nothing
but calm memory remains to recapitulate her vir-
tues and good deeds affection like flower beaten
to the ground by past storm, raises up her head
and smiles among her tears. Round that idea, as
we have said, the mind clings with fond affection
and when the earlier period of our loss forces
memory to be silent, faocy takes the place of our
dead parent with garland of graces, and beauties,
and virtues doubt not that she possessed
James.
The Empire County argus., 1854-05-27

A New VIEW OF NIAGARA.---The Ohio State
Journal tells story of an Irshman of the better
class who thought he must conform to the fashion
able mania in paying visit to the Falls of Niaga-
ry. Paddy arrived at the Falls, and taking look
at the surrounding wonders addre 5sed himself to a
gentleman 'And is this Niagara Falls 2" "Yes,'
was the reply "And what's there here to make
such 3 bother about 2" 'Why," said the gentleman,
''do you not see the mighty river, the deep abyss,
the great sheet of water pouring DOWN. Pat,
looking at the water, replies hesitatingly, Sind
tchatS 10 hi5lder itY'
The Empire County argus., 1854-05-27

MODEL SpEEcH-We commend the following
speech to the careful study of all intended candi-
dates before the people. 1t was delivered in Illinois
by candidate for the Legislature is brief and
pithy, and the man who made it was elected as he
deserved to be:
"Fellow Citizens am no speech maker, but
what | say Ill do. I've lived among you twenty
years, and if I've shown myself clever fellow you
know it without speech am candidate fol
the Legislature: if you think I'm the clear grit,
vote for me if you think Major R, of a better
stripe than | am, vote for him. The fact is that
either of us will make devsh good representa-
five -
The Empire County argus., 1854-05-27

Don't act so, Isaac, dear said Mrs. Partington,
as Ike was raising particular Jessie about the kitch-
en-, and throwing everything into confusion in a
vain attempt to find his ball. People by'n by will
say you are non pompus mentis, as they did about
MIR. Smith. Tb3 doctor says you are of the rebel
lious sanguinary temperature, and Heaven kncws
what you would do if you should have tendency
to the head perhaps you will die of suggestion OF
the brain
The Empire County argus., 1854-05-27

ANOTHER ORIGINAL IDEA.--The New York Trib-
une, in speaking of the application ofseam for
ing hay, believes that it will soon be the that
mans laborious duties now performed by hand,
will be superseded entirely by steam, and thus dis
courses:
Will it be any more wonderful than it is for a
farmer to leave home at Buffalo in the morning and
sell his crop the same day in New York, for him to
get up in the morning and call for John to 'get out
the moving machine and that small locomotive, and
cut down that fifty lot ofclover to-day and tell
George Henry to fire up the hay maker, and follow
Alexander and William with the steam raking ma
chine, and that grass fast it is cut, and
will come down with the four wagons and let us
see how much of that crop we can have in the barn
before night!n
':Peter !"
Eyes sirn
"Peter, you may fire up the barn engine and see
that the hosting machine is all right on both sides
of the floor for shall bring two tons at load, and
while one ton is going up into the right hand NOW,
we can hitch on to the other and have that up di-
rectly so that it will not take more than fifteen
minutes to get off load. In the interval between
loads, keep the engine at work filling the great wa
ter tank. That last planting of potatoes needs wa
tering and as the water is warmed little we, will
give them shower. All, boys, this is the age of
steam; you don't have to work to cure hay as
used to do when was boy, when we used to cut
all the grass with scyth."
'By hand, father :"
Eyes, my son, by hand, slow, hard labor; and
then we had to spread the grass to dry, and then
had to turn it and in the sun; with sticks
and wooden forks, or clumsy iron ones; we had no
steel ones then; and then we raked by hand, and
made it up into cocks, which had to be opened, and
spread out to dry again, and again raked up; then
we pitched it on and off of the wagon and some
times it was fortnight after it was cut before we
could get it cured enough to stack Or put in the
barn.
''And all that by hand Labor ~
Yes hand labor and hard labor"
''Wel, father it does appear to me as though peo-
pie must have been very stupid when you were a
boy, not to have any steam-engnes on their farms.
mo, not stupid exactly, but very hard to believe
or make improvements, Or farm their lands any way
but Jus, as did their fathers and grand-fathers''
The Empire County argus., 1854-05-27

INFORMATION WANTED-Did you ever know o
young lady who had white teeth, to put her hand
over them when she laughtl
Did you ever know young lad and sprightly
lass who coundnt pick berries into one basket
Did you ever know woman who never had any
thing taken from her clothes-yard
Did you ever know a young lady who was too
weak to stand up during prayer time, that could
not dance all night
The Empire County argus., 1854-05-27

A TRAGICAL AND MOST SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.
"A correspondent of the Cleaveland Plandealer,
writing from Wampacca county, Wisconsin, says
farmer sold yoke of oxen, to individual in
the neighborhood, and received his pay in paper
money. The man who purchased the oxen, being
in hurry to start off, requested the farmer te as
slst him in yok,ng them. He accordingly went to
the yard with the man for that purpose, leaving the
money lying on the table On his return to the
house he found that his little child had taken the
money from the table, and was in the act of kind
ling the fire in the stove with it. From the i'm
pulse Of the moment he hit the child slap on the
side Of the head, hard to knock it over and in
the fall, it struck its head ,anst the stove with
such force rs to break its akull The mother, who
was in the act Of washing small child in tub of
water in an adjoining room, hearing the fracas,
dropped the child, and ran to the whence the
noise proceeded, and was so much terrified at what
she there behed that she forgot the little child in
the tub for time, and upon her return to the room
found the little one drowned. The husband, after
few moments reviewing the scene before him, see
ing two of his own children dead, without further
reflection, took down his gun and blew his own
brains out.
The Empire County argus., 1854-05-27

They have rich joke on DR.. Pagan of Chicago
he is great land operator, as well as most sue
cessful physician. The Doctor prescribed some pills
for lady She asked him how they were to be ta-
ken! "a quarter down." said the Doctor, and the
balance in one, two and three years"
The Empire County argus., 1854-05-27

A German in CINCINNATI has invented a new and
powerful microscope. 1t makes the butterfly ap-
pear the size of an elephant; four-pence looks
like wagon wheel and 70 dollar as big as barn
door
The Empire County argus., 1854-05-27

A LADY, regular shopper" who had made an
unfortunate clerk tumble over all the stockings in
the shop-thcy fall goods objected that mono
were long enough. IL want the longest hose that
are made" Then madame you had better apply
10 the next engine house.