The Shasta courier., 1855-03-31
ARRIVAL OF THE UNCLE SAM.
Seven Days Later from the East.
Dates from New York ia Feb. 21.-Ncw
Orleans March 4.

DE-
Orleans March 4.
The Uncle Sam arrived at San Francisco on
the 23rd inst with $50 passengers, 200 packages
Express goods and 80 bags mail matter, papers.
ETC., from New York Also LOG passengers from
New Orleans per steamer Prometheus. The
passengers per steamer Uncle Sam hence jan
uary 9th, arrived in New York on the Both. hav-
ing made the trip in 90 days and and hours,
beating the best time ever made over any other
route about days
We are indebted to the Pacific Express Co.
for the first delivery of the news as published
in the ,elegraphic columns of the Sacramento
Union
Rhodes & Co.'s Express were first on hand
with full files Of Atlantic papers brought by the
Uncle Sam.
Congressional.
Petitions for the repeal of the fugitive act were
resolution requesting the President of the
Senate aud the Speaker of the House to adjourn
Congress at II o'clock on the night OF Saturday.
March 3D.. was adopted.
On the oath February, the House of Repre-
seniatives passed Mr.. Le,cher's Tariff bill-l26
toS2 This bill provides that articles now bear
ing duties of 100, 40 and 30 per cent. SHALL af-
ter the lst of July, pay 80, 81 and "a per cent.
rendering the present rates 30 per cent, the
number Of articles paying 25 per cent. to be re-
duced to about 90.
The sword that Gen. Jackson fought with at
New Orleans has been presented to Congress.
Mr.. Gwin moved to take up the bill for forti-
flying portions of the Pacific Coast. Refused
Judge Douglass onslaught on the Know Moth
ings has created great sensation. 1t was char
acterized by his usual ability and boldness.
A bill granting the right of way to all plank
and railroads through The public lands i'll the
territories was passed.
miscellaneous.
The Legislature of Michigan has passed law
which provides for the trial by inry To any slave
caimed-prohibs the of jals 10 retain fu
gitives, and requires that the prosecuting attor
ney OF each county shall. upon request, give aid
and counsel to any such fugitive slave. To meet
this Mr.. Stuart, one of the Michigan Senators, Of
fered a resolution, in the U. s. Senate, to build
slave prison in Michigan.
The prohibiory liquor bill passed the Assem-
bly of New York ON the 2lst. by vote of 81 to
45 On the same day prohibtory bill passed
the lower branch of the Delaware Leg islatnre.
The farm o. 800 acres, with the building,
thereon. known as Daniel Webster homesteads
III Franklin, N. H.. was sold at auction for $l5-
900. and Rufus l.. Fry, of Boston, the pur
chaser.
The Santa Fe mail arrived at Independence
(MissouriD on the 22d. On the twenty fifth De-
cember a party of one hundred Apaches and
Utalls massacred at Pueblo fourteen men, and
took three women and two children prisoners.
The Republican States Convention held at
Augusta, Me-, on the 22d, re- nominated Hon. An
son d. Morrill,, present Governor. their candi-
date in the coming election for the Gubernatorial
office in the first Maine law State.
The Know Notlings, on the same day. in Con-
necicut, nominated Mr.. c. Minor, of Stanford,
for Governor, and w. T. Field of Pomfret, for
Lieut. Governor.
The contest between the northern and south
ern sections of the Methodist Church, concern
ing the book concern property in Cincinnati, has
at length been settled by awarding TO the Meth.
odist Church north $lS0,000 and the southern
debts
An important banking arrangement was about
to be made, or is made, as follows: G. Wander
bilt, w. II. Aspnwal and c.. G. Garrison, the
two former of New York and the latter of Cali
fornia. to become partners in the banking
and exchange business OF Page Il Bacon, now
conducted in st. Louis and Calitornia--lhat the
three partners are each TO put in 81 000, 900,
making clear addition of So, { 90 900 cash cap
iial, and that house is to be opened in New
York as well as at ST. Louis and in California
What renders this more probable is the fact that
each of the capitalists named is very able to put
up the amount named, and each was found sus-
tanning Page & Bacon in New York.
JIM TURNER Nor DEAD YET.--A desperate and
perhaps fatal fight occurred Feb. 24lh, at Stan
wx Hall, in Broadway, between number of
pugists, in which three or four persons were
severely injured, and one is supposed to be NOR
tally wounded. party of men, named Louis
Baker, James Turner, Patrick Mclaughlin alias
Paugene, and three others, entered the saloon in
question and commenced an indiscrlminate as
sault upon Bill Poole who was shot through the
body ia the region of the heart, while Turner
accidentally shot himself and asp his friend
Baker. Charles Lozier, friend Of Pooles, was
also shot in two places, but is not fatally injured.
Mclaughlin, Turner and Van Pelt were arrested
by the Eighth Ward police Baker bas eluded
the police, but it is probable his capture will be
effected.
An ANCIENT NovEL.-Many of the Chinese
novels are very ancient Some of those read in
the shops ~ Sacramento street to-day were writ |
ten thousand years ago. One OF them is Sam
kacok Chi, composed in the days Of the Emperor
Constantine about three centuries after Christ. |