The Placer herald., 1855-10-06
Alleged Violation of the Neutrality Laws

S Alleged Violation of the Neutrality Laws
a case of some interest came up before
, the United States Court on Tuesday, invov
: ing an alleged violation Of our Neutralit,
: Laws with England and France.
1t appears that the c. f. Foote, which ar
rived at San Francisco few days ago, was
f originally chartered at Honolulu on the 10Th
of January, by Reed & Dougherty, to make
a voyage from Honolulu to Simodi, Islands
of Niphon and Hakodadi, Island of Maslna
and thence to the port Of San Francisco
United States of America" After arriving
. at Simodi, however, a change was made in
the voyage. At that place they fell in with
a body Of Russian soldiers, who had been
} shpwrecked and who induced the charterers
Of the G. E. Foote to convey them to Petro-
!, polovski. On the voyage ththcr the sailors
demanded extra pay on account of the
change which had been made, and the rough
ness Of the voyage. A mutiny being threat
ened they were put in confinement. After
that, the vessel was manned by the Russians
When the Foote arrived at the Russian port
the seamen were thrust in jail, the Russians,
with their arms and ammunition, were land
ed, and the charterers Of the vessel prepared
again to put to sea. The seamen were then
released and again got on board first having
demanded, however, that the Captain should
sign papers showing that the voyage to
Petropolovsbi had been taken without their
consent, so that in case the vessel were cap
ured by the Allies, they should not be held
prisoners OF war.
been violated by the G. f. Foote, and some
persons are disposed to imagine that the
consequences will be serious.
We think, however, the matter will be
easily settled If it be lawful for an English
armed vessel to put into an American port,
there certainly has been no harm done in re-
lieving shipwrecked crew. even if that crew
were Russians AS the Times d Transcript
remarks:
The Yankees are awfully prone TO turn a
penny, and if the master or owner of a sail
ing craft in the japanese seas could advanta-
oeouslv charter his vessel to convey ship
wrecked Russians to a Russian port-eyen
though they were panoplied for war-he
would be quite as likely to do it. as have been
the owners Of the American clippers on tho
Atlantic to offer them to the English and
French for the purpose of conveying men
and munitions of war for the invasion of the
Russian dominions The last mail brought
us an interesting account of the trip of the
Great Republic, which had been chartered by
the French for this purpose-how she out
sailed the French steamer which had been
sent to sea. on her VOYAGE to the Crimea--
and nothing strange was thought of it.
The FoRGET-ME- NoT---OR1GIN OF ITS NAME.
Miller, in his work on Chivalrv. mentions
that the beautiful flower called Foreet-me
not was known in England as early as the
time Of Edward the w., and in a note, he
gives the following pretty incident, in ex
planaton Of the name:
1.-TWO lovers We're lettering along the mar
vim Of lake, on fine summer evening,
when the maiden discovered some flowers Of
the Myesotis growing on the water, close to
the bank Of an island, and at some distance
from the shore. She expressed desire to
possess them, when her knight, in the true
spirit of chivalrv, plunged into the water,
and swimming to the spot, cropped the wish
ed for plant; but his strength was unable to
fulfil the object of his daring, and feeling
that he could not regain the shore, although
very near it, he threw the flowers upon the
bank, and casting a last at1ectonatc look
upon his lady love, he said, Forget
and was buried in the water.
ExpLANAT1oN.-The Home Journql, refer
ring to the fact that there is a raging pas
sion in Paris for trimming bonnets with
wreaths of mistlctoe-thus explains the why
and wherefore in this confidential manner:
'''The mistletoe has always been esteemed as
a sacred evergreen, used by the ancient Gaus
in their worship, and still revered in France.
1t is particularly the tope of .ttmin'ne nature,
however, in two of its pecuiarities. It's
berry contains a single seed shaped like
heayi and it is incapable Of life except as
qroH upon another eristence, the tree to which
it clings. The mstetoc has never been
known to draw its support from being plant
ed in the EARTH and can thrive and bloom
only with the sap from other roots. The
ladies of Paris therefore, are at present,
owning up to their lonely but secondary ex-
istence and paying due homage to the stron-
ger gender, by wearing the pretty admission
in their bonnets."
1t is singular that the name Of God should
be spelt with four letters in almost every Ian
cuage. 1t is in Latin, Deus; French, Dieu;
Greek, Zeus; German, Gott Scandinavian,
Odin; Swedish, Codd; Hebrew, Adon; Sy
rian, Adad; Persian, SYRIA; Tartarian, ldga
Spanish, Dias; East Indian, Esgi, or Zeu;
Turkish, Addi; Egyptian, Aumn, or Zeut;
japanese, Zain; Etrurian, Chur; Tyrrhenan,
Ether; Irish, Dieh; Crotian, Doga; Magyar
ian. Oese; Arabian, Allah; Dalmatian, Rogt.
A clergyman, teaching the youths of his
church, put the question from the catechlsm
to girl: "What is your consolation in life
and death!" The poor girl smiled but did
not answer The priest insisted. "Well.
then" said she, 'since ! must tell, it is a
printer on b. street"