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Polynesian., 1858-05-15
To Lease.
WINES AND SPIRITS.

TUsT RECEIVED AND FOR SALE BY J. C. SPALDING, TIL
sI following choice assortment ELIZA 6 ELLA and FAN
Ny MAJOR:
Cases dozen each superior Brown Sherry.
Pale
Octayes &"
Quarter casks Duff Gordon
Cases old dry Port Wine.
Champagne, dozen each
Baskets /
Puncheons old Jamaica Rum
Bbls.
Octayes Otard Dupuy Cos Brandy.
Quarter casks J. & ,. MaTtelI's A."
Octayes pure Bowor'sWhiskey.
Cases doz. each " d"
Kegs MOnongeheIa whiskey 10 gals each.
Bbls. Bourbon
Boxers Btters.
Kegs American Brandy, 10 gals. each.
Gases quarts and piuts Wolfeis Schiedam Schnapps
Casks Je1ries' Edinburgh strong Ale in jugs.
For sale at the lowest market prices
Honolulu, March 18th, 1855. 4 ,-tf
Polynesian., 1858-05-15
Storage 1!

Storage!
CTORAGE FOR 400 To 500 TONS, heavy OR
- light goods, ON he premises sf the undersigned.
l-n b. r. SNOW
Polynesian., 1858-05-15
LTMEI BRICKS +!

THE UNDERSIGNED BEGs ToINFoRMHIs FRIENDS
L and the public that he has hand . quantity Lime
and Bricks also Kaon for FIRE bricks which he
in ss or large lots his in the Mr. Emner
Paint shop, opposite the City Market, King street.
23-tE GEORGE THOMAS.
Polynesian., 1858-05-15

DoOMs TO LET-FRoM 81 PER WEEK. APPLY
II :. JOHNSON, House Carpenter.
VlNo LET-sLEEPING ROOMS. ENQUIRE OF Mr..
Il HUMPHREYS, Garden street. lit
Polynesian., 1858-05-15
HOUSES, LANDS, &C.

TO LET.
- THE DESIRABLE PREMISES On King
,S lately occupied by Williams Jones. For par
'--4z% ticuars apply at the Office Of C. c. HARRIS
z1-n Or the premises GEO WILLIAMS.
Polynesian., 1858-05-15

d EAL GENEVA FOR SALE AT TIE HUDsON'S BAY
II CompaBys Store in Iantiiies five gallons up
wards, az mUderate prices, FOR CASH. l9-u
Polynesian., 1858-05-15
" Unpaeks his heart with words,
Aud falls IN cursin0 Ike n dr.h 20

Unhappily too many Of our young men think it
mark of good breeding and social dignity to in
terlard their discourse with oaths and curses, wish
ing it to appear, says quaint old writer that they
familiar terms with the Ruler Of the Uni-
verse, ii they not with the aristOeracy Of the
land. How mistaken an idea this is may be seen
by the dislike Of really good breeding evince
to the society Of these swearing pretenders. Our
rising generation, with the human failing of learn
ing that which is bad before that which 10 good,
sadly tainted with the vice Of proane swearing.
He who doubts the fact has only TO pass group
of boys at play in the street to be convinced. NOr
is the practice confined TO the children of the poor
or the degraded. The well-dressed sons of the
''better clnsSes very apt to be those who
the loudest and the most pertinaciousy. Are the
parents Of such boys not aware that "hard swear
I'M" is frequently pioneer to more Aagrant vices
aud crimes, We wish those addicted TO this vice
would heed the advice Of "a holy George Hebers."
Take his name. who made thy mouth In vain
Il gets thee nothing and hath 10 excuse;
Lust and vine plead pleasure, avariee gain;
But the cheap swesrer, through his common sluice,
Lets his soul run for nought."
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26
Look Before You Kick.

y minister recently, while on his way TO
preach funeral sermon in the country, called
to see one OF his members, an old widow lady,
who lived near the road he was travelling The
old lady had just been making sausages, and
she felt proud of them they were so plump
round and sweet. Of course she insisted on her
minister taking some of the links home to his
family. He objected on account Of not having
his portmanteau along. This objection was soon
overruled, and the old lady, after wrapping
them in rag, carefully placed bundle in either
pocket of the preachers capacious coat Thus
equipped, he started for the funeral
While attending to the solemn ceremonies Of
the grave, some hungry dogs scented the saus-
ages, and were not long in tracking them to the
pockets of the good mans overcoat. Of course
this was great annoyance, and he was several
times under the necessity of kicking those
whelps away. The obsequies at the grave CON-
pleted the minister and congregation repaired
to the church where the funeral discourse was
to be preached.
After the surmon was finished, the minister
halted to make some remarks to his congrega-
ton, when brother, who wished to have an
appointment given out, ascended the steps of the
pulpit and gave the minister's coat hitch, to
get his attention. The divine, thinking it n dog
having design upon his pocket raised his foot,
gave sudden kick, and sent the good brother
sprawling down the steps,
You will excuse me- brethern anil sisters u
said the minister, confusedly, and without look
ing at the work he had just done, 1" for | could
not avoid it. have sausages in my pocket, and
that dog has been trying to grab them ever since
| came upon the premises !"
Our readers may judge of the effect tn at such
an announcement would have at funeral
Germantown Empcrium
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26

SUPPOSED ANTIQUITY OF THE HUMAN RACE
In paper recently read before the Royal So
clety of London, Mr. Homer, in giving An ac-
count of researches undertaken near Cairo,
Egypt, with the view of throwing light upon
the geological history of the alluvial of land
Egypt, stated that fragment of pottery, now in
his possession an inch square and a quarter of
an inch IN thickness, the two surfaces being of
orlek red color, had been obtained from tho
lowest part of boring 80 feet from the surface
OF the ground The entire soil pierced consisted
OF true sediment; and allowing the estimated
rate OF increase of deposited sediment of 81
inches in century to be correct, this fragment
having been found nt depth of 80 feet is
record ofthe existence of man 1875 years be-
fore A. D. 1851, SIT yeirs bt fore the Chris
tan Erd-and 1925 years fom tae beginning,
ASSIGNED by Lipsius, of man-moreover, in a
state of civilization, far at least, as to be able
to fashion clay into vessels, and to know how to
harden 1t by the acton of strong heat-London
4 heupll,u
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26
The Climate of Frazer River.

Those persons who are permitting themselves
to become insanely excited by the news about
the Frazer river mines, would do WELL before
going any further, to ascertain something rela-
tive to the Climate of the region to which the
Hudson Bay Company, and the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company seem so desirous of trans
porting our people Here is the opinion of Mr.
John Dunn, who had been in the employ of the
Hudson Bay Company for eight years, published
in work written by him in 1884, or nearly four
teen year ago, and four years before gold was
discovered even in California. Let those who
are contemplating visit to this northern Ell
Dorado for the purpose of mining, read over this
extract carefully, and count up how many
months in the year it would be possible to oper-
ate, even though the mines were as rich as the
lying statements from Victoria and Bellingham
Bay would indicate:
q 1t is very variable, and the transitions are,
though periodically regular, remarkably sudden,
If not violent. During the spring, which lasts
from April till June, the weather and the face OF
the country are delightful. In June, there are
almost incessant rains drifted furiously along
by strong south wind. In July and August
the heat is intense, and the ground, previously
saturated with moisture, produces myriads of
annoying flies and insects. The heat and glar-
ing sunshine are succeeded in September by fogs
OF such palpabe darkness that until noon it is
seldom possible to distinguish objects longer
distance than one hundred yards In November
the winter sets in speedily, freezing the lakes
and smaller rivers"
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26
The Smtthsonian Institute.

No one goe, to Washington without visiting
the Smithsonian Institute, which stands on an
area OF nineteen acres, granted by Government,
IN the southern part fthe city, between Sew
enth and 18th Streets. 1t is built of sandstone,
In the ancient Norman style of architecture
The Smithsonian Institute derives its name and
endowment from James Smithson, ESQ.,, Of
England, son of the first duke of Northumber-
land. He was educated at Oxford, where he
distinguished himself by his scientific attain
ments He was an associate of most of the emf
nent men OF science of the last generation in
England. He had no fixed residence and formed
no family ties. He died in Genoa June 27 1929,
Fro-sthe property he received from his mother.
and the ample anuity allowed him by his father.
he was enabled, by good management, to ac-
| cumulate fortune of 100000 dollars By his
will he directed that the income of the property
should be paid to nephew during his lifetime,
and that the property itself should descend to his
| children, If he had any, absolutely and forever
'In case OF the death of my said nephew without
| leaving child or children, or of the death of
the child or children he may have had under
the age OF II years. or intestate | then bequeath
the whole ofmy property to the United States
of America, to found at Washington under the
name OF the Smithsonian Institution, an estab-
lishment for the increase and diffusion of know
ledge among men," Such are the words of the
| anu ehC Ou1y OutS WHICH SmltnSOn ever
uttered on the subject OF the reasons which
led him to make this disposition of his fortune,
we can only judge by inference. He was never
IN America, had no friends or acquaintances
here, and Is supposed to have had no particular
fondness for republican institutions The con-
tlngency having occurred in which the claim of
the United States attached, the particulars of
| the bequest were communicated to the govern
ment, and both Houses of Congress passed bill,
which was approved July l, 1896, authorizing
the President to appoint an agent to prosecute
the right of the United States to the bequest in
the English Court of Chancery, and pledging the
faith OF the United States to the application of
the fund to the purposes designated by the DON
or. 1t was paid into the United States treasu-
ry in soyereigns, during the month of September,
1888 The amount ofthe fund at this time was
S3l5, l69 1t was not till eight years after this
period that the act establishing the Smithsonian
Institute was finally passed. Such is brief
history OF this extraordinary bequest to the Uni
ted States. 1t has been some years iu full ope-
ration, and has issued several costly and impor-
tant works.
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26
Bg- A Washington correspondent is respon

gsS- Washington correspondent is respon :
sible for the following
There is funny bit of scandal going here,
about certain well known lady, noted for her
exquisite complexion and fine hair. Her room
opened On to passage way, through which a
gentleman was passing, as the cry of fire was
raised in the hotel The lady threw up her
window and put out her head to see how near
the danger might be. What a sight did she
present to the astonished friends passing by--as
sans hair, sans teeth, sans rogue, every
thing-she stood before him-a spectre SIS
that you, Mrs. b." exclaimed the affrighted
locker on. "No," shrieked the poor woman. at
is Mrs A" few hours later, Mrs. D. left the
hotel and Washington for the season.
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26

SUIcIDE.-Hon. L. NJ. Davidson, of Rough and
Ready, Nevada county, committed suicide on the
18th inst, by taking laudanum. He had just
returned from San Francisco. 1t appears that
he had borrowed three hundred dollars in Sac
ramento and gone to San Francisco en- route for
Bellingham Bay. The evening after arriving in
that city, according to the Union, he was drugged
and robbed. DR.. Toand told him that he could
not live, and that the best thing he could do was
to return to his family. He did so, and the day
after his arrival induced his wife to procure him
phial of laudanum to quiet his nerves, the
whole Of which, while she was absent from the
room he drank. He had been intoxicated for
three days and nights before he left Rough and
Ready.
Mr. D. was member of the Assembly of 1851,
and most promising young lie was from
Lexington, Virginia, where, as well as in the
Legislature, we had the pleasure of fknowine him
well. Among all our acquaintance we know no
one less likely to commit the rash act of rushing
uncalled into the presence of his Maker, than we
thought our poor friend Ned Davidson He was
undetermined man, and generous to fault.
His convivial disposition was the cause of his
sudden wreck
!" Oh thou invisible spirit Of wine,
II we had no other name by which to call thee,
We would call thee Devil"
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26
The Law of Newspapers.

/. Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary, are considered as wishing to
continue their subscription.
2. If subscribers wish their papers discontin-
ued publishers may continue to send them until
all charges are paid.
5. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
papers from t. 'ffice or place to which they
are sent, thee held responsible until they
settle their bln and give notice to discontinue
them.
4. If subscribers move to other places without
informing the publisher, and the paper is sent to
the former direction, they are held responsible
Notice should always be given of removal.
). The courts have decided that refusing to
take paper or periodical from the Office. or re-
moving and leaving it uncalled for, is prima
facie evidence of intentional fraud.
Eay- Postmasters would oblige, by strict
fuIiment of the regulations requiring them to
notify Publishers, once in three months, of pa
pers not taken from their Office by subscribers
Bas" Under the law of Congress papers are
not charged postage in the county in which they
are published.
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26
THE QUEEN OF SPAIN AND Her MoRALs.-Th

The QUEEN OF SPAIN AND Her MoRALs-The
poet, Bryant, writing from Madrid to the New
York Post, says:
The Queen has lately appointed him arch
bishop of Caba) her confessor, though he would
gladly have declined the Office The task of
confessing the Queen, am afraid, the good man
will find little troublesome. She is yery de-
rout, az her daily visits to the churches testify.
and the rumor goes that she is very dissolute. It
is easier to preach twice a day, and occasion
ally two hours at a time, as the Archbishop of
Cuba is doing than to manage a royal peniten.
of this sort.
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26

THE " TIGER SHoUT.-We have often been
asked the solution Of the g tiger shout common
among Americans, but unknown TO other ma
tions, but never were able to give a satisfactory
explanation. The following solution of the
mystery we find in Grahams Magazine for Jan
uary, 1853. and is very likely correct: at all
events, it is good
"Many years ago, the celebrated orator and
wit, s. 5. Prentiss, was engaged in a political
tour, and found himselfin town and under cir
cumstances where it was necessary to make
some extraordinary appeal to the spirit of fun
curiosity in the inhabitants, in order to secure
an audience. 1t was a difficult matter but Prem
tlss, as our readers know, was the man for an
emergency, and he went forth, "bound,n like
the corner poet of the story, "to come home
with an idea" A loud blowing oftrumpets. and
the placards of very badly patronized men
agarle, hrst struck his attention. He paused a
moment, and the idea was secured He had it
by the tail. He entered, and without much DIFF
hculty succeeded in hiring the menagarie for
one dayl
In the morning it was announced to the good
people of the town that the great orator. S. S
Prentiss, would adress them in the menacarie
1t is needless to say that the wild beasts gratis
did more than the hope of oratory could effect
The audience was of the most Jam salts descrin.
uoh imaginable, and OF that kind easily reused
INTO the choicest and screamest demmonstra-
tlons OF delight, so that when Prentiss made his
appearance on top of the tigers cage and dashed
into one of those spirited speeches, which those
who have heard them say were unequalled for
peculiar excitement, he carried his hearers with
him, to man. At the first pause they burst
into three long thunders of applause, such as
few unfamiliar with the West have ever heard.
But what was their delight, when just as the
last hurrah died away, Prentiss, with pole,
which he held, gave the tiger savage poke,
through hole in the top of the cage, and the
enraged beast uttered, like echo, one of those
diabolical outbursts now generally initiated
in public meetings. The crowd, wild with de-
light, hurrahed again, and again Prentiss poked
the tiger, who tigered in turn. After this, of
course, every sentence ofthe speech received its
three cheers, which the orator acknowledged,
and finished up artistically with the pole and
the tiger"
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26

f9- Western editor thus noticed little
event which transpired in his family on the 4th
Of July last =
Private and confdentlal.--Joy to the world.
Sound the hewgagl the evont happened on tho
glorious birthday of American independence !
1t will add new lustrc to the Fourth of July in
after agesll 1t is an uncommon noun II sin
gular number II masculine gender III and
it shall be called George Washington jefferson
jackson Hancock Tom Benton Martin Van Bu
rem Quincy Adams Benjamin Franklin Fourth
of July jerks, so it shalli
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26

De1~ It is at length settled that Mr.. Dallas
shall remain at London during this Presidential
term. The decision has cansed intense disgust
among half score of first-class applicants. Il
is attributed to the influence Of Senator Mason,
chairman of the Foreign Committee of the Sen.
ate, who is relative of the Minister, by mss.
risse.
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26

CURE FOR PoIsos 0AK-Be it known to all
afflicted with this disagreeabe maladv, saws the
San Diego Herald, contracted by coming in con-
tact with the poison oak, or, as it 10 commonly
called in this country, 'Yedra, that sulphate Of
copper is an infallihle remedy for the same
Make strong solution of the blue stone and
wash once or twice Herewith the itching
ceases almost Immediately, and the irruptioa
dries up and disappears.
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26
. has {, Z Z A COURIER.
Startling News from Frazer River--GoId
MOnomaniacs, Read!

The Butte Record has the following late start
ling news from Frazer river The editor OBJ
aimed it accidentally
We heard two fellows talking about Frazer
river the other night. Said one:
81 just saw a man that says that he heard
another man say that passenger on the Ma
rysville stage had seen steamboat man in Sac
ramento, who told him that Frazer river miner
had washed out eight hundred dollars in gold
on a shovel in one afternoon"
"Oh, that amt nothing" said the other
When come to Calforny in 40, saw party
OF miners on Bald Mountain working snow that
paid five dollars to the pam"
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26

Ida Lee.
In the darksome, grand old forest.
Where no sunbeams entrance found,
Where the spreading oaks for ages
Cast their shadows on the ground,
Dwelt maiden fair and lovely,
Natures own pure child was she,
And loved the artless fairy,
Gentle Ida Leel
Cold, cold in the grave she sleepeth,
Ida, more than Heaven to me,
But my heart its love still keepeth,
For darling Ida Lee.
Through the wildwood oft we wandered,
In the days o: long ago,
Dreaming all those golden f,ncies,
Loving hearts alone can know;
All the future seem'd before me,
Like smooth, calm summer sea,
For my guide-star DER life's ocean,
Was my sweet Ida Lee
CHoRUs-"Cold, cold in the grave" etc.
But the dream too quickly vanish'd,
For, as night shuts out the day,
Even thus the 'dark-wing'd angel
Came and bore my bride away;
Floating through the mists of even,
Oft her angel-form see,
Brightest of the hosts of heaven,
Darling Ida Lee
Cold, cold in the grave she sleepeth,
Ida, more than Heaven to me,
But my heart its love still keepeth,
For darling Ida Lee!
Los Angeles, June lst, 1858. |.
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26

LOOK OUT FOR THE NIGGER.-The following
story is current in Virginia:
The Baptists were baptising some converts !;
they finished by baptising an old negro Ia
slave) The parson, not thinking as much Of
his soul as the white portion of his converts,
let him drop, and made his own way to the
shore. The negro, blowing and putting, reached
the shore, and sitting on a stump, remarked:
That some gentlomans niger would get killed
by sich foolishness vet"
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26

LADIES HONE MAGAzIxE.-Of all the variou:
Magazines which reach this Office, we find none
more acceptable than the Ladies Home Maga-
zine, edited by 7. S. Arthur and Virginia +
Townsend. 1t is especially favorite with the
female part of this establishment 1t is a suit
able gift for wife, daughter, sister or friend
Price 81 year. Address T. S. Arthur l. Co.,
80 Walnut street, Philadelphia.
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26

Ba5- A gentleman of Norfolk, Va, had fne
negro, to whom he gaze the privilege Of hiring
himself ont and keeping one half his wages. A
short time since, the negro came home to his
master to toll hi:a that the man for whom he had
been working wished to buy him, and would
give 81 300 for him. WE'LL" said his master.
what of that? don't wish to sell you." "But
you see, massa," said Sam, "rse had cough
some time, and specs I'm gwine into desunp-
ton. ! don't spec | shall last more'n two or
three years, and I'd like to take that man in |"
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26
COUNTY DIRECTORY
County Officers.

District Judge-Willam ?. Daingerfeld of
Shasta.
County Judge-Joel 7. Landrum.
Associate Justices-J. B. Stewart, and Will
liam knowlton.
County Treaswer-James Hayburn.
County Clerk-H. |. Vanhorn.
.Sherif-H. Clay Stockton. Under Sheriff
hn Dent
,'ounty -4ssessor-W. II. Angel.
County SurUeyor-E. Linn.
Public ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Swasey.
District AHorney-James ID. Mix.
School Comnissioner-G. X. Godfrey.
County Physician-Dr. James E. Pelham.
Board of SuPercisors.-lst District, Samuel
Payne; I'd District, William B. Stoddart; Sd
District, D. c. Johnson.
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26

DocUMESrs,-We are indebted to Messrs Nc
Kibben and Scott, of the II. of p. for sundry
speeches and valuable Government works
We are likewise obliged to our Senators,
Messrs. Gwin and Broderick for several inter-
estng documents, among the number the report
of the famous I. C. Woods, as Superintendent,
on the opening and present condition Of the U.
S. Mail route between San antonio, Texas, and
San Diego.
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26

BRITISH REvIEws.-By the last steamer we
are in receipt of the last London Quarterly and
Edinburgh Reviews, and the last four numbers
of Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine. We have
SO frequently spoken of the character of these
works, as well as of their cheapness, that we
deem it unnecessary to do so at this time
Price of Blackwood and any one of the four
British Reviews, S5; the four Reviews and
Blockwood, $40. Address Leonard Scott Co.,
10 Fulton street, New York
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26

VEsUvrUs CHANGING ITS SHApE.-One of the
two cones of Fesuvius, so often described and
SO familiar to all who have seen the volcano or
its representations, has been blown into the air
and the conformation of the mountain has been
completely changed
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26
LlV ERY AND SALE STARLE

T> THE UNDE SIGNED ,EEp,
~ would inform the public that -NsAISS
he has purchased the above establishment. and
viii from time to time make additions TO his
stock Persons wishing good saddle horses
would do well to give him call
lie runs Passenger Train daily, on the arri-
val OF stages, to Weaverville and its vicinity.
Particular attention paid to Horses on LivhrT-
hoping TO give his customers satisfaction, be
solicits share of public patronage
Ii. 4. BENTLY.
Shasta, May II, 1856 If
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26

FoR PREsIDEST.-The Gainesville GA Ex-
press nominated Hon. Howell Cobb, Secretary of
the Treasury, q, candidate for the Presidency in
1860
The Shasta courier., 1858-06-26
agents for L. Johnson & Co.'S TYPE FOUNDRY,
OMEARA & PAINTER,

DEALERS IN PRINTING MATERIAL OF
- every description. No. 1872, Clay street.
near Sansome. San Francisco
Sc OFFICES fitted IN At the shortes, notice.