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The Kanzas news., 1858-05-08
Night Scenes at Lucknow.

These are simply every day occurrences.
which are followed by the long, dreary
nights. We would sit for hours, expecting
every moment to be attacked. Officers
would come round, and say, in solemn
MANNER, "The Brigadier requests that you
Will be particularly on the alert Here and
there, by the glimmer of miserable lamp,
you observe the pale, care-worn faces of half
dozen volunteers. One man loading his
musket, another looking at his pistol, and a
third filling his cartridge box. One of the
party would presently shoulder his musket,
and go off 10 stand on sentry, whilst anoth-
er Owed down IN mine. to see that the enc
my were not getting under our house.
Presently you would hear the sudden cry of
the sentry, calling out that .the enemy were
advancing" Then came the rattle of mus
kerry, followed by the cry of 'sturn outs on
all sides. Now you hear the grape strike
against our batteries and earthworks; the
musket bullets fly over In showers; round
shot come thro' our walls; and loud above
all, you distinguish the sound of the enc
my's clarions and numberless bugles blow
ing the advance" Now and then, midst
the roar OF artillery, you could hear the ell
ephants trampliBg as they were made to drag
heavy guns from position to position, and
the changeof direction, for a shot imme-
diately after told plainly that the enemy had
moved a gun. We remained perfectly quiet
too, generally, so that thev might not know
how many we mustered. We let them fire
away, and waited patiently to listen if they
were creeping through the long grass that
grew all around our entertainments, and
strained our eyes to see in the darkness -
Every now and then we fancied we saw the
figure of a man, and then it seemed as sud
denly to disappear. Sometimes the moon,
shining on the leaves of the castor-oil trees,
used to look like mems turbans, and more
than once we were induced to fire at them.
Every now and then you heard orders Civ
en- to load the guns with ''grape over the
round shot, and our men would be seen
running for hand -grenades, &c, to be all
ready in case of a rush at our position. In
the meantime You would see little streaks of
fire passing rapidly over your head, and soon
seemed as if they were coming right down
upon you. Then you suddenly heard loud
report, and the cry that followed told you
our shells were bursting among the enemy.
Soon you heard sharp whiz over your
head again, and you would see a huge splin-
ter of shell bury itself in wall close to
you, OF probably plough up foot of earth
close to where you stood, so that often we
were in as much danger of being killed by
our own shells as by the enemy's shot
these splinters often come back some hun
dred yards.--Capt. Anderson's Siege OF
LIcETOa0. ..
The Kanzas news., 1858-05-08
New Food for Bees.

1t is stated that two agriculturists of the
department of the Yer, France. recently dis
covered their bees feeling upon cakes of oil
seed. which had previously been subjected
to the oil press, and which was being beat
en- up into paste with water, to be used as
manure for potatoes. The bees were after
wards allowed abundance Of this food, and
their owners have since been rewarded with
nearly ten times the usual increase in their
productions of the insect. This is a piece
of valuable information to bee keepers, and
we should advise them all to try the exper-
iment.- Scientific american.
The Kanzas news., 1858-05-08
To Sportsmen.

S. Sutherland, of Richmond, Va, gives
the following rule TO load gun properly:
"Try it repeatedly with charges, consist
ing of equal bulks of powder and shot. till
you come to quantity with which the gun
will not recoil, or but slightly; this viii
give you the proper quantity of shot
With this load, however, the gun will scat
ter in all directions. To correct this, re-
duce the quantity of powder until you find
that the shot is carried as close as you de-
sire. A gun loaded thus, will never burst.
To make it carry further, use shot of lar
ger size. No gun should be fred more
than twenty times without being wiped out.
When In the field, it viii be much safer to
carry the piece always at half-eock." :"
The Kanzas news., 1858-05-08

FLoa1DA INDIANS. s.-Tbe Montgomery
Confederation learns from Col.lW. II. Gar
rett, agent of the Greek Indians. who passed
through that city on Saturday last. that
Billy Bowlegs and his warriors, about fifty
or sixty in number, have all agreed to re-
move. and that Sam Zones and his party,
only some forty In number, being the re-
mainder of the tribe, will, in all probability,
consent to emigrate also. This viii put q
terminus to the FLORIDA War" The price
agreed upon is some $1,000 to the chiefs,
$500 to the warriors each, and SI53 to the
squsss; less than the amount offered for
their capture by the government as a-sz
The Kanzas news., 1858-05-08
The Esther of waters.

The vastness of the great Mississippi riv.
er is thus depicted by writer from Maiden
Rock, Wisconsin:
I t'While / look out upon the river, three
miles wide at this point, my mind seems to
take IN at one grasp the magnitude of the
stream. From the frozen regions of the
North to the sunny South. it extends some
thirty-one hundred miles In length. Il
would reach from New York across the At
lantic, and extend from France to Turkey,
and to the Caspian sea. Its average depth
from its source in Lake 1tasca, In Minneso-
Ia, to its delta in the Gulf of Mexico, is ten
feet, and its width half mile.
The trapper on the upper Mississippi can
take the furs of the animals that inhabit its
sources, and exchange them for the tropical
fruits that are gathered on the banks below
Slaves toll at one end of this great thorough
fare, while the red men of the forest roam at
the other end. The floods are more than q
month in travelling from its source to its
delta. The total value of steamers afoat on
this river and its tributaries is more than
$50, 600, 600, and number as many as If
teen hundred-more than twice the steam
boat tonnage of England, and equal to that
of all other parts of the world. 1t drains
an area of twelve hundred thousand square
miles, which is styled the garden of the
world. It receives score of tributaries,
the least of which is longer than the vaunt-
ed streams of mighty empires.
1t might furnish natural boundaries for all
Europe, and yet leave for every country a
river larger than the Seine. 1t engulfs more
every year than the revenue of many petty
kingdoms, and rolls a volume in whose
depths the Cathedral of ST. Paul could be
sunk out of sight. 1t discharges in one
year more water than has ISSUED from the
Tiber in five centuries; it swallows up fifty
rivers which have no name, each of which
is larger than the Thames. The addition of
the waters of the Danube would not swell
it half fathom; in one single reservoir Pc
pin twenty-five hundred miles from the sea,
the navies of the world might safely ride at
anchor. 1t washes the shores of twelve
powerful States, and between its arms lies
space for twenty more"
The Kanzas news., 1858-05-08

THE SPIDER.-The male spider often
makes meal of his progeny, whilst the
female loves them SO 3tanderlv that if she
cannot save them in circumstances Of peril,
she prefers to perish with them. The love
which she bears to her little ones she does
not extend towards her mate. Sometimes.
after having in vain attempted to prevent
him from devouring their offspring. the ides
appears suddenly to present itself to ben
mind that the cannibal is himself good fol
food, on which she instantly falls upon him
and eats him up.
The Kanzas news., 1858-05-08

M7LsrRoM OFF THE CoAsr OF FLoRBA.
The brig Alma. Capt. Brown, arrived at
New York on Saturday, from Nassau, n.
P, and reports that on the 18th ult.. when
about four miles from the Hole IN the Wall,
the wind blowing three knot breeze at the
time, she got into whirlpool, which turned
the vessel round in 35. seconds, and kept
turning her,. sometimes half way and back,
and sometimes all the, way round, for two
hours and 8 quarter. The breeze then BE-
came stronger, and she sacceeded IN getting
out Of the whirlpool without receiving dam
age. y~ssa = as sd8
The Kanzas news., 1858-05-08

ECONOMY IN BREAD.-Twenty-s pounds
and thirteen ounces of good bread have been
made from fourteen pounds of flour and one
and half pounds of rice, by the follow
ing method:
Tie up the rice in a thick linen bag, al
lowing 1t ample room to swell; boil till it be-
comes smooth paste; mix this while warm
with the -four, adding the usual quantity of
yeast and salt; allow the dough to rise near
the fire. and divide into loayes 1t is af-
frmed on high authority that -four thus
treated viii yield fifty per cent. more bread
than by the ordinary method
The Kanzas news., 1858-05-08
JOB PRINTING. ].

The of6ee of Tar RASzAs NrSs is fsrhisAed
with 5 complete assortment Of the newest STYLES
Of Type. Borders, Flourishes. cuts. Cards, Fancy
Papers. Colored Inks, Bronze, &c. enabling the
proprietor 10 print CERcuLase, CAEDs CERTIFICATES
or STocK, DEEDS, PosrERss aud all other kinds Of
Jes PRSuse, in manner unsurpassed m tAs
country. Particular attention psid e printing
all kinds of Blanks Orders for work promptly
attended to when accompanied with Casa. ''EI-
cELsIoa" is our motto. 80 .aei.as siT
The Kanzas news., 1858-05-08
Long Faces.

What sad mistake it is to suppose that
a man should be gloomy because he is de-
vout; as if misery were acceptable to God,
on its own account, and happiness an offence
against his dignity. A modern writer, OF
much wisdom and pith of writing, says
''Fhere is secret belief amongst some men
that God is displeased with mems happi-
ness, and so they slink about creation,
ashamed and afraid to enjoy anything T.
These are the people of whom Hood says
"They think they're pious,
When they're only bilious"
A good man is almost always cheerful
one. It is fit that bad men should scowl,
and look blue, and be melancholy but he
who has Gods smile of appreciation upon
him, should show its radiance in his coun-
enance DIR. johnson said he ''never
knew villain in his life that was not, on
the whole. an unhappy dog" And well he
may. But an honest nan-the man with a
good conscience-let hins enjoy his sleep,
and his dinner, and the love of his wife,
and the prattle of his children, and show a
beaming face to his neighbor. Surely,
there is.no worse theology than that which
teaches that he who has given such fullness
of Joy to beasts and birds, delights in The
misery of men; or that, having filled the
beasts with gladness, we ought to give the
lie to His goodness. by wearing faces be
clouded with woe, and furrowed with pre-
tended nhappiness.-Boston Post.
The Kanzas news., 1858-05-08

How TO CooL WATER.-If it is desired
to cool water for drinking in warm weather
and ice cannot be obtained for this purpose,
let it be kept inan uHglassi ssEshsnMaps
pitcher wrapt around With Two OF three
folds of coarse cotton cloth kept constantly
wet. The theory of cooling water in this
manner is the absorption Of heat from its by
the evaporation of the moisture in the cot
ton cloth-expansion produces cold, conn
preston heas.-Scisakise Anserieea.
The Kanzas news., 1858-05-08

A farmer going to get his grist ground at
a mill, borrowed bag of one OF his neigh
bors. The poor man was knocked under
the waterwheel. and the bag with him
He was drowned; and when the melancholy
news was brongh. to his wife, she exclaimed:
.sMy graciousi what fuss there'H Be
about that hag!'' -
The Kanzas news., 1858-05-08

The maple sugar season has been unfa-
vorabie in Iowa and other North Western
States, while in western Massachusetts, the
farmers have had to keep their fires going
night and day, to boil down the exuberance
of sap.
The Kanzas news., 1858-05-08

One establishment in New York, with the
aid of Eve hundred workmen. turns out dai-
ly four thousand hooped skirts fof the ladies.
The Kanzas news., 1858-05-08

bal MATS So.-Why is an editor like the
A OF Revelations? Because he is full of
~ ELpes ss and shadows" I" and a mighty voice,
inc 'ne sound of many waters, is ever saw
s 10 him. Write" e -
The Kanzas news., 1858-05-08

An; invetersts puhster asks if the lneH ins
strument Of torture used By the King of
Narles. and called the Silence sCap-being
made of iron and steel maes=ials-is na
hardsoear. sa5 ot saeaHsosr : - ssists sliE
The Kanzas news., 1858-05-08

As white lesd acts - 3 poison when tsr
ken into the stomach. it should never be
used for painting any vessel designed to
contain food or drink. "a 20 =
The Kanzas news., 1858-05-08

At the recent Ginsfnuati Charter election,
the Democracy we're routej. horse. fcos and
Dragons. SIS .zxsa
The Kanzas news., 1858-05-08
Items of Foreign News.

F1eHT1NG AT SIERRA LEoNE.-Dates from
Sierra Leone, Africa, of 18th February,
give the following items which, although
little noted amidst the stir elsewhere, was
doubtless important to the "Soosos:"
'Within the last ten days very import
ant expedition has been effected up the Scar
else river. The boats of the British squad
ron and about $50 sailors and marines, un-
der Commodore Wise, by order of the Ad-
miralty, proceeded up the river and made
war on the Sooso chiefs, who were about to
attack Sierra Leone, and who had murdered
several British subjects. The expedition
was seven days absent, during which they
burned all the enemy's towns, and killed be-
tween three hundred and four hundred OF
their forces. There was good deal OF
smart bush fighting; but the casualties on
our side were but small-ten only wounded,
including two officers
The Kanzas news., 1858-05-08

!; To dispute with drunkard is 70 debate
With an empty house.
The Kanzas news., 1858-05-08

We have been informed from reliable
source, that for some time past the govern
ment of Spain has been quietly but effect
lively engaged in improving her defences on
the Island of Cuba, probably in anticipa-
ton of some combined effort to wrest the
.eFer-faithful island'' from her possession.
The Kanzas news., 1858-05-08
CHINA AND RUSSIA.

It seems that the Chinese have gone to
war with Russia, or that they intend to re-
sist the encroachments of the latter power
on their Tarter frontier. The London Times
correspondent says: Recent advices from
st. Petersburg put it now beyond doubt that
the Chinese have commenced hostilities
against the Russians. Admiral Putiatine
is understood to have reported, iu dispatch
dated on board his vessel anchored off Ma
Gao, that the advanced posts of the Russians,
towards the mouth of the Amour, bad been
attacked by the Chinese, and that so sud-
denly and with so overpowering force, that
the former had found themselves compelled
to retreat 30 leagues up the river. The Chi
nese had thereupon destroyed the Russian
settlement by fire. In the Pekin Gazette of
Nov. IL, of last year, it was mentioned that,
according to a statement made by Chinese
officer of rank, Lin Hing, the Chinese
were already at that time at war with Russia.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25
Found yourself on such a river.

A SWIMMING MATCH.-That even so mean a
business as that of " Peeping Tom" may turn
out happily, the following, from the Pittsburgh
Dispatch, proves:
AT Murdocksville, some young ladies had
selected shady nook and were enjoying river
bath, when two young fellows, strolling in the
woods, heard an unusual plashing in the water,
and, following their ears were amazed and
shall we say it ?-delighted, on turning a sharp
bend in the river, to behold the water nymphs
floating in the ripping current, fairer than the
naiads and more enchanting than sirens Con-
cealing themselves, one of the rascals wagered
$50 on the swimming powers of haxen-haired
divinity against small dark-eyed beauty-the
two being the leaders of the party and the most
expert swimmers. The wager was accepted, the
two had struck out for long swim, a strong
swim, and swim altogether when the fair
haired she shrieked, A turtle turtle and
terribly frightened sank under the surface
1t was struggle between gallantry and duty
with the young men; but the one who had ac-
cepted the challenge leaped from his hiding
place into the stream, and striking out boldly
succeeded in seizing the insensible and drown
ing girl, and dragging her to the shore. OF
course the remainder of the party had fed, bu
soon returned, took charge of the nearly mani.
mate form, and restored her to consciousness
In consideration of the service performed, the
young fellows were granted absolution. Th,
heroic rescuer of the young lady, however
claimed the $50, on the score that his nympl
had fairly won the match. If it is not dusteC
up the young men propose that the young la
dies shall try it again.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25

THEN AND Now-About thirty years ago, says
the Louisville Journal, when Sir Edward Lytton
Bulwer was bridegroom and the present 81.
T. LIZ (Letita E. Landon) wrote and published
an account of their characters and personal ap-
pearance, they were both quite young, and each
of them was in delicate health. The bridegroom
was described as pale and fascinating, and the
bride was painted as fragile and fairy like
creature, OF surprising loyeliness. The tender
tnts Of her cheek were said to be " like rose
leaves crushed on ivory" The description was
read everywhere, and the public sympathy were
deeply excited for the charming young pair, who,
II was thought, must soon pass away from a
world too course and rude for such gentle and
lovely natures as theirs. All little dreamed the
reader then, that, after q very few years, the
gentle bridegroom would strike the tender bride;
that she would seek redress by publishing a
series of coarse, fierce and vituperative novels
and pamphlets against him, and that, after few
more years, she, grown to be sturdy, red faced
and muscular woman, would pursue him in his
canvass for Parliament, take her stand upon the
hustings in reply to his public speeches, call
upon him to confront her, shout "coward at
him in his precipitate fight from her presence.
and announce her determination to persecute
him till he should cry for mercy, and humbly
make her amends for all his yillainies.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25
LOVE ME, BABY

Yes, it is the sweetest baby,
Pretty little blue-eyed Bell;
In her cheeks the deepest dimples,
In her smile the softest spell
Daddy takes the pwecious tweasuren
Just as it begins to COO,
And in tenderest accents asks it,
Love me, darling? say you do -
Six months now has baby gladden'd
All the household with its glee-
Twas mid snow she came among us,
Type of angel purity:
Oh, you pwettiest rosy posyl
What shall we compare to you?
Then we ask her mothers question,
"Loye me, blue-bell say you dol"
Uncle, auntie, and dear granny,
Each contend for baby's laugh
While the fascinated stranger
Asks US for her photograph!
Meantime what says baby dumpling?
Observation-Disclosures!
This she answers to the query,
Love me, hearts-ease? say you dol"
All good angels wait on baby
Be her path with roses strew'd-
Brightly fall the sunshine round her
As she grows to womanhood-
May her cheeks retain their dimples,
And her eyes be just as blue,
When some manly voice shall whisper,
Love me, dearest? say you do p
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25

MoRsoN SrRESsTH.-In regard to the popula-
ton of the Mormons, Major McCulloch estimates
it at about fifty thousand They could bring
into the field about seven thousand fighting men,
of whom some seven hundred are excellent
troops and efficient mountaineers The Major
stated, in the course of conversation, that be
advised Brigham Young, if he desired TO found
great State and hierarchy, to pull up his stakes
and remove to some other country. The pro-
phet afterwards declared that he allowed no man
10 advise him-to stand between him and God
tom whom alone he took councils.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25
THE FARMERS GUIDE
To Scientific and Practical agriculture

TO Scientific and Practical agriculture.
BY HENRY STEPHENS, F. r. s., of Edinburgh
and the late j. P. NORTON, Professor of Sci
entifc Agriculture in Yale College, New Ha-
ven vols. Royal Octave. 1000 pages, and
numerous wood and steel Engravings
This Is, confessedly, the most complete work
on Agriculture ever published, and in order tc
give 1t wider circulation the publishers have
resolved to reduce the price to
FIVE DOLLARS for The TWO VOLUNES.
When sent by mail (post-paid) to California
and Oregon the price will be ST. To every
other part of the Union, and to Canada (post-
paid, Sc,
Bea. This acorki is NOT the old 'sBooh ofheFarm.' .
Remittances for any of the above publications
should always be addressed, postpaid, to the
l. I 80 : -
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25
DIR. L. J. CZAPKAY'S
Grand Medical and SURGICAL Institute

Sacramento street, below Montgomery, opposit,
Pacific Mail Steam Ship Co.'s Office,
SAN FRANCISCO.
Estc5lished in 1854, for the Permanent Cure Of al
Pirate and Chronic Diseases, and the sup.
preston of Quackery
A TTENDING AND RESIDENT PHYSICIAN
II L. J. Czapkay, NJ. D., late in the Hungarian
revolutionary war, Chief Physician to the goth
Regiment of Honveds, Chief Surgeon to the Mil
itary Hospital of Pesth, Hungary, and late Lee
turer on Diseases of Women and Children.
Communications strictly confidential
Permanent cure guaranteed, or no pay.
Consultations, by letter or otherwise free.
Address l.. j. CZAPKAY, M D.,
San Francisco. Cal.
TO THE AFFLICTED.-Dr L. j. Czapkay
Il returns his sincere thanks to his numerous
patients for their patronage, and would take
this opportunity to remind them that he con-
tinues TO consult at his Institute for the cure of
chronic diseases of the Lungs, Liver, Kidneys,
digestive and genital organs, and all private
diseases, viz syphilitic ulcers, gonorrhea
gleet, structures, seminal weakness and all the
horrid consequences of self-abuse, and he hopes
that his long experience and successful practice
of many years will continue to ensure him
share OF public patronage. By the practice of
many years in Europe and the United States,
and during the Hungarian war and campaigns,
he is enabled to apply the most efficient and
remedies against diseases of all kinds.
He uses no mercury-charges moderate-treats
his patients in a correct and honorable way
has references of unquestionable veracity from
men of known respectability and high standing
in society. All parties consulting him, by let
ter or otherwise, will receive the best and gen.
tlest treatment, and implicit secrecy.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25

TREATMENT OF WITNEssEs.-The English Lords
of the Bench decided at Westminster, about a
month ago, that it was principle of common
law that counsellor, in questioning witness,
should address him in ordinary tones and in
language ofrespect, such as is employed by one
gentlemen in conversation with> another that
such lawyer has no right to question the private
business or moral character of q witness, any
further than it is apparent they absolutely affect
his reliability or touch the case in hand and
that witness is not bound to answer questions
put to him in an insulting or bull-doggish man
ner. If forced to answer by the court, he will
have his remedy in action for damages.
The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25

Some hunting this anu oenc.s .....-,
One his shoes, and one his hat,
And mosquitoes buzzing, biting;
What place and time for writing.
Were you ever? &c.
Now all impatient of delay,
On their weary, winding way.
Some are sulky, grim and mad,
Some are sober, dull and sad
Some are playing, some are drinking,
Some are fuddled, optics winking;
Some, as wise as owls, are thinking
When they'll reach the promised land,
And get "piles" of gold in hand.
Were you ever &c.
Here song, and there a sawyer,
Meets you, grinning like lawyer,
Tor the devil) for a client;
Standing like a woodland giant,
Bent on mischief in the water.
Now it strikes you. What crash
Every mothers son and daughter
Screaming, grumbling,
Swearing, tumbling,
Everything has gone to smash.
Were you ever?
Sure you never
Found yourself on such a river.