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Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-11-26

There will be two Democratic nominees fer the
Mayorality of New York. Fernando Wood 10
named by one branch of the party, while the Tam
many men have nominated ere this VIM. r.
Havemeyer in which case, successful or dsfested
they will certainly hay-s-meyer,
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-11-26
MS RECENT ErrER TO MRS. BROWN.

l may mettion that I saw last evening n letter
from Capt. Brown to his wife, dated November
S,h, and brought away by the lady who visited
him at Charlestown. This letter is too private,
and, I might almost say, too sacred to be exposed
in print to every eye. Mrs. Brown is unwilling
that it should be made public, both for her own
sake and her husbands. But l violate no conf.
deuce in saying that THE letter, written in prison,
is no less remarkable than the memorable speech
delivered in court. 1t breathes the same heroic
spirit it is marked by the same simplicity Of
style it expresses the same conscientious convic.
ton Of the rightfulness of his undertaking; it ex.
hibits throughout the same unwavering courage,
and the same strong faith in God. To tho many
overlooking expressions Of his sympathy for biz
wife and children, given in this letter, [ do 10
feel at liberty to allude, further than to say tina
they are as warm, as tender, and as delicate al
ever were written by a husband to a wife. The,
prove that his delicacy is equal to bis courage
and that hs heart is not only as brave as q hero's
bat as tender as O chil6's. .-. o.
During the evening another letter came direc
from the prison, dated November 10Th. Thi
fresh message was briefer than the other, but 0
the same character and in the same spirit.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-11-26
1be Anti-9laperp Bu9Ie,

SALEM, OHIO. NOVEMBER &c, 1859.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-11-26

For several days past, until last evening, Mrs.
Brown had been actively engaged, aided by some
female friends, in preparing articles Of clothing to
be sent to her husband. A sewing-machine had
been busy at work from morning till night for two
days. Last evening the box was packed, and this
morning sent to the cars, containing shirts, stock
ings, Observation-Disclosures, a pair Of easy slippers,
some writing materials, two or three iavorite
Books. and some preserved fruits ani ether deli
cacies. A great many of the friends crowded
around it, each anxious to add something for the
old mans comfort, before the cover was nailed on
From this scene Mrs. Brown retired, sobbing, T.
another part of the room, and for u few moments
was unable to control her emotion, exclaiming
Poor man he will not need them long !"
But perhaps the troubled Governor of Virginia
and his Sheriff who is making ready for the Sec
ond Of December, may find, before the time shall
roll around, some other victim to keep up thu
honor Of the fatal Friday, and may be glad, after
all, not to hang the brave old man
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-11-26

family, that the experiment would result in de-
feat; we ait lookedto It as fulfilling the hopes of
many years !"
As l listened to this, I could not help half ex-
claiming, "What heroic words What a man
What a woman !"
wrote down these sentences a few moments
after they we're uttered, and as l repeated them
she added
For be has borne the yoke Of the oppressed
as il upon his own neck for these thirty ycarsP'
She made several and repeated references tc
various newspaper accounts in which her hus'
bands character had been misrepresented. She
had been panied to see him described as a crueI
man, for, as she said, mo man ever had a kinder
heart. lie is generous by nature. lie hat
always taught his children TO be unsel6sh; to nc
always for others before acting for themselves
His sympathies for the POOR and the oppressed
have always been too easily excited"
/ inquired as to his habit of carrying fire arm
about his person. She said that since the man,
threats upon bis life during aud since his effort
in Kansas, he had carried a revolver, but neve
before,
Ia he INSANE?
then put the question which had been chief.
s~olicitous to ask "lt is the common talk Of tn
newspapers that Capt. Brown is insane what d
you say to that opinion 2"
II never knew" she replied, "of his insanity
until | read it in the newspapers. lie lie o clea!
headed man. He has always been, and now i,
entirely iu his right mind. lie is always cool. d.
liberate, and never over-hasty bn! he has Away
considered that his first perceptions of duty, an
his first impulses to action, were the best, and til
safest to be followed. lie has almost. always a.
ted upon bis FIRST suggestions. No, he is not il
sane. His reason is clear. His las. act was til
result, as all his other acts have been, of his true
and strongest conscientious convictions"
After these statements, supported as they oil
by other and abundant evidence, how can any ma
believe that Capt. Brown is insane? His probe,
is easily characterized as mad, as any other DARN
and hazardous esplois is apt to be called. partic,
larly after it is seen to have failed. But the a
tempt for the deliverance of the Virginia Slave
did not seem rash to Capt. Brown or to his col
federates, and, if it had been successful, woul
never have seemed crazy even to the newspaper
John Browns insanity means simply job
Browns failure.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-11-26
A FRESH PANIC.

" Wednesday, November 10th.
The Shasta courier., 1859-11-05
Elopement OF One of the suItan,s wive,

The master Of the Sultans band, an Italian,
has arrived at Geneva with his wife, a beautiful
Circassian. According to letter from Constan-
tinople, this female, whose name is Sersafras
Hanum, was for some time in the harem of the
Sultan, and was one of his favorites "One
day" says the letter, rs she called for her car
riage, and, accompanied by two female slaves
and male attendant, went to Ortakie. There
she stopped at house which she indicated, and
was received by two females with marks of pro-
found respect She entered the house, followed
by the two slaves, while the other remained at
the door She was introduced into a sumptu-
ously furnished drawing room, and there she
dismissed the two slaves, who went with the do
mestics of the house to an apartment, where
they were entertained with cakes cigarettes and
coffee. Two of the domestics quilted the room
from time TO time, as if to see that nothing was
wanted IN the drawing room, and after a while
the whole of them left. The two female slaves
continued to amuse themselves with their coffee
and cigarettes. At last, getting surprised at not
seeing any Of the servants return, they went out
in their turn, and finding all quiet, they advanc-
ed on tip-toe to the drawing-room. Hearing no
noise, they entered, and to their astonishment
found that their mistress had disappeared. They
called out, but received no ansWer-the house
seemed deserted. They then commenced o
search in the different rooms, and presently
found in the boudoir their mistress dress They
were thunder-struck, as it was evident that she
had fed They then uttered loud cries, and the
male attendant entered. Hearing what had hap
pened, he searched the house throughout, but
he was unable to discover the fair favorlte-
fastening back to the hsrem, he told the black
aga of her disappearance. That functionary in
his turn went and searched the house with
great minuteness, but could not find any trace
OF the Clrcassian, but after while he perceived
that the house opened on the port. An investi-
cation having been instituted, it was ascertained
that several persons, dressed in European style,
had been seen in a caique near the house, and
had suddenly left it. II turned out that hand
some Italian, named Guatelli director of the
music at Court, had disappeared. The kiosk of
the fugitive was examined-the gold, silver,
Jewelry, and sumptuous presents of all kinds
which the Sultan had made her, had been car
ried off. The beautiful Serssfras, it is said,
possesses splendid voice, which the Sultan
admired greatly; and, as she has gone away
with an Italian maestro, it is not improbable that
she may some day appear in the theatres of
Western Europe"
The Shasta courier., 1859-11-05
The Lion and the Cock.

Chapter L-Once upon time there was bad
fight between cock and lion, and the cock
few into the lions face and pecked his eyes so
that he could hardly see, and scratched his nose
so that it bled badly, while the cock was so
spry that the lion could not catch him nor do
him much harm. But the other beasts were
afraid that if the cock should beat the lion, he
might next fight them, and go some of them
helped him and at last they beat the cock and
broke his spurs, and pulled out his fine tail
feathers, and bit off his comb, until he was a
sad bird to see
Chapter H.-Some time afterwards the cocks
spurs and tail feathers grew out again, and his
comb grew up as fine as ever, SO that if any of
the beasts growled at him he few at them and
taught them to let him alone. One day one of
the beasts that had helped the lion to beat him
got saucy, and the cock gave him a good drub-
bing and drove him back into his den, and took
his dinner from him and ate it himself; but the
lion never once came near to help the beast that
had helped him. Then the cock turned around
to go back to his roost, and as he had stretched
himself up and held up his head to crow, he saw
the lion, whose lair was just beyond the cocks
roost, and the lion was shaking and trembling,
and everybody saw that he was in mortal terror
for fear that the cock was just then coming to
fight him again, when the other beasts might not
care to come and help him as they did before
But the cock, after laughing from ear to ear,
took pity on him and did not crow, but went
quietly home about his business.
Now, all you little boys, don't you think that
Waterloo rs aUenged?-Boston Post.
The Shasta courier., 1859-11-05

TIE PLUMAs GEYsERs. Plumas Argus
says there is cluster of boiling springs, situ-
ated IN the northeast portion of that county,
covering an area of ten acres:
This area is almost fat, and surrounded on
its edge by large boulders, which seem to be
fragments oflaYa. 1t would be safe to say, that
on this little spot ofground one thousand boil
ing, steaming springs exist, and so loud is the
sound produced by the escape of steam, that it
is impossible to distinguish the voice of q man
ten feet from you. In some of these springs
there is kind of sediment about the consist
ency of common mush, which SINNERS and CUR
giles, and, at times, entirely closes the aper-
ture, which is invariably succeeded by deafen-
ing explosion, in the escape of the confined
steam. Everything smells strongly of sulphur,
which may be gathered, in some instances, in
large pieces, but is mostly found adhering to the
rocks, in the shape of palpable powder-the
effect of Capitalization. There is also another
mineral, produced in the same manner, resem-
bling quinine in its color and formation, but to
the taste, like alum, and there is no doubt but
that it is alumine. On one side of said fat there
is kind of chalk, white as snow, and resem-
bling plaster paris after having been prepared
for casting. There is a little plain of this, about
twenty yards long, and half that in width, as
level as a floor. But what is the most remark
able feature, is stream Of cold pure water run
ming through the centre of the fiat You can
safely move among the springs, by submitting
frequently to an development in sulphurous va
por. About one mile from this fat, at an eleva-
ton of about three hundred feet above it, there
is round lake, in diameter, about fifty yards,
which is in continual state of agitation, resem-
bling the boiling of a cauldron; the earth
around it is almost blood red. These springs
are situated on the head waters of the north
fork of Feather River, near Lassen's Peak, and
not far from the burning Mountain.
The Shasta courier., 1859-11-05
PACIFIC FOUNDRY
......AND.s...
M A CHINE SHOP.
SAN FRANCISCO.
Established in 1850.

GSIhDuSHeQ IN lSoO.
TNHE undersigned continue to manufacture,
n at the above establishment every kind of
machinery and of iron and brass casting.
We are sole makers of H0WLANDiS PAT
ENT ROTARY QUARTZ MILLS, which have
now been thoroughly tested in many localities
and are believed to offer many advantages over
any other mill now in use.
We also manufacture quartz mill machinery
of any other description required; saw and -four
mill machinery; shingle machines, steam ell
gines, force pumps, &C., &c.
Quartz miners can be supplied at short notice
with Screens of any degree of fineness, made
from the best Russia iron and in the most per-
feet manner. We have facilities for furnishing
this article to any extent which may be required.
Orders are respectfully solicited for any of the
above, or other, articles in our line. It is our
design to turn out the best work, for which we
have facilities, at least not inferior to those of
any other establishment on the Pacific Coast,
and at the most reasonable prices.
GODDARD, HANSCONE & RANKIN.
(Late Goddard b Coz
San Francisco, Feb 10, 1858. aul3:6m
The Shasta courier., 1859-11-05
The English Vandal.


Usr this heading the London Punch has
the following good thing, q. the expense OF
English" " Snobs," which viii be found equally
applicable to the game extensive class of bipeds
on this side of the water The habit which the
travelling Joneses and Smiths of the land have
fallen into of fscribblng or scratching or cutting
their Insignificant patronymics upon every mon
ument, noted rock, remarkable tree or venera-
ted building that chances to fall in the line OF
their wanderings, is one that should be cured
as the venerable Mr.. Punch suggests, by
"punching the nobs'' of the "eoarse and mis-
chievous Smiths and Joneses aforesaid.
q The memorials at the Redan have been re-
spected. There is disfguring writing upon
them, but it English. Times Correspondent.
Yes, pious hands, on the Redsn,
Raised tributes to our brave who fell
The valiant Russian is Man,
The Russian guards those tombstones
well.
Yet scrbblings on the stone you scan,
Who scralled them, all too plain they tell
'Tis the vulgar dog of an Englishman,
The scrawling, scribling Englishman,
Who would scratch his name, for a bit OF
game"
On the Koh-i-Noor, would the Englishman,
His names on all statues, all over St. Pauls,
On marble slabs, and on whitewashed walls,
Where scarcely a monkey or school-boy
You'll find the coarse and contemplate
scrawls
Of the mischivous ass, the Englishman.
On Pompeys pillar he makes his sign,
On the Pyramids top he cuts his line,
On the Crystal Palaces tower so fine,
There is not rafter that does not shine
With the pencil-lead of the Englishmau.
Set him down on a nice new bench,
Two minutes more, with jerk and wrench
He's digging the names of himself and his
wench;
U, If we could borrow leaf from the French,
And teach good sense to the Englishman
The glass of the carriage in which be rides,
The handsome mirror mine host provides,
The window wherever the snob abides,
The humble sign-post his way that guides,
Are scribbled upon by the Englishman.
In Lichfeld aisle lie two little dears,
Young mothers moisten the marble with tears,
The Cunningham-Cha Babes,-for years
Appeared thereon, and perchance appears,
The scrabble of many an Englshman.
On the top of the church, in the bathing ma
chine,
On the walls of the castle that holds his Queen,
On the arch of the cloister damp and green,
On the seat of the pew, there's sure to be seen
The mark Of the scrawling Englishman.
And now to the grim Crimea be goes,
And there where the bones Of his dead repose,
Honoured by honoured and valiant foes)
He's at it again, and Europe knows
The fellow is only an Englishman.
Whoever does such a sneaking job,
At home or abroad, is a rascaly Snob,
And whoever may spy him, JULES, WILHELM, or
Bob,
VIII oblige Ar. Punch By punching the mob
Ola coarse and mischievous Englishman.
The Shasta courier., 1859-11-05
SHASTA COURI Err.
Political Success and Happiness.

Nearly all Of our great men, in their old age,
have borne testimony to the fact that the pleas
ure attending success in political life is, after
all, but most hollow happiness. Like the
experience of Solomon their experience utters
the sentiment: "All is vanity and vexation Of
spirit" And the most of them have said to the
young men Of the country: Keep aloof from the
anxieties of public station-avoid, as far as pat
riotsm will permit, the responsibilities and vex-
atoms and esce-destroying anxietes of public
life.
But few men, however, are willing to heed
these words of WISDOM" uttered by the lips
of age and experience, until they too have had
the sad lesson engrayen, by the iron pencil of q
sorrowful experience, upon the tablets of their
hearts. And then generally it is too late-they
are in the whirlpool of political strife, and to
continue to go round and round and round they
find at once the source of all their miseries and
of all their joys. Having acquired the step OF
the treadmll, and q love for the foul air that
surrounds their prison house, they find it i'm
possible when set at liberty to walk erect and
straight forward upon the green earth, or to
breathe the pure air that comes to them from
the green fields and verdant forests ladened
with the perfumes of flowers and vines and
blossoming trees. They are miserable, and,
like the dog which returneth to its vomet,"
can only find comparative contentment by re-
turning to the source of their miseries.
These are solemn truths, well worthy the Sc
rious attention of our young men, one-half of
whom entertain some sort of political aspira-
tions. Let them go to Webster, to Clay, to Cal
houn, to Benton, to Cass, to Buchanan, and
coming home to our own State, to Gwin and
Weller and Broderick, and ask of them what
their experience teaches on this subject. With
out exception they have borne testimony to the
fact that there is no joy in the possession of
place and power that at all compensates for the
accompanying harrassings and anxieties. And
now we have the evidence of another, whose
name is familiar to the civilized world, bearing
on this point-John G. Fremont. In a recent
letter, declining to be considered candidate
for the Republican nomination for the Presi-
dency in 1860, he says:
l consented to hold that relation in 1856 a.
gainst my better judgment and will, but was
assured that those who would rally around me
possessed the power essential to my election
and | confess the " bauble" as it might have
been called by Oliver Cromwell, possessed at
fractions which I could not we'll resist But I
would not again encounter all the vexation,
modification and annoyance then encountered,
if the reward were to be ten thousand Presi-
dents.
The Shasta courier., 1859-11-05
10 NE N
CLUB HOUSE GIN.
TO THE PUBLIC.

TH II S CELEBRATED GIN-pretending to
Il nothing but what it is, viz pure and un-
adulterated article, and assuming no artificial
merits of what it is not, some of It's rival imi-
tators do-after FIVE years of public approval
and very extensive sales in California, has been
pronounced by the public to be superior, not on
ly as beverage Of general use, to any other ar
ticle competing against it, bnt is
Unrivalled In It's Medical Efficiency
in most cases of complaint. To persons travel
ing in these days of rapid transit from East to
West, North to South, who are constantly chang
ing their water as we'll as their climate; who are
drinking, indeed, dozen kinds of water in ev-
cry twenty-fCur hours, and each draft contain
ing some property acting in chemical antagonism
to the preceding one, thereby causing an unnat-
ural degree of excitement to the stomach-it is
positively and absolutely necessary to use q
counteracting agent. From the fact that the
"London Club House Gin,
is prepared expressly to meet such exigencies,
and to act as we know it will act, as an anti
dote, we confidently prescribe it as the very best
article in the country. The name of " Aromatic
Scheidam Schnapps" has never been attached
in any way to this article. In first presenting
the
"LondOn Club House GsnD
to the public, my aim was to give them pure
and unadulterated article of Gin, and to call it
by its right name. The success attending its
introduction and extensive sale in California is
sufficient guarantee of the high appreciation
of the article by consumers
Various parties have from time to time nut I'D
and shipped to California an article which they
call "Club House Gin" My Gin, which has
gained such reputation in California, is brand
ed on the cases, .s .-t.t.,+
"Old London Club House eGfn--Wm.H.D,v
The bottles also have white label with fac
smile of my signature. l caution all parties to
beware of limitations WIN. Il. DAILY,
f6tfis Sole Importer, New York.
The Shasta courier., 1859-11-05
To California Consumers
......0F......
BILLINGS HAMS.


DESIRE to call particular attention of con-
i sumers in California to the label of brand
upon my Hams, which in all cases bears a fac
similie of my signature, and is in every respect
the same label have used for many years past
The unrivalled reputation which my Hams
have long borne in the California market, rem
ders me exceedingly anxious that no Hams pack
ed by other persons should be mistaken for the
well known and genui2e
HORACE BILLINGS HAMS,
And my present object is to ask consumers, es-
pecially to distinguish my Hams from certain
other Hams which learn have this season besc
sent to California on which the name of
BILLINGS
has been placed, with label resembling mine
in style, type, &c.
My Hams are cured under my own personal
supervision, and their admitted excellence is
owing to the great care used, and the peculiar
preparation they undergo in curing by which
delicacy of flavor, preservation of the juices of
the meat and freedom from undue sadness are
secured.
confidently assure purchasers of my Hams in
California that the cure of 1859 viii be found of
the choicest quality and flavor, and fully equal
in all respects 10 any heretofore packed by me
for that market. HORACE BILLINGS,
Patentee, Beardstown, Illinois
N. B. All barrels containing the Hams of this
seasons packing, in addition to the usual brand,
will bear the words in red paint,
.fCure of $50,
Crosby & DibbIee, Agents."
San francisco, Sept. 13, 1859. se24:3m
The Shasta courier., 1859-11-05

SHALL Be ONE OF THEM.-How divinely full
ofglory and pleasure shall that hour be, when all
the millions Of mankind that have been redeem
ed by the blood of the Lamb of God shall meet
together and stand around him, with every ton
que and every heart full of joy and praise How
astonishing will be the glory and the joy of that
day, when all the saints shall join together in
one common song of gratitude and love, and of
everlasting thankfulness TO their Redeemer
With what unknown delight and inexpressible
satisfaction shall all that are saved from the
ruins of sin and hell address the Lamb that was
slain, and rejoice in his presence.-Dr Ratts
The Shasta courier., 1859-11-05
u d 0 L P III 0 WOLF E'S
SCHNAPPS.

A MEDICINAL DRINK, of eminently salutary
IA qualities, manufactured by himself excIu-
sivey at his factory at Schiedam, in Holland,
and well known during the last twelve years
throughout all the Atlantic and Western States.
1t is made from the best barley that can be
selected in Europe, with the essence of an aro-
matte Italian berry, of acknowledged and ex-
trsordinary medicinal properties. 1t has long
since acquired higher reputation, both in Eu-
rope and America, than any other diuretic bev-
erage.
Analysed, it is perfectly pure liquor, in its
effects a mild and wholesome tonic. 1t is ex-
tensively used and approved by the medical fac
ulty, the temperance people, heads of families,
&c.
In Gravel, Gout and Rheumatism, in obstruc-
tons of the Bladder and Kidneys, and in Gen.
eral Debility, its effects are prompt, decided and
invariably reliable and it is not only a remedy
for these maladies, but in all cases where they
are produced by drinking bad water, which is
almost universally the cause of them, it acts as
sure preventive
For Fever and Ague it is one of the most ef-
tlcaCiOUq nrpVentivas that 20 ~ he -asor4n1 a.