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New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-12

CAPTURE OF A ASHoP-LYTER-Yeysrdaym morning.
two men entered the store Of n. Z. Whitconib, Ne.
II Broadway, and asked 70 be shown some fans.
While one of them, large man. engaged the sstsa-
ton Of Mr.. w.. the other youth about IS years of
age, walked csreessly back TO the part Of tho
store and helped himself to a ladies' tipp,t. The
youpo shop litter then returned TO the front Of the
store. but knowing that be had been discovered By
Mr.. w., 10 returned and replaced the tppst on tAs
coun,er. Mr.. whtcomb, however, seized the fsiov.
upon which the large man fed. The fugitive vs.
pursue ,evers blocks by the clerks but managed TO
escape. The prisoner gave bis name ss John Beldens
and was given il charge Of Officer Gilfesthef, Of The
First Precinct, who conveyed him 10. the Lower P0"e
Court His oyercost was feund to contain ssvsrs1
cspscious pockets Justice CounOlly committee Bs'A's
to prison for examination.
New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-12

DEATH AT POLICE SrATIos.-A woman Names
Ann Myers was found lying inssnsble in Cherry stssse
on Monday night, and taken to the Fourth Wsfe
Station. .Ilouse, where she died soon afterwsrd A
inqaeet will be held upon the body to-day.
New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-12

The Stars and Strips, q new illustrated weekly
pager Of which Frank Leslie is the editor and pub
Usher, ID q sheet of handsome form, handsomely
printed with excellent eDgravirgs and reading matter
Of uncommcn freshness and variety. We think it
Will DO.
New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-12

REVIVAL An sctive revival Of religion ia in pro-
sress in the Cireene.s:reet NJ T. Church. where meet
are held every evening urder the lead of the Rev.
Mr. jackson, Western preacher.
The Shasta courier., 1859-10-08

BUTTERMILK AND LoSGEvIrY.-The constant
use OF butternlik as food, it has been asserted,
would be the means of just doubling the term
OF man S lite, and woman's too, we suppose,
thongh nothing is said sbont that On the SUBJ
ject of longevity. the New Orleans Suroical and
Medical Journal contains some interesting facts :
" II seems that an eminent French chemist NJ.
Ed Rohin in memoir presented to the Acad
envy of Sciences. has expressed the belief that
human life may be prolonged. and he gives his
reasons for it, He thinks living beings NAV be
compared TO furnace always kindled life ex-
lists only in state of combustion, but the COM
oustion which occurs in onr bodies. like that
which takes place in our chimneys. leaves res.
idue. detritus. ashes. The detritus, which is
always accumulating. is. according to NJ Robin.
the principal cause of old age and sene death
he thinks that the mineral matter which consti.
tutes an ingredient in most OF our food, after the
combustion. is left in our systems to incrust and
siifen the different parts of the body, and tu
render imperfect many of the vital processes
NJ. Robin sets forth many facts to prove the rea-
sonahleness of his position, but proposes to in
stiiute series of experiments on animals whose
lives are OF short duration to verify his theory
Among the series of experiments which he pro-
poses is one which consists in administering
tactic acid with ordinary food. The Tactic acid
is known TO possess the power of dissolvirr the
incrustations which form on the arteries. cartil-
ages and valves of the heart; and as buttermilk
abounds in this acid-it is moreover an agrees.
BILE kind of food-its habitua use. it is supposed
may free the system from those causes which
inevitably cause death between the seventy IN
and one huudretb year
The Shasta courier., 1859-10-08
The Angels.

We are not fond of detailing the scenes Of the
last struggle with the great Archer, before NOR
tality puts on Immortality; but in a season like
the present, where one interests himself in the
great charities of this city, he daily witnesses
such events Now and then one occurs that is
pleasing and instructive to relate. Such was
the death-bed scene of Emma B., flaxen-
haired. black-eved, sunny faced damsel of seven
summers was Emma-the light of her mother $
household, and the favorite Of all who knew her.
The fever entered her iamily-a brother, cousin.
and aunt went down into the dark valley, before
the pestience developed itself in the lifes blood
of little Emma
The disease was rapid in progress, while we
stood bv the bedside of the little sufferer Her
tangled hair foated over her shoulder, the rose
tinged cheek had become waxen, the change was
evidently near. Suddenly from o deep stupor
she reused into an attitude of the utmost atten-
ton. The eyes sparked like diamond in gas
light and slight tinge of pink appeared on
each cheek, as she sprang up whispering, with
subdued interest. " EIark, the sky is full of mu-
sic. II is the ang Is they come into the room;
they come around the bed. o.! it is brother
cousin. aunt, many, many more" She stretched
out her hand her face dimpled with a heavenly
smile. and with the exclamation :" come 7 she
sank back upon the bed the vital spark had
fed, hut there was none of the deformity oi
death there. A seraphic smile dwelt on the
features and thev still bore the same exultant
expression as when she uttered :" | come" in
response to the invitation of the angels Death
-had daguerreotyped smile as he gave life to
another Angel.-New Orleans Paper.
The Shasta courier., 1859-10-08

A MAN WITH AN IDIosYNcRAcY.-Mr Wilburn,
in his new book, Z" Ten Years of a Preacher
Life" thus describes character who once fire.
quented ION Sundays the St. Charles Hotel,
New Orleans:
He followed wood-cntting as a pro ession. and
wrought with exemplary zeal the six working
days, boarding every cent not required to fur
him with the most frugal fare. As his "ple"
increased. he invested it in gold ornaments
watch chain of massive links shirt and sleeve
buttons, shoe buckles then buttons for vest n nd
coat hat band of the precious metal, a heavy
god-headed cane. and in short wherever an
ounce of it could be bestowed upon his person,
in or ont of taste, it was done. The glory of his
lite. his one ambition, to don his curious
attlre-which was depoSi ed for safe-keeping
during the week in one of the banks-on Sun
day morning and then spend the day, 1.-THE OBJ
served of all observers" lounging about the Of
nee or the bar-room of the St. Charles Hotel
He never drank, and rarely spoke Mystery
seemed to envelop him. No one knew whence
he came. OF the origin of his innocent whim-
Old citizens assured you, that year after wear
his narrow savings were measured by the in
increase of his ornaments, until at length, the
value of the anomalous garments came to be
estimated by thousands of dollars. By ten o.
clock, Sunday night the exhibition was closed
his one day of self-gratifcation enioved, his
costly wardrobe was returned to the bank.
vault. and he sank back into the obscurity of a
wood-chopper.
The Shasta courier., 1859-10-08
Etiquette in Japan.

Mr.. Cornwall, in his recently published work,
" A Journey in Japan" describes the following
queer specimin of native simplicity:
There two tanks or baths in the cham
ber, made of white marble. and both supplied
with warm water in Il recess. the buckets for
holding cold water Ware suspended from cop
per rail running across it. Ny host was quickly
divested ofhi garments, followed his example
and very soon we were dabbing and plunginp
about in FIVE feet of water | was in the act of
emerging again from the bath, when the fair
Sondore-yes. reader, Mrs Notkotoska made
her appearance, and--oh, clouds and sunshine
with her lady friend by her side There was
no mistake about it, they had seen us go into
the bath house. They did not blush nor turn
back no. that was not to be expected from
japanese ladies. What was the thing to be
done? The lovely creatures were asking me
how liked the bath. ] was almost disposed to
be vulgar and say, 'none the better for seeing
You but its rudeness shocked nv delcacy as
mnch MS did the presence of nv hosts wife and
virgin friend, for the teeth of the latter were as
white as polished ivory. So much the worse
for me | thought. Nevertheless. mustered that
quiet courage so necessary in positions of the
kind, and composed myself Why should ]
trouble myself about it, thought |, if they did
not? They the intruders not l. What
delightful consolation.
Just then Noikoioska stepped ont Of the bath
and standing on grating in the middle of the
ttoor, ordered a couple of buckets of cold water
to be thrown over him by the attendant The
water. through which constant current had
been maintained, was now allowed to run Off
1t was but the work of moment Just then
the idea struck me that the ladies' who were
converSing together in one corner of tie room.
had come to immerse themselves, and the longer
remained where was, the longer one of them
would have to wait They would rather see me
out Of The bath than in it, I began to think, so
out stepped, IN manner as sprghtly as Not
koloska. narrowly escaped having two buck
cts Of cold water dashed over me as | passed
the attendant and proceeded to the driving
ground, small but open division at the upper
extremity OF the room. By this time the water
from both tanks had been emptied and they
were being filled again with fresh supply from
the pipes leading into them. and to nv addi-
tional dismay the ladies commenced undressing
They were divested of their apparel almost as
quickly rs was Notk kotoska-theire entire hahili-
ments descending at drop, on the sash, etc.,
being unbound.
The ladies shortly afterwards followed Mr..
Cornwall into the library. There was no blush
ing on either side 1t is interesting to know,
after such Il sketch that the author is six feet
high.
The Shasta courier., 1859-10-08

CoLoRED ELoQUENCE-A friend of ours, who
once attended a sable night meeting. reports
Then Mr.. johnson rose and exhorted substan.
TALLY as follows
Bruddren, I'm gwine to glib you sample ot
de pious man and de onpious man. Now you
are de onpious. and whar do you spose yen &c
to when We die? know Yell go down, down
into de pit Tremendous sensation.) Yes. and
dar yell burn, and burn, for eber:.l No use hol-
lerin' dar cause ye can't get out tShudderne
throughout the meetng.l But, bruddering, whal
shall CO." resumed the speaker, rolling up hi:
eyes; 81 shall go up, up, up, and de good Lord i
see me cummn' and he'll say, angels make
way der And de angels'll say, what fur
Lord, what fur? And den de Lord'll speak uE
sharp and say, | tell We, angels. make way dar
don't you see? Johnson's cummn'r"
The Shasta courier., 1859-10-08
LON DON
CLUB HOUSE GIN.
TO THE PUBLIC.

TH S CELEBRATED GIN-pretending to
L nothing but what it is, viz: a pure and un-
aduterated article, and assuming no artificial
merits of what it is not as some Of its rival im
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 MS beverage OF general use, to any other ar
uce competing against il, bnt is
Unrivalled Ina its Medical Emciency
in most cases Of complaint. Topersons travel
ing in these days OF rapid transit from East to
West North to South, who are constantly chang
ing their water AS well aS their climate: who are
drinking, indeed, a dozen kinds of water in ev-
cry twenty-four hours, and each draft contain
ing some property acting in chemical antag0nism
to the preceding one, thereby causing an unnnt-
ural degree OF excitement to tbe stomach-it is
positively and absolutely necessary to use a
counteracting agent. From the fact that the
"London Club House Gin"
is prepared expressly 10 meet such exigences,
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 Gino
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 aud extensive sale in California is
sufficient guarantee of the high appreciation
OF the article by consumers.
Various parties have from time to time pu' up
and shipped TO California an article which they
call Club House Gin" Ny Gin, which has
gained such reputation in California, is brand
ed on the cases,
"Old London Club House Gin--wm.H. ID. ;,
The bottles also have a white label with fac
simie of my signature. eau ion all parties to
beware OF Limitations. WIN. H. DAILY,
f5Hfis Sole Importer, New York
The Shasta courier., 1859-10-08

IHE SoNERvILLE ELoPENEsr.-Mr. J. Fl. Fra.
zee mas temporarily resumed the charge of the
Somerville Wing, its late editor having eloned
with his sister-in-law and gone to Californ;a
leaving wife and two children. The par,;e.
had been much respected. The name of ,be
eloping editor is Van Doren, some IS wears oId
and as intimated above. is married. The Iadx
IS some 22 years old, and said TO be beautiful :.
An intimacy is supposed to have existed between
them for some time. They have fed TO Califor.
ma and Van Doren left letter TO his wife saw.
ing that he had provided for her wants for some
time to come and would make remittances.-
Neudrk Adrertiser
The Shasta courier., 1859-10-08
PACIFIC FOUNDRY
......AND......
NJ A C. HINE SHOP
SAN FRANCISCO.
Established in lSan-

EStdDilSneu IN lSOU.
THE undersigned continue to manufacture.
l. at the above establi .hment. every kind of
machinery and of iron and brass casting
We are sole makers of HOWLAND'S 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 en-
gnrs force pumps, &c, &c.
Quartz miners can he supplied at short notice
with Screens of any degree of fin ness. 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 1t is our
design to turn ont 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 l. RANKIN.
Late Goddard Coz
San Francisco, Feb 10. 1858. aul3:6m
The Shasta courier., 1859-10-08

BANQUET FOR SEvENTY-FIvE THOUSAND SOL
DIERs-ln the same council, when it was de-
cied to disarm, the Emperor of the French re-.
solved to give to the fifty or seventy-i,e thou
sand men of the Italian army. who will make
their entry in Paris on the 18th of August, a
Dinner. as consolation or mark of acknowl-
edgment The dinner will take place in me
Park of St. Cloud. This gigantic repast wilfhe
ordered at five francs head, and furnished by
the enfrepreneurs of weddings and banouets.-
The New York Express remarks:
The Cssars of Rome never saw love feas,
like that. This will be the occasion for the Fm.
peror to reconcile. by tonching glasses. the
Marshals Canrobert and Mel. who are much
nurt since the battle at Solferino. The former
is diseased with the rapport of the letter w ;,,
appeared to criminate him, md he demanded a =
explanation. But the Emperor intercepted the
letter, ordered it to he DESTROYED, and declared
that nothing more should be said about it,
The Shasta courier., 1859-10-08
The Baby.

Another little wave
Upon the sea of life;
Another soul to save,
Amid its toll and strife.
Two more little feet
To walk the dusty road
To choose where two paths meet,
The narrow, or the broad.
Two more little hands
To work for good or i'll;
Two more little eyes
Another little will.
Another heart to love,
Receiving love again
And so the baby came,
A thing of joy and pain.
The Shasta courier., 1859-10-08

HARD HEADED AND GREASY NEGRo.-The
Utica N. " Observer has the following:
In Cleveland. last Monday afternoon. while
number of deck hands were engaged in plac-
ing large quantity of linseed oil in the hold oi
the steamer Iron City, something gave way. and
Il hogshead fell fair and square on the head of a
stalwart darkey who WAS at work in the hold
The hight from which the hogshead fell was
some six feet, and it ended about so that one OF
the heads struck him. A wild though smoihered
yell came up from that hold and the other dark
les, turning pale rs fidelity to their parents
would permit, rushed down to gather up the
mangled remains of their comrade Imagine
their constern fion upon seeing the hogShead
standing upright and the frightened and some.
what acerated countenance of the negro pro-
truding through the upper head His ad daman-
tine Uranium had driven through both heads Of
the hogshead without doing material injury
more than few cuts and very bad "scare
The hogshead had TO be knocked to pieces in
order to release him. and he emerged the greas-
lest niger ever probably seen in America.
While they were binding up his head he was
heard to remark. = Cor mighty, guess dis ere
darkey don't want any more lie on harr' He
was al his work in the afternoon, as well as
ever, apparently.
The Shasta courier., 1859-10-08
Nothing Like California.

A correspondent of the Marysville Express
relates the following good one:
Passing from grave to gay, have bran
new story to tell upon a rough specimen of the
returned Californian who but recently arrived
in this city. Like nearly every one from the
Pacific State, our friend was very hard to please
nothing appearing TO him half SO good as he had
been used to ut Mud Springs, the locality lin
Ell Dorado county, | believe) from which he
hailed. He told the landlord of the largest no.
tel in our city that his beds would not pass at
Mud Springs. The bar keepers liquors would
not pass at Mud Springs. The food placed e.
fore him was tolerable, but he declares it would
not pass at Mud Springs. In fact, the word Mud
Springs and pass were continual = lD5s9 .Ais
lips. At length it came to pass that during his
peregrinations through the city he was iutro-
duced into the family of an old and wealthy
merchant, who had a daughter only nineteen
years old Now, the merchant thought the
Californian would pass anywhere, and began
to look forward with high hopes to happy
union of him with his daughter. After several
visits, during which close intimacy sprang up,
the merchant took the gentleman from Mind
Springs to one side and propounded a series OF
very delicate questions. Now, sir, said the
merchant, it is high time should know ,our
purpose. 1t is time we should talk business
What think yon of my daughter2 1t was a
critical moment. 1t was trying time to both
parties. The Californian pulled his hat down
tightly over his eyebrows. He WAS terribly ag-
itated. He bit his lip He took an enormous
chew of tobacco. Well to tell the truth. old
Gunny Bags said he. wiping the perspration
from his face, your gal is shorter, but I'm
id If she'd pass at Mud Springsr The mer-
chant collapsed. The Californian returns to
Mud Springs on the next steamer
The Shasta courier., 1859-10-08

OBERLIN ABoLIrIovfsM--. So embittered is
Oberinism to anything southern, that at one
time the faculty and students resolved to nse no
produce of slave lahor-of course they cut cot
ton and eschewed tobacco altogether An ar
dent young student deeply imbued with this
nnti-slavery sentiment, happened to think, one
night. after retiring TO bed. that he was be-
tween pair of cottnn Sheets Ont he iumped.
took blanket and slept on the floor until morn
ing 1t WAS rather hard bed, hut it was better
to rest little. and turn over often. than snooze
all night in the sweat ofa negro Upon waking
up m the morning, he found that the carpet on
which he had slept, was halt cotton"
Pity the fool did Mt catch his death-cold.
The Shasta courier., 1859-10-08
SHASTA COURI Err.
The Old Folks.

How many of readers will recognize once
familiar scene in the following sketch? We ven
ture to predict that not a few-strong, brave
men, unused 10 the melting mood, will wipe
from their cheek the tear of sorrow because the
chief characters in that homy scene Of which
they once constituted a part have been removed
By the hand of Death.
The old man sat down by the chimney side,
His face was wrinkled and wan,
And he leaned both hands on his stout oak cane
As ifall his work was done.
His coat WAS of good old fashioned grey
The pockets were deep and wide,
Where his specs and his tobacco box
Lay snugly side by side.
The oil man liked TO stir the fire,
So near 10 him the tongs were kept;
Sometimes he unused as he gazed at the Goals,
Sometimes he sat and slept
What saw he in the emhers there2
All pictures of other years;
Aud now and then they wakened smiles,
But oftener started tears.
His good wife sat on the other side,
On high-backed flag seat chair,
see meath the pile of her muslin cap
The sheen ofher silver hair.
There's happy look on her aged face,
As she bHsly knits fi,r him,
And Nellie takes up the stitches dropped,
For Grandmothers eyes dim.
The children come and read the news,
To pass the time each day;
How it stirs the blood in the old mans heart,
To hear of the world away.
'Tis homely scene. told you SO,
But pleasant it is to view;
Al least thought it so myself,
And sketched it down for you.
Be kind unto the old, my friend,
They're worn with this worlds strife,
Though bravely once, perchance they fought,
The stern, fierce battle of life.
They Taught our youthful feet to climb,
Upward life's rugged steep;
Then let us lead them gently down
To where the weary sleep.
The Shasta courier., 1859-10-08

CURIOUS, VERY On n recent occasion Mr..
BUCHANAN appointed Minister to Central A.
meriea- The press wonld not have alluded TO
the fact beyond the bare announcement If !,
had not been whispered about that the An
pointee had q" Greek" for a father. and an
indian woman tor mother, leaving the reader
at loss to know whether the paternal stock
was OF classic or of Milesian origin. Bya sim
gular coincidence. Victoria about the time An.
pointed Minister to Central America. and our
city papers give a half column of minute ac.
count of his family and his personal history
This is characteristic of the compr-hensiveness
OF grasp of mind of many of our metropoli.
tan editors they know all ahout sf1rriner, u
but very little about men and things at home
" 7. Spirn ofthe Times
The Shasta courier., 1859-10-08

ANECDOTES OF S. S PRExTIss-These anec-
dotes are from Ten Years of Preacher
Life:"
The popular assembly was the place of his
proudest exhibitions. To the multitude he was
rs trumpet. He said. Fellow citizens p and.
duribas erectis, the people stood still. or swayed
to and fro, or shouted or were sad, smiled or
frowned, at his magic will lie was invited
Just after the adjournment of Congress in the
summer of l84s, TO address mass meeting ut
Havre de Grace. Maryland. and thus made his
how TO the audience Fellow citizens hy the
Father of Waters at New Orleans have said
Fellow citizens-on the banks of the beautiful
Ohio, have said Fellow citzens-here say Fell
low ciiizenS-and thousand miles beyond this
North, thanks be to God. can still say fellow
citizensE' Thus, in single sentence he saluted
his audience, drew every man woman, and child
near to him, made himself dear to them: by a
word covered the continent-hy a line mapped
the United States from the Gulf to the Lakes-bv
greeting warm from the heart, heaming from
the countenance. depicted the whole country, its
progress, development, grandeur glory and
union. Every hat was whirled in the air,
every handkerchief was waving, the welkin RING
with hurrahs, the multitude heaved up to the
stand, stood on tiptoe and shouted cheer after
cheer, MS if wild with JOY and mad with excite
ment. y
During the presidential canvass of 1874 he was
making one ofhis great speeches before an i'm
mense audience in Nashville Tennessee Over
come by his exertions, he fell fanting into the
arms his friend, Gov Jones, who frenzied with
excitement. shouted Mt the top OF his voice. over
the unconscious form which he supported, Die,
Prentiss die now. you will never have again an
opportunity so glorious"