The Shasta courier., 1860-01-07

Mid the hosts in rigid pallor
SIumbering meath Wars sombre curtain
How he honored the Victorious
How he heaped with thrift the thrifty
How he did and died, the glorious
Nine, the noblest of the Fifty p
Men Of Shasta would you listen
To the record of his glory,
Hearts would swell and eyes would glisten
While I'd tell his lofty story.
While Id tell it p? it is ended,
Signed and sealed his record solemn.
See its grace and grandeur blended,
Decks the CoURIER's precious columns,
Where as daily it unfolded
Over Beings thousand stages,
It in adamant was nodded
To outwear the wearing ages,
Read it there, its lofty lesson,
Or unheeded let it slumber.
Loftier duties claim the Present,
Loftier cares its passage cumber.
In Humanity's sndeavor,-
In its labors and its duties,
Yesterday is nought forever,
And Tomorrow is as fruitless,-
Fades the Past in viewless distance
What is Future but vision p
NoW is eal-life-existence,-
Fraught with woe or joys elysian,
Nay-the Past guide immortal
Stands to warn US when we wander.
Nay, beyond the Futures portal,
All is ours to save or squander;
Guided by the form that beckons
From Times mystic cycles darkling,
We may wreathe the passing seconds
In crown of glory sparkling;
Are there errors, folly, badness,
Blighting every social pleasure?
Are corruption, fraud and madness,
Sapping dry Nations treasurer
Threatning lite, its hope and beauty
To o'erwhelm and blast and severn
Strong in light and strong in duty,
We may crush them, Now and ever.
Is 1t truth or is it slander
Of this land like Eden blooming,
Where angelic forms might wander,-
That the wandering angel, Woman
Natures priestess high and holy
Earth's one gem from heaven borrow'd,
Binds the staining wreath of Folly
Round her ever radiant forehead?
Bends the knee to barbarous Fashion,
Robs her babes for robes Of splendor,
Floats on every breeze of passion
Nips each modest Virtue TENDER
Hath her spotless column broken
Bade her hold on Honor sever
Blast the lip that SO hath spoken,
Blast, oh God the Lie forever!
Say they not in basest scandal
That we, in our abyss awful,
Reckon Murder noble-manful,-
And the robbers booty lawful
They who deem it murder spilling
Life-vouchsafed of God, its Donor
On the midnight's peaceful pillow,
Or the MONDAY " field of honor ?"
And unskilled in Virtues measure,
Argue with illogic labor,
That, who robs the public's treaure,
So would rob his friend and neighbor.
Fools they see not in their blindness
That is brave and This is clever;
Manly faith and human kindness
Blot the scandalous charge foreveri
Say they with purpose truthful,
AT our social system cav'ling;
That its members young or youthful
Ruins spacious road are travelling;
License, shame, and vice contagious,i
Tainting through thousand channels,
Them future dark presages,
Known not in our countrys annals;
That the lack of high example,
Daily guides, and Sabbath teaching,
Sets them free to scorn and trample
Wisdom's voice and Virtues preaching
That an unschool'd generation
Is the fulcrum and the lever
Which shall hurl our lordly nation
PROSTATE in the dust forever?
Say they truly or in error,
That, along our wales and mountains
Rolls monster wave of terror,
Poisoning its living fountains,
Like the lava-torrent pouring
When the heaving mountain shiyers,
In its march of He'll, deyouring
Field and forest, vale and river;
Creeping like embodied famine,
Over fields of wealth and pleasance,
To impoverish and contamine
By its foul and fostering presence?
Say they true-'tis we who basely
Shrink from effort or endeavor,
While this scourge of scourged Asia
Treads US down and down forever7
Is it but fancy fleeting,
That beyond yon wastes terrific,
Hearts in consonance are beating
Win the far yet dear Pacific,
Waiting anxiously the era
Bearing in our close communion.
When across those deserts dreary
Clasps the iron bond of Union,
And the hre-winged envoy launches
From the Giant occidental,
To regraft the scattered branches
On the sacred stem parental p
Shall we not-their hopes inspiring
Till we bridge the gulfs that sever.
Labor earnest, and untiring,
Now,-and now,-and now, forever?
Is it true ?-momentou query,
Fraught with consequences solemn
That there stands inscribed clearly
On the Printers Ledger's column
70 indisputable letters,
(Recompense of faithful laborsl
Names of conscience hardened debtors
Who have read their unpaid papers7
Face ye Boreas when he whistles
Lightnings ride or stick with spliuters
Strsw your bed with crumbs or thistlesl
But beware the wrsthful Printer
Vengeance dread for them is brewing.
Who have thus offended ever,
Would you fee impending ruin2
Pay him Now or pay him as soon
as convenient; and by so putting I
boss in good humor you will mu
oblige the
CARRIER.
CHzAP.-Quail are selling at Eureka, Hu
'oldt county, at IS cents per dozen. They S
sadiy in Shasta at three dollars per dozen.