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THE SHASTA CPURIE R.
VOLUME 11.
the
SHASTA COURIER
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9M.il. U. WISH, ARCHIBALD SKILLMA.N.
Editor* and Proprietor t.
Publication Office in Post Office Building, Main
Street, where all orders for Advertising and Job
Work should be left.
TKK.UN—lllvnriiibl) in Advance :
For One Year *IO.OO
•* Sis Months ;>,OU
Term* oT Advcrli*iii» :
For One Spmrc of 10 line? or less, one insertion,
Four Dollars ; for ouch subsequent insertion, Two
iKillars.
A liberal discount made to Monthly aud Yearly
Advertisers.
Job I’rinting
(*f every description promptly executed in a su
perior tuanuer.
t'B.t n, itoui;icm a «'<»'.«(
C'aiiforuiit and Oif "on lixpmu.
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sonville. (). T.. Oregon
City, W iiieliesler, Saleifi,
Also Ltnmehi s run-
SiotiV Rar,
A Illeiii.se ('reek,
Klamath and
M irysville uiul i’unlaiul.
iiiii" to
Humbug Creek,
ilalllblll'gll.
Sailors Digging'*,
Salmon Rivers.
Treasure, valualile packages, letters, for
w sided liy mir regular messengers to any of the
above naineil plaees.
Drafts drawn un any of Adams A Co’s offices
in the A’ laijtie Slates and Europe.
Cheeks draw n uf // ,/■ on all of Adams Jt Co's
offices in llie .Stale.
Highest price paid for (odd Oust.
Colhetions made, and all business entrusted
loonr care attended to promptly, and with dis
pat li. CHAM, HOC I HH.S & CO.
mv~ if
UIIOUKSi A M Sli’H SHASTA
K\i* it loss,
LEAVES Til K
, £
I.KAI KS
office ul Well s I- at- e
ire Co.. Sacramento, daily, for
l and all tow ns and points through
out Nor'hei it California, connecting ul Sacramen
to with Wells, I iiri'o Co’s Daily Kxpress to
Nun Francisco, and hv regular Mail Steamer on
tliu Ist. ‘Jill. Ditli mid '.‘a'li ot each mouth to the
Atlantic States mid Hurnpr.
Treasure, letters and other packages conveyed
fo and from the polo's above designated, with
the utmost dispatch.
(iitlil Dost (orw aided to the I . S. Mints at
I'll iladelph ill and New 111 leans, under policies
from the m >►! responsible Insurance Companies
i n l lie Kasti in (,' 1 1 i< s.
Drafts drawn hv John M. 11 bodes, ol the
Sieralionto City Rank, on New fork, New
Orleans. Cineitinali. Pittsburgh ; Stale Rank
of ((hio.
It. Davidson’s drafts for sale on Messrs. N.
M. HoliiMiiild A Sons. London t Messrs. De
lio'hsi lold \ Rros , 1' iris ; Messrs. .M. .V. Kotlis
eliild A Sons. Frankfort: Messrs. 1.. Heiireiis A
S no. Agents. ll.mbiHg: Mi ssis, filltll, (irilll
ing \ Co.. Lima and t alparaiso; A Helmoiit,
K*<|.. New I oi k.
Collections made and n’l business appertain-,
in; loan Kvpn ss Company executed promptly ,
und with especial regard to safety.
JAMILS M. RHODES,
111 HAM LI SK.
W DLLS. LARCH & CO.
OrneK*. —Shasta, in Post Office Rnildilig;
Sacramento, J stieet. between f ront and Si e
olld streets : San f I'aneiseo, 111 Mon'gomery
street; \\eav«ivi!!e. Messrs. ( hnreh A s
lohiding; y reka. lire-prool f,adding opposite
Vreka Hotel. noi l - tt
(’Ki n, KOVKKft 4 1 TO’S
Wm rmillf K\|iri‘s«.
f'rtiiinr ti'U nt S/ms'n trill Atlrims \ Co.
I.KAVKS TUB omCE
1 of Adams A Co. at
■2V ta ever*. W ednesdav and——
N. mol nings. Helm ning, leavi s mir of
fice in Weaviiai Icon Mondays and I bill .mays.
Treasure, V,dual,le pitekagi s, letters, etc. Icr
vvaniial hv our regular messenger w ith ‘lie ut
most dispatch.
Adams A Co’s drafts for sale on all their
ofli is a fie Atlantic Slates am. Knrope.
Sight Chi eks draw n
A « l» u p
on any of Adams A Co > otlices in this State,
flight st prite paid tor (mill Dust.
Collections mane, and all business in the Im
press line attended to promptly. ap-Hftf
NT.UiK mm: puu n.u k.uie.mo.
M|iriH|i A u nan geoieji!.
BAXTER A- CO. f. .s’. MAIL USE OF
S/0%- . f.'otn Skos'tt fo SneniMVH'o.
f*- F £r-~2* T,IK I’Hoi'HiK- r—-
-<t-s tors of the above line - ' —' “ "
Iteing desirous of aei oinliio.fating the traveling
public, hv running their line as .stum as the hail
state of the road would permit, have placed up
on this route their splendid stork ot American
Horses .and elegant Concord Couches, winch
v\ ill leave the Nl. Charles I Intel, Shasta, every
morning at 0 o'clock, A. M., lor Saerapieiiti ,
\ ia—
/mg’s S’piace-s,
yaa h iid.
Ctnrr Cird',
l> oinrrrrfi 'id s K'lnrh,
.1 utnic.iu Konch.^
(J*.) cmri kw/,
J’r-i.t, lloisf,
I‘oftn's Firry,
Cut Hijis,
■ ’J'lhomo, .
Joh "Holt's Couch,
Mounted L .
Fi' tccr < 'i n,
11 Tie's' an A
Cohtsfi.
Passengers arriving by this line can he tarn
ished wi ll animals for any part of the Northern
Mines hv Mr. .lames i.oug. at the Shasta Slock
Market.' wM- A. NUNNALLV. Agent
St. Charles Hotel.
Shasta. .March. ISVI « mr l-
COKFKK.
1 hekn and ground in one poind
Tiihaci-o. Grape. Aromatic and other brand*,
(testers. Sardines. Haisins. Figs. V, alums, &v.
Just received and for sale by
iinirDMi * TALBOT & SEATON.
lIAL.L. A CKA.\DAI,I/N I*. «. MAIL
LI N E T ROM Sll A STA T O
Muryurillc and Sue rumen to City.
MESSRS. HALL &
Cnrnclall have the
pleasure to announce, that llie above line of
stage* is again in full and active operation, from
Sh ;*"J ,a di rough Marysville to Sacramento.
luis line is stockei) with American horses,
that cannot bp surpassed or equaled in Califor
nia, and draw the most superb Concord Coaches
to be found on any road in the State.
Ihe proprietors of this Line pledge them
selves to the traveling community, that they
will put them through with more expedition,
more ease, cheaper, and in better style, than
any other line on this route. They have the
utmost confidence in offering this pledge, from
the (act that the drivers employed on this line
are nil experienced in their business, and are
temperate and responsible men. J’assengers
patronizing ibis line may rely upon every at
tion being shown them.
1 be stages, until iiirthcr arrangements, will
leave Shasta every morning at (J o’clock, and
arrive at Marysville the billowing morning at it
o’clock ; iea\e Marysville at 7 o'clock and
arrive at Sacramento City at 12 M., (the run
ning time 25 hours) in time to lake the steamers
lor San Francisco.
lids being the Daily United States Mail Line,
the stages stop at the following intermediate
places:
Middletown, Tehama, Marysville,
Eriggsville, Hidwell's, Eliza,
One Horsetowu, Neal’s Hunch, J’lumas,
Cottonwood, Hamilton, Nicolaus,
lied lilutis', Oak Grove, Lawson’s,
Charley’s Kami).
l. j.’ Ollice at the El Dorado Hotel, Shasta.
THOMAS J. FLVN.N, Agent.
Shasta, May 7,1852. my7tf
Tlc«iEE>!i PITT K 1 VKK A\H XHISTA
KXPKENN.
jti.Tir*?** LEAVES THE ST. CHARLES
Hold, Shasta, every Saturday
morning, arriving at tlie I’itt River Diggings
the ensuing evening. Returning, leaves York’s
trading post on Friday morning, arriving in
Slmstu the evening ol the same day.
All business connected with an Express, at
tended to w ith promptness.
Letters and papers procured from the Shasta
Rost Office and delivered to miners.
Also, all kinds ol packages carried.
mv7tf JOSEPH W. McGEE.
THK MJ ATi: OF t'AUFOBATA,
('f OV.NTY or TRINITY.— IX THE DLS-
J trict Court of the Eighth Judicial District
of said State.
The people of the State of California to Joseph
T. (ierman, George Legon, Peter Taylor, Win.
Mender and William Amici’), greeting:
Whereas a complaint was filed in the Hon.
District Court of the B'li Judical District in and
for the County of Trinity, by T. M. W inston, I*.
T. Miller. 1 . S. McKenzie, and G. 15. Winston,
on the 18t ii day ol January, A. D. 1853, wherein
thev complain that on or about the Ith clay of
.September, A. D. 1 ST), you received certain
stock of them, to w it. - Horses and mules for the
purposes of ranching, at the rale of three dol
lar.- per month pi t' head, in the State of Califor
nia; and have to this day refused and neglected
to delivi r them to said plaintiffs, and still refuse
to do so.
You are therefore hereby summoned to ap
pear and answer in said Court the said com
plaint within ten days after the service hereof, if
served within this comity, within twenty days if
served within said district. And in all other
cases within lofty days, exclusive of the day of
service.
And you will take notice that if you fail to
answer the plaintiffs complaint, the plaintiffs
will apply to the Court for the relief demanded
in said complaint.
Wilm s- Hon. .1. M. I’etcrs. Judge of the Bth Ju
dicial District Court, mill my private seal an
nexed, there being no seal ol -aid Court as
yet provided. JNO. C. 11 IRCM, Clerk.
Tiros. L. Bki.i., Deputy.
Ordered by said Court that the above sum
mon- be published in the Shasta Courier for
three months. JOHN C. 151HCH, Clerk.
Thus. L. Bum., Deputy.
May 8, 1853. my 7 3m
(TTY Billfi STOKE.
yearly Opposite the Pont Office, Shasta.
■7 THE SUBSCRIBER WOULD RES
peel fully inform the citizens of Shasta and
the pnidic generally, that he has lately
it l. ived ami k» eps constantly on hand, a large
assortment ol Drugs, Medicines. Patent Medi
cines, Perfumery, etc., consisting in part of the
following:
Seidlitz and Yeast Powders. Cream of Tartar,
Tartaric Acid, Soda, Borax, Hops, Osgood’s
Cholagogue, Pain Killer, Liniments, Jaynes’
Mctlicint -, Balls’, Townsend’s and Sands' Sarsa
parilla, Thompson’s Eve Water, Patent Pills,
etc., w hich he offers for sale wholesale and ic
lail at reasonable prices.
Physician.-* prescriptions and orders from ad
jacent settle neuts, will be promptly and accu
rately attended to. C. ROTHE.
nmiTd if Druggist and Apothecary.
BAO.OOD HEYVAKO.
SUCH HAS MET OUR EYES
on many occasions lately, but
* our wish is to lei our friends
and the public know that we are now ready to
furnish specifications and plans on all kinds of
buildings. All kinds of job work done with
neatness and dispatch. Furniture of all kinds
such as Bedsteads. Cuts, Lounges. Sofas, Chairs.
Dining. Breakfast. Stand and Centre Tables, al
ways on hand. Ail kinds of Sash made to or
der. Turning of all kinds done to order.
All orderstor work in our line will be prompt
ly attended to.
Shop at the head of Main street. Shasta,
marl'd tf CURTISS st HUGHES.
AI>.nIATSTKATOK'N .\OTIf E.
VL L PER SO N S HAVING CLAIMS
against the estate of EtV.i Cheney,deceased,
are rctpiircd to present them with the necessary
vouchers to the undersigned, at his residence in
Placer City. Colusi Comity, within ten months
from the date hereof, or they will be forever
barred. R. H. PRATT, Administrator.
Placer City, April 30, 1853. ap3o -It
AD.UIMSTKATOR’S NOTICE.
VLL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS against
the estate ol A. W. Collins, deceased, are
required to deliver I lit in with the necessary
vouchers, within ten months after the date here
of. to the undersigned. Public Administrator, at
the Clerks office of Siskiyou County, in Vreku
City. 1). H. LOWRY, Pub. Adm’r.
April 26, 1853. ap3o 4t
SHASTA, CAL., SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1553.
THE SHASTA COURIER.
Discii-sioii on the Mclllcr nil I—Speech of
Senator K. T. Npragne.
Quite an exciting debate, says the Democratic
State Journal, occurred in the 7th inst., the sub
ject under discussion being Mr. Grewell’s “Set
tler Bill.'’ Amendments offered by Mr. Crabb
and Mr. Ralston embody the principle which
gave rise to the discussion. Mr. Crabb's amend
ment is us follows:
“ When the plaintiff upon trial establishes a
title or right of possession to the premises in
suit, he shall be entitled to a reasonable com
pensation for the use of the land from the day
and date of settlement thereon by the defend
ant. The compensation allowed by the Court
or the Jury, as the case may be, slmjl be deduct
ed from the value of the improvements ascer
tained as hereinafter provided.”
Mr. Ralston suggested that this should be
so amended as to read “that the plaintiff after
proving title, Ac., &c., might secure damages
from the time when the defendant or those un
der whom he claims had legal notice of the
plaintiff’s claim.” After some discussion be
tween Messrs. R. and C., the latter gentleman
accepted this amendment.
Many speeches were made, almost every Sena
tor present, says the Journal , seeming desirous
of defining Ins position on the question. We
are indebted to the legislative reporter of that
paper for the following remarks of Senator
Sprague on the question of the adoption of the
amendment:
Mr. President —T am somewhat surprised at
the amendment proposed hv the Senator from
Sail Joacpiiu, or that portion of it which requires
tlie occupying claimant to pay to the parly by
whose superior title he is ejected, rent for the
lands from the day of his settlement thereon. 1
believe this amendment, if adopted, would most
effectually destroy the object of the bill, so far
us protection of the equitable claims of the oc
cupant are concerned. II I understand the ob
ject of the bill it contemplates affording to a
parly who hail in good faith settled upon the
lands, made lasting and valuable improvements
thereon, believing the same to be government
lands, without notice actual or constructive, of
any adverse claim or tills*, the means of obtain
ing some compensation for tbo labor and ex
pense of making such improvements as enhance
the value of the lauds, and of which the newly
discovered owner in fee is about to reap the
benefit. By this amendment the occupying
claimant would be forced into the position of a
tenant paying rent from year to year, not only
for use of wild and unimproved lands, but for
the use of the identical structures and improve
ments which he himself had created. Thus you
compel the occupying claimant to pay for the
product of his own labor, because he has been
so unfortunate through ignorance or mistake as
to bestow it upon lands, the fee of which turns
out to be in a private party, instead of his gov
ernment.
This. sir. would destroy the protection which
1 think is due, and should be extended to such
parties as can legitimately be brought within the
provisions of this bill.
I am willing the occupying claimant should
be charged fur the use of the laud us it was at
the time of his settlement thereon for the entire
term of his occupancy; or I am willing that he
should be charged with rent from the time be )
received actual notice, or hau knowledge of an
adverse title, at the rate of a fair valuation of the
rents and profits of the premises as they w< re
at the time he received such notice, and that tin*
amount of rents and profits thus estimated should
he deducted from the value of the lasting im
provements.
All 1 desire is that simple, even-handed jus
tice he dealt out to the mistaken occupant, and
the successful claimant in fee, and if I under
stand the friends of this bill, it is ail they desire
to accomplish by it.
There lias long existed in many* of the old
States, what is termed an “ Occupying Claimant
Law,” framed for the precise object contem
plated by this bill, with similar provisions to
meet similar circumstances, and in all of these
laws with which I am acquainted, the success
ful claimant is only entitled to recover rents and
piofils from the date of the service of his writ
of ejectment. But it may he said that the occu
pying claimant is required to establish a con
nected record title before be can claim the ben
efit of the law in those States, and that this bill
seeks to give a [tarty the value of his improve
ments made upon lauds, without even the color
of title. To this I would reply, the peculiar
circumstances of our country ; the total absence
of a valid record title to a foot of land w itliin the
limits of our State, and from present prospects
years may yet elapse before any such titles to
lands in our State will exist.
The acquisition of this territory from Mexico
vested the absolute title to all the lands within
its limits in the Government of the United
Slates subject to the conditions of the treaty
which guarantied to Mexican citizens their right
of properly. These citizens bold their lands
under grants from the Governments of Mexico
or Spain —some genuine, some fraudulent, some
imperfect, and nil indefinite and uncertain as to
limits and location. Ail have yet to obtain the
sanction of and patent from the Government of
tin* United States, with definite boundaries and
limits, before we can distinguish accurately the
Government lands from the lands of private par
ties.
I hold then. sir. that since the acquisition of
this territory, to the present time, the legitimate
presumption is that all the lands within the lim
its of our State are Government lands. During
the jiast four years this State has been settled
with unparalleled rapidity, by industrious and
enterprising American citizens, who have sought
a home here with their families, without the
possibility of obtaining even yet a reliable, valid
title to an acre of laud.
Many have occupied, settled upon and improv
ed the wild and vacant lands, honestly believ
ing the same to be Government lands, without
notice absolute or constructive, of the existence
of adverse claims or private grants of the same
lands, and indulging the fond hope that the poli
cv heretofore pursued by our government
would ere long enable them to secure the title
to their farms, with their improvements at a
uominal price. They have developed the agri
cultural resources ol our Male, and contribute
more to its substantial wealth and prosperity
than any other class of our citizens.
This is the only class of claimants which the
bill under consideration is designed to protect.
Should they be dispossessed of the lauds which
their labor has subdued, cultivated and improv
ed, and the proceeds of their toil and fruits of
1 their industry, obtained under such circumstau
cos. be appropriated for tlie benefit of a party
wno ImppeMß to succeed in perfecting an incho
"'e “' c ‘*icnu and Spanish grant, without com
pensation for their improvements, to the extent
, 'be* enhanced value oftiie land, resulting from
these improvements 1 J answer no! Every
principle of equity and justice forbids it. The
circumstances under which our State has been
and is being settled, demands such protection
as is demanded in this bill. The welfare- and
piospei ity of our State demand it—tec security,
peace and good order of society demand it. A
just and rational government will protect her
citizens in the possession ot their property, and
in the enjoyment of the fruits of meritorious and
honest industry.
I do not stand here the advocate of that class
of unscrupulous adventurers described by the
gentb man from Solano, who have wantonly
seized upon and occupy lands, with a full know
ledge of existing grants, or adverse claims to the
same lands. Nor do I intend the prejudices
they have excited and I lie opprobrium which at
taches to their acts, shall blind me to the just and
equitable chi inis of those who settle upon and
improve wild and unoccupied lands in good
taiih, prior to any knowledge or notice of any
existing private glint or adverse claim. I have
heard instances when parlies holding these in
choate Mexican grants, have stood by and al
lowed others to settle upon and improve lands
covered by these grants, believing the same to
he public lands, neglecting and refusing to notify
the settler of his mistake, with the avowed ob
ject of eventually enforcing his title, dispossess
ing the settler, and appropriating the fruits of
his labor. Such instances are known to exist,
and there may have been many. Vet the stern
rigor of the law would enforce the demand of
the party holding the title in fee, and aid him in
this infamous appropriation of the fruits of his
neighbor's honest industry. *• No one is permit
ted to take advantage of his own wrong,” is a
very old legal maxim, and 1 desire to see it en
forced and applied to the occupying claimant, as
well as to the owner in fee of the lands in this
State.
[Ber Cram, Rogers & Co’s Express.]
Regular Vrcka Con capo.idoncc.
Yeka City, May 9, 18)3.
Messrs. Editors, —Since my last dispute'll,
vve have had “ orfal duius” in this town. On
the evening of the sth, n party of thirty-six Chi
namen arrived, carrying their traps themselves
as usual, and this terrible advent caused a mo.si
tremendous excitement amongst six men and
one boy (from I’ike County) of our mining com
munity. A meeting was called forthwith for
the purpose of requesting them to leave: bn’
some of our citizens, who were possessed of
that rather scarce article, common sense, sug
gested that a general meeting should he called, in
order to test the feelings of the whole community
on the question. Accordingly, on Friday even
ing. a very large proportion of our mining and
city population met at the Yreka Hotel, where
the meeting was organized by choosing Mr.
Corant as Chairman, and Mr. Geo. C. Furber as
Secretary. Lund calls were made for Mr. Good
all, (one of our Justices of the I’eace) but as In
was not at that time present, Mr. Hathaway ad
dressed the assemblage,in favor of allowing any
and all industrious and peaceful persons to reside
and work in our mines, so long as they shall
comp’y with our laws. Mr. Worden followed
in opposition to foreigners of the Celestial spe
cies, hut made rather a lame argument. Judge
Robinson was then vociferously called for. and
be responded in a manner which did him infinite
credit, and was sufficiently successful in his
reasoning to convince any person whom reason
ing would convince, that the proper and just
course was, to allow the Chinamen to remain.
He also offered a series of resolutions to that ef
fect, which gave rise to a dehate, and to a speci
men of oratory " seldom equalled and never ex
celled,” by the young gentleman from Five
County before mentioned. 1 never before so
regretted my ignorance ol Stenography as upon
this occasion, for had I been able to have sent
you this speech, both your Courier and your cor
respondent would have been immortalized.
However, the speaker assured us that ** lie was
up to knees in mud daily—made an adobe every
day —could not tell if bis ancestors came from
the land where the glorious Rhine rolls its tipsy
waves to meet the vast ocean,” etc., but alas !
in spite of this brilliant effort, when the vote
was taken, there were but six who voted in op
position to the resolutions. The opponents of
the Celestials will bold another meeting to-mor
row, (Sunday,) but I apprehend the Chinamen
will not he meddled with.
You have noticed the marriage of P. Murray,
Esq., J. F., to Miss Stone, and I assure you that
this was one of the most agreeable affairs which
has yet taken place in Yreka, The invitations
were very extensive, consequently the galaxy of
beautiful and accomplished ladies, who it is well
known, always take great interest in matters of
this kind, were armed with all their charms and
graces, causing the hearts of many of our unfor
tunate Benedicts to respond most fervently to
that passage of scripture, reading, “ go thou and
do likewise.” ■
Business continues extremely dull, ns no one
here purchases any thing but what he really
needs. The miners have learned wisdom by ex
perience, and are as economical in expenditure
as are any of the people of the older States.
Gambling, too, is almost entirely eradicated,
there being lint one table in the place, and this
is not in operation hut one or two nights in the
week. This shows the utter uselessness of le
gislating upon the subject, for public opinion
will always accomplish what laws < annot.
We are about to have a school established here
and the auspices for it are very favorable. Al
though the subscription paper was presented but
a little more than one day, a sufficient sum was
obtained to ensure success. This also speaks
well for the intelligence of onr citizens.
F. S.—Although a meeting was appointed, as
I before wrote, to oppose the Chinese, not one
attended it, and Cekstiality is entirely in the as
cendant. Yours, R. DE C.
C^ 5 We see bv the Columbia Gazette of Sat
urdav that an Indian war, between different
tribes, is brewing in Tuolumne. The cause as
signed is the killing of an Indian who prophe
cied against them. After negotiating for several
days, gays the Gazette, without an amicable set
tlement of the difficulty, the two tribes resolved
to settle the affair by a pitched battle, on Table
Mountain, on Thursday last. It was a mournful
and melancholy sight to hearthe wailings of the
women and children as they passed m their hid
ing places in the mountains, previous to the con
templated battle. The battle, we presume, did
not lake place, as the day was an unusually rainy
and disagreeable one, and we saw a number of
warriors on that day in Columbia. If a compro
mise is not made, or if the legal authorities do
inteifere, a battle will inevitably take place, as
considerable preparation —sucli as jioinling ar
rows and whetting knives —have been already
made, and both parties are resolved on fighting.
NUMBER 11.
[Per Rhodes &. Lusks Express.}
Proceedings of flic Native American .11 orr•
ing in Yrt kn.
Persnant to a call made liy the patriots of Vre
ka. the aforementioned patriots, scorning the
util tow limits ot the city, and the yet more con*
tracted limits of citadel'or h dl, met on the Pla*
za, to give vent to their pent-up eloquence and
discuss the matter in issue, and with shouts of
freedom, loud a d glorious, make old Butte bob
Ids bead and Siskiyou declare herself free, even
as old I’ike herself is free.
The meeting being called to order Capt.
was appointed President Hans Fnlwickel You
KTout Hotter, Vice President, and Pat Dennis
Fitzmuggeu O’Gaffcrty. Sec’y. Order being
obtained u specimen from Pike offered a few re.
solutions denouncing the Chinamen as a “ pesky
rat-eating inginiferous set of varmints:” that
they had sneaked in here to take the gold from
the great American People, who had “font the
tarnal red Injuns out of it.” He accompanied
the resolutions wish the following hurst:
Mr. President :—A right smart chance has been
said about China and Chinamen bein’ a benefit
to this here country. But see here, old Hogs,
that ar nil stutf. Von hear me bark—it ar nil
stuff. They may boast ’bout (be fragrance of
time darned foii-clnui-bohee tea; but I tell you it
ar no more to be compared with the odoriferous
sassafrac ol Pike or the splendifferons giusang
ot Posey, than the gloss ol tlmr pesky hides to
the beautiful dyes of 1 lie butternut. And fut*
tliermore, Air. President, el lids here country’s
goin’ to be run over with that tbar kind of stock,
I works in the mines no mure—nary »ime. You
hear me cluck!
Here timid cheers he gave down and Myn
heer Von Duzendorfer rose and said :
Mish'er I'reset tent: —I vas stood dare and I vas
hear mine friend vas say; vol he vas say vas ha
very goot. law, yaw—l vas dink so iteder, by
dam. I vas coined trom Sharmnny to St. Louis,
and dare 1 vas bear It out de gold in Californy.
Den 1 vas dink. Hans better vas you go dare too.
So I comes mitde plains across, and L dink, now
Hans you vas gits gold ablenty. But veil I gits
hero 1 finds dat detain toriners vas corned in
from de oder side and vas dig all tie gold out,
and I vas only git von leetle bit. And so, ven
de great American Bee-pies vill noltrivedc tain
formers out from de gantry, 1 goes back to
Sliarniauy. by lam !
Here Dutchy rested and Pat Dennis Fitzmug
gen O’Gaffcrly tirose and said :
Yer Honor ike Prisidenl: —Be the houly St.
Pathrick 1 tout I’d be utilier spakiu’ a few words
on the snbjict that is now ngitatiu this great
American Paple. And as I am a frayniau me
silt, and belave in fray and .aqual rights—and
<is sine tis 1 stand on Iray sile with ihe proud
haulier ot fniydom tifloalin’ over me head, so
sure is the laud offraydom gone to the Divil if
the damn’d furry tiers are not driven out. An*
i’ll lell yer Honor, whin 1 started fiom Tippera
ry I heerd that in Calaforny they were gitiu’
gouhl in quartz, nu’ I’ve been here now a year,
lackin a fortnite or thru wakes, anil not a gill
have I, be tlie powers, when I should have had
gallons by ibis lime, burin the furryuers and
die whisky, be damn’d to 'em !
Here Paddy sank and Johnny Crapcau rose
and said:
MUinlr President :—Pardonuez moi. I tinke to
zay von leetle vial on de mattuir. I linke do
propair vny yon do in diz difficnlte be to mako
von leetle. grand, superb, maguifujite roup d'etat,
by gar, like ze grand Napoleon, and push ze
dam vorineiz in de Pacitltpie, ccltainilienj.
Else 1 not git von leetle bit ze gold to prezeut to
Louis Napoleon, de grand Empereur of La
Belle Fruneaise. Vive la Napoleon.
Your Reporter, B. 8.
letter icu.u .'sail ii»uc>
Mr. Biirtly arrived at Sacramento on Wed
nesday, bringing ilie Great Salt Lake Mnil,
with dates from Deseret to the 15th April.
We are indebted in the State Journal and
Californian tor the following summary of news:
Mr. Bartly and party bad rather a hard limo
»t it from bad roads, high waters and want of
provisions—the party at one lime being obliged
to live on “ roast dog,” which they pronounced
superior to venison, especially when venison is
not to be had. The water in the Humboldt
River is very high, and for live days after leav
ing that river the party had to swim every cre< k
on their trail. Joseph Davis is building a bridge
over the Humboldt at the upper crossing.
On the 2(ith nit., 110 miles up the Humboldt,
met Joseph Barnard with the mails for Salt
Lake. Met but lew Indians, and found tin tax
very friendly.
Bussed the train with the Mormon Church
stock, containing over 800 head ol cattle—Davis
& Helm's train (from Kentucky) 700 head—
Maupin’s train with over 1400 sheep, and several
other smaller trains.
At Carson Valley the miners are doing very
well. Provisions were rather high, but ere tins
everything is in abundance, as several pack
trains were passed near the valh y.
From Mr. Burtly we learn that the season at
the Lake was very backward, and at the time
he left the farmers had just commenced putting
in wheat. Flour was somewhat scan e, ana
worth $G per hundred. Holliday &, Warner'*
great train was to leave for California on the
ISth nil., with 1500 head of cattle and 30 largo
wagons loaded with flour.
On the 6ih April the Annual Church Confer
ence was held, and an immense concourse of
Mormons from every part of the Valley were
present. The address of Brigham Young at
the opening is said to have been denunciatory of
Americans (whom lie represented to the fair
sex as being ‘‘gay deceivers,”) and of the
“ Gladdenites,” a new sect who differ from the
other Mormons only in disbelief of the spiritual
wife system. They are on the increase, and
Brigham \oung is much afraid of their in
fluence.
The emigration to California Las been check
ed by Brigham Young, who has forbidden any
Mormon to leave the Territory without a pass
port, and then refuses to sign any.
The police regulations are more stringently
enforced than formerly, and Mjtmons as well u*
Gentiles are daily to be seen working in the
chain gang.
A few days before the mail left, two Ameri
cans stole a number of cattle and started lor Cal
ifornia by the Southern route. A party sent in
pursuit was intercepted by the celebrated Utah
Chief Walker, who told the men that the Ameri
cans were good men and his friends—had given
him guns, powder and lead, and he would not
see them hurt. The Mormons returned to the
city on the sth of April, when measures wera
taken to raise a company and chastise Walker
for his insolence.
The Deseret Neirs contains but little news — its
columns being chiefly filled with Church mat
ters. By reference to its advertisements we
learn that pretty much everything required in
that community is produced at home —nails,
chairs, brushes, brooms, and all manner of
“ Yankee Notions” are manufactured.