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THE SHASTA COURIER.
VOLUME II-
THS
•SHASTA COURIER
‘ IS PCBMSHKDEVKRT SATURDAY MORNING,
ll|m7| I> A I>ON!I.
*IM. H. DOSH, ARCHIBALD SKILI.MAN.
editors and Proprietors.
Publication l 'fiiec in Courier Building, on High
Jitreet, where all orders for Advertising and Job
Wort should be left.
I'EKAI*—I ■•variably in Advance :
For One Year 9 10,00
“ Six Mouths 5,00
Tcrnix of Advi i lising s
For One Square of 10 lines or loss, one insertion,
Four Dollars ; for each subsequent insertion, Two
' Hollars.
A liberal discount made to Monthly and Yearly
Advertisers.
Job Priitliti^
Of every description promptly executed in a su
perior mann r.
UIIODKS A t.l SK’H KIIAKTA
ExntiiNM,
LEAVES THE
office of W It’s Fiir-«- jL*i-.-v
ScSrilit.l*Xi go &, Co., Sacramento, ilaily, for
M htutta, Ynkn, ami all town:- anil points through
■int Northern California, connecting ai Sacramen
to with Wells, !• argo A Co s Daily Express to
San Francisco, anil l»y r ognlar '’ail Steamer on
the Ist, 9th, Kith ami g.lh of each mouth to the
Atlantic States ami Europe.
Treasure, letters ami other packages conveynd
•.o anil from the point.; above designated, with
the utmost dispatch.
Gold Dust forwarded to the U. S. Mints at
Philadelphia and New Orleans, under polii i- s
from the most responsible Insurance. Companies
in the Eastern Cities.
Drafts drawn by John M. Rhodes, of the
Sacramento City bank, on New York, New
Orleans, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh ; Elate Bank
of Ohio.
15. Davidson’s drafts for sale on Messrs. N.
M. Rothschild & Sons, London; Messrs.
Rothschild A Bros., I’aris ; Messrs. M. A. Roths
child A Sons, Frankfort; Messrs. L Behrens &
Sons, Agents, llamhnrg; Messrs, lluth, Grim
ing A Co., Lima and Valparaiso; A Belmont.
£nq., New York.
Collections made and nil business appertain
ing to an Express Company executed promptly
and with especial regard to safety.
JAMES M. RHODES,
HIRAM LI SK,
WELLS, FARGO A CO.
.Omens. —Shasta, in Post Office Building;
Sacramento, .1 street, between Front anil Sec
ond streets; San b rancisco, 114 Montgomery
"street; U eaverville, Messrs. Church A. Mix’s
building; Vreka, lire-proof building opposite
Vreka Hotel. Sep Kill
WASHINGTON tl IKK! T.
SPBSCRI BEItS, SINCE _
the lute lire, have relilteil llie
above market.at the old stand
on Main street, where they may be found at all
times ready to wait upon their friends and tin
public generally. Their
MEAT MARKET
will be supplied with ail the variety the coun
try affords. They are receiving daily supplies
nl vegetables Irnin the Lawson Ranch. Also, a
general variety of
TAMIL Y PRO VISIONS.
A liberal share of public patronage is respect
fully solicited.
MAYER & POM ROY.
Shnsta. July 1(5. I Ss:{. jvUl’f
1.1. ME ! LOiK!
A LARGE supply ol Lime of excellent qual
ity. always on band, by
au27 tf .1. S. MORSE. Shasta.
it. C. nous. JAMKS It. I.KWIS. KOC.AU ItbUlitiS.
11. HO UN A CO.,
IMPORTERS OF HAY \NA SEGARS, Brick
Building, AS Sansonie Street, between Cali
fornia and Pine Streets. San Francisco. Cal., keep
ei in stall tly on hand a lull supply ol Sugars anil
Tobaceo. togeliier with Matches, Snull, Ac., Ac.
H|ig;( t f
VlTt IIOIIMK,
R ear of the California Exchn n sre,
Nhasiti.
THE FNDRRSIGNED, I’ROPRIETOIt
of the above establishment begs leave
to call the attention of the public at
large, to liis new ami commodious
C ’
It A TUI A C ROOMS
situated in the rear of the California Ex
change—ami takes this method ol in
nothing shall be wanting mi
Oil
n
KiiSiiu
forming them, that
his part, that will conduce to the comfort ol
those who may favor him w ith a ca.M.
He is also prepared to give SHOWER
15AT HS.
Single Tickets. $1 Oh
Fifteen “ - - - - 10 00
Thirty “ ... Iti 00
rir* Hot and cold Baths at all hours,
mar 12 tf S. LEAN.
01. l VK HKANCII HOTKI, EOKS.U-E.
THE r.N’DERSIGNED. WISHING TO
change his business, oilers for sale the
well known
OLIVE BRASCII HOTEL AST) RANCH,
lying on the main stage route from Shasta to
Sacramento, and mi the north side of Cottou
wood. The Rauch contains Kill acres of amble
land, tin 1 whole enclosed bv a substantial lenee.
Among the improvements upon the Rauch are
the following:
A good and commodious Dwelling House, for
the past three years kept as a public hotel: a
first rate Barn, si.jiii ienllv capacious to contain
100 tons of hay, ami comfortably stable fifty
burses; a well of good water at the dour—also
a w»ell in the garden, with a chain pump and
hose attached to it for conducting the water to
all parts of the garden; a Garden containing
about five acres of laud in a high state of culti
vation; together with a Grainery, Cellar, Milk
House, Chicken House. Condi, and all other ne
cessary buildings ami improvements. The
“ Olive Branch,” too. has always been a stag"
station on the Sacramento road. Ihe terms
will he made reasonable.
For full particulars inquire of tho tuliseriher
on the premises.
Cottonwood. Jnlv If>. ISVt.
WM. LEAN,
jylfitf
It. C. r.AKKK. K - UAKTKU.
RAKER »V fIARTEB,
Attorneys iiiml Counsellors nl I.nw.
OFFICE in 1). Corsaut's buildings.
ap23 if
HAM. & CKAMMI.I.’S 11. 9. n.UL
LINE FROM SHASTA TO
Jlnrysvillc aui! Narraairnto City.
MESSRS. HALL*
r^-~-LlaCrandall have the
pleasure to announce, that t!ie above line of
stages is again in full and active operation, from
Shasta through Marysville to Sacramento.
This line is stocked with American horses,
that cannot be surpassed or equaled in Califor
nia, and draw the most superb Concord Coaches
to be found on any road in the State.
The 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 ottering this pledge, from
the fact that the drivers employed on this line
are all experienced in their business, and are
temperate and responsible men. Passengers
patronizing this line may rely upon every at
tion being shown them.
The stages, until further arrangements, will
leave Shasta every morning at (i o’clock, and
arrive tit Marysville the following morning at 3
o’clock ; leave Marysville tit 7 o’clock and
arrive at Sacramento City at 12 M., (the run
ning lime 2.) hours) in time to take the steamers
for Snn f .anctsco.
This being the Daily United States Mail Line,
the stages Jitop at the fullowin
places:
Lower Springs,
Canon House,
Clear Creek,
Cottonwoi id,
lied Bln I IS,
Tehama,
intermediate
Lawson’s, Hamilton,
Lawson’s Eliza,
Oak Grove, Plumas,
Hidwell’s, Nicolaus,
Neal’s Ranch, Marysville.
Charley’s Ranch,
I -.r Oilice at Adams & Co’s Uauking House.
THOMAS J. FLYNN, Agent.
Shasta, May?, 1852. my7tf
XTAtit! mm: I 011 HACK ATI UNTO.
BAXTER .)• CO. V. S’. MAIL USE OF
Eluc> » from Shut!a to Sacramento,
V i it. (ill ii on :i n<l tl ary«vi I If .
L THE PRO PR lE
' .W-fc tors of the above line*™* 5 " 6 *®*®* 5 ™
beintf desirous of accommodating the traveling
public, have determined to run through to Sac
ramento hy the way ot Colusa anil Marysville.
Their line collection of American horses, all
in line condition, and elegant Concord Coaches,
are a sntlicient guaranty that the traveler in
patronising this line will secure both a pleasant
and expeditions passage.
The stages will leave the St. Charles, Shasta,
at half-past -1 o’clock every morning, and arrive
at Sacramento, via. Colusa and Marysville, the
days following at 12 M.
II fn Ain Xs S f<r i a if*,
Milk Knnth,
Char Crick.
Dainarrfiiid's 7?anih,
American Ranch,
Co! ton iriMnl,
Prairie. I finite,
J’affir’s Ferry,
Red Bluffs,
Trhama,
Johnson'* Ranch,
Monroeville,
Placer City,
Willrls',
Colusa ami
Marysville.
Passengers arriving by this line can be Inm
ished with animals for any part of the Northern
Mines.l»y Mr. James Loatr. at the Shasta Stock
Market. SAMUEL FRANCIS, Agent,
St. Charles Hotel.
Shasta. Ang. 13th, 1853 nnlitlf
Wcarervdlt
from Shasta.
S*
TO AVER 110 THE.
At the junction of the Yrcka and
Roads, 12 mil,
■'" AS Tll E UXD E R SIGNED
would announce to the pub-
AA A lie, and particularly to per
sons travelling to and from Yreka and Weaver
vill«». that he is now prepared to entertain them
at this long established stand, formerly known
as the “ Free Bridge House,” in a style not sur
passed by any hotel in Northern California. Hav
ing completed his now and commodious build
ing, and furnishi J it in the best possible manner,
he is enabled to promise the very best accom
modations. The table, as heretofore, will al
ways be supplied with the best viands the mar
ket, furnishes ; while from the large garden at
inched to the premises, all the vegetables grown
in this p.-i-t of the State w ill be furnished in the
er» atest abundance.
He has also a secure Corral connected with
his * stab! i shim nit. always supplied with an a. J abi
dance ot barley and hay.
m«r2(>tf LEVI H. TffWEB.
S '.MOT lI.TiEf., WEAVER! 11.1. E.
SCIINA.MEL A CO. TAKE PLEA
■in" sure in announcing that the *■ 1 niow
li I Intel” i.s again open for the accommoda
tion of the public.
We do not hesitate to promise every comfort
and convenience to be obtained at the best ho
tels in this p i tjon ot the Plate.
Our tab! ■ and bar will always be supplied
with tho best articles to be procured in the mar
ket.
We can ids.. hirnish comfortable private rooms
for families.
W eaverville, Mav 7. 1853. my7tf
I I*I*EB t|(R ,\TAI\ Ifos HE.
THIS HOUSE. LONG KNOWN To
• ravel Ut* and packers as one ot th
v j-s 3. best holli es on this route, is situate)
thout half-wav between W eaverv.ile and Shas
ta. An excellent table is always provided, and
the Bar has constantly' on hand a supply of the
best Liquors and Cigars.
Good accommodations for mnlcs and horses
can always he he,!, and a constant supply of
Ikiv and Barley is always kept on hand.
J. Ale LAUGH I IN,
jelltf Proprietor.
TO THE PtUl.iC.
HAVE’I 111 DAY APPOINTED WM. P.
Daingertield, Em|., my agent aud attorney,
to attend to all business for rne in mv absence.
JOHN E. WILKINSON.
Shasta. April 20. 7 B"i3. np3otf
BAKTO.X A H.\A VEIiV,
CARPENTERS ASP BUILDERS.
Intimates and specifications made on all kinds
Miildins*. Jobbing done at the shortest mv
.. Also. Rockers. Toms and Sluices always
land and made to order.
:. 15. Seasoned lumber always on hand
ivivu-ToN Bahto.v. Ukivh H. Snavki.t.
iar!2lf Shasta City.
J. C. linTKfiKV,
Alfnrnoy nml (’inni'.i'lloi' at l.nw.
Shasta, California.
SHASTA, CAL., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1853.
THE SHASTA COURIER.
feller from Sim Francisco.
San Francisco, Nov. 25, 1853.
Dkar Courier : —I had hardly done growling
about not getting papers the other day, when a
package of seventeen was sent me from the of
fice—some from New York, Philadelphia, New
Orleans, Baltimore, Panama, San Diego, and,
would you believe me, some from Shasta
City. When they were all laid open, I fancied
I was Prime Minister, instead of 1 rlma Donna,
as I heard an hombre say not long ago that ho
was.
In reply, “ Madeline” would have been very
happy to have visited Shasta, and if she could
get the gallant Water Company to refund her
m> ney she so foolishly gave them, she would
spend it in paying them a visit, anil give them
(credit besides. Bright speculation, that of ours
—eh ? Had yon made mo President, wo would
have all be -n railionaires ere this.
“ Madeline” did learn that the Courier thinks
“woman the cause of half the mischief of life.”
I’m sure nothing but native modesty prevented
you from saying the whole. Ever since our ven
erable (irandma, Eve. went tpmboying after ap
ples, down to this day, she has not only been the
“root of all evil,” but trunk, branch, bud and
fruit. Woman binds the strong, causes heads
to be lopped off, occasions sieges, wars, , duels,
gels up Eights Conventions, leaving the babies
to cry, and the fathers to help them—and don’t
she bind strongmen with her “ silken cords,”
as they call them, and leave him in that state —
then run oil’ to lasso another! Even little girls
will tease a boy, pull his hair, tell tales on him
at school, grin at him, send him up in high trees
for fruit, and when they get married, who ever
heard of one obeying as she promised ? Pont
the husband have to be a perfect slave to her
wishes and whims —often cooking her meals, ta
king them to her bed, then giving a fine dress or
jewels to her for being aide to eat at all ? Talk
about woman, gold and wine! Nonsense ! Just
say woman ! the cause of a!l the evils of lile.
As you are young, and I feel on interest in
yonr good or bad luck, I will give you some ad
vice, free, gratis, for nothing. If you will fol
low the same, you will iloat down the stream of
life like an cel in the river, and he as happy as
a clam. In the first place, don’t read a word in
the praise of woman —'tis all humbug; don’t al
low them to cast black, blue, nor hazel eyes at
you —it is impertinent, to say the least; don’t
mind bewitching smiles—they can frown as
easy; hold your head above them, and let them
see they are beginning to bo found out; shun
them, and soar aloft for happiness —for who ev
er heard of any faults, vices or follies in man!
Let me know if you follow my advice —but bo
honest, and don't sit peeping from behind tho
window shade, and if caught, say as yon did on
another occasion, “never teed 'em.”
For weeks every one has been informing his
friends that the rainy season was at hand ; now
the tune has changed—all the cry is, the rainy
season’s on ns, as all can testify who walk tho
streets. And lam certain if yon were here ta
king notes some day, you would no longer say
“ we never seed ’em.”
Pont you think Mr. Phcnnix, of San Piogn,
will catch a woman's blessing, when Fanny
Fern s°es \\ hat be says of female virtue? the
mine so, as he specifies her, and declares they
are all so ngly they assume pretty names! Ido
not have the fear of Mr. Phu iiix before ray eyes,
and will lay a wager Fanny will consume liim
—but then he’ll rise again.
Did the good people of Shasta take sides with
the recent move of the ladies in this place, to
put down women’s wages as servants? and did
the maiority not take too pgrt of the hireling ?
There are some girls at service in this place so
pretty, that they are soon informed they will not
answer at any price—for the landlady and daugh
ters are so eclipsed, the pretty one must look
again! Yet her hands were made to burn and
tear for a mere pittance, while the wind is not
to blow upon the ugly madam who cannot do
her work, nor pay for it either. Isay let tho
hired girl or woman get SIOO per month. I’m
glad.
I have been to Stockton, lately ; also to the
great suspension bridge, the Table Mountain,
&c.; also to Sacramento. This city. I will ven
ture to say, is growing more rapidly than any
place in the world.
1 wish you were here to peep into Warren’s
Agricultural Fair. You would think w-h-e-w !
We are some squashes! Peas, grapes, figs, or
anges. Oregon apples. ,Vc., make the mouth wa
ter —beets 00 lbs,; turnips—but is no use descri
bing the great sights unless you could see them.
Where will the honorable body of the Legis
lature meet this time, is now a leading question.
Von know it is rather erratic, if not aquatic, and
I would not be surprised if it should he located
at Red Bluffs, and your correspondent from
that place were duly elected “ Mr. Speaker.”
What a fast people California boasts of. They
are always in time —of late, far ahead of it. In
deed. they can see two years ahead as clear as
our forefathers could one day. A United States
Senator must he chosen for’ss, and then a
President for ’(itt will be nominated. Why. the
democrats may elect a Senator now. and long
before they have any use for him. ho might ho a
whiu. or vice versa. He niisat die. or steal lings,
or something else. I shall begin to think, soon,
that we have got some ot the "U omen s Rights'
folks smuggled into pants, out here.
1 have lately seen Major K., who looks even
better than before the savage grizzly made war
on him—and he assures me ho will wage a war
of extermination on the whole family. I trust
his land claim will soon be settled to his and his
friends’ satisfaction. Madeline.
PIP Wanted, by a young lady, some one to
—Springfield Post.
Can't she get the man of the Post? Ex.
Our » ** ! wouldn’t they cut a—, was the!
of all rr PT* Cnyvgn Chief.
The ante is without a il. and <>nr Devil says
the man who'd refuse don I live in this
of country, and il he slid, he ( thx. Devil )
would t him' and himself to the hy menial
altar n 4 the time it has taken to indite this
*i Ogdcnsbi.rr Sent
From the Arctic Expedition—The North
west Posiingr.
From the London Globe, Oct. 7.
Dispatches have been received at tho Admi
rably Irom Commander McClure, who sailed in
December, 1840, in search of Sir John Franklin,
in 11. M. S. Investigator, and from Captain Kel
lett. who sailed in the spring of 1852, in 11. M.
S. Jiesv'vte, on the same mission. Wo regret to
say that no traces towards success in tho main
object ol their mission have been discovered;
but wc have been lavored with communication
of a letter from Commander McClure, dated H.
M. S. Investigator, Bay of Mercy, Baring’s Island,
April 1853, which announces his success in ac
complishing the long problematical enterprise
of the Northwestern passage. The; gallant wri
ter states that, during the winter of 1830, his
vessel wintered in pack, without sustaining any
damage, (and, surprising to say, he had to report
the same result at tho end of the third winter,
and without the loss of a single man of her crew)
in the frozen waters called Prince of Wale’s
Strait, and communicating with Barrow’s, as he
ascertained on 26th October of that year. In Ju
ly, 1851, he statoa, “such a body of ice came
down upon us with a strong east wind, and set
tho vessel so fur to the south, that vve determined
to attempt a passage by the east end of the cliffs
of Batik’s Land, forming the north entrance of
the large island under which we now are.”—
The difficulties and dangers of tho passage may
lie estimated from his statement that the ice
tines encountered measured from 46 to 70 feet
beneath the water, and only 6or 7 above. We
must refer for tho details, of which we cannot
now make even a hnrried transcript, to the dis
patches, which of course will bo immediately
published.
It is interesting to learn that inhabitants have
.been discovered further northward than known
previously, at Wollaston and Victoria Lands, and
northward still, on the tract designated as
Prince Albert’s Lands. These were fout d ex
ceedingly kind and friendly, and great quanti
ties of copper were found, apparently in a very
[Mire state This metal is used by the natives
or edging their weapons, &c., but they ap
peared to be amused at seeing pieces of it picked
up by the crews, as possessing value.
In April, 1852, Commander McClure went to
Melville Island on sledges, expecting to find
there one of Capt. Austin’s vessels, or, at nil
events, a store of provisions ; but was disap
pointed to find only a notice left by Lieut. Mc-
Gliutock, saying where provisions were, ami
giving the position of their ships. It was in
ferred that tho search was supposed to be aban
doned, and no other vessels expected to have
come thus far.
Since October, 1851. the crew of the Investi
gator is stated to have been put on two-thirds
allowance —half a pound of moat per diem, in a
climate where their commander states they could
readily have consumed four. On tho hills adja
cent to the hay from which tho letter is dated,
large numbers of deer and other game have been
found, which must have contributed a welcome
relief from the short-commons of the previous
polar sojourn.
The only portion of Capt. Kellctl’s letters with
which vve are at present acquainted, is the hiief
notice dated Melville Island, 71h May, that "Mc-
Clure had joined about a fortnight, all well, but
half starved.” From Capt. McClure’s own let
ters, it appears that ho has already detatched
some of bis crew to return home by Baffin’s
Bay, and a small party by tho Mackenzie.
The Japan Expedition. —At last accounts,
Commodore Perry ami squadron had sailed from
the Loo Choo Islands, the southermost group of
the Japan Empire. Private letters from one oi
tho officers of the flag ship, give some interes
ting particulars not published in the journals.
Under date of July Ist, this gentleman writes:
“ On tho 6th of June \vo mart died to iShudi,
the capital of the Loo Choo Islands, with all our
officer.", marines and sailors, with artillery, &c.
It was a march of some three or four miles, over
a magnificent paved road, through a rich and
highly cultivated country. The clumps of trees
and other ornamental embellishments ol the
way astonished us much less than our heavy
cloth uniforms astonished the timid natives, who
gathered along the road to gape at us with won
der and illy concealed disquietude. They can
not tell what to make of this ambiguous demon
stration. Their Japanese masters will find out
one of these days. The object of this visit was
to be received by the Regent of these islands, at
Jiis Royal palace. The honor of the visit may
have redounded to his tavvney Excellence, but
it is certain the pleasure, such as it was. was all
on our side. They are suspicions and very ill
at ease. Commodore Perry was carried in a
sedan chair. The rest of us gave the natives a
specimen of how Yankees heavily accoutered
can march under a scorching sun, on foot. If
the Japanese give us a friendly reception, all
will be smooth. If not, vve will have a far more
effective squadron here one of these days, aud
leach them conformity to Christian manners.
“ The Susquehannah is one of the vessels that
disgrace our navy, and gives boundless annoy
ances to her officers. The machinery is too
light, and is so out of order that the vessel is un
fit for service. It is a shame she is not called
home, and filled up under competent inspec
tion.
“ Our American speculators should ho on
hand. Commodore Perry has made a purchase
at Port Loyd, on one of the Bonin Islands, north
ol east from the Loo-Choo groupe. This must
become a depot for coal for our steamers. The
land is smiting, and is, I think, destined to be
come a flourishing American settlement. — N. 1”.
Freeman t Journal.
The Shasta akd Vkkka Mail. — Tho follow
ing is an extract of a letter receieved by the
postmaster at this place, dated —
Contract Office. Sept. 2d, ’53.
“ Sir: Your office is to be supplied with the
mail once in two weeks, or oftener, from Shasta
—distance estimated at seventy-five miles. The
expenses of supplying is to lie defrayed wholly
out of the nett proceeds of postage collected at
your office, including postage on letters and pa
pers sent, pro-paid by stamps —and is not to ex
ceed the sum of SSOO a year, or $125 a quarter.”
The distance between this place and Shasta
City is at least 125 miles, and the actual ex
pense of carrying the mail, once in two weeks,
cannot possihfy be less than $3,500 to $4,000 per
year, and the department have the liberality to
offer SSOO. By law, the Postmaster General is
bound to supply us with a mail, without regard
to the cost —and with a proper exertion on the
part of those who profess to represent our inter
ests at Washington, we could, ere this, have
been enjoying the privileges to which we are
entitled Yrein Herald.
Men scorn to kiss among themselves,
And scarce will kiss a brother ;
Women oft want to kiss so bad.
The} smack and kiss each other
,T« Sally Stubbs, Dawn East.
BY PHEBE.
Como, O Sally, come away,
In the East no longer stay.
Throw not charms like thine away,
(Salty, turn and flee) ;
There yon work the live-long day—
Only think what paltry pay,
The sum of twenty cents per day,
(For girls like you and me! )
Here wo have a woman’s right—
Paid like men in gold so bright—
This to mo is pure delight,
Sally,how it shines')
Here wo have no wintry snows—
Dress all the year in summer clothes—
Then there’s lots and lots of beaux,
(In all the Northern mines.)
There’s Expressmen, first of all;
Some arc large and some are small,
Some are very, very tall;
(Sally can’t you come?)
Some go drest in buckskin coats,
Some wear beards as long as goats —
All arc “sowing their wild oats,”
(lieally they are “ sonic.”)
Then we’ve miners, young and old ;
Some have heaping “piles” of gold,
To buy tho heart of maiden hold,
(Sally, they’re the kind !)
Lawyers, too. a ‘ fancy" class.
With smiling faces full of brass—
But they’re always spouting gass!
(And would’nt suit your mind.)
We’ve merchant’s too of ev’ry kind—
They to charms are never blind—
Some have purses yellow lined ;
(Sally, think they’d do?)
We’ve fanners too, a mix’d up lot.
With ranches wild ajid “ peaceful cot”—
Good or bad, it matters not,
(Their pile’s 100 small for you.)
Again I tell thee, ere I close,
Leave that land of frost and snows—
Conic where milk and honey flows,
(Sully what a home!)
Where roses bloom without a thorn,
W here ancient maids ne’er die forlorn,
And all arc happy (in a Horn),
(Do, O Sully, come.)
Official Directory.
UNITED STATES .GOVERNMENT*
President —Franklin Pierce.
Vice President —Win. U. Kin"—(dead.)
President of the Senate —1). R. Atclii'ison
Secretary of State —Win. L. Mnrey.
Sec'y Treasury —James Guthrie.
Sec'y Interior —Robert McClelland.
Sec y of liar —Jefferson Davis.
Sec’y of Nary —.1. C. Dobbin.
P. Si. General —James Campbell.
Altcn;ncy General —Caleb Cushing.
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.
Chief Justice —Roger B. Taney.
Assoc. Justice —John McLean.
“ James. M. Wayne.
“ “ John Catron.
“ “ Peter V. Daniel.
“ “ Samuel Nelson.
“ “ Robert C. Grier.
“ “ Benjamin R. Curtis.
Reporter —Benjamin C. Howard.
Cause ok the Squahui.e between Russia and
Turret. — People who do uot keep themselves
constantly “ posted up” on the subject of Euro
pean politics, and who hear all the world talk
ing of the prospect of war between Russia and
Turkey, may like to know whataro the grounds
of the quarrel. Be it known, then, that (as
Paddy would say,) Turkey lies “ mighty conve
nient ” to Russia —so much so, that all the Czars,
from Peter the Great down to Alexander the
Crafty, and Nicholas, the Cruel, have been in
tent on the ultimate annexation of that Mahom
edan empire. This would have taken place
long ago, but that the European rulers, gener
ally. object to the augmentation of the Russian
empire, already dangerously extensive. Latter
ly, presuming upon the weak condition of Tur
key, an attempt has been made by Russia to
pick a quarrel with the Sultan, on the following
pretext: The Sultan reigns over somfe thirty-five
millions of people. Of these, twently millions
are Miihomedan, and twelve millions belong h>
the Greek Church, and the Czar modestly re
quires Turkey to give him (Nicholas the Cruel,
as aforesaid,) such a power of superintending
the sayings and doings of the twelve millions in
question, as would virtually make him Major
Domo of Turkey, oyer the Sultan. That is the
full, true, and particular cause of the quarrel.
The Sultan, who has a spirit of his own, refuges
to comply with Rusaiu’s demands.-
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Times.
fTPD. S. Dickinson is not a great man. anil
has rarely made a decidedly good speech ; hnt
that Buffalo liarrangne on the Barnburners’ new
born zeal for the JJaltimore platform is hailed
everywhere as a decided hit, :uid has immensely
delighted thousands of divers parties, simply
because it tells so much that everybody feels to
be truth. There was one of Dan's jokes that we
failed to print at the time, but which hit the
mark so nicely, that we must, even yet, preserve
it. It was uu illustration of the Barnburners’
facile professions of Hunkerism at Syracuse, and
ran thus:
“ There was once a poor preacher who sup
plied an equally poor congregratiou up some
where in the woods, under a contract to have so
much rye for his year’s preaching, if they saw fit
to retain him for a year. He was very fearful
that he should get the sack prematurely, and did
all he knew how to fend off that appalling ca
lamity ; among other precautions, going round
to the leading members of the congregation, to
know how the preaching suited them. “ Breth
ren,” said he, anxiously, “just tell me frankly
how you like my doctrine, and if you don't like
it, let me know what doctrine I shall preach to
please you—for I mnsl hare (hat rye'."
ITince John! wasn’t that a good one T— N. Y.
T riiinne.
The following verses are said to be taken
from an old volume of predictions, and are said
to refer in part to the present affair between
Russia and Turkey; —
In twice two hundred years the Bear
The Crescent shall assail;
But if the Cock and Bull unite.
The Bear shall not prevail.
In twice ten years again
F.et Islam know ami fear,
Th*- Cp'ss .lull stand, the t’rescent wane,
Dissolve and disappear
NUMBER 39
[ Written for the Courier.