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I I i k I GENEVA COURIER, i r PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING,! TERMS OF ADVERTISING/ N o . 30 Seneca Street, Up-Stolr«, B Y CLEVELAND & LOOK. T E R M S i To village* subscribers who receive th e pa- . p e rs by th e c a rrier.$2.00. To mail subscribers, end thoee who receive th e i r papers at th e office, $1,50. Fifty cents w ill be added in lUl cases w h e re paym ent is not made w ithin three m onths. No papers w ill be d iscontinued until arrearages a re paid. $0,50 1,00 3.00 5.00 25 00 40.00 ij . im le ase w n ' sea by up ! in the iml an NftS ilea :ral :iou the lua- I th e iple ling me, cut. cn Mil the had iuti- H i. iwn, BTH- the ilihy i one w a s o f a ghly abust if in* ad a M ISS H E L E N M . C R A N E , INSTRUCTRESS ON TH E PIANO FO R T E , > . JOIlyl CLEVELAND & LOOK, Proprietors. ©IP ©=3) M.W, \Vi C. CLEVELAND, Editor. VOL. XXI -NO. 5. GENEVA. N. Y., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1851. WHOLE NO. 1045 Ohe square one week, three “ .. tlirte month* • •* six “ one year Half column one ? ear, One business tarda inserted one y ear for 5,00' No advertisement wil1.be Charged l,ess thnrf line square, aud, a IT advertisements w ill be con-' tinued until othenvise ordered. , N. B. All advertisements must be bronchi in by Tuesday mririrftig hr o rder to secure ah insertion the same week. G eneva at,, Geneva, N. V. S E N E C A S T R E E T . GENEVA, N. Y 1037 ®Q»IBVBkA!&ID & &®®SU ’ BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, AND PU B L ISH E R S OF T H E G E N E V A C O U R I E R ! No. 3(1, SENECA STREET. S. C. CLEVELAND. ______________ J. B. LOOK SU P E R IO R CHAIN PU M P , MANUFACTURED AND SOLD, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. B Y D. M A B I E , O p p o site th e T e m p e r a n c e H o u se, C A S T L E S T ., G E N E V A , N. Y. 44y DR. J. S. STEV E N S , Office w ith D r. E . Barnes, East side Park Place, Main S treet, Residence, Main S treet, 2nd door above th e Post Office. r A CAlvD, DOCT. LOUIS DE V. WILDER, H o m o e o p a th ic P l i y e i c i n n & S u r g e o n . O F F IC E at J . M. P A G E ’S, No. 7, Seneca s t.— Residence, c o rner ol P u ltn e / & W illiam sis. G eneva, May 1st. 1850. 100tim3pd D. O. CRANE, M . D .. Surgeon D e n tist,— Office No. 29, Seneca s treet. DR. VVM. K1MBER, Physician and Surgeon—Office, five d o o rs north o f t h e Bank t GEO. P. MOWRY, Dealer in D rugs, M edicines, e t c ., N c . 10,Sen eca s treet. —was M eg- , and ealih, uiie». E yas i e a rly from ilicted ■y hnU ithout treut- intiaii, idreds They nearly attend i O int- 1 in no e f and iu used FK 1 AS. ist y e a . Of the in near- nded,l o f th i pub lic. J . D . lolesel illoge in 1012>1 igeui. fRE. ir. Avnnx’s «<l by the 9 United L. LEH M A IER , Fancy and Staple Dry Goods; N. Y. City Dry Goads Store, No. 14, W u ter street. _______ • A. D. PL A T T W holesale and retail dealer in D rugs,'G roce ries, Paints and Dyes, No, 8 Seneca s tr e e t. H. PA R M liLK E , D e a ler in D rugs, Medicine^, Paints, O ils, Dye, Stuffs and G roceries, No. 21, Seneca s t. C. W H E A T , D e a ler in Fancy & Staple Dry Goods, No. 30, Seneca s treet, Geneva. COBH & SMITH, - Dealers in Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, C a rpet ing, e tc.—store at No 23, Seneca s tr e e t. H. II .& G. C. SEELY E ^ Fashionable Dry Goods, No 30, Seneca s tr e e t. VROMAN BECKER, Dcalcrin Dry Goods, Groceries. C rockery,G lass ind Wooden W are, C u tlery, N ails, e tc.— W a ter, i little south of T illman s treet. A . A L T M A N , _ Dealer in Fancy and Staple Dry Goods. Bos ton City Store, No 32,jSeneca,street. 4Si P. A. BRITTON & CO., D e a le r in Staple and Fancy Goods, G roceries. etc., a t No IS, Seneca s treet. DERBY, OUTON & CO., Booksellers, S tationers, Bookbinders, etc., No 22 Seneca s treet _________ W ILLIAM H. SM ITH , B o o k seller,Stationer, B lank dook m anuraciuroj and Binder, No. 31 Seneca s treet. 4 ______________________ * *. * — ~ . _ _________________________ _ _______ W IGHT & CLARK, . * , i Fashionable* Hat Store, No 11, Seneca s treet. The Indian’s Prayer. 4 • . L e t me go to my home in the far distant W est, To the scenes of my childhood in innocence ,blessed* W h e re the tall cedars wave and the bright wa ters flow, W h e re my fathers repose—let me go, lot me g o ! L e t me go to the spot w h e re the cataract plays. W h e re oft I have sported in boyhood’s bright days, And greet my poor m o ther, whose heart will o’erflow « < , i At the sight of h e r c h ild—let me go, let me go 1 i L e t me go to my s ire, by whose battle-scarred side I have sported so oft in the morn of my pride, And exulted to conquer the insolent foe— To my father the Chief, let me go, let me go ! And O, let me go to my fUshiftg-eyed maid, W ho taught mn to love *neath the green wil- • 4 , , low’s shade, W hose heart, like the fawn’s, leaps as pure as . the snow, To the bosom it loves—let me go, let me go ! And O, let me go to my wild forest home, No m ore from its life-cheering pleasures to ro a m ; ’Neath the grove of the glen, l e t my ashes lie low — To my home in th e woods, let.m e go, let me go l eases of this climate, viz. Dysentery .or mind under any restraint by applying it do any subject. Indeed; I should not have written to yon at this time but for the importunities of my friends who so licited a fcopy of your pd^er, (if you,] ed, struggle for a week, a month, per? Scurvy, Death prevails on evefy hand, No bie, stout-appqaring .fellovys are. attack Letters from Dr. Tompkins. NUMBER TWO. S acram e n t o , Oct. 21, 1850. F riend C leveland :— I left my at tempted description of a journey from Independence to California in. the midst of some suggestions relative to the re°> publisb,) beginning with my correspond- . ence. I should be exceedingly glad to see your paper occasionally, but thg . . present Post Office arrangement annihi lates all possibility of doing so, because the moment tho=e country .papers are taken at this office or arrive here they are used up for wrapping paper, under pretext that the vast accumulation of them is such as to render it impossible to deposit them in the office until called for by the persons to whom they are directed. In relation to all letters I write you, I pray you to rest assured that no exager- ation or false coloring will be given to any subject I may touch. You get a multitude of false Gold Stories and Cal ifornia Stories of every kind. I am on the spot and know the truth or falsehood of those stories. •. • > ■ A tragical circumstance occurred near here a few days ago. A man residing at Georgetown had become addicted to haps three months, and then bid the World, with all its delusive hopes, fare well. This, ere long, may be my case, but I hope not. . Indeed, I hope soon to bo able to dig for gold* wherewith to honorably extricate myself from the de mands of creditors. ; Froyi the National Kr*.. i . Christmas, or the Good Fairy. ■ ■■ ! --- — . . - BY MRS. H. B. STOWE. . N ovember 9, 1850. . Since writing the above; I have been very dangerously sick ; indeed, my life was, for a time, entirely despaired of by the four physicians that attended me. I hasten to conclude this letter, least ] have speedy relapse and fail to send you the short list of subscribers for such pa per as you have the charge of. * * The Indians are killing the whites on every hand, and disease destroys full,3 per cent, per week of all the the inhab itants of this region. I hope to be able to labor soon. * * * *• A tragical circumstance took ri ‘Oh, dear ! Christmas is coming in a fortnight, and I have, got to think up presents for every body !’- said, young Ellen Stuart, as she leaned languidly back in her chair. OlDear me ! .it’s so tedious! Everybody has got everything that can.be thought of.’ ‘Oh, no I’said betr confidential adviser, Miss Lester, in a soothing tone* ‘You have means of buying everything you can fancy, and when every shop and store is glittering with all manner of splendors, you cannot surely be at a loss/ ‘Well, now, just listen; To begin with, there’s mamma l what can J get for he done. How they will wonder where itr .came from, and talk about it for months to come/- » . ‘Well, then/ continued her aunt, ‘in the next street to ours there is a miser able building, that looks as if it were just gojng to topple over ;/aod away up in the third story, in a Tittle room just under t.bc eaves, live. two poor, lonely and given to the poor/ — I have thought he would regard with sympathy the fond efforts which, hitman love sometimes makes to express itself by gifts, the rarest and most costly. How 1 rejoiced with all my heart, when Charles Elton gave lits ‘poor mother that splendid Chinese shawl and gold watch, because T knew they came from the very fullness of his Water is Best. ojd women. 'They are both.nearly on to heart to a mother that has done and suf- ninety. I was in there day before yes-. fered everything for him. In some such terday . One of them is constantly con-!.cases, when resources are ample, a costly fitied to her bfcd' with rheumatism ; the !gift seetns to have a graceful appropri- other, weak and feeble, with failing j ateness ; hut 1 cannot approve of it, if it sight and trembling hands, totters about,, exhausts all the means of doing for the her only helper ; and they are entirely j poor ; it is better then, to give a simple dependent on charity/ ' joffering? and to do sqipethipg for those •‘Can’t they do anything ? Can’t they who really need ft.’ knit #’ said Eleanor. Eleanor looked thoughtful; her aunt . ‘You are young and strong, E l e a n o r , j laid down her knitting, and sai l, in a her? I have thought of ever so many:|a'nd have quick eyes and nimble fingers ; i tone of gentle seriousness : things. She has three card cases, four |how long would it take vou to knit a pair ‘Whose birth does Christmas com- of stockings r* r ‘i r ’ said eaqor, What an idea !. I He had a no- P. S. place at Placerville, a few days ago, to wit: A slight altercation took place in .. a‘gambling house, between\ two persons . . . of rather degraded minds. One of the He had become con-laPectators who had take“ n0 Pert io the dispute was seized by one of the gam blers and stabbed to the heart before he drinking and gambling, ble wife who assisted him in the speedy accumulation of a fortune by keeping a boarding-house, scious of his reckless course, and de posited his money with His wife, charg ing her not to let him have it though he o . O 1 begged for it in his paroxysm of drunk enness. His wife, obedient to his bid ding when sober, took' the money in charge. But in a short time her hus band got drunk^ and wanted the money gold thimbles, two o r three gold, chains, two .writing desks of different patterns; and then, as to rings, brooches, boxes, and all other things, I should think she rn iglu be sick of the sight of them, I am sure I am,1 said she,, languidly gazing on her white and jewelled fingers. . , This view of the case seemed rather puzzling to the adviser, and there was silence for a-Jew moments, when Elea nor, yawning, resumed ‘And then there’s cousins Ellen and Mary.—1 suppose they will be coming down on me with a^vhoje load of pres- nevpr tried-, but I. think 1 could get a pair done in a week, perhaps/ Ah’d if somebody gave you twehfy-five cents for them, and out o f this yoti-had t<y get fyod.- and pay room rent-, and buy c,oal.for your fire, and .oil for your lamp’ . ‘§t6p. aunt, fur pby’s sake!’ : ‘Well, Twill stop, but they cahf; they milfet pay so much every month for that rni&ferdble shell they live in; or be turned into the street. The' meal and fllbur that some kind, person sends goe? off' for memocal,* EITa V ; *Qur Saviour’s,jcertainly, aunt/ ^ .‘Yes,’ said her aunt, . *And when and how was he born. ? in a stable! laid iri a monger; thus born, that in oil agps he might be known as the brother ami friend of the poof. And sqrely it seems but appropriate to commemorate His birth day by an .especial remembrance of the lowly, the poor, the outcast, and dis graced ; and if Christ should comeback- to our city on a Christmas day, where should we think it most appropriate to his character to find him ? Would he he\ Wufer is best for the man of health* ’Twill make his strength s e c u re; Water is best for the man of wealth, ’T w ill keep his riches sure. W ater is best for the feeble man, ’Twill make his health improve ; W ater is best lor the poor, I ken, 'Tw ill make htk wants’ remove/ Water &r those who are growing old, ’Twill keep them hole and s trong; W ater is best for Art young and bold, ’Tw ill make their moments tong/ W afer is best for the man of toil, 'Twill makd his labor light; W ater is best loi* fb® loafers who soil i i .» N6t a hand from morning till night. > . W ater is best for the man of strife, ’Twill make his anger slow ; A'nrf f<»r hfm’ vVho ieadn a peaceful lifev . ’Tis the very best drink I know. Wafer is best for th'e nvan of state,’ ’Twill make his judgment true* W a ter is best for those who wait i • . His high commands to do. . . • . Water, pure water’s the drink fur man; ItsYountains are full and free ! Others m iy drink “ fire tvaters” who can’, Pore Water’s the nectar for me l » . . Water is best in cold o r heat, . At morn, or noon, or n ig h t; ’Tin the only d rink that can’t be beat— Clear, beautiful, sparkling, b r ig h t! ulations of a day’s train. Our pilgrim hero sits out at 5} o’ clock, A. JVL» stops to feed at 11 o’clock, A. M., begins his march again at 2 o’ clock, P. M., and travels until 6 o'clock . in the evening. This gives 10 hours travel each day, which he can perform with ease to himself and his animal.— attempted to kill her, who, anticipa- Moreover, be can, by this choice o f ; tinS his frenzy, had watered the powder could asseit his neutrality. lie died in- ■ i . . . * |,stantly. His murderer was seized by the populace, tried by a jury hastily called, and hung lo the nearest tree, very, soon after the murder was committed. I can not recollect the names of the 'parties. The first man that was killed is icpre- IhU date, tiis tne Medi- REMAIN d in prx*. [turcliAxed cquoinled le that his Remeilim power . in >efore th» i» 8M perioi ed double ;reat lieaL J. R. JO H N S T O N , M anufacturer o f Steam Engines, B o ilers, Mill Gearings, etc., at the Seneca Lake Foundry, W ater s tr e e t, Geneva . __________________£8 Z3BCIAR H . H U R D , A ttorney a n d C o u n s e llor a t L a w Commissioner o f LoanTax Agent, nnd Agent for The lTIerch<int,» F i r e Insurance C o m p a ny o f Hutifnio. C a p i t a l, ^ 1 0 0 , 0 0 ^). The F a r m e r ’s Insurauce Com p any of W a s h ington Co. T h e M utu a l L i f e Insurance Com p a n y o f New Yorlc, Familiarly known as ‘ The M o rris Robinson C o ” This Company has a net accomtiltited Fund of o v e r $ l , O O O 5C 0 O . O F F IC E , N o rth side of Seneca St-, near ^ arm e l k e ’ s Urux S tore. Geneva, N. Y. 1036 ch life and tme<ly for upon when t,—and fw the yropri- it. A t iu I will prove . I! Iiem axvay; lilion to full and which eepera. ok of great medium for the form of I upon. xture \ —the bottle* at 41 ttlea will be treet, UGHN. dealcra with no attenUes G e n e v a ; W lood A feck ton a n d Geo. ham ; R. M. ill b y O llcoll g Agt. it. Buffalo, A m e r i c a n M u t u a l L i f e I n s u r a n c e C o m p a n y . T >HE s u b s c riber, as agent for th e above named Company is prepared to issue policies 25 per c e n t c h e a p e r th a n any ether-com p any. For particulars, papers or p a m p h lets giving inform ation, p lease c a ll a t No. 33 S eneca s tr e e t Geneva. E . BARNARD. Oct. Ig, 18-18. FA R ME R -S P H O T E C T ION. S T . LA W a E N C E C O U N T Y M U T U A L XHSU & A HCB CO. CAPITAL $ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 . ‘ T W E L V E M ILLIONS OF INSURANCE. 1 5 0 0 0 M e m b e r s . T HE prem ium notes taken by this Company are less than the dash premium requireil j by Stock Companies. beioj» only one per cent on farm and isolnted Buildings, h o t extra hazard ous, for Five Years. Buildings in blocks, Or w ithin 100 feetthdreof and all extra hazardous property excluded. No risks taken when this Co., could lose by u single fire beyond $2,500. H e n r y G. F o o t e , Sec’y. I r a W h r e l o c k , President 0 . A. C A N F IE L D . Agent. Geneva. N. Y. • Geneva, Aug. 2 3 , 1S50. N. B. The subscriber will ottend to calls as a S urveyor and Civil Engineer, in village or • time, go at the rate of 3 miles per hour, . * or 30 miles per day. But I am war ranted in saying that any different ar rangement will be productive of more trouble, fatigue, perplexity, and ineffi ciency, than can easily be estimated. Animals will become exhausted, broken down, poor, and languid. The same state of things will obtain with the traveler —but by observing the above regulation, abstaining from extravagant indulgence of his appetite and the free use of un- / l u l t l l a / l 1,A « o ill rn f n j n k i a . l i o a l t Vl . vigor, and elasticity of spirits, and per form the long journey with ease and pleasure. One more suggestion concerning ani- to gamble with. His wife,, true to her trust, refused his request, when he seiz- sented »■ “ .worthy gentleman, and the ed a pistol, a rebeating-shnoter, and murderer 8 kind-hearted man, when not enraged, bnt was a man of sudden and violent passions. Stabbmg of daily occurrence. The enraged man then seized a shot gun, which the woman had forgotten to , » . secure, and discharged the contents of it in her shoulder, while she was attempt ing to escape through the door-way. She died in a few moments. The peo ple immediately confined the man, held a council over the case, and determined 1 , to hang him forthwith. They placed him on a mule, with a rope duly adjust ed around his necks conveyed him to a tree, attached the fiee end of the rope to a,strong limb, drove the mule from under him, and thus suspended him a- bove terra fir ma., * * This kind of summary justice still prevails in. some parts of California in spite of all legislative enactments. Wo. to the murderer, wo to the thief, and wo to the high-handed violators of the common and known principles of justice, * * i The Indians are assembling in compa nies of several hundreds, and threaten the whites with extermination from the Territory. They have already killed 9 • • * - , ■ * • i * ■ t . * . men here, and have sent their squaws and- pappooses. away, preparatory to a conflict. . Measures are in- progress to resist them. . The poor savages are ignorant in the extreme, and absolutely believe them-, selves strong enough to defeat and anni hilate the whites. They are tolerably well armed with guns, some of which are of the best quality. They are also very expert with the how and arrow ; avoid associating his interest with any: indeed, they have the means of annoy- one else farther than is requisite for the • ing us much. But if they carry their mutual protection of their animals from1 threats into execution, wo be unto them, thieves. The traveler should abhor the Nothing but utter extermination will scenes are o mals. Every time they are unloaded they should be thoroughly washed with cold water wherever they are liable to become sore. A traveler will soon be- r come habituated to all that is important to the facility of his progress ; and his mules, which at first were refractory and unmanagable, will not only submit to be led without resistance, but will be come attached to their driver’s company and voice so as to admit of tlieir being turned loose: they will not forsake the company to which they have been at tached, but will either follow or lead, as pleases, their driver. But in breaking them, they should be treated with kind ness instead of the savage barbarity made use of by some in subduing them. A traveler through this region should Preparations for resisting the Indians are in daily progress. A little army of 100 men have just passed by, armed and prepared for a week’s march. Sev eral skirmishes, have taken place, and several killed on both sides. The Jndi- ans have been victorious in two slight i j engagements, and killed and made pris oners of four of our men, and four were killed; the number made prisoners I have not leartfed. Dead white men are' occasionally round iq the adjacent woods and ravines. * ». Places have been found where white men have been tied to trees and burnt by the savages, within the past week. 1 am told that four such places have been where I them something, and I would like to do it well enough,.if 1 only knew what to get!’ ‘Well,’ said Eleanor’s aunt, who bad been sitting quietly rattling her knitting needles during this speech, ‘it’s a pity that you bad not such a subject to prac tice on as I was when 1 was a girl ; presr ents did not fly about in those days as they do now, 1 remeipber when l. was ten years old, my father gave sister Mary and me a most marvellously ugly sugar dog for a.Christmas gift, and we vvyre perfectly delighted with it; the very idea of a present was so new to. us/ ‘Dear aunt, how delighted I should be if I had any such fresh, unsophisticated body to get presents for! but to get and get for people that have more than they know wfiat. to do writh now. . To add ‘Qh, aunt, L’m quite convinced, I ’m sure; don’t run me.down and annihilate me with all theseterriblerealities. ‘What * • . ‘ . / , i - t 'j shall I do to play the good fairy to these ptiorbld women?’ 1 ’ ' ( ‘If you will give me full power, Ele anor,J will pyt up a basket to be sent to theyi, that will give them something to rernember all winter/ ‘Oh, certainly I will.' Let me see if Icant’t think of somethihg'myself/ ‘Well Eleanor, suppose, then, some fifty or sixty years hence if you were old, and your fatneif a’nd mother, and aunts, and uncles, now so thick around you, laid cold and silent in so matiy graves; you have somehow got \away off to a strange city, where you were never known ; you live in a miserable garret, where snow blows at night through the pictures, books, and gilding, when the cracks, and the fire is very apt to go out centre-tables are loaded with, them now ; in the old cracked stove;-you sit crouch- arid rings ’and jewels, when they are ajing over the dying einbera the evening perfect drug. 1 wish myself that l were|before Christinas; nobody to speak to not so sick and gated,and fired with hav-! you, nobody to care for you, except ing everything in the world given m e /: another poor old soul who\ Ties moaning ‘Well, Eleanor,’ said her aunt, ‘if you jin bed^—now, what woulcT you like to really do want unsophisticated subjects : have sent you I \i the forsaken, and the sorrow ful V .. w , * And here the conversation ended. .* # ' 4 ■ * \ ‘What sort of Christmas presents is Ella buyingi r’ said cousin Tom, as the waiter handled in a portentous-looking package, which had been just rung in at the dooi*. ‘ Let’s opeu it,’said saucy Will. ‘Up on my. word, two great gray blanket shawls! These must be for ypu and me, Tom ! And what’s this 1 A A California Incident. *Fhe Placer Times relates the fullow-' ing story as having actually occurred in' the land of gold r , j . • Not long since' ah efnfgraWt oVer file Plains in a sickly and' dhstifuth condition, Which excited the commisera tion of liis friends- in the upper part of this.country,1 who, to place the man in a position to make a living, elected him# . , ,. c a , , i justice of the Peace. In theretfrTy part great bolt of cotton flannel and gray yarn * .. . 4 . , 4v. , . 4 6 a / 0f t|hS month, a stratrgeii, thinking that St rni • K ‘ «_ H •' V.i’ •*«! -i. the nrrce of Beef in this city wrould jus- The door hell rang again, and the xvaiY-i P^rce , . . . , , . i-; . er .broueht m am.therbu ky par«’°l,an'11 a/ ox from off the ranch of one o f said dep o s e d it on the marble-topped centre , Ju8[|Wg t0W8r(]y ^ cramMW; Lv,- -i «, . i i r ,f. he' Wa's pti'rsved and overtaken, and ‘ what’s here V said nill, cutting thd v l c . i f .• «V l ’ , l a. i * * i u-t ^ I case was heard and the mittimus made' flfges ! oolong tea oranges wh„e .ng-, , Jud a,ljoarneil the case tot gar! Bless me, Ella must be gomg frnurf an3 tookJ tho prhi6tier into his After the seen. Near the place wnere i camp, a e * man was found, a few days ago, with Ms head smashed between two stones,— Death, in all its forms, prevails around u s . Yours, E. A . T . formation of companies or “ misses” as satisfy the wrhites; and yet, the whites he would lhe fiend of darkness, for they ! are not wholly excusable for provo- ecountvy. # 102Gm3. C. A. CANFIELD. It le now ic- eimllar oril* or oinm.enti. lalleh Ithiv- common die- laccae.eatsa- andlng, have »ei unlimited li ne had been disappeared yetem.on »p- surlng e udmlttdd on i fore front of cldents of this Brcaete, Cute, a rival ln the ee are ther enlve, and INSURANCE In tUe m o s t c a r e f u ll y m a n a g e d C o m p a n i e s . F IR E Insurance on the cash and m u tual principle, w ith or w ithout a prem ium note ; also inland M arine Insurance. Life Insurance by the H artfoid Life and Health Insurance Co, on the joint stock and m u tual principle, on the invariably engender h ateful feelings. One will npt cook enough, find provis ion enough, or carry his share. Another is too dictatorial, ton lazy, will not guard enough ; or some other imperfection ren ders him odious. Moreover; they mu tually become tired, irritable, and re gardless of the common forms of deco rum and propriety,—at length develop their smothered wrath in torrents of mu tual recrimination, invective, and un bearable insult. e . A. T. NUMBER THREE. S acram e n t o , Oct. 25, 1850. . M y good F r i e n d :— S i n c e w r i t i n g m y la s t le t t e r t o y o u , i t h a s b e c o m e k n o w n , joint stock principle w ithout a note, one th ir d , I t o a few o f th o co m p a n y w i t h w h o m I am associated, that 1 am attempt- d by GEO utrect.GeiiPV* l/or 33$ per cent cheaper than the mutual p rinci p l e , or any other m u tual Life Insurance Co and 8$ per cent cheaper than any other Lif. Insurance Co. now in organization. D. T. CLEVELAND, Agent. Geneva, Sept. 3, 1850. 1027 A C A lll). JOHN P. WIND. P i a n o F o r te an d O rgan T u n e r , V ISITS A L L THE PR IN C IPA L C IT IE S ,T O W N S , AND VILLAGES IN THE STATE. Mr„ J . P. W .hnsboen engaged at ihb above Ujineisstr fifteen years, and cimrefer with plen^urc, the most Scientific Amateurs, who employ anu fc . Jpu •p* flo tl _ imim, F L U ID , Uon . , th e subecri- ling a W ash- »nounced not >fore the pub- ire the finest ins w h ich are ed, and will uired to wa»b 0 the article* luide do, and a quarter that tm o u n t. tho article i* imed for it, o* 1 shillings per the C ity Drug dOWREY. nry for sale bf D. PLATT. Qi)- Tunes annually, 800 Piano Forles'-^Q Orders L e ft nt Silbe’s Piano Forto nnd Inrni. lyre ware room or at the Messrs, l’nge Dry G«,iod [torn. Boards a lthe Frnnitlin House 42.m 3 . PIANO FOllTES! -i A fall stock of the celebrated N lllin & A C la r k ’ s P ia n o .Fortes, can be found, with or without Colem a n 's A e o li - an A tta c h m e n t, at mimnfucmrt'r’s prices, e t 8ILS11E, BULKLEY B E N N E T T S W ARE ROOMS. G eneva, J u ly, 1850. 22tf. ing a description of the route to Cali fornia, and they are exceedingly so licitous to obtain a copy ot the paper in which it is published, (provided it is published at all.) I have promised to make this known to you, and solicit you \o send a few of them a copy of your paper during the time I correspond with you. * * * # * # I do not wish my name known as the writer of the letters you publish, unless you can promote your interest consider ably by making it public. I fear that the imperfections of my communications are so great and numerous as to render thorn rather a dishonor than a credit to * * * writer or publisher.^ I have had some presentiment of the failure of friend Ongley,and if this is so, 1 know not whether you have any con nection with any paper; but, I thought »' best to direct my communications to you NOTICE. T H E Book Accounts and N o tes belonging to G . A . SM IT H , having been assigned to mo for the benefit o f his creditor#, must be paid with- . ou t delays or they w ill b e put into other hands- for , r a t h e r th a n a n y o n e e l s e . e„,.ec,!.o ..cco r d in g « o l.w b N H A M Asiigee | 1 h a r d l y k n o w w h a t t o w r i t e y o u a t G eneva, O c t. 1st, 1850. this tune, being qu.te unable to put my king the Indians to hostility, for I am credibly informed that our people taunt, abuse, and insult the savages ; indeed, I have seen them blackguard them, stone them, and insult them iu various ways; and for my own part I cannot wholly blame the poor ignorant savages for ex hibiting indications of hostile resistance to such treatment. The truth is that a large portion of the miners of this re gion is,made up of men and boys who seem destitute of all refinement or good breeding, and appear delighted with ev ery display of gross ruffianism. Their common deportment is often of the most . disgusting character, and their treatment of the Indians is not only foolish, but in solent and mean. The result of all this is that the Indians become incensed to the highest pitch, and the first defence less white they meet suffers the ‘ full * . weight of their indignation. Where this matter will end I am una ble to say. Some tragical occurrence, no doubt, will follow all this bluster and menacing. Q Much talk and specqlation concerning this country and ils antiquity is now a- fioat, and huge hooks will, no doubt, be written to show that this is the real Ophir of Solomon, and that all Amer ica, in his time, lay submerged, with the exception of the Rocky Mountain range, the Sierra Nevada, etc.; also, that the i 1 ■ * gold, precious stones, and peculiar wood for adorning the Temple, was obtained from this region. The Chittim wood oi Scripture grows here in abundance. 1 intend to bring you a cane made of this wood so renowned in Solomon’s day- I have been sick ever since I arrived in this country, and am now quite una ble to sit up two hours at a time. Very few, indeed, escape the peculiar dis- i i ■ i The young and beautiful Countess, Dembinpk’i, who came to this country in July last, with her husband, who how honestly and nobly supporting bimself by. selling segarS in Nassau street, next door to the office of the Evening Post, was bprn the Princess Csartofiska. It is some- * * . • .*-.1 . j *. . what singular, that while foreigners are so much caressed in our fashionable, cif- •cles, this very lovely and accomplished young w oman should not recieve any at tention whatever .— Evening Post . ' . - . w I It does not so strike us.- The lady, however highly bom however lovely and accomplished, lias done nothing to make herdhe-cynosure of eyes which see only through the glass of fashion. She has never obtruded herself on public notice has never eloped— has committed no breach of decorum and challenged admi ration for it,, on the ground of her rank she has lived the life of a true-hearted woman :—what is there in this calcula ted to attract the attention, or enlist the sympathyvof,“fashionable circlesr’r The Count, her husband* presents but another instance of the capricious fickle ness of popular philanthropic lion-hunt ing. Though a young man, he was a- mong the most effective.and devoted de fenders of his copntry in her last struggle and sacrificed everything, rank, position, fortune and employment in his patriotic devotion to her rights. He is an accom plished practical Engineer,—able to dis? charge all the duties of that profession ; to practice on, 1 can put you in the way of it; lean show you more than one lami.ly whom you wight seem to be a very goodjfairy, and wheresuch gifts as ---*•« .-ieocm; like' a magic dream/ . ‘Why, that would be really worth whi!er aunt.’ . - .‘Look right across the way,’ said her: aunt, ‘You'see thatbuilding/ ‘That miserable combination of shan- ties ? Yes I’ ‘ Well* I have several acquaintances there .who have never been tired of Christmas gifts, or gifts - of any other kind. I assure you, yog could-make quite a sensation over there/. . ‘Well, who is there r Let us know 1 ,.,‘Do you remember Owen, that used to make your shoes V ‘Yes, ,1 , remember something about him/ ; Well, he has fallen into a consumption, and cannot, work any more, and he and his wife and three little children live in one of the rooms over there.’ ‘How do,they get along r’ ‘Jtfis wife takes in sewing sometimes, and sometimes goes out washing. Poor Owen ! I was over there yesterday ; he looks thin and wistful, and his wife was saying that he. was parched with con stant f^ver, and had very little appetite. She had, with great self-denial and by restricting herself almost of necessary food, got him two. or three oranges, and the poor fellow seemed , so eager afier them/ , ‘Poor, fellow !’ said Eleanor, involun tary. .. . - x: • ‘Now,’ said her aunt, ‘suppose Owen’s wife should get up on Christmas morn ing and find at the door a couple of dozen of oranges-and some of those nice white grapes, such as you had at your party, last week, don’t you think it would make, a sensation ?’ . i ‘Why,, yes, ,1 think very- likely it might; butiwho else, aunt? You spoke of a greafimany/ ‘Well, on the lower floor there is a pent.little room, that is always kept per fectly trim and tidy; it belongs to u young couple who have nothing beyond the husband’s day’s wages to live on. They are, nevertheless, as che.erful and ‘Ob, aunt, what a dismal picture ! ‘And yet, Ella,, alt poor, forsaken old women are made of young girls, who’ ei-* pected' ?h their vouth as lir>lp na vmi dn. j>ernaps V ' ‘Say no more, aunt. I’ll buy—let me see—a comfortable warm-shawl,for each of these poor women ; and I’ll sendf them —let me see—oh ! some tea—nothins goes down with old women like tea ; and FJ1 make John wheel some coal over to . them; and. aunt, it would not he a very, had thought to send them a new stove. I remember, the other (fay, when mam ma-was pricing stoves, I saw some such nice ones for two or three dollars/ ■-‘For a new hand,' Ella, you work up the idea;very-well,’ said her aunt.’ ‘But how much ought j to give for any one case, to these women, say V ‘How much did you give last year for any single Christmas present V ‘Why, six or seven dollars, for some ; those elegant souvenirs were seven dol lars ; that ring I gave Mrs. B— ------ was ten/ and yet on reaching this country, as an e . exile, seeking a subsistence for himself chipper as a couple.of wrens,; and she is and his family, he is compelled to open UP and down half a dozen times a day to a Segar Shop as the only feasible method of accomplishing liis purpose. We wish that some of our Railroad or other Cor porations that have need of such services could give him an engagement where his duties would be more congenial to his tastes ; but if this cannot be* we hope, at all events, he will be abundantly suc cessful in selling Segars.— Cour , fyEnq. An Enlightened Flock.*— It is related of a worthy divine, whose field of labor wa& situated not many hundred miles from Salem, that he preached politics ip his-congregation for such a length of time that even the »oldt desl Church-members forgot, and fell into a profound ignorance in regard to creeds, forms Of worship, arid church 'regnlatiohs! After the clergyman1# death, the elders of the ftdek went to consult a celebrated divine about obtaining a successor ‘ What is your creed } asked lhe divine, ; • Our creed/1 ‘Yes: your principles—whajare they/’ ‘Oh! we are all democrats, b'ut twoV ‘ I mean, what is yours platform—your church?1 ‘ Oh!1 exclaimed one, ‘ that is principally oak/ A M o d e l W o m a n .— Punch proposes the erection of a statute to the model woman — that is awoman about to travel with one band- box. The London Morning Chronicle says that Dr. Forbes Winslow is, at the instance of u the American Government/* examinine the , English law of lunacy. help poor Mrs, Owen. She has a baby of her own about five months old, and of course does all the cooking, washing, and ironing, for herself and husband ; gnd yet, when Mrs. Owen goes oifi to, w.a§h, she takes her baby and keeps it whole days for her/ i • ‘I’m.sure she deserves that the good fairies should smile on hot*/ said Eleanor; ‘.‘one babjs exhausts.my stock of virtue very, rapidly.* ‘But you ought to see her baby/ said aunt E .j‘so plump, so rosy, and good- natured, and always clean os a lily,. This hahy is a sort of household shrine; noth ing is to sacred and tov ^ood. for i t ; and 1 beii.eve/he little, thpfty woman feels pnly one temptation, to bp extravagant, and that is tp get some ornaments to adorn this little divinity/ 1 Why, did she .ever tell you so?* ‘No : but one day, when I was coming down sfiiir?, thp.door of their room was partly open, and j saw a pedlar there with open box. Johp, thp husband, was Standing with a little put pie cap in his hand,, which ,he was. regarding .with mystified, admiring air, as if he didn't qpite comprehend it, and trim liitlp Mnry gaziug at it with longing eyes.' •I think we might get it/ said John. ‘Oh, no/- said she,- regretfully ; ‘yet 1 wish we could, i/s so pretty V ‘Say no more, aunt. I see the good fairy must pop a cap into the yvindow on, Christmas paprning- Indeed.*Jt >b»U ‘And do you suppose Mrs. B -------- was any happier for it V ‘No really, I don’t think she cared much about i t ; but I had to give\ her something, because she had sent me something the year before, and 1 did not want to send a paltry present to any one ofher circumstances/ ‘Then, Ella, give ten to any poor, dis tressed, suffering creature who really needs it, and see in how many forms of good such a sum will appear. That one hard, cold, glittering diamond ring that uo.Ay cheers nobody, and means nothing, that you give because you must, roight, if broken up into smaller sums, send reAl warm, and hea’rt-felt gladness, through manv an aching heart/ - ^ .. . i . ‘You .are getipg to be an orgtor, aunt; bill dop’t you approve of Christmas pres ents; \among fridhds arid equals ?* ‘Yes* indeed',*1 said her aunt, fondly stroking fyer head. , ‘I have had some, Christmas presents that -did me a world pf good ; a little book.mark, for instance, that a cerfaip neiceof mine worked for rire, with wbndeifuTs0cre3y, three years ago, when she was not a young lady with a. purse full of money—that book mark vyas .a .true pbristmas present ; and my young couple across the way are, plot ting a profound surprise-to each other on Chyistmas morning. , John lias contrived by 'ail h.our of extra work every night; t<> ltry hy enough foget Mary anew calico dress ; arid sh6, poor soul, has bargained away the only thing in the jewelry line she ever possessed, to be laid out on a new hat for him/ ‘l know, too, a washerwomen who ha*s A poor, laino boy; a patient, gentle fel low ; who has lain quietly for weeks and months in his little crib, and his mother is going to give him a splendid Christ mas present/ ‘What Is It, pray?' •A whole orange ! Don’t laugh. She will pay ten whole cents for it; for it- shall be none of your common oranges, but a picked one of the very best going ! She has put by the money, a cent at a time, for a whole-month; and nobody knows which will be the happiest in it, Willie of his mother These are auch Christmas'preseiits ai l like to think of, gifts coming from lOve, and tending to produce love ; these are the. appropriate gifts oi the day.’ . ... ‘But, don’t you think tbatifis right for those who have money, to give expen sive presents, supposing always, ns yoii say, they are given from real affection V ‘Sometimes, undoubtedly. The Sav iour did not condemn her who broke nn alabaster-box of ointment, wry precious, simpfy as a proof of love, even alihoiigh | . -f * , . .*$. - _ _ -rvi rto ^10|Ul e^ee|)'1n^ . .,* t T < faithful care and keeping ‘ Or n°‘nj? craZy! and Tom ; ( nJ, , dispersed, i he honest Judget • i * , / „■ V . ° .. , inquired of the prisoner how much he window, ‘ there s a drayman ringing at ^ . our door, with a stove, with a tea-kettle set In the top of it/ 4 Ella’s cuok stove, rif course,’ said Will, and just at this mobietit the yotfog Iddy entered, with her purse hanging 1* • • * 1 * ‘Now, boys, you are too bad ’ she exclaimed, as each of the mischievous youngsters were gravely fn'archiftg up and down, attired in a gray shawl. ‘ Drdii’t yon get them for us*? We thought you did,’ said both. ‘ Ella,’ 1 want some of that cotton flannel, to make me a pair of pantaloons,' said Tom, ‘ 1 say, Ella/ said Will, ‘ when are you going to housekeeping? Your cook ing stove' is standing down' in the street; ’pon my word, John is loading some coal on the dray with it/ ‘ Ella, isn’t that ^oing to be sent to • 1* o my office said Tom; do you know I do so languish for a new stove with a ten-kettle in the top, to heat a fellow’s shaving water/ Just then, another ring at the door, and the grinriirig waiter handed in a srnall brown paper parcel for Miss Ella. Tom made a drive at it, and staving off the brown paper, developed a jaunty fit- tie purple velvet cap, with sil er tassels. ‘.My smoking cap! as 1 Hve/said he/ ‘ only I shall have to xvear it on roy thumb, instead of my head—too small entirely/ said he, shaking Ids head gravely. ‘ Come, you saucy hoys/ said aunt E ----- , entering briskly, ‘ what are you would give him if he would release him. All the money I have, was <he reply.— The sum reached $170, u'hich the Judge tofok, arid told oxonian to “ vamos the ranch,\ which he fctidily did. The Judge viio papers )n ttie case, and awaited the expiration ofthe hour of adjournment. On the re assembling of the parties, the escape of the prisoner was announc ed by the court with deep regret. Pur suit was wade a -i orice1, and the thief traced to the American Fork, into which he had plunged, holding on to a grapo vine to keep his head above water. Jn this situation he was discovered and brought back to the Justices office, w/iere the above facts were divulged, proving t’hat the course of rascalityas well as love, dosen’t run smooth. The crowd, incensed at the judicial conduct of the Judge, formed a court for the oc casion, pm the ox-driver on his trial and acquitted him ; then summoned the head of the legal tribunal, whom they tried, found gnilly, and ordered to be lashed to'ffn oak bee, and there receive a sound | whipping from the hands of his friend, the former prisoner. The cow hide was ' applied rigorously by the nx-thief, much to the gratification of the temporary court and jury. teasing Ella for V ‘Why do’see this Ibf of things aunt.5— What in the world is Ella going to do with them/’ /Oh,-I know !” ‘You know ; then I can guess, ?tunt< it is some bfyour charitable works. Yon are going to make a juvenile Lady Boun tiful of E l, eh V Ella, who had colored to tile roots of her hair, at the exposure <=f her very un fashionable Christmas preparations, now took heart, and bestowed a very gentle and salutary little cuff on the saucy head that still wore the purple cap, and then hastened to gather up her various purchases. ‘Laugh a\vay,' said she, gaily ; ’and o good many others will laugh, too, over these things. 1 got them to make peo pie laugh — people that are not in the habit of lnughing.1’ ‘Well, well, 1 see into if, ‘said Will; ‘and l tell vou. 1 think right well ofthe . * o idea, too* There .ire worlds of money wasted at this time of the year, in get ting things that nobody wants, and no body caves for after they are got; and. 1 am,glad, fur my pait, that you are going to get up a variety in this line ; in.fact, I should like to give yon one of these stray leaves fo help o n / said he, dropp ing a $10 note into her paper. I like.to encourage girls to think of something be sides breast-pins and sugar candy,/ But our story spins on too long. If anybody wants to see the results of Ella’s first attempt at goodfairyism,\hey can call at the doors of two <>r three old buildings no Christmas morning, and they shall hear about it. . The following arrived loo late (or seasonable insertion j however,- i(s force will not be lost upon those who need the hint.—E d . C oup . M y . principal method of defeating her esy, is by establishing the truth. One proposes to fill a bushel with tares; now if 1 can (fill it first with wh-jaf*-! shall defy his attempts: M r E ditor ;—! clip the following from a recent paper. Tho re-publica* lion of it In (he “ Courier” may awa ken the slumbering consciences of some, and make many of your sub scribers “ T hankful .” Geneva, Dec. 31, 1850. A Seasonable Edict.*-Among the public proclamations of the day, we have seen- no one, for some time, which is likely Ho- ex ercise, a more salutar,- influence than The . . . . following, which appears officially h > the New York Christian Inquirer :: Whereas, it appears lhat certain generotfs people, ready to aid the ‘ diffusion of knowl- edge,\ arc in the habit of Commuting books of value to certain unpunctual borrowers of short memories; thereferfby the advice and consent of many suffered, expressed or taken for granted, Wednesday, the first of January next, is hereby appointed to be set apart as a day when all readers, of every name nnd description, shall examine their libraries, study and centre table ‘ what-nots/ depositories of parnphleis arid newspapers, carefully to ascertain whether they have in their possession any volumes, hound or un- hound traits, pamphlets, or journals, not their own property hut had and obtained simply for perusal from friends and ac quaintances ; ami in all cases where such examination results it finding any publica tions, ancient or modern, big or Title, prose or poetry, songs or serirtons, betongmg to parties who lament lost tomes,broken 4 sets.’ or missing periodicals, to forthwith do up said publications in clean paper,-anti by their own or more trustworthy hands transport them home. And it is hereby recommended, that all person# who believe lhat books are hooks and not umbrellas, that lending is not giving; that debts are lo be paid, and pro- mfaes to be redeemed, observe and keep the day above named in the manner enjoined, in order that they may he thankful for relief from the accusations of conscience, and also rfiake their friends thankful for the recovery of property; the titles to which arc vested in theft! bejrhi)d,aM quibble or doubt. Given in an fnamlibie not Invisible, but most sympathetic,* Council of the Pilfered, ibis 29lb day.of Nov. A, D. I860. H onksti s B ib . ioTifF.CARV, Governor. F idki . is KK'TiTvrofi, Secretary. Nothing dan l>b more foolisli than an idua~:vfrbieh parrents have that it is not respectable to set their clrifdron to work# W e should Tube tbe£uirg< i6tibn; m ir profession c',f religion a receip t in full hove been s o ld for 4 * r e e htftnlred - p e n c e , for all y t h e t o b lig a tio n s . : Two Hundred and eighteen Yankee girls huvo ni’grated to Kentucky,to en ter a riHiv luctury just established Cannelton f There may be expected we Jo not m ake!1 a time’ nmong rbose gentlemen who are tp<>ssftRs*'d of hearts as ardent ae a s-,u»thern sim can make them / — i . — i
