To an Old Friend.
BY PARK BBNJA1CN.
Old friend I though many -years hath flown,
And we have somewhat wiser grown,
Since you and [ lirst met—
The love that in our bosoms grew
Wben Hre Was rosy, fresh aud new,
Is blooming brightly yet.
Time brings a philosophic niiud,
Tin.-.' takes more l.hnu he leaves behind —
Time is thc thief of joy b;
Time turns out* golden locks to gray.
Time draws a bill lhat all must pay —
Time makts of old meu boys.
Time with his scythe and hour-glass standi
To reap the the harvest of our lands—
Tfi shorten prosperous days ;
Time eats the keenest steel to rust,
Time crumbles monuments to dust—
Time rubs OS ulnar  praise,
M'ueb fault is found wiih Father Time,
Iu books and speeches, prose and rhyme,
But we will uot upbraid ;
For be has lelt our hearts ns young
As when, in youth wc laughed aud sung
Iu sunlight and in shade.
Who says that ag<* makes friendship cold?
A true affection ne'er grows old,
_3ut la-sts like mountain pities.
Whose heads unlading verdure crowns
Though winter darkens tnem witb frowns
Or summer smiles and sbiuea.
I wish that, round our mutual souls,
While earth upon  its   axis rolls,
The vine of love that run
Might spread its tendrils and embrace
The cherished near ones ofour race,
So that from Bire to son
Our large affection might survive,
Aud be as brightly k-'pi a*f*d,
When we exist no more,
Bv those we leave to guard our fames.
And keep unsiaiued our honest names,
As iu the days of yore.
Old friend, 'tis something in these  houra
Of work and hurry, when the llowers
Of feeling scarcely bloom,
To feel that iu our hearts ihere grows
A plant, amid life's storms and snows,
That may adorn our tomb '.
Thc Eai th-Woira.
The earth-worm lives a very solitary life below
ground, driving its litlle tunnels iu all direction^
aud never seeing its friends except at night, wheu
it comes cauliousiy to the surface and searches for
company.    In tho evening, if the observer be furnished with a "bull's eye" lantern,   and will examine the ground with a very geutle   and cautious
step, be will be sure to lind many   worms stretching themselves out of their boles, retaining* for the
most part their hold of lhe place   of   repose  by a
ring or two lelt io the hole, and elongating themselves to an almost incredible   extent.   If while
thus employed,   an   earth-worm   be   alarmed  or
touched, it springs back into ita bole, as if it bad
beeu & string or india-rubber that had been stretch.
ed and was suddenly released.    The worms have a
curious habit of searching for various   leaves aud
dragging them iuto their holes, the points downwards, and are always carelul to  select thoso particular leaves whicb tbey beat like.    As a general
rule, tbey dislike evergreens; andthe leaf which
I have fouud to be most in favor   is   that   of tbe
primrose.   I   have often watched the   worms e
gaged iu this curious pursuit : and iu  the dusk
tbe evening it has a very strange effect to   see a
moving over the ground as if by magic,   the  dull
reddish htowu of Lhe worm being   quite invisible
ia the imperfect light.   The food of the earth
is wholly of a vegetable nature, and consists of the
roots of various     plants of leaves,   and decayed
vegetable substance.    Many persons cherish a rooted fear of the earth-worm, fancying that   it lives
iu church-yards and feeds upou the dead.   These
are but idle prejudice, for the worm cares no more
for the coffmed dead thau does tba   tiger   for the
full manger, or the fox for the   bleeding  gazelle.
The corpse, wheu once laid in the ground, sink into ite dust by malm-al   corruption, untouched by
the imagined devourer.    The so-calfed worms that
feeds upon decaying animal substances are the larva? of various flies and beetles, which are batched
Irom eggs laid by the parent; so that if the maternal insect be excluded, there cannot be any possibility of the larva;.    Moreover, neither tbe fly nor
the beetle could live at the depth in which a coffin
is deposited in the earth ; and if perchance oue or
two should bappeu to fall   into   the   grave,   they
■would be dead in half an hour, from the   deprivi
-'on of air and the weight of the   superincumbent
u il.   Let, therefore, the poor earth-worm be freed
.   ci causeless reproach ■ and though its   form  be
uot attractive, nor its touch agreeable, let itat all
events, he divested of tbe terrors witb which it has
hitherto beea   clothed.—Routledge's  Illustrated
Natural History.
Draining a Classic Lake,
In Southern Italy, not far from the frontiers o'
the Raman Stales, an interesting work of engineering is now beiug prosecuted. Thia ia nothing else thau au attempt to drain the famous Luke
Funcino. This lake is simply a great pool surrounded by mountains. Last year the waters of
this lake were drawn oil' through a tunnel, four
miles iu length, which bad required eight years to
cut; and drains are uow being made in the seat of
the lake lor rendering tho recovered soil lit lor
cultivation. The lake covered -10,000 acres of
land, whicb iu a lew years will be converted i
arable land. Julius Ca^er planned the draining of
this lake nearly nineteen hundred years ago, but
the Emperor Claudius made tho first attempt.
Pliny describes the wonders of ft tunnel following
the Bides of a momUaiu ut a depth of a hundred
feet. And it was, indeed, attempted in those days
wben tbe engineers had none of the appliances Qi
modern science. Claudius employed 3D,000 men
in lhe attempt lor eleven years, aud exhausted the
public treasury. Whim he believed that his work
was complete, he celebrated lhe event by one ol
the greatest naumachia, or water-lights ol 11 o in an
times, in which 111,000 men, divided into two
fleets, fought to death 'to make a holy-day."
Cladius, Agrippiua and young Nero (who, a few-
months later, became master of the empire,) th
imperial court and an immense crowd of spectators
were preseut at tbis fearful ond imposing gladiatorial contest. Wheu tho piny was terminated,
tbe dam which stayed the walers fn in the tunne.
was removed, and they rushed in with a roar, but
soon rolled back. The tunnel was a failure I The
cause of this failure remained hidden for centuries.
The work was re-commenced under Trajan and
Adrian; still later by Frederic IL, in 12-10; by
Alphons* L, of Arragon, in the seventeenth centu-
tury; and lastly, by Frederick I., king of Naples
in the eighteenth century; but all failed. In I82G
Afau de Rivera, Chief of the Public Works in the
kingdom of -Naples obtaiued leave to clean out the
cut or drain made by Claudius. Tliis work was
finished iu 1835, but the problem of draining tt
lake was as far off as ever. At length, in 1S53,
Neapolitan company obtaiued permission to drain
the lake aud take tlie reclaimed bud fot tin
muneration. On investigation, it appeared that
the tunnel constructed under Claudius had uot been
so devised as to draw the water trom tbe lake, the
Emperor bad been cheated by bis Minister ot'l'ub-
ic Works. The engineer of the modern company
finally decided to destroy tbe Romau work aud
make one of   double the dimensions.
■Tliu Sniiiri and Sens of Mars.
Mars bas lately presented a favorable opportum
ty for the examination of its surface. The con.
stiiutioti of thia planet more nearly approaches;
that of the earth thau any other in the system.
Snow can be detected at both poles, the white circle iucreasing in winter and decreasing in summer.
It has been found that the center of tbis region of
snow does not coincide exactly with the pole»of the
tet. Aud in tbis respect is like tbe earth, whose
greatest cold is not exactly at tho pole. A groeu
Kh belt with deep buys and inlets near the equator'
vhich is suspected lo be a sea, hag recently been
detected. The termination of the snowy region is
ery sharp and abrupt, giving the idea of a lofty
liff. A reddish island in ttie above sea bas also
beeu detected. The probability of Mars being in-
habited is greater than that of any other planet-
Its density is very nearly that of the earth. The
heat and light of the sun would only bo halfof
that enjoyed on our globe ; but then this may be
compensated by au atmosphere whieh may fortB'a
armer wrapping than ours and by a more sensitive eve. A great part of lhe surface ofthe globe
covered with snow for half of the year ; the people in Mac.-; WQQ-ME not be worse off than we are iu
Cauada, and life is tolerable here. People emigrating from this planet to Mars would find tbat they
were ouly half as heavy aa they are here, which
some would uot regard as adisadvantage.—Leitch.
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CALIFORNIA., Ctrairtp of "Cofl
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Lower side of Plaza, near Clay st.,
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GENERAL AGENCY.
Maiyv/Q-pttU-eofii Great lion Plate,
The London Times contains a description of a
visit paid by tho Lords of the Admiralty to Messrs,
Brown's work at Sheffield1, England, where tbe
rolled plates for the manor-clad frigates are manufactured. Tbe rollers tor making the plates are
33 inches in diameter, S feet in width, and are
driven by the engine of -J.0U horse-porter. One
plate, manufactured on tbe occafliou, was 19 leet
long, 4 feet wide, 12 inches in thickness, and weighed 20 tuns—tbe largest ever fabricated. Several
other plates of lesser s'\'/,2 were nude; one was 17
feet long, i feet broad, und 5J inches in thickness.
Bessemer steel was also manufactured in the presence of those naval dignitaries. Ia twenty minutes from the time of pulling the charge cl'east-
rou into the furnace, it was poured out into tlie
Hold as tough steel, and formed an ingot weighing
bree tuns. The manufacture of steel from east-
rou, by what is called "the Bessemer process," is
low practiced very generally in all lbe large European iron works ; that kind of steel is beginning
(,0 be used extensively in making rails.
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A. O. UMtASZTIIY, Co-
nado norubriulo por la Leitbdatura para In-
Porroar Bobre Iw roc j or i a y el modo mas propio da
cultivar laa vifias. Con numerosas ilu.stracionen.
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Grape Culture, Wines aud Wine
Ma&ing.
A Wagon Load of Silver Briokf.—H^paniog
to be on Folsom street wharf, yesterday', at one
o'clock, we taw a wagon arrive wiih a load ol
silver brick*?, destined for London, by the -steamer
whicb sails to-day. These bricks were about, a
foot long, five inches wide, and from two to fou
inches thick. Every one waa -stamped with th
name ofthe null (Gould & Curry,) whence i
came, tied of the assayers (Kellogg & Heweton,
who ascertained its weight, ils fineness in gold,
fineness in silver, the value of its gold, and lbe
value of its silver. One of ite bars or buickfl,
wbich we examined, weighed 71(1 ounces, or Of!
pounds, Troy; wa? 0.36 fiue in gold, 95(1 fiue
silver: contained gold to the value uf $533, ai
diver to the value of $885. About 150 Bach ba
usually go on a steamer.—Alta.
A Tale ma tue IIoksk Mahixes.—Ito inances
tbe war abound. The laat comes Irom Aikaus;
and depicts a drum-bead court-martial—you:
Irish lad sentenced to be shot as a guerrilla—hi?
sister pleads iu vaiu for his Ufa—he is led forth —
she shrinks aud clings to his bosom—hia eye
bandaged, and she ia turned away—she cries,
diers, let mc make one more effort!';—rush*
her brother—faces tlie executioners, and shields
with her stately person tho unfortunate lad — then
advancing lliree steps, calm aud erect, wbile the
awe-strucii army seem spellbound, she gives the
grand hailing signal of tbe Master Mason!—the
officers and soldiers perceive Jit—tbe execution is
stayed—ber brother and herself takeu back to prison—Tableau! Mystery!—how had ehe learned Use
sign!—Father wa? master ofa Masonic lodge in
ber native town in Ireland, and, dying, revealed it
to his beloved offspring. Grand finale !—Soldiers
disperse to the music of Peas upon a Trencher
—brother and sister escape during the uight.
The drinking saloons at New Orleans e
ed eacb evening at 0 o'clock. The F;
-The drinJtiog public were in a dilemma
was a diiuiuoia without any Across,"
OF CALIFORNIA, Vv
w;i
TIT NOTE
by ,:
-epefrt
tore   and   Ho
SZTHY. Co
A man at Bristol, li. I., advertised in a Providence paper for ;i wife, aud found one wh o brought
him a fortune of $30,000.
A woman named Elleu Murray died in Boston
v days since, at the advanced age of   104   year:
An Irish girl alt operative in Smith's p.aper mill
Lee, Mass., recently   fouud   five    genuiue    S1,00(
Treasury Notes in the   paper    rag?,    and  ano thei
girl, in another mill, in another lot of rags found i
;old chain valued at- isGO.
SUMMOMS.
Tom Tickle was peculiaily odd in bis manner of
drawing characters, lie once stmt his servant to a
gentleman remarkable'for being always in a hurryi
witb a message tif great importance ; but the servant
returned and told iiis master that tbe gentleman
was in so great- a hurry be could not speak to hint.
" It is no more than I expected," says Tom. "foi
lie loses an bom* in the morning and runs after il
all  day.'*
»udai4
I,  p„b-
ily and
are yon jo*
any  thin
w h a t'
One morning three Indies of S
■asburg registered a complaint, tbat, ou the same day   and   at the
same hour, ihey had been assaulted   with  invisible
blows.   How*?   They could only accuse a man of
ill-favored countenance, who had bewildered lbem.
Led before lbe inquisitor, this man   protested  and
Bwore by all the saints that be knew nothing of the
ladies, whom be had never seen.   Tha   Judge refused to hear him.    His great sympathy witb woman rendered bim inexorable,  and   indignant at
these denials.    Already he had   risen.    Tha  man
was about to bu tortured, and would probably have
Coufessed, as tbe most innocent frequently did. He
obtained leavtt to speak, "I remember iu   fact, that
yesterday,"at the hour mentioned. I beat, uot baptized beings, but three cats who came  trying furiously to bite my legs."    The Judge a man of penetration, saw the whole thing at   once:  tho  poor
man was innocent;   tlie ladies, of course,  were on
certain days tiunsformed inlo cats,  and   tbe Evil
One amused himsell with throwing   them   at   the
legs of Christians, to make ihem pass for sorcerers.
—Michc/el's SoreereDs;
Icelandic "SKrmt."—The daily food of the Icelanders is taken cold, and consists chiefly of raw,
dried codfiiBb and "skier," The latter dish is simply milk allowed to become acid and coagulate, and
then bung up in a bag till the whey runs.off. In
this form it is both nutritive and wholesome, being
more easily digested than sweet milk ; while, tc
those who take it, it is light, palatable, and delightfully cooling. Milk is prepared in this way by thi
Shetlanders, who in the first stage, call it '-rur
[," and when made inlo skier, "hung milk.'
The same preparation is made use of by lhe Arabs
nnd it is also lhe ehierdiet of tbe Kaffirs and Be-
chuans at the Cape, Our idea, that milk is useless
or hurtful when sour, is merely an ignorant pr
jndica. Thos****. who depend for their subs'tstenca
chiefly on miik diet, and have the largest experience, prefer to use it sour, and medical authority
endorses their choice,
Two Irish porters meeting  in   Uubli
dress-ed the other with,
"OoV, Thanky, my jewel, is it you !
Come from England ? Fray did you _
ofour old friend, 1'at Murphy *';'
'■The devil a sight,"   replied   he,
worses 'I'm afraid I never Bhall. '
■'IIo-.v to V
"Why he met with a very u a fortunate   acciden
lately."
"Amazing ! what was it f
O, indeed nothing mora than this ;    as   be w.
standing ou a pUi-ik, talking uevouiiy to   a priest
t a place in London which I think they   call   th
Old Bailey, lhe plank suddenly gave way, and poc
Murphy got his neck broke."
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)it AMERICAN
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Eil, A. D.. 1863.
ff. G. DRYDEN
s Ibis  3d day
unty Judge.
^^iV.'iUuv
'L.-sA    afti*
i- (mud, ivith the .>'.-»! of our bbW Court
i Los AoKalen, thi* 3d flay of April. A.
JOHN  W. SHURE, Clerk.
DtsAPI-oust!.-.;!) Pickpocket.—'-Well, if this aii
mean I Here's this feller been agoiti' about wi
thia here yoller chain, nnd when I pulls it c
fhore'ri no watch on lhe end of it. Tho conduct
these bere flashy clerks is enough to break t
heart of a poor feller like me, a.-> has to depend
his trade for a IttrinV
FRAJVCftrtCXj
HAVE    JUS
When Jemima went, to school ehe was asked wh;
the noun "l-atchetor" wan ninguUr ? -'Because,
she replied, "it is so vory Bingttlar that tbey dou
get married."
''Your Hou or was right aud 1 was wrong—i
your Honor is very apt to be," said a distinguiel
ed counselor to a presiding judge.
When Lord Howe was captain of the   Magnan
ime, a negro sailor on  board   was   ordered  to  be
ged. Everything being prepared, aud
shipH compnuy assembled to Ree tha punishment
Inflicted, Captain Howe, made a long address
the culprit on ll?e enormity ofhis ciiine. Poort
Mungo, tired of the harangue, and baving his
hack exposed to tbe cold, exclaimed —
"Maaaa,  il   you   flog gee,   floggee;    or   if   yon
preachee, preachee; but no floggee and preachee
A good anecdote in related ofa wdl-known vagabond, who was brought before a magistrate an a
common vagrant. Having suddenly harpooned- a
good idea, be pulled from a capacious pocket ofa
tattered coat a loaf of bread and half B dried codfish, and holding them up with a  triumphant gea
ur e to tbe magistrate exclaimed,
"Teu don't catch me tbat way—I'm no vagrant;
Aiift them wlaible means of support I should like
to know?1'
Mrs. Eunice Hayes died at Milton, N. II., March
27, it the nge 5fI02. She lelt 181 descendants
She was born on Friday, cou see rated to God iu
baptism on Friday, married ou Friday, moved into
Milton on Friday, h**r husband died on Friday
and she died ou Friday, us she often affirmed   bb<
would.
MrsBsrrbauld being on a visit to tho University
at Oxford, in company with a very Stupid voung
noblemen, who acted as Cicerone at one of tlio col
leges, it waa observed by a person who knew both
thc parties, bow unfortunate she «as ia her conductor.
- Not at all," said the gentleman present, " Minerva, jou know was alwaa attended by an owl,n
A letter from To
estimated that there a
silver in circulation o1
rcnto. London and II
to,
Canada, says that it is
hirty tons of American
ther heaped up, in To-
Hou.    Merchants take  il
only at 5 poi* cent diseoout.
ry
The Balh Tiidu; ttpeal
the rising riu." True e
ways Uuds worshippers.
'wIk
"Oue half of this generation," Baid au old maid
"are born to be the wives of thc otber hall, aud tbc
mothers--* of all the rest;
Macklin tbe player, once going to one of the fire-
offices to insure some property, was asked by the
eieik bow be would pleaso to havo his named entered.
" Entered," replied the veteran, "why I am only
■lain Cbarks Macklin, a vagabond by act of Parliament; but, in compliment to tho times you may
set mo down Charlea Macklin, Eaq., as they are now
synonymous terms.''
A young lady, sixteen years old, came tt
death at Norwich, Ct., a few days ago, under
painful circumstance*. While she was sitting in
the garden, a spark of Gre fell unnoticed iuto her
lap. It burned rapidly inward, aud before it was
discovered her underclothing was all in a blaze.
Her injuries were so severe that sho -survived ouly
twenty-lour hours.
New York M*ei
A brother of ''old OssawaUmie Brown," incapacitated fur military service, has bean appointed
third-clasa clerk iu tbe Treasury Deput liueiil.
Jones tbiuks that iustead of giving credit to
whom credit ia due, the Cash had better be paid.
"My tail is ended,';
turned Iuto a ball-fr
The Perfection of Mechanism!
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Pnrf'Uaiit, to a cull. Uie Deaiocratiu -State Conirnl
Gomiiiittfie met in tliis citv, nt the oflSce of the
late Humphrey Griffith at 12 M. Very full atteu-
■ dartce.
In consequence of tbe death of Honorable Humphrey Gril'U::, late Cluiirman, and of Hon. Wm J.
Ilooteri." Secretary, the Uomrniltee wan caled to
order by T. II. Williams, when diaries II. Street;
ol Colusa, wuseleet'-d Ulnurrnnn, antlE.T. Wilkins,
oi Yulia county, was elected Secretary.
On motion, a (joinmittee consisting of Thomas
11. Williams; J.I'1. Thompson and M. T, Wilkins
were ajipoiqttd hy Aw- Uliair, to eSpre88 tim sense
of ih id l.nmmi tee upon the loss of their late Chairman, and Secretary. (Jn nioiion, the Chairman
wns added tothe above named Committee. The
followitii-** resolutions, reported by the Committee
we're unanimously ad opted:
WHEiiKia, Since our last meeting the hand of
Trovidijoce has removed Irom u? two of tbe offl-
O'li-H o! tin- co in in it tee, we will nvall onrielves of
ihis as u fitting opportunity for expre-Eijiug the
profound regret entertained by us, and by ihe do-
raocrcy throughout the State, at the lots of these
dipliugiiislied members"of our party.
Revolved, Thut in the dentil of Humphrey Grif-
fith' late Uhninnan of lln; couuhittee we have lost an
honorable patrloLic citi/.en and ad eloquent cham-
pi'on ol democratic principles.
Resolved, That In common with all citizens we
cherish "tb'-e t^iidereSt'srntimenta of regard for the
memory Ol VTiliifj-m 5. "Hooten, onr late Secretary
who by his no hie -heart Jrl gene.* osity, and hiB amo-
erous priviue virtues, endeared himsell to a wide
circle 61 friends, mul who, by his ItfbofSta the cause
of democracy. .ent-iUed himsdf to the-'special
enlecin ofall true.democrats, .
. Revalued, That we extend to tne relatives of the
deceased onr most einc-'re tydtfahy iu theirbe-*
rennjenM-dt.
On motion, the following resolutions were uuati-
iuKiiisl-v adnptfd;
Resolved, First—That a Democratic Stale Chi
r suits of
Tb« .Bills of iTa-r-e
shall be inferior to none iiriln' State;
(.6 and from Los Angeles arrive at and depart from j
tills Hotel.
The Itar usbi! BUHai;d Sa!ooi*3     j
shall   receive lhe    most* siriot   nl-lent.ioii, and. tlie i
IJatrous shall lind that this  honwe wlU  he  carried;
on as'a first clas* Hotel oujh.t   to'he.
Los Augeles, May 31,  I8(^.
UNITED STATES HOTEL.!
L o s   A is g e E e s .
TIIKSHMSCiailKR hrt.Kit, lenssut the
J aboVeestablisiiment.. be^s lea^'elo in-
Jrt^Wft form the puhlic Unit* lie Ims fed! ted and
<('»'! refarnished it Uirr»ii_rb.»ut. and thai it
Itill tie ccmiucted in.the very b-st si.yle. 'ihe
table->ill be liberally supplied with every'!;::,.:
the niiu-ketii'l'iords,* and every eai^. will be Ukt!,i
to. mxKe the USflTKU" STAT1-J3 HOTEL a ooi(1.
wrtftHla home lor. hoarders.
Ai.iaehed to the Hotel, is a BILLIARD   ROOM'
and   lUK, v/liere the .best uf liijuors   aud eivars
are  kept,. .....
■   Terms moderate, to suit ll?!..limes.
Miners coining . from or to the mines ofllo!-
tmnihe, Potosi, Mohave or San QnUfiel. will hud
tliis h conveillent place to meet iheir Irieml", or tb
cLHaii-i  desirable inf.l'nnaiion.
A iJAlCELli'Ia aLo att..eli*.*d io ih<. [I.tr-l
tin:
-iba
of Co
her bu
LOUIS  MVEAM
Los Angfies. Kovcmlier. ^ih. 18*12.—tf
V.E.
us inay be deemed proper, be, nnd the' same Is   hereby   called to
meet in the city of  Sacramento   on   Tuesday, the
14th day of,fuly. a. n. 18tio, at 12 M."'
Seeoiid — ft' is i eeommeoded that ail persons-
shall he entitled l.q vote at the primary election
who are opposed to the principles ol the republican
party, and tu ihe war policy ofthe present udeiiu-
t'hird—That lhe representation In said couventiou hereby called he tbesaice as the repr^sfldta-
ticn i;.; the State Oanveiitiofi of 18G2,   as   follows :
Alair.i.'r*.*i*i    ^'Sacrum en to    12
A mad'jr.    I) j Sun Jk'rmirdino. .....  6
ilutti;.:.;-^ 12:San Die^o    2
C'i!;ivi;ii:;i '... , ; 1.7 j San   FraBCisGQ 1'.',
San .lon(jiiin , AJ
San Luis Obispo .3
San   Mateo    2
Santa Barbara    2
Sanla Clara  , .12
Santu lDra-2  .   C>
Sninri-lana ■■'■'■'.■>
Coln&a.,..,:
Contra CoStt
Del Norte.,
Ki dorado.,
lM-e.no....".
I-Iiimlioidl...
Klam-uh . ..
U.f,	
Loi Xr,|de,
MSii.i	
M.(ri|jna».,.,
Mtrc.Hl....
Mono	
Moniorev .
Attv-..:.,.
Ne.'ida	
Pl.icer	
.irlirV
rlT.iclriini.i
llTttltttmt,.
irr»s
.10
Dickson, deWoif I Oo
OFFICII FOR SJ1LF '
WHISKIE S:
crcxTUiiY-jrAcOti van utm*'.*^
piosfEEB—fvTH. it. n.ii't-s;
-"XX"   FJLVK ;OI-iJ"   ltVK.
■■AAA"  vf.tiv tit.a am.*) oaottffi.
Valley-wm. ri. uaijT's—uv ca.^j3S.
—ALSO —
wm. u. tmrsrs ct*es iiou.^e gis.
rpI.IL above WFIlS-K-USS are all cotiper dislillen,
J, from tlie choicest, selemeii i;.\*e, and ara never
oflered in the marlnit wii-hin tbnwe vears aiier their
distillation.    The sfoek uow on hand is
FroHiii ^our to Ei^nt Ye'tsrs Old.
These brands of Whisky have been favorably
known iu California diirins lhe last six yvars, and
tho constantly iiv.n'asin**-; demand for them attests
to tbeir excellence and  uniformity of quality.
They are commended t.o tho trade as anions the
nn res l imported into this market.
Fi>i- Snle by nil tin; jii-iiicipal Dtnltis ^.i tliis
S' I>i.C2iSON, D^WOLF&CO,
Plumas ,;   6 Yuba 15
jr. is  earnestly  recommended .that   Democratic
0tatd b- at once fonnej  Lhrontrbont the State.
Mi democratic   papers in the Sli.te are requested
to publirii iliefiDore proceedings.
(>'i motion, lhe Commitlee adjurned.
CkabUeh Ii. STiiKiif, Chairman.
_S. T. Wll.icliCi,   Secrelary.
Ittsracss C'aris.
feb2l
Sole Ar;.*rrl^, Snn L*rnntri8Co.
CLARK'S
SMDELIBLE_PE^CII.S.
THE CHEAPBST AND BEST
ARTICLE
. For Marking Lisen.
For Bale'*),  rho rrross. at
305 Montgomery street, Room So.
•2, Sail  SrVaucisfco.
C022 V'V tl*"tT.
B.. e-AB.*E.*STH,
WHEELWRIGHT AUD CARPENTER
HaVin'c; locatko im bl moxtk. axd
belnj; enalilod tokeep a   Knpplv nf hard   Wood
ftiwaja on hand, ia prepared Lo do rd! kinda^ol '-
in hia line at short notice and at the lowest cnn
"rates.    Orders respectful!.* solicited. non-2
DR. J. C.WELSH,
PlJySIC J AN ArVD SilIK^E(lN,
OffUs. Citv drug store,
Main street. Los Angeles.
Office hours. 0 to 12, M ; and 2 to 1), p.m.
Anenst 1. 1*9.
S.   &  A.   LAZARD,
I.Mi'OK-ITKS,
And Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
French,   Esi^lisli   and   American
liiy Goo«!s.
Corner of Melius Row,Los Angles. 1   6?
,S BAHMC4INC,
PeBWARUlXG ami CO.IIHSISSIOA
AGEST,
Sow San Pedro and Los Angeles.
F. F. RABIJUEZ,
NOTAKY PVB1.IC,
Office with ,T. ll. Grrcrnrr.r,, Kan., Temple's Block.
French, Enfe'tish, nml Spanish Traiislfttc.1,
Coll<eitons iHa.le. Ae.
wis. m. :
"    (riLXGESSoil TO CiY.O. TirACilF.K tt CO,.)
L^lfrtAlesnle nml  Ket«Il   "Dtwlcx-   In —
WINES'AND LiailORSi
Syrups, Bitters, Cordials,
Hi\in "3*tfoct, LoVAngelcs, Cal.
■   Xfr'OXXCXl WO CB.HUE'S'OB.S.
lii'the itfattei of theI' fist ft ta   nf TROHIAS    H.
WOUKHTAS, Decens6*d.
NOTICE is hereby piven, by th* niulerslsneil,
• AdminiPtrators ofthe estate -of Thoma:-* li.
Workman,*!ee-L'y.uHl, to the eredilorw of,nnd nil -Mr-
sons having olniins against, Bnii.1 dceeascit, to ex'iib-
it the same with the necessary-vouchers, ^iUiiii
ten mouths Irom the lirst publication of this
notice, to the umlersismed, nt. l.h<* |ilac.e of business
oCeitlier of them, in tlie cil-y nf Loa An<:",,i"s.
J. I). WOOPWOILTI-I,
WM. II.   WORKMAN,
Admiiiistrators.
Loa AnprRlnfl. May 23d, 18fi3.
f Aug. Stermer
Los Angeles Street.
The   man   who   attempted   to smoke' a  pipe of
braudy i-3 troubled with dizziness oftlie bruin.
SHOT SUNS, RIFLES & PISTOLS,
In Gun Materials and Sporting
Implements.
Also, CAP?, POWDEP, Ac. &c.
SHOT GUNS AND RIFLES RESTOCKED.
OrdetB from the country promptly attended to.
ill work  done in & workuianlikt! manner, and
guaranteed. u
TERMS,  CASH. fe23
.FUNE— Uy Ii.a.
Bloominp. blushing June is   here,—merry   month:
ot Rcses,
la whose happy eWp the Earth balmily reposes.
Dream we,   now, of   woodland's   cool,   hills   and
moniitaiii passes.
Spots where crimson berrien peep out from the
trailing grasses.
Where the timid harebell   hides,   far   In   forest
shadows,-
And tha yellow violets star all the dewy meadow*.
Where tho lore-rioe's golden threads, bright as.
maiden's tresses,
Fold each brown   and  thorned  shrub   in   Ua soft
ciiresses.
Where the wand'rlng wild-briar creeps over sunny
b edges,
And tha creamy lilies lia adoze among the sedges.
Tipsily the reed-hird swings on the slender rushes,
Iu the tangled hazel boughs build the twit'rlug
thrushes.
Jjithe-Hmbed   squirrels   friilc   and   bound tinder
leafy arclieS,
And the robin, all day long, pipes his plaintive
marches.
Where the drowsy leaves just stir,— and thro'sleepy
IIOIIOWB,
Lazily the waters glide over shining shallows.
Over  all   the  summer  eun,  warm    and brightly
abiuing,
And the low clouds, floating by, show thuir^oiden
■        lining.
Bloom   and   benuty   everywhere^   G-od'fl   divine
adorning:
In our hearts the liBppy culm cf   tba   bright June
morning.
liie our conscious pulsca thr
quiver
With the *onl;s still Cong of pr
Giver:   .'
11, and the glad lips
ij:e to the Gracions
is 'here,-—merriest
Eo!   for thc   blushing   June
month of R-We-s,
In whoBQ happy clasp the Earth balmily reposes!
— Golaen Fra.
tester {j-om OrphettsC. Kerr.
As it was feared oh Sunday last,  my  boy,  that
. veueralile Mackerel brigade was about to commit a breach of lhe peace by etrategicnlly assault-
ng the Conftderscies establis.hed in the uiud be-
twesn the Mackerel camp and tho ancient eil J of
Paris, I mouni-jd my architectural steed, the goth
io Pegasus, at uu early hour in tho morning, and
perceptibly moved toward the scene of approach
ing tautology,        ' . * ■    .    *■     .    * *
Il wii*=i high noun when I reached the Muckerel
:amp, and I lound I hose, spectacled veterans hastily
preparing to cross Duck luke after the manner of
i-qn-Uic v.-urriors. Ey some strange fatality, all
the pontoons were at hand in time,-greatly to the
lirilress of our more venerable iroope, who seemej
to fear that such unheard-<,f punctuality must be
vii omen. As there were a great many pontoons, end it was not deemed .best to waste any of
there, two bridges were built iustead of one, it being cor.sidored that, inasmuch as it \rts purposed
to sui-pi-iise the unseemly Confederates ou the
other f-itle, two bridges would he twice  as  Fiirpri.--
g lo them as one would be.    There was logic   in
ip idea, my boy—much   logie aud  eunsuinmate
rategy.
Gttzing across lhe e-Tpanse oi waters, I beheld a
couple of regiments of Confederates playing poker
on the bank, and eays I to Villiam Brown, who
was at that lime returning & small black bottle lo
his holster:
'■Tell me, my lea rle? a bluo b;!cli. how this can
possibly be a surprise, wbeii yonder grey-backs
are looking on all the time.
"Ah 1" -says Yillium, with milch loftiness of demeanor, ''you are but au igntirant civilian ipsecK,
and know nothing about war, Tlie movement,"
said Villiam, placidly, "is intended aa a surprise
lo the enemy, upon the -principle that any movement whatever of this army must surprise everybody."
I was reflecting seriously npon this unanswerable explanation of profound strategy, my boy,
when Cupt, Cob Shorty came rattling up with a
paper iu hie hand, aud says he: ''Attention, company I whi!a I road a document calculated to restrain the ticentiousuefls of a corrupt  aud  "Vicious
Gkxkkai. Order.-— For the purpose of preventing'the. transmission ot all news not previously
published to the morning journals of tbe so-called
Southern Confederacy, il has been determined by
the General Commanding to require al! correspondents ofthe press to affix their lull fames, ages
and address tu whaler matter they transmit for
publication; thus giving to the journals of our
time tbe double character of newspaper and business   direcinry.
Reporters hav.ing vulgar.names like Jones, Smith
and Stiggins, will be at liberty to assume the
names borne by the most popular characters in the
exciling tales furnisher:, by our weekly journals of
romanee—Mich as Lord-Mortimer* Cluude de Percy, Lester Hearlsease. Correspondent who do
not comply with thia requirement will not be per-
tted to assist in surprising the so-called Southern Confederacy.
General oe' the Mackerel Biuo-iDs.
(Blue Seal.)
After we had al! duly digested this aserul and
sagacious:General Order, my boy, Capt, Samyule
Samilh was ordered to make a detour ol Duck
lake with tho Anatomical Cavalry, aiid dig a canal
in the rear of the well known Confedaraey; aud
the Mackerel Brigade, tmdttr the personal supervision of the Grim Old Fighting GoX. commenced to
cross the pontoon bridges in two divisions. The
bridge that. I was 'opeu, my boy, was at once attacked by asurprised Confederacy with a .large
pair of scissors, who malignantly cut that end
loose. There was an aged civilian chap from A!
bany, of much stomach and a broad brimmed hat(
standing near me; and whan he found the bri '
beginning to move, he smote his breast,  and  i
h»:
"Where are we (billing to.,
'■Be not alarmed, Mr. Weed," savs I, pleasantly
we shall soou "repair tbe damage-1'
the
l,l!eui !,; says he. "j. wish IM gone over
other platform at fiiKt.'-'
■ lie was quiie an eild-nir.iv my boy, ".\'i\\ly waking into the rising wave of hisown fat; ! ood'(or
that reason appeared to have a chrouio fear of
some'unexpected submersion.
The Mackerel Brigade, in two parts, having
reaclie.'l the opposite shore of Duck lake in safely
the Grim Old Fighting Cox ordered Captain Villiam Drown and Captain Bob Shorty to take each
a regiment of spectacled veterans and cautiously
feel the Confederacies' lines, wliile he led thc reT
mainder to a small village at hand. w!.ie'". had
particularly requested tobe immediately **flt?OJ'«
ed. lt was his yreat strategical plan, my boy, to
form his lines in the fortu ofa triangle, thus inclosing the unmannerly Confederacies between
three fires, and winning a grm.it"geometrical victory. The Confederacies being, duly surrounded*,
and the village being set on fire at the apex of the
triangle, the Grim Old Fighting Cox withdrew to
a lent, spread a map ofthe world upoq a camp
■stool beside Mm, and proceeded to tab a topograph"
ical observations. Drawing from his suddle bags
on instrument of opaque gloss, el tubular character, quite large in circumference about half way
up, and then tapering into a nock or Waller tube
of nearly the same length, he raised it rn n semi-
hsrizontal position to a point one and a half inches above tile lower circumference of his chin, until
be could look through it at an angle bidding ils
greater circumference upon the jna|i below." Tl:e
light, striking through the body of thia instrument,
east a wavy, fluctuating sort of y-llwoish glare up-
on that part of th-; map representing the well-
known Southern Confederacy, accompanied by a
species of soft, trickling sound. After an interval
of yome ten minutes, tho operator s8W, hy th's
'o-ifitrivi-tnice, just double the number ofConfe8era-
cies, be had to contend with. It eudy . mnainrd,
then, for him to divide the number thus ascertained by two, and he knew exactly the number of liis
foes.
Ton wil! observe, my boy, that this singularly
ingenious device at once revealed to the new General of the Mackerel Brigade the. true strength of
his greatest enemy, and inspired him with a strong
spirit,
It was immedliilcly alter this lhat the Grim Oid
Fighting Cox issued the following
QF.::r.::.it_  oRoi*;?..
The manner In which the crofting of Duck lake
has been accomplished proves that this is tlie Buts1
army ever sasn on the plan it, and Is likely to
prove equally fine on the do it. I have now got
the well-known Southern Confederacy where 1
wished to bave her; and she must cither ignomin-
iously retreat, or come out of her works, and be
annihilated by me on my own ground, whieh is
ground arms!    [Blue Seat.]
Tin-: General of the HfjCKEREL Brigade.
ilaving let iiy this General Onk-r, ray boy, thi;
Grim Old Fighting Cox pMcaei^d to complete his
surprise of tho enemy by leading a bayonet fcbwge
from his side of the triangb*, ned ii.--.K. ilalely telegraphed lo the ba.se cf the triangle that the enu_
mies of human freedoni fwjp4 retreating before
liim. This was truly the case; tor the unseemly
Ce-ii'-edamcies not only retreated before him. but ro
treated with such impetus at ftg-bt upon Captain
Villiam Brown at the base ol the triangle, tbat
they actually drove him clear out of his place, and
proceeded to occupy ths basa ttemselves. Thus
matiei-s stood atthe conclii.cinn of the first day.
Early on the second day the Grim Old Figbticg
Cox charged upon some frt-sh regiments of Confederacies, who returned with snch violence that they
completely pressed Captain Bob Shorty from the
right line ofthe triangle and remained iu thai
line themselves. This sf&a the second day's battle-
On thefollowing morning It Mas discovered
that fresh Confederacies had come up from Paris.
These were attacked irresistibly by the whole
Mackerel Brigade, and only succeeded iu making
a stand wheu tbey found, as it were* the left line
of the triangle.
. Tou will perceive, my boy, that a great piece of
geometrical strategy had thus been achieved; but
it now turno<5 cut that the General of the Mackerel
Brigade had made a mistake, and a most serious
one. While taking his observations.with his ingenious glass instrument, he had seen just double the
ounibef of triangles (25 that might be formed by
certain great strategical evolutions, as he had seen
just double the number of Confederacies; bot, in
bis haste, he bad neglected tn divide the nfinibir
of ascertained triangles by two. as he should have
done; and now he discovered that only one triangle was formed, and that by the Unseemly and"
chuckling Confederacies. Such a nice thing is
strategy, aud so easily Is it deranged.
Owing to ihis error, ol course nothing more
could be done, and on Tuesday evening the Mackerel Brigade returned, lull of enthusiasm, to their
original side of Duck lake. The.affair had been
merely a reeonoisance.
Last evening, myboy, I was talking to the
Mackerel Chaplain about this singular strategical
all'.:;.*, and says he:
•■G'od help'us! The skeleton regiments wL! fcive
lelt standing are scarcely more than1 lhe skeleton
regiments we have left sic ping; and1 only the
sleeping ones can look upward."
■ Let'gentle charity, my boy, silence our tonirne-*
to tlie dread mistake tbat is past; for he -eAu:
made it, lost by it. the glorious immortality his
meanest soldier slain lias won.
Yours, gently,
Oitrnici;--*. C. Kerr.
l*rf»«irijjIloii uf (lie Adopted VfUi.i-.tH In KIkxIo
lul.nnd—The Irifmimms ITeal lues of (lie liliudu
Island Con stltul lau •
Rhode Island, nest to Vermont and Massachusetts, is the strongest Republican .State in the
Union. It lias been almost universally anti-Democratic from the foundation of the goverumenl ia
Its vole. The party which had controlled it up to
1842 continued the government of lhe State
under the old charter ef Charles II of England,
which '"'was given about two hundred years ago.
Uuder this royal charter (he whole government of
the Slate wita lodged ifi u lew hands. The masses
of ihe people were deprived of participation in it.
The public discontent with tliis stateof ihings roso
to suc:i a height In 18-12 as to Ihre'ten a revolution
in tbe State by force ol arms. The people were
finally pacified by ihe promise of a uew and mora lib*
eral constitution. They got the constitution, but in
some respects it is almost as obnoxious ap tho old
royal Charier. Foreign-horn citizens are not allowed to voto ut.l'*frs they own 5130 worth of real
e-lale. Negroes are allowed to vote without any
property qniililiealion. This .hows that the Aboli tion isis consider the JiegiQ more worthy of political rights than the wbire foreigner from Europe.
Ao adopted eitizeB writes a letter to tho Providence (R. I.) Post, in which be says:
' "I will ask some of our b.ading American citizens if tbey do not want tin- foreigners in your
factories, on your farm.s and on the battle fields,
add occ- = ionally at ilia balb.t-t,r,x. wliere you Cau
find ihem faithful and honest in the discharge of
their dutlej, in any position you may pluce them *
And wjtbimt them iri the above places the produce
and prosperity would be small to a great many
mei! tlint are now wealthy, Yyu can not, as a
general thing, buy Hum at the ballot-boX, no tnat-
ler ::o-.v trilling iheir circumstances may be. Five
Africans iu Souih Carolina are equal to one vole-
And five thousand goed, rt-jiectable citizens in
Hll6de Island can not enst a vote, or any person lor (hem if ihey do not own S130 worth o'
sand and graVel. One of your candidates, appointed to an eminent position, who voted against tha
i-ight of the adopted citizen last year, 'hree times
in succession, us I understand, says it was not tho
time to contest the question—iu the beginning of
a civil war. Row can such men expect the friendly feeling ofthe foreigner, who has been so faithful to tbe country ? I will ask any honest, sensible-minded man, waa not that the time to encourage the white men by giving liim equal rights
wiih the black man, as tho, encouragement would
be equal to 1,500 men frnm tha State? Is It because the majority of the foreign population id
Irish ? If so, is there any ground for such prejudice ? It is an island, though small, that has produced scholars, orators, poets, statesmen, soldiers,
mechanics and laborers, inferior to none iu the
world- and if not, which cannot be denied, why
should we be debarred from our rights ia this small
State, more thau in any olher State in the once
prosperous Union ? I can not see, for the life of
me, why the leading men of this State can suffer
such a stain fo remain so long, I bave been deprived of those rights for about seven years, after
my becoming a voter in Massachusetts, by changing across the line into Rhode Island, and doing a
business of about 550,000 a yeai; and at tbe same
time possessing, out of the Stato, about $5,000
worth nf real estatej and, during this period of
time, I did not have a voice at the ballot-box, to
compete with your very particular Iriend, that has
beeu the cause of the loss of thousands of lives—of
the most noble and patriotic men of the couutry.
That is t&e gentleman from Africa, which by
any means 1 do not find f-iuil wilh; but, from a recent account, I see they are increasing in value almost equal to colton. I have seen an account ofa
Mile of a womuu that sold at over three thousand
dollars. I, ahhough beiug an adopted citizen
deprived of those rights which the laws made
by Congress and guaranteed by the supreme lawa
at Washington, do not consider myself interior to
auy native American in the country, so far as honor, honesty and principles are concerned- I Will
not except any one man."
TUeUulte Call.
A friend wriietj *->< pg to inquire what counties
have indorsed ihe Butte call. The counties from
which we bave heard, the democracy of which ara
united and will scud.delegates to the eighth of
July convention and to none other, are—Amador,
Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Del Xorte, El Dorado
Klamaih, Lake, LosAngeles, Mariposa. Mendocino, Merced, Mono. Monterey, Sacramento, Saa
Bernardino, San Diego, San Joaquin, Santa Cruz,
Siskijiou.'Soiano, Sonoma, Sutter, Tuolumue, Te-
iiama. Trinity, Tulare, Yolo, and Yuba. Tha
counties which have not taken action, to our
knowledge, are—Alameda, Contra Costa, Frtsuo,
Humboldt, Marin, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo,
San Jlnt-.-o. Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, and S'haa-
ni. Tbose --vho have thus lar oniy partly indorsed
.the. eighth of July call, are—Napa, Nevada, Pla-
.-vi-/e;:.] A'.-r'v.:^. EA- bave heard of no adverse ac-
tLun o.-.wjit Irom Sierra and Placer, both of which
.,vS are insured wiil be withdrawn. It is certain
that neither of the conventions called by the state
eommiE"U*ea ean gut* delegation, through any regular demucrailc organization, iu these counties
ii; i;:e s:.i:e. Mr. Gel ion may persist in making up
. ,]..| .,::-.■; .;, from San Francisco for the 2-Eh cf
jui,, |i kuow of not one other connty in th#
si.iv* Which wili respond to it.—Saeramento Re-
piEjliviiu.
CABIHBSC CoxVb-HSA-riON.— President—How's t':e
rebellion to-day?  '** b***'
Seward—Rapidly crushing.
Chase—Rapidly pulverizing.
Stanton—Rapidly effervescing.
Bates—Rapidly decaying.
Blair—Rapidly ending.
Welles—Rapidly explodiug.
Uglier—Rapidly smashii:-.
prea.—Yes, geutlamer-;* but crushing, pulverizing, elfervc-citig, decaying, ending;, eiploding
and e-uaahiug whom J,
General)
-A --.ood story is told of President
bfira"    A piraotial   friend   said   to
'■Mr. President, do you really e\pect to end this
war d ii ring '.v*uv A ItniniWtl alien ?';
■   The President (m reply)—"Can't say, can't say.
Tlie Querist—"But, Mr. Lincoln, what do jou
maw) le tjo'-''' .
The President—''Pejr away, Sir; peg away.
Keep frigging /"—-V- Y. Fxpress.
A country surgeon who was bald, was on a visit
to a triond's bouse, whose servant wore a wig.—
After bantering "iih him a considerable lime'
the doctor said * You see how bald I am, and yet
I don'i■ w-ar a wig."' True, sir," replied the servant, "but an empty barn requires no thatch."