THE    SKATE 11.
The skater lightly laughs aud glides.
Unknowing that beneath tbe ice
Whereon he curves bis fair device,
A stiffened corpse in sileuce slides.
It glareth upward at his play;
Its cold blue, rigid lingers steel
Beneath the treadiugs of his heel ;
It floats along and floats away.
He has not seen its horror pass ;
His heart is blithe ; the village hears
His distant laughter ; he careers
In festive waltz athwart the glass.
"We are the skaters, we who skim
Tbe -surface of life's solemn flood.
And drive, with gladness in our blood,
A daring dance from brim to brim.
Our feet nre swift, onr faces burn,
Our hopes aspire like soaring birds ;
The world takes courage from our words,
And sees the golden time return.
But ever near us, silent, cold.
Float those who bounded from tho bank,
With eager hearLs, like us, aud sank,
Because their feet were over-bold.
They sank through breathing holes of vice,
Through treacherous shores of unbelief;
Tbey know uot their despair and grief;
Their hearts and minds are Lurued to ice.
The first time grain was ever exported from Canada, was in tbe year 1762, when two ships arrived in Marseilles, loaded with wheat.
A Zouave corps has been organized in Philadelphia. Ils uniform is precisely like that of the
French Zouaves, aud the drill is similar to
theirs.
[IT
t-1
1130, I860.
of the State eit California
iv-nvor-L-nifcl in Si'ti-
iiidatin-y;*. fmuling and
u> of California, here-
3tate shall cause to bo
o of California, not to
District : P KYLE, Pla
HOIiKRT TWEKDY, Llefei
trict Court of tlie latJu
filed in the Citv and Cou
the Clerk of said Dist rid
Cali for uia send greetiu
Tweedy ; You are hereb;
brought a sain si yn:: 1,;,
District Court of the ti
.ty of Los Ans.*:
lledt
■,-Iliii.
i.\, cotirVTV op r.os
lUlhMllt
.■rcwiUi
of this
n twenty days ril'lei-
venior. aud ciii.int.ovf lu;iik!il hv ilu; Cou l-
by thy Treasurer of State, and sliall b
Slate affixed thereto.
ShO,  2. Coupons, for  the intovesi,  si
'fr.r'Andr.n]rr.ii.:d
ve the seal of the
to be entered, and applv to the
for in hia Complaint.
Witness the Hon.   Benjamin
trict Court aforesaid, the 31st d
ATTEST: My Hand  an
[seal.]     tbe day aud year las
mntilation to  the bond.    6aU  eoupo
numbered, shall be signed by the frail
u-tfor thc relief prayed
TWE    XL. r, -F A T II E II.
[This hymn was found in a chest in an English
cottage.    The author's name is uuknown.]
In the stillness of the voiceless night,
When chased hy airy dreams, the slumbers flee,
Whom, iu the darkness, doth my spirit seek,
Ob God, but Thee?
And if there be a weight upou my breast,
Some vague impression of the day foregone,
Scarce knowing what it is, I fly to thee,
And lay it down.
Or if it be the heaviness that comes
In tokens of anticipated ill.
My bosom takes no heed of what it is,
Sine? 'tis Thy will.
For oh, in spite of past or'prescnt care,
Or anything besides, how joyfully
That almost solitary hour,
My God, with Thee.
Moro tranquil than tbe stillness of the night
More peaceful than thesilence of that hour,
Moro blest than anything my spirit lies
Beneath Thy power.
For what is there on earth that I desire,
Of all that I cau give or take from me,
Of whom in heaveu doth my spirit seek,
Oh God, but Thee?
Doing the Senate.—A Senator of metal-
Bell; a shining senator, Bright; a verdant senator, Green ; a greasy Senator, Chandler; a dubious Beuator, Wigfall ; a lazy senator, Doolittle ; a
healthy senator, Hale ; a grave senator, Toombs ;
a royal senator, King ; a muddy senator, Clay.
liquidated or p
doll a i
idbu
•otter shall not ill
mount until tbe
s hereby ap
; Treasury not other-
"i:*.; saiil bonds pn'pri.n.Hl, l.HU
liis wru fruit on the Troiimiry
s money  therein to pay the
Secretary of ^tate.
a sliall be filed i
B^VV:;-: '-:-'V- ■:■■'. . _.. / life-      J
"WHAT CHIiR" HOUSE*
Nos. 117, 118, 110   1319 and laa  Sacramento St,—Nos. 855 87, 89, and 9i
5 Leidstlorff street, SA.N FKAJNC1SCO.
Farmers Merchants Miners   aud all others who wish ***itperio*-accommodations, can always secure tbem at the
"WHAT CHEEK,"  HOUSE.
Largo additions have recently heen made to thu  buildings of this highly  popalar place of Entertainment, so long
■lurl iaViii-rr'>l\  I. "iiv, ii Ihrou'.li-.nil.  ihis ami Uie Atlii.nl.io  states,    Itrr  hum. I. km is central,  and well  adapted to ij;y (l,.^
gust, A.D. 1860.
NO RUNNERS  EMPLOYED.
BKS.TA1IIN HAYES, Di
Attest: JOHN W.
sk, Att'y for Pitff.spphH-l
E.1;! 1  =■«
/ARD. Proprietor.
TtJIlHrBR.'S
FOREST WiKE BITTERS,
The Greatest llemcdy of tUe Age
FOR THE CURE OE
Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint^
Weakness ofthe Stomach,
Or any Derangement of the Digestive Organs.
THEY REGULATE AND PREPARE  THE  STOMACH TO
receive and digest food in a healthy manner, gll
thousands of sm
fr«ra„, l«aai.aB t
es produced by tl
e body.    If the st
A. L EDWARDS & CO.,
NEW STOCK OF CHOICE
GROCERIES,
At 81 Clay Street,
Above Front San Francisco.
A.1
A witty boy, writing a letter to a school fellow
in a well-known academy in New England, superscribed his letter in the following way :
Wood
John
Mass.,
which three words, with   the relative position of
the name John, indicated the  boy's whole name,
the town and State where he resided.    To avoid
puzzliug* the Postmaster, this was euclosed in another envelope, and addressed without the enigma,
"John Underwood, Andover, Mass."
_ The young woman, who "was driven to distrac-
tioa," now fears she will have to walk back.
It a man is insane upon the subject of money, is
hia disease monomania, or money mania'?
„^J**>(l»(-\fw-S*J-t J.-J-. iui.-Jli/V,' V.Vli.'.W^.Wt-rtl.l1-"
What tree.represents a person who persists in
incurring debts?    Willow (will owe,)
One ought to have dates at one's finger end,
seeiBJE they grow upou the palm.
^ Why is a man climbing up Mount Vesuvius,
like an Irishman, who wishes to kiss his sweetheart? Because he wants to get at the mouth of
the " cratur."
No mau ever knows when, where, or whom he
will marry. It is all nonsense, planning and speculating about it. You might as well look out ibr
a Bpot to Sal! iu a steeple-chase.
If there is anything I hate, it is a woman with a
lap dog! I always want to drown it and put a baby
io ita place.—-Fanny Ftrti.
Ah Fanny 1 your wishes in respect to that matter might do more good if you were only a man
instead of a woman.—Prentice.
A Pretty Concluison.—When we see a pretty
female loot wc naturally conclude that it belongs
to a pretty girl, ou the principle lhat " All's well
that Ends well.
Query for Dramatic Authors.—Cau a man's
Plays be considered as his Works?
■v •:;>! (■•.ci-viliiijr-six   sunn ills,
Hlren"-tben::iL;* tho
md Imprisonment,
We desire any ar
mi th.- Brat day of February or Au-
ere renw-ins, n fk**i* tho payment, of ttie
family Physician, i
e, it shall be the dutv of tlie Trensiir-
"Turner's
the   Kjirice of one   week  in one   rtailv
Are sure to regulat
idin English, in the city of Kev.v York.
whole body ;
in one d;ii!\- liow-Hjsiiij^i*,  piiuli^lK-d in
e Capital,   l.u* scaled  v'"-^Ev, to be
climate ;
after the expiration   of »ucli publica-
Siate  Capital,   for the  surrender  of
Are sure to create
this  Act,  which advertisement shall
[ money  he lias  on linud for the pur-
; and they shall accept the lowest
ant exceeding par value,  as may re.
mount of bond?, until the amount of
■ redemption is exliaustel ;  provided,
Seamen should ear
and the like,
n-esaid, to exhaust fhe Sinkinr,' Fund
nan ten   thousand  dollars,   then it is
All persons of s<
ni^Ut, should take
rr im* v.vu-ran.re'.l st
There is a factory operative in England, the
olde-*t extant, now iu his ninetieth year ; he stilt
Works daily.
Mrs. Henry Pope, of Louisville, Ky., recently
came to her death by inhaling chloroform, for
headache.
Over 18,000 persons in New York live in underground basements, averaging about five persons
to a basement.
The census just taken in Washington Territory,
shows a population of 6,844. and assessed property amounting to 33,293,095.'
In the United States, there are a about;!00,000
Jews while there are in all England only 35,000,
A printing office and lithographic establishment
haa recently been formed for the first time in
Greenland.
A womiiin died recently, in Wicklow county,
Ireland, at the advanced ago of one hundred aud
forty years.
npen to the inspection o
ivernor, or the Attornei
-r  branch of the Legisla
the Treasurer to pay thi
) same falls due, out o
and if said  fund be no
L. EDWARDS & CO. have,  ust opened a fine
ssortment of Choice Family Grocc-
ies, which they offer at the lowest rates.
Flour—■Superior brands ot domestic.
Iorn Meal—Fresh, in 10, 25, and 50-lb. sacks.
I Buckwheat Meal—Hominy, coarse and Cue j Corn
Starch.
Coffee—Old Government and Green Java, and
superior Rio.
Teas—Superior fresh Green and Black, in G, 12
and 30 lb boxes.
I Candles—Chemical, Sperm, Wax, and best qualify Adamantine.
Sugar—Crushed, Powdered and Brown.
Cheese—California and Durham Farm.
Pickles—English and California Pickles, in pints
PiE-Fiti'ira — English and American Pie Fruits
glass and tin.
| Orr,—China Nut Oil, in tins and jars.
Yeast Powders—Preston & Merrill's, Hope Mills
and California.
Mustard—California, English and French.
Oysters—The most desirable brands.
Cocoa—Paste, Shells, and cracked Cocoa, Broms.
Chocolate, &c.
Starch—Glen field Patent.
Mincemeat.—In quarts and half gallon jars.
Cream Tartar and Soda ; Preserves ; all kinds of
JamS, aeltteSj Sauces, &c, in glass ancl tin.
Our customers may rely upon every article sold
by us.    The price in every respi-ct low.
Orders from the country promptly  attended to.
A. L. EDWARDS & CO..
allm3        No. Si Clay street, San Francisco.
EXTKA IIASPBERRY SYBTTP.
Iannfairtni-cd from jin.-ri: ini>e of lirvu-berries, and is eon;
iri.!..
oft
i Idi
ufac
R. E. RAIMOND,
COMMISSION MERCHANT
No. 105 Front street,
(.Between Washington and Merchant streets)
SAN FRANCISCO,
will  give  particular   attention to the
Purchase and Shipment,
as well as to the
SALE OP  MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE-
RE. RAIMOND having been established in San
« Francisco since 1849, and having been continually engaged iu the Commission business lor
Merchants aud Producers of the Southern and
Northern coast of California, as well as with that
of Oregon and Washington Territories, feels confident that he will be able to give entiresatisfaction
to parties who may entruBt their business to his
eare. jyl6
TURNERS'   GINGER   WINE.
TVTTS  ARTICLE is  maniifaotni-od  from  pure "White Ifine
J- aM-Jamaica Ginger Root. In    •-'   -       ■■   sr aa to fm-i-n
rill disoMos wlicf-iii. ,-roni.lo st mnihuil tn nrnjiired "to bring
tho System into healthy action.
One   Million Gallons,   in   Barrels
and Cases, -Sola Annually,
Thoughont tho world, thereby proving tta uneejualM anrl
u-nricedt'A merit;-, it has recei*. ed tlio approbation of the
Modioal I'acnll v tlivouphout the Cnitod, Ktatcs and vlier-
everknnu-n,
«ro oimtionail   consumer.';   of GTNGEIt WrNEto exam-
ICDtrfcK   'i'l-lliBI'j   l^AUiy.
TheTestimony of the whole World
'fc
yEE;--,  -,
One
One
a* New Yoi-lt:
it Buffalo, New Toi Sc :
it vSan Francisco, Cal.,
I
meut. unequalod by any o
Sold wholesale, by
And for sale by Merchants
KOHLBR'S
PIANO    E
MUSIC WAREROOMS,
Sansome Street,  San Francisco,
Extending from Clay to Commercial St.,
SECOND FLOOR.
Retail Stoics, 178 Washington Street, ana ^78
Stockton Street.
CONSTANTLY rocroivi.oj ibe b**-l Pronoh. Knglish, r,c-r.
man and American PIANOS, and selling them at
prices far below those of anv other Music Store in California,
PORCELAIN WARE,
FANCY  GOODS,   AND   TOYS.
TOLDSEE'S
AROMATIC
SCHJSIDAM
SCHNAPPS.
n Afin cases vom>1b6S?s celebea-
£,\.>l)\J    TED   SCHNAPPS,  ex Polynesia
vrul late arriTnls.   Eor sale by
S. 0. SH,\\T. Sole Agent.
No. 138 Front street.
VOLDNER'S SCHNAPPS.-Wbilc thc country
s flooded   with miserable imitations,  this article
maintains its superiority.    When baying, buy the
jest.—[Exchange. iy28m3
HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT.
, B.,,1 los,, c„,l B„„S„, SDm „„„ rice,-,.
BEES!   BEES:
Notice.—The aecret ol Mr
he 13,ttj,ft,r Ca.h.
ES- Call anal examine—it
Koliler's lc
aosts nothii
First Premiums Awarded at the
State Fairs of 1858 and 1859.
and at the Mechanics' Institute, San Francisco.
THURNAUER   &  ZINIT,
IMPOBTER3  AND M4K0K4OTBRBRS
—OF—
Baskets,  Willow  Ware.  Toys,
Ladles' Work-Stands,
Children's Carriages,
Hobby Horses, &c. &c.
93 Battery Street,
TURNER BRO'8,
Corner Front and Broadway Sts.
.     SAN FKA.NCISCO.    a^Burf
)yn-xS
Between Commercial and Clay,
San Francisco.
3 next preceding the gene
bo Tuesday next after th
t ; for which publication
made than the rates alio
ugust 4, I860.
FOR   SALE    BY
J.   Y.   WILSON,
No. lt> Commercial street, San Francisco.
I J OFFER FOR SALE a large number ol Fine Swarms  ol
i   I.    CA.[,n*0!:.\"IA   UVA-y.. iu ,-:i-v-.-  lrinr!  ,-, [* „„„-,M,.f..nm,
J.   Y.   WiLSOl
lVo. Cinnincr<:lnl sir
- Parties ivishinjr 11EES car
i, Fargo fc Co.'s Express, t
m, Wahsington Territory, i
LOTTERIES!
Wood, Sddy & Oo?s
OLD A.YD RELIABLE
Delaware & Georgia LOTTERIES
Lotteries on the OOMBIATA TIOJV, and other
on the Havana or SlJYGLE JVTJMIlERplan
SPLENDID  SCHEMES,
$70,000!!!    /-    $50,000!!!
Augosta, Cia., and lVilmiugton,Ocl
The Delaware State Lotteries :
T3*c^Single Number Lotteries
ONE giianii riCfii-::,;'[.: wm .mo.ntji 'I-;nl's'inn nnf
stitlns,  ,iiiU-.iu
■il.o 1,h-r!'.M-Kl L*m ,
rixtlscrttion  of Youth;-**-Sores and tllcers.
Ovopslcal Swellings, Paralysis
and Staff Joints,
Wood, Bddy & co.'s   L,
Office,
t, rooms JVo. 2 and 3,
rpress, San Francisco
c IIoiaimrAT, 80
table nruggists
ciYilized world,
twelt
VOL. X.
LOS   ANGELES,  CAL.,   SATULDAY,   SEPTEMBER   29,  1860.
!\T0. 21.
&os Augeles Star:
PUBLISHED EVER7  SATaitDAT MORNING,
At No. L ri(30 Eun.DiNoa, Spring Street, Los
Angeles,
BT   II.   HAMILTON.
TERMS:
Subscriptions, per annum, in advance.. $5 00
For Six Months   3 00
For Throe Months   2 00
gingla Mumber  0 25
Advertisements inserted at Two Dollars per square
often lines, for the first insertion; ond One
Dollar per square for each subsequent insertion.
A liberal deduction made to yearly Advertisers.
San Ft-ntiejko Agency.
Mr.C. A. CRANK le Its. only autborizea agent
for the Los AnO-bLES Star in San Francisco.
All orders left at his oiliee, Northwest comer of
Washington and   Sansome streets; Government
uilding, (up stairs) wil] be promptly attended to.
litsiiKss Citrk
C.   E.   THOM,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
LOS ANGELKS.
Officein Pico Buildings, Spring street.
J}-3
BELLI UNION HOTEL
Slain  SStn-rost
LOS   ANGELES.
FLASHMH & WiMSTON,
PROPRIETORS.
MTF1I3 HOTEL, so long known as the best
;hfl liquids of tho ppeaent Proprietors, has
been thoroughly refitted, and many additions made
to its accommodations.
Str-mgers. and gentlemen with their families, will
Snrl this ah agreeable home, at all times.
The table will be supplied, as heretofore, with all
the delicacies of the market. oct2
E.   J.   C.   KEWEN,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
LOS &NG.ELES, Cal.,
Willprneticein theCourts ol the First Judicial
Diatrict, the Supreme Oourt. and the U. S  District Court of the Southern District of Cnlrfornio.
Office, in Temple's Building, opposite Mellus's
stor(!- Jan. 1st. 1859.
DR. J. C.   WELSH,
PHYSICIAN  A\BSlK«FaOK,
Office; CITY DRUG  STORE,
Main street, Los Angeles.
Offrce hours, 9 to 1ST, M ; aud 2 to 9, p.m.
August 1. 1859.
PRAGER, MORRIS & CO.,
DEALKllS   IX
FOREIGN ABTD BOMESTSC
DR.T   C3l-<00:0®,
jl4 Main street, Los Angeles.
S.  PRAGER. J.  L.  MOKRIS  & BROS
L&FAYETTE HOTCt*
IMs-tixa.  Street,
OPPOSITE   THE  BELLH   WSffQ&t
LOS ANG KLES,
Jg^L     THIS   EstiiWliriliinent   offers  superior  in-
"^*™*peciilly to those wishing a quiet home. The
1 ication is desirable, the establishment large and
commodious, with rooms— single and for families—
c ean and well furnished, and a tahle well supplied
with thc choicest viand3 and delicacies ofthe season
—as is well known by those who have favored the
h iuse with their patronage.
Thc  Proprietor will use every exertion, and neglect nothing, to give  his guests entire satisfaction.
EBBRHA.ED & KOLL.
Los Angeles, July 10, I860.
COFFEE SALOOI
~- AND—
RESTATJKASTT].
50 Cent**  OAX fn£&\»~  ...   ■
EMILE BOTlDENAVtf
-veil and favorably known
for a long time in the
principal cities of the Pacific coast, as
cook, would respectfully inform hia I
the pubiic generally, and all who would houorhim
with their patro mge, that from this dDLBHT.
M. BOHTET,
ALISO STUEET, In BEATJDRS's  BBICK
BUIL.1>IS«.
HAS tlie liouor to announce to tbe Public,that
he -Hill carries ou his busiuess at the old
Stood M above, and having in his employment
competent workmen,^ is prepared to execute all
orderR with which he may be favored, in the Manufacturing of
FIncHar»ess,CarvI=iS':Itepiriring,a»rtMci.aing
A ISO, everything!
nil lcin
i, tlicSatUil^i-J'BuKiiii^R.
isAnaelt'S.Aiic. 1st. 18C0.
R.  F.   WALKINSHAW,
FAMILY GR0CEK,
FRENCH, ^VilaSON & CO.,
aMAKK THE BEST
Clothing and Furnishing Goods. AND DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHND1SE
Atthe Old Stand
ONE   PRICE!
Retailing  at Wholesale Prices!
STKAN-GiSRS VWITINT(> TilV, CITY WOU1M) DO WKl.T,
TO CALL AXD l.V.W'K TUMll! M l-IASrn]-; ; in*** .<-,inv-
will be fonv-iti-iluil to onr House in N'oiv York, tliertibj una-
t)linK them to alivnvs prooure a soor.l lit ; anil wben jou
■wish a suit, yon oiilv lirwe to oi'rlei* it by letter to any
part of tlm-il.ri.to vihv.rv. theve is an Kxiiruss OH'n-e. DiU;
collected on dnlivei--,- of goods.
The  finest  and best kind ol' Dfess Suits   ma.ie to order
and deli
■nted
uj.-i
o&ny
8f3- Sole Ler
thei* Trunks and Vu.1:s«h,   mul Ca-rpet Bags
llwayson han
., find all other -;oods suitable for travel-
any climate.
FRENCH, WILSON & CO.,
my5-ly
SauFraiicisco.
gan Bernardino.
R  "i'ol'l 'anTneTecfecI slock of all rirticta embiac-
ed in   the above line, nud respectfully rcyesl,-   n
continuanc.
ami new patron
nol?
of tbe  patronage of bia old  friends
11. F. WALKINSHAW.
HUMTKK'S  CELEBRATED
"anzaneta Bitters
LADD, WEBSTER & CO.'S
FIRST CLASS-FIRST PREMIUM
TIGHT    LOCK   STITCH
FAMILY AND MANUFACTURING
SEWING MACHINES.
T)LEASE call and
Slates,
s to parch!
ethesesuperio
r Machines that
SENSATION
n  the Atlantic
LEATHER to 1
ioFINKSTMUS
AN INVALUABLE
ysp.'p
of Ib
entire range of work, fr
LIN. nf any other fiiiri. class Machine wniioui gen-ms »""
of order, even when ojmr-iU'il liptrii br uiv.v.\i<<.vie:ni-.i:-d v'-r-
BOns. No I.ii-eakinrr- o[ needles or thread, or trouble with
tension. Tho perfect arraivomen (■ anil superior workman-
«hip of its parti, render it'\i Sewin- Machine unequalled
by any other offered Tor riale. Hi'waro of misrepresenta-
«on» of rivs,! agencies. SPERRY & CO., Agents,
j«80 No. 85 Mongtomery Et., near California,
TS   PROVING-   TO   BE
|    Remedy Tor Fever ami Ague, Dyspj-p
1   lul  Jl Obsl.nicl.ions  and  ImU.ions of the
t ver. StomRob and T^v^, whiob fact is Tenh.3
^ualsTSeatBo) tbis State, aod wboee veraci-
Jll Imsbrec tat rv Fliort time liixw tbey were
llt,t presented tc lire public, and tbo
IMMENSE DBMJNpWHlCffKDfflO' IM-
CREASING.&VES THA^EY HAVE
BEEN EGUryArKP™ EXrKclxnQNS
Not a rumor of dis.pprotation or dorrbt queliDcii
the  general  enthusiasm with  which thej   arc rn-
dorsed and   recommended bj all who have  expe-
rienced their beneficial effects. • _
For sale, Wholesale and Retail, IB every town in
tbe State. _       . ,
HUNTER & CO., Sole Proprietors.
Market etreet, nest to No. 4 Ei>PJ>/! llfm^'
a4mS Saa Franciaco.
SOSG   OP   THE   UNION.
KY PROFEHS0R  W1UTXKY,
Ere Porco und Freedom, hand in band,
Went lorlb to Weas this bappy laud,
And make it tlmir abode,
It was the footstool of a throne ;
But now no mas-ter hero is known—
Ko king ia feared but God.
Americans uprose in might,
And triumpb'ed in th' unequal fight,
For Union made them s'rong—
Union! tbe magic battle-cry
That burled the tyrant from on high,
And emailed bis hireling throng.
Tbat word, since then, hath shone on bigb,
Ils starry letters to the sky—
It is our country's name I
"What impious band sliall madly dure
Down front* ita lo£ts oeak tp toa*
Thc buinifr o! !jcr fame '!
Tlie spirit13 of the heroic dead,
Who lor Columbia tcuglit and bled,
"Would shudder at the view.
And curse lbe rashness ol aBon
Wbo should ber freedom's chai ter, won
So dearly, rend in two.
From vast Niagara's gurgling roar
To Sacramento's golden shore,
From east to western wave,
The blended vowb of millions rise,
Their voice re-echoes to the skies—
"Tlie Union we must save !;)
The God of Nations, in Whose name
Tbe sacred laws obedience claim,
Will bless our fond endeavor
To dwell as brethren here below :
The Union, then—come weal, come wo—
We will preserve forever 1
 ^o~,	
The ViiKyiiids  -- -■-
pagne cellars. Tbey are plainly visible from the
station, and a little on the right. The statement
that the French Government hired his cask and
packing sheds for six months to barrack 4,000
men, gives some idea of their extent, There arc
generally to be found 40,000,000 of bott!e3 ready
for sale. They are deposited in galleries, excavated in the chalk rock, about six miles long, intersected by tramways communicating with the railway, and perfectly lighted by metal reflectors.
placed at tbe bottom of tbe air-shafts.
[Fr.
PiesHltiii hy «ln; HomeoC&epr
sent(iiives—TUe Election ot 1801.
Since the beginning of our Government there
have been two election of President ol Lbe United
States by the House of Representatives. Mr. Jefferson was so elected in 1801, and Mr. Adams in
1825.
The cases were, however, materially different
Tbe elections took placeunder different conditions
as to the candidates, and different cooslitutioual
provisions.
That of Mr. Jefferson was under the original
provision by which two persons were voted for
for President, and that one having a majority of
all the votes, and the greatest number of votes,
was to be President, and the person having the
next largest number, also a majority, was to be
Vice President. Should there be an equality of
votes between two, the House of Representatives
was required, voting immediately by Slates, lo
choose one of them for President, the other to be
Vice Presidenl. If no person had a majority, the
House was required to choose a President among
the five highest on the list ol candidates voted
for, the next highest to be Vice President, or. if
there should be two or more having an equal number of votes, tbe Senate was directed to choose
from them the Vice President.
In lbe election oi 1800 fhe Republican members
of Congress originated the practice of Congressional caucuses, which so long prevailed, nominated Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr as their candidates for President. The Federal cundidates
were John Adams, tiie incumbent, and Charles
Cotesworth Pinckney, of South Carolina.
The number of States was then sixteen ; the
number of electoral voles was one hundred and
thirty eight, and the number of members ot thi
House of Representatives was one hundred and
The result of the electoral election was: Republican Eelectors—Jefferson. 73 ; Burr, 73. Federal Electors—Adams, 05; Pinckney, 64; John
Jay. 1. Rhode Island, which voled four Federal
votes, gave 4 votes to Adams, 3 to Pinckney, and
1 to John Jay, wbo had been the first Chief Justice,
of the Supreme Court of the Uuited States. The
States which voted for Jefferson and Burr in the
Electoral College, were: New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Norlh Carolina. South Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia—9
Stales. North Carolina gave a divided vote—S
Republican and 1 Federal. The Federal States
were: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Jersey and D>
ware—7 States, with a portion oi thc vote of
NWth Carolina.
The votes were officially counted on tbe second
Wednesday, which was the llth day of February,
1801.   The result waa duly announced, and the
House imeaedUtel; proceeded to baltot for Presi-^
dent between the two highest candidates baving
an equal  number of votes—lhat is,rJeffersou and
Bnw.
It will be seen that the Republicans had a majority in the electoral colleges, and a majority of
States in the election of Electors—but they were
nority in the House of Representatives.—
There were 51 Republicans and 55 Federalists.—
But the Federalists had no candidate of their own
party, but were required to choose between two
leaders of their adversaries.
A great deal has heen written for half a century
onthesulj ct of the alleged iutri^ues, to bring;
about this contest and to defeat Mr, Jefferson,—
Most of these were munaeed hftlinta the election in
"n the House came on. bul after the result of the
OoHegB waa known. Mr, Jefferson was at Washington. Ml*. Burr was at Albany, a member of the
New York Legislature, then in session; and General Hamilton, who had a polent voice in the councils of the Federalists, was at New York city.—
The Federal party could not be united ou Burr.
His^reat adversary then, as afterward, was Hamilton, who wrote incessantly and importunately to
throw Burr over and give the Presidency to Jefferson. Mr. Bayard, of Delawars, who held the
result iu his bauds, and finally decided it for Jefferson, wrote, at the time, the Presidency was in
the power of Burr, if he bad done anything to
help himself. The House passed a resolution not
to odjourn before a President should be chosen,
aud voted with closed doors. The first vote waa
as follows:
Ft>r Jefferson— New York, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia and Tennessee—eight States.
For Burr^-Ncw Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware and Vermont—six States.
Divide d and voting Blank—South Carolina and
Maryland —two States.
Of the nine States which voted for the Republican ticket in the electoral colleges, seven voted
for-Jeil'r-rson and two were divided. Of tbe seven
Slates voting for Federalists iu the colleges, six
voted forEurr, and one (New Jersey) for Jefferson. Thia state of the ballot continued without
any change for six days and nights. Ou the one
hundred and thirty-sixth ballot, which look place
on the 17th of February, Mr. Jefferson was elected
by the following vole :
For Jefferson—Vermont, New Jersey, New
York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virgiuia, North
Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia and Tennessee—ten
States.
For Burr—Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode I.-dand — four Stales.
Blank—Maryland and South Carolina—two
e, who voted for Burr, and changed his vote
to Jefferson ; and Vermont, which had voted for
Burr, was induced, hy the withdrawal of his Federal colleague, Lewis R. Morris, to allow the vote
to be cast by the Republican member, Matthew
Lyon.
Of the States which finally voted for Jefferson,
three—Vermont, Delaware and Tennessee—were
each in the hands of a single individual; Lyon in
Vermont,Bayard in Delaware, and W. C, C. Claiborne in Tennessee.
The incidents of this election led to a change
in tlie Constitution of the United Slates iu regard
to the mode of electing a President, nnd the adoption, by amendment, of the present plan, by which
the President and Vice President are voted for
separately, and in case of a non-election by tbe
electoral colleges, the House chooses a President
from the three highest, and the Senate a Vice
President from the two highest on the list of candidates for lhe suveral offices.
The amendment was carried through wjch such
rapidity that the election of 1804 was held under it.
Statfii
First Filing i>f lhe dent Floyd Gun.
Old Point Comfort, (Va.) August 29.—Tho
curiosity ot the artillery officers, and of the guests
at Old Point was gratified yesterday by the first
firing of the great "Floyd'' Gun, of which I have
before spoken. The first shell, weighing 360
pounds, was thrown fifteen hundred and forty
yards, at an angle of five degrees—and striking
the sand, bounced 750 yards further, The charge
of powder was twenty pounds. The second shell,
328 pounds, was thrown something over lour
miles on the water, nl an angle of forty degrees,
and with a charge of 25 pounds of powder. Tho
powder with which this gun is fired is in grains of
about one inch cube. The report is not so loud as
that made by (lie fen-inch guns on the rampart,
but thc whistling of lhe shell throojvli tha'jJ*-^
terrific. Tiie shell thrown upon the water was
foriy-lwo seconds in the air before striking. Tho
"Floyd" gun is pronounced .a success, and tht re
seems to be no doubt it will reach a range of seven or eight miles. Il weighs 49,099 pounds, and
cost in its easting $10,000. Both the projector,
(Capt Rodman,) and the proprietor of the Pitta-
burgh  foundry. (M
a cast, are here -sup*
app,)
.vliel
tiie  cannon
ntending lhe firing of this
ionBter gun. The experiments are conducted by
Capt. Dyer, of thc Orduance Department—one of
the most experienced and scientific officers belonging to thc army—and quite as an accomplished
a geulleman as he is au able officer. —Cc. ^V. P,
Times. ^___^__	
II you put two persons in the same hedroom,
one of whom has the toothache and lhe other is in,
love, you will lind that the person who has tho
toothache will go to sleep fttst.
"Mr. Smith, don't ycu Ihink Mr. Skeesicks is a
man of parts?"
" Decidedly 80, Miss Brown ; be is pari numbskull, part knave, and part fool!"
In allusion to tbe wet weather which invariably
greets the Prince of Wales on his arrival at. a place,,
the Canadian people say tbat as a matter oi
course, the Priuce of W(h)ales should have a watery receplion. —
Mr. Blondin is reported to have addressed a letter to the Duke of Newcastle, proposiug to bring
his Royal Highness into America in a wheelbar-
•row ou a tight rope. The response of the Pnnc s
guardian has not beeu announced.