MttHs |)ocfr*i,
is IT O0BEB :
Tbe following is the poem that attracted the
attention of the Marquis of Lansdowne. and inaitt-
ced him to mcke a present of one hundred pounds
tothe authoress, Miss FranceE Brown.—Edinburgh
Ladies' Own.
Is it come? tbey said on the bank! of tlio Nile,
Who looked for the world's own promised day,
Ami saw but the strife of Egypt's toil
With the desert's saad and the granitegrey.
From tht pyramid, temple and treasured dead
We vainly ask lor her wisdom's plan |
They tell ef ths slave nnd tyrants dread—
Yet there was hope when that day began.
The Childee came with his starry lore,
That built up Babylon'* crown and creed ;
And bricks were stamped on the Tigris' shore
With signs which our sages Bearce can read.
From Ninus* Temple and N'imi" d's Tniwer
The rule of the old East's empire spread
Vat lasoninn laitb and nnquestloned power-
But still, is it come ? the watcher said,
The light of the Persian's worshipped flame
The and nt bondage its splendor threw;
And once on the Wa-st n .sunrise came,
Wh'Ti Greece to her "freedom's trust was true,
With dreams to the utmost ages dear,
"With human gods and with podlike men,
No marvel the far-off day seemed near
To eyes that looked through her laurels then.
The Koreans conquered and reveled, loo.
Till honor una! faith ami power were gone;
And deeper old Europe's darkness grew
As wave after wave the Colli came on,
The gown was learning, the sword was law,
The people served in the oxen's .-tend ;
But ever.-ome gleam the watcher saw.
And evermore, is it come? ihey said.
Fort and Seer that question oanght;
And abore the alia of life's fears and frets,
It marched with letters—it tolled with thought
Through schools  and creeds which  the  earth
forgetii,
And statesmen trills and pri eats deceive,
An! traders barter our world away ;
Yet hearts to that golden promise cleave,
Aud still, at times, is it come ? they say.
The days of the naf ion bear no trace
Of all the sunshine so far foretold ;
The cannon speaks in Ihe teacher's place—
The age in weary with work end gold :
And higher hopes"wither and me'.noiie* wane—
On hearths and altars the fires are dead ;
But that brarc faith hath not lived in vain ;
And this is all that our watcher said,
■■1 Hi ■— —
I    L 0*jV IU    T H ial   WIG II T.
BT & P. Mo;?r.i;>.
I love the nipht when the moon streams bright
On Sowers that drink (he dew-
When cascades shout as tbe stars peep out,
From bonodleea fields of blue ;
But dearer far than noon or star.
Or flowers of gaudy hue,
Or merry trills of mountain rill?,
I love, I love, love—you !
I lore ta stray tit the cIofc of day,
Through groves of linden trees,
When music floats, In warbled notes,
And incense loads the breeze.
Hove tha- night—the glorious night—
When hearts beat warm nnd true ;
But far above the night, I love,
I love. I love, love— j ou 1
J No Gloom at HoMaV-Above all things, there
:<-hoa!d be 00 gloom Id the home. The shadows of
dark discontent and wasting fretfulness, #wuld
never eroffl the threshold, throwing their larva
black shapes Ilk,? funeral palls, over the happy
young spirits gathered there. If you will, your
home shall be heaven, and every inmate an ange!
there. If you will, you shall sit on a throne and
be the presiding household dlety. Oh! faithful
wife. Wbat privileges, what treasures greater or
purer than thine?
And let the husband strive to forget his cares.
he winds around the long narrow street, and
beholds thai soft light illumining his little parlor.
spreading Its precious beams on the red pave before it. He has been harrassed, perplexed, persecuted. He has borne with man} a cruel tone,
many a cold word, and nerved himself up to au
energy so desperate, that his frame and spirits are
weakened and depressed. And now his limbs ache
with weariness; bis temples throb with the pain-
heat caused by too constant application. He
scarcely knows how to meet his wife with a pleasant smile, or sit down cheerfully to their little
meal, which she has provided with so much care,
But the door is opened—the overcoat thrown
hastily off. A sweet, singing voice falls upon his
ear, and the tones are so soft and glad that Hope
like a winged angel, flies right into his bosom aud
nestles against his heart.
A home where gloom is banished—presided over
ly one who has learned to rule her household.
Oh ! he is thrice cousolcd for all hi3 trials. He
cannot be unhappy.
That sweetest, best, dearest solacelsbis—a cheerful home. Do you wonder that the man is strength.
ened anew for to-morrow's cares?
Htsttlhntoti*"-.
Currnn's   Ingenuity.
A farmer attending a fair with a hundred pound'
in his pocket, took the precaution of depositing ii
in the hands of the landlord of the public house
at which he stopped. Having occasion (or il
shortly a.tcrward, be resorted to mine host for
payment. But the landlord, too deep for the
countryman, wondered what he meant, and Was
quite sure no such sum had ever been lodged in
bis hands by the astonished rustic. After Ineffectual appeals to the reconciliation, and finally to
the honor, of Bardolph, the farmer applied to
Curran lor advice.
'■Have patience, my friend," said Curran;
" speak to the landlord civilly—tell him you have
left your money with some other person. Take a
friend with you, and lodge with him another hundred in the presence of your friend ; then come to
me."
" ne immediately did eo, and returned to his
lejjal friend.
" And now I can't see how I am to be the better
off for this, if I get my second hundred back
again.    What is now to be done?"'
" Go and ask him for it when he is alone."
" Ayas,   sir, Baking  will not do, I am afraid
Without my witness at any rate."
" Never mind, take my advice," said the counsel ; ' do as I bid you. and return to me."
" The farmer returned with liis hundred, glad
to have lhat again safe ;n his possession.
" Now, sir, I must be content; bat I don't sec
as I am much better off."
"Well," said the counsel, "sow take your
friend with you, and ask the landlord for the huu
dred pounds your fricud saw you leave with
Lim."
" We need not add the wily landlord found he
had beeu taken ofl bis guard, while our honest
friend returned to thank bis counsel, exultingly
with both hundreds in his pocket."
Facts ABOOT Scandat, Moxgkiis.—In every community is a class of people whose only object in
life seems to be to defame and injure those around
ihem. Generally persons of small mind and low
origin, they seek to drag others down because their
own merits will not suffice to give them a credita.
ble position in society. It has been our lot to
meet wilh several of thia class, and we have made
their frailty a study ; but we confess no philosophy will account for their caprices. One person.
for Instance, goes back into the past, and resurrects all the old stories of family shortcoming**, of
HOOial dissensions "what was once said," and a.
sad array is thrown in the teeth of some excellent
man or woman os old sins which they are expected
to bear, lu consequence, the whole neighborhood
is busy with these eld aud most usually false tales
of scandal antl gossip, nnd the tale-bearer has the
satisfaction of seeing really worthy people in much
pain and trouble from the unexpected imputations
made against them. But here is the mystery :
that very tale-bea''cr has a past of the most unen
viable repute—her family were of the most' scaly '
kind of people, and lived such a life as does not
usually look well in print ; and why a person of
such descent should indirectly excite attention to
her own affairs and her not-forgotten past, by her
: reiival of ancient scandal, is, it strikes UB, puzzling to tell. It has-served to quicken our suspicions that all scandal mongers have a family
escutcheon not particularly pure ; and we have
come to the conclusion that he or she whose tongue-
s busy with reputations and family happiness i
just the person whoso past ought to be Bbrouded
■n darkness. II a decent respect for ihe feeling?
>t the living and dead will not prevent the ezhu
nation of that wliich time had buried and grow::
iver with flowers, let the busybody think she ir-
thus lowered in the estimation of worthy people,
nd be silent Irom fear.— Sandusky Registry.
County Eusiness Directory.
UNITED STATES .in'ICl.l":*.
United States District  Court for the  Southcri
District of California:
I. S. K. OUT. Judge; P. Onl.  District Attor
.icy ; C. E. Carr, Clerk : B. Hunter, Marshal.
United States Land Office for the Southern District of  California:
Andres Fico, Receiver; II. -'• Dorsey, Kegistej
United States Court of Claims: \
C" E. Carr, Commissioner.
Postmasters :
J. S. Waite, Bos Angeles.
G. C. Alexander. San l'edro.
Thomas Burdiek, San Gabriel.
Ira Thompson, Moute.
COUNTY DPFICERB.
First District Court—Benj. Hayes, Judge.
County Court—Wm. G. Dryden, Judge.
Associate Judges—James F. Burns and C. 0.
Cunningham.
County Treasurer—H. N. Alexander.
County Assessor—Antonio F. Corouel ; Deputy
—J. II. Coleman.
County Surveyor—II. Hancock ; Deputy—H
Hanson.
Public Administrator—II. Keller.
School Commissioner—James F. Burns.
District Attorney—0. E. Thom.
Coroner—J. Q. A. Snead.
Sheriff— D. W. Alexander ; Under Sheriff—Sam
Arbuekle ; Deputy—Charles E. Hale.
County Clerk—John W, Shore ; Deputy—J. A.
Hindi man.
Jailor—Francis Carpenter.
Board of Supervisors—Thos. Burdiek. Chairman : David Lewis, John Forster, Agustin Olvera,
Christobal Agullar.
TOWNSHIP OFFICER^
Justices of the Peace—S. R. Campbell and Alexander Gibson.
CITY  OFFICERS.
Mayor—Thomas Foster.
City Attorney—Lewis Granger.
City Treasurer—Samuel Arbuekle.
City Assessor- J. D. Hunter.
City Harshat—Alfred Shelby.
mn imasa |i^tifcfmt«ts.
GENERAL
ADVERTISING AGENCY.
97 MERCHANT STltlil-IT. SAN l'RANCISCO
.uVMVivrj.h-vv and t-navrriiv.v BLU-.n ll. By
it-.}:}. iiOYCI-r. e.-;,-.-.t to.- tha loUowing newspaper.!—
"Demowalio State Journal," Saaramento.
"IJaUy Argus," Stookt,
CLOTHING   WAKEHOrsi.
WAI. G.^ BADGER '
109
■ ilia*
"Mii
.lo:
.Sib.iiJ.
ad Springs,
rillej
"Trib line,1
"Star," Los Angeles.
"Di'uiocr.itiuStanilaril," Portland, 0. T.
"'■;i Clamor Publico," Loa Ange los,   (Spanish l'a;
May 19, 1856. No.l-
WM Y PATCH.   CHAS. CLAYTON.     L. V. H. HOWELL
PATCH, CLAYTON & CO.,
Praaaluee Commission Mcrchante
general" AGENTS
Ko. 40 Clay Street, below Davii,
SAN   FRANCISCO.
Goods Stored in Firs-Proof Ware-Houses.
LosquePadezcan! Lean!! Lean!!'
*T3
idered as wishing to e
^tsffi W
-iarrsvvs;
Ilii
TIbc Law of Newspapers.
1. Subscribe"**! who de not. give exji
o tie contrary, a:
tiuue their subscription.
2. Ifaubscribersordaa their papers di&contim
Publishers may continue te send them until
charges ure paid,
:.'. If Bubscribere negleol or refuse to taketbei
papers Irom tii?-? ofiftte or place to which they ai
=ent,they are held reefponiriibl'i   un! I tba j  -<■
their account, and giro notice to discontinue th< ..
4. It subscribers remove to otnw places without
informing the Publishers, aud tbe paper is Bent to
ilit? former direction, they are held responsible
5. The Courts have decided that refusing to takt
-i paper or periodical from the office, 01 removinj-
and leaving it uncalled forfv&prima facia evidence
of intentional fraud.
Postmasters ffould oblige, by a strict fulfillment
of the regulations requiring tbern to notify Publishers, once in throe months, oi papers not taken
oui their office by subscribers.
EL GRAN REMEDIO 1TAL1ANO
DEITR. PAREIKA,
Para la cierta y eficaz aura de las infermedades
de una naturaleza prioada, tun hacer cvso del
tiempo que se ha durado y sin males efectos al
sistema o smponerse en- dicta.
KTanoaBella i".\ltwr£o—Kf intede taltm,aCurar.
{7ISTB  EBPECIFICO  LNVALaABLE  FUB INTKOfiUCUM)
Vi>-*-e--;?*---^A.?,:,:',-,?.,;■■'-■!'   tonpuw foe blen
AGoopHit.—We arc told of an instance that
ccurrrd recently, in which the lawyers presented
themselves fo a Judge *t Special Term, iii Chambers, armed with 9. to.midable array of books ana.
documents, and had hardly opened Iheir case.
probably pome question of costs more interesting
lo themselves tian their clients, when Judge Whiting interposed the question :
' What is the amount in controversy, gentlemen ?"
Two dollars, may it please Your Honor," was
tbe reply.
Well," said the Judge, faking out his pocket
book, and handing over that sum, " I will pay it.
Call the next case, Mr. Clerk."
If Fiicli a disposition to dispatch business were
uniformly manifested by all parties in Court, we
should ca?ase to bear complaints of law's delay.
—New York Journal of Commerce.
A Fra*xk Admission.—The Louisville Courier
an old line Whig paper in Kentucky, while advocating the re-organization ofthe Whig party very
frankly says:
"We do not, for a moment, suppose that the
•tvhigs can have a hope for their own success in the
next campaign. We believe that it is written in
the book of fate that the democracy will sweep
the whole country at the Presidential election in
November next. We do not entertain the shadow
of a doubt but they will carry Kentucky by a sweeping majoiity. Would it not be much better, then.
ior those Whigs who have principle, and not Belf
interest, in view, to support their own men and
measures, especially when they know lhat in so
doing they more certainly secure ihe present buc-
cess of the Democracy, which they regard as so
necessary 1'
Tiik Spirit ok the Lobd's Prayer.—The spirit
ofthe Lord's Prayer is beautiful.    That form of
petition breathes a filial spirit—"Father."
A catholic spirit—" Our Father "
A reverential sprit—" Hallowed be thy name.'1
A missionary spirit—" Thy kingdom come."
A obedient spirit-—" Thy will be done on earth
A dependent spirit—"Give us this day our daily
bread."
A forgiving spirit—" And forgive our trespasses, as we forgive those that trespass agfiiust o?..v
A cautious spirit—" Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil."
A confidential and adoring spirit—"For thine
is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever.    Amen.'"
filcrdiaittiist, $t.
tlfJTHN'G   AS")   !H!Y    80011!
ELIAS   &'1JI10THER.
TEMP__"H'S HUsVUl, 'A&XtN  ST., '
Opposite the head cf Comm< rcial, Los Angel,
du  las  .iudaales r1 i
Las Uo.
■ d Sun
, podei ao
a tl,? ello I-
41 falleoimieato del Docti
.1 hijo. uuien recientoan
ii.-."-i que lit _irt_ji.ni soloatftstiq^a
lo reeeta f.ie heredada 1
lo iia introducido eu Ion 1
KI a timer 0 de las curas que ne hi: ht'cho
les _v mileH jiueJtin dar testimwnio de
ToiEun lor* ftnr iiM'ia, lo (nn.
mi a sfi_M.i-id.ul, itespaclio y a ciertu q
liciim Iia not ''
tu l 1 !
1 mngun
Comer of Merchant, ^ H
Importer ot every variety or ^
CLOTHING  AND   FURNISHING   GOODS-
—also or—
DUCKS, DRILLS, SHEETINGS. BLANKirro
HATS, BOOTS AND BllOGANS '
By recent arrivals, have received very large i„voil..8 .
the Jiiotit u'
Desirable Styles of Clothine
and it is the LARGEST STUCK eyer offered in this mart
The Roods are manufactured under my own MiK.r','. ,''''
aud of the hest uiaU-rml. well out. large   G-/A:-<   ur,<  i,'0"*
mthe-cao-rt durable manner. BM»
TlUDKl'S i'roui the country arc invited to a*-*t_lujn(, ,, .
HKAVVSTOCK, and they will Hod thu ..rice* LiiWii; ,1'"
Ihi-y ean be found elsewhere in the market. D
rVHrllASKiWnnny rely on reeeiviu;. ihe best al_d ...„ ,
.alMblatgoi»ds. ax ejicli article is CU.\ltAM>:j!I) ^
uKUKity 1-KOM THE COUNTRY promptly  &nd carofmu
lii/mo pairs assorted Fancy OaSBimere Pants;
10,1100 jiairi, a-=soil"d l-'aney and i'Uin !SntineU» p»Et
7.(100 pairs Linen Pants ; "i
2,000 pairs Gomlyeai-'s Kubher Tartu;
■ 1,000 Guoctyear'ai *., hite Kub'er Comtn;
200 casers Goody ear' -, Long ami tihort Hutther Booti-
200    do   Miners'Boots; '
1,000 dozen auptai Flannel Overshirts;
300   do    Fancy GftSBimere Onershirts;
'1,000    do   White Shirtu;
000   do   heavy Hickory Shirts;
500    do    heavy Chock Shirts;
300   do   Merrimac SSiirta"
000   do   Lamb's Wool Undershirts:
31)0    do    Regatta Undershirts;
■.-.)!>   do   Grey l-'Iyune! Undershirts;
450   do   Lnidb'B Wool Drawers;*
250   do   Ilk ached Drill Drawers;
1,500   do   Overalls;
_II0    do    Denim Frocks;
1,200   do   Country-knit Wool Socks;
1,500    do    hea»y While and Mixed Cottou Sscks-
1,000 )i(eces super Silk Toi-l.c: H;iti,tl.#(el,iefs;      '
100 dozen lup«r Black >ilk aXeckercluei's;
■i00   do   Cambric Handkerchiefs;
300    do   Rubbflr Kelts;
260   do    Hiit-.l; Gloves:
4O0   do  Buck akin, Sold Saga;
1,000 Doe.-1 in Buainesa Coats;
400 Black Cloth Ki'oc'k Coats;
2,000 assorted Overcoats;
eajOassorted l<-a Coats;
3,000 ia.fe   (h'lii and Velvet Vests;
' 20 hales Hloe and Whit, hlafikits;
50    do    A Sheeting;
'      Drills;
SO   do   ats
rlm-Ve
■ltd J
1
VM. G. i;/j,<
Wholesale C
erj st., iM»iit*i ftt«i
iht*%, Sfc-s r
_s)
tomas falsus   nostrums.
'.-.c un remedio qr,c Im AA' piobado   por   los  ci.n
. fios _iasados y que no se ha fait ado.
GTJARDANSE DL FALSA- APABIKNCIAS.
centa tan estenslra de a
III I!!J11 III!
X-*-t-:>x' tSlJKit-y X?«y«i
Below Hcw¥orkl»*ricea
^xYAlyiiilit
—Bl—
Carpets, l*f.j?tr Htifia^s,
UPHOL8T%lY GOODS
To r: al-.e  a ehaLge 1:
ti-00 -av.l.- 0. Veil
1 our-hiisir.ev*--we shall cle»e <>t o\A
mi rew»id",e>s ot e*M ?V-r siiiv .iftf
A ( iiTprl.ij^ lien »i lb 1,,1-v,
■ C-rpefii:* f, 011:.,.. ..        S?0 16 I ;;,
isado y a
t k.r
nal. So
:.itorl..drah.
^yAMf, AltK CONSTANTLY   RKCKIVING BV
"vvi'i'  Bach Steamer direct flioni Neu-York,
rj£g    and kavenow in store the largest,
best and most desirable atock of
Dry Goods and CLtliing,
•.fore offered In thi*
m
rrdeclotii
tieirown trade, anfl n'n'ii tl.ev are not
jWsaleand Betail, at a ■.■'!■. ranceonNev
Without a* umeratfe ,.?'!! thasir articles, thej
say that they have en hand all kinds of read)
;, for Gentlemen or Boy*,, that may be callei
leacription of style and quality usually founi
Qgamuemen's furnishing stores.
Mats, Caps, Boots and Shoes,
if the mout ft-.ijicriov workinBnsliip and ofthe most desira
ile and fashior.aoh? binds.    Tlieir stock of
FAK.3Y :AMB STAPIE ItfiY GCCDS
s he tier than any in this Cily incjuiilUyum! ij 1.1 ant ity, im.'
inbn'.cesevery .-.inscription td'goods, which they will with
lea-vn-   exhibit ta all who may faVor them with a call.
rhefoll        ,-.■?.*■■'.   - taamhracesa Few of their articles-
SUJ    —    Ion   , Black and more Antigue.
ISHA ,  ;._— i rT   >.-<-, ?.- igllsh, L-'i-encli Sill., and Cashmere.
CIl'vOX,-—ih'alikiL-.'.'.s, ([ui'.litie.i nud _irices,
Ol.!.;VMS— '.VhiU? <-?!.:! Colored, Silk. Kid and Thread.
EDu.vjNG—Jaconet, Sivis:-: and Muslin.
LACKS—Thread andilil';, superior.
Ari*Ti.£-:;ciAii fi-oivebs.
IVr-.rh and figured A'.'iasas. Bombazines and Merinos ;
Poplins, Plains, Del/vnes. &c.   &c.
WHITE  GOODS.
Thresd. Lace, Capos, Collars ate! Chemisettes ;
Irish Linens, Cambrics, "Swiss aad Bsoi Muslins;
Liiienivid Sill; llai- -.<-
hey are del E'l-in hied lo keep tlie Le-.-i. ^ood-.,. ami Iho lo-ir-o
oannot fail to suit.
Don't forget the place. COMMERCIAL ST.
next door to the old stand. hnfi
ran oasttgadns al esttemo rigoi fclaloy.    l're-1
KE08LA BOTEIXA.     1'r.nx vasnder (ior 1). Bah
loo .v •   U .'.ra Cah.oraia, Oregon y la« Islajfi ao '
-1   j.irv   .'.;.., ordenen han   de  esN.r dhijidu*..
n-.r.i vended pot Iteojnreros de e-te Estado go ner j
Un dlscnento liberal i^ara lots ^lie conijuan i>oi|
D. BABCOCK. Drogu-ero Mayor,
133 Calle de Chiy j-lim Francisco.
1 para vender por J. B. WINSTON,
Drogerero Lo.s Angeles.
PRAKH J iKHi'
I.lsta dc fljj
.r* tn el F.s'.udo.
J. B. WINSTON. Los Aneelea.
ii. K. ssTARKWKATf-^ii.  iioto-ir. ;U- hi Ciudad. fc'acramen
S, COFI'IN Y CA.. Botieavios Marysville.
1. l>.Kl'',id., llotiea .'te Tuolumne,  Sonora
'.  '-i;r!!',"ll'l- !■'. Botica de L-ha.sla, Shasta.
J) t "WOBTHEN,     "      " Placerville, Placerville.
\IS SAWS. ,lr. Ciudad de Sacramento.
1*..  . . ■ ABR, Hownievitle.
m$m &m$nm.
fir?
Route to
Facile Express Co
tfoi a**
AG'A t_
will T\
THE'under.signed A-rent foi
l'-i~f.,.^f   the •'PACIFIC JOlXl S'i'Ot"^
r:.'iv-.-r- ci>.',:1'a:--;v.!
■'.-jii.Uli oy tvery steamer  an Kxpi
narge of regular ".legsen^ers, on the louche;
SANTA BARBARA.
MONTEREY,
SAN FRANCISCO,
SACRAMENTO,
STOCKTON.
nd throughout the Northern Mine*.
(J"*"- Packages, Letters, Parcels andT treasure forwarded
ndinsured.
fSf" Collections made in   every part  of the^State and
?sa March 6th 1855.
mio-tf
WELLS FARGO & CO'S
"-H& "E3 JT S3 "E5. 33 S S .
A Joint stock Ooxapany with n caplatal of
$5 it 0,000,
119 nnd 121 ^aci-uiuetitu sau Mi.aa     tloBClKl
Centrally located between Sansome and Montgomerj'-I
in the immediate vicinity ofthe Nicaragua andMail Steai
ship Co -s alfliees, San Francisco.
GIIEAT REDUCTION
IN THE PRICE OF BOARD AT THE
WHAT CHEEK HOUSE,
ITos. 110 and 121 Sacr&niD_-to utrcet^
tjAN "FKAXCIfcCO, CAL.
Wllilidlspntclt an jSxprcss from th« City ot
Los Angeles, by everv Si earner, to all parts nf California, Oregon, the Atlantic States and Europe, ii, charge
ifreKtilarandexperlenced MeBaengers.
tBTTEBS,PJU!!ELS, PACKAGES andTREASDRE
'ocelveo :i
patch. C
■mdallhu
aissionG filled
nd fornnrdinj'
-ftfie Atlantic States, Oregon anciEurope.
,      ,       , H- N. ALEXAXPKR, AoF-st.
LoBAngelflfl, March 24, 1866.
??!
AT MM mm PfilKlS
'WiiT
,A7,A1U> k Kiii-AUAl, who arc w
itKaiT OAOBmcES, beg leave to Inic
iu mm are in want ol* aiivthing in their line
:-.idge for tlicmsels-es, to convince them Hint t
■nods at lo-ast 25 per cent, ciieavkk than
■lore in town.
ill 1
(lire ub n-call and try.
We haw thom who are i
ray as sat laefwe are ar« .
ny   othe
LAZARD k KREMER.
mmrdi.-ili
idehted to up to male
mj.ellefl te go is Is.
t'aiiriage anal BlaekMSJith Shop
By JOHN GOLLER.
LOS  ANGEIES   STREET,
NEAR THEPofll  OK OOMMERfffAL,
THE snbaorlbe] respectfully ia-
formsthepubHc^onerally'lliat
lie will keep oonstantlv oa hand,
and will manat'acture to order,
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LOS   ANGELES,   CAL.,   SATUEDAY,   MAY   10,   1856.
NO.
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Dissolution of Partnership.
m:Ii<: PARTNERSail* HJERETOFORK EXIST! N;. mother, life may i>.'& breath,
But if such dreams are given,
While at tiie portals thus we stand,
What are the truths ol Heaven ?
I bear a happy heart, mother,
Yet, when k'ud eyes 1 wee,
Ana b*af soli cones anal winning words,
1 evvr tbiuk et' thrif.
And th^n the ''ar, my spirit weeps,
Uiibrdda.ii SHs my eye:
Air1', [ i Jt cr j. iKimehftss tlovi.1,1 long
Unto thy breast tu fly.
Then I am -rovy sad, mother,
I'm Vr-ry sad and lone—
Oh ! there's no heart, whose inmost fold
Opes \ro im like thine own!
Tboagb sunny smllas wreathe blooming lips.
Wniie l*f. tones meet my ear.
Mj mother, one lottd giwaou of thine,
Were atbottsnad times mine dear.
pST- Lox«FKi."u»w  thus happily  describes tha*
gradual coming on of the shadows of twilight.—
The simile at the close ia very beautiful:
Slowly, slowly up the wall
Steals the suBihine, steals the sh-de;
Evening damps begin to fall,
Evening shadow* are display ed,
Bound me, o'er me, everywhere,
All the sky is grand with clouds,
And athwart the evening air
Wheels tbe swallows bome in crowds.
Shafts ol sunshine from the west
Paint the dusky windows red,
Darker shadows, deeper rest,
Underneath and overhead.
Darker, darker, and more ".Tan
In my breast the shadows fall;
Upward steals the life of man,
As the sunshine from the wall,
From the wall into the gfcy,
From the roof along the spire ;
Ah 1 the souls of tbose that die
Are but sunbeams lila?d iiia'h'.T.
StisttUaimms.
Preventing an Bt«pem«nt.
A writer in the Democratic Quarterly Review,
iu sketching life at Baden-Baden, records the following incident :
A noble Hungarian lord, Count Christian W	
had come to pass the season at Baden, aooowpani.
ed byh:s daughter Helen. Young, beautiful.
charming, and beirens to an immense fortune left
her by her mother, the young Countess soou found
herself surrounded by a host of admirers. Ador
en of all kinds were not wanting—rich and poor,
noble and obscure, tender and passionate, grav«
and gay. It was a pt?rpetual tournament, ol which
she was the queen, and where the aspirants contended for her hand by exhibiting their address-
grace, and seductive qualities. When she entered
her carriage, tea cavaliers were in the saddle caracoling around her r.aleche. At the ball, the
most elegant dancers were dev .ted to her. They
had neither cares, attentions, nor eight, but for
her; whereat many beautiful Wttmea—French,
English and Russian—were particularly mortified.
Among these pressing suitors Helen  selected  the
most worthless. The Chevalier Gaetan M——wm>
it Is true, a charming fellow, pule and delicate.
with fine-blue eyes, aad long black wary hair. J
the place of true passion he had eloquence of Look
and word; in short, he dressed With last*, danoed
marvellously, and Bang like Itubiui. Bat, unhappily, these advantages weie contrasted by greal
vices. A diasipated gambler, and unprhu'ip;;:,!.
the Chevalier Gaetan hid quitted Naples in con
sequence of some scandalous adventures in wbich
lie had been implicated. The Count, after having
informed himself ol these facts, desired, but too
late, to pat his daughter on her guard against a
dangerous ailection. Helen listened neither to
the advice, the prayers, nor tho orders oflier father.
The man for whom he endeavored to destroy her
esteem was already master of h-.r heart, and Bhe
obstinately refused to believe in the disgraceful
antecedents of the young Italian.    If Gactun had
had to do with a father who laofesd energy, perhaps be would have become the happy busiiri.nl of
the young Ccuntess, and the peaceiul p i
the immense fortune with which lie was so frantically in love.     But the Count knew how to carry
his point, either by management or force,    lie was
au old lion. He had preserved all the vigor ol
youth, and all the rude firmness of au hia'i,mi'able
charaoter, which nothing bat paternal teoderaeu
had ever softened.    Sell-willed in his resolutions,
stern in his exe uiion of them, he owl about tor
means to put hots oJu combat this carpet knight,
who had dared to undertake to become his Bon-tn-
law in spite of him, when accident threw into his
hands a letter wh'ob Ga it in hud written to Beleo.
The Chevalier, impatie _ toaajtalo the goal of bis
desires, proposed in dlraacl lenus to tbe young
Countess an elopem ■nt, and proposed a clandestine meeting at the hour when the Count was in
the habit of going out lo play whist will; BOOM
itfutlemou of hii ac.piaiotauee at l'.e Gonveisation
Bouse,
A ro*e placed in Helen's belt wm to be the signal of consent.
The young girl had not read the adroitly Intercepted note.   ■■ Put Hale Bowet in your belt," said
thi? Count to her, offering a rose, " and come with
e."
Helen smilingly obeyed, and took her father's
arm. In the course of their walk, they nr-i Gaetan, who, seeing ihe rose, was overjoyed.
Then the Count c nducted his daughter to the
residence of one mt their acquaintances, and requested her to wait until he came fbr her. That
done, be returned to the little house in trhioh he
lived, at the outskirts of Baden, on tho Llchten-
thal road. He sent away bis servants, and was
alone. At the appointed hour G-ietan arrived at
tin* rendezvous, leaped lightly over the wall of
the garden, and, (lading the door shut, entered the
house through one of tlie low windows. Then
mounting the stairs, filled with pleasing emotions, he directed his steps towards the apartment.
of Helen. There, instead of tlie daughter, he found
the father, armed wit1] a brace of pistols. The
Count closed the door, and laid to the wretched
Gaetan, trembling with terror:
■■ I could kill you ; I have the right to do so.
You have entered my house at night. You have
broken iuto it. I could treat you as a Felon ; nothing could hj more natural."
" But, sir," replied Gaetau, almost inaudibly,
" I am not a robber."
" And what are you, thou ? Yon have come to
steal my daughter—to steal an heiress—to steal a
fortune. Haare is your letter, which unveiled to
me your criminal intentions. I shall show youno
mercy! But to take your life, I had no need of
this trap. You know the skill of niy right arm :
a duel would long ago rid me of you. To avoid
scandal, I did not wish a duel, aud bow I will slay
you only at the last extremity, if you refuse to
obey me."
" What is your will, eir?"
■• Ton mast leave Baden, not in a few days, uot
to-morrow, hut "this very instant. Yon mu t pat
two hundred leagues between it and yoa, and
never again come into tiie presence ol my daughter or myselt A* the price of your obedience,
and to pay your travelling expenses, I will give
you twenty thousand francs."
The Chevalier wished to speak.
'■Not a word!-'' crlftd the Ooant, in a votofl of
thunder. '■ You know wie, understood 1 I hold
your lite at my mercy, and a moment's hesitation
will be punished with death."
" I obey," stammered the Chevalier.
" Iu good time !   Your twenty thousand francs
are in that secretary; take them."
" Permit me to decline your oiler."
An imperious gesture over  the  false modesty
which tiie Chevalier "^pressed  feebly, and  like a
man n ho declines for form's sake.
'■Bat," said he. ''the secretary is locked."
" Opeu it."
'■ There is no key in it."
" Break the lock, then.-'-'
'' What! yon wish me to ?"
" Break the lock, or I'll shoot you."
The pistol was again presented, as an argument
which admitted no reply.   Gaetan obeyed.
'■ It is will" Bald the Count.   " Take that package of bank notes; t ay are yours.    Ihve vuu s
poeket- look ?"
- Xes."
'■ What does it coiiaiu V
" Some papers—letters addressed to me."
" Let your pocket-book fall iu front of the secretary you have broken open."
■■ What!"
'■ I must have proof which will convict you."
" But "
'■ But, sir. 1 mean to have all tlie evidences ofa
burglary. I mean that the robber shall be known.
Robber, or death I Choose.' Ah! your choice is
made. I was sure you would be reasonable. Now
you are about to fly, i'ou will go before me.. 1
do uot quit you until you area league from Baden.
For the rest, make yourself easy. I will return
late, and will enter no complaint until to-morrow.
You may easily escape pursuit, and If my protec-
tioc b-.; -omes necessary, reckon o.i tne.   BegoneI"
Afterthisadvanture, which madaaj great noise,
Helen could no long** doubt. Gaetan was baulsh-
ed from her heart, and she married one of ber
cousins, captain in a regiment nf cavalry in the
service ot the Emperor of Austria.
Niagara Falls. —All the islan Is on either side
ofGoat Island, ean now be reached with  perfect
safety, and tiie centre of the rapids above Bath
island, can be traversed nearly as far up a-i the
head ol Goat Island. Large logs of red cedar
have been cut-up on Chapio Ialand, and brought
off to be manufactured into various article:, of use
and ornament.
People at a distance who have any aiesire to see
Niagara mure   wonderful  or   beautiful   than   W88
ever witnessed before should lose no time. 'J'wo
or three days of warm weather will disrobe Niag
ara of ber ley charms. All agree In saying the
sight far surpasses, that in aoAimoi:—Niagara
Falls Qaseite*
a \ighi Somm i» London*
Unierthis head Mr Dickens describes, in   his
Household   Words,  what he witnesited one  night
outside Wtiilechiipel v.'oikhonsi? :
On the 6th of Last November, I, the oondaotor
of this journal, (MOOmpwlled   by a  friend   well-
knawn to tho public, accidentally tatrayed into
Wliilechapel. It was a miserable OVedfcgj very
dark, very muddy, and raining hard. There are
many woful sights iu that part of London, and it
has beeu well known to me in mout of its aspects
for many years. Wo had forgotten the mud and
rain in slowly walking ftioog and looking about
us, when we found ourselves, af 8 o'clock, before
the workhouse.   Crouched against the wall of tbe
w»rkhouse, in the dark Mre-u. qq the muddy pave*
meut-stones, wilh the rain raining upon lli.-m,
were five bundles of rags. They were motionless,
and had no resemblance to the human form. Five
great bee-hives covered with rags—five dead bodies takaa out of grave****, tied neck and heals and
covered with rags—would have looked like those
lire bundles upon which the rain rained down in
the public struct.
" What \* this?" said my cowpmioi*.; " wdiat is
this?"
" Soma miserable people shut out of the casual
ward, I think," said I. (Mr. Dickens then describes hii inquiries in (he workhouse. Ho found
that t ie women were shut out simply because the
home was full.)
Wo weut to the rugged bundle nearest the workhouse da»or, and touched it. No movement replying, I gently shook it. The rags began to be gently stirred within, and by Utile and little a head
was unshrouded—the head of a young woman of
three or four aud twenty, as I should judge, gaunt
wilh want and loul with dirt, but not naturally
ugly-
Tell na," Said I, stooping down, " why are you
lying hero?"
'* Because I can't get iuto the workhouse." She
spoke in a faint, dull way, and had no curiosity or
interest left, She looked dreamily at the black
sky and tbe falling tain, but never looked at me
or my companion.
'■ Were you h 're last night V
'■ Yes ; all last night, and tho night afore, too."
" Do you know any of these others ?"
"I know her next but one; she was here last
nii'lit, and she told ine »he come out of Essex.. I
don't know uo more of her."
" You were hure all last night, but you have not
been here all day?"
"No—aot all day."
'•' Where have you been all day ?"
" About the streets."
" What Slave you hud to eat ?"
h Kothing."
'■ Come," said J, " think a little. You are tired,
and have been asleep, and do  not quite consider
what you have b ien saying to on,   You have had
something to eat to day?    Come! think of it."
- No, I haven't; nothing but such bits as I could
pick up aboit the market. Why. lookatmel"
She bared hot Lock, and I covered it up again,"
'■ If you had a shilling to get some Bapparand a
lodging, should you know where to gat it?"
■' Yes. 1 could do that."
" ;■ or God'a Bake get it then."
I put the money Into her hand, and she feebly
rose and went away. She never thanked me,
never looked at me, melted away into the miserable night, in the sirangest manner I ever saw. I
hare seen   many Strange   thlngl, but not one that
has left a deeper impression ani my memory than
the dull impassive way in which that worn-out
heap of misery look that piece uf money and was
lost. One by ono I spoke to all the five. In every
one, interest ami curiosity were as extinct as iu
Ihe first. They were all dull aud languid. No
one made any sort of profession or complaint; no
one cared to look at me; no one thanked me.—
When I came to the third, I suppose she saw that
my companion and I glanced, with a new horror
upon ns, at the last two, who had dropped against
each other in their sleep, and were lying like broken images. She said she believed tbey were
young sisters. These were the only words that
were originated among the five.
BBTTEB okt 'km First.—About thirty-fire years
ago there resided in the town of Hebron n certain
Dr. T , who became very much   enamored ofa
beautiful young lady, resident in tlie same town-
The Doctor was a strong Presbyterian aud his
lady-love was a decided Baptist. They were silting together one evening, talking of their approaching nuptials, when the Doctor remarked :
" I am thinking, my dear, of two events which I
shall number among the happiest of my life."
" And what may they he, doctor," remarked the
huly.
" One is the hour when I shall call you ; wife'
for tlie lir.st time."
" And the other."
" It is wdieu we shall present our first-born for
baptism."
" What, sprinkled ?"
" Yes, my dear, sprinkled."
"Never shall a child of mine be sprinkled."
" Bui mine shall."
" They shall be, hey?"
" Yes, my love."
-■ Well, sir, then f can tell you that your babies
won't be my bablos.   So, good night, sir."
Jbxkt Lisd.—During the last two weeks Madame Goldschmldt lias given a aamber of concerts
■I the provinces —at Heading, Exeter, Plymouth,
and other places. They have been attended by
great arowds, and the "Nightingale," has been
■verywhere received with acclamations. At Reading an ae??:?! at happened, which fortunately did
aot prove serious, but showed Jenny Li ad's kindly
pasil ■:?.    As her carriage was leaving the
Town Hall after the  Concert, a boy   was knocked
down and fell under ibe wheels. Se was carried
in the hospital, and vas found no! to have been
dangerously hurt. Blocbune Goldschmldt Bbowed
the utmost conoorn aod anxiety on bis account.
and immediately seat Ave pounds to he used lor
hi:, benciit.— English Paper,
ll pin loi IB df dt«   1'rlvnlt!  Krrrtiary.
'rb<* 'lomiiHiu! p.hit in the Lev-i.-dature brer but
few friends, indeed. Kveu its own outside friend?*
"turn tall," and unite with the nniver.-al pnblio
In exposing its foil;.- .1]ul ijorruptlon*    The l'ri-
Vatfl Seeretaryofhis Excdletiey ihe Covernor is
Kinon.iM the bnvinont lo deinmnee ibe Legislature.
It is strange lo left a bird befoul his own went ;
but ihe evideiee of iiiitltiiess for official position,
and the proof that the Know Nothing! have viola-
led all the promise* they made last year before ths
people are no plain nnd irresistible that even
Caxton" oooid not forbear administering to
ib.'in a ebasli-ririeiit.    In R recent letler lie sa>s :
" The seventh session or the Legislature of Cali-
lornia has tSWt entered ou the tat week of ils ex-
Uttenoe, Gloria in rxcelaia. The day of its adjournment is at hand. Hosanna in the highest t
Its hours are numbered, Amen. The people alii to breaths live, 'fhe vulture has
dipped Ins beak lor the last time in fhe vitals of
rromelheus. The night-mate can incubate but a
tew hoon longeron thu bosom of the Stale. Her
eye beglna avnn now to brighten; her limbs to
strengthen ; her back to straighten, and her pulse
to throb with the regularity of reluming health.
A general couralescence haa set in. We grow
happy at the thought ; the contemplation ii delightful, the prospect is reircshing."
And again :
:aV' Like the remembrance of an attack of tho
cholera, or the yellow fever, or the small pox, tt
is almost a pleasure to look back upon the dangers now past and gone. True, we may be, and
generally are, dreadfully emaciated, horribly tann-
ed, or awfully pock-marked, but what of that:
.¥• Banff the fresh air, clasp our bands, hold up
our head?, and thank God that va aro still alive.
The bleeding, purging, and reti-hing, lancet"*, cathartics and emetics, have spent their force lu
vain.''
Tha Democratic.prof's has never said so much
as this. The Idea of likening a Know Nothing
Legislature to that loathsome disease, the smalt
pox,' "Caxton" very propeily asks what the
Legislature has alone for the State in return for
the quarter of a million dollars expended in the
payment of members and attaches, aud for tho
million dollars which have been expended in ap-
pria tions.
Tlm Know Nothings are a rare old party.
Currying Dt-nilly Wtupon*.
There is no practice in the community so disgraceful, and more indicative of rank cowardice,
than lhat of carrying deadly weapons in the ordinary pursuits of life. A man lhat doee this either
intends lo insult some one, or fears that., tf attacked, he will not be able to bear himself as a man
with the weapons that the Cod of nature has
given him. Many ofthe bloody scenes which havo
disgraced Ibis city would never have occurred,had
it not been for this almost universal custom of
having about the person either a knife, dirk or
pistol. A hasty word, if not resented on the spot
by the thrust of* knife, would In many cases havo
been withdrawn or apologized for—a violent altercation would frequently have been compromh-
ed by lbe " sober second thought," or ihe interference of friends, were it not that the dirk or pistol
has been thrust into the dispute, and made one
party a victim aud the other a candialate for tha
gallows or penitentiary. The law of the duello,
although a relic ol a barbarous age, is far inoro
respectable, because in its operation it contemplates a period ol reflection and apology, anal eon-
sequeiiUy lessens the ag^re^ate of those whoconio
violently to their deaths,
We have beeu led to these remarks by a scaio
we witnessed yesterday iu the neighborhood of
the Custom House. Patting a saloon we heard
loud words, as though in altercation,and stepping
in, found two men in violent dispute—one a well
known character in election times, and Ihe othera
former Stale official. The lie wiw given to tha
latter, which he returned with a blow of the hand
—when immediately the former drew a dirk, and
bad he aot been seised by the waist by a bystander, he would have thrust it into the heart of
his opponent. The latter stepped back, provided
himself wilh a pistol, and seemed resolved to de-
feud his life at every hazard. Some considertito
persons forthwith dragged off the man wilh tho
dirk—and so the scene ended. With a little less
promptness M tbe part of the peace makers, wo
ihould have bad a second edition of the Cora
trtgftdy, thus easting another stigma upon this
community.
We trust our authorities will look a littlemoro
earnestly to this practice, and make a summary
example of the offenders,   By so doing tln-y will
save lbe eity anal county credit and reputation,
and relieve us lo a vast amount in a pecuniary
point Of view.— 8. F. Globe.
 —nn ma* m 	
Tiik WisiNMn'ov Moxumkxt.—The proposed
monument to Washington seems to have come to
a dead stand still. By a very unfortunate arrangement the whole movement, a year or two since,
feil'into the hands of a political parly, and tho
result is given in the report of Mr. Ellis, the Vice
Prefrident ofthe Monument Society i
"The country cannot ba "TOBSed to liberality.
nor oven to gratitude ; and tbe agents who havo
been appointed have many a>i them returned lo us
disappointed aod despairing, and deeply wounded
by iie'ih  heaped  upon them.    The  scheme  with
tvblob we entered upon tbe work bas been broken
ie,- the mil taki o notion nf our predt ae on | and 11
will bedlflacult Indeed, il not vain, tu renew it.
The tide bad ebbed before our eli ctlon, but we are
not responsible for tbe difficulties Interposed by
others, whioh preolnd d ns Irom taking it at its
Hood.    Wo can Wily deplore It, and   by   renewed
■nel sarnesi effort endeavor i« remedy tbe evil
which bae already been done, to awaken the public reeling rather than go tu Uongfoss lot legisla-
tive aid.
•■The receipts ol the yew have been far less
than in any prviv ding yew since the norm r stone
was laid. The gross amount Irom all sources has
been but 87.1 i". We have now 925 In the treasury, and are In all responsible for not exceeding
_.;;'■) ol debts ("-entreated by ns. all of which hi sat-
peuted to be llquldata d by and paid by the end of
;:!... month.   Additional nccouuts of tbe reoelpts
and '-vi- HtnreJaTS prepared and ready lor m-
r>pecticn.'_ ,  ;
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