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VOL. VI
LOS   ANGELES,   CAL.,   SATUEDAY,   SEPTEKBEK  27,   1§56.
50.20.
€0$ attgeUs 0tar:
PCBLISHED E7ERT SATOSBDAT MORNING,
At Cells' Building, Main Street, Los Angeles,
(Opposite Bella Union Hotel )
BY   H.   HAMILTON.
TERMS:
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For Six Months,  3 00
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of ten lines, for the first insertion ; and One
Dollar per square for each subsequent insertion.
A liberal deduction made to Yearly Advertisers.
Agents.—The following gentlemen are authorized Agents for the Star :
L. P. Fisher San Francisco.
t. D. Hilt..  gan GalyHeh
■ Messrs. Knox & Wbi3ti.sk Monte
Col. Ira Thompson Monte
?• GLr?» '.'..'.'.Santa'Barbara.
Jonas D. A. Thomas San Bernardino.
L. II. Jacobs San Diego.
WELLS, FARGO & *CO'S
A Joint Stock Company wltH a capital of
$500,000,
WIT.U, dispatch aa Express from tile City of
Los Aniteles, by every Steamer, to all parts of Cali-
ernia, Oregon, the Atlantic States and Europe, in charge
cf regular and experienced, Messengers.
LETTERS.PARCELS, PACKAGES and'TREASURE
received and conveyed to destination with safety and dispatch. Collections made, Orders and Commissions filled
&nd all business pertaining to an Express aud forwarding
business, attended to with promptness and care.
Sight bills of exchange procured on all the principal cities
■ofthe Atlantic States, Oregon and Europe.
"u7 H- N. ALEXANDER, A rest.
PACIFIC EXPRESS COMPANY.
THE undersigned,  Agent   &*^3$;£>>S£F£i
of the "PACIFIC EXPRESS S'C'fW
COMPANY," will despatch hy ever) Steamer
» r*-^r-Ld4( ta^jreas. in charge ofa Special Messenger, to
SANTA BARBARA.
SAN LOTS OBISPO,
MONTEREY,
SAN FRANCISCO, and
All parts of Northern and Southern Mines.
—ALSO—.
Oregon,  Atlantic States and  Europe.
COLLECTIONS made in all of the above named places.
TREAoURES, PAROELS, PACKAGES and LETTERS forwarded.
OUAFTS purchased in San Francisco on the Atlantic
States aud Europe.
Particular attention paid to the forwarding of Gold Dust
to the Mint for coinage.
Treasure, Letters, etc., received up to the latest moment
JOS. A. FORT. Aannt.
xnd ensured to destination
uu7
tirape Boxes and Sawdust.
milE U>H>Elt3IGNED HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO
Y funtUh Grape Packcr-i with Boxes oT all sizes, of fehe
uuiit suitable material, and dry Sawdust to any extent,
upou terms lower thin tut/y can be had from San Francisco, and of better quality.
S.ituples will be  forwarded immediately, and contracts
entered into, and an ample stuck always kept on hand.
M. KELLER.
!>■* <\n-fftlet. June 7. lRoff.	
1VEW   ESTABLISHMENT.
Gabinet Making, Upholstering and
rXOEBTAKING.
The subscriber would respect-/»»,
fully announce to the citizei'-s olyML
Angeles and Siiri-onn.di.ng p|^
country, that ho is now, mruiti- ' | '
facturingat his new stand on MAIN STREET throe doors
south of the United States Hotel; Furniture of every
style and finish on the rao.4 reasonable terms.
The Undertaking Business
Will receive the strictest attention, as he will endeavor
to keep ou huud COFFINS of every style. Persons from
the country can have a Coffin of any finish at one hours'
TJpliOlsterins
lu all its branches.
Spring Seat Sofas aud Chairs neatly repaired, equal to
new.
ew All orders filled with promptness and dispatch.
Eg- Kcmember the place—Main street, opposite Williams' Grocery.
uo7 JAMES D   BRADY.
flew Fruit & Vegetable Market.
milE undersigned having purcliased the entire stock of
J. Groceries and Liquors of Joa.v McDo.vouhii & Co., beg
l>ave to infirm his friends and the public that he has refitted and made great improvements in the stoj-.o, aud also
opened, in connection with ihe
Grocery and Liquor Ba iness,
A Fruit and Vegetable Market,
AT THE OLD STAND ON
jwr jm~ "sc am?  !S('3CTW.sk3 3e:'::b^9
(Opposite Pine's Hotel,) afeeo doors from Commercial   Street,
"Where will constantly be found a choice assortment of
tthe above articles cheap for CASH.
AST Country Traders are respectfully requested to call
And examine the goo Is.
^f All kinds of Country Produce taken  In
exchange.
p&- Remember the place— Opposite Pine's Ho
tel. Main street, Los Angeles.
u'n7 JOSEPH STCE.
SEWING- MACHINES.
GEOVEE, BAKER & CO.'S PATENT.
THE undersigned has on hand and is constantly receiving a supply of the above superior machines, together with duplicate parts, Needles, Thread, &c.,' which be
twill sell at reasonable-rates.
jf B.   Machines repaired and warranted.
S. O. BRIGHAM, Sole Agent.
(For California. Oregon, and the entire Pacific Coast,
Office, Sansome street, near California,
j„7—3m opposite Tehama House, San Francisoo.
FOR SAX.E,
iWine and Aguardiente!
The Subscriber offers for sale at his residence in this
-city, for the benefit of whom it may concern, and on reasonable terms,
1,300 gallons of California Wine and 400 gallons
of Aguardiente.
fefe9_tf STEPHEN C. FOSTER.
Carriage and Blacksmith Shop.
By JOHN GOLLER.
LOS ANGELES   STREET,
NEAR THE FOOT  OF COMMERCIAL. '
THE subscriber respectfully informs the p uhlic generally that
he will keep constantly on hand,
and willmanufacture to order,
Coaches, Buggies, "Wagons, Carts &c,
• in a neat and workmanlike manner. He has oniiand|and
for sal* a fine stock of Eastern White Oak and Hickory
Plank andaxels. He keeps constantly on hand a large va-
bttttf of Cart and Buggy wheels, Spokes, Felloes, Shafts,
NtokTokes.Double and singletrees.
Horse Shoeing and Blacksmithing
in allits various branches, executed with promptnessand
■ dispatch. Particular attention will be given to the manufacture and repair of PLOWS, HARROWS, and other Farm-
ingrfJntsnsils. He has an extensive assortment of Iron ax-
I els, Springs, Bolts, Plow and Spring steel, and other mate-
rialpertaming to the business, too numerous to mention.
Also, 20 Tons of Blacksmiths' Coal.
.  With none but the best of workmen in his employ, he
fwlsconfidentthat he oaa give entire satisfaction to his
ttjfr JOHN GOLLER.
BttSiTO fak
0. E. THOM. 0 SIMg
THOM & SIMS,
Attorneys and Counsellors at SLatfr.
OFFICE— ON MAIN s tree t,
 (Opposite the Bella Union Hotel.) un7
Jolux "V\T.  Shore,
COUNTY CLERK.
Fee*   payable   Invariably  m   advance.
IDr. Carter,
OFFJCE   AND   DRUG    STORE,
I.OS ANGELES  STREET,
Adjoining Keller's Store.
PRIVATE  RESIDENCE-ROWE'S BUILDING,
DIAI1V STREET. ,,„ 7
Ouas. R. Jobnso.v. H. S. Allanuon
JOHNSON & ALLANSON,
Successors to  Alexander  tt  Melius.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in GE.VERAL
MERCHANDISE,
MAIN STREET. Los Angeles. uu7
SOLOMON   LAZAED,
IMPORTEK,
And Wholesale and Eetail Dealer in
French,   English   and   American
Dry Goods.
Corner of Melius Row, Los Angeles.      aug 9
AUG. W. TIMMS.
Forwarding and Commission Merchant,
San Pedro and Los Angelas, Cal.,
«i>7 H. READ, Agent, Los Angeles.
IE3.   GS-.  JE31Jk.TLxJL*,
IMPORTER AND DEALER IN
Blank Books, Staple  and fancy Stationery,
Writing Paper, &c. .Sic.
Corner of Front and Commercial Streets,
SAN FRANCISCO.
Aiignst 9, 1856. 3m
G1
IS, ill /il SHEEP HIS.
3HL«tuI.;*pl3. Emerson
IVES NOTICE TO THE RANCHEROS AND
Butchers of this vicinity that he will give the
highest price for Hides, Calf, Sheep, and Goat
Skins, and for Wool.
fj3S~ Liberal advances made on contracts for
the coming clip of Wool.
A general assortment of Red wood and Pine
Ltiwbef, for sale at the Lumber Yard oh Alameda
street, near Aliso street.
Office--™AimodaStreet, one door from lhe corner of Aliso street. unT
JUST  RECEIVED,
NEW  SPRING  GOODS.
Rich, Mewmark & Co.,
COMMKKCJAL   STREET,
XTTOULI) respectfully inform their friends and the pub-
VV   lie generally, that they have now on hand, aud are
receiving by every steamer, a large-aud splendid assortment of
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods.
AK-o, a large assortment of
g%? n m tv. «=V!r» Olotlxillg;.
comprising i he ut west and most fashionable styles, se-
lecl-'d expressly for the trade in this city and vicinity.
Ladles' aticl Gentlemen's Hosiery in great variety,
And a thousand articles we have not room to enumerate.
Then former patrons and the public are solicited to
examine their stock before purchasing elsewhere, as
they are determined to keep the best goods, and the prices
cannot fail to suit.
Don't forget the name—Rich, NewmarK
& CO,, COMMERCIAL STREET.     jun7
"VTOTJCE TS HERlU.y E&VJiN. ihat all persons cutting
J_l Wood or otherwise trespassing upon my Rancho of
Santa Anita, in the Township of Saa Gabriel, will be pro
secuted to the extent of the law.
JOSEPH A. ROtVE
Los Angeles. March 29.1850 is tf
JONAS G. CLARK & CO.
fe»        128 Washington street,     g\
Yi|g, SAN FRANCISCO. \«^»
H>.   IMPORTERS,     IV
Wholesale and itetail Dealers,
In every description of
FURNITURE, BEDDING, &c. &c.
FTTJ11UITTJIIE
WAREROOMS,
In tbe Building opposite Washington Market,
(Formerly known as the Clipper Warehouse,)
And 49 and 51 Fourth street, between J and K
streets, Sacramento.
We have on exhibition and in great variety,
ROSEWOOD, MAHOGANY, WALNUT, OAK AND
P AINTE E>
PARLOR AND CHAMBER SETS,
SOFAS,
OTTOMANS,
L0ITME8,
AND EASY CHAHS,
Work, Centre, Dining, Extension and Faney
TABZiEIS.
Merchants' and Lawyers' Desks,
BOOKCASES,
SECRETARIES,
BUREAUS,
SIDEBOARDS and
WHAT-WOTS.
Office and  Kitchen  Furniture,
CHAIRS,
Of all qualities, newest style and most approved
make.
Large and small French Plate Mantel and Pier
MXBH.OHB.
^S»- For the TRADE, we have a large stock,
on clippers to arrive heavy shipments, and will
receive regular and complete INVOICES of goods
adapted to the wants of the interior and coast.
a&- Particular attention and care given to
TRADE, ORDERS and the FURNISEINjJ of
. Hotels and Public Buildings.
j&- Goods purchased will be sent to Steamers,
Vessels, and all parts of the city without charge.
JONAS G. CLARK & CO.,
No. 128 Washington street,
aug 30 3m. S«n Franciwo-
Hallowed toe Thy Name.
BT MISS ELIZA COOK.
List to the dreamy tongue that dwells
In rippling wave and sighing tree;
Go, hearken to the old church bells,     ,
The whistling bird, the whizzin bee;
Interpret right and ye will find
'Tis the '• power and glory" ihey proclaim;
Tbe chimes, the creatures, waters, wind,
-All publish—"Hallowed be Thy name?"
The Pilgrim journeys till he bleeds,
To gain the altar of his sires;
The hermit pours over his beads,
With a zeal that never wanes nor tires;
But holiest rite or longest prayer
That soul can yield or wisdom frame,
v What better import can it bear,
Than—"Father, hallowed be Thy name?"
The savage, kneeling to the sun,
To give his thanks or ask a boon—
The rapture of the idiot one,
Who laughs to see the clear, round moon—
The saint, well taught in Christian lore—
The Maslem, prostrate at bis flame—
All worship, wonder and adore,
And end in—'- Hallowed be Thy name?"
Whale'er maybe man's faith or creed,
Those precious words comprise it still;
We trace them on the blooming mead—
We have them on the flowing rill;
One chorus hails the Great Supreme,
Each varied breathing is the same ;
The strains may differ, but the theme
Is—"Father, hallowed be Thy name!
The American Girl.
Our hearts are with our native land,
Our song is for her glory ;
Her warrior's wreath is iu our hand,
Our lips breathe out the glory,
Her lofty hills and valleys green,
Are shining bright before us!
And like a rainbow sign is seen
Hei proud flag waving o'er us.
And there are smiles upon her lips
For those who meet our foemen,
For glory's star knows no eclipse,
When smiled upon by woman:
For those who brave the mighty deep,
And scorn the threat of danger ;
We've smiles, to cheer, and tears to weep
For'every ocean ranger.
Onr hearts are with our native land,
Our songs are for her freedom ;
Our prayers are for the gallant band
Who strike where honor leads them,
Who love the taintless air we breathe,
('Tis freedom's endless dowe(r)
We'll twine for him an endless wreath
Who scorns a tyrant's power.
They tell me of France's beauties fair,
Of Italy's proud daughters;
Of Scotland's lassies—England's fair,
And nymphs of Sharon's waters.
We need not boast their haughty charms,
Though lords around tbem hover,
Our glory liee in freedom's arms—
A Prmsman for aloverj
Raising of the Safe of the American Express
Company—A Thrilling Scene.—We take the following from the Detroit Adtertiser ofthe 28th of
June:
"A sub-marine diver from Buffalo, has at last
succeeded in raising the safe of the American Express Company, which was lost when the steamer
Atlantic was sunk off Long Point, in 1852. It will
be recollected that this steamer was instantly
sunk by collision with a propeller, and that a
large number of the passengers were lost. The
diver was protected by copper armor, and was under water forty minutes, during which time he had
some strange* adventures. The upper deck of the
steamer lies one hundred and sixty feet under
water, and far below where there is any current or
motion. Everything, therefore, is exactly as it
first went down. When the diver alighted upon
the deck, he was saluted by a beautiful lady, whose
clothing wbs beautifully arranged and her hair
elegantly dressed. As he approached her, the
motion of tbe water caused an osillation of the
head, as if bowing to him. She was standing erect,
with one hand grasping the rigging. Around lay
the bodies of several others, as if sleeping. Children holding their friends by the hands, and mothers with their babes in their arms were there.—
In the cabin tbe furniture was still untouched by
decay, and to all appearance had just been arranged by some careful and tasteful hand.
" la the office be found the safe, and was enabled
to move it with eaBe, and took it upon deck, where
the grappling irons were fastened on, and the
prize brought safely to the light. Upon opening
the safe it displayed its contents in a perfect state
of preservation. There was in tbe safe $5,000 in
gold, $3,000 in bills of the Government Stock
Bank and a large amount of bills on other banks,
amounting in all to about $36,000. The papers
were uninjured, except they smelled'very strongly of decayed human bodies, as if it had lain so
many years in a coffin with their owner. Of course
all this money goes to the person interested in
this wonderful adventure."
The Detroit Free Press says:
" The new bills, we are told, are comparatively
uninjured by their long imprisonment and exposure to dampness, but the old ones are quite injured and defaced, whether so much as to prevent
identification and redemption, we have not learned. There are several thousand dollars on tbe exploded Government Stock Bank Ann Arbor, included in the amount recovered."
" It has been my lot." said Sir Roderick Mnroh-
ison. in speaking of the late meeting of the Printers' Pension Society, of the acquirements and
merits of the compositors and readers, " to give
more trouble to the printer than mostcotemporary
writers, and I have always admired the address,
ability, and tact of the working men, who, if patience be a virture, ought never tu have had the
uame applied to them that is in common use. It
is to an author like myself tbat the term might
in common honesty be applied of printer's devil.
I entertain the same regard for the man who works
the types, and the reader who supervises the
proofs, as I do for the short hand writer who renders my crude speech into good and racy English
 a-gratitude, I will say, which is seldom expressed by the very numerous public orators who owe
the debt."
The INDUNS on the Plains.—We hardly know Ethan Allen. -A good story is told of the rare
how to reconcile the conflicting accounts of the old patriot, Col4Ethan Allen,- whose service irt
Indians on the plains. By an arrival two weeks fhe. "times that tried men's soil-Is" were only
ago, from Carson Valley, we were informed that equalled by his daring assertions of fhe right of
Gen. Harney, with an ample force, had made a  private opinion in theolonical matters.    A well-
treaty with the Sioux, and that everything was
peaceable along the route. Advices from the
west by the way of the Isthmus, and certainly as
late as those received by emigrants, tell an entirely different story. A late Kansas paper says :
" We are informed by a gentleman just from Oregon, Mo., that the mail carrier from that point to
Fort Laramie was met at Big Blue, and advised1 to
return, by a messenger on his way from Fort Kearny to Fort Leavenworth to procure assistance for
the former Fort, it being surrounded by a very
large number of war-disposed Indians. The messenger reports sixty men in the Fort, and surrounded by twelve hundred lodges of Si lux and
Camanche Indians."—Golden Era.
Tomb of the Maettrs at Brooklin.—From ten
to eleven thousand pr.soners are supposed to have
perished in the prison ships, and their precious remains now moulder near the scene of their woes.
America, with all her wild patriotism, seems to
have forgotten them. She has seen Napoleon,
whose triumphs were as brief as his power, taken
from bis lonely isle and borne to an imperial tomb,
attended by dazzling pageantry, and mourned by
a weeping world ; she bas seen Wellington, who
fought for kings and crowns, carried amid showy
honors to his exalted grave, and still here are
men who fanned the spark of expiring liberty until its rays have cheered the desponding of every
clime, and theySie
"Unwept, unbonored and unsung."
The genius of Egypt has towered up her impos
ing pyramids. Greece has left her history in Chiseled tombs, and England has adorned the graves
of her heroes with the wonders of classic'art; but
rich, tasteful, generous America, has awarded her
dead only a carpenter's obelisk. A throb of patriotism is nnw rocking this nation to the centre,
and threading every artery ofthe American heart,
and men are pausing to enquire if they owe no
duty to tbeir country. May not this potent spirit
breathe the martyr's story in the halls of our cities and at the firesides of our hamlets? will it not
waft it upon the blasts of tbe rugged mountains,
and dart it with the lightning across the flowering plain ?—Leslie's Journal.
Lewh from Hanglvg.—Hanging, although undoubtedly an awkward position, is, nevertheless,
he easiest mode of taking life. A writer in one
of the English quarterlies proves it to be quite a
pleasing operation. He says: " An acquaintance
of Lord Bacon, who meant to hacg himself only
partially, lost bis footing, and was cut down at
tbe last extremity, having nearly paid for his curiosity with his life. He declared he felt no pain,
and his only sensation was of fire before his eyes,
which changed first to black and then to Bky-blue.
These clors are even a source of pleasure. A Capt.
Montagnac, who was hanged in France during the
religious wars, and rescued from the gibbet, at
the intercession of Viscount Turanne, complained
that having lost all pain in an instant, he had
been taken from a light, of wbich the charm defied description. Another criminal, wbo escaped
by breaking of tbe cord, said that, after a second
of suffering, a fire appeared, and across it the most
beautiful avenue of trees.
Henry IV., of Fiance, sent his physician to
question him. and when mention was made of d
pardon,'the man replied that it was not worth the
aBking. The uniformity of the descriptions render it useless to multiply the instances ; they fill
pages in every book of medical jurisprudence.—
All agree that the uneasiness is quite momentary
—that a pleasurable feeling immediately succeeds
—that colors of various hues start up before the
sight—and that having been gazed on for a trival
space, the rest is oblivion. The mind,- averted
from the reality of tbe situation, is engaged in
scenes the most remote from that which fill the
eye of the spectator—the vile rabble, the hideous
gallows, and the struggling form that swings in
the wind.
     — »t » am       	
Lorenzo Dow.—On one occasion, he took the
liberty, while preaching, to denounce a rich man
in the community, recently deceased. The result
was an arrest, a trial for slander, and an imprison-
mtnt in the county jail. After Lorenzo got out
of "limbo," he announced that, in spite of his (in
his opinion) unjust punishment, he should preach,
at a given time, a sermon about " another rich
man." The populace were greatly excited, and a
crowded house greeted his appearance. With
great solemnity he opened the Bible, and read,
" And there was another rich man who died and
went to ;" then stopped short, and seemed to
be suddenly impressed; he continued, " Brethren,
I shall not mention the place the rich man went to,
tor fear he has some relatives in this congregation
wbo will sue me for defamation of character." The
effect on the assembled multitude was irresistible,
and he made the impression permanent by taking
another text, and never alluding to the subject
again.
An apt Illustration.—A country girl, seteral
of whose sisters had married badly, was herself
about to take the noose.
" How dare you get married," asked a cousin of
her, " after having before you the unfortunate example of your sisters 1"
" A fudge for the example of my Bisters," exclaimed the girl with spirit—'' I choose to make
the trial myselC Did you ever see a parcel of
pigs running to a trough of hot swill ? The first
one sticks in his nose, gets it scalded, and then
draws back and squeals; the second burns his
nose, and stand squealing in the same manner ;
the third follows, and be squeals too. But still it
makes no difference with those behind—but all in
turn thrust in their noses, just as if the first had
not got burnt or squealed at all. S» it is with
girls in regard to matrimony, and now with thisj
I hope you are satisfied."
known divine, pastor of th'e village church, called
one evening oti the Colonel, and: while enjoying
his true New England hospitality a'f tire supper
table tbe conversation turned' vrpon clrurCli matters.
OJuotfil flier minister—"Colowrf. h'ow cfoes it hap-
pen tbat a man ofyotfr extensive influence and information has ne^er seett.it his duty to join our"
society? Tou' know we wan't laborers in the vineyard"—especially such laborers as you asfe. Touf
example would fend greatly to' sti engfhen our'
hands and fortify our hearts against the dire assaults of fhe evil one."
" Well.brother," replied Allen, "I {rate often
thought as you do about the business, and one day
I had almost made up my mind* to fail into the
ranks, but that night I had a dream wlifons c»used
me to give it up'."
" Ah !■" exclaimed the minister, " what ttidf yoif
dream V'
"Well," I thought I was standing' a'f the entrance of Paradise, and saw a man cofflfe up and
knock.
'"'Who's that?" asked a toie'e from within.
"A ftiend Wishing admittance." was the reply.-
" The door was opened, and the keeper stepped
out."
" Well, sir, what denomina'tio'n do you belong to
down yonder?"
"I am an Episcopalian," replied tbe candidate?
for admission,
" Go in,- then',- etni take a sea't near the door, ok
the east side."
" Just then! another stepped up ; he' was a Presbyterian, and tbe guardian directed th'em to take
a seat.
"A large number were admitted, and received
directions where to seat themsei ves, I then stepped
up to the entrance."
"Well,sir, who are you?" asked the guardian^
" I am neither High Churchman, Presbyterianv
Lutheran, Calvinist, Catholic or Jew; but'I am
tbat old Ethan Allen that you probably have
heard of from below."
" What! tbe man that took Tiflonderoga?"
" Tbe same," I replied.-
" All right, Ethan," said he, "just step in and
set down wherever you please."'
A Persian Trooper.—A Persian on horseback^
prepared for war or a journey,- is, to the eye, at all
events,- a formidable personage. He is armed from
top to toe j a long gun at his back, a pistol at his
waist, another behind, a sword at bis left, a tremendous dagger, called a kam'ma, at his right,
while at his belt pangles an infinity of horns, for
various sorts of ammunition—powder for loading,
powder for primming, balls. &c. Add to tbis, a
a swarthy visage, half hid in a long black beard,
a tall cap of lambskin,- immense troussers, boots,-
red or black, to the knees, a shagoy yaponcha off
his shoulder,- a short Chidbouk. Under the flap of
his saddle, and the Persian horseman is complete.
Mr. Buchanan.—We find the following sentiment in a speech of Mr. Buchanan, delivered in
fhe House of Representatives in 1822. How perfectly has it been illustrated subsequent public career. ' If 1 know myself, I am a politician neither
of the East nor of the West nor of the North, nor
of the South. I therefore shall forever avoid any
j expressions ttie direct tendency of which must be
to create sectional jealousies, sectional divisions*
and at length disunion, that worst of all political
calamities."
A Curious River—In the Province of Andalusia, in Spain, there is a river called the Tinto. from
the color of its Waters, which are as yellow as
Topaz. It possesses the most extraordinary and
singular qualities; tf a stone happens to fall in
and rest Upon anothef, they both become, in one
year's time, perfectly United and conglutinated.
All the plants on the banks are withered by its
waters whenever they overflow. No kind of verdure will come up where its water reaches, nor"
can any fish live in its sWeam. The river rises in
the Sierra Morena mountains, and its singular
properties Continue until other rivers riin into it
and alter its nature:
 4~©-e	
, A Keen Reply.—John Wesley, in a considerable party, had been maintaining tbe doctrine, Vox
Populi, Pox Dei, against his sister, whose talents
were not unworthy ofthe family to nhicb she belonged. At last the preacher to put an end to the,
controversy, put his argument in tbe shape of a
dictum, and said .' " I tell you, sister, the voice of
the people is the voice of God.'' " Yes," she replied, mildly, '• it cried crucify him, crucify bim!"
A more admirable answer, pefhaps, was never
given.
All the Gold In the World.—Taking a cubic
yard of gold at 2.000,000 lbs., which it ia in round
numbers, all the gold in the world, at this estimate,
might, if melted into ingots, be contained in a-
cellar 24 feet square and 19 feet high. All onr
boasted wealth already obtained from California
and Australia, would go into an iron safe nine feet-
squar and nine feet bigb. So small is tbe cube of
yellow metal that bas set populations on tbe
march, and caused the world to wonder.
for it.
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