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The Voyage of Life. There is a brond stream, ;Tisa beautiful stream, IS floweth along to Death's ocean ; Its waters more still Than a murmuring rill, Till the storm fill the deep with commotion. To the ocean of death, Doth the current beneath Flow onward, unceasing, forever, Aud our weary limbs lavo In its dark curling wave, When we've braved the last storm on life\i river. There is a frail bark, 'Tis a beautiful bark. Launched trembling upon life's broad river, Its sails are all spread, And the port is ahead, Where the bark finds a haven forever. The freight il doth hold Is more precious than gold, 'Tis a soul, ever living, immortal; And the angels above With their pinions ot love, Shall waft it into the blessed portal. There is a green isle,, 'Tis a beautiful isle. It dimples the waves of ihe river ; On the emerald shore Lies the voyager's oar, And he's free from vexation forever. True friendship is there, And the sweet balmy air Is perfumed with Eden's own flowers ; And the iuceuse they breathe, And the impress they leave, Never cloys, but enlivens bis powers. There is a bright star, 'Tis a beautiful star, It twinkleth over the ocean And it seems to the sight Of the voyager at night, Like the shrine of an angel's devotion. JTis the bright star of love, And it shineth above. To cheer on his way the earth-weary. 'Tis a beam from His eye, Who hath placed it on high, To light up life pathway so dreary. There is a bright land, 'Tis a beautiful land, It lieth beyond the dark ocean ; There the sanctified rove Through the bowers of love, And forever are free from commotion. There the faithful shall dwell, And their thanksgiving svell, When the chains that have bound them are riven ; And before Him will fall, Who is Lord over all : 0 ! the name of that bright land is heaven. It was a complete sylvan grotto, and wiihin it, aa seemed most meet and fitting, was its nymph. A young girl, apparently about sixteen, sat on !♦»■»< How I went Angling. "I do wish, Bob, you would get married!" cried my mother impatiently, one day after she had endured my company a whole long summer morning. The suggestion was by no means a new one ; for I was five and thirty, and it had been iterated and reiterated by all my family ever since I was twenty-five. I therefore regarded my mother's remark as the beginning ofa kind of family ritual, and responded as usual— '■' Why so, ma'am !" ■'Because," she answered shortly, deviating somewhat from the beaten track, " it's high time." " Granted," said I. "Yes." pursued my mother, "you are old enough, aud you're rich enough, and you're clever enough—and why you don't get mar.ried. I can't see. You would be much happier than you are idling about here with nothing better to do than to follow an old woman about from cellar to pantry, putting your hands to every bit of mischief which "Satan finds for idle hands to do— and all for the want of some sensible employment." " Would petting a foolish wife be a sensible employment?" I asked, laughing. " She need not be foolish." "Butthe wise virgin will not have me, and I will not have a foolish one ; and there is just my trouble." "You are too modest by half," returned my mother as she was leaving the room. I pondered that last remark ot my mother's. I thought it showed discernment and judgment, and wondered more people were not of her way of thinking. The melancholy general reflection that modest worth is almost sure to be underrated, threw me into a pensive and melancholy mood, aud, snatching up my hat and fishing tackle, I sauntered out for a reverie under cover of my favorite sport. The subject of my late conversation continued to occupy my thoughts. The truth is, my mother was not more -anxious to see me married than I was to be married, I had always regarded the married state as the happiest; my heart glowed as much as any man's every did at the picture my fancy drew of a loving family and happy home. But the mischief of it was I could not find any one to please me. I did not consider myself, uor mean to be, over fastidious; but among all the flat, fluttering furbelowed fine ladies I met in society, I found so little nature, so little goodness, so little heart, that I could not fall in love with them let me try as I would. It was truly a lamentable case. Here was I, a really clever enough fellow—well to do in the world:—considered, as I knew well enough, something ofa catch—willing and anxious to be caught, aud nobody skillful enough to do it. It was almost a parallel case with that ot the poor pig in the nursury rhyme, which run about the streets ready roasted, with a fork stuck in his side, crying, " Who'll eat me? who'll eat me ?" Pondering ibis gloomy thought, I wandered on, and on, quite beyond my usual bouuds, and at last, rather tired, I clambered up a steep rock which overhung the brOok I had been following, and Bat down to rest. It was a true summer scene—quiet and warm and bright—nicely shaded, however, where I lay, and the cool sound of the rippling water added just the only charm possible where all was so charming. I listened with delight; but in doing so became sensible that besides the monotonous babbling of the brooklet, there mingled other sounds of splashing water, which occurred at irregular 1 intervals, and which seemed to proceed from below the rock on which I reclined. My curiosity led me to explore the mystery, I clambered qui to to the top of the rock, and looked down over its furthest edge. Cupid, god of love! how was I rewarded ! The rock, oa the side over which I looked, descended sheer some fifteen or twenty feet, when a projecting ledge formed a kind of natural seat, below which the water rippled, The spot was quite hung over and shaded by trees andjthick shrubs- the rocky ledge bathing her feet. Her attitude aud occupation reminded me strongly of the pretty picture we have all seen in old fashioned annuals, of Dorothea—except that my little beauty was evidently gay and fresh and lively, while Dorothca- in the picture is weary and sad. I could not make up my mind for a time to disturb eo charming a scene and continued to gaze in silence from my lurking place. Ah ! those dainty little white feet, with their pink-tipped toes, wliich gleamed so fair through the clear water—or Cashed for a moment above flinging about the bright, glittering drops ; and then plunging again beneath the cool blue—never shall I forget them! The gracefully bent head, with its bright golden curls and braids, against which now and then the sun glinted from a chink in the leafy screen—the lovely neck and arm—the cheek delicately tinted With pink, of which I now and then caught a glimpse, formed a picture more enchanting than anything I had ever imagined. More than all, the perfect innocence and modesty which accompanied all the movements of this secoud Susanna, (an unfortunate allusion, by the way ; but I scorn the idea that any oue should connect me in thought with those rascally, peeping, sneaking elders,)—however, as I was going to say when I intcGnipted myself, the modesty of my sweet Diana charmed me even more than her beauty. My heart of ice suddenly burst into a flame. " Heavens!" cried I to myself as I felt it thumping against my side, "'what is this new sensation? B0lj E , your hour is come. You're in love 1" At the moment I came to this conclusion, the float of my fishing line, dropped at the feet of ray charmer, and immediately—well, I'm net going to lay before the confidentiul public an account of all my delicate pnd skillful manccuvering—enough that within half an hour I was seated socially by my water fairy's side trying to look as much like Neptune, or Massaniello, or any other hero, I did not care which, aslcould. I gave a sly tweak or two to my shirt collar to make it lie down, sailor fashion ; turned back my wristbands and kept my hat carefully on, so that one little spot on my crown which was growing thin might not be observed ; and flattered myself I should do pretty well in my new role. "Nora—I soon discovered her sweet name- was most charmingly gay and chatty. No prudery, or thoughts of evil, ruffled the current of her child-like, innocent thoughts. She was a careless child at play, glad ofa playfellow. I would have joyfully lingered for hoursin that enchanted grotto; but ere long Nora rose and sauntered forth. I followed, endeavoring to beguile the flowery way she led me as agreeably for her as the wolf did for Little lied Riding Hood, and while schemes as deep laid and appropriate, though less bloodthirsty, towards my innocent companion, formed themselves in my mird. I was never in such spirits—I was charmed with myself in the novel character of a wooer. The railroad rapidity with which the drama progressed excited me. In one short hour I, the impregnable, the flinfy-hearted, had not only fallen head over heels in leve. but also, I flattered myself—but mum ; of all things I hate a boaster. However, as I have said, I was in high spirits and excited; and, among other nonsense, ventured at last to say, laughingly— '■'Do you know, sweet Nora, that I have been haunted by a singular presentiment ever since the moment I first caught a glimpse of you?" " What is it ?" asked she, smiling. "That you will one day be my w'irel" I ex" claimed with bold emphasis of conviction and determination, Nora burst into the merriest laugh, and at the same moment turned into a little path which led down from the door of a rose-wreathed cottage- A young and handsome gentleman advanced to meet us, and Nora, with the demurest of mischievous smiles, curtseyed low as she presented her husband!" I saw the look of mingled coquetry, mischief, and curiosity which she stole at me from under her downcart lashes ; I saw the difficulty she had to repress her merriment; 1 saw what a fool I had been making of myself and I turned precipitately to fly. Nora's pent-up laughter now burst forth, peal after peal rang on the air, and I heard my tormentor call after me— " Pray, pray, sir angler, return, and I will show you my baby !" "Well, ladies and gentlemen, it's twenty years from that day to this ; but I'm a bachelor yet; I suppose always shall be; for I am as far ofl as ever from finding my ideal. I cannot say the adventure I have narrated had any very deep or lasting effect upon me, aud yet it had, though ; for since that v<ry same sumra afternoon, I have never gone angling ; and iEiipudemce. What impudent questions are these! Hi should au editor know? When a lady get's stalled in a gutter, That runs in a populous street, (Like a fly that is stranded in butter,) And has to uncover her feet; As gently the calico lifts she, Aud gives; it her graceful sweep, Is a " feller" to blame when he chances To give at her aukles a peep? Ju&t to see if they're thick or they're thin, Mr. Editor, is it a sin ? kit Mnumss ^to&ramils. J. M. Strobridge & Go- wholesale ASD RETAIL CLOTHING EMPORIUM, CORNER OF COMMERCIAL AKD SANSOME STREETS.. Sarc Jfraitrkri likrferatiiis, To Merchants and Farmers, F I chance to see a silly girl paddling her feet in water, I run as if ten thousand girls were after me. "And wilt thou ever, ever be faithless to me again?" "Nay, dearest," he replied. And she tieighed.—Bardslown Gazelle. "And wilt thou bo my own faithful, loving wife? Oh.wilt thou?" And she wilted.—Johnson's Age. " And we shall live lovingly together in a dear little shanty—shan'l we?" And they shunted.—Pi entice. "But when, my Augustus, shall we move into a dearer and fashionable house? Next week, my love?" And he weakened. Mutual Attachment.—A lady friend of mine walking on Broadway a short time ago, when gentleman's coat button caught in the fringe of her shawl. Some moments elapsed before the parties were separated. " I am attached to you, madam," said the gentleman good buuioredly, while he was industriously trying to get loose. " The attachment is mutual, sir," was the equally good-humored reply. Or when a plump bosom is covered With delicate Honiton lace, Whose whiteness, like full blooming lilies, Contrasts with the rose on the face, Like tbe artificial flowers iu flower, (If I may be allowed so to speak,) Should a teller be chucked if he's curious Within the lace meshes to peep? Just to judge of the contents within— Mr. Editor, is it a sin? WORTH OF WOMAN. Honored be woman! she.beams on the sight, Graceful and fair-as a being ot light -f Scatters around her, wherever she strays, Roses of bliss oil our thorn-covered ways ; Roses of paradise, sent from above, To be gathered and twiueddn a garland of lovt — Schiller. - An intelligent lady whose little boy was begin ning to swear, anxious to express to her child hv horror of profanity, hit upon the novel process e washing out his mouth with soap suds wheneve he swore. It was an eitectual cuie. The boy ur derstood his mother's sense of the corruption c un o;ith. which, with the taste of tbe suds, prodm ed the desired result. " Moke Particular" than Poetic.—A candi date for the prize ode General Wolfe, who fell at the battle of Quebec, writes the following : Without stopping or fears, lie marched at the head of his bold grenadiers ; And what is still more parlueulare, He climbed up rocks tbat are perpendicular. " I will bring him up imbued with the idea tba nations must not be egotistical," said Louis Na poieon to Count Wulewi-'ki, who ottered him con gratulalions of the Congress upon tbe birth of hi sou. This expression was rattier a hard hit a the "grande nation." Guess it was not the les correct.. Mesmerists make a great card of fastening sleeper to a chair, " but," says the SundcrUm, Herald, ■' Mr. George Hopper, ofthe llaugbtoi: le-Spriug uud Britauna iron Works, has patente an improvement iu railway spikes, lor fasteuiu, the chair to tbe^sleeper 1" A clergyman who had pushed his sermon so fa nto a crevice under the cushion that he could in. recover it, addressed his congregation, sayiuj my brethren, I have lost my sermon, but 1 ui read you a chapter in Job worth ten ol it.'1 Kow will your county go this year V asked zealous pulitican of a Dutch voter in Pennsyiv; nia. "Yell, can't tell mooch," replied the simp! Dutchman, t; dc man what tell us how to vote lit not beeu round yet." Two men exert themselves to no purpose. Or is the mini who tries to have the last word wit his wife; aud tiie other is he who. having had tl last word, tries to make her confess that she is i the wroug. As the purple hue of the evening cloud vanisl es, and naught but a dull gray mass remains, t is tbe death of mau—it is tbe departure, tlie la< ing away ofthe light of the soul from the bodj. A shrew having threatened her husbaud wil a " blow up," he remarked, "My dearest blossor commit your remarks to paper, nud read them . }' Excuse me, madam, but I would like to kno why you look at me su very savagely." '■ Oh I beg pardon, sir! I took you for n* husband." Be sure to sleep your six or seven hours at ti right time. Two hours sound sleep before mi night are worth more tbau four in the day : therefore rise early. The Old Scratch.—It is supposed that the first person who ever had the itch was the devil—hence his title "the Old Scratch." is lhat the reason they give him brimsione'l Young ladies should guard themselves against undue familiarity, however innocent. Purity, that blushes unconsciously, like the summer rose, is the guardian angel of maiden life. The Spaniards say, "at eighteen, marry your daughter to her superior, at twenty to her equal, and at thirty to anybody who will bave her." Which is the hest of the British Colonies to purchase waistcoats in? Answer by a Cockney—Canada Vest. A man ceases to be a good fellow the moment he refuses to do precisely what other people wish him to do. Everything may be mimicked by hypocrisy but humility and lovo united. Tne more rare, the more radiant when they meet. Miss Anna Pleut was recently married to Robt. Ark. A contemporary thinks Lhat tbe event promises a new edition of " 1'ieut-Ark's Lives." "Business before pleasure," as the man said when he kissed his wife bclore going out to kiss his neighbor's. An editor "down-east" boasts that he has had a talk with a woman and got the last word. Fee Simple—Money doled out to a quack doctor. The greatest inventors of modern times were Whitney, Fitch and Morse. OUTER tho l c l o t ii i Goods ever oj tory in Km limits.- St. Nicholas Hotel, SAN FRANCISCO, o lar ires t and most coimileto assort men t "1" islttim ing per i tr ur Ma unfa i i Styles Tiie "Latest aiul most. Fnsliloisnlilt ■ fall kind* ol' Gentlemen's Goods .UK SALE AT TIIK truer Waslini-toii 6Q,000 best Drill', yo^OOO Heavy She 76,000 Flour Hag. 1 STEAM BAG FACTORY tart!M*b,*tfr»Mii«; f; lot of Heavy Duck Ba fl.'->- -Mv) ?■ fii-.il Millm-.-i -.vi^l ow pvict-saf ll,o Nli.i; STK.-Ui i;.u SEWING MACHINES. GEOVEB, BAKEE & CO.'S PATEKT. rpBEundsMlgned bO« nn haul ami V coMtautlj r„elv. Xjt. T». FISHER'S ADVERTISING AGENCY, rife SAN I,'ltANC!SCO. ISCRirnOXS solicited for' STUSXJLT^jlOi-1" G-OOd-S :U.''°C33.~ . - O, BY THE CASE XOXG B1I.T. r.vi'1..,, i.ic J BROAD 1H1.L l'.U'KK, 1', OK PACKAGE MAV FM1THI3 ! ! la*. yw - * 1 II 1 1 -I..;.:.- I wmmmm cut Pacli Sulli-u-an's ■r).i»i.i,iiE.i,„,u5Mi,,, papers, period: AND BOOKS. ■M; "?*»: MEDICAL WORKS. Bupi>li<«ia' ei Blank Books, CftedBjIobfi anil Kn dopes, m I'tll,. y.W, end COBtMERCIAL ANI1 FAN CT STAT! ,SH for Work. uthoritj oft],. ioET'S^h!^011""" loor to u.i-ro.t ] OFFICIAL DIRFCTOIIY. OKKIf'KHs United Stales District C, District ol C. i I. S. K. Osier. Jinlu'" : 1' nc-y ; C. E. Carr, Clprk ; K net jar li/ernia Onl, D Hunter Ihe Seulhirn istriet .Atmr- Mcrsiial. ! United States Land Oliice trict oj "Cal Antes Eico, Receiver; for the I. P. 1)01 oulhern Hi... ■iv. EegleieV. United Stales Cou C. E. Carr. Commission, t of Cl, Customs Vtpartmen iTimfs"" Pedro). Icputv-J.F. Taslamf, J.S.Woite, I.os ingeles 1 G. C. A'.exauder, San Pel ! Thomas liimlick. San Q, Ira Tli.nnpson. Monte, i Pint Jadlclal District, con pnring he ceunlies oj Los que Pack-scan! Lea id San Diego*. tv V' ■ . : GGvxr- '--. -y,_-.v_ ■_ j EL GRAN KEMEUIO 1TALIANO DEDR. PAREIRA, Para la cierta y eficaz cum dc las infermcda-les de una. naturaleza privadai, stn hacer cuso del Con tv 'JYoasi n r- i . N AloA'allih r. Cou ity Assess <v Ai tou o F. Con iel j ! ii'i'.nlv -.1. 1 Ccl-mai Con nv Survv '01'- -ii i: ."'', ok. Pull in Anl'.ii; Vr ito —M. K.'l!ir. Su,, ■riuloniku ih; c School I—Jamea F. 1)1*1 'iff Alton rey. -C K. Thom. Cor nor-L. I . s 1. Sho ill—I). W Al xa uh ' : Cmli-I' .horifl— C. E. Hale. Con ilv Ck'i-lt- -.1, in V. Shore : D ipuly— J. A. Hindi Jail inui. •r—Franc s C IV] nil .,. Hon man : ,1 of Suporv David Lewis, ioi I— riios. ism Jick. Chair- n 1 oistei, Ji s. R. Barton, Christ Dlial Agui T ar. .lm •6 0 ' tho Peace—Alexander Constah er—31ark IX Aa Irish greaeber considerably annoyed many beiore and since have likewise) by pecs tling up and going out of church during sermon—his patience being exhausted, he stop his discourse, and in a rowdy way exclaimed Go on, my lad, I've seen the top of your In that's enough." The fellow turned around, with au angry meuaciug look, mattered: " see you agaiu, sir.1' "You had better see now," replied the preacher, " Ibr when I'm in pulpit 1 tight for the Lord Jesus Christ, but w I'm out ol it, I tight for myself." eimiror— S ■uesaor— VV. itoiney—C. E. Tl filter. Ij,rnnci*> . Ira Gilchml, Female Piunks.—Thy editor of the XJtied. Herald saya lhat he once knew a wild widow iu Onau- daua county, New York, who cut oug her own daughter iu the good graces of her lover and married him herselt! To obtain revenge for this mean, uumotherly trick, the daughter set her cap for the youug man's rich lather (of whom he was the only neir) and actually married him and had children, to the iuliuite annoyance of the other parties. ■*<l®0" The widow of an eminent composer having stated upon the tomb of her husband, that "he haa left this life and gone to that blessed place where only his music can be exceeded," the mourning relict of a famous pyrotechnist adopted the same idea, and caused to be inscribed upon the marble slab—" He is gone to that blessed place where only hia fireworks can be exceeded." Oldest Newsi-afer in tue Would.—The oldest journal in Holland, the Harlem Courant, on tha 8th January, attained the respectable age of two hundred years. For upwards of one hundred years this journal has been uninterruptedly in the family of its present publishers, Johannes, Bnsche- de & Co. Its founder was Abraham CartJeyu who issued the first number on the 8th of January. 1056, under the title, Courant van Europa which however, he soon changed to Haarlem Courant The subscribers to this sheet were presented, on its two hundredth birth-day, with a fac-simile of ,its firet aumbei'i ii liriiH- iscrita ifl A. I'aroir M D.enelovoltorio vi-lio'v- Todos los i sttgados nl -li a sod falsos, v s mo rigor ii,-: ia 1 I'liKOt- i a qu 'ii tOdoi or ni' B han de o.slai- i'.llv'c.v para v rider ]ior Hi nrti ID4 dc este Esta Urn Iscuento lib para los que 001 nay or. D. BA11COCK, 1 188 C Uu dt.' (.'Inv Sivi I'rvn Tarabi cu pan vender por J. B. WISE Drogerero Los i Llsila dc A gen t!S cu el K.stiuio. Coiip.Iv Judge—1). M. Thomas. County Treasuier-;SamueI Rolfe. County Aafieesor- JWb Henty IJollin?. County Purveyor— Alyin Stoddard. Public AilminiH'.nt'or—Addison Prfttt. Superintendent Pub ic Schools—H. Skinner. District Attorney—Ellis Eaincs. Coroner—Wn). Cox. Couiiiv Clerk—R. R. Hopkins. 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Wholesale and Retail Dealers In GEJSERAXi RIEKCHA1VDISE, MAIN STREET, Los Angeles. u07 AUG. W. TIMMS. , Forwarding and Commission Merchant, Sa:< P_ro and Los Angei.es,Cal., l7 II. REli), Agent, I.os Angeles. Ibe Ciucinnati Convention. FOURTH DAY. TnuKSDAY, June 5, 185C. Afternoon Session.—The platft-rm having teen adopted, aod the New York question i^c-ttied, eacii section voting unanimously for the resolution^ the Softs casting eighteen votes and the Hards seventeen. The President rose and said—We will now proceed to the order of the day, which is to ballot for a candidate for the Presidency. NOMINATIONS. Mr. Mead, of Ta.—I am charged by the delegation of'Virginia to present the name of the honest, the experienced, the distinguished statesman of Pennsylvania, Jessies Buchanan. (Applause.) Harry Ilibbard—In the name and in behalf of the people of New Hampshire, I nominate Franklin Pierce. (Cheers.) "W". A. Richardson—I nominate Stephen A. Douglass, [partial hisses,] of Illinois, [partial but tumultuous cheering.] Mr, Inge, of California—I am instructed by the California delegation to nominate Lewis Cass, the great champioa of Democratic progress,— (Sensation.) The President (alluding to the hisses following the nomination of Douglas,) I. cau only appeal to the delegates, as gentlemen, to preserve order, to abstain from expressions of approbation or disapprobation. The ballo tings then proceeded. We give in detail THE FIRST BALLOT. fake the step. My highest wish is granted if the Convention is iiunuinious for the platform that embodius tbe principles of the Democracy of the Republic. (Wild cheers for " Little Dug/') "If the nomination of Mr. Pierce or Mr. Buchanan, or anv other of the Democratic statesmen named for the oflice can be secured by your aid. I beg that ho may receive it. I earnestly faopn you will give him lirst a vote of two-thirds, and then a unanimous vote. [Applause.] Let no personal consideration disturb the unanimity of the Convent ion. S. A. DOUGLAS.7' The reading of the letter was followed by a general rising of the delegates from their Beats, and prolonged cheers. On the seventeenth ballot the Chair allowed opening to the rich commerce of Asia an overland transit from tlie Pacific to the Mississippi river aud the great lakes of the north. endorsement op franklin pierce. 15. F. Hallet, of Mass.—At this stage 1 desire to introduce a resolution that will embody the sense of this convention on the administration of the Present Chief Magistrate, for he believed that ho- but echoed the sentiment of the Democracy of the Union, when be said that the administration of Franklin Pierce wili stand for ages as a model administration, (Loud cheers with slight dissent.) He offered the following : Resolved, That the administration of Franklin Pierce has been true to Democratic principles, and therefore true to the great interests of tho country j in the face of violent opposition he haa naintained the laws at home, and vindicated the _ eat latitude to the speakers, who gave vent to I rights of American citizens abroad ". ftn^> there- their feelings as each State was called, and on the j fore, we proclaim our unqualified admiration of Oa X3.TX«502X3-3_2.1^.2_, WATCHMAKER & BOOKSELLER COMMERCIAL STREET, un7' Los Ancei.es, Cal. vote by States, BUCHANAN WAS UNANIMOUSLY NOMINATED! The vote being announced, being 290 for Buchanan, the cheering waa immense. Three tremendous cheers were then given for Buchanan, three equally enthusiastic ones for Douglas, and three for Pierce, On California being called, Coi. Inge rose and said : Mr, President—California came here for the purpose of giving a franK, ioyai and united support to the eminent statesman who is now receivings by general acclaim from this convention, the enthusiastic tribute of generous hearts, indicating him as their unanimous choice for a position higher, in moral grandeur, than ihe loftiest oi the imperial thrones of this earth. The expression oi preference I'or Mr. Buchanan, on tlie pi Home Manufactory-, OPPOSITE TEMPLE'. ITIaiaa SS&'cct, BLOCK. TJ wraps Boxes an;' Sawdust. FO.Y & Saddle and 3 BOTHER, Harness Makers. \Op, Ip1; jS>s Angeles Shaving Saloon, I e the head of Co m m cr cia SE1V ESTABLISHMENT, (hMmt Miking, Upholstering and U tt :> i'l it I'AKI B G . G::G::!eGG;;Gl; ST.: 9 The Ua&ertaking Business UphOlsterin. JAMES D SHAVE, SHAMPOO Alia COT HAIR, cob "J3sc«a:"33-3C2s"T«fflr., I-::*: HATH3 can lie had at all III, WOOL il! ap lit 3E%.£fcl;]p]la. Bmerson. /-i tv••'-; NOTICE io the Banchei-oa and llutclu-rs of ttil VX rtolttitj that hy will giro the hlzhwit price for Hides otipof \S'«oi. OJ&ee—t of Vlweyat UgDStreet, o» ontraetfl for the coming oor from tbe corns;r Mew Fruit & Vegetable Market. Grocery d Licj'ior Baiues A Fruit and Vegetable Market, Important to Farmers and Others 'LOS ANOELES SEWiNQ MACHINE. V". BEAUDEY, Third door frcm Aliso Street : Bloel^, Negro Alley. uu" Maine New Hampshire.. Vermont Massachusetts ... Rhode Island Connecticut New York ih Car. .th Can — 10 — _ S — ^ io _ _ o — __ 7 _ G — — rck/ . <)hi- Ken Teai Indiana . Illinois . Missouri. -_feaffisas Michigan Florida . Texas ... Iowa.... Wisconaii Califorai Total -cond Ballot- lasp, 31i, CaasC. Mid Ratiot—Buchanan 139 -iiiiCli-; State convention, left her delegation in no doubt as to the course proper for them to pursue. But . Pierce. Douglass. Cass, the State Convention, at the same tim^ that it expressed in distinct terms its preference for Mr. Buchanan, virtually instructed us to obtain, from this National Convention of the groat Democratic party, a full endorsement cf the policy of a safe and speedy coinmunication through our own Territory, betWeen the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of this confederacy. It must he conceded that no achievement of American arras or diplomacy has redounded more to the prosperity and glory o! our country than tho acquisition of California. [Here Col. Inge was called to order by the President, who remarked that he was traveling beyond the record,- and could not proceed without the unanimous consent of the convention. Cries of leave ! leave! accompanied with applause from all parts of the hall, invited ihe speaker to proceed with his remarks, who continued as follows :] I am deeply grateful to this convention for the consideration accorded lo the distant Stale of Cal- iforn a. This convention remembers, Mr. President, that we have traveled six thousand miles, traversing two oceans, and braving the fiery sun and deadly malaria of tbe tropics to meet our $ — Democratic brothers here, and to aid iu this glorious consummation. ['Applauf-e.] Tne acquisition of California, as I ha justly reganlei as the most brilliant ac! of the American arms. To accomplish it much ol the most precious blood of the republic has been shed, and millions of treasure h.ave been lavishly expended, From tho year 1 SOO —from the days ol Jellerson to the treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo— the acquisition of that Territory has beeu a paramount object of American diplomacy. It has ever been the dream of statesmen, and an object dear -p. -|-|„ j to the hearts of our people, to maki '■■■■■■ J--1^ | nrtooB.thnnn/1 vo:;.-)-.f-r. [ A |ipl ailSC.1 122 l 139, Pierce UH cictan-boinjd rep;-.i-lie. Well. . Ballot—Buchaaan Ulh, Pierce 119, iO, Cass5£. allot—Buchanan 140, Pierce ll'Ji, Doug- •'7//^—Buchaaan loo, Pierce i07J,'.Doug- th Ballot— Buchanan 143^, Pierce 89, ■'< Ballot—Buchanan 147&, Pierce 87, '►6, Cass oi Ballot—Buchanan 142, Pierce 87, Doug- allot (contested)—Rnchanzfi 14*3, Pierce lass 66, Cass 7. Ballot— Buchanan 150i, Pierce 80&, th Ballot—Buchanan 147J, Pierce SO, A Ballot— Buchanan 148, Pierce 79. Dong- -;iM Ballot—Buchanan 150, Pierce 77i, '■nth Ballot—Buchanan 152*, Pierce 79, Carriage aiid Blacksmith Sltop. By JOHN GOLLER, IOS ANGELES STEEET, NEAK THE FOOT OF COMMERCIAL. Goach'es,Buggies, Wagons, Carts &c, Seek Yokets, Rouble and singletrees. Horse Sbaeing and Blacksmithlng- (jf FLOWS, HA11UOWS. fxteiisivciissm- .ik! uili. mentof .mi otli. Hardware "Store. its of Los w* „r«a to supply .1 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL at the most reasonable pr' ; theii found a gou C VRPEXTEES' TOOLS. NAIt.S OF ALL KINDS. LOOKS. HOLTS, IUITT8 AND SCREWS, HOUSP, KUIlNtSlllNGS GlOXKllALLT, MASONS' TROWELS. BUTCHER'S SAWS.CLEAVERSnn<1 KNIVES, B114.SS KETTLES. IRONS and SCREENS, STEELYARDS and SPRING BALANCES, OX TRACE and COIL CHAINS, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, etc., etc. CAMP HEME"1'SIDE LAjMPS, Glass Lanterns, CLOCKS. 50 dozen superior BROOMS. Also alarge Knfl elegant assortment of DItOCREllY AXD GLASSWARE, at wliolesileorcotail. VO'MHER & Co. ^_-Brick StoWJi tios AnoeiSs'Street. »b<7 eli.*?]H-in«s. Bolts, l'low riiilpevtiifuinj: to the business, too numerous to mention Also, 20 Tons of Blacksmiths' Coal. *Witt none but tlie best of workmen in his employ, hi feelsconSilentthathecaugife entire satisfaction to hi CQun7 ' -TORN GOLLER. jeen acquired ; a ie is qow 3ceaD-bot:acf coui the glorious co [Applause.] 3 il witb aui'i'lusti- vviih ber vast co odctacy-t iBtetlatioa that country has member of oue brightest star in American States, before yon, sir, rill getio population ; agricultural EesoarceS, aod witn a ci geniality attests, more than any otliei Omniptrteat power, tlie beneiiceuce o creatures. Above all, she ia distinj her sisters by the golden treasures'" exhaustless prolusion upou her surfac inbedded in ber suovz-aappeti mc -. to of fiom TAf, ill vilieh Ent FOR SAIiK ^^ Wine and A§uanI!cBte.i_2 Suhscr.ber oilers fori or the benefit of whoi Ae nt hi inv (loncern, iO "Hlloiisa* Calltbr»ln "Wine itnd 400 gallon; of Aguardiente. L.9_tf STEPHEN C. FOSTER. LOS AKELES STAR foil f rintinj ^sfitWisIjntciif. MAIN STREET, oppOBite tb Vnioi Tlotel. Kf, woulfii-ospect li«, that be hue ollowing iesctip PLAIN AND FANCY Iii (lie bt!st style oi" the Art. Books, Circular: PampllIcts' Cards; Bill Heads, Deeds, Labels, Notes, Fosters, Billels, Or any other description of Printing that may be desired jQEg-Fernons -wishing work done sx.ro respectfully invited oceliac-] e^ais'&Le^«rimftM Law Blanks, tills of Eschang* BanS Clieoka Fro grammes, Bills of Fare. Fifteenth Ballot—Wben New Hampshire was culled, Harry Hibbard rose to address the Convention. Theie was a sudden calm, and his words were listened to with profound attention. He said: Mr. President—The time has come wben tbe New Hampshire delegation deems it a duty tbat she owea to hei* distinguished son and to the Democratic party, to yield her cherished preferences I'or tbat statesman, and to withdraw bis name from tbe Convention. I therefore withdraw tbe name of Franklin Pierce as a candidate for tbe Presidency, (applause) and without makiug any ungraceful distinctions among the statesmen whose names are in nomination. New Hampshire desires to express her preference for her second choice—Stepbeu A. Deuglas, of Illinois, (Immense applause.) Tbe following is the ballot : Buchanan, 1681 ; Pierce, H ; Douglas, H8J : Cass, ih. Sixteenth Ballot—Buchanan. 163; Douglas, 124; Cass, 0. After the result had been announced— Col. Pre&ton, of Ky.. evidently laboring under much mental agitation, said :—1 bave been a devoted personal and political friend of tbe distinguished Senator from Illinois—but I appeal to tbe friends of Stephen A. Dx uglas as I have appealed to mvself already, whether justice to that statesman'and devotion to the Democratic party does not demand that bia name should now be withdrawn. I am sure tbat I represent the views of che best friends of Mr. Douglas, and I dot speak without knowledge, (looking toward Richardson and then toward the Speaker)—I do not say this without knowledge, sir. (Intense censaiiou.) Mr. -Richardson, ot 111.—(waving down the excited crowd that gathered ruuud him)—Mr. President. I shall say what I would, and I am far trom ■idvisiu^ any man what he shall do at this hour.— But I feel I have imposed upon me a duty—a duty 11 Stephen A. Douglas as weil as to our common cause. (Cheers.) As a friend to that statesman, t fee! that I cannot advance his interests or the success of the party, by continuing him in this contest. (Cheers and loud demonstrations of dis- satislactiou.) I beg to bave read this telegraphic dispatch received last night from Washington— aUeiTiT'S reading, J shall withdraw Douglas from this contest.. (A confused scene of apptaafee afid dissatisfaction.) WiSEiNGTON, June 5, '* I see in che telegraphic despatches iu the newspapers that there is danger of au embittered spirit la your convention. I wish you and all my friends to remember that the ascendancy of our principles is a thousand fold more important than my own elevation. If the withdrawal of my name will ensure hanacmy, I beg you not to hesitate to with all these facts entitling California to tbe favorable consideration of the federal government, after having been a sovereign member of the confederacy for nearly six years, after contributing five hundred millions of dollars to the wealth of the country, what has been done to facilitate cem- miinication between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the confederacy ? California, at this day, remains isolated iu position, and practically out of the Union, by the failure of Cpngress to establish lbe means of au overland communication. Ou this subject tbe masses of the American people are united—States, legislatures, mass-meetings, the press of the country with its thousand tongued, have urged upon Congress prompt and efficient legislation for the attainment of this grcac national object. Look for a moment at her present condition. The route across the plains, infested with hostile Indians, is go longer open to the adventurous march of the emigrant. In Nicareugua civil war rages, in the midst of which there is no protection to life or property. The emigrant can only pass there befweeu files of contending soldiers, and with feet stained with human blood. At Panama the brutal and savage negro, animated by the hope of plunder, bas recently assailed our unarmed countrymen, inflicting death indiscriminately. Upon both the Isthmus routes danger, disease and death stand in frightful array along tbe pathway of the emigrant. Sir, we ask that the federal government may exercise all its constitutional power to provide a safe and speedy communication over out- own territory between tbe Atlantic and_ Pacific coasts of this Union. A resolution embracing that policy has been laid on the table by a vote of this convention, the delegation from Pennsylvania voting yea upon the motion to lay upou the table. With the vote of Pennsylvania thus reoorded against a policy so vital to the interests of our State, the delegation from California have not felt it consistent with their own self-respect, or with the dignity of the State which they have the honor to represent, to cast their votes for James Buchanan. But they have assurances now that 51 r. Buchanan does not concur In the opposition to that measure, indicated by the votes of the Pennsylvania delegation ; aud we therefore cordially acquiesce ia hia nomination, and pledge oor State to bis support. Sir, we do more ; we pledge her to an overwhelming majority. When Ihe shouts of victory from tbe east, boom across the plains and ascend the lofty summits of the Cordilleras, they will be met by responsive shouts of triumph from the golden valleys of the Pacific State. [Great applause.] Subsequently, the proposition for an overland communication.within our own territory, between the Atlantic aud the Pacific, war, voted upon directly by the convention—the Pennsylvania delegation voting unanimously against 1 upon the table ; aud on its final passage, a portion Of said delegation voted for. and a portion against its adoption ; said proposition having been carried —ayes 205 ; noes ST. Tbe following is tho resolution : Resolved, That tbe Democratic party recognises the great importance in a political nnd commercial point of view, of a safe and speedy communication through onr own territory between the A t- lantic and Pacific coasts of Ibis Union; aud that it is the duty of the Federal Government to exercise promptly, all its constitutional power for the attainment bf that object, thereby binding the umou ofthe States in indissoluble Vouds, ami his measures and policy. The question on the resolution being put, the President declared it carried by an unanimous vote, THE VIOE-1'Iit.SIDKN'CV. Wicklifie, of Kentucky, nominated Linn Boyd for the Yice-Prcsidency. Harris, of Illinois, was instructed hy the Delegates from tbat State to present the name of a di-tinguisbed gentleman as the candidate for tho Vice Presidency—John A. Quitman. [Tremendous cheering.} Louisiana nominated John C. Breckenridge, which movement was greeted with great applause^ The following gentlemen were also put in no^ initiation :—Fitzpatrick, of Alabama; Aaron B, Brown, of Tennessee ; James A. Seddon, of Va.; J. C. Dobbin; Hersal V. Johnson, of Georgia; Rusk, of Texas ; James A. Bayard> of Delaware ; Trusteu Polk, of Missouri. On the second ballot, JotiH C. Uebcosridge re- cived 206 votes, and W88 declared the unanimous choice of tbe convention for the office of Vice- President of the United States. On being called for by the house, the Kentucky Delegation took hold of the Hon. gentleman, and lid him before the house. Ha was received with rouuds of applause. When silence was procured, he addressed tbe Convent-ion. SPEECH OF BRECKEMUDGK. Mr. President and gentlemen of tbe Convention ; This result is quite as unexpected to me as it can. be to any in all this space. In the inferior and personal aspect of tbis extraordinary manifestation, I beg you to consider all said tbat gracefully should be. " I have no words to voice the gratitude that is wellins from the innermost—[most enthusiastic cheers]—from the innermost heart of me to the Democracy of the nation for this confidence. There is one personal satisfaction tbat lightens tbis hour and fearfully accumulated responsibilities. [Sudued applause.] I derive that satisfac- ■ tion from the reflection that, through all the balloting I have freely followed my political preferences nor professed a sentiment, nor softened au expression for a personal result, [Applause.] He ! [Breckenridge] of au hour since, refused to ask for 1 or accept the honor he knew he was unworthy of, but tbe Breckenridge created by the fiat of the Democracy to second its illustrious standard-bearer bad no choice but to serve. [Cheering everywhere.] It is not proper for me to speak of the secoud man on your ballot; but of the Chieftain I may. James Buchanan is one ofthe last ofthe survivors of the gigantic race of American statesmen whoso deads may not be separated from the glories of the EepnWio. Reserved to a green oid age he bas lived down detraction, aud time bas destroyed calumny. [Applause.] Composed and dignified on this moral elevation, be is about to be clothed with the insignia of tbe Chief Magistracy of the nation ! [Repeated applause.] Gentlemen, I heartily concur in tbe platform you have affirmed. I endorse your resolutions. I am known to be a states' right Democrat. [Applause.] Strong in tbe principles of Jefferson, enforced by tbe irresistible temper ot Jackson, tbe people will entrust the men you have named for their Government. I hope, in that event, I shall never forfeit the confidence of the Democracy of AmerU ca. [Prolonged applause.] HATIOSAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE;. Maine—John I'abson. New Hampshire—John H. George. Vermont—D. A. Smally. Massachusetts—James Chccver. Rhode Island—Elisha R. Potter. Connecticut—James T. Pratt. New York—Augustus Shell, New Jersey—Jacob Vanatta. Pennsylvania—C. L. Warr. Delaware—W. D. Ochiltree. Maryland—3t. B. Carmichael. Virginia—Wm. II. < dark. N Tth Carolina—Thos. D, McDowell. South Carolina—Benj. I). Wilson. Georgia—Wm, K. Graflenreid. Alabama—Ileurv I>. Smith. Mississippi—W. B. Cannon. Louisiana—Thos. E. P. Cottman. Ohio—C. L. Vallandingbam. Kentucky—Geo. A. Caldwell. Tennessee—R. W. McGayock. Indiana—Jas. R. Slack. Illinois—Thos. Dyer. Missouri— —— Clark. Arkansas—A. Rust. Michigan—J. Beeeon. Florida—A. E. Maxwell. Texas—W.J. Olden, Iowa—Wm. Thompson. ■Wisconsin—Geo. P. Smith. California—S. W. Dosh. The Committee then reported the folio A-Ing RESOJXTIOX. Resolved, That the next Bemocratiq Convention be held at Charleston, South Carolina. A resolution endorsing the one term principle was read and referred to the Committee on Resolutions. Whilst being read, it was met by a volley of Nays. The thanks'of the Convention were then returned to the Sectaries of that body and to the citizens of Cincinnati. Convention adjourned sine die. "Livkkpool Jack."—Tbe Grass Valley Tele* graph says :—Thia notorious individual, who is now a fugitive from a decree of the Vigilance Committee, passed through that place a few days since. A Russian Fleet Comixg.-The Courrier des Etats Unis says that a Russian steam squadron, now at Cronstadt, was to leave there in May for North America, under the command of Admiral Warakowilcsh. Workmen are busy titling in Battery street, San Francisco, opposite the Custom House, pro- paracory to laying uowu the genuine Rues pave, ■mout,
Object Description
Title | Los Angeles Star, vol. 6, no. 12, August 2, 1856 |
Type of Title | newspaper |
Description | The English weekly newspaper, Los Angeles Star includes headings: [p.1]: [col.3] "The Cincinnati convention"; [p.2] "Democratic State convention", "The Cincinnati convention", [col.2] "The Pacific railroad", [col.3] "Mr. Filmore", "The N.Y. Herald", "First District Court", "Court of sessions", "The Board of Supervisors for Los Angeles County will assemble on Monday next for the dispatch of business", [col.4] "Local", "The Indian revolution", "Fruit", "From the plains", [col.5] "Assault"; [p.3]: [col.1] " Acceptance of Mr. Buchanan", [col.2] "Ratification meeting in Washington", "President Pierce's speech"; [p.4]: [col.1] "A bachelor's reverie", "I am not old", "Portentious 'Pome' and prophecy", "The open circumpolar sea", "Mason and Dixon's line", [col.3] "Force of gunpowder -- The Wilmington explosion", "Napoleon III", "Analysis", "The wedge-tailed eagle of Australia", "Kid gloves", [col.5] "Official directory", "The law of newspapers". |
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Geographic Subject (State) | California |
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Coverage date | circa 1856-07-27/1856-08-08 |
Editor | Hamilton, H |
Printer | Hamilton, H. |
Publisher (of the Original Version) | Hamilton, H. |
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Date created | 1856-08-02 |
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The Voyage of Life.
There is a brond stream,
;Tisa beautiful stream,
IS floweth along to Death's ocean ;
Its waters more still
Than a murmuring rill,
Till the storm fill the deep with commotion.
To the ocean of death,
Doth the current beneath
Flow onward, unceasing, forever,
Aud our weary limbs lavo
In its dark curling wave,
When we've braved the last storm on life\i
river.
There is a frail bark,
'Tis a beautiful bark.
Launched trembling upon life's broad river,
Its sails are all spread,
And the port is ahead,
Where the bark finds a haven forever.
The freight il doth hold
Is more precious than gold,
'Tis a soul, ever living, immortal;
And the angels above
With their pinions ot love,
Shall waft it into the blessed portal.
There is a green isle,,
'Tis a beautiful isle.
It dimples the waves of ihe river ;
On the emerald shore
Lies the voyager's oar,
And he's free from vexation forever.
True friendship is there,
And the sweet balmy air
Is perfumed with Eden's own flowers ;
And the iuceuse they breathe,
And the impress they leave,
Never cloys, but enlivens bis powers.
There is a bright star,
'Tis a beautiful star,
It twinkleth over the ocean
And it seems to the sight
Of the voyager at night,
Like the shrine of an angel's devotion.
JTis the bright star of love,
And it shineth above.
To cheer on his way the earth-weary.
'Tis a beam from His eye,
Who hath placed it on high,
To light up life pathway so dreary.
There is a bright land,
'Tis a beautiful land,
It lieth beyond the dark ocean ;
There the sanctified rove
Through the bowers of love,
And forever are free from commotion.
There the faithful shall dwell,
And their thanksgiving svell,
When the chains that have bound them are
riven ;
And before Him will fall,
Who is Lord over all :
0 ! the name of that bright land is heaven.
It was a complete sylvan grotto, and wiihin it, aa
seemed most meet and fitting, was its nymph.
A young girl, apparently about sixteen, sat on
!♦»■»<
How I went Angling.
"I do wish, Bob, you would get married!" cried
my mother impatiently, one day after she had endured my company a whole long summer morning.
The suggestion was by no means a new one ;
for I was five and thirty, and it had been iterated
and reiterated by all my family ever since I was
twenty-five. I therefore regarded my mother's
remark as the beginning ofa kind of family ritual, and responded as usual—
'■' Why so, ma'am !"
■'Because," she answered shortly, deviating
somewhat from the beaten track, " it's high time."
" Granted," said I.
"Yes." pursued my mother, "you are old
enough, aud you're rich enough, and you're clever enough—and why you don't get mar.ried. I
can't see. You would be much happier than you
are idling about here with nothing better to do
than to follow an old woman about from cellar
to pantry, putting your hands to every bit of mischief which "Satan finds for idle hands to do—
and all for the want of some sensible employment."
" Would petting a foolish wife be a sensible employment?" I asked, laughing.
" She need not be foolish."
"Butthe wise virgin will not have me, and I
will not have a foolish one ; and there is just my
trouble."
"You are too modest by half," returned my
mother as she was leaving the room.
I pondered that last remark ot my mother's. I
thought it showed discernment and judgment, and
wondered more people were not of her way of
thinking. The melancholy general reflection that
modest worth is almost sure to be underrated,
threw me into a pensive and melancholy mood,
aud, snatching up my hat and fishing tackle, I
sauntered out for a reverie under cover of my favorite sport.
The subject of my late conversation continued
to occupy my thoughts. The truth is, my mother
was not more -anxious to see me married than I
was to be married, I had always regarded the
married state as the happiest; my heart glowed
as much as any man's every did at the picture my
fancy drew of a loving family and happy home.
But the mischief of it was I could not find any
one to please me. I did not consider myself, uor
mean to be, over fastidious; but among all the
flat, fluttering furbelowed fine ladies I met in society, I found so little nature, so little goodness,
so little heart, that I could not fall in love with
them let me try as I would.
It was truly a lamentable case. Here was I, a
really clever enough fellow—well to do in the
world:—considered, as I knew well enough, something ofa catch—willing and anxious to be caught,
aud nobody skillful enough to do it. It was almost a parallel case with that ot the poor pig in
the nursury rhyme, which run about the streets
ready roasted, with a fork stuck in his side, crying,
" Who'll eat me? who'll eat me ?"
Pondering ibis gloomy thought, I wandered on,
and on, quite beyond my usual bouuds, and at last,
rather tired, I clambered up a steep rock which
overhung the brOok I had been following, and
Bat down to rest.
It was a true summer scene—quiet and warm
and bright—nicely shaded, however, where I lay,
and the cool sound of the rippling water added
just the only charm possible where all was so
charming.
I listened with delight; but in doing so became sensible that besides the monotonous babbling of the brooklet, there mingled other sounds
of splashing water, which occurred at irregular
1 intervals, and which seemed to proceed from below the rock on which I reclined. My curiosity
led me to explore the mystery, I clambered qui to
to the top of the rock, and looked down over its
furthest edge.
Cupid, god of love! how was I rewarded ! The
rock, oa the side over which I looked, descended
sheer some fifteen or twenty feet, when a projecting ledge formed a kind of natural seat, below
which the water rippled, The spot was quite
hung over and shaded by trees andjthick shrubs-
the rocky ledge bathing her feet. Her attitude
aud occupation reminded me strongly of the pretty picture we have all seen in old fashioned annuals, of Dorothea—except that my little beauty was
evidently gay and fresh and lively, while Dorothca-
in the picture is weary and sad.
I could not make up my mind for a time to disturb eo charming a scene and continued to gaze
in silence from my lurking place.
Ah ! those dainty little white feet, with their
pink-tipped toes, wliich gleamed so fair through
the clear water—or Cashed for a moment above
flinging about the bright, glittering
drops ; and then plunging again beneath the cool
blue—never shall I forget them! The gracefully
bent head, with its bright golden curls and braids,
against which now and then the sun glinted from
a chink in the leafy screen—the lovely neck and
arm—the cheek delicately tinted With pink, of
which I now and then caught a glimpse, formed a
picture more enchanting than anything I had ever
imagined. More than all, the perfect innocence
and modesty which accompanied all the movements of this secoud Susanna, (an unfortunate allusion, by the way ; but I scorn the idea that any
oue should connect me in thought with those rascally, peeping, sneaking elders,)—however, as I
was going to say when I intcGnipted myself, the
modesty of my sweet Diana charmed me even more
than her beauty.
My heart of ice suddenly burst into a flame.
" Heavens!" cried I to myself as I felt it thumping against my side, "'what is this new sensation?
B0lj E , your hour is come. You're in love 1"
At the moment I came to this conclusion, the
float of my fishing line, dropped at the feet of ray
charmer, and immediately—well, I'm net going
to lay before the confidentiul public an account of
all my delicate pnd skillful manccuvering—enough
that within half an hour I was seated socially by
my water fairy's side trying to look as much like
Neptune, or Massaniello, or any other hero, I did
not care which, aslcould. I gave a sly tweak or
two to my shirt collar to make it lie down, sailor
fashion ; turned back my wristbands and kept my
hat carefully on, so that one little spot on my
crown which was growing thin might not be observed ; and flattered myself I should do pretty
well in my new role.
"Nora—I soon discovered her sweet name-
was most charmingly gay and chatty. No prudery, or thoughts of evil, ruffled the current of her
child-like, innocent thoughts. She was a careless
child at play, glad ofa playfellow.
I would have joyfully lingered for hoursin that
enchanted grotto; but ere long Nora rose and
sauntered forth. I followed, endeavoring to beguile the flowery way she led me as agreeably for
her as the wolf did for Little lied Riding Hood,
and while schemes as deep laid and appropriate,
though less bloodthirsty, towards my innocent
companion, formed themselves in my mird.
I was never in such spirits—I was charmed with
myself in the novel character of a wooer. The
railroad rapidity with which the drama progressed
excited me. In one short hour I, the impregnable,
the flinfy-hearted, had not only fallen head over
heels in leve. but also, I flattered myself—but
mum ; of all things I hate a boaster.
However, as I have said, I was in high spirits
and excited; and, among other nonsense, ventured
at last to say, laughingly—
'■'Do you know, sweet Nora, that I have been
haunted by a singular presentiment ever since the
moment I first caught a glimpse of you?"
" What is it ?" asked she, smiling.
"That you will one day be my w'irel" I ex"
claimed with bold emphasis of conviction and determination,
Nora burst into the merriest laugh, and at the
same moment turned into a little path which led
down from the door of a rose-wreathed cottage-
A young and handsome gentleman advanced to
meet us, and Nora, with the demurest of mischievous smiles, curtseyed low as she presented
her husband!" I saw the look of mingled coquetry, mischief, and curiosity which she stole
at me from under her downcart lashes ; I saw the
difficulty she had to repress her merriment; 1
saw what a fool I had been making of myself
and I turned precipitately to fly. Nora's pent-up
laughter now burst forth, peal after peal rang on
the air, and I heard my tormentor call after me—
" Pray, pray, sir angler, return, and I will show
you my baby !"
"Well, ladies and gentlemen, it's twenty years
from that day to this ; but I'm a bachelor yet; I
suppose always shall be; for I am as far ofl as
ever from finding my ideal.
I cannot say the adventure I have narrated had
any very deep or lasting effect upon me, aud yet
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