To My Mother*
The Ohio Journal has tbe following Hues, writ
ten by a convict ii
are touchingly b(
Tve wandered
Far from mv
I've left the lai
In other dim
And time since
And roark'd
Tet,I have ofte
I'm thinking
the Ohio Peniteutiary, •
autiful,
ar from thee, mother,
happy home j
id that gave me birth,
36 to roam ;
then, haa roil'd its years,
hem on my brow ;
t of thee—
i thiuv.;
it tbee
Tm thinking on the
When at my tend'
Ton watched the da
Aud kiss-d me iu
Then brightly was i
WiSh hopes of fui
While vour bright t
Juv, mother,
r aide,
vning of my youth,
■our pride ;
iy heart lit up
are joy,
ncy honors wore,
To deck your darling boy.
I'm thinking of toe day, mother,
Wben, with anxious care,
You lifted up your heart to Heaven—
Your hope, your trust was there 1
Pond memory brings your parting words,
While tears roll'd down your cheek,
Thy long, hist, loving look told more
Than ever words could sp^ak.
Fm far away from thee, mother,
No friend is near me now,
To soothe me with a tender word,
Or cool my burning brow ;
The dearest ties affection wove,
Are all uow torn from me ;
They left me wben the trouble came ;
They did not love like thee.
I'm lonely and fotsaken now,
Unpitied and unblest;
Yet still I would uot have thee know
How sorely I'm distressed.
I know you would not chide, mother.
You would not give me blame ;
But soothe me with your tender words,
Aud bid me hope again.
I would not have thee know, mother,
How brightest hopes decay ;
The tempter, with his baneful cup
Has dash'd them all away ;
And shame has left its venom sting,
To rack with anguish wild-
Yet still I would uot have thee kuow
The sorrows of thy child.
Oh. I have wandered far, mother,
Since I deserted thee.
And left thy trusting heart to break,
Beyond the deep blue sea.-
Ahi mothei'.still I love thee well,
Aud long to hear thee speak,
And feel again thy balmy breath
Upon my care-worn cheek.
Bat, ah! there is a thought, mother,
Pervades my beating "heart,
That thy freed spirit may have Sown
To its eternal rest;
And while I wipe the tear away,
There whispered iu my ear
A voice that speaks ot Heaven and thee,
And bids me Keek thee tbere.
The Old ContlnontalB.
The following stirring lines have been attributed to Longfellow. The Knickerbocker, however
for June, auys that they were written by G-H
McMasters, oi Bath, Steuben couuty, N, Y. They
are uow printed from tho corrected copy by tht
author.
Ia their ragged regimentals
Stood the old Continentals,
Yielding not:
When the grenadiers were lunging,
And like hai! fell the plunging
Canho& shot!
When the tiles
Of thS Isles,
From the smoky right encampment,
Before the banner of the rampant
Unicorn ;
And grummer. crumnu-r, grummet",
Rolled the roll ot the drummer
Through the morn.
Thefl Tnth eyes to the front all,
And with guns horizontal,
Stood our sires,
While the balls whistled deadly,
And in flames flashing redly,
Blazed the fires.
Aa the swift
Billow* drilt,
Drove the battle-breakers
O'er the green sodded acres
Of the plain ;
And louder, louder, louder,
Cracked the bl-ck guupowder,
Cracked amain I
an JfOTcista ^itotismi'ate.
San f\m\tim g,iifofenimits.
SLOAN,   HAItTMAi\  &   BLOOD,
ATTOR.YEVS   AT   LAW,
Salt f-rimclsco.
OiS o-SOCTK-WEST COBSFJ1 MOKTGOMIHY AJTO
'OMMEKCIAL STKEKTS— I'ritvance on Commercial.
t'firticuUr attention ^ivon to buVneaa in tbe Supreme
:onrtol'this State, aiul the U  S. Courts. ju7—■Sta
Clothing!   Clothing!!
JENNINGS   &   BREWSTER,
Manufacturers and Jobbers of Clothing,
WOULD r.   .
their Xsnaa and well a
A Virginia Castle in the OldisN Time.—While
employed for months at a time surveying the
lands beyond the Blue Ridge. Washington was often the inmate of Greenway Court. The projected manor house was never even commenced. On
a green knoll, overshadowed by tre ■, was a lonj;
etone building, one. story in height, with dormer
windows, twu wooden belfries, chimneys studded
with swallow and martin coops, and a roof sloping
down in the old Virginia fashion, into low-projecting eaves that formed a verandah the whole
length of the house. It wes probably the house
originally occupied by his steward or land agent,
but was now devoted to hospitable purposes and
the reception of guests. As to hislordsliip.it was
one ofhis many eccentricities that he never slept
in the main edifice, but lodged apart in a wooden
house, not much above twelve feet square. In e
small building was bis office, where quit-rent;
were given, deeds diawn and business transacted
with the tenants. About the knoll weredut-housea
for his numerous servants, black and white, with
stables for saddle-horses and hunters, and kennels
for his hound-; for his lordship maintained his
keen hunting propensities, and the neighborhood
abound ed in game. Indians, half-breeds, and
leathern-clad woodsmen loitered about the place
and partook ofthe abundance of the kitchen. His
lordship's table was plentiful, but plain, andserv-
edin the English fashion.
Here Washington had full opportunity, in the
proper seasons, of indulging his fondness for field
sports, and once more accompanying his lordship
in the chase. Tbe conversation, too, of Lord
Fairfax was full of interest and instruction to an
inexperienced youth, from his cultivated talents,
his literary taste, and his past intercourse with the
best Bociety of Europe, and its most distinguished
author?. He had brought bjoks, too, with him
into the wilderness, aud-frism Washington's diary
we End that, during bis sojourn here, he was diligently reading the history o! England and the
esssnys of the Spectator.
Such was Greenway I ourt in these, its palmy
days. We visited it recently, and found it tottering to its fall, mouldering in the midst of a magnificent country, where nature sill flourishes in
full luxuriance and beauty.—living's Life of
Washington.
A Kino Outwitting a Spy.—After the French
resloration in 1814. among the titled followers of
Napoleon wbo were the most anxious to obtain
employment at the court of Louis XVIII, none
showed more servility and ssatduty to accomplish
his purpose than Fouche, the celebrated Minister ol
Police. He had at last a private interview with
the king, when he expressed his desire to dedicate
his life to his service.   Louis replied:
" You have occupied under Bonaparte a situation of great trust, which must have given you
opportunities of knowing everything tliat passed
and of gaining an insight into the characters of
men in public life, which could not easily occur to
others. Were I to decide ou attaching you to my
person, I should previously expect that you would
frankly inform me what were the m :asures and
who were the men that you employed in those
days to obtain your information. I do not allude
to:my stay at Verona or at Mittau—I was then
surro mded by numerous adherents—but at Hart-
well, for instance. Were you then well acquainted with what passed under my rcof?"
Yes, sir; every day the motions of your majesty were made known to me."
Eh! what, surrounded as I was by trusted
friends, who could have betrayed me? Who thus
abused my confidence? I insist on your naming
bim immediately,"
Sire, you urge ire to say what must wound
your majesty's heart''
Speak, sir *. kings are but too subject to be deceived."
If you command it. sire, I must own that I
was in correspondence with the Dncd'Aument."
What! Dj Pienue, who possessed my entire
confidence? I must acknowledge," added linking, with a malicious smile, " he was very poor,
be had many expenses, and living is very dear in
England. Well, thou, .wonaienr Fouche, it was I
tbat dictated to him those letters which you re
ceived every week, and I gave up to him 12,000
out of the 48,01)0 francs which you so regular!}
remitted to obtain an exa;t account of all that wa
passing in my family."
These words terminated the  audience, and   tht.
minister retired in c nftnion.
78 Battery Str
SAN FRANCISCO,
j*poctfalW call the attention of buy
"    BRortfirt stock ofSPULNU AXIt
iUUMERCLOTfilMflj com
PANTS.
New styles plain aud fancy cass. PantR
New styles pliwn and fancy satinet Pam
Rlack Doeskin and cftRBimPfe Pantii;
Assorted Kentucky Jt-an Pants ;
Linen duck and dnl'l pants,
VESTS.
White and chock Maiveillefi Vents ;
Plain unil Fancy casaimore Vesta ;
Plain and Fancy ei k vests ;
SUITS.
Piftfn and fsxncr caasimKi-e Bnfiinoss Bait
Plain and chock linen Business Suits ;   '
COATS.
Black cl^th Frock Coat* ;
DRAWERS  AND SHIRTS.
Gravand White Met inn Shirts and Draw
H'ckorc. Check .ind Flannel Shirts.
OVERALLS AND SOCKS.
Denim Jumpers and Overalls ;
Cotton   Merino and Wind Mcka.
HATS, BLANKETS, &c.
In addition to the above, we  have a line assortment of
J ....I* generally km>t in .mi- line	
Drugs
and   MedicineSi
Xi©ca.iiisrto3_ c£3 Co.,
114 Battery Street,
SAA   FRANCISCO,
Darling,'' •'Tornado," and "Re
OFFEF
porl
,FFFR for sftlS, E:
io  Uid
Castor Oil
Sulphur
Bay Hum
Jamaica Ginger
Galabrica Liquorice
Fresh Hops in Rules
,L        "    " Papers
Ioiide Potass
Adhesive Plaster
Sulphurate Morphine
Sltiiker's Herbs
Javne's Medicines
tff'afenheru: Medici
Sand's Saivaptirill.
Townsend's Slimi
Bull's Saisaparilh
Shaker's Snrsnpar
Mustang Liriimen
Lynn's FleaPowdt
Bi-own's Essence t
Barry's Tricophcr
%m ixmuma %\)kxxhmmh.
J. UK. Strobridge & Co.,
WHOLESALE AND  RETAIL
CLOTHING   EMPORIUM,
CORNER OS
COMMERCIAL AND SANSOME STREETS..
Under St. Nicholas Hotel,
SAN" FRANCISCO,
OFFER the largest and most oonaulete assortment of
Clothing   and  GantiU
opened in ir-ixn Krn,ncis
Uoocls e
FunilslUiig
our Manufac-
toryVNew"Yoi<"'
TEi« Latent mitl mout Fashionable Styles
ofalikiiKU of
■—consisting^!'—
Fine, Black, Brown and Blue Dress and Frock Coats;
Fine pad Heavy Beaver Overcoats;
Talmas of every description ;
Fine and Heavy French ami Aimprleftii Cnr.simere Pants;
Fine Hlack and Fancv Silk Velvet, Satin aud Cloth Vcstt
Heavy Ribbed Cast * ........ <-..-..
Mm:
x large
nd.
.    . ...A Cloth Business Suits,
t-tnent of Hats and  Caps constantly
 White and Check Linen and Cotton Shirts;
KiueSilk, Merino au A Cot tou Undershirts and Drawer?
3i'is ri':i   Cravat.:!   Neck Ti,;s, Suspenders;
Collars. Handkerchiefs. Cloves;
English, Merino inn! Cotton Ktilf Hose, etc., etc.
Everything  connected   with
Gentlemen's  Furnishing   Goods
■nstantly t
ud.
Alarge aud complete
ow opening and ready for sale.
ig of over "J 100,000, wo invite all, c
litiag the city, to call and sec us b
rchases, as  we Hatter ourselves i
'["WC
1   pint
1 Fn!
:.,,,, t.i
-  111.  1
ity.
y.'-i. :im
BY  TIIK   CASE   OK   VAOKAGE,
In quantities to suit,
I0NGB1LLPAPKR. LEGAL CAP. LETTER PAPER, INK
i BROAD BILL PAPER. FOULS-CAP, NOTl-i PAPER, PENCILS, BLANK BUCKS, WAFERS, &c, &0.
Molsy CaivltMs Boole ami Stationery Co.,
87 Battery et.   and 04 and 68 Long "Wharf", San Franci
iuy3—3tn C. P. KIMBALL. PreaidCB
Tiavtlieis ! Bewaro ol tl»c Impokltlons of Hack
Drivers, Runners) &v.
ALL PERSONS  ARRIVING   IN SAN FRANCISCO AND
>n i;
-.■-.■in i
Oil Sassafras
Together wit'
M_&
CLOTHING^WAREHOUSE.
wm."g. babger,
109 3B®7*t©a»37r sstx-eet,
Corner of fllcrchant,
(^3t2itsi  *IS:'ir>sicB.asas3csgoa
Importer  of every variety   of
CLOTHING  AND  FURNISHING   GOODS;
DUCKS, DRILLS, SHEETINGS, BLANKETS
HATS, BOOTS AND BKOGANS
By recent arrivals have received very Urge  IbtoIccb oi
Desirable Styles of Clothine
and it is the LARGEST STUCK ever offered in tbih J?^]
The _
and of the best i
in the uiOHt dur;
TRADERS froi
HEAYYSTUCK,
thov can be foui
PURCHASERS
ini, well cut. large  sizes,
market
irviaion,
d made
"amine thlg
LOWER than
nd mout
carefully
(he country aro invited to
d they will find tne prices
elsewhere iu the market,
ay rely ou receiving the i^st t
saleable good;,, nn eaoh urt irie is GUaP.ANTKED
ORDERS FROM THE COUNTKY promptly   and
ttended to,
10,000 pairs assorted Fancy Ca s Bim ore Pants-
10,000 pairs aSHOit"d Fancy und Plain Sattno'Me rant.
7,000 pairs Linen Pants ;
2,000 pairs Goodyo;tr*s Kubljer PantP;
1,000 Goodyear's White Rubter Coats;
200 caseH (ioodyeai-'s J.oug nnd Short K alt Id Beu'iB'
200   do    Miners1 Boots;
1,000 dozen super Flannel OveraMrtit*
300   do   Fancy Ca.^dmere Overshirtfl-
1,000    do   "While Shirts;
000   do    heavy Hickory Shirt*;
600    do    heavy Check Shirtu:
800   do    Mernmuc ShirU;
600   do   Lamb's Wool Undershirts;
SOO   do    Regatta UnoorshirtB;
200    do    Grev Flannel UndorMliirttt;
4&0    do    Lamb's Wool Drawers;-
250   do   Bl-ached Drill DraweiK;
1,600    do    O'
300   do
1,200    do
1,600   do
1,000 piect
100 doeei
200   do
i Fr.
unt i-
(.*;u-
i- Bl;
Rubber:
250    do    Buck Gloves;'
400    do   Buckskin Gold Rags;
1,000 Dofskin Business Coat.s;
400 Rlack Clotli Frock Coats-
Wool Pocks;
liiteand Mixed Cotton Sacks-
Ik 1'ocket Hnudkerchlefn-      '
kSilk Neckerchiefs;     '
HiUvlL-vrchiefs;
.1,01)0 -,
000 :i
L.<\ Ov.
% Coi,i
SSSh
Drags, Medic'nes,
PerOimcry,  Fancy Articles,   Sue.
CroweU, Crane & Brlghaui,
(Lite IC. Cornell I}-  Co..)
IMPORT! PV OF FORI IGN AND DOMESTIC
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, DYES, PATENT MEOI-
cines, Perfumery, Fancy Articles, &c,
131 COMMERCIAL STREET, (LONG WHARF,*)
.San   Francisco.
f--\UR assortment r.owis tho larpcst on the l'acificCoast.
WM, G. BA1GER,
' Clothing W„«:i(ni«
The Eyes!   The Eyes!
OCSJMST.
it  would   be ex.
teuveiod  bv xb'm
-ery one offer* a
oflice of Dr. Par-
■■ .:■-..:-...   , . ■ .
Druggists, Chemists, & Assayers'
Glasstvare, efco.
OFFICIAL DlHtWEOBL
Dis
| United Stale:
j     I. S. K. O
jney ; C. E. C
i United Slat
VI
Lafayette s^nt for a hogshead of earth from Bunker Hill, to be placed over his body at hie intsr
meat. The selectmen of Boston received tbe ap
plication from liis agent. It was taken from the
Bpot where General "Warren full, and accompanied
with a certificate that it was "genuine," sigtiud
by three of theoldt*F*t veterans in tbe town.
Dean Swift bearing of a carpenter falling
through ihe scaffolding of a house which he was
engaged in repairing, dryly remarked, that he
liked to see a mechanic go through hia work
promptly.
The " Parsimmon county" debating club, out in
Indiana, are debating tbe question;—"Which is
the proudest, a girl with her first beau, or a woman
with ber first bubv V
The Wisconsin Farmer says that it will insure
your life for a six-pence, against a rattlesnake bite
if you will stir in salt with the yolk of a go»d
egg. until it is thick enough to spread a plaster
and apply it to the wound.
A western editor in ppeaking of a ootemporarj
says, all he wauls is a fair cliance, and he'll main
the meanest man outside of Connecticut. Complimentary,  that.
Emery hasjust invented a new kind of drill. Il
is adapted to military purposes. By means o;
cog-wheels and steel springs, eight companies o
militia can be drilled in twenty three minutes.—
Who says this is not a progressive age?
Genius will always work itself through,' at
the poet said, when he louud his coat out at the
elbows.
Why is a coachman like a cistern? Because he
holds the rains.
" Well, farmer, you told us you1* woods wa3 a
good place for hunting. Now, we have tramped
through it for three hours, and fou^d no game.'
"Justso, Well, i calculate as a general thing,
the less game the more hunting."
A Hopbful Yodth.—"You want a flogging
that's what you do," said a parent to his unruly
sou. " I know it, dad, but I'll try to get alonv,
without it," replied the brat.
"Hiins. what is the matter?" "De sorrel wagon
has nn away mit the green h rse, aud broke de
axle-tree of de brick house what stands by th'
corner lamp-post across the telegraph."
There is a ballet dancer connected with NibloV
so ethereal in ber nature that she feeds on egg
laid by canary birds. She is the young lady wbi>
walks up a moon-beam.
We often hear of a man "being in advance ot
his age," but who ever heard of a woman being in
the same predicament 1
She that tnarrU's a man because he is a " good
match," must not be surprised if he turns out " a
Lucifer."
"If I were so unluckj," said an offljpr, '■'as to
bave a stupid eon, I would certainly make him a
parson." A clergyman who was in the company
calmly rep'ied, " Yon thiuk differently from your
JOHN ■■AVl.OR.
TED STATES 0_JCKE8.
District  Court for the  Southern
rict of   California :
Jnd'AQ; I'. Old, District Attor-
Clerk ; B. Hunter, Marshal.
and Office for the Sou/hern District of   California:
Andres Pico, Receiver : H. P. Dursey, Register.
United States Court of Claims:
C. E. Carr, Commissioner.   "
Customs  Department
Collector—Col. Isaac Wi
i Pedro).
Depuiy-J.F.
.iean!
Tbe rose ot floi-ida. tbe mo.it beautiful of dowers, emits uo fragrance ; tbe bird of Paradise, the
most beautiful of birds, gives no song- the cypress of Greece, the finest of trees, bears no fruit
dandies, tlie shiniest cf men, have uo senses ; and
ball-room belles, the loveliest of created creatur. s.
are very often ditto—and a very little more so.
——-Turin- ■ i <Bnnfcw
HOPE.
Unfading Hope ! when life's fist embers burn	
When b* ul 10 soul, and dn.«t t) dust, return—
Heaven to thy charge resigns the awtu   hour—
O, then, lby kin»-ilorn comes, fmmortal Power!
What though t>ae!i R|:urk of earth-born rapture fly
Tbe quivering li; , pale cheek, and closing eye,
Br gbt to the soul thy seiaph hands convey
The morniog dream of life'e eternal day.
[Campbell,
)HN TAYLOR, 13:
DEMI'S   W1RB   W0KKS.
MANUFACTORY OF
Wire Cloth, Wire Netting,
Vand,  Wheat, Corn and Coal Screens, Sieves,
Bird Cage; Fendcs and Fire Guards,
Meat  Safes. Dish Coves, Patent
Gauze  Window Blinds,
Wire Fencing. Sec.
No. 108 CLAY STREET,
BETH EEjYB.ITTFRV AJVD SAoXSUME,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Particular Attention given lo the Manufacture
PREMIUM  TOE   CLOTH,
For Flour   anil  Fanning Stills   and   Thrashing
ju7—3m Machines.
S. Wnite
C. A'.em
Los \ue,
ndiT. San
Burdiek, Pen
upgon, Mouie.
,-ial District.
n.G.Di
—James
mg the counties
• and San J:„Kc
-Benj. Hayes.
en. Judge
. Boras  a
ily Treasurer—IT. N. Alexander.
—i. 11. Ccl-l
Connty
Publ-
Sape
Boras.
Died
Assessor—Antonio F. Con ne] ; Deputy
Sure
Ail mi
■iutende
EL GRAN BEMEDIO ITALIANO
DE DR. PAREIKA,
Para la cierta y eficaz euro de I,
de una naturaleza privacla, si
tiempo que se ha durado y sin
'Me,
IB ahi
o sin po,
ilia  faiti
dicta
iiileriucda-les
hater eueo del
lalos efcclas al
ler-L.
fl—D. '
or—IT. Hancock.
rtrator— M. Keller.
ot Public   SebooU-
icy—C. E
Alexku'd.
-John «'.
:; Under Sherifl-C.E.
Shore: Deputy—J. A„
de,—KI puerte falls nCtirnr.
IXYAlX.UiLE FUS INTilonUCIlK.
wcHl'i,:,,)- [iroatudfldruea raebfen
Xji.   DE».  FISHER'S
ADVERTISIXG    AGEXCr,
Iron Building, opposite  Pacific Express  Company's  Office, up staus.
SAN FRANCISCO.
1   DI-XRT'SEMRNTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS solicited foi
j\,  he foll.iwiDg named pa]
lather."
Leave your grift*
'.ers. unopened for i
ing how few of the
There are four th
aneea as Napoleon did his let-
bree weeks, and it is astonish-
n will require answering,
ogs which look very awkward
for a woman to do ; namely, to whistle, throw
stones at a cow, run a race, or climb a gardeu
fence.
'■ Mother, I'm afraid a fever would go hard with
mc." "Wby so, my foei ?" "'Cause you set,
mother,, I'm so small that there wouldn't be room
enough lor it to turn."
"Old age iu coming upon tne rapidly," as the
urchin said when he was stealing apples from ar
old man a garden, and saw the owner comiu^ v/hh
acowMdciiihishand,
acraJmerito Union.
Yreka Union,
tin  Jonquin   llopubhcan,
Wotivervillo Democrat.
[Stockton.] .
lowti Hill Nows,     /
Uryaville Herald,
Volcano Ledger,
■iL'vtifla Joornul,
:ra*s YnVe-.y Telegraph,
Petalu:na Jout-ral,
■'mora Herald,
California Farmer,
Vilumg:a Gazette.
Loa Angelea Star, [Los
Ioontaiti Democrat,   [Pla
Santa Barbara Gazette
;il;tvc;ras Chronicle,  [llok
Sai  Dlwto Heiald,
Vallfjo Bulletin,
-Iia ta Cturier,
Leader,  [Uakland,]
-.mpire Arms, [Coloraa,]
Humboldt Times,
■lai-iposiv Gazette,
Orien al, [Chinese and E
glish.] Sr.n Francisco,
Oregvnian. [I'orrlunti Or
Oroson Sititosnitui, [Sale
m. Oregon Territory,]
Pioo eran. Democrat. [01ymp:a. Puget Sound, TV. T.]
Pur^fit Round ouvier, [.-'teiiaoi-ioin, Pucrot *^ound IV. T 1
Polynesian. [Honolulu. Sandwich tlai.dft.]..
Advertising! in the Atlantic States.
L. P. F. Will aluo attend to forwarding advertisement?
o papers published in any portion of tho Allan
-tf
SEWING MACHINES,
GR0VER, BAKER & CO.'S PATENT.
THE undersigned has on hand and is constantly receiv
ing a supply of the above superior macliine.^ togetli
■i with duplicate piirtK, Noedlei. Thread, iic, which h>
fill sell at reasonable rates.
N. B.    Machines repaired and warranted.
S. O. BKIGIL'iM, Hole Acreot.
For California. Oregon, and the entire Pacific Coast,
Office. Sansorne street, near California,
juT—3m opposite 'i'cliamti House, Pan Fmnciscn
INFORMATION WANTED.
l NY PERSON being able togive information
,'i. of Mr. A. P. C. HoitN, acitizi-n of Havana, or
un wherorboote, will confer a great. favor on hie
amUy. in calling at the office of
ALEXANDERS & BANNING.
Los Angeles, June 28,1856 6>?
[aftm
Uo
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ii)   l O'li
por
prolL
y
lu<
con vi o
sido
r Dr.
eccfa
fu
jredftda
iutr
da
Did
i en io
H-
ue
ne
li.i lice!
Todos Ios rjiiu tUEQP, lo Ciunratr : : :
a seguriilad, dospacho y a uierto quo ninguna
ua Iia jmscid.'t.
No  tomas fafsas   nostrums.
i remedio que ha nido probado   por  los  cincv:
asados y que no se ha faltadu.
GUARDAtWE DE FALSAd APABEEMOIAS.
onta tan e.iteusiva do este nsotiHircza medicin:
puria, con aiifii-ietictas a la oriifinttl.  \o ci.r.ipt
eescritade A. Pareira 11. I J. end ovolloriodea:
Hale,
Connfv Cler
Hincliman.
Jailer—FraOQlfl Carpontor.
Board of Supervis>i>—Tbos. Bnrdick. Chnir-
man; Davitl Lewi.-. Jolni Foister, Jas. R. Barton,.
Cnristobal Aguihir.
T0VN5HIP OFFICKPS
Los -ffnffrfe»—Justices of the Peace—Ale^anclcr
Glbfon. RuFsell Sa^ketfc    CtfifetaWes—Uvfe D,.
Brnndigc, W. W, Jedklna.
city orrmEBS,
!    Hayor— Stephen C. Foster.
■    Ciiy MaraheJ—vf. C. Geiman ;  Deputy—W. II-
j Peterson,
j     Cily Treasurer—Samuel Arbuekle.
City AraesBor— W, II. PeterEQO.
j     City A'.loiney—C. E. Thom.
J     Cily Coimeil—M. Requemi, N. Potter, Ipnacio
del Valle, E. Drown, J. G. Downer, Ira Gilchrist,
\A. Ulyard.
SAX BFEXARDp-O COTOW.
County Judge—D. Jl   ""homas.
Comity Tn-asirer- Samuel Rolfe,
County AsseSPOr- Jarate Henry Rollins.
Couniy Surveyor —Alvin Stoddard.'
Public Adminixlralor—Add-on Pratt.
Superiiiiendeut Dob ic Schools—U. Skinner,
District Attorney—Ems Eames,
Coroner—Wm. Co.w
Countv Clerk—R. R. Hopkins.
ghflrtff-Robert Clitt.
Supei-visorf—L. Roubideaux, N. Taylor, W*
Cox.
i fai
t de [a ley
■ I). Bab
:i.a Islas dc
ditijidos.
D. BABCOCK. Drosnern Mrivor,
133 Callo du Clay St,n"Fi-tiiicisco.
Tamhieu para vender por j. li. W1K8TUN
Dro^ercro hlia Angalfet
TAsta de Agtntts en cl Estado.
Dr. J. B. "WINSTON. Los Ancales.
i. K, ST lUKWKAI'UKI*.,  J!vt-,:a .*;c la f'iiidarl   Sacrimcr
UCK, COFFI\r Y CA., BoLicarios Marysville. '
'.V. 11. BKUXER. Bntica dc Tuolumne Sviu.ra
:iKXJ. SHUH',TJ-:KF, Botica dc Kliasia. Shasta
vill.n.v WUHTUKX.      "       -  Plaec-rWDe.  PlacorvDle.
lUtTlX G,ATrfi. ,lv. Ciudad do Sacramento.
Or. K. W, OARS, ]>nviiic»iUe.
Or. JOKnLARK, Nevada.
Or. W. H. GATL1FF, Yreka.
W1!AL1;:V 'v MOllSF, Kan Diojro.
GEORGE I,, STORY, Portland O. T|
The law of BT-oivsipRpcrs.
1. Subscribers who do not give express notice
o the contrary, are considered as wishing to continue their subscription.
2. If subscribers order thefr papers d it-con li nurd,-
Publishers may continue to send them until all
charges are paid.
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papers irom the oflice or place to which th.y are
sent, they are held responsible until they "settle
their account, and give notict: to discontinue them.
4. Il subscribers remove to other places without
informing the Publishers, and the paper is scut to
the former direction, they are held responsible.
5. The Courts have decider that refusing to take
a paper or periodical from the oflice, oi removing
and leaving it uncalled i'or,iaprima facia evidence
Of intentional fraud.
Postmasters would oblige, by a strict fultillnient
ofthe regulations requiring them to notify Publishers, once in three months, of papers not takCD
from their oflice hy subscritrerii;
/
VOL. VI.
LOS   ANGELES,   CAL.,   SATUEDAY,   AUGUST   23,   1856.
NO. 15.
Cos Angeles Star:
PUBLISHED  EVERY  SATURDAY  MORNING,
At Celis-1 Building,   Main Street,  Loa Angeles,
(Opposite Bella Union Hotel,)
BY   H.   HAMILTON.
TERMS:
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Fot- Six Months,   3 qq
For Three Months \  \\ 2 (JO
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Advertisements inserte atTwoDoIlars per square
of teu lines, for the first insertion ; and One
Dollar per square for each subsequent insertion.
A liberal deduction made to Yearly Advertisers.
^Business Carts.
Aaasw.—The following
ised Aleuts for the Star :
entlemen are author-
..Mt.nte.
,.. Monte.
..Santa Barbara.
...San Bernardino.
.. San Dief/o.
WELLS, FAJtGO & CO'S
"E3 JK JE» It JE3 St S .
th  a capital of
$500,000,
Express from tlie City of
. to all parts  of Cali
A   Joliit ,jt,n.-.k-. Co
m
rtlAj lispateH an
iOifelea, by ev»
, li&gon,
aad Europe,  in  charge
LE'PfBftS,PARlELS, PACKAGES aad TREASURE
THOM & SIMS,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law.
OFFICE—OJV MAIN- STREET,
(Oppogitg lbe BeUe Union Hotel. 1 un7
W. W. Handlin,
ATTORNEY and COUNSEliLORATLAW,
Will attend promptly to all business entrusted to bis care.
Office—In Rovre'a Block, Mnin street*
fi®_ Mr. H. is thoroughly 'acquainted with the  French
ami ,S[i;uiish languages. un7
33r-  Carter,
OFFICE   MND   DRUG    STORE
LOS ANGEl/ES   STREET,
Adjoining Kellei-'s Store.
Xa- Glaiser,
Wholesale   and   Retail  Dealer  in
Groceries,  Provisions,  Wines,   Liquors, Dry Goods and    Ictiiing,
MAIN STEEFT,—(old " Star Hotel" Building.)
LOS ANGELE3.
of the above  articles can
:iSan Beniardino.
L. QLARFR.
li.
H.
iition with sai
rsand  Commi
ail the pi
ity and dis-
sions filled,
furwai'ding
JOHNSON & ALLANSON,
Successors   lo   Alexander   di   Melh-.s,
Wholesale and  Retail. Dealers  In   GENERAL
MERCHANDISE,
MAIN STREFT. Los Angeles. nn7
iEui
vipe.
S'1XA\-
PACIFIC EXPRESS COMPANY.
THE undersigned,   Agent
of the •'■IMOIFK' KXPRKSS
COMl'ANY," will despatch by
. r^,' ...     . .^fM.H.-t, in charge ofa Special ile* sender, to
SANTA BARBARA.
SAN LUIS OBISPO,
UONTBREy,
SAN FRANCISCO, and
All parts of Northern and Southern Alines.
Oregon
Atlantic S
(ttea
ami   Europe.
COLLECTIONS miulu in all (
f th
above named places.
TREAoCEB,
PARCELS,   PACKAGES and  LEITERS for-
-warded.
[) tAFT-3 pjr
uhitMd in Saa
Krar
cisco  on   the  Atlantic
Sttites tind Eu
tenttoti paid te
tiio
orwardingofGold Dust
to the Mint To
Treasure, he
ter-., etc., raCP
ivod
up to the latest moment
and Btisured I
destination
an.1
J
H. ,\. FORT. ft«nnt.
tivn[iQ Hdvcs am! Sawdust.
milE IWOBRJIOSED UAi M\1)E AUHA-VGEM-.N'TS TO
X furnish Grape Packers with U .xes ol* all tnzes, of ths
moit suitable   material. a:il drv S-iwdutt  to   any extent,
tuple**
, 1856.
NEW   ESTABLISHMENT.
CiMnst MiMng, Upholstering and
V N J> E tt T 4 K I N O.
AUG. W. TIMMS.
Forwarding and Commission Merchant,
San Pkdro and Los Angelas, Cal.,
iui7 H. READ, Agent, Los Angeles.
O. 331X00333.133.13.11.,
WATCHMAKER   &   BOOKSELLER,
COMMERCIAL STREET,
un7 Los Angeles, Cal.
Ilouie  MLinulactoi-y,  Main Street,
OPPOSITE TEMPLE'S BLOCK.
foy & brother;
Saddle  and   Harness Makers.
G
atantlv on  hand .an assortment of
ADDLES,   HARNESS,
DP.IULES.   WHIPS. COLLARS,
SADDLE WARE.  kc.
red to execute all kind* of work in our
A sn per;
hottest poBBible
r lot of Califon
i Bitts
acopu.
IMPORTER ANI) DRALER EH
Blank  Hooks, staple   and fancy. Stationery,
Wilting Paper, &c. &c.
Corner of Front and Commercial Streets,
SAN FRANCISCO.
August 9', 1856. 3m
Angeles uud suri-ouii'ling
trv, tbat he in non- m.unt-
n I on MAIN' STREET ihree
toa  Il.tel.   Fai-nitui-c uf
The Cudertaking Business
WUI reMlve tiie *trtot«»t nttention, as ho will mdeavoi
to keep on h*jd COFh'IMd of every etjle. Persons from
the e.iLwiti-y oaa have sx Collin of any lluLh at one ho .rs'
TT ;_> Ix O X st e r i n s
Spring-Seat Sofas and Chairs oeaUy repaired, equal tc
or IH orders fille ! with promptnesa and dispatch.
or .tememoer  the  plane—Mala street,  opposite Wil-
iliuuTbl'":in"' JAMES D    BRADY.
Sew FniH & Vegetable Market
TIE nadersigoed having purohaaad the entire  stock ol
At .e^rh'.t Tn.1 l,ii^ini-s of .1 ifl.v Mc.Ion-Olt.ii   & Co.,   he;;
leave to lofirm hi-; frienU aad tae public that lie baa re
■Tre it tinvi-m-eaietUs in tlie store, andabi
0ttel ani
opened,
Grocery and Liquor Bu iness.
A Frail ani Vegetable Market,
( OpposiU
Where wil!
ar Co-it
aad«tamli
tic!
Pine's Hi'tel.) a few doo
meretal   Street,
lonstanlly ue   fonnl   a   choice  .1
,-lteles ch'eap for CASH.
from Comal of
ffnlly requested to call
try Produce taken   In
■73r~ Remember the plice- Opposite Pine'sHu
tel, Mdn street, Los Angeles.
nQj JOSEPH RTCE.
JUST  RECEIVED,
NEW  SPRING  GOODS.
Rich. Newmark &. Co.,
COMMERCIAL   STREET,
TTrOUl.L i-esitectfully i.tj'onn their friends and the pub-
W lie generally, that they have aow on hatid. and are
sceLving by every Bteamoi, a Urge and splendid assort-
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods.
Also.
. lai
nto
Summer Olotliins,
Ouiuuritiiug   ihe   newest ani   mo-it fashionable styles, se
leeled expiesslv fur the trade ill this cily and vicinity.
Ladles1 ami (Jentlemeit's Hosiery in great variety
Wliat are we Seeking 7
BY T. inJSSELL.
What are wc socking, one and all r
"Whitherward ure we going—
East or West.
Do we reach that rest
Where never a thorn is growing"?
What are we seeking? Is ft the Fame
The world so meagerly doleth,
That ere 'tid ours
We sleep 'i.eath flowers,
And the bell o'er our sepulchre tolleth ?
Can it be Gold that is leading us op ?
Is it for Wealth we hanker?
Is it for this
We barter our bliss,
Gold! that doth speedily canker?
What are weseeking? awk it o^those
With iv- in the race contending,
And each reply
Will another deny,
For none knows whither he's tending.
Ask it ol You'h. and the quick response
Will till thee an olden story,
Of Love, ot Joy,
Ofmaidena coy,
Or the eager thirst for "Glory."
Age will speak oTaHome of Rest,
Where never a pain shall enter;
And great and small,
Their hope—their all.
In a difterent goal will centre.
What are we seeking? this, 'tis this,—
Every one his pleasure.
None the same;
This for a name,
That for a store of treasure.
What are we seeking ? he who'd find
Must never grow faint or weary.
Though never abeam
Of daylight may gleam
On his pathway dark and dreary.
and
Hi
aud j^ive to tlie poor ; to play tricks and seek ad.
ventures in disguise ; to light the troops of the
King and Sheriff of Nottingham; to bate and
make war ou all priests to tiie last. He lived to
be an old man, lovrd hy the poor, and feared aud
hated by the rich.
Ai length he fell ill of a lingering fever
unluckily, went foi' help to hU aunt, Elizabi
Stayitori.PrioresBoJOirlesa Nuimery, Tor
—a woman who had great skill in medicine,
old enemy, Sir Roger of Doncaster, hearing oi this,
went to her, and telling tier she had in her power
a great enemy ofthe church, urged her on to a
dark and cruel deed. Tlie Pri irtaa went alone to
Robin Hood, as he ley tossing aud g spiog with
his fever, and pretending great Kindness, said she
must bleed bim. He stretched out his arm and she
opened a large vein. The blood, apouted fiercely
at Erst, and run for a long time lull and fast.
" Haven't you taken enough':'' a-kert Rubin Hood,
again, and again, his voice growing weaker and
weaker. But ihe stern old woman always answered ■' No." Then he sunk back on his pillow and
fainted. Still the Prioress stood and looked on
hi in with a cold, stony face—and still he bled, and
hied, till the couch on which he lay was all afioai
with his blood.
At last his white lips moved, and he murmured
one word that louched the cruel heart of the Prioress. It was the name of his mother—her own
sister. She sprang forward to bind up the arm
and stop the bleeding—but to late 1 Robin HooJ
was dead!
Water.—The extent Lo which  water min^lea
with bodies apparently the most solid, is very wonderful.    The glittering opal,  which Beauty wears
as an ornament, is only flint and water.    Of every
ten hundred tons of eartb, which a landlord has in
his estate, four hundred tone are water.   The snow
capped summits of Snowdon and Ben  Nevis have
many million to„s of water in a   solidified   form.
In every plaster of Paris statue -which an Italian
carries through Loudon streets for sale,   there   ia
one pound of water to every four pounds of chalk.
Tiie air we breathe contains five grains of water
to each cubic foot of its bulk.     The  potatoes and
the turnips wliich are boiled tor our dinner, have,
in their raw state, the  one,  seventy-five per cent,,
and the other ninety per cent of water.    It a matt
weighing ten Btone were squeezed flat in a hydraulic press, seven and a half stone .of water  would
run out, and only two and a half oi' dry residue re-
ia"m     A QMS is,  chemically  speaking, forty-five
ounds of carbon and   nitrogen, diffused   through
v-eand a ball pailsCul of water.
In plants we find water thus   mingled   tic  less
■onderlully.    A su i-flower evap irates one and a
narter pints of water a day, and a cabbage about
be same quantity.    A wheat plant exhales in 172
ays about one thousand grains of water.
and a
•uhi.-i
ed t
lock   befai
the  public  at
purchasing   elsewhere,   as
they are determined te keep the best goods, anil the prices
cannot fail lo .suit.
Don't forget the name— Elicll, NcwsiaarK.
& Co-, COMMERCIAL STREET.     junT
Important to Farmers and Others
'    LOS ANGELES SEWING MACHINE.
AGS FOR SAJUiS,   or
BAG
CH
wialimgt.
iitirj made
ALSO—
and other
despatch
■der by Ma
bet rates.   Totlioa
li the cloth, 100 lbs. sacks will be cu
Hose,   Ceilings,   Wagon  Coycis
'    V. BEAUDRY,
Third door from Aliso Street,
Bcaudry's BloeJc, Negro Alley. uu7
Hardware Store.
THE nu Horlbera having opened tx store fot
*'l6H  A  R D  W   A  R  E ,      „
ruspeetfnllv   inform   11^ inhaunaiu.s of i.,ia
esaud vicinity, that they iire prepared to supply till
wantftln tlieir line of business, at
WHOLESALE   AND   RETAIL.
An)iv Ihoir stock niixy bt!   found   &   general   assort-
CARPESTESS' TOOLS.
N.VILSOF ALL KINDS.
LOOKS. BOLTS, BUTTS .»NTn SCREWS,
H )USE. FURNISHINGS GENERALLY,
MASONS-TROWELS.
BUTCHER'S SAWS.CLEAVSRSanfl KNIVES,
BR VSS KET TLBS. IRONS and SCREENS,
STBELY.-vRDS and SPRING BALANCES,
OX. TRACE and COIL CHAINS,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, etc.,etc.
CAMPIIEJYE    S I n_E    LAMPS,
o xil"o"o"i"£. ».
SO   dozen   superior   BROOMS.
CROCKERYIsFGL V88 W IRE,
at wholes-ill1 '"- '-"tail
POTTER. * CO.
_^_-Brick Stork, Los Angeles Stkkkt.      un7
Carnage and Blacksmith Shop.
By JOHN GOLLEU.
LOS   ANGELES   STREET,
NEAB THE FOOT   UF COMMERCIAL,
r-pi*;*-; subscri.bei respectfully i
X forms the publie^enei-eliyil-
he .vill keep constantly on hat
and will manufacture to order,
Coaches, Buggies, Wagons, Carts &c
in ii neat ah rt workmanlike manner. He has on liandjnnt
for side a line stock of Eastern White Oak axul Hickon
I'lruik uufliixds.    He keeps constantly on hand 3 larRe va-
rietv  n'fCart and ILi^v  n-heirls. duoken. Felloes. Shafti
Horse Sliocin
[nallitsvarioaBbram
dispatch.
and Blacksmitliing*
ofPLOWS, HARROWS, I
Also, 20 Tons of Blacksmiths' Coal.
V i Li. ii.,ji... eat tne best ol workmen iu li:.- employ, lit
It-confident that he can give entire satisfactioi tn hii
s omerp. JOHN GOI.T.F.P.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
THE public are hereby'Qotified, that from and
after this date, I will not be responsible Dr
any debts coiitrtictc-d. or any other liabilities incurred bv S-uitiHf-co Jose and Dolores Ruis, ray
B6Q"fei-aadall people are hereby forbid trostiftR
the name on my account; and lu
are hereby forbid from purehasirL
Cattle from said parties without being properly
vented.
' Bated Los Angolas, July 14, Uo6.
jyl9 lm* MARIANO RXjIS.
. all par
ohasirg Horses orot
zithout being propel
^ej^rx FOlt SALE, —^^H
SS Wine and Aguardiente.)^!
The riab-icr ber oilers for sale at his reeidence in tlih
eity, for tlie benefit of whom it m*y concern, and on rea
Bo6able terms,
1 300 ealloiisol CaltfornlnWlnc micl 400 gallon!
Of Aguardiente.
STEPHEN C. FOSTER.
fe^O-
LOS AKGELES STAR
|ot |.t'intiitg tfstMx^mut
the Bella Union Hot el.
MAIN STREET, opponi
9 nropnetor of  theLos AngeleeStar, wouMrespect
Us and   the  public,  that   he bs.t
ried assortment of new mated
al,and i
tion.sei*
fully
Lt-pe ti is (1 v
-epared to execute the following descrip
PLAIN AND FANCY
in tHc best style oi the Art.
Books Circulars,
Pamphlets, Cards:
Bill Heads, "Deeds,
Labels, Notes,
Posters, BiUets,
tt aay other description of Printing that
g3»PertionK wishing work done are rerp
c,ilh)id eaamius specimen!)
Law Blanks,
Bills of Esohang
BaxtE Checks
Prograrrtmer.,
Bills Of Fare.
y be desire
-tfvlly
Marriage antl Deatli of rrablu llaad,
THE  OUTLAW  OF  SHEHWOOD FOREST.
One day in pursuit of a deer, Rubin fcloo'l was
led into the park ofthe Earl of Fitzwater. There
he suddenly heard voices and the. trampling of
horses, and soon saw a mail clad knight, followed
by b'ix men-at-arms, and leading a palfrey, on
which sat a lovely lady weeping and wringing
her hands. This maiden Robin Hood recognized
at once as the young lady Matilda, only daughter
ofthe Earl of Fitzwater. Though quite alone, he
did not hesitate, hut sprang forward before the
party crying—" Hold thou faise knight! I command thee to let that noble lady go free."
"Stand off thou unmanly churl, or 1 will cleave
thy skull with my broadsword—know thou t .at I
am John, thy prince !;'
'■ And know thou," replied the outlaw, " that I
am Robin Hood, king of Sherwood Forest."
At these words all sis ofthe men-at-arms put
spurs to their horses and fled, and the prince was
glad to follow, scowling aad cursing as he went.
The Lady Matilda, who seems to have been rather
a romantic young lady, fainted and tell into Robin
Hood's arras; and he not knowing exactly what
to do in such a case, carried her to a brook and
was jibout to dip her head into the water, when ehe
suddenly came to herself. She then related to
ber preserver how that bad prince, whom.she hated with all her might, had long beep urging her
to go with him to his wicked court; and how that
afternoon, while walking in the park, he had surprised and carried her olt. She told this story,
reclining on a mossy bank, with Robin Hood sitting at her feet, louking up info her face. At
last the twilight shadows began to fall, then h
sighed and said—" It is getting late my lady, shall
I conduct you home?" B.it the lady Matilda bent
towards him. blushing and speaking very sotfiy,
and said—"You have saved me from shame and
sorrow; henceforth I belong to you."
Robin Hood started up gladly, then sunk back
sadder than before, and said, " No, lady, you have
been too delicately reared for an ou law's wife."
He then told her that he thought she might not
dislike his forest life in the waim summer time,
yet when the fall rains and winter frosts came, she
would find the cave iu which he lived, dark and
chill, and would sigh for her father's comfortable
castle halls.
But lady Matilda was strong and healthful and
had little fear of colds or rheumatisms ; she thought
R: bin Hood handsomer, and fancied he would be
tbe best protector against that haughty prince she
could have ; so she looked into his face with her
beautiful, blue, beseeching eyes, till he couid resist oo longer, but lifted her upon her palfrey,
and walking by her side towards Sherwood Forest, talking to her, holding her hand, and loving
ber better and better every step. Tney were married at the camp by jolly Friar Tuck, and had a
merry wedding feast. The next day Robin Huod
aud hi3 wife, who had taken the name of Marion,
sent a messenger to the Earl of Fitzwater, telli-g
him how they wete married, and asked him if he
had any objections. He sent back word that he
disowned his daughter, sJnd lmver would forgive
her; and made some rather unhandsome remarks
upon the character ofhis sou-iu-law which roused
Marion's spirit. But the old Earl missed his"only
child, and was so lonely in his grand castle, that,
at last, it seemed to him that be must see her or
he should die. So he disguised himself as a mendicant minstrel, and went to Robin Hood's camp.
He was kindly received, and feasted with good
game and excellent wine. After dinner, Robin
Hood flung Mmself down on a bank of wild violets for a uap, and Marion begau scattering daisies
over h;m.
The Earl watched them in their happiness till
he could stand it no longer, but bowed his head iu
his hands and burst into tears. Marion knew tbat
poo—she hadheard it once before, when her brother
died. She dropped her flowers, ran to her lather,
■flung her arms around ins neck, and wept with
him. Robin Hood sprang up and joiued with Hum;
and all was made up between the three. Thelikrl
ofFitzwater became quite foudofhi> son-in-law,
though he often warned him that he would come
to to'the gallows if be did not round his ways
But Robin Hood did not meud his ways for better
or for iveree.   He continued to take from the-rich
Yqloaxoe:*.—The phenomena exhibited by volcanic eruptions have led to many discussions among
scientific men. Various theories have been advanced iu order to explain these truly wonderful phe
nomena. ail of which bear close analogy to each
other. Th moat probible and generally received
opinion of the cause of volcanoes is. tliat in the
bowels of niimLiiains there exists large quantities
of sulphur and bitumen, pyrites, and sand. These,
by exposure to air or moisture, explode and ferment, according to- the quantity of combustible
matter contained in them. A large quantity oi
aeriform matter so produced, which struggles hard
t,o find a natural vent, aud should it find that im
possible, forces a passage by raising the earth and
makes its dreadful discharge in a volcano. Water
seems to be an important ingredient which forms
volcanic eruptions. "For," observes Dr. Clark'-,
■; before any great eruption of Vesuvius, not only
does the water disappear iu all the wells ol Naples,
Poitici, Messina and other towns at the foot of the
mountain but even the sea returns, and marine animals, by the want of their native element, expire.
Tbe water, which has thus disappeared, is conveyed by numerous subterraneous passages to the subterranean fires, and thera being- decomposed, iif
elements are exploded with such t»rrible violence
that the loudest artillery bears but a faint resem-
biance." Th : depths of volcanoes re almost be^
yond comprehension, ami extend to an immense
length, breaking off into uuraer„ussubterraueous
fires.
Locomotives fob Egypt.—Wm. Mason & Co., of
Taunton, have just finished two superb engines for
ihe railroad between Cairo and Suez, ordered by
the E yptian Viceroy. They are to i'urnhh a comparison of Americ >n skill witl the English engines of Ci am n ten & Stephenson, running bel ween
Alexandria and Cairo, They weigh twenty-five
ions, burn coke, and on a recent trial on the Taunton road, ran tour miles and made a stop iu three
and a half m'nules. Success to the Taunton locomotives! We guess il will be a difficult crisis for
these Yankee engines to be run oil the track.
Plurality of Worlds.—Prof. Agasia believes
tha' there is internal evidence that the organic
beings of this globe form by themselves a complete system, which does not admit of the supposition that there are other members ei ibe system
living elsewhere ; and any animals in other systems cannot be constructed on the sameplaa ofor-
gauizattoh.
Won der put, PexmaksHIP.—A Polish gentlrmaii
in New York has transcribed lbe Holy Bible on a
surface of about the size of a mantle pier glass,
presenting at first view the appearance ofa beautiful tenjple, but on close examination every part
of the elevation, each window and doorway, and
everything aboul the picture, is found to be dis
tinet and regular hand writing, not one word of
the Bible being omitted, no sentence transposed,
and the chapter* following each otherin proper
order. Tiie work required two years and seven
months of constant labor. When he commenced,
he was entirely ignorant of the English language.
Mr. Buchanan is by trade a printer, tht first one
ofthe craft who has been nominated for the highest
office in the gift of the people, although many of
them have become famous in other ways.
The Eloquence OF Actiox.—Wtien J^chylus^
tbe Greek poet, wascondemed to death, his brother, an orator and hero, was summoned to plead his
cause. While the audience were gazine with intensity of interest to hear what would be said, he
silently lifted up the stump of his distne
arm, which he had lost iu the service of hi:
try. and said not a word. The multitude burst into shouts of applause, and the.poet was navtd.—
The dumb eloquence of tbat limb spoke move powerfully than words that bum.''
The Chase.—The season et 1856, being Leap
Year, wpl doubtless be memorable in the annals
Of fox hunting.
A Buiit:p Acquaintance.—That of the barrister
with his client.
nbcred
couu-
Maso.vic—The Free Masons of New York intend
having a magnificent temple which is expecied to
surpass anything of the kind in the world. It ia
to accommodate the Grand Lodge, subordinate
lodges.chapters and councils. It is to bo built of
sandstone or rabble, 200 by 125 feet, five stories
high, aud to cost 5400.000.
It is stated that Dubois, who attended the Empress Eugenie in her confinement, received 500,000
fra-BCB—just MOOjQOO—for his services. Thegreat
Napoleon only gave lulf lhat sura to ihe father of
Dubois, when he acied in the same capacity at the
birth ofthe King cf Rome.
It is a singular fact, that wliile in the United
States the b:rtb day of Robert Burns has been observed' fm' many yt'ars, iu London the first dinner
ever giveu on return ofthe day was recently celebrated.
The advertising columns of the Londou Times
are estimated to yield the establishment the enormous sura of SS.000.000 per annum. Oue firm
alone pay* the Times as high as $150,000 a rear
for advertising,- and there are several business establishments that pay it over $50,000 a year lor
advertising alone.
The tallest cliiraney in the world has been built
in GTase-QW. Scotland—its height being four hundred and sixty feet, and its circular diameter at
he base fifty feet. It is the ion-of a cone, and
contracts to six feet diameler at the top. Three
millions of brick, and thirty tons of iron for
bands, were used in its construction, It was built
by the Messrs. Tenant, to carry oil' the deleterious
gasses arising from their retorts in manufacturing
chemicals.
The United States Senate has pns=ed a joint
resolution permitting Dr. Kane and tlie officers of
the Actio expedition to accept such token of acknowledgment of tlieir services I
government as it may please to bet
The great American tragedian,
rest, we see it s atedr
well engagement
Happy   Land.—An ingenious   youfl
aid, he
i the British
^ubedesig
iu the Union and t
■ w.ich he w.ll retire   IV
Mr. Edwin For-
romence a dre-
pwr onniug in
ritish prori
i the  stfg
for
ever.
Tin
anguages and dialects Bpc
. to 3.U-J3, of which ff&7 art
in the
l. 270
u to bi
n Alrii
done t
1.26-1 iu   .
-preach the
vorld
Europe, 896
erica.      How
ispel to ever/
■a tun
It is said that Tnackera;
for a novel written during
should like to go to school in Scotland, becausehe
understood it was the'Land of Cukes.
If He Can.—Every man ought to get married—
if he cau.
Every man should do work to suit hiscustomers
—if he can.
Every lawyer should tell the truth sometimes—
if he can.
Every man ought to m'nd his owa business and
let others alone—if he cau.
Every man should take a newspaper and paj for
it^without the least shadow of doubt.
Who iu the same given time can produce more
than another, has vigor—he who can produce
more and better, has talents—he who cau produce
what none else can. bas genius.
Rousseau used to say, " that to write a good
love-letter, you ouiiht to begin without knowing
what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written."
A Judge's duty is to snub the counsel on both
sidts, and bother the jury by furnishing tbern with
a third method of looking at a case. We got this
from a wag who once weut to law to get damages ; and he got what he went alter, enough to last
him a life time.
Snooks says the prettiest sewing machine he
ever saw, was about seventeen years old. with
short id'fieri* i'v lo'Y-iieckcd dress a-aa ^-iirer Me;;,
to receive $35,000
ay in America.
Daniel Webster's large library at Marsh field,  H
said, did not contain a single infidel book.
Boston has 6,000 more females than males, while
go his  about   15,000 more
an  fc-
As late as the middle of tbe I7th century, cat-
gut was lived in watches instead of tba chain of
modern times.
An Englishman in one of our eating houses, was
astounded at hearing so many demand;; for '■ baked
Indian."
Peaches have been sold lately io Boston for
SI 50 each.
Col. Sam Colt basjust been married. With alt
hisrvvolvrrs be could hot defend himself agaiust
the little boy with tlie bow and arrow.
Th.
ate of
ut S2
igh.
Alexander II,
t Moscow, ou tin
hts pairon s;-r
,500,000.
of Burton's  TA--
b(
crowned
August,
expense
have a hundred
faraon
immoi