LA ESTRELLA
Este periódico se publica todos los Sábados en la
Chillad uo io.- Aligóles, cn fronte de la casa tío i)ou
Alejandro Poli, por
EL  PROPIETARIO.
niüfKtt'ciiiNKs: l''.l i.n'coio de ¡a suscripción es diez
posos ¡ú ano ¡Kignud.>!ns ttdoiantadoffi
Los avisos so pablioau n, razón do dos posos por cada
cuadrado dc ocho uno;!-., por la primera vez, y un poso
por cada  tina de las veces silutemos.
RICOS IMPROVISADOS.
G.—Helo aquí. Es un saco negro, con un
Oaodruoho puntiagudo del propio color y una
varita.
\_ — g-j parece a los vestidos que sacan en las
comedias los magioos.
O.—Puntualmente oso es : un vestido para
los encantadores
K„—Pites que, ¿los hay entre nosotros?
G.Si,  señor, los hay y a puños y a manojos.
E.Siempre tu has de manifestar los resabios
de las necedades del   paganismo.
Q—'Yd y otros como tú son los necios. So
les meten las cosas por los ojos y n» las vo.ti.
Pime: un hombre sin patrimonio, sin giro ó
negociación conocida, que novemos que trabaje
cn nada, qué siempre ha sído un arrancado, que
cuando mas disfruta de un sueldo, que aun está
rándolo mucho, solo alcanza para vivir con
alguna comodidad, y quo do la noche a la ma"
ñaña aparosca con fincas rústicas y urbanas'
coches, mueb es, vestidos, todo magnifico, y ha
ciendo gastos de uu principe, ¿no diremos que
esto no puede ser sino por vi i de encantaminc
to1? Si estamos cansados do ver hombres habile8
y trabajadores, quo después de muchos años de
fatiga, apenas consiguen algun descanso para su
vejez: ¿de que manera esplicaremus esos fenómenos de riqueza improvisada, sino apelando a
la magia negra y a los encantamientos?
K.— Tienes razón. Confieso mué soy un bolo-,..
Pero, i y G3íl varita es de puro adorno, ó constituye parte esencial del vestido,
(1.—¡Toma! Esa varita es puntualmente lo
princip .lístmo, lo eseucialísímo del trage. To
cando con ella 1 ta compras, las ventas, en una
palabra, todos los negocios cn que interviene el
mágico, lo producen cuanto quiero.—Varita de
virtud, por la virtud que Dios te ha dado, que
do esto asunto me resulte un buen coche. Al
instante parte de Londres un escelente lando,
con un par de frisónos arrogantes, que atraviesan rápida y majestuosamente el .-atlántico, de
modo que a! verlos dirías que era la concha de
Anfitrite, tirada por sus caballos marinos. An
da, y anda, y anda, hasta que se planta de patitas en la puerta del zaguán dol encantador,
—-Varita de virtud, perla virtud que Dios te ha
dado, que me des una hacienda de campo, una
casa, ricos muebles. Como lo pide.—Varita de
v'.i't-ijd. domo Ai-noca pa.nvfjagtajf a taleaa abierta en cuanto se me antoje. Como lo pide. Las
arcas del encantador se llenan de numerario'
Cuando las bolsas de los ciudadanos, y principalmente de los empleados que no son los susodichos, se hallan tan vacias, que si les echaran
una nadita de gas hidrógeno, se inflarían como
un globo, y caminarian con sus dueños por esos
aires de Dios, así como camina D, Simplicio en
la Pata de Cabra,
E.—May productiva cs la magia negra. Seria bueao que se abriesen escuelas públicas de
ella. ¿No sabes el nombre do algun profesor a
quien pudiera encomendarse la enseñanza1?
G. —Ao lo sé, porque todos tienen un mismo
no ubre, podiendo decir cada uno de su propia
persona :
Yo soy Morlin, aquel que las historias
Dicen que tube por mi padre al diablo:
Mentira autorizada de los tiempos (*)
En efecto dice, la leyenda que Merlin, no fué
hijo del   diablo,   sino que supo dos dedos mas
que el; {_•) y yo no lo dudo, porque entre noso
tros hay algunos   Merlinas, que saben, no dos
dedos, sino tres cuartas mas que el diablo; pero
el les dará el pago: buen provecho les haga; yo
mientras se pasean en sus coches y se divierten
en sus convites, me divertiré también cantando
aquellos versos de una letrilla de Góngora.-
Da bienes fortuna
Que ao están escritos:
Cuando pitos flautas,
Cuando flautas pitos.
¡ Que diversas sendas
Se suelen seguir
En el repartir
Las honras y haciendas!
A unos da encomiendas,
A otros sambeni tos :
Cuando pito3 flautas,
Cuando flautas pitos.
Porque en una aldea
En pobre mancebo
Hurtó solo un huevo,
Al sol banbolea;
Y otro se pasea
Con cien mil delitcs:
Cuando pitos flautas,
Cuando flautas pitos.
Dejémosles   que   gocen de sn Abril ;
Mayo.
f*^  Cervantes.
(j) El mismo en su Quijote, .
parte.
dan necesario cnterceptai' cuando obraban como agentes de la pulióla judicial, sea cn caso
de flagrante delito ó no. Y do hecho el tribunal reconoció que en la causa pendiente habia
flagrante delito é introducción clandestina de
periódicos extranjeros.
l'or consiguiente el tribunal confirmó el juicio pronunciado el 18 de abril último por el
tribunal correccional del Sena, juicio en cuya
virtud VWr. Alfred de Coetlo^on fue condenado
a (3 meses de prisión y 200 francos do multa ;
Mr. Viremaitre a 3 meses do pri ion y 100
francos de multas por el delito de introducción
en .Francia de diarios extranjeros, prohibida
por decreto imperial.
Además condenó el tribunal imperial de Iíou
en bis costas del proceso a los apelantes, in
solidum.
Alfred de Cootlogon; Viremaitrc, do Flanhol
y Flandrin trataban de apelar de nuevo.
La cuestión importante es la de la inviolabilidad del secreto de las cartas por la policía, y
como so pt esenta por segunda vez en el Tribunal Supremo, deberá ser juzgado en audiencia
solemne, en presencia de todas las salas reunidas. La cuestión cs ahora saber si las salas
reunidas sostendrán ó reformarán la decision do
la sala criminal.
El Moniteui publica el siguiente decreto :
"Art. 1.° Los granos y harinas importados ya por tierra, ya por buques franceses ó
extranjeros sin distinción de procedencia ni
bandera, no abonarán hasta el 31 ds diciembre
de 1853 sino ei minimum de los derechos deter
minados por la ley de 15 de abril do 1852.
" El arroz, legumbres secas y harinas impor
tados de la misma manera y de cualquiera pro
cedencia, no serán sometidos hasta la mencionada época del 31 do diciembre próximo, sino
a un derecho de 25 cts. por cada 100 kilogramos.
" Art. 2. ° Hasta la misma época, los
buques que bajo cualquiera bandera lleguen a
los puertos del imperio con cargamentos de
granos, ó harina, arroz, legumbres secas y papas, quedarán exentos de los derechos de tone
lad a.
Art. 3,° Las disposiciones de los artículos anteriores se aplican a todo buque francés
ó extranjero, cuyos papeles de navegación com
prueben que el cargamento de granos, harinas
ú otros efectos comprendidos en el presente decreto, ha sido completado y la salida se ha efectuado en cualquier puerto extranjero, antes del
31 de diciembre.1'
El Atlas cuque el Emperador Napoleon 1. °
habia trazado el plan de sus grandes batallas,
rescatado en Londres por el embajador de Francia, acababa do llegara Paris para figurando en
ol museo de objetos imperial■■■&, establecido en
uno de los salones de Lonvre.
Varias cartas de Mar cell a anuncian la fuga
de un joven banquero, que habia desaparecido
dejando un déficit de 3 a 400.000 francos en la
casa de que era socio.
Dice un periódico religioso de Paris que el
Obispo de Orleans, a imitación del Cardenal
Arzobispo de Lyon, habia expedido una pastoral encargando la colecta do limosnas para socorrer a la desgraciada provincia española de
Galicia.
En la Bolsa de Paris del 21 de agosto los
fondos públicos cerraron: el 4 1 -2 por 100 a
105 frs.; cl 3 por 100 a 80 frs. 15 cs,, y las
acciones del Banco de Francia a 2,840 frs,
El 3 por 100 español quedaba a 46 1 2, y
la deuda interior a 42 3 4
Francia.
La sala correccional del tribunal de Rouen
ha dado su desícion en la causa de los corresponsales de los periódicos extranjeros, de la
cual hemos hecho ya estensa mención.
£1 tribunal, por nuevos motivos, reconoció
el principio de que los prefectos de los departamentos, y principalmente el prefecto de policía d"e Paris, así .¡orno el juez de instrucción,
teniae el derecho de abrir ¡as cartas que juzga
" Rexedio matrimonial MI'Y parecido a la
ní"eeMedad. — Hace como unos sesenta años,
gobernaba en eí Justado de Connecticut Mt.
Sttltonscoll, hombre de ocurrencias célebres y
tenaz y perseverante enconseguir cualquier
ñn que se proponía. Entre las anécdotas diversas que so le atribuyen en Nuevo Londres
se cuenta la que sigue.
De las varias sectas que en los dias del buen
gobernador se formaron y volvieron a desaparecer, hubo una llamada de los Rogerístas, cuyo
nombro tomó del apellido de su fundador Juan
ó Tomas Rogers, que residía a poca distancia
de la ciudad de Nueva Londres, La doctrina
mas particular de esta secta era la de negar
que la forma del matrimonio derivase su autoridad do ningún texto de las Escrituras, fundándose en que no se decia otra cosa en la
Biblia sobre el particular, sino que ; " No es
bueno que el hombre éste solo1" De aquí deducía que cada hombre podía participar de la
vida conyugal sin observar las formas convenientes del matrimonio. Creían sobre todo en
aquello de que "la mujer s¿) adherirá a su
marido." El viejo gobernador no estaba de
acuerdo do un modo tan libre de ver las cosas,
y mucho menos en asunto de tanta trascendencia como el matrimonio, y se decidió a llamar
a Rogers para hacerle ver que estaba equivoca
do y que era mal visto que viviese públicamen
te con Sara sin casarse con ella, sobre lo cual
insistía alegando los motivos de sana razón y
conveniencia social que sugiere una materia
tan fecunda. El buen magistrado ee cinsaba
dc disentir en vano, pues Rogers y Sara segui
an haciendo vida común, sin que hubiese forma de convencerles de quedebian unirse con
yugalmentc en la manera prescrita por las
leyes del Estado, Ambos decian que eran muy
felices viviendo como hasta allí, y que seguirían del mismo modo. El gobernador no desistia sin embargo de su intento, y aprovechaba toda oportunidad para hacerles conocer el
escándalo dc semejante union y la facilidad con
que podían regularizarla, sometiéndose a las
reglas establecidas. Pero tanto John como
Sara permanecían sordos y obstinados.....
Hallábase un dia el gobernador en las inmediaciones do la residencia do John, y esto lo
invito a comer a su casa. El gobernador pertinaz siempre en sus a mone^taciones, hizo recaer la conversación sobre la cuestión del matrimonio, a pesar do la cautela con que los dos
rogeristas procuraban evitarla. Después de
una larga discusión al parcoer estéril, el gober
nador se levanto y dirigiéndose a John, inició
el siguiente diálogo: " Bien, John, y porqué
no os oasaís con Sara 1- ¿no la habéis tomado
por vuestra legítima esposa !"—>*J Sí, señor,"
replicó John ; " pero mí conciencia no mo permito casarme con ella en la forma que la demás gente lo hace."—" Pero bien ¿ la amáis %
—« Sí. por supuesto que la amo."—" La respetáis?" " Sí, sin duda."—" Y vos, Sara, ¿ ama
is a John y le obedecéis y lo respetáis y le cuidáis"?— " Indudablemente que sí, contestó ella
sin vacilar."
"Pues bien" dijo el gobernador levantándose ; '- En el nombre de Dios y en virtud do
las leyes del .Estado de Conneticut os declaro
legítimamente unidos on matrimonio,"
En vano so cansaron en piotestar John y
Sara contra aquella sorpresa. Eí lazo del himo
neo estaba ajustado eu debida forma por la pri
mera autoridad del Estado,
n nÍcaciüjv de sanpedro.
Aufcfiquíiiii ^allus cautet
ter me negabis.
Co^ siniestro rumor zumbrando e\ viento
Alza de polvo tormentosa nube,
Que en curso arrebatado negra sube
Hasta perderse allá en en el firmamento.
Los opacos destollos de la luna
No apacible tristeza, miedo infunden,
Iluminando de Salem la frente,
Manchada ya con execrable crimen.
Dol Pontífice inicuo en el palacio,
Entro turba furiosa y sanguinaria,
Aguarda manso el Hijo del Eterno
Fiera sentencia que con rabia impía
Fulminaran contra el Criador del dia
Las negras pote.-tades del infierno.
Nadie consuela su mortal angustia,
Nadie le tiende compasiva mano;
Todos lo befen y su rostro hieren....
Tu sangre Hijo de Dios, tu sangre quieren
Y mientras s?.lvasal linaje humano.
De ardiente hoguera la rojiza llama
Del viento el soplo chispeando inclina,
Y mas viva se inflama,
Y eí atrio y sus columnas suntuosas
Con lívidos destellos ilumina.
En torno de la lumbre se calientan
El soldado feroz de torvo ceño,
Cubierta la cabeza en férreo casco,
Del Pontifico siervos numerosos;
Y también Pedro está yerto de frío,
Escuchando los gritos estruendosos
En que prorumpe el pupulacho impío.
Pedro, el Señor cuyo abrasado aliento
Puede a pavesas reducir al mundo,
Yace agobiado por dolor profundo,
Demanda  compasión.
Una muger a Pedro se le acerca
Y curiosa en su faz los ojos clava ;
—También esto hombre con Jesús estaba.—
" Y Pedro lo negó."
El que enjugó amoroso el triste llanto
De le viuda infeliz y del mendigo,
Entre ansiedan mortal busca un amigo
Quo calme su aflicción.
"Estaba con Jesús," otra voz dice,
Y señalan a Pedro con el dedo :
Amigo   desleal tiemblas de miedo :
" Y Pedro lo negó."
Como la madre al fruto de su vientre
Te ama Jesús; y con el morir juraste;
¿Y ya tus juramentos olvidaste,
Disípulo traidor1?
Mas  otras voces a  decirle tornan :
"Estaba   con Jesús, es galileo;"
Pálido Pedro, cual cobarde reo,
" Perjure lo negó."
De una ave el canto suena tristemente,
Vuelvo el amigo infiel la faz turbada,
Se encuentra de Jesús con la mirada ....
Ingrato, has renegado do tu Dios.
Vedle a la luz de amarillenta lana
,    Del palacio en el pórtico arrogante,
Juntas las manos, puesto de rodillas,
Cual de cadáver pálido el semblante;
Pecó contra su Dios, dolor acerbo'
Como un dogal oprime su garganta ;
Tristes sollozos de amargura envía,
Como el anciano que perdiera al niño
Que de noche en su seno se dormía.
Vedle llorar, que mirareis mañana
Espirar entre horribles convulsiones
Al reprobo infeliz, que temerario
Con beso de traición sellara el rostro
De la victima santa del Calvario.
Llora sin fin : el ángel de tinieblas
Sus alar; agitó de gozo lleno :
Su diadema brilló mas encendida
Cual relámpago lívido en su frente,
Cuando negó tu labio
De una vingen al Hijo Omnipotente.
Las lágrimas son bálsamo divino
Con  que sus llagas, Dios, al hombre cura,
Son iris apacible que conjura
De su cólera al fiero torbellino.
Ya comienza a lucir en el Oriento
La triste aurora del tremendo dia
En que entre dos infamas malhechores
Ha de espirar el Hijo de María.
De espinas ceñiránle una corona,
En sus hombros pondrán   risible manto,
Odio mortal alentarán en tanto.. . .
No gimas, Pedro, ya, quo él te perdona.
Juan N. Navarro.
The Tulare Coimxur. Mr. 11. Mathews,
ene of the permanent residents of the Four
Creek country, informs tho Stockton Journal
tbat the Tulare valley is fast settling up, and
.begins to assume quite a home like appearance.
Families are constantly arriving and locating
their claims, with a determination to go to
farming other permanent employment. Produce of every description bears an excellent
price, and will continue to do so, as every year
will bring in a new stock of immigrants, who
must be supplied and have a start; and when
the Pacific Railroad is so far completed, it will
certainly keep up, if nut increase the prosperity of the country. Several crops corn, wheat,
barley, oats, potatoes, onions, etc, were raised
this year, and brought from ten to twenty-five
cents per pound,
Propagatlx
informs the I
pagating oran
Cuttings from
produce far s
culti
Orange.
J.  DeHillebr
, that in P(
pro
.ated.
ndtc
all
fruit bearing t;
perior stocks. The meth
;!ect a branch, peel off a section
f the outer bark half an inch in width, and
thus prepared and still attached to the tree, a
quantity of earth is applied to tlie limb where
the bark is off ami the limb secured to the
earth . When sufficiently rooted tho bi anoh is
cut off from tho parent tree and replanted.
The peach tree is at present propagated at the
Islands from cuttings in the way above described.
Africa. Wo find the following interesting
paragraph in tho Watch man .and Reflector of
thia week:
Reb. J. L. Wilson, a returned missionary of
the old school Presbyterian church, from Ffri-
ca, recently stated, as among the results of
missionary labor in Africa, the gathering of
more than one hundred Christian churches,
containing ten thousand hopeful converts; the
establishment ofa hundred and fifty Christian
schools, in which from twelve to fifteen thousand youth were receiving Christian and other
instruction. Tho Bible has been translated,
and its truths brought io contact, directly cr
indirectly, with a million of human minds.
They had given to Africa eighteen written dialects- and all this without grammars or teachers, or any extrinsic aid; and this bad been the
work of Protestant missionaries within the
space of twenty years.
LANCH ¿DE LA   OPERA.
¡C^lALLE de los Negros, está ahora abierta y
H_/ surtida con mejores vituallas aderezadas
en un estilo mejor que en ninguna otra casa en
esta Ciudad.
Comidas a todas horas del dia y de la noche.
Habrá siempre tc caliente, cafe y chocolate y
cualesquiera otra CGsa que un hombre puede
desear.
AVISO.
JWgL SE halla de venta en el Pueblo dc San
Piíiilffl Luis Obispo la casa conocida con el
J^JiáL nombre ¿e Lascáis o y Hermano, y esta Ubicada enfrente de la Iglecia centro de la
calle principal, por cuya cituacion presta bis
mejores comodidades para comercio, ó cualquiera otro objeto de especulación. Si alguna persona se interesase a comprarla puede ocurrir a
la misma a imponerse del precio,
8v. LASCANO y HERMANO.
San Z/uís Obispo Septiembre 8 do 1853.
JtiNATAS ¿R. Scott. Leía Granger
geoíí y Grander.
ABOGADOS en sociedad, Los angeles, Cali
fornia. Oficina en la casa de Don José
Salazar, en frente de la casa antigua del go
bierno.
uos Angeles, Julio 17 de 185  . tí
G. Tompson -Earrill,
A "BOGADO,  oficina   en cl edificio dc Don
3ft_ Juan N. Padilla, calle principal.
Los Angeles Julio 2 de 1853.
CAÍELOS E2>UJAS."£5>0   CAHiS,
Procurador y Abogado.
Angeles Noviembre 13 de 1352- t
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oharge of a higher rate of postage-
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Ilc,:;alia
Kesaliii;
Pe ¡rallas
KcL'alias
Conchas
Concba3
Conchas
Eegalias
llega lias
Londres
Operas
Op crag
Conchas
Londres
Londres
idad
aidad
¿Rmperio
Eulalia
Firmeza
LaSanUagcera
La Voz
¿Martinez Ybor
Antiguidad
Pirmeza
Soy Viel
Sftndiaguera
Soy Piel
Pirmeza
ALSO
Cigaritos Pigaro
000 m American Regalias
50 m Havana Millars
Por sale by .TA¿U¿Eñ PATRICK
«,12lw ¿Battery Street, Sd door from Pacifiic.
General Advertising end Comiaission Agency
at the City Directory Office, Parson's Buildings,
138—140  Clay-street, San Francisco.
Advertisements i,nd ¡■ebsffiiptmns received for any of the
Newspapers, Periodicals, or Ibi^JiKJues in t.'ah'fi.riiia, Oregon
or the Atlantic States.
¿Wotes, Bills and Chums collected, and Purchases made, for
parties at a distance, and a general Agency Business transacted.
liefer to the editors of this paper.
J, M- PAPKEJI.
03?" P.muier's Dirf.otory of the City of Sao Francisco
is now published and ready for delivery. It tontaina ;, map-
and history ofthe city, a ^enernl directory of citiz, ns, s
troet directory, &C.&C,   Price, $5.   Address as above.
AMERICAN AND CHILE PLOTJK AND BABLBT.—"We
aire constantly te-ceiTing, aod offer for sale, at current
rates, in lots to suit, u vi reb users—
CHOICE AMERICAN AND CHILE FLOUR,
of approve ¿brands, comprising, Halieto,  JIaxall, Richmond
City Mills, Molinos de  Cuneepciou.  bella Vista Concepción
San Christoval.   Also, i ¿HILE BARLEY, nciverop, in 1001b
sacks.
{tCf" Particular attention p¡,id to orders from the interior
DUNNE Si CO.,
je5 6m        Sansome street, near Jackfon, San Francisco,
E. FITZGEEA1D & CO,
Importers and dealers in
Hardware; Agricultural Tools,&c,
No. 100, Battery street, SAN ¿FRANCISCO, keep constantly
Carpenters',   Millwrights'.     Blacksmiths',    Wheelwrights'
Masons'. Machinists'. M in err.', hirers".<'uopers',i¿nilmal;ers'
Tinners', Saddlers'. i.;hoeimi!.-evs', umi all khals of edge tools,
'   NAIL*, fyc:
Horse, Wrought. Cut and C.-ppcr Nails: Spikes and Bolts;
Sheet Copper. Brass, bead. Tin am! Zinc: head I'ipcVWelder.
AGRICULTURAL   TOOLS.
Plows, Chains. Ox Yokes and Dows, Cradles, Scythes,
Snaths, Rakes, Porks, Spades, Shovels, Hoes, Field and Garden 7'ools, of every description.'
¡ Table Cutlery and Kitchen Furniture.
Table and ro.-kec Cutlery. Tvji- and Ta!¡le tjpoons, Tea
Trays and Candlesticks, Hollow Ware, Sauce and Prying-
Pans, Gridirons, and :; i'ul- assortment of House ¿Furnishing
Goods.
English and America:! Poxes ami ?]-rmsrs; American Locks-
jd ¿Latches, &c. &e,
Jty Agents ¿or n«ri'm0='':,S;úama;.drr -ales and Maibleized
anjn. Mhl9
Pure Sperm Polar and other Oils.
BAILEY & G1LBEKT,
MATING-established house at the Sandwich Islands.they
are regularly impc.rt.ir.c; Pure Sperm, Polar,and Black
Fish Oil, and ean supply ihe tva.de on better terms than any
1 sales made by (hem are guarantied.
—on   hand |
50,000 gallons Polar Oil;
other house; and ails;
5,000
3,000
2,500
0,000
do.
do.
do.
do.
Pure Sperm;
Black Pish;
Lard:
Elephant;
..-.._. ci  '--^-ypenEANincEuPt;
ndPiiAivcisc   o
R. E.  KAIUIOaTD,
SHIPPING    AKD    COHMISSIGH   MEECHAHT.B'
No. T7 Davis St., between Washington and Clav,
SAN FRANCISCO.
TIIEsiibJcriher, formerly of Ran 1>iejro, having established
hiniseli'in the Commission ¡!usincs;= in San francisco, respectfully tenders bis services to i.ny parties who may wish=
to employ an np:ent for tbe purchasing and sbipping of goods
o any part ofthe Southern country. And he flat teas him-
selt'fnom his lone'experience in the business of the South,
and with strict r.icrsomil ut t.enfion, to ba jible io a'.ve satisfaction to those who may entrust him with their ou.lers.
Keferknces—Cob P. C. Perrel.l. and  Phinehas  Panning,
I.os Angeles; aud Capt. S. ¿Carney, .Santa barbara.    f!2 3m
PIONEER   BOOK-STOBE P.EMOYED.
T1A8VIH&, HITCHCOCK,
BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS,
at their new Fire Proof Building, 168 Montgomery-st, reirt
corner of Washington,  SAX FÍUNCISCO.
WE have removed ourlarL"' and increasing.' stecit of Books.-
Mercantile i-ti'.l.ion ery, ¿Music and Musical Instrumenta
to onr large and commediuiis Store.   J'iS,  ?lon!^omary st,,—
where we invite the attention of the nubile to our new stock
c.'-Jistanlly arrivim: per every cli-pr.er from  the states,
dll 2m MA1WIN & HITCHCOCK.
GUN, LOOK,  AND WHITE SMITH.
¡jCJALAMANPER SAFES opened; Locks made and repaired
v3 All work warranted. Al^o. constantly on hand and for
sale, alarge assortment of Double and i-heile Parrel Shot
Guns,Piile.-4 l'i=^;.N. (¡un Trimmim's. Ac. ice, which will bo
sold .'.heap.      Powder and Shot at wholesale andretail.
A11 orders for work promptly attended to, and e-secuted at
short notice.
Commercial st., a few doors below Montgomery st , San.
Francisco, California. sep!9   tf
VOL. 3.
LOS ANGELES, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26,1853.
28.
Pierce & Meed's Line.
To the Merchants of Los Angeles nnd
vicinity shipping Goods to' Santa Barbar
and 3an Pedro:
Notice is is hereby given that flrstelars
LAURA LEVAN,
F. COPELA ND &
apt. Morton, andl
O., Capt. Brices,
Nasoa's Cosistiai:* j_\
■vorable opportune
shipments scored or
miss jj(: tended to by
Matthew ¿Keller. T.os
=^?  X-*K       The steamPr GOLIAIP Capt. Hilliard',
■i     i       ■■■   v   ':-   " ■ i,"',    I ,„' V
rn-/.,   Monterey
Manns, Los Angeles."
Peoria premium Steel Plow.
this State, would seem to preclude tiie  necessity  of any fu
ther eifort on our part to   draw   attention   thereto; but i
view of the transitory ni ' '"     ' 	
fornia, and the probabili
the work with half the team required in using the ordinary
r.int alow: ami that the work, when done, is ivell done.
Por oartietihirs o!' iJrk'.os, and descriptions of Plows we re-
:"er you to the subjoined card.    The prices   tliereon detailed,
expensos only added.
Farmers oviiering our plows  thrf-nah m .¡ranr-tile   hom
here, would do well to write to ns at the .same time, if th
roughly ]
hcbs.
Corner
ractical hands ia every- department of
L. E. MOBGAN & CO., successors
T, ADAMS & (
3f Broadway and Battery streets, Pan Fr
The following are tlie estabildied prices for the
PEORIA  PRl;¿VI!U-'..I  STEEL   PLOW,
at onr Factory, and the only addition our agents are authorized tomakj. ¡.hereto, is tlie cost of transportation to tbeir
places of business:
NO 5, Plain. lUineh furrow. $30. No 5 "1-2. plain, 12 in.
furrow §35. No 6. plain, 14 inch furrow, ¡$40; No 7, plain
2(>?inch i'l'.rrow. í.¿ii!. r."o ','■. elieper or prairie. 1-i inch furrow,
$30.¿No 1G, clipper or prairie, .Ul inch furrow, $70, No. 18,
clippci/'or prairie, lf> inch furrow, .AS5. No 20, clipper and
prairie. 20 inch furrov,-. -Vi.OCI. No. 22. clipper and prairie, 22
inch furrow, ftU0. No 24, dc do, 24 inch furrow. fti2-5.—
No 2fi, ldo do Uu'hieh furrow; 0,1 XI. No ¡lO.do do 30 inch furrow. $7-5.    No   40. do do 40 iucii furrow, $325.
SUBSOIL PLOWS, $10 CULTIVATORS, $25
Porthe addition of wlmol and axle to any of the above
clipper Plows, an additional chnriro of ftSO.
h. E. MORGAN & CO.
oS 4m Successors to T. Adams & Po.
VALUABLE RANCHO FUR SALE.
THE   ¿Rancho   '■ PIPDRA BLANCA,"   coutainine;   ST3
SQUARM  r.VAfU.'JiS.simal-ei af «en .'b mimi? oif.-re,
for sale in tracts to suit purchasers.    The land is well v.-aten
Simeon Hay, '.veil It.iK.wn to he one cY the ¡ ■ -j porta south o
San Francisco. Tho soil in of the richest description, am
capable of crowing any crop whieh the farmer might desire
For cattlegrrumii it would be üiüieult to find a betterloeatei
rancho, either in point of security, or for cenvenience to th=
great northern markets.    Apply to WM. J. GEA Vlí¡!-
San Lu¡3 Obispo, June 1, 1-853 tf
O. TG2IFS02T BUKEIE1,
.  TTORNKY   AT   LAW,   City  of los  Andeles,  Caiifor-
L nia.    Oiiice, Padilla^ P. ni ¡din as, Main st.       je 25 3m
C,   S3.  CARR,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
Lo-, Angeles, Nov. 13, 1SÓ2. tf
K,   15.   lilBlMKJSi,
Attorney and Counsellor at law,
Iain street, opposite Commercial, bos Angeles, Ca!
THE underm-ncd having disposed of their Drug Store ti
A. VV". Hope & Co., and being desirous ol settliu.; ui
their business, respectfully rcquj-'st. a I! those who are bidebt
..ed to them to come forward and make immediate scttlem"n
■iy casli or obligation.
¿TdePARLAND & DOWNEY.
■Ofiice in ihe irame building opposite ihe Drug Store.
August 6th. 1Si')3             tf.
Jonathan R. Poott, Lewis Geakhes
Scott .& Granger,
ATTORNEYS at Law, Los  A.i™.des,  California.    Office opposite the Pella Union. .Main Wtreet.
Los A_:nñ_ides, ..luly 17. 18o2. tf
HEKSY   CLAYTON,
CiriS Engijaeer  asitl Surveyor,
Oiiice in Pi'udhomme'sBuildins, LOS ANGKLES.
Mr Clayton has been qualified ¡mil =;■.,-i-u bonds as PPTUTY
■COUN'TY Sifl'iVPYOJt. and offers his services to the citizens
Of this district in that, capacity. " f:\lhl9
Shaving1, Shampooing'. &c-
JOIINDOUGLAS has the   honor to announce to  alibis
fellow citizens t.'iat be lias opened an office in
Calle de los Negros,
where he will be hi'; py a-: 1 ' ivr.ipt to wait upou all  gentle-
Shaving, Uair euttiiu, Shampooing aeeomplisliei to the
Boots Blanket! and  Wi shins: and Ironing done up" bright
■and Clean at the shortest notice. tf oTi
ishoTrev^v~s7mu^t^"VV¡T^7iti";~íhill's Building
City of Los Angeles, by
THE  PROPRIETOR.
TÉSMS—Subscription, Ten Dollars pei
•Bpersquarefor
square fcr each
Brobafce Court of Los Angeles County.
■in Olvera, Probate Judge of on
geles, tbis 14th day o! Novombe
JOHN" W.SHOKK, Cleric.
Los Abeles Gouaty.
PKOJÍATE  COURT.
STATE OF  CALII-'OIINIA.. County of Los,
NOTICE.
I.os a4aNOEi.ES, October 28, 1853.
IE unclera-i(;na(i I=a-,-= tlaia =i==y ibrmud a coi=arii==sli¡¡
unte U=o name .ntl .tjleof
Wheeler, Jolinson & Co.,
Prolate Court of Saiila iSurbara County,
^ the matter of the Esta-te of CÁELOS A.  GAKILLU, de-
Distritt Court;;;:Second Judicial District.
County of Saa Luis 0¿bi3po.
William G.Dana against Parker H. French.
THE PEOPLE Or THE STATE  OF CALlliORMIA
RKER II  Í'KIÍXCII:
dayi
m the office cf tho U¿unty Clerk of San Luis Obispo County,
in an action enc.i.nfnce.iin abe Uiitriet  Court of the2dJu-
dicial District of tbe State of Onlifornia, in and for said
county.wherein .'aid William (i. Dana. aS'flaintilT, claims of
you as defendant the sum of eighteen hundred d:f'lars,money lent you and paid for you at your request, or judgment
by default wiil bo taken against you.
If you fail to answer the ('oui.jiair.t tha plaintiff will take
.iuii£mo;-jr, u;-jiirist you ior the aiain of eighteen huüdred dollars and tiie costs of Court.
Witness my hand anil priva i e sea!, no seal of thü Court
having as yen been ¡ji-oviiied, this 27th (¿lav of October
AD, 1853. (n!2 13t) M. PACHECO, Clerk.
Copartnership Hottee
UTAvma    — -" - - '
JiJL & Dow;
based the interost of ilessrs. McFarland
idersiguial have fonaed a conartncr-
A. W. HOPE & CO., for the sale of
dc ala, Paints, etc., at the old stand
reet. A. W. HOPE,
WM. P. ¿BEYNOLDS.
4t
Nativity of the American Population.
We take the following from the report of tho
superintendent ofthe census, for December 1,
1852:
One of the most interesting results of the
census' is the classification ofthe inhabitants
according to the countries of their birth, p"e-
sented iu an authentic shape in No. 5 of the
accompanying tables. We are thus enabled
to discover for the first time of what our nation
is composed. The investigations under this
head have resulted in showing that of the free
inhabitants of the United States, 17,737,505
are natives of its soil, and that 2,210,828 were
born in' fureign countries; while the nativity of
39,014 couid not be determined. It is shown
that 1,965,519 of the whole number of foreign
born inhabitants were residents of the free
.States and 245,S10 ofthe slave States It ia
seen that the persons of the foreign birth form
11,06 per cent, of the whole free population.
The countries whence have been derived the
largest portions ofthese additions to our population appear in tiie iouuwing statement:
Natives of Ireland in the U. S. 961,718
" Germany        i; 575,225
" England " 287,675
" jjritish Am.    " 147,700
Scotland " 70,550
" France " 54,069
» Wales « 29,368
i; All ethers      " 95,022
Total, 2,210,828
.Mission to China. The board of managers
of the missionary society of the Methodist
Episcopal church, south, at their meeting in
Louisville, on the 7th inst,. appropriated thirty
thousand d:llars for tho China mission for the
next year. This sum is to cover the cost of a
house of worship, two schools, a printing press,
and the expense of sending out two or three
additional missionaries.
Cousin  Sally Oft lard.
thii
igb timo that "Cousin Sally
Dillard," "Capéaia Hice," and "Moae," were
again brought to ttie memory ef the public.
We have read and laughed at the narration at
lenst a hundred times; and should not fail to
enjoy it, were it to come under our notice daily
for a year to come.
Scene—A Court of Justice in ¿North Carolina.
A beardless disciple of Themis rises and thus
addresses the court: "May it, please your worships and you gentlemen of jury, since it has
been my fortune {good or bad, I wili not say)
to exercise in legal aoqaisitjons, it has never
befallen me to ba obliged to pr: secute so direful, marked and malicious an assault—a more
wilful, violent, dangeg^Oljfl bajtrry. and finally,
a more diabolical breach of peace has seldom
happened 'in a civilized country, and I dare
say it has seldom been your duty to pass upon
one so shocking to benevolent filings as this
: whieh took place over at Captain. Rice's in this
county. But you will hear from the witnesses.
The witnesses being sworn; two or three
were examined and deposed—one said he beard
the noise and did nut see the fight—another
that he seen the row, but didn:t know wbo
struck fire t—and a third, that he was very
drunk and couldn't say much about the skrim-
Lawyer Chops—I am very sorry, gentlemen,
to have occupied your time with the stupidity
of the witnesses examined. It arises, gentlemen, altogether from misapprehension on my
part. Had I known, as 1 now do, that 1 had
a witness in attendance who was well acquainted with the circumstance- of the case, and who
was able to make himself clearly understood
by the court and jury, I should not so long
have trespassed on your time and patience.
Come forward, Mr. Harris, and be sworn.
So fo.rward comes the witness, a fat, chuffy,
old man, a "leetle^' corned, and took his oath
with an air.
Chops— Harris, we wish you to tell all about
the riot that happened tlie other day at Capt.
Rice's, and as a good deal of time has already
been wasted in circumlocution, we wish }7ou to
bo compendious, and at the same time as ex
plicit as possible.
Harris—Edaaetly, (giving the lawyer a
knowing wink, at the same time clearing his
throat.) Captain iZicc, he gin a treat .and cousin Sally Dillard, she came over to our house
and axed mc if my wife, she mouu't go. I told
cousin Sally Oil lard that my wife was poorly,
being as how she had the rheumatics in the
hip, and the big swamp was in the road, and
the big swamp was up, for there had been a
heap of rain lately, but howsomever, as it was
she, cousin Sally Dillard, my wife she mout go.
Well, cousin Sally Dillard then asked me if
.Most he mo .n'tgo. 1 told cousin Sally Dillard that ho was the foreman of the crap, and
the crap was smartly in tlie grass; but however, as it was she, cousin Saiiy Dillard, Mose
he must go—
Chops—In the name of common sense, Mr.
Harris what do you mean by this rigmoraM
Witness—-Capt. Rice, he gin a treat, and
cousin Sally Dillard she come over to our house
and axed me if my wife she moun't go. I told
cousin Sally Dillard—
Chops—Stop, if you please; we don't want
to hear any thing about your cousin Saliy Dillard and your wife. Tell us about the fight at
Rice's.
Witness. Well, I will sir, that is if you will
let me.
Chops.    Well, sir, go on.
Witness, Well, Captain Rice ho gin a treat,
and cousin Sally Dillard she come over to our
house, and axed me if my wifeshe moun't go—
Chops. There it is again; witness, please tu
stop.
Witness. Well, sir, what do you want?
Chops. We want to know about tho fight,
and you must not proceed in this impertinent
story. Do you know anything about the matter before the court?
Witness.    To te sure I do.
Chops. Well, you go on and tell it, and nothing else.
Witness. Well Captain Rice he gin a treat.
Chops. This is intolerable. May it please
the court I move that this witness be committed for a contempt; he seems to be trifling with
the court,
Court. Witness, you are new before a court
of justice, and unless you behave yourself in a
more becoming manner, you will be sent to
jail; so begin and tell what you know about
the fight at Capt. Rice's.
Witness, (alarmed.) Well, gentlemen, Capt
Rice he gin a treat, and cousin Sally Dillard—
Chops. I hope this witness may be ordered
into custody.
Court, (after deliberating.) Mr. Attorney
the court is ofthe opinion that we may save
time by telling the witness to go on in his own
way. " Proceed, Mr. Harris, with your stoi
but stick to tbe point.
Witness.    Yes,   gentlemen;  well,   Capti
ay ■_»■:
liy Dil
:S cn together, i'.Zoi.o, rr.y wife.
Dillard, and they come to the
it was up, ac I was telling you;
ow there was a log across tha
sin Sally Dillard and Afose,
i, thev walked the log, but my
.edfool, hoisted her coats and
-and   that's all I know about
Russia. The Emperor has added to his many titles and designations that of ''Sovereign
fearing God," and inscribed it in the Imperial
oilman, c.
Tlie  Mormon   Settlements In   Utnh.
The following extract ofa letter, written at Salt-
Lake City, Sept. 30, 1853, published in the San
Francisco Herald, will be read with interest.
The writer is a gentleman of education, who
has travelled much in iJurOBe and elsewhere,
and writing freely to a friend, has expressed
unbiased impressions intelligently formed:
"With all experience ofthe rapid progress
of California and Oregon, ore cannot tail to be
surprised on entering the Salt Lake valley,
with the evidences of industry and energy on
tho part of the Mormons. In the outer settlements, which we struck sixty miles to the
north of the city, the recent Indian alarms
have compelled the people to abandon tbeir
houses and collect in close villages, built of
sticks and adobes, round a small plaza, io the
manner and with the look ofa mean Spanish
village Even Sieve, however, are proofs of
prosperity in abundant stocks of grain and hay,
in numerous herds of cattle, piles of vegetables,
and a general air rustic plenty. This'continues as you go down the valley; comfortable
two-story houses of adobes take the place of
the huts: the farms are well eared for, though
the absence of timber deprives them of good
fencing materials Tho whole has the appearance of an old country, say of some ofthe less
carefully kept parts of Prussia. At last you
arrive at a point where all the farms seem to
have diminished in size, and drawn closer together, forming a town spread oyer an enormous extent of ground. This is the City oí the
great Salt Lake—a place whose plan and arrangement, as well as that of the whole cotui-
try, shows that some bead, able to plan and
possessed of tho power to carry out his plans,
has been at work. The mixed authority, sacerdotal, social, aud political, placed in tlie
hands ofa very able man like Brfgham Young,
makes him a despot of tbo most imperial class.
He appears to be a judicious one, and is apparently strongly supported by his aristocracy =(!!)
resting securely on the faith and fears and respect of his people. There are many wild fa
natíos among the Mormons, many deceivers
no doubt,—many Americans unable to support
the full re.-pon.-;ibilities of our perfect republican free agency, but whoso early religious
education and prejudice against the ínish has
prevented their taking refuge in the bosom of
tho Church 'which cannot err,' but who have
thrown themselves upon the positive certain
ties claimed by Mormonism, and found in it a
broad ñeld fur the exercise of their imaginative tendencies,—many indifferent and interested,-—some sensualists who want thirty wives
like young, and a majority of ignorant rustics
who were ready to believe with easy credulity
a system that made them safe for this life and
gods in the next. They are prospering; the
public buildings are good; money conies to
them from the emigrants and from California
for the luxuries of-life; the necessities are supplied by the land; it is an agricultura] c nxntry
distinctly: they are raising fruits, g I | acl ■-.-,
etc. There are abundant iron minee 2 9 mil i
to the southward, and coal of pretty good quality, of which Í bave seen specimen*, all easily
accessible; thev talk of a railruad thence to the
citv. The great want ofthe Country is convenient timber which is only to be found high
up the canons.
"The people appear to remember their expulsion from the west more in sorrow than in
anger, but look to a final return to Jackson
county, ¡Vii.-'souri,—the spot where the pardon
of Eden once was. It ^eems to me that Young
is too clever a man ever to fall out with the
parent government. Who knows how long
the bonds which holds this strange body together will endure?
A PltlEST AND     THE     COMET. The     COmCt
which was lately visible has served a Russian
priest not far from Warsaw, with materials for
a very curious sermon. After having summoned his congregation together, although it was
neither Sunday nor festival, and shown tliem
the ccmet, he informed th, m tbat this was tbe
same star that had appeared to the magi at the
birth of our Saviour, and that it was only to
be seen now in the Russian empire, its ap
pearanee on this occasion was to intimate to
the Russian eagle that the time was now come
for it to spread its wings and embrace all mankind in one orthodox soui-sanotifying church.
He showed them that the star was now standing immediately over Constantinople, and ex
plained that the dull light of the nucleus indicated its sorrow at the delays of the Russian
army in proceeding to its destination.
A New Party. A new political organization has been formed in New York, called the
American Party. Its platform is made up of
the following planks— Universal education; reformation ofthe naturalization laws; protection
to American labor ; a liberal .system of river
and harbor improvements and the extension ot
aid to the Pacific railroad; tbe sale ofthe public lands to actual settlers; the economical administration ef the government, and a strict
accountability of its agents; the continued and
harmonious union of the States, and opposition
to legislation which shall interdict the uro of
the fSible in the public schools, or which shall
vest property devoted to religious or charitable
uses, exclusively in the hands of tho clergy-
Style at Saratoga. A correspondent of
the New York Times writes from Saratogo as
follows:
A very free and easy style prevails among
the ladies in the matter of dress this season
here- Bonnet? in the street are almost wholly
discarded; and in all their arrangements as to
oostume, comfort seems to have been consulted
much mere tbar, fashion. This is an improvement on the starch and frill system, which has
been too prevalent, when a lady could not venture upon a drink from Congress Spring except
in full evening dress.
Change of ¿Tactics. Tiie Calaveras Chronicle has ceased to be i-dependent. In its last
issue, it avows itself democratic U intimates
approval of the election of Senaior next winter-
It says "the charge of mercenary motives cannot be alleged" for this change.
Koszta. a. Smyrna correspondent of the
Boston Traveller, writing uniler d ite oC August 24th, gives tho following flWCQDBt of an interview wit_  Koszta. :
Koszta is now is oonfinement in tbe French
■Hospital in this city,where by push ¡eg ;¡;v way
boldly in, 1 obtained an interview ttith him.
An old greyheaded Turk, who ¡stood guard at
the entrance, produced a key m<:st ponderous
in size from his highly ornamented waistcoat,
and un looking the door, ushered us to Koszta'a
apnrtmcnt.
His confinement is by no means rigorous.—
The walls are of stone and the windows are
covered with an iron grating. These are the
only signs which indicate that his liberty is
restrained. The room is ten feet, square and
contains a divan* coarsely covered, but very
comfortable; several chairs, two tables upon
both of which stand vases of flowers but lately
gathered- A washstand with its usual accompaniments and an iron bedstead, complete tho
furniture of the room,
Kozsta received us very cordially, and entertained us for an hour or more in reciting the
events connected with his capture, and the part
he took in tbe late Hungarian revolution, Ho
held the rank of captain in tbe Hungarian
army, and was under the immediate orders of
Gen. Bern, and he said he had been in mo.o
than twenty five battles.
1 he Austrians hero feel very sore toward all
Americans, in that their prey was wrested
from them in so summary a manner, and since
the Koszta affair they h ive added three vessels
of war to their force already in this port, to
enable them in future to back up tbeir actions
with cannon ball. Had the present fleet been
here at the time of the arrest, Captain Ingra-
hum might not have found it so easy to have
rescued the prisoner.
Local customs in Pausan. A late number
ofthe Konigsbcrg Journal describes a recent
visit made by tlie King of Prussia to the public
hall of the city. After the repast came the
deputations ofthe provinces of tamland, Ezra-
land, Maruria, and Lithuania, each consisting
ofa bevy of young girls, dressed in alt the ele
gance of their appropriate national costume.
Each deputation had its own orator, who after
immemorial custom offered to the King the
productions of the district represented. The
Lithuanians wore robes of rod and black plaid,
with green waists and red embroidered chemisettes, their dress being ornamented with ribbons of divers colors. Their offering was a
bridal wreath with a tunic and hair dress, a
collection of Danish songs, honey, com, etc.
The iVjururian girls were dresses uf silk,with
velvet bodices trimmed with swan's down, and
high bootees, and their offering was a dozen
wooden spoons, three glass meas ores of oatmeal
and a piece of linen. Tbe fair ones of IVrmiand
with damask tunics and gold colored bead
dresses, brought a bouquet and a dove, a dozen
napkins, skeins of thread and a spinning wheel
while the peasant girls of Samland, die.-sed in
their robes of sky blue stuff, with black velvet
sptneers, ornamented with silverbuttons,wbite
aprons and hats from which floated long embroidered ribbons, presented two white clay
platters filled with flowers, with many pretty
little amber ornaments, old medals, rings, etc,
in vessels of glass. A simple rhymed address
was made by the speaker of each little band before retiring.
Protestant Missionaries ih China A recent number ofthe Chinese Repository says
that, since 1807. one hundred e::d fifty Protestant missionaries bave labored in China, of
whom seventy three are still living, ai.d remain in active labor, whih five a! absent from
ill health or other   causes.      Oí remaining
seventv-three, twenty five ¡¿: ■ in the field of
labor, orare en the passage home, inclu ing
four-who were drowned  anil   three met   a
violent death at the bands of the BRtives.
Forty-eight nave retired, most tit' tUem on account of their owi! ill health or that uf their
í ami lies, but some of them = I rough di icotwage-
ment at the little progress they made in iho
Chinese language. Of the whole Dumber,
forty-seven were Englishmen, eighty eight
Americans, and fifteen came from the continent of Europe. Of tiie missionaries now in
China, including the five now absent, twenty-
three are Englishmen, five are from tho continent, and forty-four are Americans Most of
those from tbe continent are Lutherans. The
members ofthe mission atAmoy, Bent out from
the United ¿fates, belong to the kefprmed
Dutch church.
The Will of Napoleon. The rep it of the
commission appointed io examine all questions
relating to the execution of the late Emperor
Napoleon I. recommend that a law be passed,
granting a -sum of 8,000,000 francs tu tbe executors to carry bis wishes into effect, so far as
practicable. The Emperor's bequesta amount
to 218,000,000 francs, charged npen his private
property, reduced lo after payment of debts, to
about three and a half millions, and about 118
millions francs in the public treasury, which
ihe government of tbe restoration laid hold of
and applied to state purprses. As the legatees
have for the greater part died off, it is proposed
only to compensate survivors. The 300,000f.
left to tbe officers and BOldiere of Elba and their
widows and children, and the 200 thousand
to soldiers amputated at Ligny and Waterloo,
are to be acquitted in full Sums bequeathed
to particular towns which hud sufl'eied most
from the invasion of the allied army are to he
compromised. So tbat it is estimated that 8
millions will be sufficient for accomplishing the
last wisties of tbe emperor.
The Enterprise. Prof Jewett startled some
people with the prediction that the late comet
would impinge in its orbit on our earth, and
it was feared some considerable damage might
ensue. So far, was this, however, from frightening tho Yankees, that a company of them
was made up to emigrate to the new country
as soon as it should be annexed, and were much
disappointed tbat it passed without taking
theraaboard. They toM us ihey would have
taken up with its tail, if they could not have
got hold of any better lots,    [Newark Adv,