I
The Poor Alan Spcaketli about Trees,
How pleasant are the waving trees,
The oak, the ash, the birch;
How beautiful the old yew seema,
That grows beside the church.
And those tall linden trees, whose boughs
Bring shadows o'er the dead,
Making a gloomy canopy
Over their cold, low bed.
The firs that crown the lofty hills,
Like giants In their pride;
Or like a darkling thunder cloud
At even, on their side.
O yes ; they seem to me to point
Upward, arid mock the skies;
So high their dark plumes wave in air,
So high their spears arise.
The aldcr-trec grows near some stream,
And the yellow willow slender;
O'er which the large palm throws his arms.
As if he would defend her.
The silky catkins oft we took
Delighted, from the twig.
In childish days, and climbed for them
The trees to us so big.
We filled our little pockets full—
We loved such pretty things ;
0 childhood ever flies away
Fast on its golden wings.
And then the fruitful elder-tree,
Of whose small juicy berry
The country people make sweet wine,
To drink and to be merry.
1 love thc shady sycamore,
With its leaves so large and round,
That lie, in dull November hours,
Thick-spotted, on the ground.
And then the trees in some large wood,
Far from the noise of towns,
Wearing in autumn time their leaves,
Like variegated crowns.
The hazel in the hedge and copse,
The holly in the glen,
They beautify this home below,
Given from God to men.
O grant me places where the trees
Are scatter'd thickly round;
"Whom woods arc mix'd with waterfalls,
And rocks rise from the ground.
Trees are the things that children love,
And men delight to see ;
And they bring a thousand memories
Of by-gone days to me.
 ♦-♦-«	
Home nnd Friends.
Oh, there's a power to make each hour
As sweet as heaven designed it;
Nor need we roam to bring it home,
Though few there be that find it.
We seek too high for things close by—
And lose what nature found us,
For life has here no charms se dear
As home and friends around us.
We oft destroy the present joy
For future hopes, and praise them,
While flowers as sweet bloom at our foot,
If we'd but stoop to raise them!
For things afar still sweeter are,
When youth's bright spell hath bound us ;
But soon we're taught that earth has naught
Like home and friends around us.;
The friends that speed in time of need,
When hope's last reed is shaken,
To Bhow you still, that come what will,
You are not quite forsaken.
Though all were night, -if but the light
From Friendship's altar crowned us,
'Twould prove the bliss of earth were this,
Our home and friends around us.
"Captain," said a ragged country urchin to a
city dandy with an immense shirt collar, " captain,
are you going to haul manure to-day ?"
"No, you ragged rascal. What makes you ask
that question ?"
"Why, 'kase you've got such a thunderin' big
pair of side boards up."
"Sonny, don't your father wish to subscribe for a
periodical ?"
"No, sir ; ho takes one already."
"What is it ?"
"Webster's Almanac. He put his name down
last week."
tm Jraimsca ^iibcr&cnunfs.
SLOM,   HAKTMiY  &   1SLG01!,
ATTORj\-ETS   AT   LAW.
' San Francisco.
Dfllee—SOUTHWEST  OOBNER   MONTGOMERY  AND
COMMERCIAL BTRgjSTB—Sntrance oa Commercial.
Particular attention given to business iu the Supreme
To Parties Claiming Payment from
tHe United titnivs ior loss iiiul destruction of
Properly (lining tlie War Willi ¿Mexico.
pARTlES desirous of having their Claims pros-
L ecu ted by the undersigned before the Court of
Claims at Washington, can receive all the necessary information on the subject, and have their
Claims promptly prosecuted on application to 0.
MORGAN, Los Angeles.
aug 2 J. I). STBTETÍSON, Sau Francisco.
Clothing 2   Clothing 2 2
JENNINGS   &   BREWSTER.
Manufacturers and Jobbers of Clothing,
No. 78 Battery Street,
SAN FRANCISCO,
WOULD respectfully call tl» 
tlioir large and well asxor
Si;¿f¡MI-¿;*. CL'uTillNt!,  <j(.ii-i-;hu
PIi
.11.] fa ¡
nd clu
i ¡:,i
■=S/Bm
COATS.
Black cloth Frock Coats; ;
DRAWERS AND SHIRTS.
Gray ami White ilei ¡no Shirts and Draw
Hickov-.-, Check and Fi¡mm.l Slilrtw.
OVERALLS AND SOUKS.
Den
Cott
■ JitmpiM
'HATS, BLANKETS, &c.
1 Wo
.Drugs   and   Medicines;
H.ecLing;ton e£? Oo.„
ill Battery street,
SAA'  FRAJYCISOO,
"VFF2R for sale, Ex "Da
ding," "Tornado,
J porter:"   -
Tju-tju-ic   -.cid
Jayne's Medicine
Cast.ir Oil
íirafeuherií Medir.
Sulphur
Sand's S!ifs;M>¡u-i
Bay Hum
Townsuud's Savsj
Jamaica Ginger
Bull's P.ii-.i:ip,ivil
Calabrfca Liquorice
Fresh Hops in Balea
Iollde Potass
Eiwn'a   : ¡a!
Adhesive Planter
Hin-rv-'iTrioplLu
SUlphurate Morphine
Isinglass
Slinkir's Herbs
Irish Moss
Oil Bcrsramotit
White Glass
Oil On<;anum
Yellow Wax
Oil Demon
Epsom Salts
Oil Rose
Potash
Oil Sassafras
Bomx
Together with a full as;
inea, comprising every ar
Drugs, Medicines,
Perfumery,  Fancy Articles,   &c.
Crowell, Crane & ¡irigham,
(Late E. Cornell Sf Co..)
IMPORTERS OF FORI- I&N AND POMEPTfC
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, DYES, PATENT MEDÍ-
cines, Perfumery, Fancy Articles, &c,
131 COMMERCIAL STREET, (LONG WHAKF.)
■ San Francisco.
OUR assortment no.vis {.lie largest on the Pacific Cuasi
It has be-on spleci-id wiih ¡mjat wre by one of ou.
firm, who resides in the East, We shall be in constan
receipt, hy every j-ticajui.ij- and nurrs-jTí. n¡iir. of goods of tin
best quality, which we will sell at the lowest remunera
live prices. Persons wi.-h:ng goods of the LEST quality
vnA at the lowest n.in¡s, can do better with us rtian bj
any other bouse in California. sent20—Rra
Druggists, Chemists, & Assayed
G-XtBb&SS-W-rlC&y C&JO»
DRUGGISTS' GLASSWARE! DRUGGISTS' GLASSWARE.!—Per recent arrivals, 1000 gross assoi-tec
Prescription Vials, Paci.iiiE Bottles, Castor Oil Bottles
Cologne Bottles, Tincture Bottles. Sample Bottles, SaP
Month Bottles. Counter Jars. Show .invs. Leech Jars. Mortars and Pestles, Graduates' Funnels, Syringes, Corks
Twine, etc., etc., embracing every article in the line.
In store and for sale, hy
JOHN TAYLOIL 132 Washington st,
ju7-3m San Francisco.
CHEMISTS'  AND ABATERS'   GLASSWARE.   &c—Pe'
recent arrivals,   CrucibLs,   Evaporating Dishes, Re
torts. Receivers. Mattrasses Tubeinff, Test Tubes, Annealing Cups. Acid Bottles, Syphons, Funnels, etc., etc.
In store and for sale hy
JOHN TAYLOR, 132 Washington street,
juT—3ni San Francisco.
. Acid, Whiting. (Ml:;,  etc'
In store and for sale by
J0ÍIN TAYLOR, 132 Washington street
Jti.i— 3m Sun Francisco
PERFUMERY, FANCY ARTICLES, fee—Ju»t received a
fine Mr .rtment of Perfumery, Ti-om the celebrated
factory of M. Bozin, Philadelphia, selected expressly for
this market.
Also, a line assortment of Combs, Brushes and Fancy
Articles generally. For sale by
JOHN TAYLOR, V.yi Washi'iiL'ton street.
jn7—3m Sau Francisco.
Mrs. Partington Bays the only way to prevent
steamboat explosions is to "make the engineers bile
their water on shore." In her opinion, all the bust-
in' is done by cooking thc steam on board.
Wealth ¡9 very tenacious of life. Who ever
knew a rich uncle to die under eighty? We pause
for a reply.   .
Home Tooke ridiculed tho practice of sea-bathing, and said, if any of the seal .species were sick,
it would be as wise for a fish physician to order them
to go on shore.
Parsons declared that sea-bathing was only reckoned healthy because many persons had been known
"to survive it."
But Sheridan's objection to salt water was most
quaint.    'Pickles,' said he, 'don't agree with me.'
DEjNMS   WIRE   WORKS.
MANUFACTORY OF
Wire Cloth, Wire Netting,
Sand,  Wheat, Corn and Coal Screens, Sieves
Bird Cage*. Penders and Fire Guards,
Meat Safes, Dish Cove*,*, Patent
Gauze  Window Blinds,
Wire fencing, Src.
No. 108  CLAY STREET,
BETH EEJVBATTERY AJVD SANSOME
SalN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Particular Attention given to the Manufacture
PREMIUM  WlllE  CLOTH,
For Flour   aud  tanning Mills   and   Threshing
ju7—3m Machines.
Three full-blooded, dandified 'gents' applied pt a
stable before thc railway era, for the hire of a horse
to take them to Brighton and back in a day. What,
' exclaimed the groom, 'you surely would not drive a
beast a hundred miles in a day ?' 'Vy not, said one
of them, ' ve've all got vips I"
Jzu D'-Esi'rit.-—When the late M. M. Noah, who
was a Jew, was a candidate for the office of Sheriff
of Now Yoi*k, it was objected to his election that a
Jew would thus come to have the hanging of Christiana. "-Pretty Christians," replied Noah, "to need
hanging,"
Dodging tiik Law.—The Syracuse Standard tells
of one of the Smith family in that city, who evaded
the city ordinance against ringing the dinner bells
in the street, to call passengers from the cars, by-
ringing a big bell inside of his saloon, while a boy
stood at the door swinging a ponderous bell with no
©lapper.
Habit in a child is first like a spider's web ; if neglected, it becomes a thread of twine ; next a crap
of rope ; finally, a cable—and who can break it?
Fences operate in two ways—if good, they are a
defence.    If poor, they arc an offence.
L.   :£*-  FXStXX-fefjfcHL'SSft
ADVERTISING    AGENCY,
Iron Building, opposite   Pacific Express  Company's Office, up stairs.
SAN FRANCISCO.
1   DVERTTSEMENT3 AXD SUBSCRIPTIONS.solicited for
¿i_ tlie following named papers :
Sacramentó Union. Yrelt.a Union,
San  Joaquin  Republican,     Weaverville Democrat,
[Stockton.] lou-a Hill News,
Marysville Herald, Volcano Ledger,
Nevada Journal, San Jose Tclegrap¿h,
(irass Val'ey Telegraph, Pelahi-na Journal,
Sonora Herald, California Farmer,
Columbia Gazette, Los AngelesStar. [Los An-
Moiíntaín Democrat,   fPIa-      geles.]
eerville,] Santa Barbara Gazette,
Calaveras Chronicle, [.Mol;.   Sat- Pipero Herald,
Hill,] VallBJO Bulletin.
Plia^fa Courier, Leader, (Oakland,]-
Empire Ar-jus. [Colonia,]       Humboldt Times,
Mariposa Gazette,
Oriental, [Thinose :u)d Enarlish-l P-nr.- francisco,
Orefronian. [Forth,,»! Ore,-nn Territory.]
"     "*   ' [Salen.. Ore-go» Territory,]
at   fOh-mp'a. Pnc-et. Round, TV. T.]
fr. [Steiiacooni.Pu-et Sound, W. T.
Polynesian, [Honolulu, Sandwich Inlands.]
THE ELECTRO-CHEMICAL BATHS
OF   DR.   BOURNE,
ie and Commercial Streets, apposite St. .Nicholas Hotel. San Francisco,
Southeast Corner of
Areeil'eciingthe oiwl es
of the Liver. Kilueys, .1
Doloreux, Stiff Joiuts, a
Also, all Indolent Ulce
DISEASE     OF     THE   EYES.
imorn, Swellings. A .is esse.-;. Cancer of the Womb, all nth
ly, and Scrofula. These Baths seem tobe Nature's own
.vould fail without thorn ; and grove beyond tho possib
1 practice which poi.ions tlie human svsLeiu by achninis
uuine, iodide oF potassa, and a whole host of deadly dr
POISON and BLEED the,
eefiinij CATTLE? Are t
ie fací of this entire £
which calomel, crude m
than any should suppose they were
-' C'iñ.-J.iltat.ions without eh
- QUICK CURE—SUUE CUR
=¿í .;=**'
IWAXER cure SflP'i®*
  ■:=' .¿i'.j'ji     . " ;,-.,.
f=Kj:;j=; i ,!"-':jna''P"j''¿ -"■."'■
■■■.■■:■■-■,. ■■.■.■ J'"'
PIONEER WATEE CUEÉ INSTITUTE,
Southeast Corner of S ansa inn and. Commercial Streets, opposite St.JYicholus Hotel, Sail Francisco
Bt .  BOURNE,   Water  Cure   E É y s i o i a p,
whatever, nor b
Ufó- In Chronic
ual disorders—i
Apply person;
The "Russiar
, Ncrva us aod Ses
_m* PARTICULAR    NOTICE.
Los que Pat
EL GRAN EEMEDIO ITALIANO
DE DE. PAEEIRÁ,
Para la cierta y eficaz cura de tas infermedades
de una naturaleza primada, sin hacer cuso del
tiempo que se ha durado y sin matos efectos al.
sistema o sin ponerse en dieta.
Sunca sc Ua faltado—iVi  .puede falta a Cwi'isr.
ESTE   ESPECIFICO   INVALUABLE  FUE INTRODUCIDO
hace cincuenta añonen Pisa,'y prontodesjues fue bien
des no solamente en el Continente, pero también en Gran
Bretaña, la demai-ula por ella y sus méritos tan recuiven-
dos que en menos de un año dc su introducción, faá*tomado en lugar de todos otros remedios, l.as facultades de
medicina de las ciudades principales dc Europa fueron
con, peüdos a reconocer su asombroso poder sobre enfer
medades. Propietarios de otras medicinas, celóte* Af sis
po pala rid ad que vian en vano detenerlo en su progreso.
Como el trigo delante él segardor, sus esfuerzos c*ij eron
al suelo, y como el luego en los llanos llevando todo por
delante, su marcha fue un triunfo. Se quedo enana méritos, y nn público decerniente vio probo y fue eonviuciih
La Granoc l'ortuna adquerido por Dr. Pareira de la venta de ello los seis años cue lu preparo -solo atestigua a sus
milagosos méritos.
Al fallecimiento del Doctor lo receta fue hered
su hijo, quien reeieniemeníe lo ha introducido e¡;
tados Unidos. El número de las curas _w se he 1
azunbrozo.    Miles y miles puedéjj dar testimoni
Todos Ioíi «í=u<; usen, lo Curaran : ! !
cen una seguridad, despacho y a cierto que mngu
medicina ha poseída.
JYo   tomas   falsas   nostrums.
[Us nn remedio que ha sido probado  por  los  ci
J. «S. Strobridge & €o»}
WHOLESALE  AND   RETAIL
CLOTHING  EMPORIUM, ¡
CORNER OF
COMERCIAL  AND SANSOME STREETS,
Under St. Nicholas Hotel,
f'AA" FRAjYCISCO,
(J Ulotii'in f;   nlid   tVrnUeuLn'sJ'Fui-nishIiijg
The Eatest asstl most T'r.shloitaMe Styles
Gentlemen's  ¿Furnishing   Goods
lanjeandcoiiiplcl
C3-.OC3C3.S
j TrayelleTB ! Bexvnvc «a ISie Inapwsltlotis ofliflck
Ili-lVCMl,  ItsilHifcis! ate.
|   ALL PERSONJa a\E' i= l=.     ==■   S■a^   J JMN'CJSCO AND
'MM::
^_^_^___¡^_f_K___t
1 If IT
IllJ
También para vender po
Lista dc Acei
Dr. J. B. WIVSTON. I.os A
R. K: STAI!K«'[;ATni:]i. i:
RlCi-l. COI-TIN* Y CA. n.-d.ie
W. H. BiiUXSCR. B,nh".i de '
I3KX.J. HilUUYI.KIV. iiotic!
CHILI) io WollTHKV
■ lUHTiN OATr'-fi. Jr. Ciudad
Dr. Ji. IV. CARR, no-,vniev-i¿
Ih-, JOriVLARK. Nevada,
Dr. W. H- (iATLIFF, Yrek.n
WAAhV.Y h MORSI.].' Sjui J)
r-n;OJU, ;•'. ¡,. STOitY, i'ortla'
,'
\ IL
Stretl   San Francisco
Oregon .Stat
Pion-erao i
at Sound
Wanted *
"PUR* WANTED ; Sea otter, Land  otter. Bpa-
I    ver. Martin, Bear and Den-skin?, and all other
kinds of Fars, fur which fair prices win be miid
„    H    . M. ROSENSTOÓK.
No. 70. Battery street, up stairs between   Sacra-
meato, add Oaliforoia streets, San Franc ¿sco.
4ept20—2m
LOS ANGELES STAR
í,é knitting (foíiiMísjraunf.
JIATN STREET, opposite the Bella Union Hotel.
The proprietor of the Los AngelesStar, would respect
fully inform  his   friends and   the   public,   that   he I,a
j ust received a larpre and varied assori ment of new ma ten
al,and is now prepared to execute the following descri]
PLAIN AND FANCY
¿JOE  ^ZO-XIKr^XO^O-.
In the best style of tlie Art.
Law Blanks,
Bills of Exchang-.
Bank Checks
Pro rí rare mer.,
BiIl=s.of Fare
ARE   CAU2TOJYED
Books, Circulars,
Pamphlets, Cards;
Bill Heads, Deeds,
Labels, Holes,
Posters, Billets.-
r »ny other description ofPrinting that may be desir
BoawlpeVWeel
iilo^rd «ei- Day.
Kf'=aííS,e«eli	
..Sí' OO
..SI UO
lition to a large number of Rooms, having
¡iree beds in each,  there is also  100   well  fin
tly furnished single Bed Kooms.     The Beth
thr
..«2,3,4, 6 00
Lodging pei MVc __, .. .,_
JLodgiiij,- per Wight BÓc, 76, $1 00
ÍW- FREE BATHS *^ '
e What Cheer House sendfi to the Boats an expre
n. with the name of the house on it, for the purpo
rrying passeugers and V.fis:_ige Prec ! Thepropnet
iiiir it underfctood that. :ili othersact without authoi
om him,
y26-tf E. B. WOODWARD, Proprietor.
San ¿xmxáuQ %WiSitmráL
CLOTHS! CASSSMERS! TAILOR'S TRIMMINGS!
And Billiard Cloths !
I BEG leave to inform the public in general that
I keep constantly on hand a complete and well
assorted stock of
Cloths, Cnsslmers, Tailor's Trimmings, l!lll!urel
Cloths, Velvets and Vesting»;
of all descriptions.
Importing all these articles only Irom the most
prominent European Factories, I am able to satisfy all reasonable demands, lam willing to sell
in quantities to suit, and soliciting orders! guarantee ihey will be executed faithfully and with
despatch. A. L. BLUMENTHAL.
San Francisco, Sacramento street, 142, between
Kearny and Montgomery. augltí 'Om
The Bl^es !   The Eyes I
OCULIST.
i F'l'EU a protract oil blindness of mon? than five years,
f\ Dr¿ Pardee has made hiinsell'thoreüphlvalid scienti-
lically acquainted with all the disorders of the E IK, and
isr ow practisi !)■==:. with un i versal success the same treatment hy which he was cured
A Word of Caution.—The eye is hy far too precious
and delicate an organ to be trilled with ei made the subject of random experiments, therefore, it would be ex-
0=8éSingly iMiwise and perhaps dangeroiis to accept any
ofthe " never failing cures" that are tendered hy the"
miflfaken kindness of all around, for eVery one oflers a'
■apecilie for diseases of tlie eye.
__F- Many patients can he seen at the oiiice of Dr. Par-"'
dee. in different stages of recovery.
OFFICE—San Francisco, west of the Plaza, opposite tho^
old Post Office, one door north of the Portsmouth ¿Hoi.89,/
upstairs. .ju7—3m,"
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
UNITED STATES OFFICERS. ' '   ,
United States District Court for the Southern:
District of  California:
I. S. K. Ogier, Judge ; F. Ord, District Attorney ; C. E. Carr, ClerR ; E. Hunter, Marshal. '
United States Land Office for the Southern District of  California :
Andres Pico, Receiver ; II. P. Dorsey, Kegister..
United States Court of Claims:
C. E. Carr, Comm¡.=sioner.
Customs Department—( San Pedro).
Collector—Col. Isaac Williams; .Deputy—J. F...
Stephens.
Postmasters :
J. S. Waite, Los Angeles.
G. C. Alexander. San Pedro.
Thomas Burdick, San Gabriel.
Ira Thompson, Monte.
First Judicial District, comprising the counties of
Lot Angeles, San Bernardino- and San Diego.
First District Court.—Judge—Benj. Hayes.
COUNTY   OFFICERS,
County Court—Wm. G. Dryden, Judge.
Associate Judges—James F. Bums and C. O-
Cunningham.
Sheriff—C..B.Hale; Under Sheriff—W. H.Peterson; Deputy—J.J.Myers.
County Treasurer—II. N. Alexander.
County Assessor—Antonio F. Coronel; Deputy"
—J, II. Ccli-man.
County Surveyor—II. Hancock.
Public Administrator—M. Keller. -
Superintendent oí Publie Schools—James E
Burns.
District Attorney—C. E. Thorn.
Coroner—L. H. Snead. ,    .
County Clerk—John W. Shore ; Deputy—J. A_
Hinchman.
Jailer—Francis Carpenter.
Board of Supervisors— Thos. Burdick. Chairman ; David Lewis. John Forster, Jas. E. Barton,.
Christobal Aguilar.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS
Los Angele*—Justices of the Peace—Alexander
Gibson.  Russell   Sackett.     Constables—Mark D.
Brundige, W. W. Jenkins.
CITY OFFICERS.
Mayor—Stephen C. Foster.
City Marshal—W. C. Getman ; Deputy—E.M.
Smith.
City Treasurer—Samuel Arbuckle.
City Assessor— W. H. Peterson.
City Attorney—C. E. Thom.
City Council—M. Requena. N. Potter. Ignacio
del Talle, E. Drown, J. G. Downey, Ira Gik-iirist,.
A. Ulyard.
SAN" BERNARDINO COUNTY.
County Judge—D. M.  Thomas.
County Treasuier—Samuel Rolle.
County Assessor— James Henry Rollins.
Couuiy Surveyor—A!yin Stoddard.
Public Administrator—Addison Pratt.
Superintendent Ptibic Schools—H. Skinner.
District Attorney—Eiiis Barnes.
Coroner—Win. Cox.
County Clerk—R. R. Hopkins.
Sheriff— Robert Clift.
Supervisor?—L. Roubideaux, N. Taylor, Wm,
Cox.
The Law of Ncwspapcre.
1. Subscribers who do not give express notice;
o the contrary, are considered as wishing to continue their subscription.
2. It subscribers order their papers dit-COlitinned,
Publishers may continue to send them until all
charges are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their;
papers Irom the ofiice or place to which they are-
sent, they are held responsible until they settle.
their account, and give notice to discontinue them..
4. If subscribe!s remove to other places without
informing the Publishers, and the paper is sent to.
the former direction, they are held responsible.
5. The Courts have decider tbat refusing to take-
a paper or periodical from the office, oi removing
and leaving it uncalled t'or,\sprima facia evidence ■
of intentional fraud.
Postmasters would oblige, hy a strict fulfillment,
ofthe regulations requiring item to notify Publishers, once in three months, of papers not taken
from their office by subscribers.
Distances.
The following table of distances was measnre$
with a-viameter, by Capt. Warner, ofthe U
S. Topographical Engineers, in the summer
of 1848 ;—
From San Francisco to Mission Dolores. .2i miles*.
'*'        " Sanciiez Ranch. 17
"        " San Mateo 21
" Santaclara 48
"        " San Jose	
t;      " Murphy's	
" San Juan	
li " Salinas river	
" " Monterey	
" i£ Mission Soledad...
Ojitos	
" " San Miguel	
" " Brakes' Ranch.,..
í: " Santa Margarita... .265,
" " San Luis  Obispo 276
Capt. Dana's 2íl!)
" " Los   Alamos..
" " Santa  Inez...
" " Gaviota Pass.....
" " Arroyo Hotide...
" " Dos Pueblos	
" " Santa Barbara...
" " Carpentaria	
" " Rincón	
" lí Bu naventura	
" " Santa Clara rrver.
" " Canega..........
" " Los Angeles	
" " Los Coyotes	
« " Santa Ana.
" " J^an Avila"; 	
" " San Juan Capistrano.542
"<< '•'*'       ■    LosFloros ..562'
" " San Luis Rey .57S
« « Saa Diego 612¿
.. ñl
...70
...te
..113
.. 125,
..16&
..266
..237
..258
...321
...340
...352
..359
..370
.   387
.,398
..402
..415
..421
..475
..485
..504
..515
l'.'.'fife
J^_
miele
VOL. VI.
LOS   ANGELES,   CAL.,   SATURDAY,   NOVEMBER   15,   1856.
10. 27.
Cos angeles Star:
PUBLISHED  EVERY  SATUROAT  MORNING,
At Celis' Building,   Main Street,  Los Angeles,
(Opposite Bella Union Hotel J
BY   H.   HAMILTON".
T E R M S :
Subscription, per annum, in advance. .$5 00
For Six Months,     3 00
For Three Months  2 00
Single Number    0 25
Advertisements inserte at TwoDoIlars per square
of ten lines, for the first insertion ; and One
Dollar per square for each subsequent insertion.
A liberal deduction made to Yearly Advertisers.
Agents.—The following gentlemen are authorized Agents for the Star :
L.   P,   FlSHHR,    	
Buuss & ¿HujtDicrE, Post Office.
"WiusLBh & King .,,.
Or.. I ka TflOMPapH	
R. ¿T.Glimn  	
Juijisr ü. A. Thomas	
...San Francisco.
 San Gabriel.
 Monte.
.... SarUa Barbara,.
...San Bernardino.
PACIFIC EXPRESS COMPANY.
THE undersigned,   Agent   «u^á
oF the "PAC1KIC líXl'UlíSií f^^ig
 _i 00MlJA¿Ny," will despatch by eveiyiitea
a, re¿ .tttc úá press, in charge ofa Specia.1 Messenger, to
SANTA BARBARA.
SAN LUIS OBISPO,
MONTEREY,
SAN FRANCISCO, and
AU parts of JYorthern and Southern Mines.
—also—
Ori;?»»,   Atlantic   States  and   Europe.
COLMíCTfDNS m¡ul.. in all of the above nji.med places.
TREASURE, PARCELS,   PACKAGES aod  LETTERS forwarded.
DRAFTS purchasfid in San  Francisco   on  tha  Atlantic
States and Europe.
Particular attention paid to the forwarding of Gold Dust
to the -Mint for coinage.
T rea.-' are, Letters, etc., raceived up to the latest moment
and ensured to destination
un? H. R. MYLES. A<r"=nt
tirape líoxes anü Sawdust.
THE UNDERSIGNED HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO
furnish Grape i'ackers with Boxes ol* all sizeB,' of the
most suitable material, and dry Sawdust to any extent,
upon terms lower th;ui they can be had from SanFrancis-
co. and of better quality.
Samples will bo   forwarded  immediately,  and contracts
entered into, and an.ample stock always kept on hand,
if. KELLER.
Los Angeles, June T, 1856,
NEW   ESTABLISHMENT.
CaMnat Making, Upholstering and
lasintss
s.
O. B. THOM. C. SIMS.
THOM & STMS,
Attorneys and CounseiSoi-s at T^aw.
OEF1CE—OJY MAIN STREET,
(Opposite the Bella Union Hotel.) un7
Jolrn  W*.   étlxoxro,
COUNTY CLERK.
Fees    pnyjtble   lnvaiinblja   ,=,    nrtarnnec.
X>r.  Carter,
OFFICE   JlJlrt)   DRUG    STORE,
I.OS AJVGISLES   STREET,
Adjoining Keller's J>tf=ie,
.HAS.  R.   = iiaaaa, fifi.  S. At.l.AXSOH
JOHNSON & AlAANSON,
Successors   to   Alexander   d\   Melius.
IVliolesalc  and  Retail Dealers   iu   GE3í¿E¿RAL
MERCHANDISE,
MAIJY STREET. Los-Angeles. t?n7
SOLOMON   LAZARD,
IMPOKTEE,
And Wholesale aadRettti. Dealer in
Frencii,    English   and    Aiaierican
Dry Goods.
Corner of Melius Row, Los Angeles.       iuig 9
AUG. W. THIS.
orwnrding and Commission Merchant)
San Pbdbo and Los Angei-ks. Cal.,
H. READ, Agent,  Los  Angfilrs.
E3-   Ge.  ^I-íÍILXjXj,
IjMP'ORTEK and dealer in
Blank  Books, Staple   and fancy  Stationery.
"Writing Paper, &c. &Oi
Corner of Front andComrnercia; Streets,
SAN FRANCISCO.
August 9, 1856. 3rri
UN DERTARING.
and
res pec t-
ouudiri"-
untvy, that he
faotiiritüí at his new stand on MAIM RTKKET three doors
south of the United States Hotel. Furniture ol every
style and finish <>n the most reasonable terras.
The Undertaking Business
"Will receive the strictest attention, as he will endeavor
to keep on hand COFl'TMá ot" every style. Persons from
the country can have a Coffin ol" any finish at one hours'
UpllOl SaSiS r i ^^ s
Spring Seat Sofas and Chairs neatly repaired, equal to
8_~ -All orders filled with prompt nesfi and dispatch
dig- Hemember  the  place—¿Main street,   opposite Williams' Grocery.
un" JAMES D    BRADY.
New Fruit & Vegetable Market.
T.ÍK undersigned having purchased the entire stock of
Groceries u ml Liquors of J oily McDo.youg.c & Co., beg
leave to inform his friends and the public that he has re
fitted and made great im |>nivt>!iien U in the ¿tore, and also
opened, in connection with (he
Grocery and Liquor Ba mess,
A Fruit and Vegetable Market,
Al' THE I
STAN'li ON
(Opposite Pine's Hotel.) a few doors from Commercial. Street,
Where will constantly be   found  a   choice .assortment of
the above articles cheap for CASH.
iHg- Country traders are respectfully requested to call
Dj-AH kinds pf Country Produce  taken   in
exchange.
7¡^~ Remember the place—Opposite Pine's Hi•
ted. Main street, Los Angeles.
»ni JOSEPH RICE. ..
SEWING MACHINES.
GK0VER, BAKER & CO.'S PATENT.
THE .mdei-signed lias on hand and is constantly receiving a supply of the above superior ni ¿chines, togeth
Ci with duplicate pjirts. Needles. Thread, &c, which he
will sell at reasonable rates.
N. B.     Machines repaired and warranted.
S. 0. imiGHAU, Sole Agent.
For California. Oregon, aud the entire Pacific CoaSt,
HIDES. WOOL il SHEEP Sflfi.
Jrl alpliE ixi erson
HÍVES NOTICE TO THE RANCHEROS AND
\Jf "ButchtTs of tliis. vicinity that he will give the
highest price for Hides, Calf, Sheep, and Goat
Ski us. and for Wool.
70$- Liberal advances made on contracts' for
the coming clip of Wool.
LTX3k£Jb$_fciüJb3_,
A general assortment ol Red wood and Pino
Lumber, for sale at the Lumber Yard on Alti'íneda
street, near Aliso street.
KTotioo.
T^TOTtCR Tí? HEREJJV (..IVKN. ih;,l all persons c-itt.infs
il Wood or otherwise trespassinjr ¡ipon m v li»nclio nl
ianta Anita, in the Township of San Gabriel! will be pro
secuted to the extent of the law.
JOSEfc'H A.   ROWE
los Angeles, March 29.185(5 is if
[I'"r..m the Home Journal.]
Summer Dying.
Beauty is wrning, ¡i voice of complaining
Comes from the hillside and del!;
¡Djrgé-aoteg are ringing, and crickets are singing
To summer a song of farewell!
Day brightly closes, but where arc thc roses
June wreathed with her tresses of gold ?
Soft winds are sighing, where darkly are lying
Then- rain-beaten leaves on the moult!.
SiidncfaK comes o'er me, for barren before me
Lie fields that I loved when a boy;
No more in the shadows of oaks on th<j meadows
Stout mowers their nooning enjov.
The stubble how lonely! weeds shooting np only
Where grain .clothed tlie generous soil,-
And reapers wero  swinging their cradles, and sing-
Blithe strains to enliven the toil. [ing
Cattle are wading where willows are shading
The low, shallow bed of tlie stream ;
Thistle-down floating, is sadly denoting
That summer will pass like a dream.
The harvest moon, sailing through mist, is unveiling
Her disk like a blood painted shield,
While school-boy and maiden   their baskets fruit-lav
Hie home from the blackberry field. [den,
Dark swells of ocean, with long measured motion,
Moan as they break on the shore ;
Airy tongues wailing for Beauty's cheek paling
Chime in with the desolate roar.
Stars have grown dimmer, less dazzling the glimmer
Of fire-fly lamps on the lawn ;
Flower-cup's unfolding, are honey-drops holding,
But lighi from the landscape is gone.
Throdéd on the thistle, the bobolink's whistle
Made cheerful the meadows of June ;   .
Mead larks saluting the morn with their fluting,
Replied to his rapturous tune.
Hoarse crows are calling, and first leaves are falling,
But sulfa mild lovliness reigns ;
A sweet haunting Badness, though vanished a glad-
And glory from 'nature, remains. [ness
j i.T—3m
Offic.
opposite Teha:
x Houj-e, San Franc
lE^olr ¡Salo,
BY   THE   CASE  OK   PACKAGE,
In quantities to suit. **
LONG BILL PAl'Elt. LEGAL CAP. LETTER PAPER. INK.
Í11ÍOAÜ BILÍ, l'Ai'KU. KOOl.áCAP, ,\OTE PAPER, 1'KN-
CILS, BLANK BOOKS. WAFERS, &óí, Sec. '
Noisy Carriers JiooU and Stationery Co.,
87 Battery St    and 64 and 68 Long "Wharf, San  Francisco
my3—lira „ C. P. KLMBALL. President.
Carriage ami Blacksmith Shoji.
By JOHN .G0LLER.
LOS  ANGELES   STREET*
SEAR THE FOOT   UF C0.V1MEKCIAL.
T'HE subscribe! rex peel, fully informs the publicgenerally that
he will keep constantly on.-hand,
and williaan.ilfacture to order,
Coaches,Buggies, Wagons, Carts &c,
in a. neat and workmanlike manner.   He lias onhandfand
ior sale a fine stock of Eas.ern White Oak aod Hickory
Plank anil axels.    Hcknep* eons tan ily on hand a large Vi
rietv ofOart and lingiív wheels, Spoken. Felloes, Shaft
Neck Yokes. Double and singletree^
Horse SHoeing ami Blacksmithing:
in allits various branches, executed with proraptnesf-ant)
pdisatch. Particular a-ttoi'i tin ii will be ^iven tothe manu
facture and repair of PLOWS, HARROWS, and other If arm
■xtensi
issnrtmeutoflr'i
Iiiir L'nteusils.   Hb hasa_. ._
els, Springs. Bolts, Plow and Spring steel, and ot]i.	
Also, 20 Tons of Blacksmiths' Coal.
With uone out cae uesi ot workuu-u in hia eiiijih..y, he
feels confident that lie can give entire satisfaction to hi
customers.
un7 .JOHN  GOLLEU.
JONAS G. CLA UK & CO.
128 Washington street,
SANT }.*KAN*CtSCi'.
IMPOETEES,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers,
In every description of
FURNITURE, BEDDCsG, &c. &c.
3F1' "U" H IKT I "J? TJ H. 1~
W A AR E MO O M S ,
In the Building opposite Washington Market,
(Formerly known as the Clipper Warehouse,)
And 49 and bl Fourth street, between J and K
streets, Sacramento.
We have on exhibition and in great variety.
ROSEWOOD, MAHOGANY,WALNUT, OAK AND
P A I N T E r>
PARLOR AND CHAMBER SETS.
SOFAS,
OTTOMANS.
LOUNGES,
AND EASY CHAIRS,
Work, Centre, Dining, Extension and Fancy
TABLES.
Merchants' and Lawyers' DesltSj
BOOKCASES,
SECItETArn¿E8,
BUREAUS,
SIDEBÓA¿í1Ij>S and
WHAT-IVOTS.
Office   and   Kitchen   Furniture,
CHAIRS,
Of all qualities, newest style and most  approved
make.
Large and small French Plate Mantel aod Pier
MIRRORS.
_^r For the TRADE we B'ave a larcce stock/
on clippers to arrive heavy 6bipménfR, and wilt
receive regular and om pi ete INVOICES of gbodS1
adapted to the wants of i he interior and coast.
^©-' Particular attention' nnd csre sriven to*
TRADE. ORDERS and Ihe FURNISHING of
Hotels and Public Buildings.
^Sag-Goods purchased will be sent to   Steamers',.
Vessels,and all parts of the city without charge.
JONAS G. CLARK & CO.,
No. 128 Washington street,
aug 30 3m. San Francisco'-
New   Lumber   YartL
1N LOS ANGELES.
TH13 undersigned have established a Lumber
Yard, on Main street, at David Anderson's
wagon making shop, opposite Dal ton's brick building, and have on hand a largn quantity of White
( edar. of a very, superior quality ; aiid will be receiving evry month direct from the njills. every
variety of sawed lumber, from siding up to flooring joice, white cedar shingles, plastering lathi?,
fence pailir.s, pickets. &c.. with every variety oi
Lumber uaed in the commnriity.
H. H LUSE&CO'.
D. ANDEHS0N, Ageut.
IweAxigeletij Oot. 11,1666.
BOTTIER DE PARIS,
Custom Made Boots and Shoe».
EDWARD KIIffL
INFORMS the public that he is prepared
to faj'JJJah custom made boots and shoes, of
ra. the latest Paris stylos.    II s residence is
cn Main street, three doors from the ü.   S. Hotel.
Particular attention given to repairing, which
will be executed on the lowest terms.       anglb
iSTo-tic©-
A' LT. persons are herel.v cautioned ajrainst b-d,f-
in»- or otherwise trading for onvcnte.l horses
or cattle of onr brands ; c r they «ill   be proseda-
«ed to the «tent of the_W ^ ^^^
'«.pJO-tt JESUSMa-COTAdeDOMIKGUEZ.
[From the Dollar Sewspaper',]
PSaiL-tiEi'g Fruit Trees.
The agrieultii;*;-.'. i.H*ess has. from its first exist-
ence, urged upon lis readers, and all owners of
land, the advantage and necessity of planting
fruit trees. All ¡\dih\i the force of the arguments,
but very lew, comparatively, have profiled by the
suggestions. Very many neglected to plant trees
from the mistaken notion that it will be many
years before th"y can exácCÍ fruit from them.—
They are willing to go to groat expense in raising^
cor» aud wheat, because they get returns in a few
months, but tftey do not feel like expending time
and money with aprospectof waiting years before
t-hey may " reap the reward of their labor." Thus
from one caui'e and aiiüLlier, írnit-raisüig is greatly neglected in our couutry, and more particularly at the West. Our scil and climate*are well
adapted to raising apples, the gre? t standard fruit;
nurseries are scattered all over the country ; trees
of the best varieties are plenty and cheap, still
thousands of us, here at the' West, seldom taste
an apple, and this, too, when the country has been
settled from fifteen to thirty years.
There are thousands of farms and building lots
in all parts ofthe country almost destitute of
fruit trees. To say nothing of tbe dreary, lonesome, barren appearance of such a place, how
much its value might bave been increased, by the
outlay of a lew dollars and a liitie la'Jbr, at the
time the improvement was first mule. Thc outlay
of ten dollars a year for five years, and 3 few
days'labor at the proper time, would have' been
worth hundreds of dollars now j besides th'cplea-
sure of raising plenty of delicious ffuit, it would
adorn and beautify the homestead, and instead of
a lonesome, desolate dwelling, it would be a pleasant, tasteful and cheerful home.
Many people plant trees just as they would
fence, posts—select the tallest and straightest
without any regard to the condition of the roots,
or variety oí fruit, simply regarding the size of
the tree, and the cheapness, as the only considerations. They dig a hole in the ground and crowd
the roots in, fill it up, and consider it the duty of
the tree to gruw and produce fine fruit. They are
left to be overgrown with weeds, browsed aud
trampled by the cattle, and injured by vermin. 5s
it strange t';at they must wait many years forfmit
with such management? Would corn grow with
such treatment?
Many people are not aware that tbey may have
all the apples they want, in from three to five
years from tbe time of planting ; but such is the
fact, and I will inform you bow to do it; prepare
five acre? of land by ploughing deep and thorough ;■ lay it off in rows thifty feet apart each
way where the rows cross each other ; dig holes
three feet across and one foot deep in ordinary
sou, but if the subsoil is very compact dig a foot,
deeper. Now go to the best nursery in your viciu
ity aadselect trees, the fruit ripening from the
earliest to the latest, that best for eating, baking,
drying and feeding, in quantities to suit you. If
you are not posted up on the quality of different
varieties, let the nurserymen select for you. Select
the lowest ana «stoutest trees with the broadest,
spreading tops, for they have the best roots, and
will bear sooner than tall fish-pole trees. Have
them carefully packed, and the roots well pro
tccted from the wind and sun by damp hay or
stf'aw. Have them plainly labelled so that each
variety may be kept separate. Before planning
take a sharp knife and carefully pare smooth all
of the broken roots, and cut off the top to correspond with the loss of roots iu taking up. Dig i
hole in the earth where it is compact, large enough
lo admit the routs of half a dozen trees ; fill it up
with water and ffere soil enough to make a thick
mortar. Now take your trees by the tops and dip
the roots in the mortar, which wil! adhere to every
jQbre, giving it a coating that will protect it from
the sun and wind while planting. Fill up the holes
so that the trees Will stand the' same depth that
they' did in the nursery ; separate aud straighten
¡ill the roots to their natural positiou, and cover
them with the fine earth first, packing it closely
round the roots, and then fill Up, packing the remainder lightly. Cover the earth around the roof*
of each tree, wiih half rotted manure six inches
deep, to protect the roots from drying out in thr
hot season. If the trees are much exposed to the
wirtd, drive slakes firmly in the ground and fasten
the trees to them with straw or bass *wood bark.
Keep the land well cullivatedf corn, potatoes,
beans, peas or buckwheat, or any root crop may
be raised in the orchard, bui never sow with^
wheat, oats or rye untihthe trees are nearly grown-
These trees are for your standard orchard, and
will begin to bear in five or six years, if properly
cultivated. Now if yon want fr.rit sooner, biiy as
many dwarf trees as you can afford, and' set two
rows between each row of standard trees; these,
with good cultivation, will bear in two or three
years.
You have now a fine, young orchard, and in a
very few years will have plenty of fruit. Where,
if you had only set out twenty-five or fifty trees
in the ordinary way, you would have but little
fruit in fifteen years." The second or third years
after your trees begin to bear, the fruit will more
than pay the first cost oT the trees, ami they are
bearing larger crops your'whole life time. If
you plant twenty-five trees where they bear a
peck of apples apiece, you have but sLr bushels.
If you plant two hundred, in the same length of
time you have fifty bushels. The difference between the first cost of trues, and the pr >fit derived
from them in a few years, is po strongly in favor
of planting-liarge orchards, that it is strange peo
pie do not plant more trees. I know of no way
in which money can be invested to pay half as
well, or be more secure, with as little risk and labor, as in fruit-growing. Farmers, atiS all owners of land, if it be but half an acre, plant fruit
trees, they grow while you sleep, and will be a
rich inheritance for your children.
Wheat Growing.
The following article, cut from the files of the
California Chronicle is of importance and .ihonld
be carefully read by our agricultural friends :
Wheat growing is a science, or should be; for
being the staff of life, of more importance as a
supply in market than gold itself, and if right1 y
understood, its production be more cbedient to
fixed laws, every man who cultivates it ought to
make himself as fully and familiarly conversant
with its habits and rules as possible. A crop frequently depends upon a trifle in point of time or
mode of planting, in preparation of soil, deep or
shallow ploughing, the kind of seed adapted to
particular qualities of soil, and other facts which
experience and study alone can make familiar. A
farmer of experience and sagacity has favored us
with some observations on this subject, which are
here given:
The experiments in propagating new varieties
of wheat, probably may lead to very satisfactory
results here—possibly ordinary care and watchfulness for ears Of peculiar appearance in fields already sown, may ¡it once give us many kinds developed by the peculiarities of soil and climate,
in a seed that would give a greater yield, than
any variety at present planted here. The famous
barley-oat, now so common on the north side of
the Bay, was found in this way. This oat was discovered on a solitary stalk, and having been carefully propagated, it has come to furnish the best
seed used in that section ofthe country. Such
care in search is the more important, as experience here has shown that from some unexplained' cause, in soil-or climate, the. kinds of wheat
heretofore introduced, in two or tures seasons
greatly deterioiate. already neither Chilean nor
Australian cau be relied on for a crop.
The specifs of wheat grown iu California are
entirely distinct from those grown in the Atlantic
States. They have Canada Flint, Mediterranean
and Soule's wheat as tbe most profitable. Here
fre have the Oregon, Australian and Chilean.
There is a Californian wheat' which is probably a
descendant of the Chilean. There is also an Egyptian wheat, some of which is said to be doing very
well at the present time. These species of wheat,-
aud the different methods used in their cultiva
tion, are ní>t yet sufficiently well" known to us,
to enab'e us to write confidently about them. It
is to be hoped that the farmers will pay close attention to tiróse matters and record their observations, for it is only by such methods that there is
a hope of raaking progress in agricultural know-
led ire.
There are a multitude of insects and parisitic
plants which prey upon wheat, and cause great
loss and annoyance to farmers. Some of these
pests have become known among civilized nations
only of late years. Fortunately California is free,
uo to the present time at least, from the insects
which cause the greatest annoyance in the Atlantic States. These insects are the Hessian Fly. the
Wheat Fly, the Chintz Bug, the Thrips Ceraeli-
um, the Grain Moth, the Angourmois Moth, the
Weevil and the Corn Sylvan us. Nouá ofthe California farmers with whom we have spoken have
ever noticed or heard of any of these'iusects being in this State. They may, however, be introduced, and great care should be paid to the first
appearance ofany species, and immediate warning
given throughout the State. That warning should
be followed immediately by the publication of
the habits of the intruder aud the different methods used against him in other places. Farmers
elsewhere ha'.'e found plans to interfere with the
depredütionsof nearly all of these animal scourges. We mifilit publish to the world the private
life of all these little bug-yillians above named,
but since tbey have not yet troubled us= perhaps-
we should not abuse them.
Politicians.
Speaking of politicians, an exchang-5 has the
following:-
" A number of politicians, all of whom were
seeking offices under the goVeriMiient, were seated
on the tavern porch talking, when an old toper,
named Jake D., came up to them'. Now the said
Jake isa person who is Yury loquacious when.
corned, but exactly the opposite wiien sober. At
the present time, being fight, he Said that if the
company had uo objections he would tell them a
utory. They told him to " fire'away," whereupon
he spoke as follows : 'Acertajn king—don't recollect his name—had a. philosopher, ii|ioti whose
judgment he always depended. Now it, so happened tbat o&e day the king took it into his htad
to go hunting, and, alter summoning his nobles''
and maliing all the necessary preparation*, he'
summoned his^philosopher and a-ked liim if it
would rain. The philosopher told him it would
not, and he and his nobles departed. While journeying along they met a countryman mounted
upon a jackass"; he advised them to return, ' for,
said he, "itcertainly will rain," They «miled
contemptuously upon him, and passed on. Before
they had gone many railes, however, they had
reason to regret not having taken the'ruirtic'a' ad"
vice, ns a heavy shower coming lip' they wer*
drenched' to the skin. When they had returned to
the palace the kiug reprimanded the philosophir'
severely for telling him that it would be clear'
when it was not.* ' I met a countryman!'' said he
'and he knows a great deal more than'you, for h«
told me it would rain, whereas you told hie it
would not.' The'king then gave the philosopher
his walking paper,and sent for the countryman,
who soon made tii.i appearance. 'Tell' me,' said
the.king, 'how you knew it would rain: 'I didn't
know,*'said the rustic ; ' my jackass told me.'—
' And how,'pray, did he tell yon?' the king asked,*
in great astonishment. ' By pricking up bis ears,*
your majesty.' The king now sent the conntry-
ihaii'away : procuring the jackass, he placed him
in the office the philosopher had filled. And here,'
observed, Jake, looking very wise, " here is where'
the king made a great mistake.' 'How so?' inquired liis auditors.- ''Wh¡y, ever since that time,'
said Jake, with a grin on his phii;'every jackau:
wants an office!'"
Rev. DaOTbl Waldo.—Onr readers will remember that the House elected for its Chaplain the
Rev. Daniel Waldo, who is almost a centenarian,-
and who was a soldier ofthe Revolution. His agft
is ninety-six. ' A dorrespondéut ofthe Philadelphia Inquirer tli us describes his appearatice and
general bearing :
There is a sort oí'sacredníss about his very presence that affects every one"who approaches him.
He is a relic ofthe past—One of those beings of
antiquity whom we involuntarily venerate, and
before whom we all bow in reverential homage.
In spite of his long years and the almost majeBty
and sublimity of hia character, he is as simple and
childlike as a lamb. And yet, with all 'Ails'; there
is a supernal dignity rSoutbim tfhióii hushes into awe every disposition to smile at his occasional eccentricities aud those gentle manners which
remind one of early childhood. I met him accidentally in au omnibus the other day, and waa.
greatly amused' with his iniiOcent freedom with
the passengers' who were strangers to him, and
the perfect respect which old' and youi=g paid to
him.
To-day hemkdehíií appfeav'ahCe in the Clerk's
desk for the first time during the extia session.
He had previously been welcomed back by every
member aud official who could come within reach
of his hand, a*3d his venerable face and uplifted.'-
hands, as he mounted the rostrum, seemed to dif-
üjse a pleasing emotion through the entire audience. His prayer was a perfect model in its way,
short, pointed and full of lüéahing'* Alluding to
the difficulties in the way of a settlement of the
differences between the two Houses, he prayed
that they might be brought " kindly to agree, to
disagree," in case harmony could not be restored,
aud. finally, as though his whole soul was full of
doubt and dismay, iuvi&y of the appalling pros-
peel before him, lie cried out, in seeming agony of
spirit, '* Oh, Lord ! Seud down thy own spirit of
peace, for nothing else cau induce tliis"assemblage
todo right!" Soon after, opening hÍ3 eyes, he
appeared to survey the numerous pages scattered
about the hall, and, stretching out his arms, implored Divine protection upon tliem, and prayed
that their long stay in this wicked cily might not
lead to their corruption.
RmiBBABLB Accident .cttue Blue Riüíík Tüív-
nel.—A correspondent of fhe Baltimore Sun, writing from Staunton, Va., on the 14-th, s'ays ;f
A remarkable occurrence'took placeat the Blue
R'ulge Tunnel last night. The third set1 of workmen were engaged in digging as usual1, ñ'lien oue ,
of them (Fat Finagan) noticed that the texture of
the rock before him changed suddenly from.hard
to soft, and! that the soft was wet. Shortly afterwards a stream of water issued from the orifice he
had made. Tliis was succeeded by a heavy rumbling soundv" like the cars," which- so fi'ightened
the bands that they all made for the open air.
Well was it for them that they did so! The souud
Continued to- grow louder and louder for Hoffle
minutes, till á crash was heard, and immediately
avast stream of water rolled out of the tunnel.'
An eye-wttueas says" the head ofthe stream was
at least ten feet high, and that it swept carts and
barrow*» before it " like chaff." The stream continued'to pour a perfect river until 12 o'clock,
wberrit gradually subsided, and was low enough
at 3'F. M. to allow m. to make a has'y survey of
its cause. It seems thut there is, iu- ihe middle of
thft mountain, an immense cavern, or pocket, iu
which watei from the milting snow has been deposited for years, and that the line ofthe tunnel.
taps this cavern near its centre. The cavern is of
immense extent, and will save the State a great
deal of money,, since nature has opened a road
through near three hundred feet oí solid rock.'
This wil! expedite the completion ofthe tunnel
greatly ; in fact, I would not bt; surprised if daylight shines through the mountain to-day.
FitESiDEXTiAL Vacancy Provisión'.—Mr. Butler,
of South Carolina, has presented to the Senate a
bill'providing for any possible vacancy in the office of the chief magislrate of the Union. It. provides for the contingency of there being no President of the Senate, or Speaker of the House, iu
existence, or eligible as to age and biitli. at the-'
time of vacancy, by continuing the line oi succession to the bench ofthe Supreme Court, the'
Chief Justice and his -associates in the orderof the'
seniority following each other. The provjMon»'
of the ConstiUKion on the subject would then, by"
the acfc oí 1792. and tho present mea tire, be ex-
tended!and regulated thus:
In case o I death or non-election of (he Pjwpf-
dent, the Vice President shmud lili the 0ffi«e-,
If there be uo Vice Presiden!! th" Prividont-
pro tempore of the Senate slionid Micct-titi.'
Il there be no such officer, or it hr be uiclligi-*
le. theu the Speaker of the Houie of Sepíesen-"
thtives.
II the same reasons destroys tbnrt resort, then1
tbe Chief Justices ofthe Supreme Court ofthe'
fJnitedStateS.
If that office be withoutany incumbent, their
one ol the Associate Justices who shall have heen
longest ou the oeucb.
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