Tlie Drummer's líiiile.
Hollow éye'dtand pale
Atibe window of a jail,
Through her soft disheveled hair,
A maniac did stare, stare, stare I
At a distance down the street,
Making music with their feet.
Came the soldiers from the wars,
All embellished with their scars,
To the tapping ofa drum,
Ofa drum ;
To the pounding
And the souuding,
Oía drum!
Sitn jfrantka ^bcrtomnits.
BLOOD,
SLUM,   IIAUTAZM
ATTORjYEVS   at   law.
Smt Francisco.
!    OMce—SOUTH-WEST  GOKNEH   MONTGOMERY  AND
e U  S. Courts
Of B dn
Di-
drum, of n dn
i Ik
The worn
And a fire 6th her eve,
When she hears the distant drum;
She crien : ' Here they come!   here they come!
Then clutching fast the grating
With eager, nervous waiting,
See! she looks into the air.
Through her loug and silky hair,
For the echo ofa drum,
Of a drum;
For the cheering
And the hearing
Of a drum!
Of a drum, of a drum, ofa drum I
©rum! drum! drum!
And' nearer, nearer, nearer
Comes, more distinct and clearer,
The rattle of the drumming;
Shrieks thc woman, ''He 13 coming,.
He is coming now to me;
Quick, drummer, quick !  till I see!1'
And her eye ia glassy bright
While she beats in mad delight
Tfo the rattle ofa drum,.
Of a drum;
To the rapping,.
Tapping, tapping
Of a drum t
Ofa drum, ofa druniyofa drum1'
Drum! drum! drum!.
Now she sees them m* the street,.
March along with dusty feet,
As she looks on through the spaces,,
Gazing madly at their faces ;
And she reaches out her hand,-
Screaming wildly to the band ;
But her words, like her lover,
Are lout beyond recover,
'Mid thc beating ofa drum,
Ofa drum;
Mid the clanging
And the banging
Of a drum!
Ofa drum, ofa drum, ofa drum 1
Brum! drum! drum!
So the pageant passes by.
And the woman's Hashing eye
Quickly loses all its stare,
And fills with a tear, with a tear;
As, sinking from her place,
With her hands upon her face—
'near!' she weeps and sobs
As a disappointed child :
Sobbing 'He will never come,
Never come!
Now, nor ever!
Never, never
Will he come,
With his drum, with his drum, with his drum!
Drum! drum! drum!
Still the drummer up the street
Beats his distant dying beat,
And she shouts, within her cell,
'Ha! they're marching down to hell,
And the devils dance and watt
At the open iron gate;
Hark! it is the dying sound
As they march into the ground,
To thc ceasing ofthe drum,
Ofthe drum ;
To the sighing
And the dying
Of the drum !
Of the drum, of the drum, of the drum !
Drum ! drum! drum !
[From the Knickerbocker.
To Parties Claiming Paymeistfrom
tlie United Stales for loss and dee tr gotten of
Property during tiie "War with Mexico.
1) ARTIES desirous of having their Claims pros-
. ecuted 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. D. STEVENSON, Sau Francisco.
Clothing!   ©lothingl!
JENNINGS   &   BREWSTER,
Manufacturers and Jobbers of Clothing",
No.  72 Battery Street,
SAN FRANCISCO,
WOULD reapectíullv cal! the
their largo and weUftMW
UMIUCK CLOTHING, eonsistinj,
audi;
:    ilOa'aJki
utirmt. l*a
i Pants ;
ucfcy -loan 1J
Linen duck aod drill pants.
VESTS.
White unci check Marseille!. Vests •
Plain and Fancy cassimere Vesta ;
Plain and Fancy Bilk vests ;
* SUITS.'
Plain ami f:mcv cassimere liusiness Suit
Plain and check lim.ii Busmen Suits :
COATS.
Black cloth Frock Coats ;
DRAWERS AND SHIRTS.
Gray ami WhiteB'eriho Bidrta amt Dran
Hickory, Check and Flannel Shirts.
OVERALLS AND SOCKS.
r>enim Jumpers ami Overalls ;
■ Cotton, Merino ami Wool  Nicks.
HATS, BLANKETS. &c.
Tn addition to tho above, we  have a fine as
Goods l;l> run-all y kepi in our line.
THE ELECTRO-CHEMICAL BATHS
OF   DR.   BOURNE,
Southeast Corner of Sansome and Commercial Streets, opposite St. JYicholas Hotel, San Francisco,
Are effecting the most extraordinary CUIIGi of Fever and Agu«, Intermittent and other Fevers, Jaundice, Diseases
of the L,ivei-, Kidneys. ¡ lie Genital and Ur nary Organs,  all Sexual Disorders,  Paralysis, Neuralgia,  including   lie
Situ ¿\xm\dsis i.=5híi'íisni!tn!s.
3 of the  Womb, nnd
■r salts, much less
if Water Treatment
i to POIrfON and BLliliD them, whil
i J bleedimr CATTLE?   Are  the   men
- POISONOUS
Doloreux, Stiff Joints, ana are also employed with astonishing success 1
DISEASE     OF     THE   EYES.
Also, all Indolent Ulcers, Tumors, Swellings, Ahscsses. Caneer of the Womb, all other affect'
Cancerous Allection:- --cuera ily, aud Sure fula. Tliose Baths ieom to be N'aturu's own chosen r-edium tor ettecung
cures where all otlier means w.Oaid fail without them ; and prove beyond the possibility of dfMibt, to all who tak<
■hem, the iniquity of .Medical practice which poisons the human system by administering ;u it calomel, arsenic
lead, ssinc, iron, antimony, quinine, iodide ot" ¡lolassa, and a ,vt\oU= host of dirndlv dru"S which veiuaiu in the sys
tern, and are RXT.lUUTb¿n B\" T11KÜ1Í BATHS,
During nearly fifteen years I have never given even a   solitary dose  of oil
DRUGS, or herbsj and have NEVER seen a case in   which  "-  :-!t
When wilt the people cease to besuoh simpletons as to h
tainnn their statute books laws against poisoning, mail
man family less worthy of protection than animals? I a
large, that there never was, is not now, and never will bi
ead, zinc, iron, antimony, iodine, or my other POliüM, i
tem, or in which bleoiling, cupping or lunching, was requ
tui-e graves through an ill-timed or ov,u- dose --* -"•"-- "-
and deluded victims of medical rascality desi
NATURE'S ACENCIKS of Good Fi    "      "    "
s Trimmings, Ellllarrt
mtl Vesting»
teal Paths, and the Sleep;
farther, that hund
;he people ponder 01
! health, t pledge the honor of one man
uu„, .v,,, a ^a... W.i t u r. Kxorcisp, Clothiog. the EU;c t, ro-C
ing aud Waking Hours, that without a particle ot NASTY and POISONOUS medicine. I
their systems that it there he any strength left they sliall speedily get perfectly well
pander, to the perception of natural philosophy, as thereafter to cau-e them to set th
a i rogues or fojls, and awake them to a know Edge of the evils of out rusting their owi
of others whose interest must ever lie atit;igoiiis"t.ic to their own.
Address, by letter or pe. son illy. Dr. IKH.h.NE. Water Cure Physician, Sansome street, opposite St. Nicholas Hotel
San Francisco, importer into this 3,ate of the FIRST and ONLY apparatus for giving ttmse delightful and beuelicial
Electro Chemical Daths, aod whose experience in their use warrants him In Speaking of them io the terms he employs. They require great caution in administering them, and Dr. Bourne never entrusts that duty to others, thus
avoiding all danger.
CLOTHS! CASSIMERS! TAILOR'S TRIMMINGS!
Aint! Bifliiai-d Clut'&s I
I BEG leave to inform the public in genera] tluifr
I keep constantly oil liand a complete and well
assorted slock of
Clotlis, Cassimcvs, Talloi-'
Cloths, Velvet's .-
of all description^
Importing all these articles only from tlie most
prominent European Factories;, I ¡mi able to satjsr
fy all reasonable demands. I am willing to pell
a quantities to suit, and Spliqiting orders ] gúar-
mtee ihey will be executed faithfully and with
despatch. A. L. BUJMÉNTHA*L. *
San Francisco,- Sacramento street, 142, between
Kearny and Montgomery. iui|¡]|! &m
.st all profession-
; to  the   keeping
truthfulstatement
merely ''got up,"'
¡tny lying ami forge.I certificates, aod PRKl'ICN'OKD e¡litnrial recommendations are published,  that  thoi
tnmon + j nf r9.nfH which Dr. Rournc couhl oiler, are withheld, rather than any should suppot
of (acts which Dr.
nd charges very modera!
curable)—¡s  tliemottnr
Drugs   and  Medicines.
114 Battery Street,
SAJ\ FRAJYC1SC0,
FFKR for-sale, Ex "Dai-ling,0 ¿'Tornado," and "Be
aild
Tartaric  Vcid
Castor On
Sulphur
Bay Hum
Jamaica Ginger
Calabrica Liquorice
I'Ycsh Hops in Bales
11 "     " Paper»
Iolidc Potass
Adhesive Plaster
Sulphurate Morphine
Shalior's Herbs
Oil ller^amont
Oil Onsjanum-
Oil Lemon
Oil Rose
Oil Sassafras
Together with a full .
:.ncs, comprising every
tt rafe n he vie Medicines
Sand's Sarsaparilla
Tównaend'HtíarHa avi
Bull's Sai-saparilla
Shaker's Sarsaparilla
Mustang T.iniment
Lvon's Flea Powder
Yellow "Wa:
Kpsom Salt
Potash
of Dn
_? and Hedí
ticte required hy the trade,
KEDWGTOH feCO.,
Wholesale Druggists,
lFra
•AStiO.
Drugs, Medic'nes,
Perfumery,  Fancy  Articles,   ¿fee.
Crowell,  Crane & Brlghatni,
(Lote R. Cornell if Co..)
IM=P0RfTEK8 ov FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, DYES, PATENT MEDÍ-
cines, Perfumery, Fancy Articles, &c7
131 C0MM1.JRCIAI, .aTUJ.JKT, {LONG WJÍARK,)
San Francisco.
ODR i«sortm.»t no,,- la the latest on Ih. j.»„ir,cCo=,at
It li=a« been seleeie,! .villi gre.at care by one of on;
PIONEER WATER
Southeast Comer of Sansome and Commercial Streets,
Dr. BOURNE,   Water Cur
rMtírWmam
liEE INSTITUTE,
s, opposite St. JYicholas Hotel, San Pro
Physician,
'    Ihe
Dr.E.
AFTER a prot
Dr. Pardee
flwilly acquaint,
isrow practisinf
A WoTfSof Í
and delicate an (
ject of random t
}
1
;yes:   The Eyrs'
n- :e*-¿^:o-:iio2:e,,
OCUJL1ST.
-aeterlhtindne^ of mo
irde-
IvandaScie
the Kl E,
at the ofiice of Dr.I'ái
i Portsmouth Hoi
j.-7-;i.
OFFICIAL DIEFCTOKT.
- UNITED STATES OFFICERS.  ' '    '
United States District Court for the Southern
.   District of  California:
I. S. K. Ogier, Judge ; P. Ot*d. District Attorney ; C. E. Carr, Clerk ; E. Hunter. Marshal. .
United States Land Office for the. Southern District of  California:
Andres Pico, Receiver ; H. =P. Dorsey, Register.
United. States Court of Claims :
C. E. Carr, Commissioner.
Customs Department—(San Pedro).
Collector—Col. Isaac WiilW»:' Deputy—J. F.
Stephens.
Postmasters :
J. S. Waite, Loa Angeles.
G. C. Alexander, San Pedro.
Thomas Burdick, San Gabriel.
Ira Thompson, Monte.
First Judicial District, comprising the
Los Anseles. ^an Bernardiao and S<
First District Court.—Judj
unties of
i Diego.
ij. Hayej
COUNTY   OFFICERS.
County Court—Win. G. Dryden. Judge.
■tat- PARTICULAR   NOTICE, -te
Los que
!!, t
Druggists, Chemists^ & Assayers'
Later from Oregon.
The P.M. steamship Columbia brings dates to
the 25th, thirteen days later than previous advices.
The weather throughout the Territory was variable.
The lighthouse on Cape Disappointment was
lighted for the first time on the 15th of October.
Broke Jail.—Thejail at Oregon city was broken on Thursday night, and all the prisoners escaped.
A.J. Masters, an old resident in the country,
waa killed by a gunshot in the head, on the 11th,
in an affray with J. H McMillen. The affair, after
undergoing legal investigation, resulted in the
prisoner being held to bail in $500 for his appearance at the next term of the District Court of
Washington county.
From thk Dallas.—We learn from the Dallas
that strange Indians come in and go out, in ceaseless succession, and their numbers arc quite large.
The settlers at that point are apprehensive oi an
attack from the Indiana at that point—and many
are preparing to leave for other points where they
will be more safe.— Times.
The War Claim Commission had met, but nothing definite had transpired, they awaiting instructions from the general government.
The census returns of eight counties gives 20,-
115 as the population.
The telegraph wires have been put up ss
far as Corvallis. The line between that place and
Portland would be in operation in a few days.
Governor Stevens had addres-sed the people of
Portland on the subject of the Indian war.
The little schooner Kalumetwas launched, and
had sailed for the Aquina Bay, with stores for the
Indian Reservation at that point,
 m i 11 .—ii i     	
Statist ica ^of Emigratl on.
A statement of the emigration to this port for
the eleven mouths ending June SOth presents the
following facts:
During that period there arrived in the New England Slates 8134 emigrants, with   $121,523 01.
In the fifteen Southern States and the District
of Columbia 3251, with $194.888 73.
New York 39#9ft, with   $1,291,626 09.
New Jersey 2272, with $214.955 79.
Pennsylvania 9421, with 3446,033 70.
Ohio 6117, with $479,633 98.
Indiana 1309:, with $101.861 63.
Illinois 7713. with $698,456 31.
Michigan 2887. with $199,300 87.
Wisconsin 10.457, with $1.045,661 38.
Iowa 855, with $258,335 4».
California 806, with S165,125 13.
Minnesota 305, with $35,156.
Utah 1829, with $55.670 93;
Kansas 3. with $128.
Oregon 1, with $10.
Nebraska, Washington and New Mexico Terri-
4orief--'none.—^V. Y. Journal of Commerce.
irs and Pestles, Graduates' Funnels, i
wine, etc., etc., emlji'jieing every article
Iu store and for sale by
JOH¿N TAYLOR, 132 Wa:
JUI
-3m
CHEMISTS'   AND  ARSAYKKS'  GLASSWARE,   ka.—-Pes
recent arrivals,  Crucibl 6,  Evaporating Dishes, Re
torts, Receivers, Mattrasses Tulieiug, Test Tubes, Annealing Cops, Acid Bottles, Syphons, Funnels, etc., etc.
In store and for sale bv
JOHN TAYLOR, 132 "Washington street,
ju7—3m San Francisco.
SODA STOCK!  SODA -TOCK !—Bottles, Twin.
Dust, Cork?. Acid, Whiting, Oils, etc.'
In store and for sale by
JOHN TAYLOR, 132 Washington n
juí—3m SanFrs
PERFUMERY. FANCY ARTICLES, Ksc—Ja*t i
fine a0H .rtment of Perfumery, from the <
factory of M. Bozin, Philadelphia, selected exj
this mai-ket.
Also, a fine assortment of Combs, "Brushes a
Articles gcnorailv. For sale by
JOHN TAYLOR, 132 Washington -
■jn7—3m San Fr:
S=9 BE
■   . .a:    = á= Ja aa.. ...
EL GRAN REMEDIO ITALIANO
DE DE. PAEEIEA,       i
Para la cierta y eficaz cura de las infermeda'le.i
de una naturaleza privada, sin hacer cuso del
tiempo que se ha duradir y sin malos efectos all
sistema o sin ponerse en dieta.
Nunca se li«  faltado—I¥I- puede faJf» a Cuati
- ütrobridge &. Co.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
CLOTHING  EMPORIUM,
¡GMMERCIAl ¡\W SANSOME STREETS,
Under St. .jVlciioia» Hotel,
8AJY PRAJVCISCO,
Tfte Latest ota« most Fasia i unable Styles
^S^W^   ^'W&^aii
E
\rAi.!.T.vnLii¿ ví:k ■
Gentlemen's  Furnishing  Goods
Í^TXZ2S.X0.03
G-ood©
DEMMS  WIRE   W0KKS.
MANUFACTORY OF
Wire Cloth, Wire Netting,
Sand,  WTieat, Com and Coal Screens, Sieves,
Bird Cage, Fendcs and Fire Guards,
Meat Safes. Dish Cooes, Patent
Gauze  Window Blinds,
Wire fencing, Src.
No. 108  CLAY STREET,
BETWEEN BATTERY AMD SANSOME,
SAN FRANCISCO, C.AL.
Particular Attention given to tlie Manufacture
— f,F—
PREMIUM WIRE  CLOTH,
For  Flour   aod Fanning Mills   and   Tbreshing
ju7—3m Machines.
vellera I Sewa
Ij.   W. ^"IEíIjIEEEÍ.'S
ADVERTISING    AGENCY,
Iron Building, opposite  Pacific Express  Company's Office, up stairs.
SAN FRANCISCO.
1   IÍVERT1SEMENT.S AND SUBSCRIPTIONS.solicited for
f__ the following named p»p<
toünioi
San  Joaquin República
[Stockton.]
Marysville Herald,
Ne»R'la Journal,
Val'ey Telegraph,
-■'i.j.-j
iHprald,
Columbia Ga7,ette,
Mountain  Democrat,   [PI;
■ville,]       *™™"
Yreltfi Union,.
Weavervilt" llemocrat,.
Iowa Hill News,
Volcano Ledger,
San Jose Telegraph,
PetahiMia Jonrral,
California Farmer,
Los Angolés Star. [Los An-
KPtes,]
Santa Barbara Gaaette,
lo, [Mok.   Sar Diego Herald,
Vallejo Bulletin,-
Leader, TOakland,]
Humboldt Times,
Calaveras Uh
Hill.] 	
Shasta Courier,
Empire Argus. [Colonia,]
Mariposa Gazette,
Oriental, [(¿hiñese and Iln-.-Ilsh.] Han Francisco,
Oregonian. [Portland Oregon Territory,]
Oregon Statesman. [Salem. Oregon Territory,]
Pion  er an I Democrat.  [Olympia. Puget Sound. W. T-]
Puget Sound ' ourior. [Steilacoorn, I'uget Sound, W. T.
Polynesian, [Honolulu, Sandwich Islauds.]
•nUR- WANTED ; Sea otter, Land otter, Bea-
L   ver. Martin, Bear and Deer skins, and all other
kinds of Furs, for which fair prices will be paid
M. ROSRNSTOÓK,
No. 70. Battery street, up stairfi between  Sacramento, and California ¡streets, San Francisco.
iept30—2m
Todos los que usen, lo Curtirán ! ! :
cen una seguridad, despache y a cierto que ningún;
medicina ha poseída.
JYo  tomas falsas   nostrums.
[Us un remedio que ha sido probado por los cinc
afios pasados y que no se ha faltado.
gu¡í.rdanse de falsas apariencias.
La renta tan estensivá de esto asomljroza medicii
□alisado ya personas a vender a los candidos una coi
clon espuria, con apariencias a la original. No comp
la firme escrita de A, Parcha M. 1). cn'el evohoriode;
de cada botella. Todos los demás son falsos, y sus
cadores jsera-n castigados ;il «stremo rigor de la ley.
ció TRES PEKOS LA EiOTÍvLLA..    '*
. Orí
tírente par.Ti.C:
lien todos ordenes lian de estar dirijido;
vender por Ilrotrneros de este Estado ycnoi
discuento liberal para Iok que compran pe
D. BABCOCK, Droguero Mayor.
13» Calle de Clay Sen Francisco,
•a vender por
oí tl!<; Impositions of Hack
Ei'.AXClSCO AND
Dn
.."WINSTON,
i Los Angeles.
Listín tie Agente* en el Estado.
Dr. .1. B, WINSTON, Los Angeles.
R,. K. ST\l'.K\Vlv.'v.T.liElí,  Botnia fh. la Ciudad. f-:acra-;¡ion
RICE, GOEEtN Y CA., Boticarios .Marysville-
W. H. BIÍUNWt. I.iit.ifa .le Tuolumne,  Sonora
IÍENJ. SHUR';j..l'¿EE, Botica de Sluista. Shasta.
CHILD & "WWm-IEN,      "       " Placerville,  RlacerviBc
.ÍUiíTlN GA'rKS. Jr.  Ciudad dn Sacramento.
Dr. R. W, CARR, Downieville.
Dr. JOITX LARK,  Novada.
Pr. W. H. GATIJFF, Yrelca.
U'[1AL1¿V « MORSE. San Diego.
GEORGE L. STORY, Portland O. T
jjy263a
LOS;AUGELES STAR
foil printing ^siaHísJjnwní.
MAIN STREET, 'opposite the Bella union Hotel.
Tlie proprietor of  tlie Los AngelesStar, wouI,drespe.cl
fully inform Lis   friends and   the   public,   that   he ha¡
justrucejveda large and varied assortment of new materi
al.and is now prepared to execute the following descrip
PI, AIN AND FANCY
In the best style oí tlie Art.
Circulars, Law Blanks,
Cards; Bills of Exchangi
Deeds, Bank Checks
t ¿Notes, Programmer., |
Posters, Billets, Bills of Fare,
r any other 'description tfPricMjii that may be desij
Books,
Pamphlet!
Bill Head:
Label;
Slier
¡ft:—C. B. Halo ; llnflor Sheriit—W. H. Pe-
leifon
: Deputy—J. J! Myers.
Com
ity Treasurer— H. N. Alexander.
Coa.
ity Assessor—Antonio F. Coronel j.Depaty
-J. H
, (Jcl-nuju.
Com
ity Surveyor—H. Hancock.
Publ
io Administrator—41. Keller.
Sap.
Biinii!.
.rintendont ot Public   Schools—Jame»   P
Diet;
-ict Attorney—C. B. Thorn.
ner—L. H. Knead.
Com
ity Clerk—John «'..Shore j D-piit;—}. A.
Hindu
ffailt
=r—Francis Carpenter. '
Boar
d   of Supervisor»—Thos. Bordick.   Chair-
David Lewis. John Forster, Jus. R. Barlon..
Christobal Aguijar.
Tlppiity—E.BL
TOWN'SIllP  OFFTCFRS
Los Aiiseie*-:-Justiqep oí'the P<j:4ce:— Alexarides"
Gibson. Ktissell Sackett. Constables— Murk D.
Brundige, W. W. Jeukin?.
CITY OFFICERS.!
Mavor—Siophcn C. FoFtcc.
Ci'ty   M;irshti!~vv.  C. Gu
Smith.
City Treasurer—Siimnel Arl-uckle.
City Aeseswjr- VV. H. Peft-ivon.
City A'-tmn«y— C. E. Thmn.
City Council—M. Requéns, N. Ebtter. Tennci»
del Valle. E. Drown. J. G. Uowuey, Ira GilebiiB*,
A. Ulyard.
■ SAN* 11ERN"AÍ1.DIK0 COCNTV.
-Cnnniy Jiulfre—D. M.  n"lioin¡ts.
County Tre&smjer-r Siiinnri Eeili..
Connly AflfiSfor— J»nit=B Henvv ÍÍoíHtjs.
Connly Snrvt'vor — Alvin Stóáfiwd.
Public A fl min i strut or— Adílís-on Pratt.
Superintendent Pub ie Schools— H. Skinner.
District Attorney— Eliis Eumcs.
Coroner—Wm. Cox. '
County Clerk—R. R.Hopkins.
Sheriff—Robert Clilt.
Supervisor.--—L. Roubidcaux. N. Taylor. IVm,
Cox.
TSae Law of IVewspsspcrs.
. 1. Subscribers who do not give express notice
o thc contrary, are considered as wishing to continue íhei.r subscription.
2. If subscribers order their papers dit-contimicrl,.
Publishers may continue to send them until all
charges are paid.
3. If'stibscribers neglccl or refuse.to take their*
papers Irom thc office or place to which th< y are
sent, they are held responsible until they settle
tlieir account, und give nolic, to discontinue them.
4. II subscribeisvemove to other places without
informing the Publishers, and tbe paper is sent, to
the former direction, they are held responsible.
■ 5. The Courts have decider that refusing to'take
a paper or periodical from the office. 01 remoTing
and leaving it uncalled for,hprima facia ev.denes
of intentional fraud.
Post mas tors would oblige, by a strict ful ¡ill ment
of the regulations requiring them to notify Publishers, once in three months, of papers not taken,
from their office by subscribers.
to'Street   Sa,
CAUTJOJYED
Board per We
íJojívd ner JDa-
'Mv.nl _awh...\
Loi
'■■:r,i
>8P
tii We-
eft* .$3,3,4
, r. oo
Lo<
Igll
'ÍÍF
Br m_í
it...... ¿50c, 75
.BATI-IS--^^'
, $1 op
Wb:
House-
aende to;tbe-%'t
E. B;-"WOODWARD, Proprietor.
5>isi"niiccs.
The following
table of distances was measured
with'a Yiameter, by Capt. Warner,   of the   tl
S. Topogn
pineal Engineers-,, in- the sumsier
of 1848 :-
From Sau I-1 ran cisco toMissibnDoIores. .2ó¿issii«a.
u              tt
"        "
Sau Mateo .. .21
"       "
Santa Clara i8-
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Sari Jose...........  51
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LOS   ANGELES,   CAL.,   SATURDAY,  NOVEMBER  22,   1856.
% mum Cark
O. B, THOM. v. oi.us.
THOM, & STMS,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
OFFICE—OJY MAIJY STIiEET,
(Opposite the Bella Union Hotel. 1 —>'*
«roixxi  W.   Sliore,
COUNTY CLERK,
pecs   pnyalble   Invariably   In   advance.
X>x*.  Carter,
OFFICE   AND   DRUG    STORE,
IrftS AIVGEL.13S   STREET,
Adjoining Keller's Store.
PRIVATE   RERIDKNCE-ROWE'S  BUILDI1VGÍ,
MAI1V STREET. »"■■»
NO.   28.=
JOHNSON & ALLANSON,
Successors  to   Alexander   iG   Melius.
Wholesale and  Rotntí Otalers  In   GENERAL
MERCHANDISE,
MAIJY STREET, Los Angeles. un7
«rape Boxes and Sawdust.
Till? UNDBSSIGNED HAS MADE ARRANGKJU-NTS TO
furnish Grape Packers with Boxes ol' all sizei;, of the
«lost suitable material, and dry Sawdust to any extent,
upon terms lower than they can he had from San Francisco, and of better quality.
Samples will be   forwarded immediately,  and contracts
entered into, and an ample slock Jiiways kepi, on hand.
• M. KELLER.
Los Angeles, June 7, 1856,
NEW ESTABLISHMENT.
Cabinet Making, Upholstering and
VüTBEBTAKlko.
The subscriber would respect
fully announce to the oitizerre o:
Los   Angeles   and    surrounding
country, That he is now manufacturing at his new stand on .VlAl.V STIiEET three 	
«outh of the United States  Hotel,   Furniture of every
nftyle and finish ou thc most reasonable terms.
T        nttartaking* Business
Will receive the strictest ttttention, as he will endeavor
«ti>keep on hand COFFINS of every style. Persons from
the country can have a Coffin of any finish at one hours'
TJpliOlsteriiis
Spring Seat Sofas and Chairs  neatly repaired, equal  to
«rew.
S£g~ All orders filled with ¡u-oiiiptness and dispatch
B3~ Remember  the  place—.Main street,   opposite Wil-
£ tains' Grocery.
ilitf JAMES D    BRAPY.
lew Fruit & Vegetable Market.
¿müE undersigned having purchased the entire stock o
X líroceries ami Liquors of Joux HcDoxoir.-ir &Co., be<
leave to inform his friends and the public that he has re
fitted and made great Improvements in filestore, andalsi
opened, in connection with the
Grocery and Liquor Ba iness,
A Fruit and Vegetable Market,
AT THE OLb riTAND ON
¿3MÜC   -q**»,,  "MI ¿!W    9*m! ~AO~ aC-**- BE ¿Ba52 "^BST-g
_ Opposite Pint's Hotel, J a few doors from Commercial   Street,
\f here will constantly be .fAuad  a   choice a.ssortmeut ol
the above articles cli«ap for CASH.
jgj?- C')!(nti-y Traders ;ire respectfully requested to cali
and examine the koo/s-
J3gj*All i.t.uls oí Country Produce talten In
«Xcltan^e.
%$r Remember the place—Opposite Pine's H»
tel, Main street, Los Angeles*
ttn7 A JOSEPH liTCE.
SOLOMON   LAZAED,
IMPOIiTEIt,
And Wholesale and Ketail Dealer in
Frénela,    Eiiglish   and   Ámerica¿ri
Dry Goods.
Corner-of Melius Row, Los Angeled.      aug 9
AUG. w. Tins.
Forwarding and Commission merchant,
San Pjsdjio and Lns Axgelks, Cat..,
H. KE.iI>, Agent,  TjOS Angeles.
IMPOUTKIÍ AND UKALEIf. IX
BlanlE   Books,  Staple   ami  fancy   Stationery.
WH-Ung Papery j&c. Ac.
Corner of Front and Commercial Streets,
SAN FRANGlSCa
Augusts, 1836. 3m
IIS. WOOL 11 W SHIS.
GIVES NOTICIO TO THE RANCHEROS AND
Butcbers ol this vicinity that tie will give the
highest price for Hides, Calf, Sheep, and GoUt
Skins, and for Wool.
J2©" Liberal ivdvanci'R made on contracts for
the coming clip of Wool.
A general asPortmiMif. ol Red wood and Pint
Lumber, for sale at the Lumber Yard on Alameda
street, near Aliso sireet.
Have we a Tom Hood among us?—If we have,
he was undoubtedly the author of the following lucid cxpo'sitroh of the unpardonable sins of types.
The indignant complaint of the poetic sufferer wag
poured out in thc N. Y. Mirrdr. He will share
the sympathies ofa very wide class of writers :
¿Reflections
UrON RKCEIYING A COPY  OF MT FIRST TOEM PUBLISHED IN THK NEWSPAPKR.
Ah! here it is! Vm famous now—
An author and a poet!
It reallj- is in print!    Ye Gods!
How pioud I'll be to show itl-
And gentle Anna! \Vhat a thrill
Will animate her breast,
To read these ardent lines and know
To whom they are addressed.
Why, bless my soul! here's something strange,
What can the paper mean,
By talking of the "graceful brooks
That gander o'er the green?"
And here's a t instead of r,
Which makes it " tippling rill;"
" We'll seek the shad " instead of "shade,"
And "hell" instead of "hill."
" They look so 's—what ? I recollect,
'Twas ''sweet," and then 'twas "kind;"
And now to think 'the stupid fool,
, For " bland " has printed " blind."
Was ever such provoking work—
"Tis curious, by the by—
How anything is rendered blind
Ey giving it afl eye.
fcHast thoiino tears," the t's left out,.
"Hast thou no ears," instead;
'*I hope that thou art dear",is put
" I hope (hat thou art dead."
Who ever saw in such a space
So many blunders crammed?
"Those gentle eyes bedimmed" is spelt
" Those gentle eyes bedammed."
<fThe color of thc rose " is "nose,"
"Affection " is  "affliction;"
I wonder if the likeness holds
In fact as well as fiction ?
"Thou arta friend," the r is gone;
Who ever would have deemed
That such a trilling thing eould chango
A "friend" into a "fiend?"
Office—Aimed
ner of Alisó strc
ü Stroci
;..f.
, one tloorfrr
un thc cor*
-\T0TJCE IS UFMi.
JN W.,0.1 -.r - .;■ ,-,
secutéd to theexiei:
Los Angeles, Marc
F.Y GIVE
t'-of tbe
h 5ft. 1R5
¿ice.
.\.   lliat all pet
assinp upun  in
■ ol San Ijlaiiritil
JOSEPH
, will be pro
A. ROWE
is tf
SEWING MACHINES.
GR0VER, BAKER & CO.'S PATJ5NT.
TIU5 undersigned li^s 'hi hand ¡md is constantly receiv
ing a, suiiph* of tlie ¡ibove superior macliiims, togeth
ei- with duplicate patts. Needles. Thread, &c, whieh h.
will .sell ílí reasonable rates.
N, B.    Machines reu:iij-<_'d and warranted.
8. 0. BRIGHAM, Sole Ajent.
For California. Oregx-n. and the entire Pacilic Coast,
Offioe, Sansome street, near California,
juT—3m opposite Tehama House, San Francisco.
F'osr Sale,
BV   THE  CASE  OK   PACKAGE,
In quantities to suit,
LONG BILL PAPER. LEGAL CAP, LETTER PAPER, INK,
BROAD BILL !'.U'1¿K. FOOLSCAP, NOTE PAPER, PENCILS, BLANK BOOKS, WAFERS. Ac, Sto.
Noisy Carrie lis Book: and Stationery Co.,
S7 Bat ter j' .st    and 64= and 6S Lone; Wharf, San  Francisco.
my3—3m C. P. KIMBALL. President.
Carriage mu\ Blacksmith Shop.
By JOHN GOLLER.
LOS   ANGELES   STREET,
- MEAR THE FOOT   OF COMMERCIAL.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the public generally that
he will keep constantly on hand,
and will manufacture to order.
Coaches,Buggies, "VYagons, Carts &c,
in a, neat and workmanlike manner. He has onhanillan
f..rsalea fine stock of Eastern White Oak and Hickoi
Plank and axels, lie keeps constantly on hand a large v.
riety of Cart and Buggy wheels, Spokes, Felloes, Shaft.
Neck Yokes. Double and singletrees
Horse Shoeing* and Rlacksmithing*
in all its various branches, executed with promptnesyani
pdi-Satcb, Particular alten tion will be >;iven tothe manu
facturo and repair of PLOWS, HARROWS, and other Farm
ing CJ utensils. He has an extensive assin't men t of Tronaseis, Sprintfs, Holts, Plow and Spring steel, and other mate,
rialpertalning to the business, too numerous to mention.
Also, 20 Tons of Blacksmiths' Coal,
With none out the bi
feels confident that he cangi
customers.
nn7
senti
nploy. he
S sati.sfactio
JOHN GOLLER
New   Lumber   Yard,
IN L.OS ANGELES.
THE undersiuned havo established a Lumber
Yard, on Main street, at David Anderson's
wagon making shop, opposite Pal ton's brick bnild-
ing, and have on hand a targe quantity of White
< Jedar, of a very superior quality; and will be receiving evory month direct from the mills, every
variety of sawed lumber, from siding up to floor-
ingjoice, white cedar shingles, plastering laths,
fence pailir-u, pickets. &c, with every variety of
Lumber used in the community.
H. H.UTSE'&Ca
D. ANDERSON, Agent.
I^jsAngeles, Oct. 11,1865.
JONAS G. CLARK & CO.
128 Wasltingtnn street,
IMPOKTERS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers,
In every description of
FÜKNITÜEB, BEDDING, tc. &c
W A II K 11  O  O M  S ,
In the Building opposite Washington Market,
{Formerly known ¡is the Clipper Warehouse,)
And 49 and 51 Fourth street, between J and K
streets. Sacramento.
We have on exhibition aud in great variety,
ROSEWOOD, MAHOGANY, WALNUT, OAK AND
PARLOR AND CHAMBER SETS,
SOFAS,
0TT0MAES,
LOUIIGES,
AND "EAST CHAIH.S,
Worlv, Centre, Dining, Extension and Fancy
T A J3 L B S .
Merchants' aiid Lawyers' Deslts,
BOOKCASES,
SEC-UJEtaalTIES,
BUREAUS,
SiUEBOARKS anfl
WHaVT-aVOTS.
Office   aiid   Kitchen   Furniture,
CHAIRS,
Of all qualities, newest style and most approved
nlake.
Large and small fresfch Plate Mantel ¡ind Pier
For the TRADE, we have a large stock,
on clippers to arrive heavy shipments, and will
receive regular and ,-omplote INYOiCES of goods
adapted to the wants of the interior and coast.
flgg- Particular attention   and  care   given   to
TRADE. OEDERS and the FURNISHING of '
Hotels and PiíííÜc Buildings.
0<S- 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-
"Thou art the same," is rendered "Iamey'i
It really is too bad;
And here because an i is out,
My "lovely maid" is "mad;"
They drove her blind by poking in
An eye—a process new;
And now they've gouged it out again.
And made her crazy too.
"Where are tlie muses fled, that thou1
Should'st live so long unsung!"
íhue read my version—here it is—
" Should'st live fo long unhung."
" The fate of woifran's love is thine.
An h commences fate }
How small a circumstance will turre
A woman's love to hate.
I'll read no more !    What shall I do f
I'll never dare to send it!—■
The paper's scattered far and wide,
'Tis now too late to mend it.
0 Fame!   thou cheat of human bliss!
Why did I ever write!
1 wish my poem had been burnt
Before it saw the light.
Let's stop and recapitulate :—
I've tírfirtoed her eye's, that's plain—'
I've told her she's a lunatic,
And blind, and deaf,- and laiae,
Was ever such a horrid hash
In poetry or prose?
I've said she was a fiend, andr praised-
The color oí her nose.
I wish I had that editor '
About a half a minute,
I'd bang him to his heart's content-,-
And with an h begin it;
I'd jam his body, eyes, and bones,
And spell it with ad,
And send him to that hill of his—
He spells it with an e.
village and hamlet throughout the civilized
world, (wc do not even except Maine) an article
bearing the name of Port is louud (or sale. Champagne is also extensively manufactured from' the
goosberry ; and this product ia aa much relished
by the great crowd who drink it as the genuine
article would be. So much for a name! The
high prices at present current for genuine wines
will doubtless stimulate unprincipled men to
grcaler achievments in the line of adulteration
and that "generous juice" thc vineyards of France
and Germany fail to supply, will he brought forth
in the laboratory of the chemist. A writer in the
London Times, who had visited the principal wine
districts of France and Germany, closes an article
on the subject üs follows :
" The conviction in all the wine districts I have
visited-is, that prices have attained their ma.Tifti-
um, and consequently purchases are made only
for immediate wants, and consumption is diminishing. This state of matters mast continue till
¡t is known how the vintage of 1SJ7 will prove,
and, if it is very abundant, a great fall may be expected, for every one will then bring forward
whatever he ha3 for sale, remembering the former
usual prices, and what he may therefore expect by
holding on. This fear will not be diminished by
the knowledge of the late falling off in the demand at home and abroad, and by the enormous
power of production, further incited by scarcity;
and high prices."
The repeated failures of the wine crop in the
old world have given a fresh stimulus to wine
growing in this country. In Ohio and Tennessee,
the number of vineyards is rapidly incaeasing :
and the experiment.? already made go to demonstrate that uo branch of agriculture is likely to be
more remunerating. It will take years of patient
attention to the cultivation of the grape in this
country to bring it up to the perfection attained
in Franco. But much has already been accomplished. A Mr. Camuse, a native of France, and
thoroughly versed in all the mysteries of witfe
growing, has giveu the subject a fair test in Tennessee, and, it ia said, has produced a wine not inferior, in delicacy oí flavor, to the finest wines ot
Europe. Mr. Camuse says that a well cultivated
vineyard in Tennessee will ordinarily produce
about one thousand gallons per acre; and that,
so favorable is the climate to its growth, a failure
of the crop need hardly ever be feared.—JYew
York Journal of Commerce.
Our GutinerVSliot.
Our'noblc ship lay at anchor in the Bay of
Tangier, a fortified town in the extreme north-'
west of Africa. The day had been extremely'
mild, with a gentle breeze sweeping to the northward and westward ¡ but towards the close of the
afternoon thc sea breeze died away, and one of
those sultry, even like atmospheric breath i sn
came from the great sniiburnt Sahara.
Half an hour before sun down, the captain gave
the order to the boatswain to call the hands to go
¡n swimming, and in ltíss than five minutes tht
forms of our tara were seen leaping from the
gangways, the ports, the nettings, bowsprit, and
some of the more venturesome took their leap
from the arms of the lower yard.
One of the studding-sails had been lowered ¡nt»
the water, with ita corners suspended fr¿ni' Am
main y.trd arm and the swinging boom, and into
this some of theswimlnbrs made their wnr.
Amongtiose who seemed to be enjoving the
sport most heariily, were two boys—Jim Wallace
and Fred Fairbanks—the latter of whom was the
now of our old gunner, and, in a laughing mood,
they started from-the stading sail on a race.
There was a loud rinj
wary.—
Id   Our
The hirht'ers
BOTTIEE DE PARIS.
Custom made Boots mid Shoes.
EDWARD KilHIi
INFORMS the publie that he is prepared
to furnish custom made boots and shoes, of
the latest Paris styles.    Hs residence is
on Main street, three doors from the U.   S. Hotel.
Particular attention given to repairing, which
will be executed on the lowest terms.       augl6
m-
ALL persons are hereby cautioned against buying or otherwise trading for unvented horses,
or cattle of onr brands ;'rr they will be prosecuted' to the extent of thc law.
ANDRKAS ¡XTMINGÚFZ.
sep20— tf JESUS Ma. COTA de DOMÍNGUEZ.
Wine.
The damage to the vine in the wine-growing
districts of France and Germany by the oidiiim
and coulour, we learn from private correspond
ence, and also from a gentleman who has just returned from an extensive European tour, has been
very great, and the yield of wine this year will be
much less than in former years. The oidium is a
blight or a disease which attacks the vine, and
which in past years has seemed to threaten its
very existence. It is now gradually disappearing,
and the vine is beginning to regain its natural
healthy and vigorous looks, although it does not
yet resume active bearing. In the South of France,
the principal wine producing districts, this disease
is still very vii ulent ; but the growers are sanguine that they will succeed in eradicating it.—
The cottiour, on the other hand, is a blight which
attacíís the frttitj leating the vine apparently
healthful. It is a saline encrustment, of a whitish
color, which forms ou the grape, and .prevents it
from maturing. The crop is eut short from another cause. At the commencement ofthe season,
when the vines were'in blossom, there was a period of cold and wet weather.-which did inca'cula
ble injury to the ci op, reducing ¡tat least one-half.
The long continued heat, however, which af'er-
wards ensued, was very beuelicial,- so that, although the vintage may be small, excellent wine
may be expected. The stock of wine in Ettrbpi
it is said, was never before so low as at presnt,- the
production having been decreasing during the
past three years from the' causes above stated,
while excepting during the last year, the consumption has increased. Prices have consequently risen enormously high—comparatively much higher
¡n Europe than in this country ; and itis expected,
therefore, that ere long there wili be a corresponding advance in fine wines here. As heretofore,
however, and to a greater extent, there will doubt
less be wines of all names iu the market, at any
price to suit the customer. Of course thiscan only be accomplished by adulteration, or the manufacture of wines from foreign substances—a practice which has been for a long time iu vogue in
Europe, aud has been attended with great pecuniary success to those engaged in it. Of port wine,
lor instance, it is well known that there iS not
enough of the genuine aiticle to supply the London market alone ;' and yet inalnaotit every town*
Tlae Plagues of California.
For many years the rancheros and farmers have
not been so troubled with vermin as this season.
Acres of grain have been eat up by the ground
squirrel—the blackbirds and other species of small
birds have been exceedingly plentiful and annoying. In some places rabbits and hares have
abounded; in others, lady-hugs, worms find cat-
terpillars. Lions, cants, owls, hawks and skunks
bave been plentiful, bold, pilfering and stinking
to an uncommon degree of annoyance, Grizzly
bears have also been bold, hut ihey have been so
hunted or poisoned with strychnine in ourcounty.
that they have become very cunning and
Several live  grizzlies have   been   taken
mountains and brought into  town,	
and vaqueros say they are often seen looking poor
and sick, with all their hair loose and falling off.
Several bears have come down to the beach ofthe
town during the last six weeks to feed on the
Míales' carcasses.
It seems to have been a strange, curious, excitable, volcanic, hot, windy, dusty, thirsty*, murdering, bloody, lynching, robbing, thieving season ;
this 1856 affair. People have revolted and rebelled against the government and laws, and hung
and banished a considerable number of singularly
hard samples of human nature. This was done to
show what the people could do when aroused in
their might and majesty—against themselves.—
Curious gente! bite their noses to spoil their faces.
Then again tboSe that did not like this arrangement, became excited, boiled over at other peo-
nles's folly—got quite mad. Well, I declare;
Vigilantes and anti-Vigilantes: it is only the
same paroxysm1 which attacks California once every year ; this year stronger and worse than before. However it is only one year in fifty thousand more—next year, will be a better
hope, if it ain't,
is better, we steal
may t>e the sarne-
a better—-anyhow we shall be twelvemonths „.
der and understand better the' Touchstone philosophy. The Onfy thing is, dónt fret, swell aud
spoil. If people will obstinately go io hell, wish
them well on their way—keep yourself the shady,
arborescent paths and bowery roads that lead to
peace, tranquility anct a cooler port. You have
only one life on the earth, so eschew violence and
the ways o'f hard-words, liard men, and hard mis-
uiideratandibio things.—Pacific Sentinel.
year we
ive hope'it won't be worse—if it
I thank G-od and wish the next
-if ¡t is worse we shall pray for
NÉvrspÁFEii Personality.—An English paper
thus defines the proper u;e of personality in the'
newspaper press :—'* The public acls and public
characters of public meu are of course fair subjects for honest comment. Tlie social conduct and
personal character of such men are also proper
subjects of criticism, so far as they affect the interests of the public. Thus, if a judge is dishonest in his private dealings, a minister of religion
grossly immoral, a teacher of youth brutíshly ignorant, or, in genera!, if any man is or does that
which entails detriment or danger to the public
interests confided to him, the personality inwhick
lie is exposed and denounced is proper personality. We do not say that every nice offense ofa
public man must bear   is comment."
—— ■■*< <•»■=>—~—. —
Whatever we may think of woman's right to
vote and legislate, there can be no disputing her
right tobare arms, and the prettier, tbe better aud
more irresistible. This is the right descended
from Mother Eve,
ÉsAMTJíATtoxs IX Axatomv.— How does man differ from the brute creation?- He walks upr.ght
but he tVoesn-'í aot bo.
ging shout of joy on their
ps as they put off, and: they started through   th*
water like fishes, the surface  ofthe   sea was &■
raooth as glass, thoughits bbsorae rose in loug
and heavy swells*that aet in from the Atlantic.
The vessel waff moored, -with a loug swoop from
both cables, aud the buoy ofthe star-board anchor was far away on the starboard quarter, where
it rose and fell wrth.the shells like a'.druken man:
Towards the buoy the two lads made their way,
Fred Fairbanks taking the lead ; but when they
were within about twenty or thirty fathoms of tha
buo?, Jim shot ah'eiid and promised to win the
race. The old gunner watched the progress of hU
son with a vast deal of pt-ide, and: when he saw
him drop behind he leaped upon the poop, and
was oh the point of urging him oh by a shout-
when a cry reached him1 that made him .start as if
he had beeu struck by a cannon ball.
"A shark! a shark.!" came from the captain of
the forecastle, and at the sound' of the terrible'
words the men who were in the water leaped and'
plunged towards the ship.
Right abeam at the distance of three or four'
cables length, a shark-wake was seen in the water,'
where Ihe back of the monstet* was visible.- Hir
course was for'the'boys*.
For a moment the gunner stood like one bereft
of sense, but on the next he shouted ot the top of
his voice for the boys tu turn, but the little fellows heard him not. Stoutly the two swiramerf
strove for the goal, all unconscious of the fearful
death* spirit that Covered so re?.r them. Their'
merry laugh sfcil! rang over the waters, and at
leugth they both touched the buoy together!-
Oh ! what drops of agony started from the brow'
of our old gunner. A boat had put off, but Fair-
banlts krváw thai; it' could' not reach t'hem in season, and every moment he expected to see the
monster sink from sight, aod then he knew that
all hope would he gone. At that moment a cry
reached the ship that went through every heart
like a stream of fire. The boys had discovered1
'heir enemy!
Theory started old Fairbanks to his senses, and'
quicker than thought he sprang to the quarter
deck. The guns were'all loaded and shotted fore'
and aft, and none linetf'their temper better than
he. With a steady hand, made strong by a sudden hope, the old gunner seized a priming wire
and picked the' cartridge of one ofthe quarter.
guns;1 then he took from his pocket a1 percussion
' wafer, and aet it in its place, and set back the hammer of the p-atent lock. With1 a steady giant
strength, the old man swayed the bi*eech ofthe
heavy gun to its bearing, and hatched for the next
swell that would bring the shark in range. He'
had aimed the piece some distance ahead of his'
mark, but 3ret a single' moment would settle his*
hope's and fears.-
Every breath was hu'shed, and' every heart in
that oldship beat painfully. The boat was yet
come distance from the boys, while the horrible
sea-monster wai? fearfully near. Suddenly the
air was awoke by the roar oT a heavy gun. and atthe old man knew his shot was gone, he sank hack
on the combing of the hatch, and covered his face
with his hancfe, as if afraid to see t'he result of his
efforts, for if he had failed he knew that his darling boy was lost.
For a moment after the report of the gun had
died away ú[!íyn the air, .f&jre was a dead silence,-
but as the smoke arose from the surface of th»'
water, there was at first a low murmur breaking-'
from the lips of the men ; that murmur grew
louder aud stronger until it swelled into a joyous,-
deafening'shont. The old gunner sprang to hie
feet and gazed out upon the water, and the first
ihing that met his view was the huge carcass of
the shark, floating with its belly up. a mangled'
mass.
In a fe* moments the boat reached the daring
Swimmer's, and, half dead'with fright, they were'
brought on board'. The old man clasped hie boy
in his arms, and then, overcome hy the powerful
excitement, he leaned upon tbe gun ior support.
I have seen men in all phases of excitement and
suspense, but never have I seen three hundred human beings more overcome by thrilling emotions*
than on that eventful moment, when Ihey first-
knew the eflcct of onr gunner's ¡diet.
WóatAMsncDAN Feebmasons.'— The existene* of
Mohammedan Freemasons in Turky in affirmed,-
whose tendency. Signs, and other modes ol recognition are identical with those ol tlie Musnn* i(l
the countries of Europe. These Ilehtaselii Der--
visites «s they are called in Turkish, wire, however, always looked upon by the Port* :*s u non-
recognized redginus sect, and the propi-n v he-
longing to the order was therefore coiitlfl'tiah-d,'
in consequence of which they bare emit niimi ever'
since to act with great cautiou, and hold their'
lodges in secret. The religion ofthe £ehiascb¡¡
presents the greatest approach to civilization and1
social rmproveniei.it to be found amongst Mohará-
uiedaiiism. They hope, under the new Haui-liu-
mayoun, to get back their y roper ty, and exercib*
their tenets openly.
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