SECOND AHOTAI STATE FAIR.
The Hal] of the Assembly Chamb ir was thrown
open to the public atbalf-past seven P. k. op Tneo>
day evening, and, as we bad anticipated, an anxiou*
and expectant crowd soon filled the Hall, amongst
whom might have been seen the beauty. fashion
aud intelligence of our city aud State, We noticei
conspicuous citizens Irom many places ; and, if we
can judge from joyous countenances, we believe all
were highly pleased with the evidence* presented
oT the power of our soil to yield almost everything
that the heart of man could crave: for the eye
Bunt be blind to truth, that seeing these products
would not believe
On eutcring the spacious hi-.ll of the building,
the  visitor's  eyes  are  attracted  towards a large
patent obeese press, simple io i'--1 construction, and
a California Inrentioa.   Arranged along the east
aide of the hall, may be seen a camber of Uar-
ihaU'B patent plows : also, a " May Queen'' washing machine, manufactured in Sau Francisco, bv
J. W.Griest.
From Baofnal Tannin,: Company"-] ilepot in Saa
Francisco,  are   beautiful   qpecio&eoa  of tanned
leather, and on the opposite side of the hull, are
two bsftotifaj Stores from the manufactory of Voee
.L (Jo.
Next came two thriving apple trees of but two
year's growth, from the Commercial Nursery at
Saa Jose, and adjoining them a rnagniiiceDt stalk
• f Bgyptiao corn grown in this city, ami tempting
enough to suit the fantidious taste ol Cleopatra.
At tin; extremity of the hall Is a beautiful growing
castor oil bean plant, anil all about it are stre-wn
in admirable prolusion, beetft, potatoes and cauliflowers.
The first thing that strikes Ihe eye upon entering
tbe hall in tbe beautiful fVmnlf.m that bursts up
before you from the center of the hall, the water
jetting from the mouths of tlie dolphin* and sheila
that surround the pipes; the whale surmounted by
Cupid. The jetting eolamns diffuse a delightful
temperature to the atmosphere of the hull. To J.
il, Hevett, ESQ., the Society and ihe public owe
mueli for this beautiful and healthful addition to
the hall.
Streohlng across the upper portion of the north
wall of the chamber may be read the motto : " Ho
God created man iu his own image—in the Image
of God created he him, male and female created lie
them." Over tho portrait of Clay appears this
Myblgof the statesman : " Our country, our whole
country, and nothing but QQTcountry." To the
lolt. is suspended Washington's portrait, and above
it tlie motto: "First in war,first in peace, ami
first in the hearte of hi* countrymen." On tlie
right of tlie speaker's rostrum and above the picture of Sutter, the motto:   " Our noble pioneer."
Incrmspleinm.i places all over the room are die-
played in large capitals the names of the various
counties of the Stale. in addition also to the
above, are to be Been fastened to the wall) strips
of cloth bearing these mottoes: "The whole
earth is full of his glory ; " And God said, behold
I have giv'i'u you every herb bearing seed which in
upon the Face of the earth, and every tree iu the
world which is the fruit of a tree yielding:-.;..!;
to you il, shall he for meat;" " The prospects ami
glory of our country am based upon Its achievements In agriculture ;" " Hall to thee, California,
garden of the world.''
Over the dour is. " I know nothing which will
add ho much to the greatness of a country as the
improvement ol its Agriculture,"— Washington.
■' Agriculture, the first and most important occupation of man."—Jacksen,
■■ Agriculture, the soul, tbe basis of the Empire."
•—Napoleon.
Extending across the western wall of the chamber is this quotation: "The earth was sad, the
gardeu was ft wild, and man, the hermit, sighed
till woman smiled.''
Under the above appears the scriptural phrase :
" Man was made a little lower than the angels."
" Agriculture, our greatest intere.it; it always
Should be predominant."—Clay.
On the left of the door, in tho lobby, the first
objects which excite the wonder aud admiration of
the visitor, are two tables laden down with vegetables. Among them are two baskets of mammoth
iiweet potatoes, fair specimens of three acres of
their fellows, grown on a farm in San Jose. Next,
ij a table containing rolls of tobacco, cureil, from
Cuba seed, and grown by Dr. Brown, of Sacramento. Adjoining these specimens', are two flourishing
tobacco plants, growing luxuriantly in tuba.—
These arc five feet in height, and the leaves fifteen
inche-t in length. Here are also specimens of
tobacco grown on the banks of the Sacramento, by
Messrs. Hooker $• Fern.
Arranged along the inside of the lobby are displayed two immense sweet potatoes, weighing together eleven pounds ; from the Yolo Bids of the
livor a big basket of onions, weighing from one
to four pounds, and some of which measure twenty
inches in circumference ; bags containing parsnips
two feet in length, beets of twenty pounds weight,
and potatoes, any one of which would make a
meal for the biggest Irish lamily in Tipcrary ;
also, tomatoes one foot in circumference ; squashes
as big as pumpkins, and pumpkins big as the head
of a barrel.
On the same side of the room is a lot of elegant
saddlery, from the; establishment of A. T. Nelson.
89 J street ; and, next to it, a handsome •' Golden
Gate" stove, cast in this city, by Messrs. Kendal!
&. Co.
A basket of giant tomatoes, raised at the Shell
Mound Nursery, and presented hy J. L. Sandford,
attracted universal admiration, no less on account
of their huge dimensions than their brilliant color
and handsome proportions. On the same utile are
baskets of large squash peppers and long red peppers, present1.:!! by James 1']. Johnson. .Mission San
Jose ; also, unique looking scollop fiquashes, from
the same gardens. Then come onions, potatoes,
*tc, from Hooker & Fern, also specimens of white
wheat, barley find oats, very plump aud healthy.
from J. E. Johnson.
Among the potnological curiosities in this part
•f the room, two specimens of Spanish Mission
pears and peaches callad forth expressions of astonishment from all beholders. On one sprig is a
cluster of twelve large pears, fmd on the other, a
stern live feet long, are no lass than thirty magnificent peaches, some of which measured seven inches
in circumference. They arc from E. L, and L.
Sanders, Esqs.
A choice lot of Sacramento pottery ware, and a
souvenir parlor stove, intended for tlie consumption
of either wood or coal,ftre to be seen in this vicinity. Here, also, is a sunflower, three feet in circumference ; bushels of Sacramento ami Yolo peanuts
—soire of them two inches in length, a glimpse of
which would throw the pit of the Bowery Theatre
into exstacies. Just beyond these, and under the
west window of the room, are two cheeses—one
weighing 185 pounds and another 11.7 oounds—
from the dairy of Samuel Lewis, Petaluma,
The tuble to the light of the window is laden
with bags of Hour, from the Stockton City Mills;
Avenue Mills, Stockton ; Star of the Went Mills ;
aud the Star of tho Pacific, the first mill erected in
California, Napa. A beautiful bag of Hour, gold
lettered, and labelled from the Marysville Mills,
was the sufiject of deserved encomium. Bags of
corn meal were aluo exhibited.
A lot of Chile (Valencia) muskmelons, in color
■o nearly resembling squashes* as to be mistaken
for them by almost everybody, covered a small table in front of the Hour bags. By their aide are
two novel fruit pickerc, the invention of some Yankee genius. Under the table, the great curiosity
of fine twin musk and watermelons.
On the next table are neatly bottled soda and
■arsaparilla, from Chase A Co., Marysville; Lip-
pincot and Vaughn, Stockton.
Banged side by side, under these tables, are six
.monster pumpkins, one of them weighs 133 pounds.
CSJETBR TlBLBS.—These were the grand receptacles for the smaller fruits, shrubs, penological
and floral curiosities, etc. On one are choice varieties of grapes Irom Ihe prolific vineyard of Messrs.
Cook <fc Jackson, of this city. One plate contains
clusters of the White Syrian, and on the label at-
■ Cached is this explanation: " Thisis the grape mentioned in llie scriptui*(M as found by the [sralites
on the brook of Eschot, the branches of which were
*o large as to be borne on a staff by two men."
There are also specimens of the Jloyal rose Chasse-
Ws, royal Muscadine, white 1 roiitignau and white
Sweetwater. Nexteame two mammoth lemons,
presented by Dr. T. J. White, S;m Francisco, from
the gardens of Los Angeles; and on the end of the
table, the Lambert Newtown pippin, presented by
T.Va-;!!ingto:i Me<:-kJ. ol this city, 18   1-8  Inches by
14 l-'l inches.    Next name a ramber of beautiful
it run lemon oranges, tho largest of which en a-
sures 111 inches longitudinally—these were grown
in the vineyard of Messrs. Hansi'vaiut. Los Angeles,
The remainder of this table is adorned with plates
of Seckle pears, from Lewelling's EtanOB, San Jose
Mission ; stems laden down with apples, mid many
varieties of fruit of every desctiptlon indigenous
to the soil of California.
The show of apples is exceedingly fine, and forever puts at rest all doubts as to tlie capability arid
fffistetffii Cark
SAMUEL ARBUCKLE,
Auction & Commission Merchant
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
suitableness of Our SOU for the culture of this th
licious fruit.    Kellogg's orchard, in Napa, furnishes the Yellow Bel! ilower, Uoxhury Russet. Baldwin and ..■Tlriopus Spitzenberg.
Two elegant Seedling peaches, ofa foot in circumference, plucked from a tree two years old in
the garden ofP.L. Wimmer, Colonia, were special
objects of wonderment.
At the western central table a great crowd was
grouped by a little garden plot of strawberries, and
we must confess the temptation was almost irresti-
ble with us to pluck the forbidden lruit. These
plants are from the famous Shell Mound Nursery.
:i Antonio, and ou them urn raised thirty-
two varieties of berries. One ot the Hovey Seedlings irrigated our mouth for a month afterward.
It measures four inches in circumference, and Is as
beautiful as targe. On the walls above this table
are l.u;-'itiful samples of raised embroidery work,
noodle work, and worsted work, designed and executed by '■its. Stephens, or this city. Mauy of these
specimens are v^ry ingeniously as well a- tastefully
wrought, and excited approbatory remarks from
visitors. A water colored landscape, neatly framed, and pastil drawings, also by the same lady, are
very meritorious productions.
A wrought, drab colored piano cover, by Mrs.
J. Ii. Sandford, of Shell Mound, is as handsome a
specimen of work as can be found on exhibition in
any of the Fairs in those States where the matrons
are more mature in age aud experience than :-'
California.
The space about the Speaker's rostrum is a very
beautiful temple, built by A.Saul, Esq., the abb
and tasteful artist at Smith's gardens.
A graceful tree, denominated the Auricaria excelsior Norfolk Island Pine, from the gardens of
the .Messrs. Smith, is one of the choicest and most
valuable trees to be found in the State. It occupies aeonspicious position in front of the Speaker's
desk, and to it all eyes were directed.
Bull rushes (not dangerous) from Cayote Creek.
CjsstoT oil beans in the pod, and out of the pod;
mineralogical specimens; wax fruit: ivory hair
brushes, from Howard's drugstore, J street; "'
love of a bonnet," from Mrs. Chatterton ; Downe'a
patent clothes ruck ; magnificent collections ofda-
guerreotypes, from Vance'.-), .Sacramento, and Johnson's galleries, San Francisco ; sheaves of grain ;
stalks of corn, twenty feet high, cases ofebapeaux
OJ Collins manufacture ; elegant paintings of New
England landscape scenery, and other articles of
use and ornament, complete the collection which
is now on exhibition at the capital.
Among the distinguished visitors from abroad,
we observed Gen. Wool and suite, a large number
of more youthful epauletted gentlemen, Ex-Govcr-
nor foots, Frank Soule, and E*> Governor Burnett.
The inaugural address by Gen. C. I. Hutchinson,
waH elegantly well delivered, and listened to with
the profoundest interest and most devoted attention by the crowded auditory.
Sale   Room,   Principal   Street,
Opposite Temple's Building.
t^. Sales of 1CKBCHA2Q)ISE every THURSDAY.
49- s^le.i of BOSSES and STOLES bjtoij mov.uY.
e.%. Particular   attention   given   to   the   sale of Real
Estate
Stfld l^tefotiimifs.
BY AUTHOr.m'.
Im   jfrmrasro ^tatistnmts.
feb'2'J-tf
ALSXAKD8&,      PB
ALEXANDERS & BANNING.
Jkliwtbrajr, itnit (Kaniiiiissitra
MERCHANTS,
SAN PEDRO AND LOS ANGELES, CAL.
AGENTS.—H.       AI.lOXANiiKR, Us Angeles.
l.oi Angeles  August 25,1865. No. 15—tf
P, C, WILLIAMS,
At the old stand of J. G. Nichols,
Main Street,
tuHjjflltsitle ffllj ^elitil J)taler
us?
GROCERIES, LIQUORS AND  FA MIL 1' STORES-
No.  20—tf.
County of Los Angeles.
IS THE DISTRICT COURT FTBSSI JUDICIAL MSERICT !
PATRICK KANELEY Plaistii-t,
VS.
JOSEPH 1I0RNDEL Dkitn'daxt.
Action brought in the District Court of the 1st Judlalal
District, iuul the complaint tily.l in the Ciiy and County of
I.os Angi-h.-.i. ill tho ollioe of the t'li-rk of saiilDistrict Court.
The People of the State of California send greeting :
To JOSEPH HORNDEL,
u are aercoy required to appear in au action brought
against ymi t>y the above named I'laintiiF, in  our District
Court of tlio I.ir.st Judh-.ial District, in ami for Ihe County
ol" Los Aisles, mid to answer Um complaint tiled therein,
a certified copy of which you are herewith served, witnin
ten days after the service ou you of this Summons—if
served within this County ; or if served out of this Count v
hnt within the first Judicial District, within tweutv days
after the service thereof ; or if served out of tbe First Judicial District, hut In the State of California, within forty
days after the service thereof; always exclusive of the day
of service ;—or judgment by default will be taken agaiust
you.
The said action is brought to recover the sum of J300,
with interest at  6 per  cent,  per month until paid, upon a
crUin promissory note for      ''    *    *"*■**   "R*Ti   nt
aterestaccord-
C. E. THOM. C. SIMS.
TIIOM & SIMS.
ATTOKN'EYS AND COUNCELLOBS AT LAW,
OFFICE
ON
MAIN STREET,
(Opposite tlie Bella
BENJAMIN S. BATON.
ATTORNEY AND C0UNOELL0R
AT JLAW.
Main Street, Temple's  Block,
LOS ANGELES.
No 20
tf.
DEAN & CARSON.
Successors to Sanford & Carson.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS W
Groceries, Provisions, Tinware, Stoves, &e., &c
Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper work done to order.
$&" Biu Brick Stokb, Los Anoeles St.
with securing the same, and interest upon interest according to tenor of said note, and that ihe said mona^ed premises be Bold by tlie Sheriff, to satisfy the judgment of this
Court therein, and for costs and general reliefs, and that If
sufficient mouey lie not made out of said sale, that out of
the Ileal aud Personal estate of the Defendant exeeution
be bad to pay the residues remaining due, Aud if you fail
to appear and answer the said complaint as above required, the said i'laintilT will takfi judgment against you for
tlie aforesaid sum of $300, with interest, and costs as afore
-said and for the relief adUed for in said complaint,
,,—>—,, "Witness the Hon. llenjamin Hayes, Judge Of
J   t    c     I   ear Hfstrict Court afore.-aid. the tithdav of ^ep-
j   L" &'   f tember, A. D. 18K5,
k-v—,—'-1     Attest:   ily Ha-nd and the Seal of said Court,
,he day and yoar last above written.
JOHN W. SHORE, Clerk.
Per JOSEPH A. HINCHMA-N. Deputy.
STATE OP CALIFORNIA,     )
County ol Los Angeles,      j
IT APPEARING to me from the affidavit of Patrick Ken-
eley, that ho has a Rood cause of action against the
said Joseph Horndel, and that, suit lian been instituted
against the said .Joseph Horndel, and that due diligence
has been used to have personal service on the said Joseph
Horndel. ami thrtt he cannot be found within this State.
Therefore, in consideration of the premises. It iw ordered
that publication of summons to the said Joseph Horndel,
be made in the Los AngelesStor, forthree
Given under my hand this  Oth day of Septi
Judge of the 1st Judicial Hist riot, Stute of California.
BENJAMIN HAYES, District Judge.
STATE 0? CALIFORNIA,     )
County oI'Los Aagtilea.  SS    J
I JOHN W. .SHO.HE,  Clerk of the Oi.itriet Court  1st Judi
cial District, oftheRtatr -- ' "-«-*- .«.-*.»»   i,Q-.,h,
119 rutd 131 Sac rn men to Street, tea"  jrim.tUco.
•ntrallv located between r.-ans.oue and Montgomery st
ie immediate vicinity of the Nicaragua.and KailSteam-
5hip Co.'s Offices, San Fraucieco.
GllEATKEDTJCTION
IN THE PRICE OF BOARD AT TEE
WHAT CHEEK HOUSE,
Nos 110  and 121 Sacramento street,
BAN"1'KANC1;=C0, UAL.
SR 00..
gi 00...
50 cts..
..Pea* Day,
..Per Meal.
ouths sucoes-
ber, 1856,
       m * »♦ W:
The U. S. Senatb.—The Boston Telegraph let;
down all the free states with the exception of California and one member from Iowa aa Anti-Nebraska.
Thia ffould give a representation of fourteen
States in favor of the repeal of the Nebraska bill,
and sixteen States and one raumb^r from Iowa
against the repeal.
This phase of affairs will not probably be changed before tbe next Presidential election and in case
there is no election of President by the people,
there li but very little chance for an Anti-Nebraska
man, to be chosen if the election goes, to the
House of Representatives. The constitution provides that in the contingency of afaiiure to elect by
the people.
"Tha House of Rspreaentativss sh ill choose im
mediately, by ballot, the President; but in chaos
mg the President, the votes shall be taken by
States, the representation from each State having
one vote ; a quorum tor this purpose *hall consist of
a member or members from two-thirds of the States.
and a majority of all the States shall be necessa
ry to a choice,"
There are, aays the ■ Telegraph, thirty-one
States, sixteen being a majority. There are fifteen
slaves States, not one of which would vote for an
Anti-Nebraska man. In addition to these fifteen
slave States, California has chosen two Slavery
Democrats, who, iu all probability, would vote
with them. The State of Iowa has a divided delegation, one Anti-Nebraska man and one Nebraska
Democrat. Her vote will thus probably be lost
The other States, fourteen in number, would vote
for an Anti-Nebraska man.
 —■««»».»*■ 	
ALEXANDER GIBSON.
Justice of tbe Peace.
OFFICE ON .MAIN STREET,
Opposite the U. S. Hotel.
u-tify tbftt tlie for
if the original orde
ty aforesaid, hereby
,  true and correct i
my office.
have  hereunto  set
LODGINGS ON THE MOST REASONABLE TERMSi
From S':i to§0 Per "Week.
From SO ets. to SI Per Night,
N. B.—There are ETRHTY SINGLE ROOMS, fitted upend
.urnished in the neatest maimer, at from 7u cts, to 31 ptr
night, and from $5 to f ti per week.
tff The privilege of FREE RATHS is also extended toth»
patrons of the house
R. B. "WOODWARD, Proprietor
Hay. 'Id, 1855. No. 2~'dm
q    (   hand ,'ind affisml the seal of said Court th
' °' r day of September, A. O, 1855.
Los Angeles, Pepii
JQHN-W. SHOBE, Clerk,
for JOSEPH A. IHNCHMAX. Deputy
nber 8, 1855. 173m
In the District Court
OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTSICT,
SEW FEATURE!!
J. W.  SULLIVAN'S
GREAT PACIFIC DEPOT,
....AND....
GENERAL AGENCY
EOR THE SUPPLY OF CHEAP PUBLICATIONS, STATIOKi,
RY, &C.
PAPERS, PERIODICALS, AND EOOKS,
RECEIVED WEEKLY' BY THE
Mai! Steamers
AND EXCLUSIVE EXPRESS—VIA NICARAGUA,
THE proprietor would retipcetfully inform (..'uunlry Beidt.
sellete, CanTOBsers, Agents, Pedlecs, and the Publuj,
that independent of his general Nesvspr.per liu.iiness, he h.Q»
.antly on hand, ami receiving by every steamer, all
.__ STANDARD BDnh'S, ilAUAZINEti ASH REVIEWS OF
Et'ROPE AND AMERICA.
tlier with all the New, Cheap, and Miscellaneous no.
il publications of the day.   Having been engaged R
--  ' res all concerned that lie i»
MOSES SEARLES,
House, Sign & Ornamental Painter,
PAPER IIASGEIt,  GI.AXISSlIt  AND GILDER.
Lumereaux Buildings. Main Street,
LOS ANGELES.
E. L. SCOTT & CO.
Carriage Makers and Blacksmiths,
LOS ANGELES STREET,
OPPOSITE
Son-umber 15 1865
MELLU8    ROW.
WATCHMAKER   &   BOOKSELLER.
COMMERCIAL STREET,
L<m Angeles, Cal.
">Y VIRTUE of an ew
ii case, I have levied
IfAuction as the law i
i the city of Los Ang«
ext between th" h" :v
ay, the following     i
All the right title . ..
;x. in and to oue eerta
a ihe County nf Los A
nnwn as tbe Raneho
B. D. WILSON and W. T. 13. SANFOKD,
VS.
TOMAS TALEMANTES.
jeution to me directed in the abort
on and will proceed to sell at 1'ub-
lirects, in front of the Court Hon Be
ilea, on the 24th day of i>OYember
i of in ami 11 o'clock A. M. of said
rih'.'d property, to wit:
■ 1 latetest of said Tomas Taleman-
in Bftnoho lyin^ and being situated
ngeles and State of California, and
    ''de la Ballona,," being the  sams
granted to  Agustin   Maihi.vlo,   Yifoayio   Machado, Felipe
TaUrnnntcs and Ionian Tuliiiiiantesi by  Juan  Bautista Al-
yarado, Constitutional liovcriier of the lli'partnient efCali-
forniii, NOTembQT27th.; 1889.     And bounded oil tha East
by the Ranehu off. I'olicarpio H'.ffui'ra ;   on the North by
the lands of Mr. Alenia ; on tne-West by those of Cuidano
Antonio Y:<nfccio Abila ; and on the South by I hose of Jose
f-ejivilTedftnii.t suppm^d to bem->re   particularly described
as follows: Comintincinf atucuttonwooiUrnc in which out*
of a hatchet were made, arid runniri'f V.n^l 1 .'S'-iii v.iras to a
little pole bridge ; thence '.-outh ft.MUU faraw to the mouth
ofa eree» : * hence along f.h« lJea Coast in a Westerly direction 7,300 varas to a point called the  Barrancas, fdeep
gullies ;) thence North in a direction to strike the said Cottonwood tree 7,801) varas to the plaes of beginning.
Given under roy hand this V-ili thiy of Oct. A. I). 1855.
DAViDW. AI.KXAMif.ii. Sbkmf»,
Tor CHAS, E. HALE. DUPUTT.
LosAngelea, Oct. IS. 1S55. Ko. 22—td*
enabled to forward ail orders wilh promptn.-'ss and dispatch.
c-rins mm-!' favuiabio than v.u--1 hou-i. ,. as he gives ily
personal attention to the selection and coin ■'yauce of every
order. Parties favoring him with th< ir sittne mayrestas-
red of being dealt with fnthfe FBOst tftttnfaotorv nianner,
aud with works suited to their trade, Sill to OL, LAW and
MEDICAL "WORKS, aapplii d at earliest moment after issue.
Blank Rooks, Cards Inks and Envelopes, anil every variety
Of
COMMERCIAL AND FANCY STATIONARY.
All orders must be postpaid, enclosing GA8H for'Work).
Jj- Bags kepi open to the latest moment.
United States Mail Tia Nicaruagua, by authority »f lbs
United States GovernmeTit.
Wholesale and r-taildepartment, Tost Gflce Ruildinga '■
Ro*w No. 5, nc stairs.
COUNTY SURVEYOR'S OFFICE.
.1. (!. Nichols, new brick builQIng on Main utreet,
tairs.
H. HANDCOCK, Cocstt Sukvktor
GEO, HANSON, Dkputi
Lo^i Angeles, April 23,1855. No. 50—tf
r
CoBONEit'a txKffjssv.—THe coroner held an tn-
rjuestyesterday, on t&e body ol a native Califor-
nian nainod Jeronimo Mesa, who was killed on Sunday last by Francisco Rodriguez. The two, it appears, had been at the races that day at John Martin's, on the road beading from the Red Woods to
San Jose, and had started home late at night. Juan
Baptists Bnetna, the principal witness, pays that he
rode in a cart while Rodriguez and Jeronimo walked together in the road. After proceeding until
they earns to the spot where tho diseased and Rodriguez must part, when the former asked the latter
to give him a drink before they parted. Rodri
gOTZ said he would do so if Jeronimo would tell j
him his given name ; but the latter construed this
as a reproach, and angry words ensued. The die-
eased commenced annoying the horse attached to
the cart of Rodriguez, when he jumped out and
both parties stood up for a light. Rodriguez then
took a bayonet out of the cart, and advancing upon
Jeronimo a fight ensued, when the fatal woundB
wure iuSIicteil.   Both parties were intoxicated.
After a protracted struggle, the latter part of
which the witness did not see, Jeronimo, weakened with the loss of blood, fell and expired, and
Rodriguez returned to where the cart wan and told
witness to keep silent or he would kill him. .The
itness and the diseased were related in the third
decree. Rodriguez then fled and nothing has since
been beard of aim. lie is represented aa a man
almost 55 or 60 years of age, live feet six inches
high, rather stoutly made, with bow legs. Hij
hair and whiskers are black, sprinkled with gray.
His complexion dark, cock-nosed, high forehead,
prominent chin and small black sunken eyes. He
was formerly an Alcalde in Santa Cruz county,
The Ooroaers Jury returned a verdict that the diseased was killed by a bayonet in the hands of Francises Rodriguez.—[News.
—      !«,«»»■»»— ,
A Female Companion of Moxkok Edwards.—
A wretched specimen of humanity wu taken to
the Second District Station House on Thursday
evening, whose history, if written, would furnish a
volume. She gave her name as Mary Ann Sherwood. Upwards of twenty years since Bhe left
this city witn Mouroe Edwards, in what capacity
may easily be ffnesssd. She was then a fair young
girl of sixteen, but already hardened in vise. She
has returned to ihe city, and has been committed
for vagrancy. Even now she gives evidences of|
talent that might have made her an ornament of
any eiiele. but alas! her lite hai been worse than
wasted, and also now begins to reap the fruits of
hei first false step.—Albany Register.
AUG. W. TIMMS.
Forwarding and Commission Merchant,
San Pedro and L03 Angeles, Cai,.,
Age.vt, H, READ Lob Angeles.
. R. Jonaaos. H. P. allan-sos.
JoHnsosi & AUaiison,
Successors   to   Alexander   ifi   Melius.
Matthew L»nfranco,
DEARER IN* PROVISION'S, (.;HOCEKIES AND LIQUORS
Called* OS Negros, Los Angeles au3J     "
Mathematical instruments.
FIJ3--T FJUEMTtJOTB AWARDED FOR, TEN
r.iliVrertt M ATllKJiATR'AL IN^TRUlU.lvVrs in thoState
Stair to WM. BCHlfnuE. the only manafafltaret of Instruments on the Pacific Cim.it. Surveyors an<t HiigineerH, before purchaniuc cluewhnro, BlirniW"nec our iuiproveii Transit Inatrunieurs, Theoilolitcs, ('nuijias.se^, Levelling Instru-
rueiitfl, Moiintai.o Therm "meters, etc., etc.
Instruments Reiialrci" ami mljustctl.
WM.S0HMOL2,
118 Montgomery St.
San F
I* Corto   »le   Olfltrlto «el   Pciincr    Dlstvlto
JurtUlnl.
ESTADO DE CALIFORNIA.        \
Conaado On Los Angeles.    |
B. D, WTXSON Y W-, T. B. SANFORD,
contra
TOMAS TALAMANTKS.
N YIRTUD de una brden de ejecueioa   espetlida on e
wo arriba i'noiieiciu;i(lo, he  tomndo  pum-siony  proce-
vender eu [mljiica suh;ista eulreute de la  Ca^a de la
Corte en la e«idad .Ic- Los Angles, el din 'li de Noviembi-e
proximo entre las 10 y las 11 de la marlnna, la slguiente
rooiedad, a »aher :
Todo el dtrcclio, titulo e lateres que el diehe Tomas Tal
w,
antes t
* Angeles j
bre de " Banc
:edid a Aii^u
mantes y Tor
Qobernador C
Ranch.
ii el (
inocido per el i
:>.ia'!i> do
r> Hii:u(-
, eI-"«
rte
Serlor Alanis, al Pi'niente con el del eiudailano Antonio Ig-
nacio Avilaj y al5ur con el del Seiier Jose Sepulveda," y
itftscrito mas |>ari.i'.;i;l:u'ineule como Ki;;ue : Comenzando
desde un alamo cityo ti'onco^iene uno- iikchaKo.-y corriendo
al oriente 1,8.ir> varus h'asta un poqaefio nuenta de made-
ra. He aili at BUT 5,800 »arft'S haal l I l -■■ h Inn del ar-
royo. De ai^ii a lo largo de la costtt SB un-v dlreccion ocfli-
dental 7,300 varas ha.-ia un panto llamado Ion "Rarrnn-
008." De alii al norte 7,800 v*ran haaLa el mismo lugar
donde oomeiizd.
Dadobajo mi raano, hoy 12 de Octuhre de 1855.
DAVID W, ALEXANDER, Sheriff.
Por CARLOS E, EAIiE, Dipatfcd*.
Lo* Angeles, Oct. 20, 1S55, No. 2:j—Ids
GENERAL
ADVERTISING AGENCY.
97 MERCHANT STREET. SAN FRANCISCO.]
ADVERTISEMENTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED RY
THOS. itOYCJffl, Agent for the following newspaper* ;—
"Democratic State Journal," Sacramento.
"Daily Argus," Stoehton.
•'Sierra Citizen," Downieville.
"Miners' Advoeate," Diamond Springs.
" Plaeer Herald," Auburn.
"Mountain Messenger," Gibsom-ille.
"Contra Costa,"  Oakland.
"Tribune,'-' San.lo.se.
"Star," Loa Angeles.
"Democratic Standard," Portland. 0. T.
;E1 CUmor Publico," Los Angeles,   (Spanish Paper.),
(lay 19, 1866. h'o.l—if
Wilson's Exchange,.
....BY....
ESTABROOK & JAMES.
THIS popular and  extensively known HOTEX, which for-
the last few weeks has been under the management of
ff. W. EfJTABRQOK,   has been painted throughout;  nev
Furniture has been added and'.he House is now incomplete
order for the reception of the public.
Mj. Ewtahrook has formed a connection in business wilh
c. P. T. JAMES, who has been  favorably known  in th»
Above HOTEL, and recently at ton tuternationaL
Every possible exertion Vf'll he made by the present proprietors to render the above establishment the most popu-
"     '    the State. Ko. 6—Gin
b24,  1SG5.
No. 22—?.m
HARDWAEE ST«RE.
THV. :<L,t,:;i'rh,>i'. Tl:, . Iii-j:c;n,if 1 :l stf.^B for
Ulu .al„ of IIARiiWAUi:, resppcffolly in-
for.i: the Inhabitants of Los Anffeles no>! Ti-
cinity tlmt tliey :\rv pi-opi.i'0'1 to supply all
vttats la their line or basittess, at wholesale ana retail
at tlio loont roasonablc prieos. Among tl.oir stoek way
be founrt a^eneral asnortmont of
CARPENTERS' TOOLS.
NAILS OF ALL KIXDS.
LOCKS, BOLTS, BUTTS A"D SCREWS,
HOUSE FlUiNISlUNUS GENERALLY,
MASONS TROWELS.
BUTCHKI'.'K SAW;-!. CLEAVERS mi KNIVES,
BRASS KKTTLES, IRONS and SCREENS,
STElil.VARDS ami Sl'RIN'W BALANCES.
OX. TRACE and COIL CHAINS. ETC.. ETC.
I0TICE.
THE Counts Treanurer of Los Angeles  County  hereby
gives notice that, there is the sum of  Four Thousand
aud two Doliai-R in the Sinkii g t'nnil of said County.
Sealed ProposalH to bo endorsed :: Proposals for the Re-
ilcmptiou of I,os Ani;ples Counly Romls, "will be received
at the said Treasurer's office, in the city of Loa Angeles,
till tiie 27th day ol'Octoher. The proposals must state
what amount in cash will be received for each dollar in
bonds, and what amount of Bonds will be surreutlereti.
The lowest bids wiil be accepted. One-tenth of the
amounts olTevei! must accompany the proposals in Cash
or Rends. Bids above par will not be considered. Interest on the Bond* redeemed will be paid up to the date of
redemption.
H.N. ALEXANDER, Countv Treasurer.
Los Angeles, Oct, 13th, 1855. No. 22—3t
ArtRivAi, op Axothf.u of the U. S. Surveying
SftUADUoN.—Yefitenlay tlie U. S. surveying ship
Vinctnnes, Lieut. Commanding Jamee Kodgers, arrived from ilakodadi, .Japan, via: Arctic Ocean,
St. Lavrreace Bay, and the etraits of Sindividet
whOTB they have t?eeo makino- impovtant siifveye,
They repot't not hiLvinp; netin one whaler while in
the Arctic, or in fact even a whale. The Vincen-
neft looks in glorious condition—-officers and crew
all well.—[Timee and Transcript,
Lou Angeles, July 14,1S5.'
rniTEit&co.,
s St. li-.-ar Ciiiomor
No. 9-
IMPORTAJfT TO FARMERS
AZVJD OTIIEUS.
BAGS FOR SAL'Iii,   or urnac lo order by Bin-
CHtNEiiY, at [bo very lowest market rates.    To thorn
^^^^^^^^^^^ . those
sh tha cloth, lit!) iJ.i. umlu wiVJ be cut
PSIIOO.    Also—Tents,  Hoyc, Ctlllnga,
wish in ic
and tnada Sw
ami Wagon Covers ^^^_^^^_^^^^^^^
V. BJJ3AUD11Y.
Third door from Alifio Street,
—Reaudry's Block.  Negro Alley.—
LosAngelei   gunt. 22 lboh. ' 'No. 19—tf
DISSOLUTION OF CO-PARTNERSHIP.
TIIE CO-PARTNEK>I111' heretofore nxistin^ unner tht
Name and Style of Elias k Brothers is this day dissolved by mutual consent. Israel Ellas having withdrawn
from the company, the business will bo conducted by R,
Ellas and Jacob Elias as heretofore, under the name ot
Eliaa & Bro., who are hereby authorized ro settle all the
business affairs of the late lirm. All persons iudebted tc
the said firm either by Notf or llooL account, are requested to malic immediate payment, or their accounts will bi
'-** with tho pi-'inor nfljcera for collection.
RAFAEL ELIAS. ISRAEL ELIAS.
JACOB ELIAS.
if Angeles, August 13111.1805.
JP. B. Comlns,
GUN, LOCA'& WHITE SMITIt
LUCKS MADE AND REPAIRED.
Salamander Safes Opened.    AH Work
Warranted.
i, constantly on hand and lor sale, a large assortment
Double and Single Barreled Shot Gum,
RIFLES,  PISTOLS,   GUN   TRIMMINGS,   Ac,
Which will be sold cheap.
Powder a?id Shot wholesale and retail,
NO. 73 DAVIS STREET,
Third door north of ( lay street,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL,
■fc^. Orders for work promptly attended to, ami eiecutel
*t short notice. oet26 tf
WH. Y. PATCH.    CHAS. CLAYTON.     L. V. H.HOIVELL
Patch, Clayton & Co,,
frokct Coinniissifjir Ultwljimfs,
....AND ....
GENERAL AGENTS,
No. 40 Clay Street, below Davin,
SAN   FRANCISCO.
Goods Stored in Fire-Proof tVurcJlonsci.
Co-partnership Notice.
THE undersigned respeotfully give notion thai
formed a oo-jULi'teresbip, umler ihe name an
L GLASER & CO,
for the purpose of conducting  the   business i
vnorchandising.
LOUIS GLASER.
Los Angeles, Oct. 13th, 185;")
II. B. T U 11 N E 11
*p m © m w © si
—AND—
Commission Hienjntiti.
44  CLAY  STREET,
(Between Davis and Drum,)
Casli AdviiiKid on  Consignments,
SAN FRANCISCO.
July 21, 186fe. No. 10—««
w
Notice of Co-Partnersliip,
R. PETER DEAN, having pim-.hasod themterej
of Sanfoi 1 A: f-,r. ■.,.*!-. i
uiiilm-t.lio dtyli ■:!■■, . ! - ,
public in general r*re solicitml 6
ine our stook of (Jrocenes and 1
ware StoveB &o. Tin, Sheet Iroi
to order in n workmanlike stvlo.
PETER DEAN.
Lo* Angeles, Sept. 20th 1655.
hasoil themtereat of W.
fgooclfl bSlonglng to the
i&stffi will be continued
The old patrons and
"ivo us a eaJlafld oxam-
jvistuuM, Tiii-v.-nrollavd
and  Coppcr-wari; made
"V?7"ollf3 cto Provoati
Pickle  and  Preserve Warehouse,
No. 48 Front Street, between California am»
Sa.":umento Streets,
SAN FRANCISCO.
D.B. FROVOST, Agent.
June 23, lSo5. No. 6—fiW
Jones, Tobin & Co.
IMPORTERS   AND    JOBBEK&i
Sneramento Stitct, comer Sruisome.
San Frakoisoo,
VOL. 5.
LOS   ANGELES,   CAL.,   SATUEDAY,   NOVEMBER   3,   1855
fas %iyki Stat'.
    *m **• —i	
Printed and publishrd i.-ver\ Saturday, fn Temple e Buildings, Main street, head of Commercial, by
J. S. WAITE.
Term*.—Subscription, Five Dollars per annum, payabh
in advance.
Advertisements inserted at Two Dollars per square of ten
IneJ tor Km Swtimiezttteia, and One Dollar per square for
«ach snbxori iient insert Ion.    Terms^ Cash.
Transient advertisements must   be paid  for in advance
to
Noc
e attention.
uule.sH the real autho
adinissdbla over a fictitiou
aiiril!.
Ajcnts of t!»e I.os Angclea Star.
The following gentlemen are authorized Agents for
tar:
Thomas RiriinicK	
Gs:-irge Rick       t
Messrs. Ksox & WitHii-riu
S. S. TsovfSOSt	
Cor.. Ira Thompson	
Cait. AVm. Mahti.v '
R. HteKTSH	
Col, Jacksov	
Jcnraa n. A. Thomas	
I)b. J. L. Horr.xA.v	
F. J. Magi'ikr ,.
Ales. S, Tavi/ir	
.San Gabriel.
..San Diego.
..Santa linrbara,
..Monterey.
..San  Franc.i'cn.
SO. 25.
cStltttra f octrj,
He Doeth all Things WelL
, can lay,
Dimness Carts.
SAMUEL ARBUCKLE,
Auction & Commission Merchant
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Sale    Roonn,   K-'riaicipal   Street,
Opposite Temple's Building-
-Bffl. Sales of MERCHANDISE every THURSDAY.
«S- Sales of HORSES and MULES every MONDAY.
-£5, Particular   attention   given   to   the   sale of Real
Estate Foh*>')-+*
13. J. VIh GIN.
ARCHITECT   AND   BUILDER.
BinLMNb'SOF BRICK. WOOD or A1JOBR contracted for
to be delivered complete,
jUg- ELEVATIONS and SPECIFICATIONS drawn for pub-
lie or private houses.
<K5_ OHAIN t'UMi'S put up and warranted to give satis
faction or no charge.
$g- .fOrtlitXi; «.f !,!1 kinds doiiR at short notice.
SHOP on Fort Street, near the Jail.
Los An^ek'3; Sept. 1, 1855. No. 16—tf
G. C.  AI.KXANllK'l.      I».  W. AI.KXANDKK.       PHISHAS RAf\lVG.
ALEXANDERS & BANNING,
FORWARDING & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
SAN PEDRO AND LOS ANGELES, CAL.
AGENT.—H. it. AJ.KXANDKR,   Los Jngeles.
l.m Anselss  August g5. 3855. No. 15—tf
P. C. -WILLIAMS.
At the olr) stand of J. G. Nichols,
Main Street,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Groceries, Liquors and   Family
STORES.
C.  E.  THOM.
TIIOM & SIMS,
Attorneys & Counsellors at Law,
0FHC2 OS MAIff  STE3ET,
iHotpl.)
No. 20-
BBNJAMIN S. EATON,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Main Street, Temple's  Block,
LOS ANGELES.
No 20—tf.
DEAN & CARBON.
Successors to Sanford &  Carson.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Groceries, Provisions, Tinware, Stoves, &e., &c
Tin. Sheet Iron and Copper work done to order.
£33- Big Bkick Stokk, Los Axgei.es St.
No. 21—tf
BT C. H. GARBER.
Tlie nights of life, the dark and starless nights—
And fiere are many, many—
When the gaunt spectre of our grief affrights-
Tell me who has not any ;
For tears are frequent as the rain, and sighs,
Alas! are numberless—a aljrh replies,
Happy, indeed, are they,
Happier than words can tell,
Who, piously believing the stern truth
"He doeth all things well."
Haughty and stern, defiance in hiB will,
I Bee a stricken brother ;
Tormented, dying, yet submissive still,
Job-like, I see another.
And One, greater than all, who nothing said,
When spat upon, and thorns were round his head;
His sufferings and hi1" wo
His glories scarce excel.
Gethsemane and Calvary, repiner, lol
" He doeth all things well."
All creatures rejoice in life—would be
Happy in each endeavor.
Shall man be less so, the immortal ?   He,
Who would exist forever?
Sun. moon and stars, the hills and fields, proclaim
Goodness to man, and glory to Ilia name.
The winds' yEolian hymn,
The thunder's awful swe 1,
Morning, nnd noon, and night, still speak of Hi;
Who "doeth ail things well."
He doeth all things woll; pleasure and pain
The lot alike ot all.
He doeth all things well—sunshine and rain
On just audunj! st fall.
The poor, the proud, the lofty and the low,
An even God in even justice know ;
Mighty, ever the same,
Unchanged, unchangeable.
Angels and men adore.    Holy, holy His name
Who "doeth all things well."
SSisoilii
nitons.
|  tO  ill!
We Watched Her Breathing.
BY THOMAS HOOD.
" She sleeps ;
Her smile hath passed, away.
As dies the ripple on the sea."
We watched her breathing through the night.
Her breathing soft and low.
As on her breast the wave oflife
Kept heaving to aud fro.
So silently we seemed to speak,
So slowly moved about,
As we bad lent her half our powers.
To eke her being out.
Our very hopes belied our fears,
Our fears our hopes belied ;
We thought her dying-when she slept,
And sleeping when she died.
For when the morn came, dim and sad,
And chill with early showers,
Her quiet eyelids closed—she had
Another morn than ours.
ALEXANDER GIBSON.
JUSTICE   OF   TIIE   PEACE,
OFFICE ON MAIN STREET,
Opposite the U. S. Hotel.
-No. 21—tf
MOSES SEAJRi.ES,
House, Sign & Ornamental Painter,
PAPER HAJVGE3R,  GLAZIER   AND GILDER.
Lumereaux Buildings, Alain Street,
LOS ANGBLES.
E. L, SCOTT & CO. ..
Carriage Makers and Blacksmiths,
JLOS AKJjElES STREET,
MELIUS    ROW.
OPPOSITE
■pttimber 15 1855.
O. X>"o.oc»33a.xia.-uLWL,
WATCHMAKER   &   BOOKSELLER,
COMMERCIAL STREET,
Los Angeles, Cal.
IN J. a. Nichol^jew brick bulMing on Main street, Uji
stairs.
H. HANDCOCK, County Sukvkvor.
Geo. HANSON, Deputy.
_ r.oi Ingflles, April 28. 1866. JSTn. 50—tf
AUGTwTtlMMSr"
Porwfl EdSiiig nnd Commission jHcrchaat,
San Pedro 4ND Los Angeles, Cal.,
Ac;i-:.\"i', II. HEAD Los Angeles.
w
K. Jounso-,-. y   g
Jolitison & AUaiison,
„ c.™c?.""™ '" Maunder * Melhu.
iIOI.LS.UJ! AM) KKl'.UI, I.E.UJ.-Rs iv
lIKm-IIAXIUSi:. M:,in ,t.. I„,« j,,.,,.,,,, ,
I)
niatt|ieW liaiifianfo,
EALEB IN PROVISIONS, GROCERIES AND IJQUOTts
CnUed'1  os N'e^roH, J,os Angeles ana'    tf
El Clamor Publico.
TO  ADVERTISERS.
4  lH'KKTISE.\Ii-.NT;-; (or tin- CLAJIOR PlJ'iJ.K « v
JX be tr---'——	
It is stated that Sir Moses MouU-flore, tlie eminent Jew, who has lately gone to Palestine, intends
purchasing there a large district of country, and
to settle upon it the Jewish paupers oi Jurnsalctn.
Eventually his purpose is to settle there, also, all
those Jews who feel inclined to return to the land
ot their ancestors. This is, perhaps, the most
practical effort erer made toward " the return of
the Jews."
THE HAUNTEDHEARTHSTONE.
[1T.0M   PtHOUB LIFK."]
ivf tivei anJ dittil
"Do I believe in haunted houses?" said the aged
woman, speaking rather to herself than to the fair,
sweet granichild who nestled at her teet nndlook-
ed up so earnestly into the wrinkled face. " Yep,
indecdl do. There's not a house in this whole village, nor for miles around, but that to meishannt-
t-d—none, though, so much as this. "Haunted,
continued she, speaking so slowly that a solemn
emphasis seemed to rest on each letter, "yes yes,
there are Bitch things as haunted spots." And then
ahe dropped her knitting, took off her gttstnff, wiped her eyes, and leaning back in her arm chair,
teemi-d lost in a sad yet holy commution with the
earlier passages oflife.
It was a dark, stormy Winter's night. The wind
howled fiercely around the old farm lu'tise, drifting
tbe snow high on the window sills, fastening it lo
the rou^li panels of the doors, eifting it through
the crevicesot the mossy roof, and heaping it tip
like giants'graves all along the pathways through,
out the garden. But in doors all was bright and of
summer warmth. The huge backlog h.,id been
dragged in ere twilight, and was now slowly dropping into cools, wliile the flames from the lighter
wood, which every few minutes was cast on with
so free a hand, blazed high aud ruddy, and cast a
genial light and glare iu the darkest corner, and
scintillated on the time-darkened ceiling like polar
flashes on the midnight sky.
It was one of those bitter nights that make the
hearth-stone the bunniest spot on all the earth—a
night when the sheltered lift up their hearts in
thanksgiving; a night when the children kneel be"
fore the fire and read bright prophecies in the living coals ; when the aged draw their chairs yet
nearer to the blaze and warm the'r shivering memories ; a night when all turn their hacks to the darkness, their facea to the light.
Lewis II Stone, whose trial has been going on
for several d.iys past at Rochester, was on Fridav
found guilty of mail robbery, and sentenced by
Judge Hull to ten yearn' imprisonment. Galei
his accomplice, subsequently plead guilty. These
robberies were perpetrated during (he months of
September and October last, at Elmira.
As Indian CandjdatS.—The St. L on in Republican says:— " William Walker, a half-breed of the
Wyandot tribe .of Indiana, a man of education
and of wealth, and who glories in hiw Indian blood
—is spoken of as a candidate for Congress in Kansas. The Territory could not be better represented
than bv Mr. Walker."
A young lady from the country being invited to
a party, was to d by her city cousin to fix pp, and
put her best foot, foremost in order to catch abeau,
'■ she looked so green in her country attire."' The
cou ill ry d msel looked comically into the face of
her rather faded relative, and replied, "better
green than withered."
Up in Brattteboro they have a peculiar way of
announcing a death—take as an instance :
In Vernon. July 2d, widow Catherine Lucia, aged
100 years and 7 months. She was of French descent, 5 feet 8 iuches in height, and 24^ iuc-bes a
cross her shoulders.
" Dawkter, dawkter, said an exquisite the other
day, " I want you to tietl me what I can put into
my head to make it all right."
•■It wants nothing but brains." said  the physi-
Puf.tty Fair.—An Irishman describing the
trading powers of the genuine Yankee, said :—" Be
dad. if he was cast away on a desolate island, he'd
get up the next itiorniu and go round scHtu' maps
to the inhabitants."
The last words of a French Baron, who lately
drowned himself'iu the Seine, were, -'My cigar it
(tnifhed—my grave is flowing beside me.—
Adieu!"
pect-
riZt n U,1«l»1;-t«>l by ilio Editor free of char e. and inse
im raorninjt, and tlmsc -vha u-isl, to a-Wti:
?-'Uv request,.,-! to Imud in I h,.,',- «,n-(>rti< r-..
iawriioB « Moada.- of each week
F. P. RAMIREZ,
"I shall be indebted to. you for Ufa " astbeniTTn
;aid t'j his credito-is when he ran away to Australia.
An impertinent fellow wants to know if you ever sat down to tea where skimmed milk was on the
table, without being asked " do you take creamV7'
"Jim, how does the thermometer stand to-day?"
" Our stands on the mantel-piece, right agin the
plastering1?"
The woman who neglects her husband's abirt
front is not tbe wife oi ius tosoiu.
"It was a night to make ghost stories relish well
—do, grandmother, tell one."
The head of the young girl rested on the knees
of the old lady, and as the latter lost the thread of
her dream and looked down, she could see an enthusiastic eagerness pictured iuthe bright blue
eyes, a longing tor some tale of romance, that dropping into her heart should vivify its dormant passions. She hesitated a few moments, and then ten
derly carressittg the one lone pet of her bosom, she
«aid :—'" I will tell you a story about a haunted
hearth-stone, and, Lizzie, it will be no tale of fiction.
The plot is drawn from living memories, the scene
is laid—here, here." But her tremulous voice now
quivered with added notes, and after a moment's
stern, but useless effort at self-control, it burst into
sobs so loud and wild that they rivalled the cries
of the winter wind.
The young girl seemed not much, frightened,
and spake no soothing words, but only clasped the
hand she.had taken, as she asked the story, with a
tighter grasp. Tlie paroxysm did not continue
long, ; but as it passed away she rose and turned
her trembling steps toward the dark, cold bed-room,
and going in closed the door, and was absent a
long while. The tears streamed down Lizzie's
cheeks when left alone, and it was evident that the
aged relative had some secret sorrow, over which
she mourned intensely. When Fhe returned and
again seated herself in her usual chair, only drawing it a little closer to the fire, (here was such a
calm, be.mtiful, spiritual look expressed upon her
open countenance that you could not but fancy she
had conversed with the angels. Without any allu-
lion to the past, without any preface, she began,
after a silence of perhaps half an hour, the promised story. Handed down to me it reads like this:
It was a night much like this—forty years or
more have passed since its winds blew and its snow
diifted, since its cold palsied, aud its darkness
frightened. Beside the same hearth-stone, the same
only lhat it was uot worn so smooth, for the hou.'e
then had been tested but thirty iu^tead of as now
seventy and odd winters—an aged man and his
wife sat before the blazing fire striving to wliile
away the long evening hours. There was not then,
as now, daily mails coming into our little village,
freighted with uews in every shape. The press
did not teem, as now, with magazines and books;
it was rare to see a newspaper in this old kitchen,
rnd rarer any volume. sivernEOxB. The old man
had studied that some time, and crrefully replaced
it—the Bible did not then as now growrusfy wliile
other books were thumbed to pieces. Ue had eaten
his apples, drank h;s cider, and cracked some walnuts for his wife, whose teeth were sounder Chan
his own ; aud now sat close as he could draw himself to the femes without scorching his homespun
garments, nodding good-by to the sky bound Sparks'
The old lady had rolled up her knitting, and, with
her broken fork—in tlio.-e days they had not heard
of nut-picks—with her two-tined fork, which had
lost oue of its members, pat digging out with a patience worthy of the gold mines of tuese times, the
rich, tfwect kernels.
Suddenly she dropped both fork and nut, andiu
another instant started to her feet, her pan falling
from her lap and threatening many a grease spot
on the well scoured floor. Hastening to her husband, shook his shoulders, saying, '• Wake up quick
and listen." Half frightened, he jumped, and
came near setting his stockinged feet upon living
coals; but Ins watchful wife, drawing him off the
hearth, whispered, a little wildly, ''Listen, nowf
dou'tyou hear it?" "Hear what?" said he, still
half asleep. "Why, the sound like a child crying.
There, there, now It goes again! Do go to the
door." Tbe old man, now fully roused, stood with
his hand to ttis ear, the right one—the left bad
been deaf many a year. "It is the wind, wife;
don't you kaow it? It is a fashion it has when it
is cold."
It wasn't the wind," said she, solemnly, with
a little nervous agitation yet visible in her countenance. " I know the cry of the wind ; it never
Bakes a aouad Ulft ttuitt  '.There/-' and,, eho clang
ring like a dead leaf, " don't yo i heal
it?'' He certainly did hear soun-lhirg that sound
ed like the cry ofa child ; and now it did not dit
away, as it had when his wife had DOtloed it, with
a single sob, but lengthened into screams. But
how it could sound so near, or whence come, was a
mystery; for the house stood theu far away from
any other bous<"; but it was a child's cry, that wa
certain.
"I'll go and see," said he, snmmouiqg couragi
to his somewhat faint heart, aud he turned to the
door. Ilia wife followed close aud last on bis
steps. As he withdrew the little slip of Wood fhat
fastened the latch—there wasn't then a bolt or lock
in the town—and opened the door, a bundle, so it
seemed, though of what it was hard io guess, fell
into the room with a heavy, lifeless Kouud. The
wind blew 8 White sheet DV« it lt» l!i:>y could
again fasten the ialeli. Half horror, half WOflder*
struck, they dragged the coarse blanket to th
hearth, and unrolling it. discovered a woman and
child; the latter strrikgling to free itself from its
many wrappers, and screaming with all its (night :
the former motionless as a corpse, with lips a* ashy
and cheeks as sunken. A half hour's charity to
the babe, who seemed to have seen a twelvemonth,
completely revived it ; audit lay on its pillow with
its little white feet stretched toward the fire, as
happy as love could have made it, cooing as sweetly as though nestling on a mother'a warm bosom,
but It took longer to bring back a pulse to its pale
protector ; aud many times did the good Samaritans turn from her, leaving tbe sheet drawn over
her, as we cover a corpse. But a sigh, so faint that
it seemed a dying breath, at length encouraged
them, and they applied restoratives until satisfied
she would yet live.
But it was many a weary day ere she could leave
her bed ; when at last she stole from it, and sat up
in the old lady's rocker, and lulled her baby with
old songs, she seemed to her watchers more like a
spirit, than a sick, sid stranger. But gradually,
through their tender nursing she recovered strength
and not only tended her child, but assisted the old
lady in many of her domestic duties. Butshesaid
very little—less than they could have wished ;
for in their hearts they longed to know her story
They knew she was ft sinner—knew it by the meek,
penitent way in which she hung her head when
they read the Bible at morn ar.d night; knew it by
the stained face she raistd to them after each prayer. But they loved her all the more, or rather
were all the kinder to her. And though she revived memories that it was agony to bear, they
folded her to their affections as they would their
own lost lamb, had she not gone ere they could
reach her. Winter passed, and still the stranger
lingered, filling with ber little one a small place
in the house, but a large one in eacli aged heart.
One bright, golden Spring morn, after assisting
ia the morning as had become her habit, she went
into the bedroom with her babe, OJ*d soon re-appeared wrapped in the same coarse garments they
had worn on that frosty night of their arrival,
"Give her one kiss, grandma, and you. grandpa,''
said she, holding the child first to one, and then to
the other's wrinkled faces ; aud now, father, mother,
—do let mo call you so this once!—give the un
wedded mother one. and we will go, and wherever
I go, I will pray for you. and she shall be taught
too," and she rushed wildly to the door. They
stopped her, caught her child, and pleaded with
her to stay. " Be still to us what you have been
so long, our daughter, and do not take fro:n us
our darling baby ; we should die without her."
Great drops gathered pa the still pale brow,
while tears rushed down her cheeks, and her lips
quivered with a fearful agony. ShQ wrun? her
hands, sue beat her heart, she lashed her limbs-
she seemed like one who is half mad. " Give me
the child oue moment," she exclaimed, and clasping it wildly to her bosom, she bathed its smiling
face with drops wrung from its keenest Wo, then
kissed it passionately and held ii, out to Uiem. Both
stretched their hands, and the little otic. With an
equal lofe, gave to one its right and to the other,
its left, and. upheld between them, crowed and
screamed in baby glee.
" She is the child of sin," said the mother, with
a solemnity that awed for a moment the carol of
her baby; "the child of sin, but herself pure and
holy as the offspring of a wedded tie. Will you
keep her so if I leave her here? If she goes with
me she will not long be an angel, unless, indeed,
God takes her ; would he had taken her mother
when she was as young! ff she stays with yon
she may ever be one. Will you keep her?"
And she screamed the words into their eare,
af though she would have male their inmost
nerves awaken.
"We will, we will," said they; "and more—
we will keep you, too. Stay with us—star '. You
Shall be to us a daughter—reblace the one wc have
lost; we will be your parents ; it shall be a home
to us ftur."
"I cannot," said she wildly. "Your daughter
was a stainless girl. lam dyed in sin !" aud (he
shook with agony.
And so did those she spoke to, and tears as hot
as those that had scalded her face, hot/ Hooded
theirs. Awhile they wept as though their hearts
would break ; then gathering calmness, and while
the obi lady clasped the two hands of the Magdalene, the old man placed his hand upon her head
and spolie:
" Our daughter fled from us while in the beatify
of her girlhood—fled with a stranger, who wooed
her by false words to a fearfui siu. The child of
our old agc.it almost broke our hearts; nnd we
came here, far away from the haunts of early
years, to spend the remainder of our days in a
struggle to forget. We cannot forget, but we long
since forgave; aye, before we heard that she was
dead. We learned to bo happy, even with the
memory of trial ever before us. But we tni.*s the
hopes that are born with her, and we would cherish you and your babe as we should her aud hers
had she come back ere she repented, as they told
us, and died."
The old man's voice was hushed. Ttiere was no
sound but sobs, save when the baby cooed its little
lips of the stranger, ns toaeotng the bauds thai
held her, die fell at the feet of those who had been
so true—a cry, and then the words,
" Father! mother! she did not die— ihe livesl
I am she—your Lizzie—your lo-t, found child!"
Let the curtain drop. It is a sr/rtw too holy for
any but tbe dght tjfOod and angels,
"Yes," paid the old grai.d mother, "it was their
long-lost, and as they thought dead, Lizzie. Sho
herself had forged the ?lory of her death, to securo
herself in the sin she had leanu-d to love. And
when, after years of wretchedness and crime, aha
became herself—when she felt upon her brnast the
touch of pure, holy lips—then she begooje herself
again, and telt how much, how deeply she had
sinned ; and she longed to have her babo nurtured
as she had been. It WSfl long ere she could escape
frem her t-inful associates, but at length uneceeded,
and cewhed, iw I have told you, her father's house-
She meant to conceal herself till they were asleep,
Ud then leave the babe and go away ; for she hud
no hope that they would cherish her again—for O,
she was very vile. But the cold wan so intense eriie
dared not leave the child, but was forced lo keep
it to her breast, and worn and wearied by her long
and tedious struggle with the drifts, at length
became benumbed, and could no longer still the
cries of her little one. and thus was brought back
to love, to home, to Christ, by the voice of the
angel on her heart."
Tlie old lady ceased ber wtory, and there was no
word spoken for a long while. Then the young
woman broke it saying, "Aud what become of
them all ?"
The two rtged parents lived near a neore|of
years, happy in the love of their restored child,
and in the caresses and tender care of her little
They lie buried in the old church yard. The
grandchild lived to be a blessing to her mother for
tive-and-lTTenty years ; then passed away leaving
a little one to make good her place. Motherless
ere it had seen the lace of her who had given it
birth.it was fatherless ere the year was out."—
Another long pause.
" Yes, it is a haunted hearth-stone this. Those
aged Christiana, that beautiful young mother, that
noble father—they haunted il; not as did ghosts
of olden times, making it s weird spot for tha
heart, but with such holy memories that the hour
fpent in communion with them r»ee;ns like a visit
in the better land."
" Hearth-stones ate ever hnOnted, but few, like
this, have angels for their guests."
The anuiyersary of that bleak Winter's night
came round. The fire burned as bright as before,
tho room was as warm and rosy; but the young
girl kneeled now before the fire. There was no
lap for her to rest her head upon—the old arm*
chair was empty. The hearth-stone wan haunted
by another spiirt—a spirit that I ad tiancd,sujfcrt(l
and been forgiven.
 ,      .»,—,	
KXPEUI.UEXT IN MANSERS.
In the year 1S21, I made, in London, in a spirit
of wager, a very decisive and satisfactory expert'
ment as to the effect of civil and courteous maa-
ners on people of various ranks and descriptions.
There were in the place a number of young
Americans, who often complained to mo of tho
neglect and rudeness experienced by thetn from
citizens to whom they spoke in the streets. They
asserted, in particular, that as often as they re-
(/uested directions to any point in the city towards
hich they were proceedintr, they either received
an uncivil and evasive answer, or no answer ut ull-
1 told them that my experience on the same subject had been exceedingly different; that I had
ever failed to receive a civil reply to my rjues-
tions—often communicating the information requested ) and that I could not help suspecting that
their failures to receive similar replies aroVflVfn
part at least if not entirely, from the plainness,
not to say the biuntness, of their manner in malting
their inrjuiries. The correctness of this charge,
however, they sturdily denied, asserting t!-.-,' their
manner of asking inforioation Was good enough
for those to whom they nddrewed tbemwdves.—
Unable to convince them by words of Die tr nth of
my suspicions, I proposed them the following simple aud conclusive experiment:
Let us take together a walk of two or three
hours in some of tbe put lie streets of the city.—-
You shall yourselves designate to me the persons
to whom I shall pro; oso questions, and the subjects, also, to which th* questions shall relate ; and
the only restriction imposed is, that uo question
shall be proposed to any oue who shall appear to
be greatly hurried, agftated, distressed, or in any
other way deejdy pre-occupied in mind or body,
and no one shall speak to the percon questioned
but myself.
My proposition being accepted, ont we sullied,
and to work we went ; and I continued my experiment until my young friends surrendered at discretion, frankly acknowledging tbftt my opinion
was right, and theirs, of course, wrong ; and (hnt
iu our passage through life, courtesy of nddresn
and deportment may be made both a pleasant and
powerful means to attaiu our ends aud gratiiy our
wishes.
I put questions to more than twenty persons of
every rank, from the high-bred gentleman to the
servant in livery, and received in each instance a
courteous, end, In most instance-;, a satisfactory
reply. If the iiifiirmation asked fur was not imparted, the individual addressed gave au aasuranco
ot his regret at being unable to conmiunicatB it.
What seemed most the surprise my friends was,
that the individual accosted by me almost uniformly imitated my own manner. If 1 uncovered,
U l usually diil in Speaking to a gentleman, of
even to ft man of ordinary appearance and breeding, he did the mine in his reply; and when I
touched uiy hat to a 1 varied coachman or waiting-
mHU. his hat was immediately under his nrm. So
much may be done, aud such advantages gained,
by simply avoiding coarseness aud vulgarity, and
being well-bred and agreeable. Nor tun the case
be otherwise. For the foundation of good-bivd-
iug is good nature and good sense—two of the
most useful and indispensable attributes of a well
constituted mind. Let it uot be forgotten, however, that good-breeding in not to be be regarded
as Identical with polfteneea— a mistake which is
loo frequently, if hot generally committed.    A
person ru:i» U; e.xeeediniriy politt) Withoul thanfucb
 „^=, ,-,.■'.- nuuu me uauy uwuoi ii-s nuie , jiigher and more valuable aQCnODplu fen) mil of good-
lcve long.   A cry of ageny burst from tho utito ! bm<lini;.~~Avr{>M9gr'aphtj uf Vr. G Uwcil