PICKING HOPS.
On the hills of old Otsego,
i'y her brightly gfeamio«E lake,
Where ttfe Bound oi hunt and hunter
Sylvan echoes love to wake,
Where the wn._-.ih.  of twining verdure
Clamber to tbe sapling's tops,
1 sat beside sweet Minnie Wilder,
l_ th - great Bel. picking hops.
Then tbo clusters green and golden
II oiling in her fiunny hair,
II.df afraid, vet very earnest,
Looking iu her face so fan- ;
Speaking low, while Squire Von Lager
Talked of past and coming crops,
Said I. " Minnie, should a soldier
Slay ut home here picking hops.
" While the countrv, torn asunder,
Calls IOC men like me to light,
And the voice of patriots pleading
Asks for hands to guard the right;
White from hearts of heroes slaughtered
Still lhe life-blood slowly drops,
Can I—Khali I. slay beside you.
Minnie, darling, picking hops V
Very pale the cheek was growing,
And the band 1 held was cold ;
But ihe eye was bright and glowing,
While my troubled thought was told;
Yei her voice was clear and steady
Without sighs, or tears, or stops,
When she answered, speaking quickly,
" 'Tis women's work, tbis picking hopa.
" .Men should be where duty calls them,
Women stay at home ami pray
For lhe gallant absent soldier,
*' Gravely spoken, darling Minnie !''
Then I biased hor golden locks,
Breathed anew a soldier's promise,
As we sat there picking hops.
" Now I go away to-morrow.
And I'll dare to do or die,
Win a leader's straps and sword, lovo,
Or 'mid fallen heroes He.
Then, when all of earth is fading,
And ihe fluttering life-pulse slops,
Still 'mid thoughts of home and heaven,
I'll remember picking hops." E. B.
the citizen, only by law. In thie Republic no citizen cau be deprived of his life, hia liberty or his
property, " without due process ut law." He may
he made to part with all three by tbe power of
tlie State, but that power must see it, that in ils
exercise it does not overstep the limits in which it
is appointed to move. It it does it becomes despotic, and then, among men who know their rights,
resistance follows as naturally as light succeeds to
duikue.s. If hy a single mandate of any Cabinet of-
tlcer, iu a Slate loyal tothe Union as this has been,
and when the courts of law arc open, you or I may
without cause shown, aud
alls of a Government
the same mandate, only altered in it:
sdlately to thi
An O'ku True Picture.
(independent) in referring to th
ofdilapidul
—The", Boston Herald1
 .   «atei.ocati»fiAB.Htfor fcos    PUBLIC LANDS!  PUBLIC JLAKBs
extraordinary zea  To Au whom it i»"y
blowing Hiir-""
„[)..!  I'or loe. (ion
:redV"rejectedrcripPled,_and seedy pol-1 .£«« ««
iticians for the war, and the rejed
lie torn from our bom.!
consigned to tbe gloomy w:
lorlres!
phraseology, may consign us imine<
hands of lbe executioner, to deprive ua of our
properties confiscating them to the State. Tho
right to have our lives secure agaiust inteference
without " dife process of law," is equally guaranteed in the same clause that protects our liberty
and our property.
Do you know, my friends, how old these privil-
gc. are?   They cau trace their  lineage back to
the days of the mailed clad  Barons; and  these
feet have stood revereully upon the lawns of Run-
nymede,   where  those   privileges were born more
Ihan six hundred years ago.    They were  extorted
by the rebellious Barons, then and there, from the
tyrant John, and  uttered in glowing  language
of ages, is still sounding in our ears uh tbe sweetest noto that ever   came   from the clarion of freedom.   Listen to its music, strong and sweet, ns it
sounded in the solemn  midnight,   centuries ago
" JVb freeman  shall be  seized or imprisoned, or
deseized or outlawed, or in any way destroyed,
nor will we go  upon him or send  upon him, except by the judgment of his peers or by the laws
of the land."    Our fathers  caught  the  inspiring
strain,  and it was prolonged in those  sonorous
touea, sounding forth from our glorious Constitution :   " JYo person   shall be deprived  of life,
I liberty or property,  without due process of law."
i Cherish, my friends, these great rights thus guar-
teed to you iu your Constitution ; uever surrender them ; never allow  them to be compromised
or gainsaid,   ior  they constitute the keystone to
the arch of freedom.    Once destroyed, and the
sun ol liberty is extinguished in your sky, aud tin
k and horrid night of despotism will wrap you
in its gloomy embrace forever.    We call that government Iree, which uot only shelters its subjects
from the injustice of the many, but the tyrauy of
the one or the few.    We as a people, are free, because from au ancient time there came laws written as wilh   the miger of lhe Highest—free, because to us. in this day, it was thought conscience
and opinion were free.   It is a great thought that
the  laws of the land  recognize there   is a pari
about every   man's affairs so sacred,  that It mus
uot lie crossed by inquisition or inquiry.   Thi
personal freedom of the citizen from all illegal ar
reals; the freedom ofhis hearthstone Irom arbitrary
Invasion, and the  freedom ofhis conscience  from
all manner of restraint, these constitute the Urim
and the Thutnim,   the breast-plate of light tuid
truth round the heart of the American citizan in
the time of trial   and  danger ; and   when he demands rights tbat have not beeu conceded to him,
my part, come  weal or come woe, will' demand at
the hands ol the legal   tribunals of my country,
full redress for all tho  wrongs and  outrages  that
I have been   made to Buffer.    There afe   dastardly
wretches in your midst, who, I understand, have
been Instrumental in this arrest,  aud for whom I
have no regard and utterly despise.    Tbey will be
sheltered by their owu  insignificance; but there
are others who shall be made to answer before th
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l'or the sake of the Union, makes the following S.
remarks: ~i
"Yon will find the trading   politician at all |
public gatherings, ready to preside or to make a
speech.   He is intensely  patriotic  about the war.
or whatever happens to  be popular at thc   time
Ills zeal is unbounded.   He is ready to sacrifice
himself for his country.    He is done witb party
He cannot stoop to anything which would appear
like  partisanship—not he.   He wants tho  people
lo come   together, and throw overboard all meu
who entertain honest opinions, and vote accordingly, and all unite upon the political trader.    He ia
c'aap for the crisis.—There is no party smell
about him.    Ue is wii   ng to unite with  anybody
and   everybody to accomplish the great   purposes
had in view by the people.    He is ready to make
himself generally useful iu arranging  the   plans
and details of thc no-party affair, aud, when it ii
all fixed, .you will see the no-party trading politician bas got the office which pays the best assigned to   himself.   But   bis  patriotism   knows   no
bounds.    He is sound on the goose, which is made
more apparent by the violence he usea in denouncing the man and men who have been so foolish as
io have fixed opinions, and so verdant as to believe
M.%
Fr»m   tlio  Mount  HtfUy (H. J.)   Herald.     1
Reception or Col.  Jamw. W.   Wall at llui-
llngton.
Tbe release of Col. Wall from Fort Lafayette
and his reception on Friday night, when here-
turned to his family, his home and numerous
friends, produced a rejoicing exceeding everything
ever before known in this city. Notwithstanding
the disappointment ofa large number of people who
had assembled at Mount Holly to come by railroad, and from the severity of a heavy storm which
made it impossible for hundreds of others to leave
Beverly, Bridgeborough, Rancocas, Columbus,
Johnstown, Jacksonville and other villages in our
county, and so with many others in Philadelphia
and Bristol, and many hundredsof our own citize
were thua prevented from attendance, there w
no less than one thousand persous at tho depot
awaiting his reception.
Aa the Colonel stepped upou tbe platform, the
dense mass greeted him in the fullness of their
hearts. It was no strained effort on the part of
family, for tbe cheers of welcome came long, loud.
and free. He entered a carriage in waiting, preceded by alarge transparency bearing these words:
•'James W. Walt, the defender of the Constitution. Welcome Home," with the American flag.
The carriage was encircled by a large number oi
three hundred men.
As the procession moved along, Main street was
filled with men, women and children, with almost
continued cheering until arriving at his residence.
Here be was received by thirty-four little girls,
emblematic of the thirty-four StateB, dressed in
white, bearing (lowers in profusion, forming two
l'uiea from the carriage to the door ofhis house. As
the Colonel reached his door, our Burlington Cor-1      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
net Band poured forth its notes ol" Sweet Home." [tribunals lhe law has erected  for the   redress of
After long cheers had subsided, be thus addressed
the public :
My heart  ia full to-night—so  full  that I can
scarce give adequate expression by the deep emotions that crowd upon me as I look upon this heart'
felt demonstration. What a striking contrast to the
melancholy scene, hardly a fortnight ago, when I
was dragged ruthlessly from these steps, torn mercilessly from ths  clinging embraces of  the dear
ones at home, and cousigned to the tender mercies
of the brutal military despotism that rules within
thc gloomy wa!l? of lhe American Bafitile-   This
enthusiastic reception, my friends ; these shonts of
welcome ; these bright and happy faces ; the beautiful   liowera  strewn iu my pathway by such fair
bands | the cheering light of those flaring torches,
all unite to convince me how lovingly yon bear me
in your hearts.   Such   a reception is  the  more
gratelul to ine because it wears a doule signifi-
caucy.    It assures me, in the first place, tbat you.
my neighbors and   friends, among  whom I have
gone in and out lor many yeara,  deeply   sympathise wilh  men in the wroftgs and outrages to
which I have been subjected.    Iu the second place
it is a manifestation as strong as "'Holy Writ,"
that you believe I am wholy innocent of any charges of disloyalty or  any imputations upon my fair
fume as a constitution-loving citizen.    Charges!
___._:___•>    wi,. mv friends, would you believe
through the long and tedious days of my imprisonment, up to this joyful moment when I look out,
once  more as a freeman,   over  these  numerous
kindly gladsome faces, now upturned to greet and
iheer  me, I have  not  been  able to learn  what
those charges are '.    I have in vain  demanded of
the Government the nature of the   charges,  and
claimed  the constitutional   privilege  of   being
informed of the nature and cause of thc accusation,   and  to  Ire   confronted   with   the   witness
against me.    But up to this hour the grave could
not bave been   more silent.   Great Huaven! is il |
possible that such  thiogs can be under a Constitution whose boast it bas  been  that it was for the
protection  of   the   inalienable   rights   of   men
agaiust all oppression.    If this boast  has been in
vain   then it has  " but a name Sa  live—an   outer
seeming lo beguile and deceive—a Sodom apple,
a hectic Hush,   painting the cheek upon which it
preys.'    The Liberty I claim under that Constitution, is not the  liberty of Licentiousness—it. ie
the liberty united  wilh law,   liberty  sustained by
law,   liberty  regulated by law ; and that  kind of
liberty is guaranteed to every  man,  high or low,
proud or humble,  rich or poor, under all exigencies,   whether in peace or war,   and whether   that
w_r is foreign, or the State bein the fearful throes
of civil  strife.    If the obligations we enter into to
part with a portion of onr absolute rights when we
assume lhe bonds of civil . ociely, be not complied
with, the State must enforce her remedies agaiust
Volcanic Euuitios on tub Red Sea.—Mr.
Chaa._Beke writes as follows in the London Times:
" Iu tbo Times of June 20 and 21, you allowed me
to give publicity to au accouut of an eruption of
Djebel Dubbeb, a volcano near Edd, on the Red
Sea. I have now to request that you will record
iu like manner a few additional particulars furnished to Captain Flayfair by an officer who recently visited Edd. Tbe eruption of tbe 8th of
May is said to bave destroyed 175 human beings,
besides immense flocks and herds. The whole
ground is covered witb a thick layer of volcanic
ashes, which in most places completely cover up
the pasturage. Neither stones nor lava—in fact,
nothing but aabes seems to have been ejected.—
The mouuiain is now quiescent. This eruption
appears to resemble in character that of Vesuvius
iu the year 70, when the elder Pliuy lost his life.
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-juries, I kuow that there are many pseudo
patriots in your midst whose selfish regard for
their personal safety bas kept them closely at
home to spit tbeir spite and venom upou other
meu, and with whom, as Aristophanes describes
tbe Athenians,
" No matter what the offense,
Be't great or small,
Thc cry Is treason and conspiracy."
These unprincipled politicians m-e waiting for
chances when they can fasten like vampires on
tho flanks of the government, and suck substan;:i
from this war and not death. In order to iugrati
ate themselves with the Administration, they
spend their time, like noxious spiders, in sp
webs, whose threads are spun from their own
fabricating brains, with which to catch and en-
angle the unwary-. Let tho Administration beware of these Johny Hooks, these shoddy patriots
—they are enemies to thia Government.
Remember that though liberty may be crushed
to the earth for a time and wear the garments of
heaviness, that the time must come when she shall
assert her supremacy once agaiu, put on her glr>
rious apparel, gird bur sword upou her thigh, and
make oppression and disloyality take refuge in
their dens. Have an abiding faith in the stern
truth expreased in those glorious lines of Bryant :
•'Truth crushed to earth, shall rise again—
And dies among her worshippers."
I bid you a most affectionate good night.
At the close of Col. Wall's remarks, the vast
crowd responded with hearty cheers, aud the band
wilh appropriate music.
A doctor relates an accouut of a gentleman in
Barbadoes who waa in tbe h .bit of daily intoxica-
aud bad constructed a tub, wilb a pillow to
accommodate the head, and wheu in this state was
placed therein, and the tub was tilled with cold water, iu whioh he reposed for two or three hours aud
would then arise refreshed and invigorated. When
Bia wife or family required him ihey would wake
him up by taking out the plug and allow the wat
to escape, when he would pleasantly complain of
the " loss cf his bed clothes."
Economical Shooting.—It seems that the killing of an enemy in battle is neither necessary nor
expedient.    Col    Peard, Garibaldi',    Englishman,''
eported to have said ol rifle shooting in-war :
■'Mind, if ever you go rifle shooting, use your  rifle
scientific   manner.    Recollect    always   not  to
your  man,   but    to  wound him ; then  it lakes
two men to carry him off, and those two men never
by any chance  come back   the same   day.    With a
,nhl_.hnrr. Hod    rifle, therefore, voujnuv <zet rid of
The XevaiU Transcript baa the following on the
state of the weather:—"We do not believe in a cruel
and  revengeful God; but still we cannot help think
ing that a determination   exists somewhere to clean
out the inhabitants of the Sacramento valley.    Such
a succession of snow-storms, immediately  followed
by torrential rains, were   never witnessed by   the
most venerable Digger in   these mountains.  Noahi
flood ia nowhere, for it only   lasted   forty day3 and
forty nights, whereas it has been raining and snowing
hero lor the last sixty days and nights."
PERSON'S, who have settled or squattea,
Public Landa, and who wish to  purchase the '
„„ „„.,„ .... - , _____,* f2 the State of California, can now _™
..Mob. 1      t,lkiog the proper legal measures. ' ,
Those who havo had iheir lands surveyed ft I
conformity with the United States survey, will _,
need to have the same ro surveyed ,f the Count.
Surveyor can make a ptot Irom the field DotH \
" Twenty per cent on tlie whole price of the lands
and ten per cent, interest upon the balance dm \
the State, is all that it is necessary lo pay on receiving certificates of purchase—and Ion pet cent,
per annum, in advance, upon the remainder, until
the purchaser wishes to pay tho entire ainount.-
l'ersons desiring, can pay the whole price atontt,
Take notice, that the present liberal terms upon
which the State lands are offered may not ton-
tinuc, nnd that Section 16, Article 1, ot the State
Constitution says : " No law impairing thc ohlig,.
tions of contracts shall ever pe passed." So thoi,,
who desire may now put their lands beyond n, i
caprice ol future legislation.
Sec. IT of the State Constitution, Art. 1st, reaflr '
thus ■"" Foreigners who arc, or who may l_reaf_
become bona fide residents of this State, sball tl.
joy the same rights, in respect to the pojsesioi,
enjoyment and inheritance ot property, as Klin
born citizens." ';
I will, wilh pleasure, at my othce in Lob Angel«|
City, give Information on tlie above subject, aail
will use care and diligence to conform to the km|
in all hnsioess entrusted to me.
A. B. CHAPMAN,
State Land Locating Agent for tie Loa A»gtlti|
District.
Los Angeles. Nov. 15.1861.	
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On the banks ofa rivulet in the .forth of Ireland
is a stone with the following inscription, which was
no doubt intended for the iu!o-m_tiofl of strangers
traveling that road : "Take notice, lhat when this
stone is out of sight, it is not safe to ford the liver I'
The above inscription is something similar to the
famous finger-post which was erected by order of the
Surveyor of thc roads some years ago in Kent,(Eng.)
"This is a bridle path to Feversham ; if you can't
read ibis, you had belter keep the main road.'
A Combat op Qijkkn- Bees.—Look, now, at th
armies as Ihey approach to face one another, but
not to fight. Single combat between the soverei
is the order of the day, and the assembled armies
arc merely interested spectator-, with their fore,
legs drawn beneath the body. Thc rival sovereigns
advance and lall upou tach other with ungovernable fury. They seize each other with their jaws by
the neck, head aud legs. By rapid vibrations ol
tbeir wings they endeavor to confound one another. They butt their heads together, they grasp
tirmly with their legs, and seek, by every art and
sleight to filing each other. They uusheath tbeir
stings like swords, aud strive to reach the vulner
able parts between the rings of the body, at the
neck, or tbo constricted parts that connect the
chest und the abdomen. This Is a mortal duel-
deadly sword play. Not a spectator puts forth his
leg. A general hum attests tbe excitement, or,
perhaps, a general stillness. At length the fatal
thrust 19 giveu ; the sword penetrates between the
rings and enters the vital parts. It Is now that
the pierced one falls back, staggers, aud falls, and
after one or two convulsive throbs, cloaca her eyes
forever.— The Honey Bee.
" Ma, does p. kiss you because he loves you si
inquired a little anxious plug, ol his mother. " Tur
he sure  ray son ; but why do you ask that question V   " Well I, guess he loves the kitchen girl
too ; for I seen hitn  kiss ber mor'n   forty times
last, Sunday, when you was to church."
"Doctor, kin you tell rae what's the matter
with ray child's nose?—she keeps a pickin' of It."
"Yes, inarm ; it's probably an irritation of the
pathetic titilaliou to the ophalium of the cchaeri-
uu."
"There, now, that's just what I told Beckey
but she 'lowed it was wonums.'
" Sauiso, is your master a good iarmer ?"
'■ Oh, yes, sah ,- massa fuss rate farmer—he make
two croDH in oue vear.". .
" Why, he sell all the hay iu the fall, and make
money once ; den in the spring he sell de bide
he cattle  that die for want of de hay, and makes
money twice."
Some one bas beautifully said : " The water that
flows from a spring does not congeal in winter,
and those sentimeuts of friendship which I
from the heart   cannot be frozen by adveraiity
A I'ooit Frenchman, whose wife aroused him
from sleep, wiih the cry, "Get up, Baptisie,
there is a robber in the house I" auswered sensibly—
" Don't let us molest him.    Let him explore th
house awhile, and If he  should  fiadjaoything of
value we will take it away from him." Pbiioso-
ph ical Baptists I .
Fascinating Gent, (to precocious little Girl.-You
are a very nice little girl ; you shall be my wifey
when you grow up ? Little Girl—No, thank you ;
I don't wuot to have a husbaud ; but aunt Bessy
does ; I heard ber say bo.
Sensation on the part of aunt Bessy.
It is always to be feared that they who marry
where they do not love, will love where they do
not marry.
It isstiid that words hurt nobody; yet Samsou
"jawed" a thousand Philistines to death.
" What is the rayson that you and your wife al
ways disagree ?" asked one Ir._ho.au ot another.—
" Bekase we're both of one mind. She wants to be
the inastber, and so do I."
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Settlors on,   or others who   wish   to   purchase,   public
1 .u_s (surveyed or nriB.rvey.il by 1 he [.'nit. il Stales,) eau
now ilo so.   Instructions obtained from County Surveyors
■«• the undersigned, at his office.
!H given iu ii.e.nribinco with section 10 of au
of the Legislature of California, approved April ilid.
Thii
F O B
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara,
San Pedro and San Diego.
ON and alter the first of April, aud until further
notice, the steamship
SENATOR,
T. W. SEELEY COMMANDER,
Will  Make two trips per month on the Southern
Const, leaving Broadway Wharf,
On the 3d and 18th of each Month,
at 9 o'clock:, a. m.
__ Bills of Lading will bo furui-hed by Iho
Purser on board.
For freight or passage apply on board, or at the
office of S. J- Ileuslev, comer of Battery and Wash-
ugtouat   dec.      B. J. HKNSLI-Y, President.
SCOYIL-L'S
S____._EiS-A.:F» _£_.__*. IU
—AND—
STILLINGIA,
__OR—
BLOOD AND LIVER STEOT
IT i. highly recommended by physicians to cnrM
following diseases, having their origin in „ Jisw^
state of the blood.        •
-   Scrofula, Titter or Stilt Rheum, Scald head, a.l«i
Ulceration, a. 'I  Knl.rgement of the JointS,
Cancerous Tumors. Erysipelas,
KiQK'sEvil, St. Amhonv'fi Fire, White SwellmS'i
Obstinate Ei-upturns. 1 .ivipled on the Face,
lltieumatism, Blotches, Pustules,
Dyspepsia, \c.
Syphilis and   Mercurial Atl'.clions arccnr.i;
Chlorosis or obstructions in Females,
Leuuorrlica or Whites, are   relieved, by tlie
use of this   MEDICINE. ...__,_._
wiih Stllli_g*a are well known by'all medical menu
the best compound yet discovered to cleanse and P.
lhe blood, and eradicate all humors fn.m the .yste. .
We have given the recipe to most physicians in
couutry, that they may know what thev are using;!
will ooatlnue toeen_.it by mail to those desirous of tn
ing the iugredienU entering; into its coinpo-itieu,t
they may prescribe it in their practice.
This preparation stands at the head of the list of«
dies for curing all diseases arising from inipurities.i
blood or diseased mallei- linking in the system,
Thousand*-, who have usedtheSUllhigiaarulSampi™
will testify to ils remarkable ellect in removing all «f
rilies from their blood, giving tone and vigor to the™
human frame, anil restoring a hcallhy action to »»
iers of the Medical i .1
hem, (ill a large vohm
It is prepared under
:st and best practical i
_______________■
he supervision oi
favor from _.D.ri«"M
d,  were we to _M>^
!   Of  tl-
:v, (Mr.l
.nilormiff
Sold by all Druggists, and by
IUSfHNGTON •& CO., Agent.
409 and -lit Clav .street, t=iu» Fi-a"«sc1'
Also, by ,,
If. II.  MYLKS, Apothecaries IIa"
dcc'JS Main struct, Los Angeles-      -'*3!
NOTICE TO CHEDITOKS.
Estate at Vai>dete.ii Unas, deceased,
NOTICE is hereby given by the underfiig"
Executor of the above named estate to1'?
crediiorn of, and all persons having claiina aga%
said deceased, to exhibit iht- same, with the i)«J
eary vouchers, within ten months from the PlllT
cation of thi. notice, to the undersigned at hi*H
iilence at the Bella Union Hotel, in the city ol1*
Angeles.
HENRY hAMMBh
Execute |
Loa Angeee, January 26tb, a.d. 1862.
VOL. XI.
Slmgek
£os Angeles  Star
PUS_tSm_> EVKRY 3ilTJRD_Y HORSIS.
At lhe STAR BUILDtNG.. Spri,lg Street, L0i
Angelea,
By
LOS   ANGELES,   CAL.,   SATURDAY,   MARCH   22,
H.   IIAIIILTOj).
TERM
Subscriptions, per annum, ,7
Tor Six Months....
-or Three Months '.
Single Number ..'.
Advertisements in
.S5 00
. 3 00
. 2 00
.  0 124
1862.
C.   E.   THOM,
Attorney and Counsellor at I-atv
LOS ANGELES.
Office in Pico Buildings, Spring street. jyS
sorted at Two Dollar, per square
often lines, for tho first insertion; and One
Dollar per square for each snb..eqnent insertion.
A liberal deduction made to yearly Advertisers.
Mr. C. A. CR .lNE is the only authorized agent
for the Lo_ A>"oki.__ Star in San Franoisoo,
AH orders left at his oflice, Northwest corner of
Washington and Sansome .tracts, Government
uilding, (up stairs) will be promptly attended to.
H OfELS.
DR. J. C. WELSH,
PHYSICIAN AND SV-U GE.01V,
Office, CITY DRUG STORE,
Main street, Los Angelep.
m ; and 2 to 9, p.m.
August 1, 1859.
Office hours, 9 to 12,
S.   8l  A.   LAZARD,
IMPORTERS,
And Wholesale and Retail Dealer, in
French,    English   antl    American
Dry Goods.
Corner of Melius Row,Lo;
An geli
BELLA UNION HOTEL,
New   Brick   Fire-Proof   Building,
LOS    ANGELES.
J. B. WINSTON & Co, Proprietors
THE TRAVELING PUBLIC will find accommodations in this Hotel equal to any in thc State.
The Bed Rooms
Are large and airy.    Families can bo accommodated with' suits, of rooms.
The Bills of Fare
Are inferior to none iu the State of California
The   Stages.
The Great Overland Mail Stage to and from San
Kranci.en- and St. Louis ; the San Pedro stages,
(connecting with the steamers from San Francisco
and San Diego ;) also, the San Gabriel, El Monte
and San B.rtiardiuo stages arrive at, and depart
from, this Hotel.
Attached to the Hotel, are a large Billiard and
Bar Room, where nono but the beet brands of Li-
t_uora and Cigars are kept.
ajl  61
FRfiiiK. W. Koll.       IL DocKw_ir,-R.      C. Floor
LAFAYETTE   HOTEL,
OPPOSITE THE BELLA UNION
KOIL &   CO.,
PROPRIETORS.
THIS   ESTABLISHMENT -
offers   pap. rior  inducements    ^^m
1 to the traveling public, mid to2___
t8mi3iVv\4ndhKU}Y^SiV einShlrAithent i.
and co_Q_.iodit.i-, with rooi
i 1 res-—clean and weH lurid
supplied with -keebetoest
the season, as i. well kao\
favored the liou-n wiih l
BeCted wilh i he Hotel is a
Large Hilliard and Star-Room*
The Proprietors will use every exertion to gi
their guests en tiro stitisfViclion.
Hours for -feetIf. s
Early in the morning, Coffee or Tea and Rolls.
Breakfast from 8 to 12 o'clock.
Dinner from 3 to 7 o'clock.
GEO. THACHER & CO.,
Wholesale and ISelnil Dealers iii
Choice Wines and Liquors,
MAIN 8TKEET,
Nearly   opposite    the   Bella   Union   Hotel,
LOS ANGELES. j.9
R.   T.  HAYES,   M. D.,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON,
Tenders bis services to the citizens of Los Angeles.
Oifice—A])otllt;en^^__, Half, iicn. Hi. Post Oftlc.
REsrB_N_a o** Dr. Hayes
Fort slreet.
-McLa-
8   House,
ootlS
H HICKS & CARSON, _$
DEALERS IN STOVES,
— AND —
-single and I'or fam-
A, and a table wtll
nd. and delicacies of
by those iv ho biive
v patrooag,,.   Con-
Manufactni'ers of All Kinds
TO, SHEET IROJf, AXI) COPPER
WAKE.
JOB W0KK DONE TO  ORDER.
WITH NEATNESS AND DISPATCH.
Constantly on hand,
All Kinds of Hollow "Ware, Pumps
&C.   itc-   &G.
TEMPLE'S BLOCK, MAIN Street.
BPICEOIli.-H.
FOR KI.I7.AHETII BARHHTT GROWN"ISO.
-lit JttgL BSSTOS,
Italy's sky of amethyst
By tender, dreamy landscapes kissed,
Opened it. sweetest arc of blue,
And a queenly soul went through.
Freedom's bold advocate for man,
In intellect Staakeapertan ;
Prophet by love of race inspired ;
A Poet dainty, gol_sti-iyf-_.
Culling for lifu'n ambrosial lood.
The True, the Beau Ufa I, the Good,—
Pel woman to the Fall extent,
Endowed with all accomplishment
She whs ; one very rare and dear
To millions of each herai. phere.
Mourn for her, Italy! for she
Wept sad ami bitter thoughts for thee,
But. when passed thy dark eclip.e,
Ah! whatioaga fell Irom her 1 ips
Even New England's bleak hills rang
With ih.  pie_iis lhat she sang.
Cuvour fell, thy BSgest bead,
Now thy heart of hearts lies dead.
Mourn her, O England 1 in thy  race
Hers was   almost the largest  place J
Seeking a cliuint.   fnir and   mild,
Italy made   her  her   foster-child ;
''Twtis fit that  she should   live and  die
Beneath that w-rmer summer sky,
But now she finds a clime  more fair,
Where   angels aud archangels are.
The phock struck her   that jars our land,
.She felt tbe sl.k. and contest  grand;
Though   En^l. ml 'urn   from us
Forget not her, Americ:       ^^^^^^^^^
Where Santa 'Voce's  heroes He,
And the Duomo climbs the sky,
Where Arno's waters sweep along
The Tuscan  vale of art, and   song,
She sleeps iu her own Florence dear,
-And June's   hrigl.it ro.es crowned   Ibe bier.
Here children lap., of flowers shall bring,
Rr..i ,-i.,/i- =_~<i    [(._ sweet birds   sing,
ith fond   tears wet
world's regret.
NO. 46:
_ EncouiUrr with n Shark,
A Singapore paper, of the SMUl of August Ian
gives the following account of a terrific encounter
with a shark in that harbor :
• On Sunday last three seamen belonging to the
American ship T. W. Sears, were bathing alon^-
:-idi\ when one of them was seized by a shark. Tin
monster first seized Mm by the shoulder, but tin
force wilh which he rnbsed on his victim caused
him to lose his hold, driving tbe unfortunate man
several feet out ol the water. The shark again
seized him by by the buck and finally hy the neck,
and disappeared with his prey.    All tWs happened
within plain view ofhis shipmates, who Immediately lowered a boat, and alter taking on board
They had been
away,
Soft winds shall wre
And stricken hearts
The grare.ihat holds
Board, pcrWeefc,       -       -       -       -       .       ft7 00
Bom-d and Lodging, per AV.ck, from §_ to §ia
(ACQOHDLMG TO ROOM.)
Board! and Lodging, per Dny,   -   ftt 50 to $3 00
Single M_nlg,
SO 50
Los Angeles, January 1, 18(12.
UNITED STATES HOTEL.
33ir&&,X33L Streot,
Los  Angeles.
THE SUBSCRIBER having leased fhe
[ aboveestablisbnient, begs leave to in-
t formthe public that he has refitted and
I refurnished it throughout, aud that it
conducted in the very best style. Tbe
table will be liberally supplied with everything
the market .fiords, and ever? carp will be taken
to make theUNITED STATES HOTEL a comfortable home for hoarders.
Attached to the Hotel, is a BAR, where the best
of liquors and cigars are kept.
Terms moderate, to suit the times.
Miners coming   from   or  to   the mines ofHol-
combe, Potosi, Mohave or San   Gabriel,   will   find
this a convenient place to meet their Iriend'-, or to
obtaiu desirable information.
BosrcKnnl Lodging, per wctk,
Board, "        n
Single Meals,
Lodging, 3.) to 50
Los Augeles, December 7th, 18(12.—tf
H. STASSFORT
A.   F.  WALDEMAR,"
COUNTY   SirUVEl'OR.
Office in Temple's Block, Spring plreet.
f.os Angeles, September 21, 1861.
.-B.-^IDrOX.jGIIE-'Sr.
M. IIOM'ET,
BltltJi
ALISO STREET, in BEAt-DRX
Buii-mvG.
HAS the honor to announce to the Public,that
he still carries on his business pt the old
stand, as above, and having in his employment
competent workmen,he is prepared to exeenteall
orders with which he may be favor-fit, in the Manufacturing of
A CfUMPSE Backward.—Tho death of Fair-
child, the scenic artist, iu this city a short time ago,
summoned to recollection a score of de .djaml living
members ofthe profession who shared his stage
labors in early times, and divided with him the
glories and the profits of amusement-making in
the years of the golden past. When thc Jenny
Lind was in the zenith of its short-lived splendor,
Fairchild, we b.lieve, was its scenic painter ; aud
he lived lo sea many of the players who trod its
boards at lhat time, and who subsequently "strutted their brief hour" at the 'Vldelphi," Eyerard's
" Varieties,"   tbe   old    " Am. rican,"   the   " San
occupied in this Way for some lime,
when the shark was observed to rise at some distance from them, still wilh the body of the hapless
man in his mouth, shaking it, as is described, as a
dog would a rat. The mute of the vessel armed
himself with a boarding pike, and rowed toward
the spot, and the shark was so much occupied with
hit* victim that ho allowed himself to be stabbed
several times before again disappearing. Thinking the animal had received his death wound, the
boat returned to the ship, but scarcely had she arrived, alongside, when the shark reappeared as
before. A harpoon was now taken into Lhe boat,
and the Bhark again allowed himself to be approached sufliciently near lo be struck, when he
agaiu disappeared. Line was now paid out, and
tho boat was towed some distance, till assistance
arriving, the monster WM killed by repeated .tabs
of the lance. Most of thc contents of his maw
were disgorged while being hauled iu, on being
opened, some I'ragmenls which were unrecognizable, and an eight pound tin of preserved meat,
were all that was lound.
Tho Bhark was of the species known as the
ground shark, and about ten feet in length. The
girth of the body was immens. and Is Stated to
have been eight nr niuejeet.
,T< IT:   IM>l>i;i,|       IfVU.'K  ,_-  }  ■
■ years ago thin month,   Thomas Jeffer-
tt Inaugural Add... s.    There-
prtn_lp.es of Gorerntrient,
mocracy then adopted and still bold
^^^^^^^^^^Hf the   Democratic
out of phce to reproduce
rotlowa :
Sixty
-It d -livered hi
i" he  la'nt  (|,mi,   n_
which the Cj 	
to be the  cardinal   doctrines o
part?.   It will not be
them now.    They are
In-sane Asylum E_c.ir*_,—The Stockton Republican of the 18th says •
We are informed that on Sunday night a desperate scoundrel who mis sent to Ute State Prison
for manslaughter/and who shammed crazy there
iu order to get into the Asylum, escaped, and he is
uot likely to be beard of at present. As the managers of the Asylu n do not pretend to keep a
State Prison, they nre nfit perhaps to blame. Tho
tei low who escaped was found to be quite sane some
days HgQ. The Slate Prison people w::re notified
to take him away, but the call was neglected, and
seal a
l. jual and exnot jn-tiiv to nl] men, of whatever
State or persuasion,  religions or political :
Tho support of the State  povernmei
their rights n_ lhe -m;: ■■:■'.   b :' ^ . ■ i;: -   h—i;
republican tendencies ^^^^^^^_
The presei-vniion ol theO-nera! G.n-erninent in
its whole Ooiisiilulicnal Vigor, U iho .-heel anchor
AjealoSS care of (he right of election by thn
people ;
A mild and snfe corrective of abuses which aro
lopped by the sword of revolution whei
remedies are unprovided ; 	
Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of tho
majority, the vital principles of republics; from
which in no appeal but to force, the vital principle
and immediate parent of despolism ;
A welt disciplined militia, onr best reliance in
peace, aud for the first  moments of war,
I are may relieve them ;
The supremacy of tho ci vi I  ove
authortiy ;
Economy in the public expense, that labor may
be lightly burlhened ;
Encouragement of agriculture, aud of commerce
as its handmaid ;
The honest  payment of onr  debts,  and
preservation of lhe public I'.iith j
The diffusion ol Information, :
ofall abuses at the bur of public !_.__.. ,
Freedom of religion, freedom of speech* freedom
of tho   press,   and   freedom of person,   under  tho
habeas corpus  and   trials by jury   impartially se-
in all
anti-
hero peaceful
till rt-gu-
the military
aacred
id   arrangement
cted.
ramenlo,   rascal as ever went  unhung.    This is not ihe 'first
pass beyond  the dark   waters before him, or seek    instance of such Tolly.    A fellow Who deliberately
a field   for il., ..- I. h™ in ,.._,..   i—a-      •" " -
_ii-IIi.t-ii<!S>.0_r! .. t'. "3epn 1:1 jig. nml ..lending
of nil kinds.
Also.ev-rj-tliliigin tiie Saddlery Business
Los Angeles.Feb. 1st. 1801.
$6 0(1
0 00
"    'A"1%
DRUGS, MEDICINES, &C,
WHOLESALE AND SETAIL.
..T/L,
lerrlnl.
BECtS to inform his friends
ind the public,   lhat be hi
opened the above well kno'
establishment
AM IRS CAN EXCHANGE!
HOTEL AND RESTAURANT,
MAIN   STREET, I.OS   AJNGJGJLES.
GHARLEsTblTTMAR
wn v.^7   ^li^
As a Hotel ami Restaurant.
and  that every attention will  be given to make it a
first class Hotel.
The TABLE will bo furnished with everything
tbe market affords, and no expense soured to make
tbis bouse deserving of a liberal support.
Tbe BE I. -BOOMS nre large, wel I furnished
and thoroughly venlii .ted, and are prepared for the
reception of Families or singly persons.
The BAR is stocked with choice Liquors, and
none else will ever be kept; ailached is a OIG__R
STOKE, where only the very best quality of Havana
cigars are kept.
Hoarders, as well as travelers, are invited to-give
this hotel a trial, as the proprietor is determined
that tie oue shall surpass hiin  in   the excellence of
his arrangements, or llic lownoss of his charges.
CHARLES DITTMAR.
Los Angeles. Feb, 8th. 1862.
AlJOTHECARlES'    FT
Main afreet, newly Opposite Comm<
IOx% H. Z£t. M-STZ-Q-EZS.
HAS OK SAND, and is constantly adding to;
one oftbe most complete assortments of I) rugs'
Medicines and Chemicals, South of San Francisco .
together with all the Patent Medicines of tho day
Also a fine assortment of
Perfumery  and Toilet  Articles.
All_of which be warrants genuine nnd of the best
quality; which he offers, Wholesale or Retail, on
the most liberal terms.
Physicians'   Prescriptions   compounded   at  all
hours, day or night.
H. R. MYLES.
Los Angeles, July 7, 1860.
KOHLER   &   FBOTI LING'S
CAIFGRNIA   WINE   BITTER!!
A3 TO DELICIOUS TASTE AND FINE FLA-
vor. produced by a proper combination of
good and wholesome herbs, this Bitters is superior
to any now in the matket. It creates appetite,
and is a digestive, free from any ingredients sn injurious to the health, as are contained in Vermouth, Absyuthe. efe.
KOHLER & FROIILTNG.
je29 City Hall, Main st., Los Angeles.
PAINTER & CO.,
Practical Printers and Dealers in
Type, Presses, Printing ".Iatcrliils,
IXK,■ PAPEtt,   CARDS, ETC.
. painter,! 510 Clay Street, above Sansome,
.tt. painter, j- San Francisco.
. f. painter. J    Offices fitted oat with dispatch,
mhl-yl
THERE IS
NOTHING LIKE LEATHER!
M.  KELLER
Will Buy HIDES for Goods.orCash
(WHEN   HE   HAS   IT,)
At his Stand, Alameda street.
SE  COMPR/TcUEROS,
rOR EFBCTQS,
EN LA TliiNDA DE
MATEO KELLER,
nl_ CAT.LE   UK. htX AUMKOA.
a field   for Iheir labors in olher  lands.    AH those
places of amusement, and many others, are among
the things ol the past.   They have been destroyed
by fire,  or   re-eon^irucled. until nothing is left of
tin m   save the   mimes of two and the foundations
of a third.    Tlie old "Adelphi,"  on Dupont street,
between Clay and Washington, was burned many
years age-,and the spot where it stood is a Chinese
desolation.     Under  the   management   of Baker,
in 1852-3, it was   the most aristocratic  place  of
amusement  in thc  city.    Mrs R.feer,  Mrs. Judah,
Mrs.   and   Miss   Pt-lbj,    Thorn, n,    Duly,   Rand,
Smith, Vinson and others of note, were ofthe permanent   stock.   Leaving   the   "Adeluhi," Baker
leased the " American,"  and iu a few months laid
the foundation of the snug little forlune he now
possesses in the brick building near the corner of
Clay and Montgomery street1"-.   But the " American,1' and San Francisco  Hall* gave way to more
commodious structures,   and the "Metropolitan*'
crumbled beneath   the brand ofthe   incendiary.—
In '50   and   '51,   Sacramento  was the theatrical
centre  of California ; and fhere, on the boards of
the  old " Tehama,"   under   the   management  of
Mrs. Kirby,   (uow Mrs. Stark,) Stark achieved his
first substantial triumphs in the profession.    II we
mistake not, Fairchild was lhe scenic arlist ol the
"Tehama" at that time.   On  the completion  of
the  " American" and  *'Metropolitan," the dramatic  prestige  ol Sacramento waned,   and   finally
perished with the ''Tehama." leaving San Francisco the  home and   patron of the art in California.    In fact, nothing could resist the competition
of Mrs.  Sinclair during  her management of thc
"Metropolitan"  in 1853.    Her career as  lessee of
lhat magnificent   temple  was bold,   reckless  and
extravagant.    She   engaged, at  almost   fabulous
prices, every  attraction that nrcsented  Eiaalf aaA
tor  weeks in succession   gave, as  a regular  en
fertaiment,   the tragedies of Murdoch,   the operas
ofMadame Bishop,  ai:d   the ballets ofthe Rons-
setls.    We draw from memory, yet venture   we
are not far estray. But we are digressing terribly.
When   we speak of  the   theatrical doings of the
past, memory  is so  active, that the pen is with
diffiei-illy   restrained.    We   commenced  with   the
intention of making some mention of lhe old professional    associates ol the departed painter,   but
must defer tbe (ask ; there is  too muclTmatter iu
it ior a local item.—Herald,
murdered a young and handsome woman iu Sacramento in cold blood, because she would not listen
lo his proposals, was sent by a .oft jury to the
State Prison. He had played crazy there, was
sent to the Asylum and escaped. It is about time
this crazy convict business was played out.
Fraud or Treachkry ''.— The Chijago Tribune
publishes the following paragraph editorially :
We have before us three cartridges brought to
ua from Annapolis by a Iriend. They are a portion of the ammunilion for Enfield rifles served
out tn Burnside's forces for the great expedition-
To the eye they are alike in appearance, and the
slight difference in weight could not instantly be
detected. But lhe difference in weight is lhat
one of the three contains not a particle of powder.
A prominent officer of the expedition told our Informant that this was about tho proportion
throughout tho entire Enfield cartridges—one
third of them carefully put up without powder.
Now there is a case for investigation. Was it
fraud of treachery that seeks to palm off upon
our brave troops, on the eve of an expedition, sham
cartridges? Let us bave an explauatiou, Secretary
Stanton.
The New York correspondent of lhe Philadelphia Inquirer says .—" The two Oi leans Princes,
while in towu, were almost nightly the guests of
some prominent citizen or other up town. It is
said lhat they have resigned the places they have
recently held on General McClellau's staff, and
are making preparations lor returning to Europe. I
cannot ascertain that any reason is assigned for
this proceeding, apart Irom the apprehension of
the Prince de Joinville that the United States is
about to be embroiled with foreign powers, and j
that it is not desirable that his tienhew. __m*L3 >"■
in a position which might necessilale them, eveu
In appeanuico, to take up arms against France, or
an ally of France. This is a rather einj alar state
ment for the Prince to make, uuder lhe circumstances, but I have tho best reasons for knowing
that it is not more singular than true."
J.nliji-    from   Mi'YK.t.
The Commissioners repre.'tiling tbe Allied
Powers, who left Vera Cruz for the City ol Mc
iico on Jauu.ry llth, relumed ou the l!)ih. Se—
nor Seamaeona, a Plenipotentiary commissioned
by Juarez, accompanied them. The Allied Commission represent that they were everywhere received with cordiality, Juarez treated ihem with
gre.it consideration. Se httempted to exact, as a
sondition of I'm nre negotiation., that all ofthe
Allied forces which had b'.'en landed at Vera Cruz,
wilh the exception of a guard of 2,000 men,
should be re embarked.    This preliminary was at
-n. _ ..--i i . i.,.t .... <_,.   m....:     ■ r...
rez returned   wilh the Commission,    it was takeu
for granted tbat negotiations would proceed.
Where the Conference would take place, was
uncertain, although it was generally believed that
Jalapa would be agreed upon. Juarez, it is said,
had acknowledged tbat Iih Government had pot
lalSllad its obligations to foreigners, and expressed his willingness to extend any additional guarantees. Tho Allied forces at Tegeria hud advanced three leagues towards Santa Fe. iu order
to be removed (rom uubenllhy localilies where
they had at first encamped, and measures wero
in progress to advance immediately nponlhere Capital should a-disposition be m.nirented to resist
the demands ofthe Adies. All reports of con-
liicts between the opposing forces are contradicted.
On the contrary it Ib alleged tbat the pickets of
the Mcxicin ami Allied armies maintained the
most friendly relations, and that the price of provisions in Vera Cruz had -alien materially. II. U.
M. gunboat Plover had gone ashore near the bar
off Alvarado, and it was .bought would prove a
total loss.
HlSTORV OfTItE Er.H.Tiiu: TaLBoBAF-l in Brief.-
Tbe first scientific SUgge. lion for lhe construction
of thc present electric telegraph was made by Ampere iu 1820, and he applied the snblle gwlvanio
coil—tht! priucif.de upon which the electric-magnetic telegraph is based. In 1837 Professor Morso
publicly described his telegraph, which was invented in 1S32, but Cook and Wheatstone, «l England, h>rl applied lhe electric telegraph to business in 1838. Io 181-1 the first public telegraph
line in America was erected between Washington
and Balliinore, and since ihen we may truly assert
tho whole world bas been electrifies! by lhe invention. It is but seventeen years since the first lino
of 4-1 miles was erected, and now there are no leBB
ban rw; no. >- •■'■-- ■■■ ■'.-—•■">"■ ra America-
What an usiouudintr development ol ihe  agencies
I'or rapid communication ?—Scientific American.
HOUSE _AJXTX> LOT
_FO_0.   SAT.H-3.
MTHR undersigned offers for sale the boose
and lot, al present occupied by him, situated on Main street.   The lot is forty .by
sixty varas. L. LEC1 .
Los Angeles, Dec. 27th, 1861.
Prospects of Kio Vista.— Rio Vista was once
a very lively and flourishing settlement on the
west bank of the river, at the mouth of the Sacramento. During tho late floods it was completely drowned out, every building in the settlement being carried away. Since then, some
of its former residents have made a settlement
about two miles below, where there are now
erecting some twenty temporary dwellings. As
the old site is virtually abandoned—the lots being offered at mere nominal prices and no takers
— tho new locality will undoubtedly be the future Rio Vista. It will he, Decessartly, an important point as the enib-ircadero on the river
for supplies to the country coutiiuous. The land
being high at that point tho location is much
better adapted for the purposes of trade than tbe
lor mer
Information has been received at Fortress Mon-
oe, Irom New Orleans, that Mr. Jauu's F. Otis, one
of the editors of the New Orl.anB Picayune, had
been placed under arrest lor uttering seditious
language. Mr. Oils is a native of Newburypnrt,
Mass., and was connectid with ihe press oI New
York anil Philadelphia for many years before
going South.
The First Saw Mill.—The old practice, in
aking boards, was to split up the IogB wilh
wedges, aiid, inconvenient as the practice was.it
was no easy matter to persuade the world lhat
tlie ihing could be done In a better way. Suw
mills were first used in Europe in the fifteenth
century ; but as lately as 1555, an English Ambas
sador, having seen a saw mill in France, thought
it a novelty which deserved a particular description. It is amusing to see bow the aversion to labor
saving machinery has always agitated England
The first saw mill was established by a Dutchman
in 1.03, but the public outcry against the new
faugled machine was so violent that the proprietor was forced to decamp with more haste than
ever did a Dmcfiinan before. The evil was thus
kept out of England for several years, or rather
rratlons ; but in 1698, an unlucky timber merchant, hoping that alier so long a time, the public would be less watch Inl for il* interests, made .
rash attempt to construct another mill. The guar-
i of the public welfare, however, were on Ihe
alert, and a conscientious mob at once collected,
aud pulled lhe mill to pieces.
One of the most striking evidences of the march
ol commerce at Port Royal is seen iu the {Jolted
Slates Post ORice. This institution is under tbe
careful and efficient  administration   of Joseph II.
Sears, ol New York.   On a l-.d--- nee .sion If1' nreiv ■■!
and dispatched, Ip connection with a Single stall
over fiirtv llion.-and letters,     Wiial a scene for fi)!1
\ rebel " kingdom" of South Carolina.
Curious.—Eight years ago lbe wifeol Julio Law
bough, of Pink Prairie, this county, died and was
buried in lhat place. A short time since it became
desirable to lake np and remove the remains of
Mrs. L., and last week Mr. D. L. Smith of thia
place was employed to perform the labor. Tbe
grave was opened, and the coffin, which wan in a
perfect state of preservation, was removed ; bnt,
before depoeiting it in the new plaee, it was concluded to open it, especially as it appeared uncommonly heavy. It was therefore opened, and
the body of Mrs. L. was found lo be perfectly petrified, every part being as full and fair as on tho
day of ber burial, eight years Bgo, except the lower part of lhe face and the hand, which were partially decayed. Her limbs, breast, . t d every part
with the above exceptions, were solid .lone, and
as fair and perfect tu when she died. The soil of
the grave was clay, and ponsesiied no peculiarities
that were discernible. This is an nmi-innioo case,
and. wiihii), n curious one. We ei . these faclfl
from Mr. Smith, the fexton.— Gevesxce (HI.) Rip-
Tweiily-feur personB have died at nr near one
hundred years oJ Bgfl .oring the paet yew . iu the
Doited States.—A man named Piper, formeilj keep,
er ofa livery stable ac Keek Island, Illinois, bat
passing noder the alias of Ballard, h.Uly victimised the merebaots of Ma-eatlne to the tone of ■. ■
eral thooBnnd», raised on drafts whieh had been or-
igltinlly for $14 each, but fag^olously idler. . to
repies.nta -real deal more rhtan tb.ir orl titftl
(ao..—Rev.«J.V.'BoweD. auibw of a work cwtted
- Boweo's Central Auk- i.1; and h rmi i ly ., Captain
ol Texas Rangers Im lbe tver tor T- „_n in.b-p.ni-
deoce, has become an imuato ofa Lunatic Asylum
in Georgia.