,
Our Creed.
TVe love religion, not the priest—
We love our country and our God;
"We love the man whe governs least}
Not one who rules With iron rod.
Each family should be a State,
Where all domestic virtues grow ;
The heart an empire—then let fate
Attempt iu vain its overthrow.
We love the former and his toil,
The talisman of life are there :
We treasure God's great gift of soul,
And His creation fair.
We love bright gold that it may strew,
Contentment, in ihe paths of care:
We hate the man who never knew
That he could have too large a share.
We love both wit and merit fine,
Though poverty their grace unfold •
Tho diamonds in the dirty mine
Shine just as bright as set in gold.
We love the beautiful, tlie good—
The finished work of nature's plan,
For when these're fully understood,
They constitute the perfect man.
We love in woman, virtue, truth,
And know such gems would be les3 rare,
If pity for her tender youth,
Exposed the tempter's ready snare.
Her life is often overcast,
And darkness clouds tlie future way;
But need the lesson ofthe past,
Tis darkness tells us what is day.
Take off thy sandal, weary time,
And lay it. at Hie gates—go in,
Search for some new and radiant clime,
Untainted by the blight of sin ;
Wc wish thy realm as free and wide
As make? God's universe our Iiome,
That what we love might there abide,
And what is hateful never come.
San Jf raitrtsw ^bcrfecnttiik
SLOAiV,   IIAMMAN  &   BLOOD,
ATTORNEYS   AT   LAW,
Smi Fr«ii Cisco.
Office—SOUTlI-WftST CuHNLK MONTGOMERY AND
CO.\iMi-::U'(AI, .STKKKTri— Fnlrfmce on Commercial.
Partioular atteBtloi. given to buaineBa iu the Supreme
Court of this Stale.and the U  S. Courts. ju7—8ra
Shim a man who doesn't pay his compliments to
the ladies. He who is wanting in honor towards
curl3 and corsets, will invariably attempt to dodge
the grocer, tailor aud butcher. Faithlessness to the
dimity institution is a sure sign of a want of principle, piety and good bringing up.
The difference between a schoolmaster and an
engine driver, is that one minds the train, and
other trains the mind.
"I don't care so much about the bugs," said
Mr. Wormly to the head of a genteel private fami.
ly in which he resides, " but the fact is, marm, ]
hain?t got the blood to spare; you see that your*
self.
The sigh that rises at the thought of a friend
may be almost as genial  as hia   voice.     'Tis
breath that seems rather to come Irom him than
from ourselves.
The thoughtless and impatient, shut their eyes
to danger, rather than labor to avert it.
Little acts of kindness, gentle words, loving
smiles—they strew the path of life with flowers,
they make the sunshine brighter, and the green
earth greener: and he who bade us "love one
another," looks with favor upon the gentle and
kind hearted, and he pronounced the meek blessed,
Spiders have four paps for spinning their
threads, each pap having 1,000 holes; and the
fine web itself is the union ol 4,000 threads. No
spider spins "snore than four webs, and when the
fourth has been destroyed, they go filibustering
and seize on the webs of their neighbors.
Worth Knowing.—To ascertain the length of a
day or night, any time of the year, double the
time ofthe sun's rising, which gives the length of
the night, and double the time of setting, which
gives the length of the day.
An affected singer at one of our theatres, the
other night, was told by a -wag in the gallery " to
come out from behind hia nose, and sing like other people."
A western editor perpetrates the following: " A
flock of sheep composed of all 'wethers' may be
said to resemble our climate.
Abaker has invented a new kind of yeast. It
makes bread so light that a pound of it only weighs
four ounces.
Good locking girls in male attire are dangerous
counterfeits.
Industry will make a man a purse, and frugality will find him strings for it- Neither the purse
nor the strings will cost him anything. He who
has it should only draws the strings as frugality
directs, and he will be sure always to find a useful
penny at the bottom ot it.
Three things to be pitied: a henpecked husband, a child with a drunken father, and a wife
with a brutal partner.
In private conversation between intimate friends
the wisest men very often talk the weakest.
"Little boys should be seen aud not heard," as
the boy said when he could not recite bis lesson.
A ruined debtor having done his utmost to satisfy his creditors- said to them, "Gentlemen, I
have been extremely perplexed till now how to
satisfy you; but having done thy utmost endeavor, I shall leave you to satisfy yourselves."
A dog, which had lost the whole of its interesting family, was seeu trying to poke apiece of
crape through the handle of a door of one of the
Philadelphia sausage shops.
A man who is furnished with arguments from
the mint,Will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy.
If to do were as easy as to know what were good
to be done, chapels would have'been churches, and
poor men's cottages princes' palaces,
A fool in high station is like a mm on the top
of a high mountain—everybody appears smr.ll to
him, and he appears small to every body ell
A parson  reading  the funeral service  at  the
grave, forgot the sex ofthe deceased, and asktn
one olthe mourners, an  Emeralder,   "is this a
brother or  a  sister?"    "Neither,"   replied Pat,
"only a cousin."
God, who is liberal in all His other gifts and
favors, is sparing in the distribution of time, never
allowing us two moments at command. He gives
but the second &r He takes away the first, and
leaves us in absolute uncertainty whether the third
shall ever be ours or not.
An old Vermont lady was asked by a young
clergyman to what deuo nination she belonged?
" I don't know," said she, " and dont care anything about nominations ; for my part, I hold on
to the good old meetin' house.''
To ascertain whether your wife is jealous—lace
np another lady's show, and let her cateh you at
it. If that don't make her turn out—become
round shouldered and epit—nothing will, J
To Parties Claiming Payment from
tike United states for loss and destruction of
Property daring the ffnr With Mexico.
PARTIES desirous of having their Claims prosecuted by the undersigned before the Court of
Claims at Washington, cau receive all the necessary Information on the subject, and have their
Claims promptly prosecuted on application to O.
MORGAN, Los Angeles.
aug2   '   i    J. D.STEVENSON, San Francisco.
Clothing!
JENNINGS
Clothing !!
BEBWSTER,
Manufacturers and Jobbars of Clothing;.
No. 73 Baltt-y Street,
WOULD respectfully call the
their large and well assorted stock ofSPKINGAND
'on.D
their
SUMMER. CLOTHING,
New styles pi-
New styles phi
Black Dot  ' '
PANTS,
i and fancy casi
n and fancy satl
Lin
■ nl K.'i
ml dri
nts.
VESTS.
While anil check Marseilles Vent* ;
Plain and Fancy cassimere Vest" ;
Plain and Fancy silk vest* ;
SUITS,
Plain and fancy Qasstmere Business Sui
Plain and cheek linen linsini'sa Suits
COATS.
Black cloth Frock Coals ;
DRAWERS AND SHIRTS.
Gray ami White Meiinn Shirt* and Draw
Hickory, Check and Flannel Snirtfi
OVERALLS AND SOCKS.
Dei
alia
ton, M-'rino a
HATS, BLANKETS, Sec.
In a-h'ition to the above, we have a Hue assortment of
Goods generally kept ir
Drugs   and   Medicines,
H-odiU-S'tcxn. c** Co,
114 Battery Street,
.S..7A   FRJIJYC1SCO,
f\FFER for sale, Ex *
'Darling," "Tornado," and "Re-
\J porter:"
Tartaric  *,cid
Jayne's Medicines
Castor Oil
Grat'eiihei-K Medicines
Sulphur
Sand's Sarsaparilla
Hay Rum
K-waserid's Sarfla arilla
Jamaica Ginger
Bull's Sarsaparilla
Calabricn Liquorice
Shaker's SaraaparUla
Fresh Hops in Rales
Mustang Liniment
"       ii    ii papers
Lyon's Flea Powder
lolide Potass
Brown's Essence Ginger
Adhesive Plaster
Barry's Tricopherous
Sulphurate Murphlm
Isinglass
Shaker's Herbs
Irish Moss
Oil HergaP-ont
White Glass
Oil Origanum
Yellow Wax
Oil Lemon
Epsom Salts
Oi 1 Hose
Potash
Oil Sassafras
Borax
Together with a full
as
sortment  of Drngs and  Modi-
cines, comprising everi
ju7 3m
tide required by tlie trade.
REDTNGTOfi it CO.,
Wholesale Drr-gj-ists,
Drugs, Medic "nes,
Perfumery,  Fancy  Articles,   Ac.
Crowell, Crane & Brigliam,
(Late K. Ctowell Sf Co..)
IMPORTKRS OF F0R1-1QN AND DOMESTIC
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, DYES, PATENT MEDI-
cines, Perfumery, £ancy Articles, &c,
131 COMMERCIAL STREET, (LONG WHARF,)
Sari Francisco.
OUR assortment now is the largest on the Pacific Oast.
It has been selected with great care by one of cur
THE ELECTRO-CHEMICAL BATHS
OF   DR.   BOURNE,
Southeast Corner of Sansome and Commercial Streets, opposite St. Nicholas Hotel, San Francisco
Are effecting the most extraordinary CURES of Fever and Ague, Intermittent and other Fevers, Jaundice, Diseases
of the Liver. Kidneys, lie Genital aii'i Ur nary Organs, all dexu-tl Disorders, Paralysis, Neuralgia, including lie
Doloreux, Stiff Joints, ana are also employed wiih astonishing success in
DISEASE     OF     THE   EYES.
Also, all Indolent Ulcers, Tumors, Swellings,Absease'd. Cancer of the Womb, all other affections of the Womb, and
Cancerous Affections irenerallv, and .Scrofula, These Baths seem to be Nature's own chosen r«ediutti for effecting
cures where ail ether means would fail without them ; and prove beyond tho possibility of doubt, to all who take
hem, th-'tuiiiuity of Medical practice which poisons the human system by administering to it calomel, arsenic,
lead, zinc. iron, antimony, quinine, iodide oi' potassa, and a ffliulu host ol." dead I v drugs which remain, in the system, and are KXTRAUTLJ) 1IY THESE BATHS.
During nearly rifteen vears I have never iriven even a solitary dose of oil or salts, much less any POISON'OFS
DKl'lifi. or herbs, and have.N'EVER seen a case in which they *ere requisite if Water Treatment was employed.
When will the people cease to besuch simpletons as to hire men to POISON and BLEED them, while they also retain on then- statute books laws against poisoning, maim ins and bleeding CATTLE? Are the members of the human family less worthy of protect!m than animals? I assert in the face of this entire State and the world at
large, that there never was, is not now, and never will be, a case in which calomel, crude mercury, quinine, arsenic,
ead, Kinc, iron, an timony, iodine, or my other POISOS", should have been, or be, administered to the human system, or in which bleeding, cupping orleeohing. was required ; and farther, that hundreds of thousands lill premature graves through an ill-timed or over dose of salts or oil. Let the people ponder on these things, and if the poor
and deluded victims id" medical rascality dedi-e 1hmH.1i. I pledge tlie honor of one mao at least, that I will so emplo"
XATURE'S AGKNCIES of Good Food, Air, Pure Water. Exercise, Clothing, the Electro-Chemical Baths, and the Sleeping and Waking Hours, that wifhou t a particle of NASrVaud Pi.'ISONOUS medicine, I will so arouse the powers of
their systems that if there be any strength left they shall speedily get pori'ccllv well in body, with minds so
panded to tlie perception of natural philosophy, as thereafter to cau e them to set their faces against all profess;
al rogues or fools, and awake them to a knowledge of the evils of entrusting their own vital interest to the keeping
of others whose interest must ever be antagonist ie to their own.
Address, by letter or pei soni.lly, Dr. LIOUilN'E. Water Cure-Physician, Sansome street, opposite St. Nicholas Hotel
flan Francisco, importer into this- Slate of tlie FIRST auo ONLY apparatus for giving these delightful and beneficial
Electro Chemical Baths, and whose experience iu their use warrants him in speaking of them in the term* he employs. They require great cau tiun in administering them, and Dr. Bourne never entrusts that duty to others thus
avoiding all danger.
43- So many lying and forged certificates, and rHETEN'DEn editorial recommendations are published, that those
truthful statements of lacts which Dr. Bourne could offer, are withheld, rather than any should suppose they were
merely ''got up."
X3- Consultations without charge, and charges very moderate for the benefits conferred.
c%u gxm'mn Ibhriisraunts.
CLOTHS! CASSIMERS! TAILOR'S TRIMMINGS'
And Uilliarct Cloths !
I BEG leave to inform tbo public in general that
I keep constantly on hand a complete and well
assorted stock of ■
clothi, Cn.slmcrs, Tailor's Trimmings,Billiard
Cloths, Velvets aiul Vesting.
of all descriptions.
Importing all these articles only Irom the most
prominent European Factories, I am able to satis
ly all reasonable demands. lam willing to sell
in quantities lo suit, and soliciting orders 1 „„„r
atrtee they will he executed faithfully and will,"
despatch. A. h. J1LUMENTH A J '
San Francisco, Sacramento street, 142, between
Kearny and Montgomery. augltj 3m
(■yearn.
protruded bliiidiKHs of more thsn
atlp himself thoroughly and scienti-
11 the disorders of the El F-, nod
aiversal success the same treat.
PIONEER WATER CUKE INSTITUTE,
Southeast Corner of Sansonivand Commercial Streets, opposite St.Nicholas Hotel, San Francisco
-Dr.  BOURNS,
Water Cure   Physician  .
ingevery faeilitv for the scientific administration of Water Treatment, offers   the   advantages   <
:nal. and most effieaeious mode of earing discise-, to invalids, in either acute or chronic stages .
eiallv to those laboring under the UCI.NOUS Kl'FKiTS 01-' CALOMEL, and Drug treatment  generi
iere are no nauseous or poisonous medicines tti swallow or- pay   for,  as   Dr.   BOURNE  dees not
whatever, nor bleed, cup orleeeli ; soil is not only the BEST hut CHE.W'E-T system for restoration I
_    In Chronic or AeaieRheumaLism, Diarrlicea. Pvst.iepsia. Epyi"/ ami Ague, I's. thin us Fever, ALL Xe
ual disorders—in fact, in all cases, tin* WATER OU.vE is of LINK QUA LED VALUE.
Apply personally, or address by letter, as above.
jssa- PARTICULAR   NOTICE. -&^
The "Russian," Digger Indian ! Turkish or Egyptian "Steam Baths.''—the invention of barnarfc-
■"■-EVIL COS'S EQL;KXCKS to Weak Lungs. Palpitating Hearts, and Ilehilitu led Digestive and  Nutrit
"  ' re relation to thai, gloi-ion-. svstem than does ahorse to a red herriiu
>thateffect.    Dr. P-OUiiNT. is the Pioneer and  only Water  Civre P
trating his skill iu his an with tlie hfghnst success—cu-:-~ **——
tv had placed almost beyond the con lines of hope; such being the  general   C
Irecei.ing relief at his hands.    Lot them continue to coma and be HEALED, i
NOT Water C:
all the
iii-. Coast.
11'nds—with all
ve Oruans,
notwithsta
ml hot (c-i
' of   tlie  cases de
erted to this  wise
nov4~3m
Los que Padescan! Lean!! Lean!!!
Druggists, Chemists. & Assayers:
JOHN TAYLOR, 132
CHEMISTS' AND ASSAYKRS'  GLASSWARE.   &c —Pe
recent arrivals,  Crucibl s,  Evaporating Dishes, Re
torts. Receivers, Mat trasses Tuhein-r. Test Tubes, Anneal
"ng Cups. Acid Por.tles. Syphojis, Funnels, etc., etc.
In store and for sale by
JOHN TAYLOR, 132 Washington street,
ju7—3m San Francisco.
STOCK !—Bottles, Twine,  Marb
. _    ., .'biting, Oils, etc.
In store and for sale by
JOHN TAYLOR, 132 Washington street,
je.7—3m San Francisco.
PERFUMERY, FANCY ARTICLES. &c—Ju-t
nnea»-wrtment   of  Perfumery,   from   tin
ofM. Roziu, Philadelphia, selected
tlri
u-ket.
Also, a line assortment of Combs, Tlrusht
Articles generally. For salt* by
JOHN TAYLOR, V12 Washingt.
San Fr
expressly for
is and Fancy
DEMIS   WIRE   W011KS.
MANUFACTORY OF
Wire Cloth, Wire Netting,
Sand.  Wheat, Corn and Coal Screens, Sieves,
Bird Cage. Fcnders and Fire Guards,
Meat  Safes. Dish Coves, Patent
Gauze  Window Blinds,
Wir e Fencing, fyc.
No. 108 CLAY STREET,
BETH EEJVBaTTKItY MKD SjIJVSUME,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Particular Attention given to tlie Manufacture
PREMIUM  WIRE  CLOTH,
For Flour   and Fanning: Mills   and   Threshing
ju7—3 in Machines.
Xj. e»; :u-:rs:Es::Em.»ss
ADVERTISING    AGEXCY,
Iron Building, opposite   Pacific   Express   Com-
party's  Office, up stairs,
SAN FRANCISCO.
»   DVERTISEMENTS AND SURSCKlPTIONSsolicited for
Mount;,i
'rcka Union,
reaverville Democrat,
lira Hill News
"olcano Ledger,
an Jose Telegraph,
, [Los An
he following named pap
oaciamento Union.
San  Joaquin   Republican,     1
[Stockton,] I
Marysville Herald, Yolcai
Nevada Journal, San Jc
Grass Vftl-ey Telegraph, Pet.alu
Sonora Herald, California I
~"   mbia Gazette, LosAngele
[Pla-      geles,]
.-,_, Santa Barbara Gazette,
Calaveras Chronicle, [Hok.    Sar Diego Herald,     ■
Hill,"] , Vaileio Bulletin, '
Shasta Courier, Leader.  rOaJ-lan-I,]
Empire Argus, [Coloma,]        Humboldt Times,
Mariposa Gazette.
Oriental, [Chinese and En-dish.] Sau Francisco,
Oregonian. [Portland Oregon Territory.]
Oregon Statesman, [Salem. Oregon Ti'rritory,]
Pion-eran i Democrat   ("Oiympia. Puget Sound, W. T.]
Pa-ret Sound ''ourier, [Steilacooni, I'nget Sound, W. T
Polynesian, [Honolulu. Sandwich Islands.]
EL GRAN REMEDIO ITALIANO
DE DE. PAIIEIRA,
Para la cierta y eficaz cura de las  infermedade:
de una naturaleza privada, svn hacer cuso del\
tiempo que se ha durado y sin malos efecto.
sistema o sin ponerse en dicta.
rVuncasella falti-clo—JVl jniede fnltm a Cm*i
T?STE   ESPECIEICO   INVALUAP.LE FUE LNTRODUCIDO
uiopi
cmcuenta anos e:
n ,-i Co
Bretaiia, h
dos que en menos d"e uu a
do en lngar de todos otro
medieina de las ciudade
compelidos a reeonocer s
medades. Proprietaries (
oopularidad que viau en
Comoeltrigodelanteelsr
uelo, y como el luego
•,y pronto des,
- que enlos puebloi
lente, pero tambien
principals de Europa fitor
J. IS. Strobi-iclge & Co.,
WHOLESALE AND DETAIL
CLOTHING  EMPORIUM,
CORNER OF
COMMERCIAL  AND SANSOME STREETS,
UtitW St. WlcUolns Hotel,
SAN FR A JVC IS CO,
/-\FFE.K tlie largest nnd most complete assortment of
\J tjlothfng   and   Oeiitlt-UM-ii's  Fus-nislilng
Tlie IiiUest and most' Fashionable Styles
nd  Cloth Vest''
^ White and Check Lii
The Eyes !   The Eyes!
OCUJLIST.
AFTER
Dr. Pardee In
fically acquainted with n
isiow practising, with u
ment by which lie lvas ci	
A Word of Caution.—The eye is by far toopreciou-
and delicate an organ to he trifled with or made the subject of random experiments, therefore, it would be ej.
eeedinjfly nnwise and perhaps dangerous to iccept any
ofthe "never failing cures" that are tendered by the
mistaken kindness of all around, for every one offers a
specific for diseases 'if the eye.
&ff~ Many patientscan be seen at the office of Dr. Pardee, in different stages ol' recovery.
OFFICE—San Francisco, west oi" the Plana, opposite the
oldpost Office, one door north oi the Portsmouth House,
uip stairs. ju7—3m
OFFICIAL DH^FCTOIij/5''
and Cotton Half
Gentlemen's   Furnishing  Goods
s^-o.x^a.s.io.ox"
mtof
C3-o?oc3.f3
elante.
OS, y i
puliiii.;
en los'Uauos llevam
triunfo. Sequedo e
ate vid probo y fue
Al fallecim
su hijo. quie
tados DnidOf
azunbroKy,
for tuna adquerido por Dr. Pareira de la v
seisaiios que la prepavo solo atesfiquaa.
ento del Doctor lo receta fue heredada
i recientemente lo ha introducido en los
El nfimero de las euras que se ha heeln
Miles y miles pueden. dar testimonio de
Toaos los que usen, lo Curaran 1 I I
cen una suguridad. despachu y a cierto que mnguna i
medictna ha poseida.
No   tomas falsas   nostrums.
[Us mi remedio que ha sido probado  por lo*   cineut
anos pasados y que no se ha faltado.
GUARDANSE DE FALSAS APARIENCIAS.
La venta tan estonsiva de ewto asombro^a medieina.
cau^ado yn personas a yonder a los candidos una comp
cion espuria, eon ii|iariencias a  Ia orininal.  No compra
la flrmeescrita de A. Paroira M. D. en el evoltoriodeafi.-.
de cada Isotella.    7'odos los demas son falsfjs,  y  sus  fabri-
cadores serau easfigados al est renin rigor de la ley.     Pre-
cio TEES PEEOS LA BOTELLA.     Para vender por D. Bab-
cock, ol unico agente ji-i.ra Cali.ornia. Oregon y las Islas d
Sandwich   a quien  todos ordenes han   de  estar  dirijidos
Tambien para vender por Drosineros de oste Estado gener
almente.     Un diseucnto liberal para los que compran poi
mayor.
D. BARCOCK. Droguero Mayor.
133 Calle de t.'ia}- Si;n l''rancisco.
'   Tambien para vender por   ■ J. B. WINSTON,
Drogerero Los Angeles.
Eiiata de (\{rentes en el Estado.
Dr. J. B. WINSTON, Los Angeles.
R. K. STARKWEATHER. Boih-adela Ciudad. Sacramento.
RICf'L COtTLV Y CA.. Jiotiearios Marysville.
W. H. BRUNEI!. Botiea de Tuolumne, Sonora
BRNJ. SHUItVLEFF, iiofiea de Shasta. Shasta.
CHILD k WORTHEN.      "       " Plaeerville,  Piaeerville.
.JUSTIN GATES. Jr.  Ciudad del Sacramento.
R. W, CARR. Downieville.
Dr. JOHN'LARK, Nevada.
"     W. H. GATLIFF, Yreka.
WHALEY k MOUSE. San Diego.
GEORGE L, STORY. Portland O. T
Travellers ! Bewaro of tlie Impositions of Hack
Drivers, IU\r.iiei-s. ««.   J
ALL PERSONS  ARRIVING  IN   SAN FRANCISCO AND
iiTO?rnTOi™fi
.ij-f'HSm
"VVanted-
1-1UR' WANT ED; Sea otter, Land otter. BPa-
1 ver. Martin, Bear and Deer skins, and al! other
kinds of Fars, for which fair prices will be naid
at    ,n r> ., M- 1IOSENSTOCK,
No. 70. Eatlerysdreel,. upstairs t.p',ween  Sacra
raeato, and California streets, San Franc sco.
septao—-2m
LOS ANGELES STAR
full ^riiitiiirj (Bskhli^mat
MAIN STREET, opposite, the Bella Union-Hotel.
The proprietor of the Los AngelesStar, wouldrespeet
fully inform his friends and tho public, that he hai
just ruceived a large and varied assortment of new materi
al,and is now prepared to execute the following descrip
tionsof
PLAIN AND FANCY
JOB  X^TtXKTT'XKrcS-.
lit tUe best style of the Art.
Books, Circular*-, La-w Blanks,
Pamphlets, Cards; Bills of Exchangi
Bill Heads, Deeds, Bank Checks
Labels, Notes, Programmer.,
Posters, Billets, Bills of Fare.
i any other description ofPrinting that  rae.ybe dei-5-
119 and 131 Sacramento Str
BRE CAUTIONED
of   til
To beware ofthe tricks
ners and Hack Drivers, r.
employed by. the proprie
thereby Inducing the unv
telling them that it belo,
afterwards extorting froi
Uoanl per Week
Board per Day..
Meals, eaeli	
In.addition to a large
two to three beds in each
e lb
t Cheer House"
ire by
and  i
Erei
ixorbitant pri.
 SO OO
 SI OO
 50 cents.
of Rooms, having from
> 100 well finished
and neatly furnished single Bed Rooms. The Beds are
fitted up with springs and the bosl curled hair mntrcsses
thereby making tin's the best house in the city.
Lodging pei Week..
Lodging pnr NIsl»t...
..$3, 3,4,.0 OO
..50c, T5,$l 00
m* FRFE BATHS -ffi$
■■ What Cheer
nth thena:
express
 ._ .v,  j,.i   uu purpoes
of carrying passengers and Raggage Free !    Thepropnetor
—*-*'-- "       - * " .ctwithout anthorl-
Ishii
ty from him,
jyM-#
.derbto
id that all others;
E- B. -WOODWARD, Proprietor.
UNITED STATES OFFICERS.
United States District Court for the Southern
District of California:
I. S. K. Otfier, Judge ; P. Ord. District Attorney ; C. E. Carr, Clerk ; E. Htmter, Marshal.
United States Land Office for the Southern District of  California :
Andres Pico, Receiver ; H. P. Dorsey, Register.
United Slates Court of Claims;
C. B. Carr, Commissioiier.
Customs Department—(San Pedro).
Collector—Col. Isaac Williams; Deputy —J. F.
Stephcns.
Postmavters ;
3. S. Waite, Los Angeles.
G. C. Alexander, San Pedro.
Thomas Burdick, San Gabriel.
Ira Thompson, Monte-
First Judicial District, comprising the counties oj
Los Angeles, >'an Bernardiao and San Diego.
First District Court.—Judge—Benj. Hayes.
COUNTY   OFFICERS.
Cnnntv Court—Win, G. Drydcn, Judge.
Sheriti—J. R. Barton ; Under Sherifl--Elijah
Beltis.
County Treasurer—II. N. Alexander.
County Assessor—-Antonio F. Corenel ; Deputy
—J. H. Ccleinatt. r
County Surveyor—II. Hancock.
Public Administrator—M. Keller.
Superintendent of Public Schools—James Y
Burns.
District Attorney—C..E. Thora.
Coroner—J. B. Winston.
County Clerk—John W, Shore ; Deputy—J. A-
Hinchman. v
Jailer—Francis Carpenter.
Board of Supervisors—J. R. Scott. M. Dnmin-
guez, W. M. Stockton, Tomas A. Sanchez, R. Fry-
TOWNSIHP OFFICERS
Los Angeles—Justices of the Peace—Rus-oll
Sackett, J.   S. Mallard.    Constables— Charlu- K.
Baker, Wm. H. Little.
CITY   OFFICERS. *
Mayor—John G. Nichols.
City Marshal—W. C. Geiman ; Deputy—E. M..
Smith.
City Treasurer—Snmnel Arbuckle.
City Assessor—W. H. Peterson.
City Attoi ney—C. E. Thorn.
City Council—M. Requenn, N. Potter. Ignacio-
del Valle. E. Drown, J. G. Downey, Ira Gilchrist
A. Ulyard.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
Couniy Judge—D. M.   '-'homai*;.
County Treasmer— Samrnd Foll'e-..
County Assessor— J-imcs Henry liollins.
Couniy Surveyor—Alvin Stoddard.
Public Administrator—Addison Pratt.
Superintendent Pub ic Schools—H. Skinner
District Attorney—-Eliis Eames.
Coroner—-Wm. Cox.
County Clerk—R. R. Hopkins.
Sheriff—Robert Clift.
Supervisors—L. Roubideaux, N. Taylor. Wm,
Cox.
Tlie taw of rVeAVS|»npers.
1. Subscribers who do not give express notice
o the contrary, are considered as wishing to ctu-*
tinue their subscription.
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Publishers may continue to send them until »bl:
charges are paid.
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papers irom the office or place to which tin y are
sent, they are held responsible until they settle
their account, and give notice to discontinue them..
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forming the Publishers, and the paper is sent ti>
the former direction, they are held responsible
5. The Courts have decider! that refusing to take--
a paper or periodica! from the office, oi removinr-
und leaving it uncalled for,is7i--i>»c[ facia ev donee-
of intentional fraud.
Postmasters would oblige, by a strict fulfillment
of the regulations requiring them to notify Publishers, once in three months, of papers not taken*
from their *ffice br subscribers.
iif'on
Distances.
Thefollowing table of distances was measured!
with a vianieter, by Capt. Warner, of the D*
S. Topographical Engineers, in the summer
of 1848 :—
From San Francisco to Mission Dolores. .2£ miles..
Sanchez Ranch	
..17
Sau Mateo	
Santa Clara...
Mission Soledatl	
.166
Ojitos  	
San Miguel	
.23T
Brakes'  Ranch	
.. 258*
Santa M.ar;<arita,.,
265-
SanLms Obispo...
.276;
Capt. Dana's	
.299
Los  Alamos...
.321
Gaviota Pass	
.352
Arroyo Honde	
. 359
Carpenti ria...
,.39*
Santa Clara river.   .
.421:
Canega	
.504
.515
San Juan Capistrano.542
San Luis Key	
.578 ■■■
WmmM
Y.OL. VI.
LOS   ANGELES,  CAL.,   SATURDAY,  NOVEMBER  £9,   1856.
NO. 20.
£00 3.ngele0 0tar:
PUIiLISHHO  EVERY SATURDAY  MORNING,
At No. 1, Pico Boiloincs, Spring Street, adjoining the U. S. Land Office, Los Angeles,
BY   H.   HAMILTON.
TERMS:
Subscription, per annum, in advance. ,$5' 00
For Six Months, .....'.,.. 3 00
For Three Mouths.. .....'..... 2 00
Single Number    0'25
Advertisements inserte at TwoDbllars per square'
of ten lines, for the first insertion ; and One
Dollar per square for each subsequent insertion.
A liberal deduction made to Yearly Advertisers.
Agents.—The following gentlemen are author-
'ized Agents for the Star :
L.   P.  FlSHRIt. ,
BtiBsa & Bokdick, Post Office.
Whisleb. & King .	
Col, Ika TflOMPaON ■	
R. N.Gi-en-n	
Juogb'D. A. Thomas	
..San Francisco.
..San Gabriel.
..Monte.
. ..Monte.
. ..Santa Hai-ham.
...San Bernardino.
PACIFIC EXPRESS COMPANY.
THE undersigned.   Agent
.f the ■■' PACIFIC EXPRESS J	
I COMPANY," will despatch by'every Stem
.» reg -la     ... ^ress. in charge of a. Special Messenger, to
SANTA BARBARA.
SAN LUIS OBISPO,
MONTEREY.
SAN FRANCISCO, and
All parts of Northern and Southern Mines.'
—ALSO —
Oregon,   Atlantic  States  and Europe.
COLLECTIONS made iu all of the above named places.
TREASURE. PARCELS, PACKAGES and LETTERS for
warded.
DRAFTS purchased in San Francisco on the Atlantic.
■States and Europe.
Particular attention paid to the forwarding of Gold Dust
to the Mint for coinage.
Treasure, I.etter-i, etc., roceivedup to thelatestmoment
and ensured to destination
un7 H. R. MYLES. Agent
T
wrape itoxes and Sawdust.
|HE HNDERSIGNISD HA!
ih Grape Packer
t suitable
ipon terms lowei
;o. and of better
Samples will be
intered into, and
ial, find'dry Sawdust to
han they can bo had from
■ality.
urwarded immediately, a
n ample stock always kept
Los Angeles, June 7. 185G.
M.
id contract".1
KELLER.-
NEW   ESTABLISHMENT.
Cabinet Making, Upholstering and
IT!VI> E BTARIIVCf'i
The subscriber would respect
os Angeles and surround!ne
ountry, that he is now manufacturing at his new stand on MAIN STREET three dooi .
south of the United States Hotel, Furniture of every
-rtyle and finish mi the most reasonable terms.
The Undertaking Business
Will receive the strictest attentiou, as he will endei
to keep on hand COFFINS   of every style.    Persons  from
tht country can have a Coffin of any finish at one hours
TJpIiOl **&& -*■* * xx a?
Spring 3eat Sofas and Chairs neatly repaired, equal t<
fisy All orders filled with promptness and dfspatch
#9- liemember  the  place—Main street,  opposite Williams' Grocery.
unT JAMES D   BRADY.
New Fruit & Vegetable Matket
rp.IE iindersigneil having purchased the entire stock ot
X Groceries an 1 Liquors of Joit.v McHnNOrJtm &Co., beg
leave to inform his friends and the public that Me has re
Qtted and made great improvements iu the Store','aud also
opened, in connection with 'he
Grocery and Liquor Bu iness,
A Fruit and Vegetable Market,
AT THE OLD STAND ON
iwwt jmc m: r«^  sb iwc bhr. mbz xd r^cr9
(Opposite Pine's Hotel.) a few doors from Commercial   Street,
Where will constantly be   found   a  choice assortment of
the above articles cheap for CASH.
- Country Traders are *r aspect fully requested to call
nde
9 the
fiST ^.H kinds of Country Produce taken   In
exchange.
JS£t~ Remember the place- Opposite Pine's Ho
tet, Alain street, Los Angeles.
un7 JOSEPH RICE.
SEWING- MACHINFS.
G&0VER, BAKES & CO.'S PATliNT.
THE Undersigned has on hand and is constantly receiving* supply of the above superior machines, togeth
ei with duplicate parts. Needles. Thread, &c, which he
will sell at reasonable rates.
N. B.    Machines repaired and warranted.
S. O, BRTtiHAM. Sole Agent.
For California. Oregon, and the entire I'aciiic Coast,
Ofllee. Sansome street, near California,
jn7—3m opposite Tehama House. Sau Franciscc
BY  THK   CASE   OK   PACKAGE,
In quantities to suit, •
LONG BILL PAPER, 1 ,EGAL CAP. LETTER PAPER,. INK.
BROAD BILL PAPER. FOOLSCAP, NOTE PAPER, PENCILS, BLANK ROOKS. WAFERS, &c, &o.
Noisy Carriers Book and Stationery Co.,
S7 Battery st    and 64 and 6S Long Wharf. Sau  Francisco
my3—am C. P. KIMBALL. President.
iuskss Crabs,
O. B, THOM. C. SIMS.
THOM & SIMS;
Attorneys and Counsellors at I.aw.
OFFICE— OJY MALY STBXET,
(Opposite the Bella Union Hotel.) unl
STcHxTi. ~%j%r' Sliore,
COUNTY CLERK.
Pee.    pnj'i,I,i<!   I»ivaiiaT.ly   In    advance.
X»i% Oartei",
OFFICE   AJfD   blHUB    STORE,
LOS ANGELlilS  STt'REET,
Adjoining Keller's Store.
JOHNSON & ALLANSON,
Successors   to   Alsx\iMi*r   •£   Melius.
Wliolesalc and  Retail DcrtLcMU  In   GENERAL
..MERCHIHWiaB,
MAIN STREET, los Angeles. un7
SOLOMON   LAZARD,
I'MPORTW-,
And Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
FrenCh-,'   Eisglisli   and    American
Dry Goods.
Corner of Melius Row, Los Angeles.       aug 9
IDG, W. TIMMS.
Forwarding and Commission merchant,
San Pedk'o' ano Los Angeles . Cal.,
L7 H. REAIJ, Agent,  L.09  Angeles.
3S'-'  C3--  SbC^XjXj^
i'mVortkr aVd DKALUR in
BlanlJ:   Boois,' Staple   and  fancy   Stationery-
Writing faper, Sec. Sec.
Co'rner 6T Front' and Commercial Streets,
,SAN FKANCISCO.
August 9, 1856: 3m
. fill fill SI! SDK.
Jc&pk'ijgix HE3 3ECE3. o x- s o XI
G" "IVEg:NOTi0ETO THE RANCHEROS AND
Btiti'hers oi this vicinity that he will give the
highest price for Hides, 'Calf, Sheep, aud Goat
Skins, rjffd for Wool.
0?t- Libersl advances made  on  contracts   for
the coming clip of Wool.
, A. general assortment. o( Red wood and Pine
Lumber, for sale at the Lumber Yard on Alameda
street, near Aliso street.
Office-**-*AImctln Street, one door from the cor-
K-r of Aliso street. un7
I
xtifotlce.
OTICE IS T-I):in;j:i   GIVEN,   that all persons cittin-r
■otherwise trespassing upon, my Rancho of
utn Auifa, in the I'-.wiisliip ,,i  Sau Uabricl, will be pro
uted to the extent of the law.
JOSEl'H A.  R0WE
,OB Angeles, March 29.1856 is tf
Carriage and Blacksmith Shop-
By JOHN GOLLER.
L0S   ANGELES   STREET,
NEAR THE FOOT   OF COMMERCIAL,
rpHE subscribe! respectfully in^
JL forms the publicgenerally that
he will keep constantly ou hand,
and will manufacture to order,
aCoaehes, Buggies. Wagons. Carts &c,
iin a neat and workmanlike manner. He has on handjand
(for sale a fine stock of Eastern White Oak and Hickory
;Plank ■mdaxels. He keeps constantly on baud a large variety ofCart and Buggv .vheels. Spokes, Felloes, Shafts
Neck Yokes. Double and singletrees
W[orse Slioeing and Blacksmith ing:
in all its various branches, executed with promptnesrand
pdisatch. Particular attention will be given to the manu-
■facture and repair uf PLOWS, HARROWS- and other Farm
ring Untensils. He has an ex tensive assortment ot'Ironas-
/8ls, Springs, PSo'.ts. Plow and Spring stoei, and other male-
^ialpertaining to the business; too numerous to mention.
Also, 20 'Tons of Blacksmiths' Coal.
"'"'"   "" ,K" k°°1 "' """'"'■" " '"  Ui'" employ, he
JONAS, G. CLARK & CO.
i%S iVaslniiigton street,
,.     .SAN KRAKqTSO'..
IMPOKfEES,
Wholesale and Hetail Dealers,
:   In every description of
FURNITURE, BEDDING, &c,&c.
.F XT Et m^E^e XJ 3R. El
W A R E R O O M S ,
In tlie Building opposite Washington Market,
(Formerly known us th,e Clipper Warehouse,)
And 49 and 51 Fourth- street, between J and K
streets, Sacramento.
We have on exhibition and in great variety,
ROSEWOOD, MAHOGANY, WALNUT, OAK AND
PAINTED
PABLOR AND CHAMBER SETS,
SOFAS,
OTTOMAN S.
LOUUGES,
ATH) EASY CHAIRS,
Work, Centre, Dining, Extension and Fancy
: tc Jk. _o Xj les s.
Merchants' and Lawyers9 Deslcs,
BOOKCASES,
SECRETAHIES,
BUREATIS,
SIDEBOARDS and
WHAT-NOTS.
Office   and   Kitchen   Furniture,
O XX^-X3?L JS ,
Of all qualities, newest style and most approved
make.
targe and small French Plate Mantel nail Pier
MIHH.OR.S.
p-gr For the TRADE, we have a large stock','
on clippers to arrive heavy shipment?, and will
receive regular and .'omplete INVOICES of goods
adapted to the wants of the interior and coast.
%£f™ Particular attention and care given to
TRADE. ORDERS and the FURNISHING of
Hotels and Public Buildings.
^g?" Goods purchased will be sent to  Steamers,
Vessels, and all parts of the city without charge.
JONAS G. CLARK & CO.,
No. 128 Washington street,
ang 30 3m. San Francisco-
• (Teels confident that he cang
un7
satisfaetior
JOHN GOLLER
New   Lumber   Yard-
IN .L.OS ANGELES.
THE undersigned have established a Lumb' 1
Yard, on Main street, at David Anderson's
■wagon making shop, opposite Datton's brick build-
Snfr. and have on hand a large quantity of White
*'edar. of a very superior quality ; and will be re-
eetying evory month direct from the mills, every
▼ariety of sawed lumber, from siding up to flooring joice, white cedar shingles, plastering laths.
fence pailir.c-, pickets. &c, with every variety of
'"Lumber uped in, the community.
H. H.LURE*CO.
D. ANDERSON, Agent.
AGltlCULiTUHAL. ODE.
BY  WM.' C.   BRYANT.
Far..back, in ages past,
The plough with wreaths was crowned,
The hand ; of kings and snges
Entwined the chaplet round ;
Til! men of spoil
Disdained the toil
By which the world was nourished,
And blood and pillage were the soil
In which their laurels flourished.
Now the world her fault despairs—
The guilt that stains her glory,
And weeps her cares amid the cares
That formed her earliest glory.
The thrones shall crumble,
The diadems shall wane,
The tribes of earth shall humble
The pride of those who reign,
And war shall lay
His pomp away.
The fame that heroes cherish
The glory earned in deadly fray,.
Shall fade, decay and perish.
Honor waits all o'er the earth,
Through endless generations—
The art that calls the harvest forth,
And feeds the expectant nations.
" HOE   OUT YOUR. ROW."
One lazy day a fanner's boy
Was hoeing out the corn,
And moodily he listeued long
To hear the dinner horn.
The welcome blast ho heard at last,
And down he dropped his hoe,
But the good man shouted in his ear,
" My boy, hoe out, your row 1"
Although a " hard one" was the row,
To use a ploughman's phrase,
And the lad, as sailors have it,
Beginning well to "haze"—
" I can," said he, and manfully
He seized again his hoe,
And the good man smiled to see ,
The boy hoe out the row.
The lad the text remembered,
And proved the moral well,
That perseverance to the end
At last will nobly tell.
Take courage, man ! resolve you can,
And strike a vigorous blow ;
In life's great field of varied tori
Always hoe out your row.
A New Sugar Plant.
Mr. Wray, an American gentleman residing in
Paris, in a communication to the London Times.
describes a new plant ofthe sugar-cane species
called the " Imphee," the cultivation of which
seems deslined to bring about a revolution in the
production of sugar. The New York Post says:
The Chinese variety of this plant, called the
"Shorgo,-' is mentioned by Mr. Fortune in his
work on China ; and; in 184-i Capt. Swinboi-n imported into England some seeds of it; but in 1852.
the Geographical Society of Fra'nce received from
M. deMoutigay, consul-general at Shatighai, a
parcel of these valuable seeds, Which, ivith characteristic sagacity, v?ere immediately distributer!
to the most disthiguishec-' agriculturist's and agri"
cultural societies of France, and by tham careful1
ly Cultivated, with' benelTeial results.
A far more valuable species, however, is tlie
"Zulu KaHa." of which Mr. Wray has fifteen varieties, collected iu Caffreland. Sugar manufactured from these plants was first imported into
Europe in the beginning of 1854. These imphee**
vary in time of growth from seventy-live to one
hundred and thirty days, the most precocious requiring only from seventy five to ninety #ays: to
arrive at maturity, others, again, ninety to one
hundred days, aud so ou up to the gigantic (*Bim-
pis-clm-a-pa," which requires one hundred and
thirty days and reaches a height of thirt.-en feet-
The Chinese imphee, on the other hand even in
the luxuriant soil and climate of Algeria does not
ripen in less than one hundred and sixty days, and
is less full of juioe than the Caffre variety. To
this it is principally owing that the great efforts
made by the French chemists and agriculturists to
obtain ciystalized su^ar from the juice of the
Chinese variety, have hitherto so signally failed,
and as they are obliged to conturity and a peculiar process of manufacture, which Mr. Wray has
already patented in many countries, insure the
most complete crystaliz.fcion of the concentrated
juice, and the sugar obtained from it cannot be
distinguished from tbe cane sugar of the West
Indian colonies, which it equals in every respect'
The Imphee yields from one to two and a half
tons of sugar per acre, according to the quality
of the soil and the character of the climate, besides excellent; grain and molasses: and in som
departments of France the earliest varieties yield
two crops in the year from the same sowing. The
grain furnishes a good meal, and the stalks excellent fodder for cattle;: while its rapidity of growth
(at the rate of about twelve inehes a week) is
marvelous. Mr. Wiay had for a long time been
laboring to introduce the culture of this plant in
France, and has now considerable plantations in
four of the southern departments, which fortunately have n'ot been much injured iiy the recent
inundations. Official information has just been
received from: Gudaloupe showing -that the im-
phee'introduction by him into that island bas
yielded four full crops' is one year from the same
sowing.
Mr. Wray ha-V j-nst; received a communication
from tbe Viceroy of Egypt,-offer.ng him ten thousand hectares of land- fur experimenting with this
new. plant within his dominions.'
BOTTIEK DE PAKIS.
Custom Made Boots and Shoes.
EDWAKD KIITLL
INFORMS the public that he is prepared
to furnish custom made boots and shoes, of
the latest Paris styles.    Hs residence  is
on Main street, three doors from the U. S. Hotel.
Particular attention given to repairing, which
will be executed on the lowest terms.       augl.6
JSTotioe.
ALL persons are hereby cautioned against buying or otherwise trading for unvented horses
or cattle of our brands ; t r they will be prosecuted to the extent of the law.
ANDREAS DOMTNGUEZ.
9ep20—*f JESUS Ma, COTAdeDOMJ.NGUEZ.
Rain and Snow.—There has beec considerable
rain and some snow in Plumas county during the
past week". The Yuba river is reported to be
slightlv swullen in consequence.
A New   Afrl-;«ii    Grnlu.
A grain,' culled the " fundi," cultivated in some
of the districts ol the colony of Sierra Leone, has
lately been described in Chambers's Edinburgh
Journal, and brought to the notice of European
agriculturists for the first tirhe. It is a slender grasi*
with digitate spikes, and grows to the height of
about eighteen inches. The ear consists of two conjugate spikes, the grain being arranged'on the outer
edge of either spike, and alternated; the grain is attached by a short peduncle to the husk, from which
it is easily separated. The grain, which is heart-
shaped, and about the size of mignionette-seed, is
covered by a thin fawn-colored membrane, and when
freed from this membrane is whitish, and semi-transparent. It is highly glutinous, and has a' delicate
flavor, between that of rice and kiln-dried oats.'
When ripe, it is cut down, tied up in small sheaves
and placed in a dry situation; for, if allowed to remain on the ground and to get wet, the grains become agglutinated to their coverings. The grain is
trodden out with the feet, and is then parched or
dried in the sun to allow of tlie more easy removal
of the outer membrane in the process of pounding,
which is performed in wooden mortars. It is afterwards winnowed with a kind of a cane fanner on
mats.
The Europeans and negroes connected with the
colony generally stew it in a close sauce-pan, wiih
fowl, fish, or mutton, asmall piece of salt pork being
added for the sake of flavor. This is said to mitke
a very good dish. Sometimes it is made into puddings, and eaten either hot or cold with milk. The
grain appears to be quite as delicate as arrow root,
while it possesses a more agreeable flavor than sago, potato, starch, and other simple preparations.
Beauty ofthe Spanish Wo.vkn.—Ayoting German diplomatist, long a resident at Madrid in a
work recently published, thinks the Spanish women very beautiful. " Asa general impression, I
should say there is more beauty both of face and
figure, to be seen here than in any other capital ;
but that the toilet in Paris is more tasteful. In
London there is, perhaps, a greater air of high
breeding in the higher circles, but incomparably
less grace. No such feet and figure were ever seen
at St, James, nor, in spite of all Ihe accessories of
dress, at the Tulleiies. A French woman and
graceful toumufe is the result of art, education
and the toilet. An English woman's elegance
proceeds from her high breeding and pur sang.
But the grace of the Spanish women is pure nature. Nowhere can such eyes be seen as in Spain,
whether for size, color or expression. As an English' woman advances in years she generally grows
thin ; the Spanish SeSora is apt to become uu-
wi'eldly ; the one contracts, the other expands;
an3 the expansion system, though it must be in-
cciivenient, preserves the beauty of the face to a
latter point of life."
A" priuter, in setting up tbe sentence-—" We are
but parts of a stupendous whole," by the 'mistake
of a lettcivmade It read—" We are but parts of' a
stupendous whale."
" Pn all contention," says Sydney Smith, "let
peace be rather your object than triumph.' Value
triumph only as the means of peace."
-  _■_"! —	
Is not every face beautiful in on" eyes, which
habitually turns towards us with affectionate
guileless smiles ?
The siin is like God, sending abroad life, beauty
and happiness; and the stars like hUmah'souls,
lor all their glory comes from the sun.
The Scottish dialect is' never more expres-Ive
than when a hot forenoon is spokeu of as a ■'simmer morn."
It is said that a mixture of honey with the purest charcoal will make the teeth white as snow.
The parent who would train up a child ir/the
way it should go, must go in the way he would
train up his child.     Example is before precept.
Good nature, like a bee, collects its honey from
every herb. Ill nature, like a spider, sucks poison from the sweetest flower.
There is a man iu Connecticut who has such a
hatred to anything like monarchy, that he won't
wear a crown on his hat.
" Grandmother," said a child on reluming from
Sunday school one fine morning, '■ is the Bible
true?"
"Certainly," replied the old lady, " but why
do you ask t"
"Because,", replied the juvenile, "it says that
every hair of our head is numbered, and so I pulled out a handful to-day, aud there wasn't a uum-
ber on- one of them."
*' What heresy!" exclaimed the old lady, aud
she lamteu clean stiff sto_e dead r.n the floor.
A horse dealer, who lately effected a sale, was
offi-red a bottle of porter to confess the animal's
tailings. The Ootlde was drank, and then he said
thy horse had but two faults. When turned loose
in the field he way hard lo catch, and he was of no
use when caught.-
A small piece of paper or liueu, moistened w-Uh
spirits of turpentine, and put into a bureau or
wardrobe for a single day, two or three times a
year, is a sufficient preservative against moths.
Cattle.—A drove of cattle from Los Angeles,
numbering nine hundred, head, parsed through
Mtirysville on Sunday morning, en route for Feather River.
Stbat Shot.—It is with ideas as with pieces of
money, those of the least value generally circulate the most.
A man, for being told the truth, thenksyou the
first time—votes you a bore the second—aud quarrels with you the third.
A French woman talks a great deal more than
she thinks—an English woman thinks a great
I deal more than she talks.
Forms.—A rnu-n may look at a pa-ae of glass, or
through it, or both. Lei all earthly things be unto
thee as glass, to see heaven turougu. Religious
ceremonies should be pure glass,'not dyed-iu the
gorge us crimsons and purple ijJties aud yreeus oi
drapery oi saints and sainleSses.
HoMO-orATHic Gloul-le..—To the well'-bred-doc
tor, all balnes are angels.
A dead wail never looks so dead, aa when there
is a row of orokeu medicine hot true o.. the ton ol
it!
A man may have the " 'constitution of a horse.-"
but that is n_i reason why a doc-or should treat
him like au ass.
We sooii grow tired of the medicine we take
ourselves, but somehow it doesn't seem to be tlie
cares with the medicine we give to others. Il
would almost appear as if there was an in burn desire in the heart of every man to physic another !
Three IV-cIi. Later _ri>m A-i»ii-u!lh.
By the British steamer New Grru-utia. we hxTe,'
viaCallao and Panama, dutfts from Melbourne lo'
the 15th of August, three we.lis later.
Notwithstanding the ifeavy rains, which  ht-ve
interfered materially with the diggers, the mints
continue to yield the usual average' of gold; Mini
the quartz mining operations are reported to have
become exceedingly successful. The total amount
of dust received by escort during the week endln*-
Aug. 2d, was 5_:,SS7 ozs., being upwards of 12,000'
ozs. over the amount received'in the eorrei.poud-
tilg week iu _8-£-'
Tin and copper are appearing to'exi_te_teui<i».-"
ly iu several widely-spread locaHtf-8.
The wet season'was' nearly over, aud: trade bt--'
ginning to improve.'
Chinefe continue to flow into   the colony, up-'
wards oT 10'COO having   found   their   way  to the' -
gold fields during th'e months oi May. June and'
July.
Agriculture in advancing proajiarousl*-*, A
much larger tract of land in under 'cultiralit>«
than during previous years, and the crops pro«-
i-e very favorably.
The establishment of telegraphic Hues throughout the entire Colonies is attracting much alten-"
tion. It is proposed that the wire shall beextend-
td acrons Asia to the ''mouth or the Amaor, thence
along the coast of China to the Eastern Archipela*
go. and to meet another line from Eurupa at Sin-
gapore. | 	
Meteors.
There is no room left for the entertainment of
the question, whether ponderous mkuses do sometimes get precipitated to the ground when meteors fall ! very weighty proof's, indeed, have beta
afforded of the fact. A friar was killed by a stone
cast out ot a meteof'that visited Crema in 1511 ;
another, a Franciscan monk, was killed in the
same way at Milan in 1650 ;.a.ul two Swedish sailors met with a similar fate oh shipboard in 1674.
A meteoric stone was seen to' fall at Agram, in
1751, and was dug from the ground, into which it
had burrowed IS feet deep. Others have frequently been disinterred fro lit a depth of frd-i six to
twelve feet. A stone seven feet and a halt across,-
fell at Otumpn. On the year in which Socrates was
horn, a meteoric stone was cast to the ground in
Thrace, which had the bulk of two' millstones,
and formed a complete wagon load.' The meteor
of Angers, on the Oth of June, 1822. and which
left a luminous tiaiu and cloud track behind it in
the sky—like the one seen on the Ttli'of January
in the south of England, in the present year—de-'
posited ashower of stones, with loud detonation",-
68 miles north of Poitiers. These substantial con-
sequencesa of meteoric apparitions' are called
airolitcs.
The meteoric stone is composed 01 farioua'mia-
eral ingredients which are identical with matter*
of familiar occurrence upbirthe earth, but amidst
these, iron is found in great abtrodance as it never
is found on the'earth—^tb'at in, Iu a native state."
The surface of the tcroltt'e'al ways'has a pitch black
glazed appearance.' A perfectly vitrified or enamelled crust, something less than a tenth of an
inch in thickness, covering the inner substance,
and separated from it by a clearly marked line
Thfe flanie of the meteor Is evidently more fierce
than that of the hottest p..rcelaiu furnace, for this
is altogether inefficient' for" the production of auy
such perfect ptoeestfof glacing as'the ajrolite exhibits. Meteoric stones bare' been found to be
very hot when discovered in tlie ground, nnd som*
have retained their high temperature for hours.
The River Amook.—This maguificent liver,
which runs through-' tlit? lower part of tut* Russian
possessions/and' empties' into' the head of the
Gul? of Tartary. is navigable seventeen hundred
miles from/its mouth to the city of Norlhink, the
capital of Southern! Siberia. The Country is'
densely populated, and great results are anticipated by some adventurers, who propose opening u
communication between our Pacific possessions
and the Russian Asiatic territory. Two succesn-
ft;l voyages Irom San Francsco to this river have
already been made, and the steamship America,
the first of a line of steamers to run between these
points, cleared port on the 10th of Juue last.
The Use of Rain.—Every inch'of rain that fall*'
oh a roof yields two barrels to every space ten
leet square: aud seventy-two barrels are yielded
by the annual rain in this climate on a similar
surface. A barn thirty or forty feet yields annually liSf barrels. This is enough for moro thau:
two barrels ad-ay for every day iu tlie year.- Many of our landlords have, however, at least five
times tlie amount of roofing on their dwellings
aud ether buiidiugs, yieldiug;auuual!y more than
four thousand barrels of rain water—twelve barrels, or about one hunred and fifty ordinary paili-
iull daily.    ^___	
The earliest record of oeedie making in England (says an English journal), is in the year
1545, inthe reign of Henry VIH., and it is supposed this useful branch of industry was ictro-
dueed'by a negro from Spain. The historian S'ow'e
telis us'that needles were Eold in Chenpside and
other busy streets in London in the reign of Queen
Mary, and were at that lime made by a Spanish
negro, who refused to disclose the secret of Ida
art. Another authority states that the rrt of
making steel needles was lost at the negro's death,
but was afterwards revived by a German in 1566.
1'ropably these facts may account for the crest of
the needle-rnuker'scoat ol arms being the head of'
a*iegrd. 	
A witness in court, being interrogated an'to h:*f:
knowledge 8l the defendant in ihe c-i*-e,-*<»iuV he
kn*w him intimately well—'' He had supped vmh
him, sailed With ban and bbrcftj wliippi.-Utnitt.*-'
"Are you guilty or not guilty 1" said the clerk
of arraigns to a prisoner the other day. "And
sure now," said Pat, -'what are ye put there for.
but to liud that out?"
Ill-nature in one person disturbs the whole company, aud makes them led cross, too. as electricity at one end.runs the whole length oftoewinav
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