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SUk& f uctrj. Home Pictures. BY J. SWEET. I remember the old farm house, With dark, unpainted form, Grown black by long exposure To wind, and rain aud storm - The roof was grown with mosses. Th? frame-work huge and strong, Like the ash tree standing near it, Where birds sang all day loug. I remember, I remember The tiny little bed In the old. unfinished chamber, With the rafters overhead *, The patter of the rain-drops Was music to my ear Which lulled me into pleasant dreams Vnbriviten by a fear. 1 remember ibe old garden. When ripe fruit on the ground. Like apples of Hespen'des, Lay temptingly around ; The blue plums and red cherries, The pears and currants nice— Ah ! tbat bumble little garden Was to ine a paradise. I remember the barn and swallows With white and glossy breasts, That underneath projecting e.ivea In summer built their nesta ; Tiiey twittered round their dwellings In ever joyous play, And lived and loved each other In collages of clay. 1 remember, I remember, The busy haying-time. When I heard the mowers whetting Their scythes in merry chime ; I loved to spread the green grasa And rake the new-made hay, Or load the rattling hay-cart* At close of summer day. I remember fields of clover Like red-waved summer sea!«, While I listened to the music Of busy bumble-bees: The dark groin Indian cornfields, With silken tassels fair. And slender cornstalks bristling Like lances in the air. I remember, I remember The steep ami slippery hill Where we coasted winter evenings, Though winds were keen and chill; Wc shot like Indian ano.va llpoa the crusted snow, Onr toes and finger.--, freezing, But our heat ts ali iu a glow. I remember, and with sadness, The buoyant heart cf youth, With iIs ardent soul-aspirings For manliness and truth. The memories of boyhood Come back with smiles and tears, And I treasured up the picture Of my home in early years. Sad CASt-At.Tr.—From the San Diego "HcraM" of the I6th inst., we select the following news : A young man named Theodore McKoy. who let' this place in company with Charles H. l'uole, Esq. U. S. Deputy Surveyor on the 3d May last, by some unaccountable accident, was lost on tbe Desert, he having become separated from the party on their return to camp on the 28tb ult. His fate is inevitable, and we subjoin the accompanying statement without further comment, until we shall have informed ourselves fully, hoping that his remains may yet be found : Camf at Ai-amo Mocha., 1 June 4, 1855. f For the information of the friends of Theodore McKoy, Esq., we the undersigned, assistants in the survey of the public lands on the Colorado Desert. to C. H. Boole, Esq., U. S. Depi ty Surveyor, to whose party the above belonged, deem it proper to state tliat every means ii: our power to find the missing man was used, without avail, and that hi? oss was in no way attributable to the neglect or want of care or foresight of the said Deputy Surveyor or any of his assistants, but can only be ascribed to the imprudence of Mr. McKoy in separating h mself from the rest of the party, while returning to camp, over one of the worst portions of the Desert. We would further state that, in onr opinion. McKoy is nu longer alive, but must bave perished among the sand hills of the Desert, of exhaustion and thirst. A. B. Cook, James CAMPma.r,, Martin Tiumek, Asbebw Cotton, J. Jones, J. A. Akbeebos, lllistcllaiircus. Maxims to Guide a Youns Man. Keep good company or none. Never be idle. It' your hands cannot be usefully employed, attend to the cultivation of your mind. Always speak the truth. Make few promises. Live up to your engagements. Have no very intimate friends. Keep your own secrets, if you have any. When you speak to a person look him iu the face. Good company and good conversation are the very sinews of virtue. Good character is above all things else. Never listen to loose or idle conversation. You had better be poisoned in your blood than in your ptinciples. Your character cannot bo essentially injured except by your own acts. If any'one speak evil of you, let your life be so virtuous that none will believe him. Always speak and act as in the presence of God. Drink no intoxicating liquor. Ever live, misfortune excepted, within your income. When you retire to bed, think over what you have done during the day. Never speak lightly of religion. Make no haste to be rich if you would prosper. Small and steady gains give competency with tranquility of mind. Never play at any kind of game. Avoid the temptation, through lear that you may not withstand it. Earn your money before you spend it. Never run in debt, unless you see a way to get -out again. Never borrow if you can possibly avoid it. Be just before you are generous. Keep yourself innocent if you would be happy. Save while you are young, to spend when you are old. Never think that which you do for religion is time or money misspent. Always go to meeting when you can. Read some portion ofthe Bible every day. Often think of death, and your accountability to God. Read over the above maxims at least once a week —[Gazette and Courier. Assignments of Land Warrants, Ortotnaixy. WBEN the WaRRANTSS is Deceased.—Ignorance of, the fact that Military La' d Warrants are tinder construction of law. realmnl not personal property, very frequently causes much trouble and expense to parties holding warrants under the above named circumstances. Where a warantee dies, leaving a warrant undisposed of, the property therein at once descends to the heirs at law of such decedent. If those heirs are all of lawful a^e, they may assign the warrant, under the certificate of the probate court of domicil of the decedent, that the heirs tamed are such bona fide and the only one living. If the heirs are minors, tbey must act through a ;uardian, whose charae'era such must be attested by ihe like probate court, and under order from such court to sell. Heirship must always be proven in the same manner as above. In all cases the date of the demise of the warrantee is lo be proven 'h rough sa d court. It not unfrequently happens that the warrant bears date subsequent to the decease of the person to whom it issued, when its issue is a nullity, and it should be surrendered to ne Pension Office, for tlie issue ofa new one, either io the widow of the soldier if she be alive, or to iiis minor children. If there are neither, the claim lapses. It will be seen from the above that Milila- ■y Warrants cannot be informally transferred, from 'land to hand, like choses in action, but must be ■'ormally carried through a legal and sometimes intricate course of proceedings.—[Wash. Star. FitiQHTFTi. Murder vs Sha3Ta Couxtt.— The Shasta " Courier-' says that David C. Goodwin was murdered at Horsetown, Shasta county, on the 13th ult.. by Alexander Higgins,and gites the subjoined particulars : Higgins had served as a bar tender under Goodwin. He was atone time convicted in Sacramento of stealing money, and prooerly punished. He took the stage ou the 14th at Briggsville, but left it at Tehama—-was dressed in common blue eotton- ade overalls, soiled white shirt beneath a gray jumper or overshirt—had on a brown hat belonging to Goodwill—wae about five feet ten inches in height; bad dark brown hair, light beard, sallow comple-Niou, aud was very talkative. He was once on board ofan American man-of-war, and had, it is thought, the letter H and other letters aiul marks pricked upon one ofhis wrists with India ink. It seems that Goodwin had left Horsetown, on the evening ofhis death, considerably under the influence of drink, uud it is thought that the scoundrel Higgins. took advantage of his helpless state, to murder him for a small amount which he had concealed about his person. On the night of the murder, Higgins appeared ill Horsctown. and was observed to have a spot of blood upon his shirt, and when questioned about it, said that his nose had been bleeding. The body of the murdered man was not discovered until the 20th. It was found in an old prospce- „ hole, partly covered with ashes. The skull was fractured immediately above the eye; there was also a deep gash upon the upper lip. An axe. with which the deed was doubtless committed, was found near ti o cabin, with blood and hair upon it. The floor of the cabin was also spotted with blood, which in some Instances-, were covered with ashes. It is believed that Higgins is uow lurking about Sacramento, or San Francisco, and the police """" cautioned to be on their guard for him. HoNSTROCa Tobacco Statistics.— The present annual production of tobacco is estimated to be 4 WO.OOO.OOO pounds—four billionsof pounds I _This is all smoked, chewed, or snuffed. Suppose it all made into cigars, one hundred to the pound, it would produce 400,000,OuO.001). Four hundred billions ofcigars! These cigars, at the usual length -1 inches, joined together, would form one contin- tons-cigar 35.262,520 miles long, which would en- "ircle the earth, more than one thousand times.— Cut up into equal pieces 250,000 miles in length 'here would be over one thousand cigars which 'vould extend from the centre of the earth to the ■entre of the moon Put these cigars info boxes 'en inches Iodet. four inches "'Mc. and three inches high, 100 to fhe box. it woi Id require L000,000.- i00 boxes. Pile up these lo:cs in a solid mass, md they would occupfy a space of 294.44!-.444 sable feet—two hundred and ninety-four million eubic feet. If piled np twenty feet high, they would cover a farm of 33S acres: and if laid side y side, the boxes would cover very nearly 20.000 acres. Allowing this tobacco manufactured to ci ■m the average ten cents a pound, and we have $4,000,000,000 expended every year in producing i noxious, deleterious weed. At least one and a half times as much more is required to manufacture t into marketable form, and disposed of it to tin "onsnmer. At the very lowest estimate, tben, tiie human family expend every year one thousand ■ nil lion of dollars in the gratification of an acquired iiab't.or oned' liar for every man. woman and child 'ipon the earth! This sum would build two railroads round the earth a.t a cost of $20,000 per mile ur sixteen railroads from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It would build one hundred thousand churche" costing 310.000 each, or half a million of school houses costing 52,000 each, or one million of dttel lings costing'$l,000 each. It would employ one million of preachers, and one million of teachers, ■jiving each a salary of $500. It would support three and one-third millions of young men at col lege, giving each $300 per annum for expenses. Is this annual outlay to increase or decrease in futnr —[Buffalo Democracy. A Trial ix a Court " ox tub Wing/'—The Providence '-Journal'" of the 25th ult.. gives the following: An example of summary justice was afforded yesterday on the Providence and Worcester Railroad. A man who had once been tried on a charge of obstructing the same road was a passenger. He refused to surrender his ticket to the conductor, alleging that he could not trust him witb it. No persuasions could induce bim to give it up. and the conductor waited till tiie train had passed into Massachusetts. Soon after a constable nnd a justice ofthe peace came into the car. Mr. Garfield stated the case ; the justice issued a writ; the constable served it ; the case was duly tried, the cars going all the time at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour; the delinquent was found guilfy, fined .ive dollars and costs, amounting in all to over ni dollars, and when the train reached Uxbridge he was told to take his choice, pay the fine or go to ■ail. He chose the latter, and learned a good lesion—that the next time he undertakes to impose on x railroad company he must do it in Rnode Island, is the laws of the other States do not allow them. ForesVs Generosity.— Some time since the ship " Ertwin Forrest" wan in distress on our eagtcin const, and the tow-b<mt Ajax, from N. York, went to her a*si£l- «nce. She htid on irmril thiee pilots—otnt from SatifU Hook, another from Hell Gate, and a third from the Sound. Tiie Ajax wa* never heart] from, and the pilots are supposed to have found a watery grhve. To the widows of the three pilots, Mr. "Forest, unsolicited, sent fitch a check toi tiOOO. ^^^ A Witness.—A boy, eight years old, being of fered as a witness ut a justice's court, in Boston, was ex umined as to his understanding the nature of an uftth The Justice entj uired—'■ do you know anything about 1,ell?" Tbe hoy scratched iiis hetid for a moment, and loobin: llin Justice in the face, innocently replied, " No, sir, / never was there in my Rife, He was allowed to testify. Among other interesting anecdotes of the Choc taws, the New Orleans "Republican" gives the foi lowing sketch of their manner of love-making : "Courtship is invariably begun by the female, [f she fancies a young man, she makes what i technically called the first banter. This is dim by slyly squeezing the hand, or gently tonching ins foot at the camp lire. It a man should venture ipon any of these little preliminaries, without being sure ofa reciprocal partiality, the indignant maid would immediately assail him with a stick, and this would be a signal for a general assault by til the squaws around on the presuming lover, who. unless he ilea, would be beaten witho t mercy.— Thus, even in this rude shape, does woman play the coquette. The young squaw who screams the loudest and shows the most resentment at these unwarrantable liberties of an ardent lover, is set down as the Diana of her tribe." Good Pun.—Somebody asked Baron Rotschild to take some venison. --So," said the Union ; '* I nevei eat venison, I don't ttrnk it ish -o good as nttltten." "Oh," gays the liaron's friend, -'I wonder at your savin*.' BO ; if muttun is better tbstn venison, why does venison cost more." " I vill tell you vy—in dish vorld the people always prefer \al ish deer to vat is theep. fytss Cflinpitics. Pacific Express Co. THE unileraigiuV A^-nt ter M VV.-1,, _ EXPRESS COMl'ANY,'; will tiffiSSs ..UI.M.U i.y every Steamer an EXP«88 in ™.'""*' ™^* narge of regular Me.ser.gor*, ou llie southern Route to SANTA KAUISAKA, MONTEREY, SAN FRANCISCO. SACRAMENTO, STOCKTON, S'tit ffAittuktfs %shxUiwt&&, \ mid throughout the Northern &$- Packages, Letters, far and insured. iiStf- Collections n Oregon. Los Angeles, Mare] Mil-,. mit I i'i Li'dei every part of the State and WELLS FARGO & GO'S A Joint stotik Company with a capital of $300,000, \T7IIjIj dispatch mi E\pifSi!i from tlie City of VV I.os Alleles, by every "-"learner, to al! \hxtU tjf California, 0; ego n, tlie Atlantic States and Europe, in charge of regular antl experienced Messengers. tEHERM'ARCm, PACKAGES titiilTlE ".SURE received and conveyed to destination with ftatetv and dispatch. Collections made, Orders nnd CommissiWs filled, aod all business pertaining to au Kxpress ami fiHfwarding husiness attended to with promptness and oar*. Sight bills of exchange procured on all the principal cities of the Atlantic stales, Oregon and Kui'opc. II. R. MYUi'S, Auk-st. Los Angelas, March 24, 1S55. tf t, San A'lumidc, and Montgomery at raguit and MailBtW Masonic Culbbiusios at Sacbamknto.—Some two hundred ol' the Masonic fraternity assembled on Monday morning at ll o'clock, in front ol tin. Masonic Hall, on J. street, formed a line of march under the command ol Grand Marshal, Isaac Davis— and after marching through the principal streets, headed by a baud of music, proceeded to the Sixth Street. Church, where the regular exercises ofthe day were had. After the exercises were closed at the church, the procession re-formed and marched to the Hall, where they were dismissed. One of the most attractive features of the celebration was the Knights Templar, with their beautiful and ap- priate regali s, mounted on horses. The procession, as a whole, presented rather a:i imposing appearance. At about li o'clock the brotherhood, and quite a number of ladies, sat down to a sumptuous dinner which had been prepared (or the occasion. —[Times md Transcript. Thk Overland Emigrant PkobPECT is not good for California this year. The Western papers rejoice that the Pacific exodus has ceased, for a time at least. The St. Louis Republican says: "We hear no more the notes of preperation for the great journey over the plains ; of caravans of hundreds and thousands, leaving home aud friends for new and untried scenes. On the contrary, we find that emigrants to Western Missouri and Kansas and Nebraska, are (jotting, u they used to do in the days ofthe -'Platte ParcllBse,-" fifteen years ago ; aud our western borders are fast making up the losses incurred hy the California fever." The editor concludes by an expression of his opinion that now that people are setting to work on their farms, instead of straggling oil'to the gold fields, but a few seasons will pass before the exports from the West will be doubled. INDEPENDENT LINE. KEYING THI CARRYING THE UNITED STATES MAILS- .Oli MONTKREY. SANTA HAKBAJU, SAN PEDRO AND SAN DIEGO. liueetinijat San l'edro with stages for Angela, ^tin Befiiardino, and Keiii River Mines. Departure from Long Wharf. THE NEW ANI) SPLENDID STEAMSHIP SEA BIRD, 1,000 iontiburthen. Capt. SAMUEL HALEY, willheronf 'er make regular trips to the above ports, leaving Long Wharf. Eor freight or passage, apply on hoard. Temperance Meeting in Sacramento.—A meeting of the frjends of temperance was held on Tuesday evening 27th ult.. in the Rev. Mr. Graham's church on Seventh street. The audience in attendance, says the "union,'' although not unusually 'arse, was exceedingly respectable and intell gent, and included a number of ladies. Addressts were delivered by Messrs. Welty. Barber, Hoag of Yolo, and Moore, iu advocacy of the election of representatives to the Legislature lavorable to the cause of Temperance, but without advising tbe nomination of candidates for that object exclusively, or even advening to the subject of a distinct organisation in that respect. The Official Distance.—Military officers and others, k> the service of the Uuited States, iu Cali- fornia, says the Washington Star,who may of right charge mileage against the United States forgoing out or coining from the Pacific side, will please take notice that, according tothe books ofthe Post Oliice Department, the post distance between New York and Saa Francisco, is but 5,500 miles, not G.000 as heretofore allowed for. Hereafter all such accounts will be settled on this basis. Camp Meeting.—:On the I3th ol July, says the Marysville Ueraid, a camp meeting will be held on the right Lank of Feather river, near Yuba city. All necessary accommodations in the way of boarding and lodging will be abundantly furnished on the ground. It will be but a short distance from Marysville. and tlie bridge over Feather river will be made free to visitors. The Railroad.—There are now landing from the Dashing Wave, the locomotives, cars, and other pparatns ior the Sacramento Valley Railroad.— We congratulate our neighbors upou the fact that t e iron horse that has arrived upon our shores will soon be rushing from the city to the moun tain. Bold.—On the 2d instant three Mexican banditti robbed the ferryman at Turner's Ferry, on the San Joaquin civet". After committing the crime they placed tlieir victim iu hia boat and set hiin adrift on the river.—[Marysville Herald. ElisrcIImitmis ^bkrtis'incnls. Wells & Provost, Pickle and Preserve Warehouse, No. 4S Front SuSHlEr, between* CiLri'OHN-iA and Sackamunto Streets, s .i jv f r A fr Cisco. D. B. PKOVOST, Agent. June 23, 1M5. No. 6—3m IMPORTANT TO FARMERS AND OTHKRS. fui-nisli tha cloth. 1.UO lbs. wicks will he cm perlJO. Asi;—Tents, Hose, Ceilings. Is the LlON's Paw.—On Saturday afternoon a man having with him a little child, visited the menagerie in Howard street, and while looking at the lion the man took the child in his arms and was in the act of placing its hand on the animal^ head, when it suddenly struck Ihe child with its paw, tore off one of his ears, and badly bruised its face. The child is not expected to live—[Boston Bee. »-,.-liinii- :ind Bin.* __.r and Wagon tovtis J. EATON. Melius' Row, Los Angeles Street, —Opposite the end of Commercial Street.— Los An^lei June SO, 181)5. -. Xo 1 -2m N. B.—Shij.'in't-s ed for their goods. Loa Angeles, June 16, 1856. WHICHT. 37 Sacramento sd-eet, neat ravin, requested to get billa of Lading sigi.- Dry Goods and Clo'hing Uraaporiuxo.. The undersigned imve removed tlieir . entire stock of goods from Iheir nld " stand, corner of Commercial and I't-in- eipal street*, to the large and et-mrao- £ NO. 2 TEMPLE'S BLOCK, Next door to the "Star" Office, Principal Street diroctlv opposite tlieir old stand, where thev will helmjipv to se.' .ill tAG.,- oW friuntJts an6 ooatomars. Thev have lately made laruv additions to tli.-ir frtoek, which is now the most extent! ■ lathi ,i ■,-'■ ng^ in part READY MADE CLOTHING, HATS "ANT1> CAPS, BOOTS AND SHOES, FOKKH'N"- AND Dl. OIKS'TIC DIIY (iOUDS, FANCY GOODS, ke. Wliich etq offered at greatly reduoed prioos, either at wholesale or retail. We would respectfully solicit a call from purchasers, believing that we can olfer better indintementsiu our Hue ol business than any other house in this decH ELIAS A fiRimint Lafayette Kcstaurant, FORMERLY THE OLD AMERICAN, COMMERCIAL STREET, HAS been splendidly refitted and thoroughly renovated, and the proprietors are now prepared to accommodate regular boarders with bed-rooms if desired. Meals at all hours, by bill of fare. Saloon for private- parties. Families can he supplied at the shortest notice. Cakes of till kinds constantly on hand. Partridge. Rabbit and Chicken 1'ie.--. Aliment a rv f reserves. The best the market afl'urds will be constantly served u] FAU-H & CO., "Proprietors. Los Angeles, January 11, 1836. tf % ajwa -so -wmm wmme. MR. 11, ."iOSEPHl tnlr.cn jyiosumxt,In niiiioun- Clngt o the citizens nf Ios Angelea, and all the surrounding country, tlmt, he has resumed business again and would solicit their kind patronage. ' Watches..(locks. Jewelry andSii- ~7SirymGnaia. ~waD*i&7~.Mm- "anK.ja^3«, TOOLS AND MAT1''UAI,S kept constantly on hand and for sale iv hole-ale and rei tiil. Watches. Clocks and Jewelry repaired and warranted. 100 GTaUons of Camphene far sale low. Melius' Row. opposite M. Keller's. Los Angeles. Lot- Angeles, May 12, 1865. No. 63—2m Auction & Commission, L SIMMONS would respectfully inform the in habit ants of I.os Angeles and vicinity, that he intends opening "- - " ' " er of Lo* Angeles aud tt regular Auction and Commission Business. AUCTION SALES Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Intermediate daj", Goods ai Auction prices. The goods offered for sale will consist, chiefly of GROCERIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. also Hard-Ware, Wooden Ware ki.. tut. All the articles offered for sale wiil he in good order. Large or small lots put up to suit purchasers. The first sale wfll lake place on Tuesday June 19, at 10 o'clock A. H. Terms CASH OX DELIVERY. N. B.—Prompt attention paid to all sales of Stock, Real or Tersonal property, kc.. kc. Los Angeles, June 16, 1S55. No. 5—lm It is announced at Washington that Gov. Gorman of Minnesota, has been removed from that post. He is unpopular with the respectable portion of the people, and a few weeks ago was arrtsted and tried for asKault and "battery. "We understand that a celebrate! artist has been engaged to execute a dissolving view of (he Kn^w-Nothings oi Ohio. It is expected to be a line work, tn« subject being & good oue, and the artist a ; resident in his profession. VTinxr. t= P;.y.:—The anniversary ofthe lauding of a. lot Of foreigners at .lamestown. in "Virginia, is to beeylensive- ly celebrated in that Stata or. the 13th of 'day only a few day* before the election. Can '*am permit this manifest tieasen> Woman's Rights.—In the Supreme Court, yesterday, on the petition of a wife, that her husband be required to pay into Court a sufficient sum to enable her to summon her witnessess, in a suit againsthim for divorce, the Court, after huarims Counsel in the matter, ordered him to pay in seventy-five dollars by Thursday next.— [Boston Bee. Hairy.—The SwiP3 lady who had a luxuriant beard, and was exbib ted in the Eastern citiessom- time since, now exhibits herself at Barnum's, v/ith her little Bon, two years of age, wbo has a full bec.vdS and whiskers, I EL CLAMOR PUBLICO. TO ADYEETISEKS. I DVEHTISEMKNTS for the CLAWOIt PUBLICO will J\_ be translated by the Editor free of charge, and inserted at the regular prices. The paper is published every Tuesday morning, and those who wish to advertise are respectfully requested to hand in their advertisements to secure insertion en Monday ol* each week. P. P. KASHUEZ. Editor ami ttftoPKierofl Carriage and Blacksmith Shap, By JOHN GOLLER. IOS ANGELES STREET, NEAR THE FOOT OF COMMERCIAL. rilHE subscriber respectfully in- I forms the publlcgenerallv that he wilt keep constantly on hand, and will manufacture to order, Coaches. Buggies, Wagons, Carts &c, in a neat and workmanlike manner. He lias on hand aud Cor sale a line stock of Eas.ern White Oak nt.d Hiekory ITanU and a^els. He keeps constantly on hand a larpc variety of Cart and lluggy wheels, Spokes, Felloes, Shafts, Neck Yokes, Double and aingletrees. HORSE SHOEIfiGAND in all its various branches, executed with pmniptaesnand dispatch. Particular attention will be given to the manufacture and repair ol* FLOWS, HARROWS, and oiher Farm- hip Unfensils. He has an extensive a?sorl m en t of Iron axels. Springs, Holts, Plow and Spring steel, and other material pertaining to the business, too numerous to mention. Also, Twenty tons of Blacksmith's COAL. ne but the best of wori feels Confident that he can give er ustomers. Los Angeles, June 16, 1S35. IIO attd IAL ISiai'i'iiineiito SStn Centrally located belween Simsim in the immediate vicinity ofthe Nil ship Co.'s Offices, San Franeiseo. CHEAT REDUCTION IN THE miCE OF BOAIID AT TUB WHAT CHEER HOUSE, Nos. 119 and 121 Sacramento street, BAN rnANCT.-:Cu, UiL. $G OO.. $i oo.. 50 tis.. ., Per Wcttk. ..Per Day' .Per Steal*, LODGINGS ON THE MOST REASONABLE TFRJ1S: Frcm $2 to $6 Per WVek. From 50 cts. tu $1 ..Fei-NlgfU . B.—There are EIGHTH SINGLE ROOM?, toted upanj furnished in tlie neatest manner, at from "5 cts. to gl p(t night, and from $5 to Sli per week. SS- The privilege of FREE ISATliSis also extended toti* patrons of the house R. R. WOOD WART). Proprietor May, 28, 1855, No. 2—Hm 1 AAA Boxes Ad&Mutnttne CanUIes—lO, 540, 1UUU 34-11, boxes; 1:00 bxs Sperm Candles ; 30 cases P k M Yeast Powders ; 50 CS Piper's Oysters ; 40 cs Bradford "v Naru.nbcr's Ousters 100 es assorted Pre*»rves ; 40« cs Gherkins, hf Kails, qts and pts 150 cs assorted Pie Fruit ; 25es Walnut Catsup; "200 es Tomato Cat. For sale by May 26, 1865. HARROLD. RANDALL* CO., U Calflorul* street, near Front No. 2—tf fS families ■New GootJs—Expressly fur 103 hi* bbls i 3 hhdfa ti 3W KleFae Fig*, hf drums ; "100 hfhoxo: £5 bbl« Al* tends ; "10 boxes ui DRADSHAtV J: CO., Cor Ct ih'fornia and Ji niter? rt*. May 26, 1865. No. 2- -tf M\\ FEATIKE ! ! l. W. SULLIVAN'S GREAT PACIFIC DEPOT ....AND.... GENERAL AGENCY FOR THE SUPPLY OF CHEAP PCBUCaTIuNS, STATIONARY, &C. PAPERS. PERIODICALS. AND BOOKS, RECEIVED WEEKLY BY TEB Me il Steamers ANTI KXC1.LS1VE EXMtSSS-VU MMMUOU, .illy info rm Counlry BA*. and the PuUic, rbusiness, lit- hm ine bi e van steamer, til LlNtS ASb RK.mW8 ht a p. and Mi-relltineons nn- ll-.vl,,- been enitagtd in s nil etmcemed thai licit n<shSDddisi»fcb, es, a> fee ghealili n SKdCO ttveyance of aitrf idem may rt.-l jt- isfactorj nuk ;t-ade, S( HW4, LAW snd <*t'MMIT.) IAL AND -FANCY IrTATIOKARY. All orders must he postpai Ofjf- I!;il_'s kept open Iv '.he tiw.- lliited States Miii** vi:i N't-,,iua United Stales Covernnieut. Whoteeftle and retail ileparlniei: Room No. a, up stairs. dosing (AMI leiWorlf, >ua, by authority of tl* t, "Post Office UuiMinp, FAMILY GROCERY. Till; SUHt-l'JKIBER MAYING LEA "*• Ell THE RUILOLVi; FlJRULi.LV KtClTILD BY ij.I. G. NichOs, on Main street, where be vll ? be happy to see his I'i lends and the public "groceries of every DESCRIPTION, [EXCEPTING LIQUORS.] may be found at Iii- Stare. CHEAP FOR CASH, as he has adopted the motto "(ii.ieU Miles and small pr»ttn." His stock <ifgi.otls will iiIaiivs be selected ofthe b.st %**$■ ty, and with spet-i.-il retViviile to the wants of hi* customer*. All who vish to purciiase any article usually fsuinl FAMILY GI10CEHY. will rereive Ihe tail value of their money, bv calline aihil Store. T. C. WILUAJIS. Los Angeles, March 10th, 1856. tf. STUART &ST0NE. ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS. BUILD1NOS Ol* BRICK. WOOD or ADOBE coutmcUdfor, to be delivered complete. «S" ELEVATiOXS and SPECIFICATIONS drawn for public oi private houses. t£9- CHAIN PCHP3 put up and warranted to give MM- faction or no charge. ffS- ihRUIXO of all kinds done at "hort notice. Hlv- OFFICE opposite Johnson A; Allanson's store, on Main street, near the Montgomery ilousi Los Angeles, April 7, 1855. Stor* SEALED PROPOSALS, WILL he received at the office Master Fort Tejon Cal., foi of tlm Asistant Quarter ._ „.... , - ._ two hundred thousand pounds of "Barley, wil ft the privilege of requiring one bun dred thousand pounds additional to he delivered at said Post in such quantities aod at such periods »s may be di rected. Good and sufficiently approved Bonds to the amount c the Contract will be required fer the faithful perform anc ofthe conditions of iho contract. The undersigned reserves the right to reject such bids as may not, ';■-> in conformity to tlie above stipulations. I'roposul.- will be 'dosed OH Monday, August 20tli IS,"",""., al 12 o',clock A. M., and must be endorsed "Proposals for fur- n":./iiL;v; Barley Fort Tejon Cal." II. W. KIRKHAM. Catt. a::v Awe. QrAa.'MASftew V. S. ABM"? June SO, 1866. No. T—td his employ, he Livery and Sale Stable THE undersigned, having purchased J*^^ tj» lbe old stand of Messrs. Barker i llHBl W Acron, on MAIN STKEET. where he {Fj[* A\mm is prepared to keep Horses by the ■ ' i^~ dav. »ees or month, on the most teas or. a ble terms. ALSO—The be-,t Saddle and Bti-yv lloi.-cs with line B»£- ies to let at all times. tf-g- Horses bought, sold or exchanged on eommissi""5- 1'ersons wishing to buy. sell or exchange can have »"» ppcrtunity by calling at the above named place "r JOHN G. MCBOIS- Los Anteles. March 1, lfioo. mhl H BELLA UNION HOTEL T rpHE IJNOERSIONED HAVING PUB- A-^tA. CHASED the entire interest of tlie fa'sb'an former proprietor, unil leased theabove I[' * IftjiJ "" named popular Hotel, respectfully inform the public and former patrons of tliis house that it is elegantly furnished and fitted up in the most approved style for comfort and convenience, and having a table spread with the hest tbo intirkel. affords j it is particularly adapt. -d to the accommodation of Families, as well as the trav- oblic d of the FINEST BILLIARD TABLES .•ith this establishment, and alio a upplied with the dioisest "Wines, Liquoi ure connected v which ivill be s Cigars. Board per Week SS 00 Uoaid and "Lodglnir xer Week $1*2 00 "EBEKHART ,v VitiGHT. I'koi-riktot.-. Loi Afigcles, June 5 ISSfi. So. 2—lm DOCTOR DAYAN. DIlUt.Gl.T OF TIIE UNIVERSITY, ANB COHUESl'ONhl N(| M \-.,\ ];\ j{ cd t lie Medial Circle of Montpvlli. r : Member of the So- iety of Druggists and Chemists, and termer Disciple ofthe Hospitals, and Member of the Medical e tice' of Paris, and Commissioner of the French Government, Has tbe honor of announcing to tbe public that h* *'i uriielice Medicine at Ihe old Bmg Store of J'B. M'd'FL o* whom he is successor. Oilers his set vires for Chlld-M*"' and tceatlii" especiiOly S«:rofwlons *fllnliinies, *<• vers, etc., ami warrants the cure of BECKLT Dlr:EA.K- all at moderate prices. . Los Angeles, June If., 1S55. No. S-tf Almanacs! Almanacs! tht JUST RECEIVED AT THE STAR OFFICE, a supply 01»p CALIFORNIA STATE ALMANAC, for 1856. J»^ COUNTY SXTRVEYOE'S CinCE. pT J. G. Niclude, new brick building on Main street, up H. HANDCOCK. COPSTJ BcBflffW; GEO. HANSON, DrrOW- Lj:i Angeles April 28. ltllll Kb. &C—tf nmk LOS AXGELES, CAL., SATUEDAY, JULY 14, 1855, C05 2l*tf)0fe &Ut* Priuted and published every Saturday, in Temple's Buildings Main street, head of Commercial- by Jf. S. WAITE. Termi.—Subscription, Five Dollars per annum, payable iu advance. Advertisements inserted at Two Dollars per square of ten lines for the lirst insertion, and One Dollar pet square for each subsequent insertion. Terms, Cash. Transient advertisements must he paid for iu advu'uco to insure attention. No eotnni tu Agents of fKef TjOs* Angeles Star. The following gentlemen are authorized Agents for Thomas BpithiCK Gkihge Rick.-. Messrs. Kn-ox & "Wiiisti S. S. TaoMpaos Ii. HOTKISS...V Col. Jacksds Alex. S. Taylor ,"oa. A. HiycnMAy Thomas Uoyck San Gabriel. Monte. San Bernardino. 'Monterey. -Santa TlarharA. San Francisco. LOS -ANOELES STAR full Iritttkg (foMIi^iMt MAIN STREET, (Temple's Buildings,) The proprietor of the Loi fully inform liis friends and just received a large and varied al, and is now prepared to exe tioi PLAIN AND FANCY irons ^iF-a-xaso^x^G-Vv lit tlie best style ol tlie Art. Books, Circulars, Law B'anks, Pamphlets, Cards; Bills of Exchange Bill Heads, Deeds, Bank Checks, Lab-frit, "Notes, Proirrammes, Posters, Billets, Bills of Fare. ii- anv other description of Printing; that may he desired. nrg- 'eraona wishing w'atk done are respectfully invited justness MOSES SEAHXES, HousGj Sign & Ornamciital Painter. PAPER HANGER, GLAZIER AXD GILDER, Lumereavx Bui/dings, Main Street, LOS ANGELES, W. W. TWIST. GROCER and COMMISSION MERCHANT,- Mellus Row, Allan Street. Los Angeles, April 81, 18a5. No. 49—3i SAMUEL ARBUCKLE, Auction & Com mission Merchant LOS ANGELES, CAL. Sale Room, frincipa! Street, Opposite Temple's Building. t3l_ Sales of pKCHANTrtSE every THURSDAY. JJC3- Sales of HOKSLS and MLLI-is everv MONDAY. ■fi^_ Particular attention given io the sale of Real "Eatate. feb22-tf WILLI 1» B- OSBVM'S AUCTION ROOMS, LOS ANGELES STREET, NEXT DOOR TO THE POST OFFICE. #3- FURNITURE sales, every TUESDAYS. U3_ HOR9E3 and MULES sale I, every SATURDAY. f£3- All business in any part of the city and county en Tii.iled to me shall be despatched with prniuptness, am .atisfactorih-. WM. B. OSBURN, Auctioneer. Los Angolas, Mareli 1st, 186Q. mhl if Doctor A. B. Hannuin, 0ERS his services to'the citizens of Los Angeles and vmiuitv in the various branches of the practice of ne. Office at the Bella Union. febl-tf D Matthew Lanfranco, t-:ai.;:i: ix ritot i.-ion.-*, t;Koa-:i:iE3 and liquors:, I'alle de los Ne;ros. I.os Angeles. au31 tf CMA3. R; JOHSSOS. 11. ti. AUMtBOS. Johnson & Allnnflosi, Successors to Alexander tH Melius, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL HEALERS IX GENERAL UBRGSANDISS, Main st., Loa Angelos. aul7 tf GEORGE HANSON, DEPUTY COUNTY SURVEYOR OFFICE—Up-stairs in Nichols' New Brick Building;, opposite the "Southern California" Oflice. Los Angeles, May 5, 1855. No. 51—ly C. ALEXANDER. O. W. A1.KXA.NDKR. PBISJUS BANSJMG ALEXANDERS & BANNINXr, "Porivftvilltig a«il Coiiimlsslou Merrltaiitsi SAX l'ELIRO AND LOS ANGELES, Cal. AdEHTS. H. N. ALEXVNDER. Lost Augeles, RANKIN k CO., San Francisco. hot 23 t.f O. X>rLOOXXLX33.1ULZX9 WATCHMAKER & BOOKSELLER. COMMERCIAL STREET, Lus Angeles, Cal. iLrchitect and Builder. iees to the pub T.IE undersigned offers Arcliitoct and Builder. ELEVATIONS AiVD SPECIFICATIOA'S DRAWN. Contracts for all descriptions of BuiitUngs made and executed in the best manner, and at the short est nocico. Building Materials of all descriptions constantly on hand and for sale at hii Lumber Yard, il.-UX STREET. DOORS, BLINDS AND SASH of all descriptions constantly on hand. Workshop in Melius'' Row. Office at Lumber Yard, Main street. . IRA GILCHRIST. REFERKXCES '. Abel Stearnes, Esq., I Hon. Francis Melius, H^twyDalton, Esq., I R. D. Wilson, E.-sq., janll-tf ' Wm. T. H. Sanford, Esq. JU Mt BT gttlt. NO. 9. FOE SALE. THE CMO.Y KESTAl'RAST OJT MAIN STREET, and all its (Litures will be sold cheap fot CASH. Apply to, "SIRS. R. LIViNGSTON. June 29th 1S55. L-'OR S.VL15. .iooACRi:soFTiii-:i!:-:sT.M;iii(,'!;i.Ti*i:Ai,LAx;i/ Iin the ("■•uiity of I.os Angeles, whk-ii needs no i irrigation, oO acw» und or fence, Hai a goodjj FARM FOR SALE. TJi« sub«crl*ber ot'ftr^ litsi l-'arm, ctovi- ttuning One Hundred and feisty Acres ol* * " id, situated at San Oahro-1 Mission, on traveled road I'roi.t tbjfi City to the Monte and San Bernardino. There U tt targe vineyard on the premises, and a fine grove of Ohw a.vt otber Fruit Trees.- There is a comfortable Honse, Corrals ami othei convetriencies, that make it a desirable location for the Dairy Husiness. or for keeping ranch stuck, having the ad- Viiiitttsfc of ix I'u t'i'.-e and imobitructttd l-itiiue. ForVurther information apply at tlie'oilice of the Los As(*i-*i.es STAit, or on the premises to THOMAS BURDICK. March 24, 18-rir,. tf FOE SAL.E. [Vtn fine NEW HOUSE situ Street, r the c of Don Pedro Sansftv: f.-ont oi'SD feet on the street, and stories hiyh—contains six ro'om-s, below, built of adobes with good doors of American pine. Lot 80,V Enquire of FELIPE COXZAi'.ES on Los Angeles, March 30, 1855. The British Periodicals. Early Copies Secured. LEO?JARI>, SCOTT & CO., New York, contl- liuo to rooobiVh l.e, f'ollo'.vioi; iii-tLis), ro,-!o(';U,ll.;, -.,,.: 1. THE LONDON QUARTERLY (Consereative): 'I. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW (Whig). THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW (Free Church). 4. THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW (Liberal). BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE (Teru), The present critical state oi European p.ffairs will render thcie publications tinu-ually interest in;; during the fort lithe hastilv written ne**a iiem-. ■ r,t le speenlationa, and flying rnmors of the daily '■ I .■' [wmderoi - mc Of the futnye blatoriao, w tttoi .-■ he . li l In and excitement of the greal poHti al events if the time 'shall have passed away; It is to then Pe '■ idieals thai reader,-t must look for tiie only realty '" eHi ibl and reliable history of current events, and ai such, in addition to tlieir vvcll-esiiiolishvd literary, scientific aud theological character, we urge them tiptiA the cousi'V'-ratiou of the resdina Public. ttfig- Arrangement s are now peruianr-r.tVv nmde for the receipt of EARLY SHEKTS Fr«iB the HnnA, Pubiishcrs, i,\- which we are enttbled to pkefe ALL CWR ItEPBlNTS in the hands of subscririers, about s.~, soon i.-i-i" canIw furnished with the foreign copies. Although thfa iorofves a i ery large outlay on our pari, we shall lAntlnue . ( t'liritisii the Periodicals at ihe'same loir rateri a.- Heretofore, vij;: For nn rRe'vi PKK AXM-M. 83 0(J 5 00 Payments to be made in all cases in advance. Money current in the Slaie where issued isill be received al par. CLtttlBING. In all the pri delivered, tin-out; sent bv mail, flu- will be bul TW"""" wood," and but Y Remittances an, dressed, post-paid Postage, LEONARD SCOTT Salt! Salt!! Salt!!J T3E PACIFIC SALT WORKS CO. having completed their block, consisting of lifty kettles, and being now in complete operation, are prepared to contract for anv quantity oi" SAL*!', deliverable at the Company's Works, oil tbe coast, aboat twelve miles north of the anchorage of San Pedro, and distant from Los Angela! SixtMtl miles. whirs vesieU can load with thegreatct faciliiv, (hcb.-aeh btsiaj cotisidcrc 1 preferable for lua ling aud discharging to any soutn of San Francisco. Samples of the Salt can be seen at the office of the Company, Los Angelea, or at Case, ileiser & Co., San Francis- co. CHAS. R. JOHNSON, Secretary P. S. W. Co. Fait packed for the trade in anv sized sacks, and delivered at tho Works, or at the Co.iib.itiy's Warehouse, Lo.s Angeles. febS-tf Aug. W. Tisnms, Forivardli'g ami Con.iiM?.ssii>ii JSei-ciiaiit, san rEinlo. All 00003 cnns:gned to me will be forwarded wiihdispatt to and from San Pedro and San Francisco and intermedia pons. Advances mule on gods, and all commission Luis ness attended to with promptness. A line of si ages will leave San Pedro for Los Angeles in mediately on the arrival of each steamer ; also will lea\ Los Angeles from the Bella Union Hotel for San Pedro, i time to meet tho steamer for San Francisco. JE3- Ticket* can be had of Lake .t Goler. Los Angclc'. Lus Anj"Ies, ItayW, 1866. Ko. I—3m phens. of Edinbtin Yale College. New 1 containing Kltlfl p;,; Price, in muslin hii e in 2 vols., royal octavo, :1 COO wood engravings.— ^.-"g. This work is sdr the old "Book of the Farm,-' lately Ki>:.>L"ric;i'ATf'i) and thrown upon the market. Blacks mi tli and Carriage Oiiop. Los An-yde i Street, next door to Childs, Bicks and .PemGson ^ THE SITBSCKIBEBS would respectfully in P form (heir friends and the public that W they are now prepared to execute all e3l orders iu theabove lines of business witii neatness o nd dispntch. None but experienced worksrec will bn em] ilnye 1, and as both departments are under the superintendence of the proprietors, our euMoin- sl ,--,.!- . that their work will he done ia a sal- isfact iry a: id workmanlike manner. If. Mfr.Al-iIIILiX. BCP^iS tf K. L. t«AJTT. IIojiiu Manufactory, Main Street, nearly opposite the Star Ofjice- FOY' & BROTHER. SADDLE ANV HARNESS A1AKERS, Keeps oonstaiitlv on hand on assortment of SADDLES. HARXLSS, LKIIUty. WHIPS. COLLARS, SADDLF WAP.E, &e. We are also prepai-"etl to execute all- kinds of work in our line at the slinrlesl possible notice. A superior lot of California Bitts and Spurs alivnvs ou hand. uetlD tf GOLDEN GATE MILLS' FLOUR. WE have just received in edditioit to c-ur large stock of desirable goods -10U Q,R. SACKS GOLDEN GATE MILLS FLOUR, Which wc olfer to the citizens of Los Angeles as an article of superior quality. It has always been celebrated for its purity and fineness, having obtained the premium at Ihe nuiueri->us expositions in San Francisco. We have effected such arrangements with tlie manufacturers, as will insure us a supply at all times of this favor ito brand. I'or sale at w liolesal'e or retail for CASH ONLl', by WALL. PLATT & CO. Opposite Wells, Fargo k Co Temple's Block, Los Angeles, June fl, 1865. No, 4—tf .Dissolution of l*ai-(eieisliiB>> THE PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing under the firm of 8. Jackson &Co. is dissolved bv mutual consent. All persons having claims ae.aiitst said firm will please call and receive payment at S. Jackson's at the old stand. Al- soall■ persons indebted to said firm are requested to unil and settle without- further notice, to S. Jackson at the old stund. San Bernardino June 26, 1865. S. JACKSON fc a. B. I'.i-'HHRAIX, June 30, 1855. No. 7—4t MISSOLUIWiV. UtisttHtiitcmis. A i>ojr Fight In FsogtOTrni There is un excellent moral in the following sto- ry, which is told with great skill. It shows us how a whole village or a whole church is sometimes torn to nieces by a fight between two dfogs. The most remarkable dog fight MS record came off at Frogtown. on the "frontiers of Maine, some years ago. It engrossed the conirnttnily in one general melee, interminable law-suit.-, distraction ol the town, its downfall and fain. A fanciful genius, owned J-oe Tucker—a man about town, a lounger without visible means of support, a do-nothing, fun-loving, cigar-smoking, good-natured fullow,—owned a dog, which was a sleek, intelligent, and rather pretty beast, always nt .Toe's heels*, and known us woll as his muster, and liked far more, by the inhabihmts of Frogtown. One dny Joe antl his dog were passing Mr. })iiiiion;s grocery store, when a great piebald, ugly looking dog, etafldine; alongside of a wood-wagon, bounced on Joe Tucker's dog, knocked him heels over head, and so frightened Bob Carter's wife, who was then parsing towai*. s her husband's blacksmith shop with his dinner, that she stumbled backwards, and her old sun-bonnet flopped of!', scaring the horse attached to tne wagon. He started off, and ran against Sam Luthcrcm's barber- pole, upset the load of wood, a part of which fell into Tom Gumbo's refreshment cellar, and struck one of the children ou the head, apparently kilting it stone-dead. This so alarmed Mrs. Gumbo, that she dropped a stew-pan of boiling-hot pvetera into the lap of u customer, who sat waiting for the savory concoction, by a table in the corner. Mrs. Gumbo rushed for Ihe child, and the customer ran for the door. Mrs. Gumbo screamed; the child bawled ; and the customer yelled. '■ Oh, oh, my poor child !;; cried Mrs. Gumbo. <;Boo! boo, oo'" roared the child. " Oh, murder! Oh, I'm scalded to all eternity ! Blood and murder!" screamed the customer. The horse with a part ofthe wagon, and some of the wood, continued ou his mad career. The owner of the strange dog came out ofa store just in time to sec Joe Tucker sieze a rock to demolish tiie savage dog; and not waiting to see the stone "let drive," lie gave Joe sueh a knock on the back, that sent him reeling up the street. In his fall, Joe struck the loot of a long ladder, upon which Jim Elderberry was perched, with paint-pot in hand, some thirty fcet from terra firma, and brought down the ladder, the painter and his pot; sprawling on the earth, crippling poor Jim lor life, and sprinkling blue paint copiously over tlie broadcloths, satinets and calicoes of Abraham Miller, who was a formal and even tempered Quaker. Friend Miller ran to the door just its the twe dogs had gone fairly into the fight, '*hip and thigh," "nip and catch.'' A glance at matters seemed to convince Abraham of the true state ofthe ease; and in an unusually elevated voice, he eal led out to Joe Tucker, who had recovered from his prostrate posture— ■•Joseph Tucker, thy dog is fighting." '•Let them fight!?' shouted the pugnacious owner ofthe strange dojf. "Let them light it out. Fl! bet a load of wood that my flog can eat up any dog in town, and I ean cat the owner.'/ We have said that Abraham Miller was a mild man : Quakers are pro ver iii ally so. But the gauntlet thrown down by tlie stranger from the counlry stirred the gall (Jf Abraham, and be rushed into the store. From the back yard, baring slipped bis collar. Friend Miller brought forth a brindle cur, v.hieb v, as a long, strong, and powerful dog. '•Friend," said the escited Quafcor, ,;l!iy dog shall be well beaten, I promise Ihee. Tuch, h'-iv, boy! sieze upon biml'1 The dog here made » fitrions attack on iiis antagonist. Bob Carter, the blacksmith, came up in time to hear the stranger's defiance to the town, and wits iKtit on a fight with somebody, iu resentment for the insult and damage to hi-: wile; so lie grasped the collar of tbe rtraage'e, and by bestowing several "ten-strikes" upon tne face, back and sides of bis burly adversary, witb his natural sledge hammers, Bob Gaiter stirred up ihe ire of the bully (ranger, and drew out fhe full compass of his strength and power. The collision well-nigh made the sparks fly. Joe Tucker's dog now being re-inforced by Abraham Miller's cur. look a fresh start; und between the two, the strange dog was suffering cruelly in tiie onslaught. Deacon Fugli. who was one of the Rlost pious and snbshvntia! men in Frogtown. carne up; and indeed most of the citizens of the village assembl eon Pugh, a: aud shocked i np to the cut: "Fie, lie! Frogtown ! ; around the ■eat ot ' war." Dea- avv v ,-alk i u g- st i ck. iim, marched Ye men of said linn are lui-.-Iiv nol'ili'ed to Peter Robed the only one netis oi' ROKBR & SiOSE, Les Angries, June 3D, *I5"h edtosettle tha tutsi ^^^ you stand by and- ^^^^^^^^^ Do not thee strike my dog. Deacon Pugh," cried Abraham .Miller, advancing to the Deacon, who was about to cut right and left among the dogs, with his e"ane. '■ Your dogs !'"'' shouted the Deacon, with evident fervor. '" Not my dogs,. Deacon Pugh !" echoed the Quaker. •■' "What did you say so for, then!" demanded the Deacon, " 1 never said dogs, Deacon Pugh.-' "Yon did!" responded the Deacon with cx- citeaaent. "Deacon Pugh, thee speak? groundless." "Yoa tell a falsehood, Abraham Miller!" "Thee ■utters u mendacious assertion!" reiterated Abraham. "You-—you lie I" bawled the Deacon. "Thee has provoked my evil passions, Deacsn Ik-igh i and JE wiliehastisx iliee I" retorted the stalwart Quaker. Ints the Deacon now "pitched" the Quaker.— Deacon Pugh, without ranch hesitation, entered with spirit into the merits of the warfare ; and we leave them thus. " nip and tuck," to look after ihe stranger aod BobUarter. They fought ami struggled, in prolonged and desperate buttle, until Esquire Catchem and the town constable came up and in their attempt to preserve the peace and arrest the offenders, the 'Sijuire was thrust through the window of a neighboring watchmaker, doing serious damage to the occupant's property. Lawyer Hooker, in attempting to aid tin1 constable, was hit through mistake, by the furious blacksmith, in the short ribs ; and down he weut staggering into Gumbo's cellar, with avelosity that was more sudden thai) agreeable. The friends and fbllow-cbareh- meu of Deacon Pugh took sides against the Qua- kepj und the shop boys ot Abraham, seeing their employer thus beset, rallied to t. e rescue. Two Irishmen, who had a taste for fun and frolic, believing it to be a "free light," tried their hands and sticks upon thecoKbaianfs, indiscriminately. The quiet and happy village of Frogtown was soon frightened from its propriety, by one grand, sublimely ridiculous, and lerrilie battle. Heads aud windows were smahed. children and women screamed, dogs barked, dust Hew, labor ceased ; and so mad and exeitod became the wholecommiinity. that a quiet looker-on, if there had been any, would ' ave concluded that ail the evil- spirits were in Frogtown. A heavy thunder-storm finally put an end to the war. Several of the dogs were killed : a child was severely wounded ; a man wus scalded ; a wagon was destroyed ; a horse ran himself lodi-alb:- (he wood-seller was badly beaten by Bob Carter, j whose wile aud other women were much frighiened; Quaker, Joe Tucker, two Irishmen, the town con table, and .several others,were shamefully e.'hippr.-d. LaW-SaitB ensued ; feuds followed ; and the entire peace and good reputation of Frogtown was annihilated—all by an unfortunate and remarkable dog- light. Impoilnnt Poiltlcul Movement) UN'IOX Of THB SOWS AGAI.NST THE AOU It ESS IONS C¥ TUE "SOUTH. Columbl's. Georgia, ) May 28, lSoo. j Dear Sik :—The undersigned, a committee appointed by a large meeting of our fellow citizens to communicate to you their action, would earnestly Call your attention to the proceedings thereof, which we herewith enclose. We believe that at no time in the history of our country 1ms the necessity of cutting aloof from all Northern political organizations been more manifest, and certainly no time can be more piopittoua to unite us as one people tbau now, when nu question of State or national policy divides us, save that greatest and most interesting of all—our sate- ty in the use and enjoyment of our slave institutions. The inimical policy of the non slavcholding States, as indicated by their public men, their popular elections and their legislative acts, with regard to the execution of the Fugitive Slave law, und their manifest hostility to the admission Of Kansas as a State with a constitution recognizing the institution of slavery within her borders, is sufficient to awaken the attention of tlie most trusting lover of the Union to the danger in which ihe South now stands,aiid the necessity ot notifying- the Northern States of the determination ol Georgia lo defend the line which she, in solemn convention, has indicated as the line of their aggressions. May we hope lor your co-operation in tins work of uniting the South. We are respectfully, Thomas Llegland, Johu A. Jones, F. M. Brooks, James M. Bel lame, James K. liedd, John J. Ridgway, A. S. Rutherlord. [From the Columbus (v«.J tO-iuHtir May 29, 1S5G. iiEirrixu at ruatrauANCs hall. Saturday Fv>.\l\g, May 26, 1855. Agreeably to previous notice, au unsuuily large number oi our leilow citizens, irrespective ot ali party considerations, met at Temperance Hall. On motion, Wm. H. Mitchell, jtisg., was called to the chair, and Davenport P. Ellis, iSfe****,, requested to act as Secretary. The object of me meeting being explained by the chairman. On motion of Gen. Jas. Bethu.ve, the chairman appointed a committee io draft aud report stiuable suoject matter lor the consideration of the meeting :— The committeee returned after a short absence, aud reported to the meeting lor its action the following preamble ana resolutions: Whereas, the history of the past has convinced us, that we whose interest aud auection attach ua to the Soulhjhave notlnng to hope, but every thing to fear, at the hands ot tne exiling political organizations of nou-fcluvcholdiug St. tee, Ironi the spirit ol abolitionism wlucu, to a large and learim exteut, pervades aud controls all ol litem. And whereas, the action cf those States upon ike ques lion of s.avery, conclusively fthows Unit a large majority of the people liiU'col arc actuated oy one CUiiiUJOU sCLiiiUieiH ot hostility to the HlsUlUliOUo ot tne zWtlu. And whereas, ihe gallant baud ol paitvlts Within those States, who are iriellds to the ,3outh and iaituful lo me Consui-iiLon,aud whom We remember, wiib gratitude, have been roiHeu, disbanded, and almost auuinilated—we believe tiie exigency imperatively requires ua to be one people Uud one party. Thereiore, be it resolved— 1. Thai we hold ttie American Lnioa secondary in importance only to the rigHls and privileges it waa designed to perpetuate. That past associations, present fruiUou, and future pro.-pi.cis, will bind us to it so long as it continues io ue llie taie- guard of these rights ana principles. '&. Tnat tne Mate of Georgia, m the judgement of thi.-^ meeting will and ou^ut to resist, even ^aa a last resort) to a disruption oi every tie whicn muds her to tbe Union, any actiou ol Congress upon the subject oi" slavery iu the Distr.ct ui oulum'j.a, or in places suiject lo tbe jui'iSd.Cilon or Lougre&s m- cetnpatibie With the taiety, llie uomehtm tranquility, tne rights and tlie honor of tne slave-noidiug btates ; or any act suppressing tde slave traue ue- iween siave-nuiding suites; or any reuital lo admit as a State any Territory hereutter applying because of ihe existence ot slavery therein ; ur any act piuhi biting tHe introduction of slaves into Lftau uud .New Alexiuo : or any act repealing or muter.ally modifying the laws now in iorce lor the recovery uf fugitive slaves. • 8. 'mat, in the Opinion of this meeting, Ihe time has arrived when our teilow Citizens snouid cease irom iheir dissensions, and lorget llie uuietenees winch have separated them, and tnat a common danger and common enemy sbotnd unilc ua tor our common defence and saleiy. ■±. Tbat we bereOy repudiate all fellowship and connection with tbe present ualioual polil.eai or- gaiiizaLoiis, or any tnal may lie he-reailei lormed unless based upou ihe principles and policy ol the foregoing reSwiuuous, and recumtueud to our leliow citizens of each county, of ail classes, whether native or naturalized, Without distinction oi parly,, to assemble together, and send delegates io ftlii- ledgeville on ine -ltd of July next, lor the purpose of nominating a candidate ior Governor, ami training and pituiisliiug a basis ol action upou wmch We may all stand and co-operale. 5. 'inat we respoctiully request the democratic ; and wing parties to postpone a liomiuulioa ie Governor; and to cull upon tHe people oi llie Mule. without Uisiuiciion of party, loo meet together in primary assemblies, 10 select deleyules Iv '■ make a nomination ior (jovei-iior, who sliun oe the candidate oi the people, ami not oi a pariy, Au<_{ be it iurtiier resolved, that the Oiiairmau appoint a comini.tee ol seven to transmit a eop)' tne proceedings oi this meeting to ihe several counties in this Stele. Messrs. Tbomus Kagland, James N. Bethuue, A. S. UutherJold. Johu A. Jones. h\ M.Brooks, Jaine; iv, lieed, and John 1. liidgwuy, were appointed ihui com nut lee. The meeting was addressed by Hon. James John- sen, John A. Jones, Bsq., and Hon. ltines Holt, wilh their usual ability and iairness, iu support ol ihe preamble and resolutions. Tne preamble and resolutions were then voted upon by the meeting and heartily adopted—there being but oue dissent,ng voice. It w-as Uirther resolved, lhat the proceedings of the meeting be signed by the chairman and secretary, and copies be mruisiied tothe editors oi ihe mly papers, with a request to publish ibe same-. On motion, the meeting Ihen adjourned. WM. H. JiTlUHhL,L, Ghuirman. D. P. Ellis, Secretury. Major John If. Howard, who was one of the com- miuce io craft the above resolutions, and uno being absent from home did uot see Ihem until ailer their udeption, suggests to tiie committee lhat the KuowiNotliings be also requested to make no nomination for Governor, whicn is concurred in. [Editorial remarks of the Eutpiirer.] BOCTriSBK UMOSl—I'UK MEETiXG IS TltMi'tUASCE HALL 1 various political parties—whelher Democratic or Whiff, Union men or fire-eaters, Know Nothings or anti-Know Nothings—atl of whom, to ihe number ottama aeveo hunafed, had assembled tc take coon* ■"■. .'., i'l.Tiipon the nee ssity aud means of constituting the people of the South one people and oue party. The objects and aims of the meeting are so fully and distinct!? set forth in the preamble and resolutions, that w-e apprehend they will speak 'or themselves, and require hut Utile in the way cfcommeu' tar; from us lo recommend them to ihe calm and disp&sioitata eon^deratton of all true lovers of constitutional rights, and-to the prompt and effective recpoose of every tVhe-k'-heurted Southerner who sstimRVes Ae permwnent Interest and prosperity ofhis coitntry above temporary results of party ascendency. That sueh men are among us, in en- eOtgraxlng lunnbt-rs, is manifest in the general, almost universal, spirit of favor with which the objects and action ofthe meeting was received by I be assembled multitudes. The hearty amen with whioh they responded to the projected policy ol'bui viug all past differences that they might (be more securely guard agaiust Ihe threatening evils iu the future, bore gratifying; testimony that, in the enimatioi of her true sons, the rights of Uie South are the paramount objects of their regard. The spirit t^.t pervaded the meeting was calm and harmonious throughout, not characterised by those noisy do- mnn.-irutinns of applause usually employed to indicate popular appreciation of the successful stroke of party leaders, . at by that calm and earnest interest, far more reliable and more appropriate to ua exigency which move the people lo surrender ancient alliances,, lo reconcile old enimities, to abandon rooted prejudices, and in a spirit of virtuous resolve, to lorget and forgive, to yield np alt for' the rights, ihe interest, and prosperity of iheir common country. Who will respond to this movement in behalf of the constitutional rights of the youth?- -for to be effective it must be a general one. Shall it uot be anpiveieal one throughout the State of Gcorgi.t and the entire South I U no will be found to raise* a voice against a policy wilh which is identified SO much that is good at so small a sacrifice '!■ Who will be found bold and bad enough to contraveno so desirable an object as tlie union of the Soulh. irt good faith and fellowship, for ihe glorious purpose of maintaining her rights and interests as guaranteed by the constitution and menaced by fanatical enemies? Tlthere beany su;h in our midst—which God forbid! let him make his opposition know u, and it ceases to be effective. If ire may judge from our own community, the opponents to this movement will be found tew aud iar behvi en, while its more zealous friends come forth from the ranks of all tho various party organizations which exist among as* The seveu hundred people of Muscogee assembbd in lhat meeting are a fair type of the people of tho State ol Georgia ar.d of tlie entire South ; their interests, objects, hopes and aims are identical: they stand comckd by the ties of a eommon interest and bound by Ihe Sympathy of a common destiny. Let them move forward, then,- together in the ac- complisnieu! of the desired ebjietj let all party affiliations with national organizations be at once and thoroughly dissolved ; and in good faith and mutual coniidence let ihe people ofthe South, by making her rights the lirst and paramount object, the great cardinal feature in their platform the test of political orthodoxy, the irrevocable condition of tlie peaceful perpetuity of this Union. Wc recommend lbe action of the Muscogee meeting and the spirit which pervaded it, to the culm consideration of the people of all parts of the State and of the South, that as speedily as possible it may be known whether the sentiments conveyed are ihose ofa portion of the people only, or whether they are the great controlling conviction of the body or people of the Southern Stales of the comederacy. Let the people determine this question in their hearts and at their homes. Let it be commenced in their primary assemblies nnd echoed through the press, that frieuds may b» strengthened and sustained in tlieir high resolve, and cuemies advised of the cost of further innovation upon our constitutional rights.— [Muscogee Enquirer. From the N. 1. Herald of June 5th.- Recently we published an account of the re-shipment to Liverpool, by the Commonwealth of Maw aehusetis, of a lone woman and her infant, whosw otiiy crime was poverty. The cruelty of Iho act called forth, as it merited, universal execration item the press of tiie eorwtry. ltwas supposed lo be the extreme length to Wni«h the peculiar pbi- lauJiropy and Arncrieanisni of Massachusetts cottld go; that supposition, however, was not well founded. It now a; pears chat the same vessel which carried the widowed molher and latberiess infant from the capitol oi New England carried also Hugh Carr, who has resided within the state for ihe pust thirteen years, paid his taxes regularly as a goodeittizen, und taken out h.s lirst naturalization papers. L'ulortuuately, Mr. Carr, some six mouths since, by dni* of the inscrutable dispensations of Divine ITovidence, became a lunatic—ami his relatives, who Were abundantly able aud \raliiig to support him—placed him iu an asylum, in accordance with the advice of friends. I'be managers of the asylum would not allow the frieuds ot Carr to v.sit a.iii, butprcwuised that he should be well cared for. But tne aumonties resolved to get rid of his troublesome tax upon the pnblic bounty, ami ^eereily shtppjd him off to Liverpool, thrusting he pojr lu.iucic out upoa the world to perish.— I The brother oi Mr. Carr, it is said, haa tlireatned to bring an action of law m this matter, and it is uu- c dirstood the uncharitable oiliciais hav** sent word 1 tu Europe to have the uu fortunate victim1 sent back by (be urst steamer. This simple act of justice, however does not mittig te the atrocionsucss of their conduct in (lie premises. There wus a grand reunion Saturday night of the prominent men bf the Know Nothing party of the city and Stale, and unlike all former met uuga of the "parly, it was one to which the press was iu- vited. The occasion was the preseulutiou of a splendid and very valuable silver table set lo Mr. James W. Barker, the defeated Know Nothing candidate for the New York Mayuraliy, lt took place at Ihe Collsmore Hotel, Lioadwuy, and its cecum- puiiimciiis were a recherche supper good wines, uud Mjme rather indilierent speeches. One fact came out on Saturday evening which will somewhat astonish the weak minds ofthe community, namely, lhat the order lias been in existence prior to the year lTotl, for it is lhat date wliich the inscription on the pieces of plate bears* Iu the absence of Mr.- Uiliuan, the chair was taken by the Hon. Thos. fi. Wnitney. the member of Congress elect from the Williamsburg district. The preseutntioa wasmade by Mr be+ab Stores, ol Chenango eouufy. and speeches were made by Mr. Darker, Judge Campbell of tbe Superior Court, Mr. Thos. J.Lyon, tl Orange. county, Messrs. Uaunahover Rhodes, and James Brooks, of the Express. Tbe latter gentlcnan declared that, iu a given case, he was ready lo vole lor .'''red Uougluss - The meeting bnke up at il o'clock, alter which Mr. Barker, was treated to a cFcnadeal his house in Monroe street. [* The Negro Lecturer. Dp Satuiday evening last, in response to the call published in Uie cily papers ot last week, a very iarge and respectable meeting of the Citizens ui Muscogee,, without distinction ef party, waa held at Temperance Hail. A lull report oi the uciiou of the mealing will be found in another column. The meeting was. remarkable both iu point of numbers aud ifir ihe intelligence and respeetubikl; o] the painter was crippled; some dry goods were ' 'he persons composing it. iDeluding as it did. the ruined ; and 'Squire Catchem, Lawyer Heofeer, the ■ besl and truosl men in our community, from ail the More Relritorcemtiils "t\>i tlm (ilmrn. lt is stated to be the intention of the Allied Powers io embark an immense force immediately for the Crimea, Such a movement is considered necessary by persons well acquainted with military afliurs. It is understood that the e.Npcdilieu will comprise about otbbOU men—cavalry, artillery and infantry—and that its destination will be some place near the Isthmus of Perekop, in order lo co- opperate witb tlie Allied Army before Sebaakpol, by checking the advance, or, in the event of lim fortress being carried by culling off tbe retreat of the Russians.
Object Description
Title | Los Angeles Star, vol. 5, no. 9, July 14, 1855 |
Type of Title | newspaper |
Description | The weekly newspaper has p.[1-4] in English. Los Angeles Star in English includes headings: [p.1]: [col.3] "Miscellaneous. A dog fight in Frogtown", [col.4] "Important political movements", [col.5] "Recently we published an account of the re-shipment to Liverpool, by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of a lone woman and her infant, whose only erime was poverty"; [p.2]: [col.1] "The earthquake", [col.2] "By the politeness of A.W. Timms E[...]q., we have been favored with the New York Herland of June 5th, and San Francisco Herald and Supplement of July 1st, from which we clip the following interesting news", "Later from Europe", "Arrival of the Sea Bird", [col.3] "This surely is the 'Eden' of the world", "Mr. Editor: -- I noticed in your paper of the 23d, a portion of the Constitution of the Independent Order of Covenanters", [col.4] "Severe contest at the Rifle Pits -- approach to the Flagstaff Battery", "County treasurer's report. Statement"; [p.3]: [col.1] "Democratic State Convention"; [p.4]: [col.1] "Select poetyr [sic]. The ghost", "Affairs of Page, Bacon & Co.", [col.2] "Bayard Taylor, in his journey to Central Africa, thus speaks of the natural beauties of the great Nubian desert", "Isthmus news. Horrible murder in Toboga --- [sic] the murdereres executed by the people!!", [col.3] "At a meeting of the Know Nothings in New York, on the evening of ihe [sic] 4th of June, the following resolutions were presented and unanimously adopted". |
Subject (lcsh) | Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Newspapers |
Geographic Subject (City or Populated Place) | Los Angeles |
Geographic Subject (County) | Los Angeles |
Geographic Subject (State) | California |
Geographic Subject (Country) | USA |
Coverage date | 1855-07-08/1855-07-20 |
Editor | Waite, J.S. |
Printer | Waite, J.S. |
Publisher (of the Original Version) | Waite, J.S. |
Publisher (of the Digital Version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
Date created | 1855-07-14 |
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Format (aat) | newspapers |
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Language | English |
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Identifying Number | issue: Los Angeles Star, vol. 5, no. 9, July 14, 1855 |
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SUk& f uctrj.
Home Pictures.
BY J. SWEET.
I remember the old farm house,
With dark, unpainted form,
Grown black by long exposure
To wind, and rain aud storm -
The roof was grown with mosses.
Th? frame-work huge and strong,
Like the ash tree standing near it,
Where birds sang all day loug.
I remember, I remember
The tiny little bed
In the old. unfinished chamber,
With the rafters overhead *,
The patter of the rain-drops
Was music to my ear
Which lulled me into pleasant dreams
Vnbriviten by a fear.
1 remember ibe old garden.
When ripe fruit on the ground.
Like apples of Hespen'des,
Lay temptingly around ;
The blue plums and red cherries,
The pears and currants nice—
Ah ! tbat bumble little garden
Was to ine a paradise.
I remember the barn and swallows
With white and glossy breasts,
That underneath projecting e.ivea
In summer built their nesta ;
Tiiey twittered round their dwellings
In ever joyous play,
And lived and loved each other
In collages of clay.
1 remember, I remember,
The busy haying-time.
When I heard the mowers whetting
Their scythes in merry chime ;
I loved to spread the green grasa
And rake the new-made hay,
Or load the rattling hay-cart*
At close of summer day.
I remember fields of clover
Like red-waved summer sea!«,
While I listened to the music
Of busy bumble-bees:
The dark groin Indian cornfields,
With silken tassels fair.
And slender cornstalks bristling
Like lances in the air.
I remember, I remember
The steep ami slippery hill
Where we coasted winter evenings,
Though winds were keen and chill;
Wc shot like Indian ano.va
llpoa the crusted snow,
Onr toes and finger.--, freezing,
But our heat ts ali iu a glow.
I remember, and with sadness,
The buoyant heart cf youth,
With iIs ardent soul-aspirings
For manliness and truth.
The memories of boyhood
Come back with smiles and tears,
And I treasured up the picture
Of my home in early years.
Sad CASt-At.Tr.—From the San Diego "HcraM"
of the I6th inst., we select the following news :
A young man named Theodore McKoy. who let'
this place in company with Charles H. l'uole, Esq.
U. S. Deputy Surveyor on the 3d May last, by some
unaccountable accident, was lost on tbe Desert, he
having become separated from the party on their
return to camp on the 28tb ult. His fate is inevitable, and we subjoin the accompanying statement
without further comment, until we shall have informed ourselves fully, hoping that his remains
may yet be found :
Camf at Ai-amo Mocha., 1
June 4, 1855. f
For the information of the friends of Theodore
McKoy, Esq., we the undersigned, assistants in the
survey of the public lands on the Colorado Desert.
to C. H. Boole, Esq., U. S. Depi ty Surveyor, to
whose party the above belonged, deem it proper to
state tliat every means ii: our power to find the
missing man was used, without avail, and that hi?
oss was in no way attributable to the neglect or
want of care or foresight of the said Deputy Surveyor or any of his assistants, but can only be ascribed to the imprudence of Mr. McKoy in separating h mself from the rest of the party, while returning to camp, over one of the worst portions of
the Desert. We would further state that, in onr
opinion. McKoy is nu longer alive, but must bave
perished among the sand hills of the Desert, of exhaustion and thirst.
A. B. Cook, James CAMPma.r,,
Martin Tiumek, Asbebw Cotton,
J. Jones, J. A. Akbeebos,
lllistcllaiircus.
Maxims to Guide a Youns Man.
Keep good company or none.
Never be idle. It' your hands cannot be usefully
employed, attend to the cultivation of your mind.
Always speak the truth.
Make few promises.
Live up to your engagements.
Have no very intimate friends.
Keep your own secrets, if you have any.
When you speak to a person look him iu the face.
Good company and good conversation are the
very sinews of virtue.
Good character is above all things else.
Never listen to loose or idle conversation.
You had better be poisoned in your blood than in
your ptinciples.
Your character cannot bo essentially injured except by your own acts.
If any'one speak evil of you, let your life be so
virtuous that none will believe him.
Always speak and act as in the presence of God.
Drink no intoxicating liquor.
Ever live, misfortune excepted, within your income.
When you retire to bed, think over what you
have done during the day.
Never speak lightly of religion.
Make no haste to be rich if you would prosper.
Small and steady gains give competency with
tranquility of mind.
Never play at any kind of game.
Avoid the temptation, through lear that you may
not withstand it.
Earn your money before you spend it.
Never run in debt, unless you see a way to get
-out again.
Never borrow if you can possibly avoid it.
Be just before you are generous.
Keep yourself innocent if you would be happy.
Save while you are young, to spend when you
are old.
Never think that which you do for religion is
time or money misspent.
Always go to meeting when you can.
Read some portion ofthe Bible every day.
Often think of death, and your accountability to
God.
Read over the above maxims at least once a week
—[Gazette and Courier.
Assignments of Land Warrants, Ortotnaixy.
WBEN the WaRRANTSS is Deceased.—Ignorance of,
the fact that Military La' d Warrants are tinder
construction of law. realmnl not personal property,
very frequently causes much trouble and expense
to parties holding warrants under the above named
circumstances. Where a warantee dies, leaving a
warrant undisposed of, the property therein at once
descends to the heirs at law of such decedent. If
those heirs are all of lawful a^e, they may assign
the warrant, under the certificate of the probate
court of domicil of the decedent, that the heirs
tamed are such bona fide and the only one living.
If the heirs are minors, tbey must act through a
;uardian, whose charae'era such must be attested
by ihe like probate court, and under order from
such court to sell. Heirship must always be proven
in the same manner as above. In all cases the date
of the demise of the warrantee is lo be proven
'h rough sa d court. It not unfrequently happens
that the warrant bears date subsequent to the decease of the person to whom it issued, when its
issue is a nullity, and it should be surrendered to
ne Pension Office, for tlie issue ofa new one, either
io the widow of the soldier if she be alive, or to
iiis minor children. If there are neither, the claim
lapses. It will be seen from the above that Milila-
■y Warrants cannot be informally transferred, from
'land to hand, like choses in action, but must be
■'ormally carried through a legal and sometimes
intricate course of proceedings.—[Wash. Star.
FitiQHTFTi. Murder vs Sha3Ta Couxtt.— The
Shasta " Courier-' says that David C. Goodwin was
murdered at Horsetown, Shasta county, on the 13th
ult.. by Alexander Higgins,and gites the subjoined
particulars :
Higgins had served as a bar tender under Goodwin. He was atone time convicted in Sacramento
of stealing money, and prooerly punished. He
took the stage ou the 14th at Briggsville, but left
it at Tehama—-was dressed in common blue eotton-
ade overalls, soiled white shirt beneath a gray
jumper or overshirt—had on a brown hat belonging
to Goodwill—wae about five feet ten inches in
height; bad dark brown hair, light beard, sallow
comple-Niou, aud was very talkative. He was once
on board ofan American man-of-war, and had, it is
thought, the letter H and other letters aiul marks
pricked upon one ofhis wrists with India ink.
It seems that Goodwin had left Horsetown, on
the evening ofhis death, considerably under the
influence of drink, uud it is thought that the scoundrel Higgins. took advantage of his helpless state,
to murder him for a small amount which he had
concealed about his person. On the night of the
murder, Higgins appeared ill Horsctown. and was
observed to have a spot of blood upon his shirt,
and when questioned about it, said that his nose
had been bleeding.
The body of the murdered man was not discovered until the 20th. It was found in an old prospce-
„ hole, partly covered with ashes. The skull
was fractured immediately above the eye; there
was also a deep gash upon the upper lip. An axe.
with which the deed was doubtless committed, was
found near ti o cabin, with blood and hair upon it.
The floor of the cabin was also spotted with blood,
which in some Instances-, were covered with ashes.
It is believed that Higgins is uow lurking about
Sacramento, or San Francisco, and the police """"
cautioned to be on their guard for him.
HoNSTROCa Tobacco Statistics.— The present
annual production of tobacco is estimated to be 4
WO.OOO.OOO pounds—four billionsof pounds I _This
is all smoked, chewed, or snuffed. Suppose it all
made into cigars, one hundred to the pound, it
would produce 400,000,OuO.001). Four hundred billions ofcigars! These cigars, at the usual length
-1 inches, joined together, would form one contin-
tons-cigar 35.262,520 miles long, which would en-
"ircle the earth, more than one thousand times.—
Cut up into equal pieces 250,000 miles in length
'here would be over one thousand cigars which
'vould extend from the centre of the earth to the
■entre of the moon Put these cigars info boxes
'en inches Iodet. four inches "'Mc. and three inches
high, 100 to fhe box. it woi Id require L000,000.-
i00 boxes. Pile up these lo:cs in a solid mass,
md they would occupfy a space of 294.44!-.444
sable feet—two hundred and ninety-four million
eubic feet. If piled np twenty feet high, they
would cover a farm of 33S acres: and if laid side
y side, the boxes would cover very nearly 20.000
acres. Allowing this tobacco manufactured to ci
■m the average ten cents a pound, and we have
$4,000,000,000 expended every year in producing
i noxious, deleterious weed. At least one and a
half times as much more is required to manufacture
t into marketable form, and disposed of it to tin
"onsnmer. At the very lowest estimate, tben, tiie
human family expend every year one thousand
■ nil lion of dollars in the gratification of an acquired
iiab't.or oned' liar for every man. woman and child
'ipon the earth! This sum would build two railroads round the earth a.t a cost of $20,000 per mile
ur sixteen railroads from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It would build one hundred thousand churche"
costing 310.000 each, or half a million of school
houses costing 52,000 each, or one million of dttel
lings costing'$l,000 each. It would employ one
million of preachers, and one million of teachers,
■jiving each a salary of $500. It would support
three and one-third millions of young men at col
lege, giving each $300 per annum for expenses. Is
this annual outlay to increase or decrease in futnr
—[Buffalo Democracy.
A Trial ix a Court " ox tub Wing/'—The
Providence '-Journal'" of the 25th ult.. gives the
following:
An example of summary justice was afforded
yesterday on the Providence and Worcester Railroad. A man who had once been tried on a charge
of obstructing the same road was a passenger. He
refused to surrender his ticket to the conductor,
alleging that he could not trust him witb it. No
persuasions could induce bim to give it up. and the
conductor waited till tiie train had passed into
Massachusetts. Soon after a constable nnd a justice ofthe peace came into the car. Mr. Garfield
stated the case ; the justice issued a writ; the constable served it ; the case was duly tried, the cars
going all the time at the rate of twenty-five miles
an hour; the delinquent was found guilfy, fined
.ive dollars and costs, amounting in all to over ni
dollars, and when the train reached Uxbridge he
was told to take his choice, pay the fine or go to
■ail. He chose the latter, and learned a good lesion—that the next time he undertakes to impose on
x railroad company he must do it in Rnode Island,
is the laws of the other States do not allow them.
ForesVs Generosity.— Some time since the ship
" Ertwin Forrest" wan in distress on our eagtcin const,
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