[From tin* Sonoma County Journal.]
SEVERED,
BY SHADOWS.
We are severed, we are severed,
And the sea between our souls
Ib as inky as that ocean, where no pulse of tidal
motion
O'er its sable bosom rolls.
We are severed, we i
Mighty mountains 'tween us rise.
Mighty mountains I have built, from the granite
of my guilt,
'Till they tower to the skies.
Yes. we're severed, ever severed ;
Over mount and over main
Conies au echo,  never dying, from thy widowed
spirit, sighing
*• We shall never meet again."
We are severed, ever severed ;
Sad as funeral knell at sea
Fell the sentence you imparted, as you left me
broken-hearted —
■■ Thine on earth I cannot be,
We are severed, ever severed ;
Thou upon tbe other shore—
Hands may join iu meeting, lips may give their
greeling,
But our Souls may meet no more.
We are severed, we are severed,
Aud the sea will ever roar.
And the mountains ever rise, till we meet beyond
the skies,
Where the erring err no more.
LuDicitOL's E-HtOX of a Comet.—In tbe year
1712, Mr. Whistou, having circulated  the return
of a comet which was to  make  its  appearance on
tbe lith of October, at five minutes past five in
the morning, gave notice to the public accordingly
with this terrifiying addition—that  a   total   dissolution of tbe world by Bre was to take place on
tho Friday following.   The repuiailon which Mr.
Whlston had long maintained,   both  ns  a   divine
end a philosopher, left little or no doubt with  the
populace of the truth  of his prediction.    Several
ludicrous events now took place.   A  number  ol
persons about Loudon seized  all   the barges aud
boats they could lay their hands on   the Thames,
very rationally concluding that when  the   conflagration took place there would be the most safety
on the water.    A gentleman who  hud   neglected
family prayer for better than five years, informed
his wife that it was his  intention   to resume  the
landable practice the same evening, but   hia wife,
having engaged a ball at her house, persuaded her
hut-band to put-it of.  till  they saw  whether   the
comet appeared or not.   The South Sea stock immediately fell to 5 per cent., and the India to  11;
and the captain of a Dutch ship threw all his powder into the river, that the ship might not be endangered.   The next morning, however, the comet
appeared accordiug to prediction, and before noon
the belief was universal that the day of judgment
was at baud.    About this time 125 clergymen were
ferried over to Lambeth, it was   said,  to  petition
that a short prayer might be planned aud ordered,
there beiug none iu church service for that  occasion.   Three maids of hooor burnt  their   collections of novels and plays, and sent to  the   book
sellers to buy each of them a Bible and Taylor1
Holy Living and Dying.   The run upon the   bank
was so prodigious that all   hands   were employed
from morning till uight in discounting notes  and
handing out specie.   On Thursday, considerably
more than 7,000 kept mistresses were legally married iu the face ol several  congregations, and  to
crown all, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, at that time head
director of the bauk, issued orders to all   the fire-
offices in London, requiring them to keep a good
lookout, and have a particular eye upon the Bauk
of England.
Ki»si i usl.o's Tomb at Cracow.
A letter in the London Times says: "Outside
of Cracow there are three funeral mounds such aB
were raised by ancieut Sclavonians in memory of
heroes and demi gods. Oneofthesecommemorates
Ci'ucus, the reputed founder of Cracow, a personage whom I should be disposed to class with Prua-
sus, the founder of Prussia; Russ, the founder of
Russia; Tchekhs, the founder of tbe empire of the
Bohemians or Tchekba, and others ofthe same fabulous tribe. The second, Weoda, a Princess much
revered in Poland because she drowned herself to
avoid marrying a German, and the third, Kosciusko. In 1820, on the anniversary of Kosciusko's
death, Gen. Pazkowski laid the foundation of the
Kos-ciusko Monument with the barrow full of earth
and bones brought from the battle held of Racla-
wice. He next deposited in a marble coffin, tbe
bust of the Polish chief, with his biography, aud by
its side an Urn containing some of the earth from
the field of Mociojowich, where Kosciusko fell.
Then the spectators, who had assembled iu tens of
thousands, all contributed to raise the mound.
which is about oue hundred and twenty feet high,
and an eighth of a mile around its base. This Is
just what the Austrtana wauted. Kosciusko's
Tomb haa been erected on tbe highest ground,
that Poles might see it from afar, and that from
its summit the ancient palaces, churches and monasteries of Cracow, to every one of which some le
geud is attached, might be seen. What better Bite
could there be for a military position ? Accordingly the Austrians proceeded to wall it in and fortify
it, and the tumu'.is of the Polish patriot ia one of
Llie chief strongholds of tho army whioh occupies
Cracow.
SUMMONS.
STATE OP CAblPO RSI A—County of T.os Aligning In the Dl.trlet Court of the First Judicial District.
William Workman, plaintiff, vs. Henry Hancock, M_tthr-
Keller ; Julius L. Morris, JsjujoI* Morris, Moritz Morris,
Js-iiiiinr.-l Ti-si^i'i-. -ssii-LtK'i's iiinlcv tin.; ilium*. Ii fin mill stylo
ol" .Mnn-is, lln,*,'lu-.i^ ,*; Com-isiuv ; M i visum Villa, Torc-i
Villa., Aseen.-sioQ Villa -le S.iuehe., .insula Villa ile Ctiap-
msin, Oi)m:,.s"-ioii Villa ih*. ijsun.sliov.. Marist ile Los Auiri-li-s
Villa. Villa, wiiose full uama is unknown to plain tiff,
anil Henjamio J. Virgin de fun slants.
Action broil-jilt in thti'District Court ofthe First .Indicia t
District, anil tlie complaint tiled in tin1 City ami Cnuiity
of Los Augeles, iu tlie ollice of thy Cleri. of staid Dial riot
Court.
Tin* IVopli' of llii? Si ate oi'Csili forma ;;einl t'l-i-ot in;; :
To Henry U;ii-i;n__. Msit.thi*. Keller, Juliua I.. Mim-i.. Jacob Morris.,Mori 1/. Morris. Ssimuol' 1'ra.r-tT, Marian., Villa,
Teresa Villa, Ascension Villa ile Sanclu'„, .Timeta, Villa ile
Chapman, Concession Villa ile Sanchez, Maria ile I.os
Angeles Villa, ami Villa, whose full uame is unknowl ""
pliiintiif, iind Benjamin J. Virgin.
YOU are hereby require.! to appear in an action brought
against you by the abovn uaineil plaintiff, iu our llistrict Court of the First Judicial District, in aud for the
County of I.os Auge Ion, and to answer the complaint filed
tberoin, a oeitilie.l copy of which you are herewith served,
within ten days after the ae, nee on you of this summons,
if served within this County; or if served out of this
County but within the First Judicial District, within
twenty- days rider the service hereof; Or if served out ot
the First Judicial llistrict but in the State uf Califoni--
SHERXFF'S SAI.E-
UNDER and by virtue of an order ot sale, issued
out, of the District Court of the First Judicial
District in and for the Gonntj ot Los Angeles,
State of California, on the 21st day of December,
ad. 1861, in a certain case wherein William Wolf-
skill is plaintiff and Andrea Duarte is defendant,
aod to me directed, I have seized on and shall proceed to sell at public auction, to the highest bidder or bidders, for cash, at the door of the courthouse, iu the city of Los Angeles,
On Monday, the 31s( day of March, a.d 1SG2.
at 10 o'clock, a.m. of said day, the following real
estate, in said order of sale described and commanded to be Bold, to-wit:
That certain Rancho situated In the county of
Los Angeles, State of California, known and described as follows : Commencing at the mouth of
the canon of San Gabriel River, thence running
southerly und down the said river San Gabriel,
about one league more or less, thence westerly
about one league to a tree, thence northerly to the
base ofthe hills ; bounded north by the hills, east
by the river San Gabriel, south by the Rancho of
San Francisquito, and west by the Raticho of Santa Anita, containing about one square league of
land, be the same more or less ; always excepting
FRENCH, WILSON & 007,
,,..MARK toe best.
L  O T H  1
N   G,
.-itli
A Maxim   front   the Pope.
One writes from Rome, among   other   pleasant
things, saya the Philadelphia Herald and Visitor,
that recently, when a number of young ladies, led
by their superior, went to pay their homage to the
holy father, one ofthe company, when she h
ceived the blessing of the Father of the Faithful,
still lingered on   her   kueeB   before the   Pontiff.
When asked why she did not arise, she answered:
"If I dared, I would prefer a request."
" Do not hesitate," said the Holy Father.
But she still forbore.
"Ask freely," said the Pope most encouragingly
" Then," said the young woman, " if I may take
oh a liberty, I would ask of your Holiness some
maxim by which all my life may be governed."
The Holy Father reflected for a moment; aud
then, laying his hand upon her head, he said :
form every one of your future actions, my
dear child, as if that action were to be the last of
your life."
Will not our female readers (and why not the
males?) bear in mind that that maxim is from
the mouth aud heart of the Vicar ol Jesus Christ,
tbe Father of the Faithful! And we may add
that Beldom does any of the laitbful leave the presence of that holy man without bringing away some
maxim drawn from his treasures, old and new, and
made doubly acceptable and operative by the heavenly sweetness which marks the manner of that
great and good man.
The Lady-in Green.—There is a story of Sully's
meeting a young lady, veiled and dressed in green,
on tbe back stairs leading to Henry's apartment,
,nd, being asked by the King whether he had not
been told that bis Majesty had a fever, and could
not receive him that morning. " Yea, Bire, but,
the lever has gone; I have just met it on the
stair-ctye, dressed in green. This story is told of
Demetrius and his father.
.in forty days alter the service thereof, always axclu-
of the day'of service ;  or judgment by  default  will
S taken against you.
The said action is brought to recover the amount due
n two promissory notes due to the plaintiff from Henry
Hancock, as will appear by the complain',, and to foreclose
upou the i'Dllowiu-i property, to-wit : A Kaneh
Known as - Itaneho llosleo ile las Aijuas," situate iu the
County of I.os Angeles, and for a complete description of
which Rsineli rel'crenei; is bail tothe complaint herewith
SUttt ; and also, a certain Vi _*■}•_■_ situate in the City aud
County of Los Angeles, and known as the " Luis Arenas"
Vineyard, for a complete ilescriplion of which reference
is had to the complaint herewith sent—and that said property may tie sold at public auction, by the Sheriff, an
property sold under execution, to satisfy the amount so
found due upon said notes, and if there be a deficiency of
such proceed!;, and a balance still due to the plaintiff,
that the judgment shall then i c docket-d for the balance
and for costs and for general relief,
Aud if you (ail to appear and answer the said complaint as above required, the said plaintiff will apply to
the Court for the relief ileisiandesl in said complaint.
Witness the Hon. Benjamin Hayes. Judge of ourDistrict
Court aforesnid, the 23d day of December, A.n. 1861,
[l. S.]    Attast my hand and  tho seal of said Court the
day ami year last above written.
_» 19 JOHN W. SHORE, Clerk.
therefrom such tracts and lotsas have been sold   alterations
Furnishing Goods, All Kinds.
Retailing for Cash at Wholesale Prices.
THE LARGEST AND BEST STOCK OP
Clotliiiig;,
Furi-isliiiis? Goods,
Trunks-
Valises,
Carpet Bags,
Umbrellas
Etc., *
 TO BE	
Found   In   any   Retail   House   In   California
Goods suitable for traveling purposes in any climate.
We have fitted up a Custom Department in con-
r.ection with onr former business, and employ over
seventy five tailors to make up fine Clothing to order.
We have the best Cutter on this Coast, which enables us to guarantee a pertcct lit in all cases without
and conveyed by the said parties of the first
belore the dale hereof, (the said date being the
first day of April, 1859.)—to-wit: 150 acres to M.
Whistler ; 50 acres to S. Tany ; aud 25 acres to
E. and C. Russell, together with all and singular,
tbe tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances
thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining.
Given under my hand at the eitv ol Los Ange
. mvi.
les, this 13th day of March,
T. A. SANCHEZ, Sheriff.
By A. J. King, Under Sheriff.
The above sale is postponed untH
WEDNESDAY, 3l).A APRIL. 1862,
at same place and hour,  by  order of plaintiff's
attorney.
Given under my ha»l at the eitv of Los Angelas, the 31st day of March, in, 18fi2.
T. A. SANCHEZ, Sheriff.
By C. R. Ayres, Deputy Sheriff.
SIII.MO.JS.
STATU! OF CAL.1 PORN 1 A—County or _.__ An-
gules— In tlie District Court of the First Ju-
(llelnl District.
J'liinoas Hsinoini.', lWijaminl). Wilson and HenryR. Myles,
plaintiffs, vs. Johu G. Downey, James 1'. Mcd'arlaud siinl
*■ i n-~.i__-,_,    llufonilnuts.
Our stock  of Cloths, Cassimeres, aud  Vesting_
e the finest imported from Paris or New York this
season.
Strangers visiting the city will  please  call and
leave us their measures, free of charge.
eb2_y FRENCH, WILSON & CO.
SCOVILI_>S
S__V.-EtS_A___P-A- _E-L X T__T_i.A.
—AND—
STILLINGIA,
—OK—
BLOOD AND LIVER SYRUP.
Alexander T. Stewart.—A New York correspondent ol the Boston Post writes thus about Stew
art, the dry gouds millionaire of that city ;
It is safe to affirm that no single merchant,
banker, or other person of whatever calling in the
world, is coining money at so rushing a rate as is
Alexander T. Stewart, of this city. During at least
one year of hi3 dry goods experience, he has been
known to clear profits amounting to one million two
hundred thousand dollars, and his usual gains have
been estimated at a million per annum; but since
April last, and as the reasonable sequence of a lack
of commercial confidence and numerous failures
among merchants, Stewart's business has vastly
augmented, until his sales have ranged at a million
dollars weekly, for weeks in succession. The trade
of atl classes seems to set like a flood towards the
Broadway marble palace, and now, men, women
and children, have come to consider it impossible to
pass any number of days without visiting Stewart's.
jt is the veriest beehive in tho country at this time.
But, startling as it may seem, the retail and wholesale dry goods business is not tho moat active or
profitable department of this mammoth establishment—if rumor dOQS not misstate the case.
Wo are told that the millionaire merchant ia making money in fabulous sums from Government
contracts, army cloth, clothing, and various etceteras not found usually upon the retail counters
down stairs. It seems that Stewart was shrewd
enough to foresee the immense and continuous de
mand likely to arise for clothing materials, and ar
my supplies of such sort, and early proceeded to
engage from many of the manufacturers their entire
production for several months ahead. When our
venerable Uncle Samuel came into the market, he
found himself forestalled by the Broadway merchant, and was compelled to pay tribute at the marble palace or go without the goods. In fact, Mr.
Stewart had at one time so ompl te a monopoly,
that Government had to give him the contract for
making many thousand uniforms, simply because
no one else could get or famish the cloth from
which to main i fact nre them. I know of one instance
where contracts were so plenty in the hands of the
gentleman referred to, that he threw in a little job
ol making fourteen or fiftoei thousand uniforms
a sort of make weight in negotiating the job of a
lot of army cloth. Who Wouldn't be a member of
the Union Defence Committee under such interesting circumstan ces ?
Halcyon days are often Bpokeu of, but what do
they mean and whence the phrase . Halcyon i
the ancieut name of the kingfisher. Halcyon daya
was a name given in antiquity to seven days before and as many after the winter solstice; because
at this season the halcyon, invited by the calmness
of the weather, laid its eggs in nests built close by
the brink of the sea ; and hence the phrase halcy-
days is expressive of times of peace and tranquility.
A Hippy Wedding Party.—There was awed
ding lately in the parish of Sandnes, (Scotland) at
which there was drank thirteen gallons of whisky,
besides cordials. Tbe company consisted of fifty
persons, who did not separate till the third day.-
What do our tetotal friends think of that?
Manuel llomingue'-,  Defendant!
Action brought in ttie llistrict Court of the first Judicial
District, and the com plaint filed in the City and County
of Los Angeles, iu tho office of the Clerk of said District
The People of the State of California send Greeting ;
To John (i. Downey, James 1'. Mcl-'ailaud and Manuel  Do
¥0. are hereby required to appear in an action
brought against yon by the above named plaintiffs,
in our District Court of the First Judicial District, in am:
for tbe (J unity of Los An-ieles. and to answer the c->in
plaint liloii th-rein, a cert i lied copy of which you are here
ith served, within ten slays after the service on you o.
bis summons—if served within this County ; or if served
out of thisCuunty but within the First Judicial District,
within twenty days after the service thereof; or if
served out ot'Vne First. Jodicial District but in the State
iH'Csiliioruia, within forty days after the service thereof ;
ahvstys exclusive of tbe day uf service ;—or judgment by"
default will he taken against you.
The said action is brought to obtain the partition ofthe
following tract of land, situate in the  County  of Los Augeles, and State of California, and in case _ partition ofthe
same  cannot   he made   without  great  prejudice   to  the
owners, that theu a sale thereof he declared and the proceeds divided, sifter payment of costs of  suit  among  the
owners, according to their  respective interests,  which is
alleged to be as I'.dlo.s : the said   Wilson   one   undivided
third—the said Banning. Myles nnii Dominguez  each one
undivided sixth, nnd tlie said Downey and.Mcl-'arlaud each
one undivided twelfth ; said hinds described as follows, to-
s    Being a part of San   Pedro Rjiieho  fronting  on au
.ary of the sea which enters from the port of Sau Recommencing  uear  some  sunken barrels,  near  ihe
 ofthe Rancho of ■' Los Palos Vei-rt-s," being the same
tract or land surveyed by E, O. C. Ord In December, 1854,
and more purl iculsu'ly descs-ibeii and designates! on a map
thereof, made by hini, as follows: Beginning at a stake
marked " A." situated near the banks of the said estu
ary. and about 1_ feet north of some little wells, known
bv the name of " Los liari-ih-s" ou a little bluff, and rim-
nio. E 17J '!!>' N unto a stake marked ** H'' two thousand
one hundred and eighty-three yards (-.183) including the
line to the South of this line to ordinary high water marl;,
according to said survey, arid embracing within its limits
an additiousil hundred yards more iu the said estuary,
starling from a point distant one mile, according -,, j.h<_-
turns and bends of the said high water mark, Irom the
said stake " B" aforesaid, so as to include-m additional
strip of land of a hundred yards tfroad and a mile Ion;
from the said point " 11" unto a stake, marked
lowing the ordinary high water mark and distant in a
straight Hoe sixteen hundred and nineteen yards and
three inches (lir.i;,:;;) wiih a course by compass _ 47* N
from this point N 17° 25' Win a straight line, unto ihe
point marked '-11,*' distant twoiitv-six imndrerl and niue-
line (2699) yards ; from this point W 17= 25' „" thirty-
hundred ant forty-six,ysirils ami four inches (3146:4)
i the point or stake N; from this point to place of be-
ling thirty-four hundred and ninety-two yards and
inches (3492:5). s- as to include "neither more nor
less, but exactly twenty-four hundred acres, within the
above doscribesUhnits, together with all and singular the
hereditaments and appurtenance* thereunto belonging ruin any wise appertaining.
Ami if you fail to appesir an-1 answer the said com plaint
as above rei-uit-ed, the said plaintiffs  will  enter  your d
fault and ask   the Court for   the   relief  asked   for in t
complaint and tor costs.
Witness the  Hon.  Benjsunin   Hayes, Judge of our D
trict Court aforesaid, the 17th day of April, a.d. 1862.
[L. S.]    Attest my hand and the seal of said Court, '
dav and vear last above written.
JOHN W. SHORE, Clerk,
ap!9 By A. B. Ciiai'Man, Deputy
i disordered
IT is highly recommended by phy
following diseases, having their oi
state of the blood.
Scrofula, Titter or Salt Rheum, Scald head, Canki
Ulcerations ami  Enlargement of the Joints,
Cancerous Tumors, Erysipelas,
King's Evil. St. Anthony's Eire", White Swellings,
Obstinate Eruptions, l'imples on the Face,
Hheumatisui. Blotches, Pustules,
Dyspepsia, Ac.
Syphilis and  Mercurial Affections are cured ;
Chlorosis or obstructions in l-'emales,
Leucorrhea or Whites, are   relieved   by the
use of this MEDICINE.
The medical properlies of Sarsaparilla  in   conjunction
with Stillingia  are well known  by all medical  men to be
the best compound   yet discovered  to cleanse and  purify
the blood, and eradicate all humors from the system.
We have given the recipe to most physicians in the
country, that they may know what they are ussiug; an-1
will continue to semi it by mail to those desirous ol knowing the ingredients enuring into its composition, that
they may prescribe it in their practice.
This preparation stands at tbe head of the list of remedies for curing all diseases arising from impurities in tlie
blood or diseased matter lurking in the system.
sands who have used the Stillingia.and Sarsaparilla
will testify to its reninrksiblc effect io removing all impu-
from their blood, giving tone and vigor to the whole
     n frame, and restoring a healthy action  to  all the
functions of the body.
The testimonials receive-! iti its favor from many mem.
be ta of the Medical Faculty would, were we to publisl:
them, fill a large volume.
It is prepared under the supervision oT one of the old
est and best, practical chemists in the country. (Mr. \V. i
Merrill, Cincinnati,) so as to Insure an uniformity of
com im*! tion and purity in all its ingredient*.
Am   a  spring   remedy, lo purity and   cleanse the blood,
leaving it   free from all  humors and impurity, w
with confidence, there is no belter remedy.
Sold by all Druggists, _nd by
I-EDUVGTOIV & CO., Ajr*""'*,
409 and 411 Clay street, San Francisco.
Also, by
H. B. IWVLES, Apothecaries Hall,
■i.p26 -Unin street, I-os A.ngeles.
PUULlC-LvNWS!   PUBLIC I_AT.DS
1}l<;r_SON8, who have settled or squatted, on
Public Lands, and who wish to purchase the
same from the State of California, can uow do so.
by taking the proper legal measures.
Those who have hud their lands surveyed in
conformity with the United States survey, will not
need to have tbe same re surveyed il the County
Surveyor can make a plot irom the field uoleB
extant.
Twenty per cent on the whole price of the land*
and ten per cent, interest upon the balance du«
the State, is all that it is necessary to pay on receiving cs_rtificaf.es of purchase—and ten per cunt,
per annum, in advance, upon the remainder, until
the purchaser wishes to pay the entire amouut.—
Persons desiring, can pay the whole price at once.
Take notice, that the present liberal terms upon
which the State lands are offered may not continue, and that Section 1G, Article 1, of the State
Constitution says : " No law impairing the obligations of contracts shall ever pe passed." So those
who desire may now put their lands beyond the
caprice of future legislation.
Sec. 17 of the Slate Constitution, Art. 1st, readB
thus : " Foreigners who are, or who may hereafter
become, bona fide residents of this State, shall enjoy the same rights, in respect to the possession,
enjoyment and inheritance of property, as native
born citizens."
I will, with pleasure, at my office in Los Angelss
City, give information on the above subject, and
will use care and diligence to conform to the laws
in all business entrusted to me.
A. B. CHAPMAN,
State Land Locating Agent for the  Los Augeles
District.
Los Angeles, Nov. 15.1891.
R. E. RH1M0ND,
COMMISSION MFECI.ANT
No. 105 Front stveet,
(Between Washington and Merchant strtelsT)
SAN F11ANCISCO,
will  give  particuliir   attention  to tho
Purchase a_.d Shipiuci-t,
as well as to the
SA1_E OP   M-SI.-IIANDI.E   AND   PRODUCE
RE. RAIMOND having been established in San
.  Francisco since 184., and having been continually engaged in  the Commission  business lo;
I Don't See It.—Lord Nelson was undoubtedly
the author of this slang phrase. At the celehrated
naval battle of Copenhagen, Nelson, who was determined to continue the fight, but whose attention
had been called to a signal of tho commanding offi
cer to cease hostilities, placed his hand over his
good eye and pretending to look with his blind one,
said—"I don't see it," and at once ordered a brisk
renewal of the engagement.
The proverb, " Dead as a herring," may be traced
to the fact that the herring is a delicate fish. Whenever it is taken out of tbe water, even though it
seems to have received no hurt, it gives a squeak,
and immediately expires; and though it be instantly
thrown back into the water, it never recovers.
There is no funeral so sad to follow as the funeral of onr own youth, which we have been pamper
ing with fond desires, ambitious hopes, and all the
blight berries that hang in poisonous clusters over
the path of life.
Multitudes, like momirchs, will not always bear
the truth ; multitudes like monarch*), will seldom
bear it. Both monarchs and multitudes delight
iu adulation ; and, as this is not what they receive
from Biucere friends, they rarely have sincere
friends.
Some people care liille for curious objects. II
they had the apple that Eve tasted in __den, the
apple that revealed to Newton the law of gravitation, and the apple that Tell shot from his son'
head, they would give them to the cooks to make
dumplings.
A modern tourist calls tbe Niagara river " the
pride of rivers. The pride certainly has a tremen
duus fall.
Fortkkss  Monkob   April   11.—The Merrimac,
Jcmesiowu »ud Yorktown, with several gunboats
and tugs, appeared to-day between Newport
News and Sewel's Point. Tbey capturod three
small vessels, one empty and the others loaded with
coal. A few uholB were fired from our vessels,
when the Merrimac aud consort retired to Craoy
Island.
WAsniNQTON. April 11—General McClellan telegraphed to the Secretary of War last night that
nothing of interest had occurred during the day
 The roads and weather are better.   Operations are
An Albtiny barber having au intemperate manl progrt-s.ing favorably,
to shave on Sunday, begged him to keep his mouth I r Surn'fa ,bi" \™  removing  the   disabilities  of
. ,   ** ' ([people] color for carrying the mails passed the
Bhut.fts it was a punishable olleuce to open arum j Senate to-day, by  2_   to 11—Latham,   Nesmith,
hole ou the Sabbath. | aud Stark voting no.
GEORGE  H.  BELL,
611 Montgomery street,
Corner of Merchant street, San Francisco,
— IMPORTER   ANO   HEALER   IN—
Stationery of every Description,
T EfiAL CAP, WRITING, LETTER and NOTE
1_ Paper, and Envelopes, in great variety; Gold
Pens of the best manufacture.
Blank Account Books
Of the best material and workmanship ; Printers'
Blank Cards, Law Bocks, Law Blanks, Notes, Drafts,
Bills of Lading, Shipping Receipts,  Order Books,
and a large assortment ot Custom House Blanks.
School Books
A complete assortment always on hand. Orders
from teachers will receive prompt attention.
Atlantic Papers and Magazines, and all the New
Books.
Subscriptions received for Newspapers, Magazines
and other Periodicals. A circular will be sent to
any person, on request, giving an extended list oi
Periodicals, and the prices annexed. The following
are among the most popular:
Harper's Monthly $4 00
Godey's Lady's Book    4 00
Leslie's Magazine.... " •**■
Peterson's Magazine
Ballou's Magazine .,,
Hall's Journal of Health
Dr. Adam Clark, who had a strong aversion to
pork, waB called upon to say grace at a (Hotter,
where the principal dish was roast pig. He is
reported to have said : " Oh Lord ; if thou canst
bless under the Gospel what thou didst curse under
the law, bless this pig 1"
, 300
. 3 00
.... 3 00
  1 50
Atlantic Monthly 4 00
Kctectic Magazine ,   BOO
Knickerbocker Magazine   4 00
All the Year Kound  3 00
Once a week  8 00
Cornhill Magazine   6 00
Temple Bar  5 00
Blackwood   3 50
The 4 Foreign Reviews and Blackwood 13 00
The Chess Monlhlv  4 00
Le Bon Ton of Fashion   6 00
The World of Fashion   BOO
The Horticulturist, plain   3 00
Tne Horticulturist, colored   S 00
The Gardener's Monthly   I 50
The Country Gentleman  2 60
Harper's Weekly ...    4 00
Leslie's Illustrated Paper   4 00
Illustrated London News .14 00
Illustrated  News of the World 1400
New York Illustrated News   4 00
New York Weekly Lodger   •_ 50
Wilke's Spirit of the Times   4 00
Banner of Light   3 50
Waverly Magazine   3 00
New York Memory   3 50
New York Weekly Clipper   3 50
Scientific American   ,-J 50
New York Independent   3 00
New York Weekly Tribune 2 50
NtwYork Weekly Times   2 50
New York Weekly Journal of Commerce ....  3 00
Forney's Press    3 50
Yankee Notions   1 50
Nick-Nax   1 50
Vanity Fair (Weekly)    4 00
New York Herald, Tribune, or World, forCal-
ifornia.      3 60
a,- I STATE OP CAT-1 FOR NX A — County ot I.os An-
oi- ««_«_--In tin. District Court of tin- 1st Judicial
- * I District.
Abel Stearns Plaintiff, vs. Henry N. Alexander.
Administrator of the estate of Isaac S. K. Ogier,
deceased, Anna Ogier and Corinne Ogier, defendants.
Action  brought in the District Conrt of Ihe First
Judicial District, and the coniplaiut filed in the
County of Lus Angeles, in the office of the Clerk
ot said Disirict Court.
The people ol the Slate of California send greet
ing to Henry N. Alexander, Administrator of the
estate of Isaac S. K. Ogier, deceased, Anna Ogier
aud Corinne Ogier.
YOU ARE HEREBY" required to appear in  an
action brought, against you by lhe above named
plaintiff, in the District, Court of the First Judicial
District, in and lor the County of Los Angeles, and
answer   the complaint  filed   therein,  (,»  copy  ol
which   accompanies  this  summons,)   within    ten
days, (exclusive  of the d-iy of service,)  after the
service on you ofth'8 summons—if served within
lis Couniy ; if served  out   of this  County, but
itliin this Judicial District within twenty days ;
- il served out of ss-id District iben within   forty
days, or judgment by default will he taken against.
you.
The said action is brought fo obtain a decree of
this Court lor the foreclosure of a certain mortgage described in the complaint filed herein nnd
executed by the said Isaac S. K Ogitr aod Anna
Ogier, ou the Cih day of May, 1858, lo secure the
payment of three certain promissory notes, each
dated on the 6th day of May, 1858, executed by
the said Isaac S. K. Ogier, each for the sum of one
thousand four hundred and sixteen and sixty-six
one hundredth dollars ($1.-116 66 100) with interest,
thereon al the rate of one and one-half of one per
cent, per month, Ihat the premises conveyed thereby may be sold, aud the-proceeds applied to the
payment of the said notes mentioned iu the aforesaid complaint, and in case such proceeds are not
sufficient to pay the same, thou have judgment
docketed against the said Henry N. Alexander,
Administrator hs aforesaid, for the balance remnin-
.iug due, and also that the said defendants, and all
persons claiming by, through or under tbem, may
be barred and foreclosed ol all right, title and interest in and to said mortgaged premises, and for other
and further relief; and if you fail to appear and
answer tbe said complaint, as above required, the
pluintiff will enter your default and apply to the
Court for the relief prayed for in his said complaint.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Dis-
[L8._ trict Court ol the 1st Judicial District,
this 21st dav of March, a.d. 1862.
JOHN W. SHORE, Clerk.
Scott & Drown, Att'ys lor pl'tff.
Merchants "and Producers of Ihe Soulhein nnd
Northern const of California, ns well ns with Hint
of Oregon and Washington Territories, feels confident lliet he will be able tn give entire still fraction
to parties who may entrust their business to his
can*. jyl.
CLARK'S
!f.O-_iBLE_P_NGILS.
THE CHEAPEST AND BEST
AltTIC LE
For Marking Linen.
For sale by the gross, at
305 Montgomery street, Hooin Ko,
2, San Francisco.
eb22 W. IIOLT
ARMES & DALtAM,
(Successors to Hawkliurst &Son*)
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE,
AND MANUFACTL'llKHS  OF
Brooms, Pails, Tubs, Washboards,
Churns, &c,
HAVE RF.CEIVEll, EX RECENT ARRIVALS, the finest and
largest assortment of WOOD aiul WILLOW WARE,
IJRUS-1JES, HA--KET:-, TWINES, t'OIUiAGE, Ac, on the Pa-
cilic coast, which they offer for sale at the lowest market
Being largely engaged in the MANUFACTURING BUSI-
NESS, we are prepared to olt'er unsurpassed advantage*
tothe trade Deale's are respectfully solicited to call
and examine our stock and prices before purchasing •■Ise-
319 and WI Sacramento street, San  Franelseo.
April 19, 1862.
GEO. W. GHAPIN & CO.,
Lower si.lv of Plaza, near Clay st.,
SAN FRANCISCO.
EMPLOYMENT   OFFICE   AND
GENERAM1GENCY.
Furnish all kinds of help for Families, Holds,
Fanners, Mining Companies, Mills, Factories, Shops
kc.
Also, have a Real Estate Agency, and attend to
islnesB in that line. feb22
ALL.   HEALING
JAPANESE  SALVE.
The Japanese  Salve  is the   best  preparation  that lias
been discovered for the cure of
POISON FROM POISON OAK,
MOs-H'I'ITO KITES, ,
CUTS,
SPRAINS,
BURNS,
PILES.
BOILS,
BRUISES,
CORNS,
CIIILLRLAINS,
GUNSHOT  WOUNDS,
SORENII'PI.ES,
NURSING SOKE- RUEASTri,
nd In .act all kinds of Sores.
Eor Sale by all Druj-r-ists, and by UR. H. R. MYLES,
December Rth, 186.-8xn Loa Angeles.
KKDINGTOIV & CO.- Agents,
Sun    Bi'i-Jiiiilsiii,
" Here^you bog-trotter," said a dandy toalriBh
laborer, " come, tell me the biggest lie you ever
told iu your life, and I'll treat you to a whisky
punch." " An' be me sowl, I'll do that," quickly
replied Fat, "yer honor is a giatlemaa."
NOTICE TO rftl.DlTOKS.
Ksinif   of James   HXc__an_t_-  DdmamiI-
NOTICE is hereby giveo by the undersigned,
Administratrix ot the above named estate, to
the creditors of, and all persons having claims
against said deceased, to exhibit lhe same, with
the necessary vouchers, within four month, from
the publication of thia notice, to the undersigned
at her residence in El Moute.
El Monte. Cat., April 8th, 1862.
JULIET A. McMANUS, Administratrix
of the Estate of James McManus, decM.
"That's a stupid brute of youia. John." said a
Scotch minister to his parishioner, the peat dealer,
who drove his merchandize from door to door in a
small cart drawn by a donkey; "I never see you
but tho creature is braying." " Ah, sir," said the
peat-dealer, " ye ken the heart's warm wheu frens
meet I"
State of California—I-os Attgeles County.
IN THE PROBATE COURT of said County. In
the matter of ihe estate of Thomas Jefferson
White, deceased. Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned. Executors of tbe above named estate,
to the creditors of, and all persons having claims
against said deceased, to exhibit the same, with
the nrcessary vouchers, within ten months Irom
the first publication of this notice, to tbe undersigned or either of them, at their residence in the
city of Los Angeles.
JANE FRANCES WHITE,
MURRAY MORRISON,
Executors, &C
Lob Angeles, March 13tli, XSG_.-_m
2lm|jeie
VOL. XII.
LOS  ANGELES,  CAL.,   SATURDAY,  MAY  10,   1862.
Cos -lugclcs  0tar:
PUBLISHED EVEItf .SATURDAY MORNING,
At the STAR BUILDINGS. Spring Street, L
Angeles,
IS Y   II.   H A HI I J_ T O JS,
NO. 1.
Irattm Carts*"
$". 00
3 01)
2 00
0 12_
TERMS:
Subscriptions, per annum, in ad van
Eor Six Months	
Eor Three Months	
Single Number	
Advertisements inserted at Two Dollars per square
often lines, for the first Insertion; and One
Doltiir per square for each subsequent, Insertion.
A liberal deduction made to yearly Advertisers.
Sun   -Franelhco Ag.ncy.
'Mr. C. A. CR -NE is the only authorized agent
[sir tlie Luis ANGELES Star in Sun Francisco.
All orders left at liis office, Northwest corner of
Washington and Sansome streets. Government
„ilding,(np stairs) will be promptly attended to.
HOTELS,
BELLA UNION HOTEL,
New   Brick    Fire-Proof   Building,
LOS     ANGELES,
J. B. WINSTON & Co, Proprietors
mHE TRAVELING PUBLIC will find accommo-
X dafcloBs ia this Hotel equal to any in the Slate.
The Uetl I£oo-_its
Are large and airy.    Families can be accommodated with suits of rooms.
The Bills of Pare'
Arc inferior to none in the State of California
The Stages.
The Great Overland Mail Stage to and from San
Francisco and St. Louis; the San Pedro stages,
(connecting with the steamers from San I-'rnncisco
and San Diego ;) also, the San Gabriel, El Monte
and Sun Bernardino stages arrive at. and depart
irom, this Hotel.
Attached to the Hotel, are a large Billiard and
Bar Room, where none but the best brands of Liquors and Cigars are kept.
Fuedk. W. Kolt,.      H. Dcckweileb.      C. Flour
LAFAYETTE   HOTEL,
OPPOSITE THE BELLA UNION
__.OI.I_   &    CO.,
PROPRIETORS.
MTHIS  ESTABLISHMENT
offers superior inducements
to the traveling public, nnd
especially lo  those wishing   a  quiet home.
loeatiou   is   desirable,   the   ostublisliment
and commodious, with rooms—single and for
ilies—clean and well furnished, and a table
supplied with the choicest, viands and rieliettci
the season, as is well  known by those who   nave
favored  the  house   with  their  patronage.    Connected with the Hotel is a
I-targe Billiai-f aiiA-Sax-Rootii.
The Proprietors will use every exertion to give
their guests entire satisfaction.
Hours for Meals:
Early in the morning. Coffee or Tea and Rolls.
Breakfast from 8 to 12 o'clock.
Dinner Irom "J to 7 o'clock.
BSourd, per Week,       -       -       -       -       -       .-;.;■.;   •;■;■
iBoai-il and I-octyflng, per Week, from §8 to 813
(ACCORDING TO ROOM.)
IJoHi-d nml Lodging, per Day,   -   $1 5() to S:J Ol)
■.Ingle Meals,       ------       fit) 50
Los Angeles, January 1,1882.
C  E.   THOM,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
LOS ANGELES.
Office in Pico Buildings, Spring street. jrG
DR. J. C.WELSH,
PHYSICIAN AND SUI.Ol.OIY,
Qffice,  CITY DRUG  STORE,
Main street, Los Ange'er-,
Office hours, 0 to 12, M ; and 2 to !>. p.m.
August 1, 1853.
S.   &.   A.   LAZARD,
French,    English   n*™»l    American
Dry Goods.
Corner oi" Melius Row, Los Angeles". ji   Cl
&E0. THACX-EK & CO.,
Wholesale aittd Retail Dealers in
Choice Wines and Liquors,
MAIN STREET,
Nearly   opposite    the   Bella    Union   Hotel,
LOS ANGELES. je9
The Farting Honr.
The San Francisco Call says the ■'following
exquisite poem was written by the late Edward
Pollock, the gifted California poet, on the Cth of
January, 1857, and has never belore been publish
ed." It was given by the poet to a friend who
was about to depart on a steamer for Oregon, Pollock saying: "Take this. You may, perhaps,
read nnd appreciate the sentiment long after I
have ceased to be among the living" :
R. T.  HAYES,  M. D„,
PHVSSeiAIV and Sl'KGEON-
Tetiders his services to the citizens of Los Angeles
O-Hec—Apolluxuries' Hull, iifni-ltic Post Office
RkrotenCB   OP Dr. HATES—McLaren s  House,
Fort street. cello
HHIQKS& CARSON, H
DEALERS IN STOVES,
— AND —
Manufacturers of Atl Kinds
TK, SHEET TO-V, ASI) COPPER
W A R E.
JOE WORK DONE TO  ORDER.
WITH NEATNESS AND -D'SPATCII.
Cjnsbintly on hand,
All Hinds of Hollow Ware, Pumps
.Co. ,te. ,tc.
TEJKPL_'S BLOCK, MAIN Street.
JiiSy 20. 18(51.
UNITED STATES HOTEL.
_____£b±___ &-__?■©•£--_,
Los  Angeles.
X THE SU3SCKIBEK having leased the
■P^-^te above establishment, begs leave to in~
■■■t_i*f*B for'--the public that he hasrefitted and
t'M'l.'l refurnished it throughout, and that it
will be conducted in the very best style. The
table will be liberally supplied with everything
the market aflords, and everv care will be taken
to make IbeUNITED STATES HOTEL a comfortable home for boarders.
Attached to the Hotel, is a B All, where the best
of liquors and cigars are kept.
Terms moderate, to suit the times.
Miners coming from or to tbe mines of Hoi*
combe,Potosi, Mohave or San Gabriel, will find
this a convenient place to meet their Iriend", or to
obtain desirable information.
Bosr-lnnd Lodging, per wets.., $(} 00
Hoard, n       « 5 OO
Single Meals, 50
Lodging, 37!' to 50 cents.
Los Angeles, December 7th, 1862.—tf
H. STASSFORT.
AMERICAN EXCHANGE!
HOTEL AND RESTAURANT,
MAIN   STREET, I.OS   AJVGE_ES.
GHARLEs"blTT
•S'l-Sf^L—    -i-^CS to inform his frici
■W^Ay&si'id  the public,  thit be has
£~^-»»'     opened the above well known
establishment
As a Hotel and Restaurant*
and that every attention will  be given to make it a
first class Hotel.
The TABLE will be furnished with everything
the market alfot'ds, and no expense spared to make
this house deserving of a liberal support.
The BE D-BOOMS are large, well furnished
and thoroughly ventilated, and are prepared for the
reception of Families or single persons.
The BAR ia stocked with choice Liquors, and
none else will over be kept; attached is a CIG_.ll
STORE, where only the very best quality of Havana
cigars are kept.
Boarders, as well as travelers, are invited to give
this hotel  a trial, as the proprietor  is determined
that ne one shall surpass him  iu  tho excellence of
his arrangements, or the lowness of his charges.
CHARLES DITTMAR.
Los Angeles, Feb. 8th, 1862.
PAINTER & CO.,
Practical Printers and Dealers in
Type, Presses, Printing Materials,
INK, PAFER,   _A_ID3. ETC.
Clay Street, above Sansome,
■-"tan Francisco.
fices fitted out with dispatch.
_nhl-yl
,]510C
.!)    On
A.   F_   V/ALDEGV1AR,
COUNTY   SURVEYOR.
Office in Temple's Blnclr, Spring street.
Los Angeles. September 21, 1861.
:___- ____. __3- _0 Xj- jS jES. "_T _
Mo ROSTET3
AXISO STREET, In BBAUDR 1'_  HBKK
BU__.D_i.Gl.
HAS the honor to announce to the Pnlilic.that
he still carries on his business et. the old
stand,as above, and -Saving in his employment
compel en I workmen.he is prepared to execute all
oi-ilfis witii which he may be favored, In tbeJfa-
oiifaotnring of
__neI_»vne_s,Carr!n)je__-pR_Miig,JU*,d "lending
of till kinds-
Also-_ve_yt_-fnfrlii Hie Saddlery I.u_lii4>.s.
Los Angeles.Feb. 1st. 1861,
_ii_.S, MEDICINES, &C.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
APOTHECARIES'    HALL,
M.iin street, nearly Opposite t'ommerelol.
" There's sometbimr in the ' parting hour'
Will chill the warmest heart—
Yet kindred, comrades, lovers, friends,
Aro fated all to part:
Bur, this I've seen—and many a pang
Has pressed it on my miud—
The one who goes is happier
Than those he leaves behind,
No mailer what the journey be,
Adventurous, dangerous, far.
To the wild deed oi bleak frontier,
To solitude, or war—
St'll sonjelllin- cheers the heart that dares,
In r)1 of human kind,
And Ihey who go are happier
Than those they leave behind.
The bride goes to the bridegroom's homo
With doublings and with tears,
BiH does not Hope her rainbow spread
Across her cloudy fears?
Alas! the mother who remains,
What comfort can she find
But this—lite gone is happier
Than oue she leaves behind?
Have you a friend—a comrade dear?
An old nod valued friend?
Be sure your term of sweet concourse
Ai length will have au end !
And when you part—as part you will—
O, take it not unkind
If he who goes is. happier
Than you he leaves behind I
God wills it so—and so it is :
The pilgrims on their way,
Tho' worn and weak, more cheerful are
Than all the rest who stay.
And when, at last, poor Man subdued,
Lies down to death resigned,
JLiy li? not still be happier far
Than those he leaves behind?"
Th
lOther Iii Iter From Orpheus C. t_err.
Gniiid Army of the Potomac,*my boy, if
a:
:__>__-_ _ec 3=--- :_vr_rr_!:__a£__,
AS ON HAND, and is constantly adding to
.one ofthe most complete assortments of D nigs
Medicines and Chemicals, South of Sim Francisco
together with all the Patent Medicines of the day
Also a fine assortment of
Perfumery  and Toilet  Articles,
All of which he warrants genuine and of the best
quality; which lie offers, Wholesale or Retail, on
the most liberal terms.
Physicians'   Prescriptions   compounded    at  all
hours, day or night.
II. E. MYLES,
Los Angeles, July 7, 1860.
KOriLER    &   FROIII_I_VG'S
CAIFORNIA   WINE   BITTER!!
A=
TO DELICIOUS TASTE AND FINE FLA-
or. produced by a proper combination of
good and wholesome herbs, this Bitters is superior
to any now in the maiket. It creates appetite,
and is a digestive, free from any ingredients so injurious to the henltb, as are contained in Vermuth, Absynthe, etc.
KOHLER & FIIOIILING.
je29 City Hall,.Main St., Los Angeles.
HOUSE _____N"_D Xjorr
:__^c_>:_f__ :_3_^_i_________._
tTHE undersigned offers for snle the house
and lot. at present occupied by him, situated on Maiu street.    The lot is  forty by
sixty varas.                                               L. LECK.
Los Angeles. Dec. 27th, 1861. ■	
FOR
San Luis 0"bis_)o, Santa Barbara,
San Pedro and San Diego.
ON and after the first of April, and until further
notice, the steamship
<ifflfr     SENATOR,
T. W. SEELEY COMMANDER,
Will Make two trips per month on the Southern
Coast, leaving Broadwny Wharf,
On the 3d and 18th of each Month
AT 9 O'CLOCK, A. __.      .
__f~ Bills of Lading will be furnished by lhe
Purser on board.
For freight or passage apply on board, or at the
office of S. J. Henslev, corner of Batterv and Wash-
ingtonett   dec.      S, J. IIENSLEY, President.
still rcqnicsc.ot in pace aud mud ; and at the request, olfthe superintendent of a celebrated Luna-
Mc Asylum, Secretary Stanton has forbidden the
press.to publish any news whatever. A " Friend
of Justice" represented to the Secretary that the
order would .fleet but few newspapers in the
country, as it is a well known fact that a majority
ofthe journals of the United States of America
never attempt to give any news; hut the Secretary said (hat he never read any paper but the
Weehawken Patriot, and had addressed a letter
lo that slie't. showing that his sole object in issuing the order was—not to fetter the press, but to
give General McClellan proper credit before the
country.
Not being a statesman, my boy, and not wearing
spectacles, I can't see the matter in this light. In
fact, ns I have said belore, the order is really given
for (lie relief of lunatic a ylums ; as there is good
reaPOd In believe that a persistence of the press in
giving reliable war news for another six months
would make all onr fellow-countrymen as crazy't
so many Congressmen.
1 know n man. my boy,*w!io was driven to lunacy
by reliable war news    He was in Ihe prime of life
wlien the war bioke out, and took such an interest
in the struggle, that it soon became  nearly equal
to the interest on his debts.   With all the enthusiasm of vegetable youth, he subscribed fur all the
papers, and commenced  to read  the reliable  war
news.    In this way   he learned tbat all was quiet
ou the Potomac, and immediately went to congratulate his friends, and purchase six flags.    Onthe
following morning he wrapped himself in the bun
er of hia country,  and  learned   from the papers
that all was quiet on the Potomac.   His joy at
once  became intense; he hoisted a nSig on   tbe
lightning rod of his domicil, purchased a national
pocket handkerchief, bought six hand organs that
played the Star Spangled Banner, and drank nothing but gunpowder tea. In the next six months
however, there was a great change in our military
affairs ; the backbone of the rebellion was broken,
the sound of thunder came from all parts of the
sky, and   sixty  excellent family journals informed
the enthusiast that ail was quiet on  the Potomac.
He now became fairly mad with bliss, and volunteered to sff up with a young lady whose brother
was a soldier.    Ou the following morning lie commenced to read Bancroft's History of the United
States,  with   Hardee's   Tactics   appended,   only
pausing long enough to learn from the daily pre;
that all was quiet on the Potomac.   Thu.-t, in
fairy dream of delicious joy,   passed  the greater
part of this devoted patriot's life, and even as his
hair turned gray, and his form began to bend with
old age, his eye flashed in eternal youth over tbe
still reliable  war news.   At length there came a
great change in the military career of the Republic ; the rebellion received  its death wound,   and
Washington's  birthday   boomed  upon the United
States of America.   It was the morning of that
glorious day, and the venerable   patriot was tottering about the room with his cane, when bis
great-grandchild, a lad of twenty-five, came than
dering into the room with forty-three daily papers
under his arm.
Old man!" says he, in transport, "there's
great news!"
Boy, boy!" sayB the aged patriot, " do not
trifle with roe.   Can it be that—"
" Bet your life—"
"Is it then a fact that—"
" Yes."
" Am I to believe that—"
" Atl is quiet on the Potomac!'*
It was too much for the venerable Brutus ; he
clutched at the air, spun once on his lelt heel,
sung a stave of John Brown's Body, and tided
transfixed with ecstacy.
" Thank Heaven," says he, " for sparing me to
e tbis day."
AfteV wbich he became hopelessly ineanc, my
boy, and raved so awfully about all our great Gen
erals turning into mud larks that his afflicted family had to send him to the asylum.
This veracious and touching biography will
show you how dangerous to public health in reliable war news, and convince you that the Secretary's
order to the press is ouly a proper sanitary
measure.
are awake. Let the Orange County Company advance with their howitzers, and fire to the northeast."
The Orange County Company, my boy, instantly wheeled their howitzers into position and sent
some pounds of grape toward the meridian, the
-r        *,, ,L roar ot t,ieir weapons of death l-eintr instantaneous-
I am _! _„ morere.lg_d lo It. _7 boy,bso.«. I ,y arawerell hy a amM^ ^ZZ^f""'
it affects me so tittle that I am even able to give
you a strictly reliable account of a great movement shortly to take place.
Yesterday, as I sat sipping the oath in my room,
and nttentively examining a mirror which reflected
with lifelike nocuracv the young woman doing up
her back hair in a room exactly across the str*et,
my page, Mr. Mortimer Montague, introduced a
fascinating youth, whose serpentine lock", big ho-
quet, and perishable gloves, made me think of a
barber confounded with a tailor under pledge of
compromise with a Itnlis shoemaker.
'■ Your  name, sir," says 1 with a Blight cough'
" Wykofl,"
"Why cough'" says I; why how can I help
coughing when my visitor pniB on airs enough to
give anybody a cold?"
"Joke," says he. smiling liko a Mississippi
gambler when he steps ashore at New Orleans with
his pockets lull of wiunings. " I come," says ho,
to sell you some information concerning McClel-
lan's plan for an advance to Manassas."
'■ How did you get it my Adonis," says I.
"I am acquainted with one of the chambermaids
at the White House," says he, " aud she divulged
tho plan,"
" Well," says I, " here's the Treasury note, and
now for the plan,"
The beautiful stranger cleared his throat with a
lozenge, and says he :
"Tho plan is this: A secret circular is to be
immediately issued to all the Brigadiers on the
Potomac, informing them that a ne. bar room has
just been Opened at Manassas, with free lunch
every day. It is calculnted that this exciting document will produce an immediate advance ofthe
whole Potomao army to the point named, as the
Brigadiers are all such strict temperance men that
tbey would consider it their religious duty to immediately put the liquor out of the way. Nothing
in fact, could prevent an immediate and irresistible advance under such circumstances.
' Admirable young man !'' says I, "il What you
say ht true, Manassas is doomed. Tbe South
destioed to speedy humiliation ; for our Brigadiers
will pitch'er and tumble'er about so, tlm I whatever
peace we offer her she will be but too glad to
goblet up while she can."
From this conversation, my boy, you can infer
what you choose ; but it seems sound. The South
will be whipped at her stronghold, even if it be
scrong'hold ale. A Britisher ventured lo tell the
Genera! of the Mackerel Brigade, tbe other day,
that he did'nt think the South could be beaten.
" Tbe South I" says the General, suff.ring a bit
of lemon-peel to come to the front in his mouth,
*■ why my dear old Rosbif, we can liquar witiout
half trying."
I went down to Accomac early in (he week, my
boy, having heard that Captain Villiam Brown
and tbe conic section ol the Mackerel Brigade
were about to march upon Forb.Muggins, where
Jeff Davis, Beauregard, Mason, Slidell, Yancy, nnd
the whole rebel Congress were believed to be in-
ireached. Mounted on my golhic steed Pegasus
who only blew down ouce in the whole journey, I
repaired to Villiams's department, and was taking
notes ol the advance, upon a sheet of paper spread
on the ground, when the commander of Accomac
approtu'bed me, and says he ;
"What are you doing, my bantam 1"
"I'm taking notes,*'says I, "for a journal which
has such an immense circulation among our gallant troop", that when they begin to read it in the
camps, it looks, frnn a distance, as though there
had just been a heavy snow storm I"
" Ah 1" said Villiam, thoughtfully, newspapers
and snow storm, are somewhat alike) for both
make black appear white. But, '* says Villiam'
" the snow is more moral ; for yon can't lie in that
with safety os you can in a newspaper. In the
language of General Grant at Donnelson,'' says
Villitim. sternly ;■'I propose to move upon your
works immediately."
And with that he planted one of his boots right
ntlie middle of my paper.
"Road that 'ere Napoleonic docyment" says
Villi.tiii, 'landing me a scroll. It was as follows :
KDICK.
Having noticed that the press of the United
States of America is making a as*, of itself, by giving information to the enemy concerning tlio best
methods of currying on the strategy of war. I do
hereby assume control of all special correspondents, forbidding tbem to transact anything hut private business ; neither they, nor their wives, nor
their children, to the third and fourth generation,
I. It is ordered that all advice from editors to
the War Department, to the Generals commanding the armies in the field be absolutely forbidden;
as such advice is calculated to make the United
States a idiot.
Company 8, Regiment 3, Mackerel Brigade, now
went forward six yards at double-quick and poured in a rattling volley of musketry, dodging fearlessly, when exactly the same kind of a volley was
heard in the fog, and wishing that they might
have a few rebels lor supper.
"Ha!" says Captain Villiam Brown, when he
noticed that nobody seemed to be killed jet; Providence is on our side, and this unnatural rebellion
is squelched. Let the Anatomical Cavalry charge
into the fog, and demand the surrender of Fort
Muggins," continued Villiam' compressingjhis lips
with mad valor, " while I repair to that tree back
there and bco if there is not a fiendish Secessionist
lurking behind it."
The Anatomicle Cavalry immediately dismounted from their horses, which were too old to bo
used In a charge, nnd gallantly entered the fog
with their sabres between their teeth, nnd their
hands in their pockets—Et being a part of their
tactics to catch  a rebel before cutting  his head
0.1.
In the meantime, my boy, the Orange county
howitzers and the Mackerel muskets were hurling
a continuous fire into the clouds, stirring up tha
angels and loosening the smaller planets. Sturdily answered the rebels from the fog be-girt fort ;
but not one of our men had yet fallen.
Captain Villiam Brown was just coming down
from the top of a very tall tree, whither he bad
gone to search for masked batleries, when the fog
commenced lifting and disclosed the Anatomical
Cavalry returning at double quick.
Iustantly our fire ceased, and so did that of tho
rebels.
"Does the (ort surrender to the United States
of America?" Bays Villiam, to the Captain ol the
Anatomioals,
The gallant dragoon sighed, and says ho :
■•I used my magnifying glass, but could find no
fort."
At this moment, my boy, a sharp sunbeam cleft
the fog as a sword does a veil, and the mist rolled
away from the scene in two volumes, disclosing to
our view a fine cabbage patch, with a dense wood
beyond.
Villiam deliberately raised a botlh" to his face
and gazed through it upon the unexpected prospect.
"Ha !'* says he, sadly, " the garrison has cut its
way through the fog and escaped, but Fort Muggins is ours! Let the fUg of our Union be planted,
on the ramparts," says Villiam, with much perspiration, " and I will Immediately issue a proclamation to the people of the United States of America."
B-dievingthat Villiam wa? somewhat too hasty
in his conclusions, my boy, I ventured to insinuate tbat what be had taken for a fort in the fog,
was nothing but a cabbage Enclosure, and that the
escaped rebels were purely imaginary.
"Imaginary!" sayi Villiam, hastily, placing
his canteen in his pocket. " Why, didn't you hear
the roar of their artillery ?
" Do you see that thick wood yonder'" says I.
Says he, " It is visible to the undressed eye."
" Well," says I " what you took for the sound
of rebel firing, was only the echo of your own firing in Ihat wood."
Villiam pondered for a few moments, my boy,
like one who was considering the propriety of saying nothing in as few words as possible, and theu
lie looked angulatly at me, and says he :
" My proclamation to the press will cover nil
this, and the news of this here engagement will
keep until the war is over. Ah I" William." I
wouldn't have the news ofthis affair published ou
any account; lor if tlio Government thought that
I whs trying to cabbage in my Department, it
wculd make me Minister to Russia immediately.
As the Oonic Section of the Mackerel Brigade
returned slowly to headquarters, my boy I thought
to myself: How often does man, after making
something his particular forte, discover at last
th at it is only a cabbage paloh, and hardly largo
enough at that for a big hog like himself.
Yours,   phi Ian th ropically,
ORPniws C. K_nn.
II. Any newspaper publishing any news wha!
ever, however obtained, shall be excluded from
all railroads and steamboats, in order that country
journals, which receive the same news during the
following year, may not be injured in ciikylatiou.
III. This control of special correspondents does
not include the correspondent of the London Times
who wouldn't bo believed if he published all the
news of tbe next Christian era.
By order of Yiu.iam BuoWn, F.ikevir-.
Captain Conic Section, Mackerel Brigade
I had remounted Pegasus while rending thN able
State paper, my boy, nnd bad just finished it. when
a nervous member of the advance guard accideutly
touched off a cannon, whose report was almost immediately answered by one in the dense fog Vie-
fore ns.
" Ha!" says Captain Villiam Brown, suddenly
leaping from his Bleed and creeping under it—to
examine if the saddle girth was all right—"The
Fort is right before u*» in th
From Mbxico.
New York, April It!.—The Columbia from Havana, with datt?s to the 3d April, has arrived.
Dates from Vera Cruz are to April 1st, and from
the City of Mexico to March 28th.
Vice Admiral Turin had been arreBted.
General Robles was executed on the 22d of
March for treason,
Juarez had demanded tbat Almonte should be
given up but the French refused.
Common fort had been appointed by Juarez Governor ofthe State of Tamaulipas.
Hun YiKi-n.—Mr. I. W-  Biownell sheared bis
imported   merino   sheep Inst week, nnd   tho tivo
yielded one hundred and   six pounds of wool.    Tbe
largest, a French merino rain, produced thirty live,
pounds for nn eighteen months'  fleece.    The other
lour,   three ewes  and a rani ofthe Spanish   breed
produced   seventy one   pounds, or  an average  ot
seventeen pounds and   three quarters each.    They
were only   two-year o'd and   the fleeces one year _
growth.    All   of tho   wool is of the   finest texture
and loug staple.    Estimating the wool nt forty centi
per  poind,  a low figure  for  tliiw quality, and we
have from lhe  Spanish sheep !*7 Id yearly product
lor   each.   This is moro   than   the   price   of  lour
sheep,   wool   carcass,  and   all,     of   the co mtnon
breeds; and  the difference  in the feed  consumed,
between a fino and coarse Bheep, is actually nothing
If any difference, it is in favor ol the finer breeds.—
Knight's Landing News.
I
What color does flogging give to an unruly hoy '-
fog, and the rebels] It makes him yell oh !