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i.tktf. rfctlrg, IIEAUTIFIK LEGEND, N. P. Willis writes from Idlcwild :—""When Copway, our Ojibbcway friend, was here, a day or two ago, he told the children an Indian l.gend of the water-lily, bow it came to earth-—heavenly ftower that it is. One of our lair neighbors, who happened to be a listener, thus rendered the beautiful storj in verse." A star looked down from its glowing throne In the aztire-vaulled sky, And said—'' I am weary here nil alone, Do'iug nought but throb and sigh. Far down in the vallies of earth I sec The red men's children at play ; The innocent sound of their careless glee, Rises faint ou the air all day. I will speak to the braves at their council Arc, And ask them to 1- t me dwell Where earthly love may warm my heart With its human, holy spell!'-' So they told the star she at night might come When the wood and wigwam were still. And sit on the mountain aud throw her light Through the vale and along the hill. She came all trembling, but when the morn Woke tlie birds and ihe childien again, The star sat grieving and all forlorn, For she knew Unit her hope was vain. " _**.ot near enough yet! I can hear and see Tbe red man's children at play, But they waste neither wish nor thought on me From the morn till the clu.e of day." Then they bade her alight on the tree top old, Tliey lulled them asleep with its song; And she rock'd and wail'd and shtvcr'd with cold. Impatient the whole night long. At length the children awoke once more, And she heard the pine-tree sigh, But took no heed of the watching star, Between them and the sky. She saw them skimming in a light canoe, O'er the lorely lake below, But tae longing that hourly tenderer grew, How could she make them know. She pondered another night away, And at length when the morning broke, She dropped from her height with fearful plunge And sank in the silver lake. The star was shivered ! but every ray Was caught by a faithful wave! Each scintillaut beam grew a mow (lower, Where she thought to fiud a grave I And when the red maiden in her light canoe, Seeks lilies for bosom and brow, The star is content, for she softly says,— "I have conquered. I'hcy love me now." ttstcll -ItCOUS. TIIE I..O„__ DIS ID. The scene ofthe greatest interest at the Hospice of the St. Bernard—a solemn extraordinaiy interest, indeed—is that of the Morgue, or building whore the dead bodies of lost travellers aro deposited. There thoy are, some of them as when the breath of lift- departed and the death angel, with his instruments of frost and snow, stiffened and embalmed them for ages. Tlie floor is thick with nameless skulls and bones, and human dust heaped in confusion. But around the walls are groups of poor sufferers in the very poiiiion in which they were found, as rigid as marble, and, in this air, by tho preserving- elements of an eternal frost, almost as uncrumhling. There is a mother and her child a most affecting image of suffering and-love. __e face ofh__t a plot has been discovered, the little one remains pressed to __-„_£ for its object the placing of tho mother's bosom, only the back Canada under the banner of the part of the skull being visible the stars and, stripea, and that a number "Naw," said she, they aro nut; for,] sitho, aw've blioylt 'em ahoon an heawer, un thir no softer yet." Now he did not care much about this ; but when he saw her take the child's nightcap off its head to boil his dumpling in ono morning, he declared that " he could nt ston it.'' ■Sketches on Lancashire Life. Rogers' Table Talk. We take the following extracts from a notice of this entertaining work: One of the Duke of Wellington's most perfect coolness on the most trying occasions, Col. Garwood gave me this instance :—He was once in great danger of being drowned at sea. It was bedtime, when the captain ofthe vessel came to him and said; 'It will soon be all over with us.' 'Very well.' answered the duke, ' then I shall not have to take off my boots.' " To the recollection of Wellington let us add one of Nelson. "I have seen him," said Mr. Rogers, "spin teetotum with his one hand a whole evening, for the amusement ot some children." A friend of mine in Portland Place has a wife who inflicts upoi, him every season two or thiee immense evening parties. At one ol those parties he was standing in a very forlorn condition leaning upon the chimney piece, when a gentleman, coming up to him, said:— " Sir, as neither of us is acquainted with any ofthe people here, I think no had best go boil e." We close the miscellany of brief extracts with some sayings of Sydney Smith, not to bu found recorded, we think, in his memoirs. " He said that was so fond of contradiction that he would throw up the window in the mid die ol the night, and contradict the watchman who was calling the hour. * When his physician advised him to take a walk upon an empty stomach, Smith asked, " Upon whose ?" " Lady Cork," said Smith, " was once so moved by a charity sermon that she begged me to lend her a guinea for her cents ibution. I did so. She never repaid me, and spent it on herself." Treason in Canada.—A Toronto correspondent of the New York- Times writes as follows : A porten- tious story is at the present mo mint passing from mouth to mouth and meets with some degree of credence. It is confidently stated body enfolded in her careful arms affectionate in vain, to shk-ld her offspring from the elemental wrath of the tempest. Tho snow toll fast and thick, and the hurricane wound them both ap in one white shroud and buried them. There is also a tall, strong man, standing alone, tho face dried and black, but the white unbroken teeth firmly set and closed, grinning from the fleshless jaws; it is a most awful spectacle. The face seems to look at you, from the recess ofthe sepulchre, as if it would tell you the story of a death struggle in the storm. There are other groups more indistinct, but these two are never to be foi gotten ; and the whole of these dried and frozen remnants of humanity are a terrific demonstration of the tearfulness of the mountain pass, when the cle monts let loose in fury, encounter the unhappy traveller. You look at all this through tho grated window ; there is light enough to make it solemnly and distinctly visible, and to read in it a powerful record of mental and physical agony and of maternal love and death. That little child hiding its face in its mother's bosom and both frozen to death!—one can never forget the group, nor the memento mori, nor the token of deathless love.—Wanderings of a Pilgrim. Untaught Wives.—A country lass, not long married, was told by her husband to boil him some eggs. and to " bhoyle 'em soft." He went out a while, and on his return they were boiling, but not ready. He Waited long, and then shouted, "Are those eggs noan ready yet ?" of men holding high offices in this country are implicated in it. It i- y-aid that when Mr. Seward, sometime ago in the United States Senate, spoke of the probable conduct of Canada, in the event of a war with England, he proceeded notoi a vague estimate on the state ol public feeling, but on tangible doc: mnentary evidence in the shape of letters from influential parties on this side, then actually in his hands And it is added that the conspiracy has been blown upon, and that the Governor General is now in-possession of the names of eight members of the Canadian Parliament, and of a number of Canadian Magistrates, who have been engagsd in treasonable correspondence with Mr. Seward. Onf evening, not long since, Judge Conrad, Mayor of Philadelphia, was waited upon at his residence by two gentlemen, who stated that a carriage was at tlie door, and asked him if he was ready to accompany them and " deliver that lecture." The Judge was surprised, as he had made no arrangement of the kind; but his visitors showed him a paper in which he was advertised to deliver a lecture on " Women's Influence," and stated that the audience had already assembled. The Judge finally concluded to accompany the committee who had taken such a liberty with his name, and although the subject was one he had never before discussed in public, yet he delivered a lecture which afforded unmingled satisfaction to a large audience. This beats the modern "surprise parties." ADVERTISING. It is difficult to persuade some men of the value of advertising, although the immense fortunes that have been made by it in this country and in England, within the last ten or filteen years, aro evidenced by the palatial structures which have been erected hy the shrewd and fortunate advertisers in Phila- lelphia, New York, London, and other cities. It is said that the average weekly receipts of the London Times, for advertising alone, amount to $30,000, and they have frequently gone up to $40,000. This shows ihat a just appreciation of advertising is possessed hy tho Londoners. The New York Tribune in an arti- ■ le on this subject said, that nowhere is advertising carried on to so great an extent as in England. "Professor" Holloway's Pills are advertised to the amount of $150,- 000 annually; Moses & Son pay $60,000; $50,000 is also paid by Rowland for liis Macassar Oil, &c. ; $50,000 hy Dr. De Jough for liis 1 od Liver Oil; Heal & Sons pay $30,000 per year for adverti-ing their bedsteads and bed furniture, sunt Fben Nicholls, a tailor, advertises to the extent of $20,000. Large sums are paid in this country, also, for advertising; some houses in New York set aside ten, fifteen, twenty and twenty-five thousand dollars annually fr advertis- ing,and this is continued every yeai because it pays. We know of instances ot large sums being made during the past year, within a few weeks, hy advertising, when without the aid of the press nothing could have been done. We lay it down as an axiom, that the money spent in judicious advertising by a business man, invariably yields him four-fold, sooner or later, and in numerous instances one hundred or one thousand fold Some men advertise for a short time after they commence business, and think that is sufficient, and others intermit advertising after they have established a flourishing business by its aid. This is a great mistake. From the moment a house ceases to advertise, however large its reputation and standing, it begins to decline. The changes are so rapid in this country, and the public mind is so constantly occulted by new applicants for its favors sind its attention, that to be out of the papers, where every one seeks for information on every subject, is to be forgotten. The press is daily more and more becoming a necessity, and its usefulness as an advertising medium is const mtly increasing. No man is wise, or just to himself, who undertakes to do business without availing himself of its advantages. Tiicse Camels and Dromeda' ies —The Washington Star ssiys that the camels and dromedaries purchased and otherwise proem ed by Major Wayne and Capt. Porter, under the appropriation made for the purpose at the iast session ol Congress, in Asia Minor, (Feb. 11, 1856,) embarked, and tho vessel ssii'ed with the first fair wind fo the United St„tes. The number of animals procured is 33, viz : 9 male and 15 female camels, 4 male and 5 female dioin-claries The vessel was expected to arrive at Indianola, Texas, about the last of April, at which phi.ee they were to be landed and suffered to recruit before being employed for army transportation purposes. Several of the animals are a present from the Viceroy of Egypt to our Government. Louts Napoleon, we are credibly informed, has a board hill unpaid to this day in the hands of an ex- andlord residing in Hoboken, N J. The story is this :—When " the nephew of his uncle" was last in fhis country, he spent several day; in luxurious living at an inn, then kept hy one of his own countrymen over there, but the obligations incurred at tho time have never yet been discharged, though the Emperor, we are assured, has frequently had his memory refreshed as to th, fact. The apartments occupied h\ his defaulting majesty arc still slown, with the imperial initials " L. N." hacked out on the panel of the door by a jack-knive, that (it ay be added) the distinguished stranger borrowed from a son ofthe andlord, which he likewise forgot to return to the owner.—N. Y. Express. Suit gmama ^-.trfatattitj, By, CLOTHING JfVAREHOUsj, WM.~G.~ B-_DG]_H ' 109 ____«,**©_. y __._• er.-. Cornei- of M-rcIiaiit, "_ Sg^aam •OP^e&mx&asst.a^ Importer of every variety of -***1 CLOTHING AND FURNISHING GOOD*.. —ALSO OP— I DUCKS. DRILLS, SHEETINGS, KLANI.F.- HATS, BOOTS AND BROlUNs. ' '""'"' ""''*'.'-i«.i„I01 Desirable Styles of Clothim. ,1 it is the LARGEST STOCK ever offered ,n th[ e L'ords „r„ „„,„„,:,,;lur,.,l under my „,,, -"""let d of the test material, well rat, 1,„B„ M„.. '''"-•-., ,1,,. „,,., , 1,,,'„'■ 1.■ niiLiiuer. ' lu ».— IISAI.Kiss ,,..,., ,.-,■ ,..„„itrT »re im-ited to «,„,-., IAV. ST,'i h. „„,, thi-v w.ll find Hie ,,,,„, _,Sffi_l 'CK,'IIASKKS niuy rely on re,;,-,,!,,,, the best ..rt „.„I,1. ,.,,.,,1». .,. r„rl, ,,rtic.;,. 1. I.I-.UU.Vu'kd """I __LIffiFR6_T__ COUNTRY p__ptl, „_-«„,„ 10.000 , ,,'r.. ;.,.-„,■,, d Fancy Cassimere Pants- t;l .„;:... ■.-.■., i 1<■--■«)- <""* 1I™ Satin.,,, ,,,___ 2,'oorj p li ■ ■ .. ;„-, Rubber Pant.; 1.00, ear', f hire Rut, er Coal.; o: . ._ .-r. 1, :■_ and Short Rut,,.,...,,. ,r„!r—; s.a_ fxmtxm §,.telt.fiimtfs. J, Iff. Stfarobiidg© & Oo., WHOLESALE ANI) UETAIL CLOTHING EMPORIUM, CORNER OF COMMERCIAL AND SANSOME STREETS, Under St.. Nicholas Hotel, _._\" FRA JVC ISC O, ■gest and most eor OFFER the te., ,,„,!,,„ _r(fO__i uver Opel -_.Qrt_.ent of K urn i-fill ii g The Latest anil most Faslilona'ble Styles '■_.*i^_^_* -_*,_ _m<-,_.. ats and Frock Coats Al-t i lai sill. in l American Cassim..*- Pa-talk Velvet, Satin ami Cloth Vests; and Cloth Business Suit., etc. nt of 1.1a tn and dtps constantl* id Check Lin. i ami Cotton Shirts; Fine Silk, Merino ani Cotton L'mlershirts and Drawers Scurfs, Cravat-. Neck Ti_-t, Suspeiul-rs; Ci-llars. l-liuvIkerclii'irs, Gloves;' English, j-ferino and Cotton Half Soap, etc., etc. Everything connected with Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods onsitantly on hand. A large nnd complete assortment of _-__t^l333.'inr» OX* G-C_»<_>c2.fSi 0_r*rti ■',".'','. i :,.;■-'.-. n.-T il00,000, wc invito all, M ecia-ly ..ran .- *" itlng* the city, to call and .ee uftbt ore making tbeir p_J*_hft_-_-, __ we Batter ourselves . an pl.a.e in prieeand quality. BY jET" «_>__• £_> £_]Le, T1I1_ CASE OK PACKAGE, In quantities to suit, •TTER PAPFI., INK 'H.. FOi-'l-.-.A]', Mj-TI. i.'.F_i.. PEN- ■_*■_.*■____, 4c, &c. SooK and Stationery Co., [ and es l_o„. Wi:!.!**', '*._.* I*-nineisco C. P. Ki.__-.LL. President. WJ-.Y.PATCH. CHAS. CLAYTON. _,. V.H.HOWEU PATCH, CLAYTON & CO., Proi-itce Cg„'.„'Is§.._ M_rc_a_._ GENE_tAI_ AGENTS .». 40 Clay Strset, below Davis, SAN PR ANCISCO. Goods Stored in Fire-Proof _ai_jf__.es. „ere Or, shirt. (1(10 di. L-tlT i-' v ..1 l Bdetahirts; .oo do R- 200 do (1 re Klaoit-l 0nrt.__l._rt_; 45(1 do Lsin 250 <h> ill- ii ihed Drill Dra-wers-; 1,600 do Ove alia; 800 do lii*-. m Frocks; 1,200 do Con r.rv-ki.it Woo] Socks- 1,800 do ht-a y Wlnle ami Mixed Cotton S--_ 100 doze n 3U| *i- Blstck silk Neckerchief--- ' 300 do Rubber Belts; 250 do Back Gloyae; 400 do Baokakln Quid Bags; 60 do A She 00 (y-se_ Sir: sale by "ff-I. 0. _AD__B ' Clothing -ffarek.,,.., ercl.-nt, Sau _.__,_M-. ■nli-_.._ln Trove-lei-. I Be ware oi tlie Impositions uf Hack Drivers, R__i.n___{ _;_, ll«> ftiid 121 Sacramento Street, r'mi _--__«_.!..-, ARE CAUTIONED To beware ofthe tricks and various in-pm-itim* of Roane ry. a?nl Hsu'.k Hrivers, ri.jire-enl ::\g t heiiisclvi-s ns l-.-iiij employed by tbe proprietor nf the What Cheer Ikm.-.., therein- inducing lire nn.arv 1" «el into their carrisigt. b_r '.ailing them thai it belongs tn Tb,:- House and is f.ce, and afterward-) extorting from them exorbitant prices. Board perWeek gltdO Board per Day 3' 00 Me_t__, each SO cent*. Ia addition to a lar.'- nmnlier «r I'.oom*. inivirj; rmi. !,,,.-> ■.toil, th-': 100 well Gauktij EL GRAN KEMEUIO 1TAL1ANO DE DR. PAREIRA, Para la cierta y eficaz euro de las inlermcdades de una natnraleza privada, sin hacer cuso del tiempo que se ha durado y sin malos efectos at sistema o sin poiierse en dicta. reunca se Iia fnltmlo—Til pucde -hits a Curar. Leap Year.—A correspondent of the London Dispatch has endeavored to show the connection between the scarlet and leap year. He says that by ancient custom, a maiden wearing a scarlet petticoat, in leap year, may propose to a bachelor to marry her; and if he declines to do so, and she shows him a part of her red petticoat, he is hound to present to her a new silk dress to cover it. and assuage her wounded feelings, And he avers that un-ier garment: of this beautiful color have just been brought into fashion with view to carrying out the law in the course ofthe year. Bachelors must be exceeding cautious, therefore, :iow tbey give the least encouragement to the "popping the question" by smiles or compliments. y pronto den l am tae bier ■■tiio-iilii pa-va una etna _i_.t_ que (-„ l(is paebhts -,- t-i-.id.-t ies iu, solans elite en el Coiitinentc. jiero tambien en (liar _reta„a, la de_naad_ por elta y ans nn ritos tan reculven [os i-ue en meiios do un aflo .1- aa int.i-od.tccioii. fuet„mn- lo en lugar de todoB otroa remedios. 1 as fiu-iiltades. dt medieina sic Ins cindades prlncfpalea do EUiropa rueron ■oinpflidos- a reconin-er sj asombrA-O poder sobre enter medades. Proprietaries de otras me-lioiiias, oelosoa dp sis o|iulai*i,latl iiite vian en vano ik-tei.erlo en so progroso. .rjiuii eltrigo delante ,*i Regardor, -*n_ esfnersoa oatvertu a suelo, y conn- ■ I jfo en los ilaflos Uevando todo tmi lei-ante, su mare ia fe ■■.:■ Ir unfo. Se quedo ensus meri .■is, y un publico flecsr&iente vio frobd y fue convtnetdi si- siiia maj-'icii..-. virtudes. La Grande P"ortuna adrjnerido por Lr. Pareira de la~Ten. ta de ello Ins seisafiosi que la prepaio a do ate.tiqua a sti- .ilaiiosos nierltos. Al fallecimiento del Doctor lo rece.. fue heredada por -u hijo, sjuien rccienteineiile Io ha int.ts.Iuciilo en Ion Es- ados Lmdo.1. El numero de las curat, que se ha hecho es i.unbrozo. Miles y miles puedtn dar testinionio de sn itecacis. Todos loss que ii-cn, lo Curar an I I [ -on una segui-itiail, deBpacho v a cterto que nmguna otra riedicina ha poseida. Na tomas falsas nostrums. Uae un remedio que ha aido pfobado piif loi cincuenta nos pasa-los v quo no se La faltado. -CARDAN:.!. J).. FALSAS A PARI FN CIAS. La venta tan estensiva de esto astiniljni.a medieina, ha au*ado ya personas a \ooder a los candidos una coinposi- 11111 espuria. con aparieneias a la original. No ciimpra sin a- fit-mo escrita de A. Pareira M. D. enol evoitoriosU- afut*r-s I" cada iiotelia. 'i'.idos bis demas son falsos, y stts f..ri- ■miofes seran east ijfji.(li). al e..trciiio risror ,b- ia lev Pi-e- I" TUT.--J I'EKOS LA ntlTliLLA. I'ara vender p.u- ]'). Bah sock, el untco apeiite para Cull.ornia. Oregon v la. Islas di- andwit-h aquien todos ordenes han do esUr dirijidos. ainbien para vender por Dro.neros de este Estado genor- lineute. Cn di.scuento liberal para los que compran por D. BABCOCK, Droguero Mayor, 133 Calle sic Clay fh-n Francisco, tambien para vender por j. B.WI>Si"e'N' Drogerero Los Angeles. Ii]_.a dc Agentfis enelE.tado. )r. J, B. WINi. TON. Loa An-elos. FK. STARK WEAlTH'lt, Hot^ea do la Chi dad. .acramonto '1CF, COFFIN YC_.., Hotit-arbis \r!n-r.villi. *lt'lam(-mo' V*. n.JIRUNEil. l_.-.tio._ rleTiiolusiine Sonora il'.XJ. SHITIlVLi'lFI''. IJ.itica dc Slistsia,, Shasta m-"'- WOKrillCN. '* - |-l; ,.vi[j„ ,,,„,,,,[,v 1 SliX HATi >. Jr. CiudarldeSac-aiii,-,,!,, ir. It. W. CABS, Do-vnleville ir. JOHN LAP.I*:, Nevada. Ir.-W. Ii. GAT'JFF, Yreka. HIALFY _. MORSE, San Dieeo iEOBfiE L. .vrORY.'Portlantl O. T abril 19-3rt. le Bed tt_M tnd the beat eelored lair maftel :,■ best house In the city. Weffc 8'-, 3,4, f. 00 'fight 50c. -5, .1 00 4_Sf FRED BATHS -__S i iiiIb to tbe Boats nr sr.prei* :-',i-e on it. for list* pafpoH- .-..- rage Free '. Thep.rouiietor 11 others act •vithonl ..-t-ori- . TTOODTT .RD, Proprietor. in mjm ■!!! _*"_>_* esi^K-c-jT- -Zf-iys Seloxv! ..;.'., '; ,.;::."ysTrices -IN— Garpet., taper Hanging., TTPHOI.-ST'KY GOODS , .. .JI 10 iur-H;. . () to i 'h; li' 6 irit VtaMM 1 27>_tol 60; ..■.toiw; :0.0 0 vanls Cn 26 te 150; -.000 pair Musi n riaina ... "O.O00 pair Win (it 150,00- rolls 1-h or Hangings. 4n_ rolL Chitie-e __i cents itr.inr"- Buff aud White H« Hand "ffind IV MiKtlff Loops, and ever tide in the ,-yil'fo clthlW- .. c-.M-'-rrJ"1 nine bat st ck anrtsa KBA5K HA**-*'3' l_I.l*i—gin 110 md 112 Cla - ittreet. b loft" .MlM'ttl'- _EW FEATURES I J. -^V. S-u-Xli-^a-o.'*9* GREAT PACIFIC DEPOT, ....AND.... GENERAL AGENCY l'-OR THESUPI-LY OF CHEAr PUBLICATIONS. BTAtlDWI RT, .C. PAPERS, PERIODICALS, AND BOOKS, HECKIVED WEEKLY BY THE Mail Steasxiers AND EXCLUSIVE EXPRESS—VIA NICj-RVAG**^. ^ THE proprietor would resjiectfully inform Cotuilr'' T^ sellers, Canvassers. Agents. Pedle.s, and the VM»r that, independent of hisui-n.-ral Xeivsj,:i _,er husuics,, i -^_ constantly ,,,, ],:,,;.]. .:,.. r,-,-.-n ,!--■ i' _'■■ '■ '■ ' ' ' s'':;!';' '■_ «,K tbe STANHAKli HOOKS, MACAZINES AND BE\U.»B w iaiROl'!-; AMI AMEIllCA. T, .„,„-. Togetherwith all the New. Cheap, ami JIiscellaneo»« ,( vels and publications of the day. Having been eiif.'-'P -, thisbusiuess i'or years, he assure*, all cnnceniei: t ha ^ enabled to forward allordcrs-villi prompttu'ssaim '-'M^ (], on terms more favorable tlianmii-,1 bouses, iisbi'f. ' personal atteni ion to tbe selection ainl csinvcya"'""1 order. Parlies favoring bim with their orders msii .; ■ > Mured oc being dealt, with in this most ,-ai iss.-id "C* *"" ■ and with works snite.M <■, then* iniue. .( HCOL, LA» MEDICAL WORKS, s,M,;,!i, da I earliest mimical a I let r_ Blank Hooks, Cards, inks and Envelopes, and every ■ ■*■• J COMMERCIAL AND FANCY STATIONARY ^ All orders must be postpaid, cu.loslng CAP!) l°r JKB" Dags kept open tothe latest moment. -lv.ftb» CnitedSstales Mail via Xicaruagtta, by nutnornj United States Government, _ _ ,ii,ii_.» WholeBaleandretaildepartment, Post Ofllef B-i""B» Hoo;.. No. !.:, 'to :=:, .ii-,,. %umk TOL. VI. LOS ANGELES, CAL., SATUEDAY, JUNE 14, 1856. NO. Co© 3thge«0 Star: I'LITILISIIED EVERY SATURDAY .tORNING, At CeliB' Building, Maia Street, Loa Angeles (Opposite Bella Union Hotel,) BY H. HAMILTON. TERMS: Subscription, per annum, in advance. .$5 00 For Six Months, 3 00 For Three Months 1 50 Single Number 0 25 AhIKktisehents inserted at TwoDoIlars per square 6f ten lines, for the first insertion ; and One Dollar per square for each subsequent insertion. * Agents.—The following gentlemen arc authorized Agents ior the Star : L. P. EffiBSR San Francisco. F. D. Hai.1. San Gabriel. Messrs. Knox & Whistler Monte. Col. Ira Thompson Monte. N. Gi.kns Santa Barbara. JnncK D, A. Thomas San Bernardino. L. M. Jacobs San Diego. WELLS, FARGO & CO'S _E_'____=*»._=_ __ IS IS _ _\ Joint Stock Company witlL a capital of S 500,000, WILI-dispatch an __x<_>less from the City of Los Atti.'elcs, by every Steamer, to all parti ef California, Oregon, tho AtlauticStates and Europe, in charge of regular ami en _a.rienc.ed Messengers. LETTEES.PARCELS, PACKAGES aild-TREl.UEE received and conveyed to destination with safety and patch. Collections made, Orders nml Conimi-^ions til and all business pertaining to an Express and fnrwari business, at 1 ended to with prompt ne*.., and care. Sight bills of esc.han-'e procured on all Uie principal ci of the Atlantic Stales On.-.on and Europe. uri.7 II. N. ALEXANDER, A'l.N" fACMC EXPRESS COMPAIY. THE undersigned, A«ent _^_^2t,-^iEOa. I r tl 1 V II i 1 I I I I COMPANY," will ilcsiiatchliy every Steamer a reg.iar j*;.,press, in charge ot" a Special .Messenger, to SANTA BARBARA, SAN LUIS OBISPO, MONTEREY, SAN FRANCISCO, and All parts of Northern and Southern Mines. AT.SO— Oregon, Atlantic States and Ei.rope. COLLECTIONS made in all of the above na tied places. TREASURE, PARCELS, PACKAGES and LETTERS forwarded. . 0__i_._3 pnrchasa. iu San Francisco on tha Atlantic States and Europe. Particular attention paid to tho forward in,' of Gold Dust to tbe Mint for coinage. Treasure, Letters, etc., veceivedup totholatcstmoincnt and ensured to destination. un? JOS. A. FORT, Agent. Grape Boxes and Sawdust. THE UNDERSIGNED HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO furnish Grape Packers with Ilexes of all sines, of the most suitable material, and dry Sawdust to any extent, upon terms lower than they can be had from San Fran Cisco, and of better quality. Samples will be forwarded immediately, and contracts entered into, and an ample stock always kept on hand. Los Anselei s 7, 1858. St. KELLE'l. NEW ESTABLISHMENT. Cabinet Making. Upholstering an. V_ I>ER T IKI.fi. he subscriber would respect- 1 fully announce to the citi.ens ol is" Angeles and surrounding country, that he is now manufacturing at his new stand on MAIN STREET, three doors south ofthe United States Hotel, Furniture of every style anil tinish on the most reasonable terms. The Uiidci'taking Business Will receive the strictest attention, as he will endeavor to keep on hand COFFINS of every style. Persons from the couutry can have a Coffin of any tinish at one hours' tTphOlstering; In all its branches Spring Seat Sofas aud Chairs ueatly repaired, equal to #_-All orders Tilled with promptness and dispatch. fig**- Iteinember the place—Maiu street, opposite Williams' Grocery. _„7 JAMES D BRADY. USE, WOOL III SHEEP SHIS. Halpli ______Ler__on- /-1 IVES NOTICE to the Rancheros and Butchers of this \JT vicinitv that he will give the hii-hest. price tor Hides, C-iir, Sh.ei:;Xa>id Gnat SFins. an"'for Wool. #g- Liberal advances made on contracts for the coming clip of Wool. Office—Aliso Street, one door from the coiner of Vineyard street. »n7 Uew Fruit & Vegetable Market. THE undersigucsl having purchased the entire stock ef Groceries and Lb-urn's of John* MiiHoxi). un ..Co., beg leave to inform his friends and the public that he has re- fittest and in.sle great improvements in the store, andalso opened, in connection with the Grocery and Liquor Bu iness, A Fruit and Vegetable Market, AT THE OLD STAND ON JB..B; /_a -___ !*___" ___e m? JHk«. "EI__ _____ ,__&_'g (Opposite Pine's Hotel,) a few doors from Commercial Street, Where will constantly bo found a choice assortment of the above articles cheap for CASH. igj- Country Traders arc respectfully requested to call and examine the gools. 4SrAll Kinds of Country Produce taken In exchange. "-_=_f- Remember the place—Opposite Pine's Ho tel. Main street, Los Angeles. Ull7 JOSEPH RICE. Hardware Store. THE subscribers having opened a store for the sale of A HARDWARE, 3respectfully inform the. inhabitants ol Los Angeles and vicinity, that they are prepared to supply all wants in their lino of business, at WHOLESALE AND EETAIL, at the most rr„H„„„bto prices. Amonfr ttieir stock may be found a general assortment of CARPENTERS' TOOLS. NAILS OF ALL KINDS. LOCKS. BOLTS, BUTTS AND SCREWS, HOUSE |,'lU!.N[SHt._S GENERALLY, MASONS' TROWELS, BUTCHER'S SAWS.CLEAVERS ami KNIVES, BRASS KETTLES, IRONS and SCREENS, STEELYARDS ami SPRING BALANCES, OX. TRACE ami COIL CHAINS, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, etc., etc. —ALSO— CJIMPHEA'E SIDE LAMPS, GlaS. !,:,„,, ,,,s, O Xi O O 3__ S. —ALSO— 60 dozen superior BROOMS. Also, atargo and elegant assortment of CR0CRERV AUD GLASSWARE, at wholesale or retail. POTTER & Co.^% ,4HfB-i-0K Store, Los Angeles Street. uu" ittskss (fork THOM & SIMS, Attorneys anil Counsellors at Law, OFFICE—OjY MALV STREET, (Opposite the Rella Union Hotel.) „„7 W. W. Handlin, ATTORNEY aild COUNSEL.LOR. AT LAW, Will attend promptly to all business entrusted to his care Office—In Ro-ve'- Block, Main street, *{_____ Mr. H. is thoroughly acquainted with the Frencl and Spanish languages. un7 ALEXANDER GIBSON, JUSTICE OF THK PEACE, OFFICE ON MAIN STREET, Opposite tho V. S. Hotel. tu_7 jD__*_ •C5£___»*tOX°-, OFFICE AND DRUG STORE. LOS ANGELES STREET, AdjiiiniiiL* I.i-lh-r's Sliire, Xj. »GrVX__-!E__'e__B, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, Wines, Liquors, Dry Goods and Clotliing, MAIN STRBFT,—(old " Star Ilotel" Building,) LOS ANGELES. N. D,—A well select i.-d stock of the „bove articles can always be found at my store in San Ucniardiiio. un7 J,. GLASER. «__>_ "<*_7V~- <_-._tL.iX<^.js, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in GENERAL MERCHANDISE Also, Manufacturer of Tin, Sheet Iron, and Copper Ware, LOS ANGELES STREET, un7 Los Angeles. P. C. WILLIAMS, At the old stand of J. G. Nichols, Ul-a-i* Street, —Dealer in— Groceries, Provisions, and Prodnce. uu7 -HAS. R. Jo__S._. H. S. Alt-..v*.os_i. JOHNSON & ALLANSON, Successors to Alexander i_ Melius. Wholesale and Roi.iil Healers In G___.__I.AL .IERCHASiDISE, MAIN STREET, Los Angeles. un7 ]'1]].\*t:a- n. ALEXANDERS & B__On_fG'f For .vardlng and ConamlSslOn Mcrcliaiits, SAX PEDRO and LOS AXGELE5, Cal. un. AUG. W. TIMMS. orwiirding und Commission merchant, S__s FflUBO __.D Los A_;cj_L_s,CAr,., II. ItEAO, Agent, Los Angeles. II. 3IeI___ugl_U__ & Bratlicr, Blacksmiths ani Carriage Makers, LOS' AiV.-hllS STREET, NEXT DOOR TO O. li". CHILD'S STORE, LOS ANGELES. JS5S- By their works ye Shall know .heta.-ffift nn7 O- -Duoo__a__arii_., WATCHMAKER & BOOKSELLER, COMMERCIAL STREET, un" Los Axgeles, Cal. Iflonic iriax-iifactory, Main Street, OPPOSITE TEMPLE'S BLOCK. POY & _3P.OT___.EI_- Saddlc and Harness MaRers, Keep constantly on hand an assortment of SADl.Ll-.-*. HABNESS, BRIDLE-S, WHIPS. COLLARS, SADDLE WARE, A-c. Wc are also prepared to execute all bind** of work in our ne at the shortest possible notibe. A superior lot of California Bitts and Spurs always on Important to Farmers and Others LOS ANGELES SEWING MACHINE, BAGS FOR SALii;, or mi.cie ro order by Ma OHIMERY, at tlie very lowest market rates. Tothoa wishing to furnish the cloth, lOO lbs. sacks will be cu ami made 'air *>i per one hundred. ALSO—Tents, Host., Ceilings, Wagon Covers and other work of a like nature BO wed with ueatuea_ and despatch. V. BEAUDRY, Third door frcm Aliso Street. canary's Block, Negro Alley. nn7 Carriage and ISlacksinitli Shop. By JOHN GOLLER. LOS ANGELES STREET, NEAR THE FOOT OP COMMERCIAL. THE .ubscriber respectfully informs tlie publicgenerally that CoacheSjBuggies, Wagons,Carts &c* .. neat and workmanlike manner. He has onhandjand for sale a line stock Of Eastern White Oak and Hickory Plank and axels. Ho keeps constantly on hand a large variety of Cart and Buggy wheels, Spoke., Felloes, Shafts, Neck Yokes, Double and singletree-.. Horse Shoeing and Slacksmithing in all its various branches, executed with prompt nesaand dispatch. Particular attention will he given tothe manufacture and repair of PLOWS, HARROW., and other Farming .utensils. He has an extensive assortment of Iron axels, Springs, l.loUs, Plow and Spring steel, and other male* rialpertaiuiuiy to t lie business, too numerous to mention. Also. 20 Tons of Blacksmiths' Coal. With none but the best of workmen in his employ, ho feclsconQdentthat he can give entire satisfaction to his ■ tomcrs. a. -TOnN GOLLER. LOS ANGELES STAR lu. fjriitititij (fot.MisIjnratf. MAIN STREET, opposite the Bella Union Hotel. The proprietor of tbe Los Angeles Star, would respect fully inform his friends and tho public, that lie has ju.tTQceiveda large and varied assortment of new matevi* al, and is now prepared to execute the following de-scrip tions of PLAIN AND FANCY JOB _F"_E-.I3Nrn_alKrGa-_ In tbe best style of tbe Art. Books, Circulars, Law Blanks, Pamphlets, Cards; Bills of Exchange Bill Heads, Deeds, Bank Checks Labels, Notes, Programmes, Posters, Billets, Bills of Fare. Or any other description of Printing that may be desired #_»-Persons wishing work done aro respectfully invited to call and examine specimen. The Ocean of Life. We aro Toyngers all towards the silent Land, Pilgrims cro-smif Life's restless mala ; When first we embark on the mighty deep, The car catches nought but the ripples soft si rain. Some steer on with a .killful hand. Day after day -ncath a cloudless pky ; No angry billows ever toss their bark, But sol., gentle zephyrs around them fly. Tliey quietly cross the trackless sea, And drop anchor on reaching eternity. And others will stem the surging tide, While the huge wares roar and tempests keen, In maddened fury around them play, And they look in vain for a sky serene. Slowly tliey guide their trembling hark. As it plunges and strains 'midst the foaming spray, And with hands all weary, and hearts all sad, They heavily pass on thdr weary way, Till Faith's bright star sheds its brilliant light, On an anchorage safe, which they crat-p with delight. From tho Ohio Columbian. Hiawatha. Should you ask me mj opinion Ofthe " Song of Hiawatha," I should answer, I sliould tell you, 'Tis a .song of faultless metre, 'Tis a song replete with music, JTis a song of sterling merit, 'Tis a gem of purest water. 'Tis the bark canoe enchanted Floating down a silver river, Fringed with ilowcrs fascinating, And their rich perfumes exhaling, Adding fragrance to the music Of the bird, along the river— A bright canoe that's freighted With tho hopes of gladsome readers, With the praises of the people As thoy glide along the river, With the lovely Min-ne-b._-_.a_ And tbe noble Hiawatha, " To the land of the Hereafter." The Emperor of the French. New York, April 4, 185G. To the Editors ofthe National Intelligencer : G_N_-_pME8: My attention has been called to an article in your journal of the 28th ultimo, in which my name is in'roduced in connection with the sojourn in this city, in 1S37, of the present Emperor of the French, and statements and opinions of mine in regard to the character be sustained here placed in antagonism to a prevailing inuiression on' the Bubjcct. The publicity thus given to me as a defender of the reputation of this gentleman at that period must be my apology for this communication, and fcr the request that, in justice to the personage most concerned, the Actional Intelligencer may become the channel of a brief rehearsal of the opportunities I had of correct knowledge in the case, and ot the belief, based upon them, wbich I entertain. Louis Napoleon, after having been a prisoner of state for some months ou board of a French man- of-war, was set at liberty on our shores at Norfolk in the early Spruig of 1837. He came immediately to New "York, as the poiut at which he could be put most speedily incommunication with his friends in Europe. Either on tbe day or the day but one after bis arrival I was led to call npon him, not as tbe bearer of an illustrious name or tbe inheritor of an imperial title, but as a stronger and an exile without a personal friend in the country or a letter of introduction. I was the more readily induced to this from representations made to me by a near relative, in whose family be bad already passed an evening, of the deep interest bis appearance and whole manner had excited in those who then had met him. The call was reciprocated witb a promptness and cordiality I had not anticipated, and in a very brief period led to aa intercourse which was almost daily for some two months, and which ended only when we parted from each other off Sandy Hook, on board tbe packet which returned him to Europe. The association was not tbat of liours only, but of days, and on one occasion at least of days in succession, and was characterized by a freedom of conversation on a great variety of topics that could scarcely fail, under the ingenuousness and frankness of bis manner, to put me in possession of his views, principles, aud feelings upon most points that give insight-to character. I never heard a sentiment from him and never observed a feeling that could detract from his honor and purity as a man or bis dignity as a prince ; on the contrary, I often had occasion to admire the lofty thoughts and exalted conceptions which seemed most to occupy his mind. Hisfavoriic topics when we were alone were bis uncle, the Emperor, his mother, and others of bis immediate family, in whom he had been deeply interested; his own relations to France by birtli and imperial registry ; tbe inducements which led to the attempted revolution at Strasburg, the causes of its failure, and his chief support under the mortification of the result—" the will of God," (to use his own words,) " through a direct interposition of his Providence f the time had not yet come.'" lie seemed ever to feel that his personal destiny was indissolubly linked with France; or, as his mother Hortense expressed it in her will, "to know his position;" and the enthusiasm with which at times he gave utterance to his aspirations for the prosperity, the happiness, and the honor of his country, and to the high purposes which he designed to accomplish for her as a ruler, amounted in words, voice and manner, to positive eloquence. Had I taken notes of some of these conversations they would be considered now, when his visions of power and earthly glory are realized, scarcely less epigrammatic and elevated in thought, or, as related to himself, less prophetic, than many which have been recorded from the lips of the exile of St. Helena. He was winning in the invariableness of his amiability, often playful in spirits and manner, and warm in bis affections. He was a most fondly attached son, and seemed to idolize his mother. When speaking of her the intonations of his voice and his whole manner were often as gentle and feminine as those of a woman. It had been his purpose to spend a year in making the tour of the United States, that he might hayc abetter know-J ledge of our institutions and observe for himself the practical workings of onr political system. With this expectation, he consulted me and others as to tbe arrangement ofthe route of travel, so as to visit the different sections of the Union at the most desirable seasons. But bis plans were suddenly changed by intelligence of the smhli-n illness of Queen Hortense, or, as then styled the Duchess ofSt Leu. art her castle in Switzerland I was dining with him the day the letter convey ing the information was received, liecognizing tho writing on the envelope, as it was handed fo him at table, he hastily broke tbe seal, and had scarce glanced over half a page before he exclaimed, ■' My mother is ill | I must see ber. Instead of a tour of the States I shall take the next, packet for England. I will apply lor passports for the continent at every embassy in London, and, if unsuccessful, will make my way to her williiuil them." This he did, and reached Arenenborg in time to console by bis presence the dying bourn of the ex-Queen and to receive in his bosom her last Bigh. After such opportunities of knowing much of the mind and heart and general character of Louis Napoleon, it was with great surprise that ] for the first time read, in a distant part ofthe world when he had become an Emperor, representations in the public journals of his life in New York (ami in New Orleans too, though be never was there,) which would induce a belief tliat he had been when here little better than a vagabond—low in his associations, intemperate in bis indulgences, and dissipated in bis habits. Iu both eating and drinking ho was, so far as I observed, abstemious rather tban sclf-indul_;ent. I repeatedly breakfasted. dined, and supped in his company, and never knew bim to partake of any thing stronger in drink tban the light wines of France aud Germany, and of these in great moderation. I have been with bim early and late, unexpectedly as well as by appointment, and never saw reason for the slightest suspicion of any irregularity in his habits. It has been said, notwithstanding, that bis character was so notorious tbat he was not received in society and made no respectable acquaintances. If during his brief stay in this city, at a period ofthe year when general entertainments are net usual, be was not met in the self-constituted beau-mondc of tho metropolis, it was from his own choice. Within the week of his arrival cards and invitations wore left for him at his hotel. As a reason for declining to aocept tbe last, be bad no wish to appear in what is called society, but added : "There are however, individuals resident in New Yoik whose acquaintance I should be happy to make. Mr. Washington Irving is one. I have read bis works, and admire him both as a writer and a man, and would take great pleasure in meeting him. Chancellor Kent is another. I have studied his Commentaries, think highly ot them and regard him as tbe first of your jurists. I would be happy to kuow bim personally." He did make tbe acquaintance both of Mr. Irving and the Chancellor, and enjoyed the hospitality of one at Sunnysidc and of the other at bis residence iu town. He saw some ofthe best French society in tho city ; and familiar with the historic names of New York, availed himself of the civilities of such families as tbe Hamiltons, the Clintons, the Livingstons, aud others of like positions. It is not true therefore, that ho was not received in society and had no acquaintances of respectability. Ho visited in some of our best families in social position, aud was entertained by some of our most distinguished citizens. It is said that he was without means, and lived on loans which he never repaid. This is simply absurd. I am under the impression that his private fortune was then unimpaired, and beyond the reach of the French Goyernment; but, if this were not the case, his mother's wealth was ample, and his drafts upon her for any amount would have been promptly honored. I doubt uot that funds were waiting his arrival, or, if not, were really at his command. Louis Napoleon may have had some associations in New York of which I was ignorant : and he, like Dickens and other distinguished foreigners, may have carried his observations, under the protection ofthe police, to scenes in which I would not have accompanied htm. If he did I never heard of it, and bave now no reason to suppose such was the fact. But that he was an habitue, as has been publicly reported, of drinking saloons and oyster cellars, gambling houses and places of worse repute, I do not believe. I can recall to my recollection no young man of the world whom I have ever met who, in what seemed an habitual elevation of mind and an invaiiable dignity of bearing, would bave been less at home than he in such associations. There was, however, in New York at the same time, and for about the same period, a Prince Bonaparte who was, I have reason to think, of a very different character. His antecedents in Europe had not been favorable, and bis reputation here had not been good. He, too, was in exile, hut not for a political offence. He may not have been received in society and may have had low associations. I met him, but from thisimprcssion, formed no acquaintance with him. For the same reason the intercourse between him and his cousin was infrequent and formal. All that has been said of the one may be true of the other ; and, in search of reminiscences of the sojourn in New York of Louis Napoleon, on his elevation to a throne fifteen years afterwards, it is not difficult to believe that those ignorant of the presence here of two persons of the same name and same title may have confounded tbe acts and character of tho one with the other. This I doubt not is tbe fact, and that, however general and firmly established the impression to the contrary may he, the reproach of a disreputable life here does not justly attach itself to him, who ia now confessedly the most able, the most fortunate, and the most remarkable sovereign in Europe. C. S. Stewart, U. S. Navy. A-pl-'ulturi-l. Much activity, says tbe N. Y. correspondent of the S. F. Globe, exists in tbe agricultural branch of the Patent Office at Washington, under the direction of Mr. J. D. Brown. A number of gentlemen iu various parts of the country are engaged in making experiments In agricultural chemistry, and several interesting reports have been reec-iv- ed. Oae from Dr. Charles T. Jackson, of Boston, Who bu -analysed the coin cob, acquaints the Bureau that it contains fo:ir and a half parts of nutritive matter, consisting of gum, starch, and dix- trine. Another report from tho same gentleman, furnishes the result of chemical researches on the seed of the cotton plant, made during geological excursions through the States of North Carolina. South Carolina, and Georgia. The report says lhat cotton seed may be profitably employed in tho production of rich oil ■ and that the woolly fibre adhering to the hulls may bo used inthe manu- laciureoij-aper, while the substance ofthe seed is sitilsilib- fur feeding animals, or may be employed as au excellent fertilizer. This analysis justifies tho use ofthe cotton seed as a manure for Indian corn, which draws so largely on the oil for phosphates. The Bureau bas been distributing tubers of tbe Chinese yam, which was recently introduced into France Irom the north o( China, and which bids fair to serve as a substitute for the potato. Commkrctat, STATiSTic*t.—Iii the remarks of Senator James, of Rhode Island, prefatory to the bill nvoiitly introduced by him in the Senate, wo find tbe following interesting statistical views : By tho census of LSilO, it appears that tbe amount Of Capita] io vested ia the manufacture of cotton, wool, and iron, only was but a fraction less than $166,000-000. The raw materials consumed by Hiise three, cost over $87,000,001. per annum. Their combined product is estimated at $160,000,- 000. Thus we have nearly $75,000,000 by means of those three branches alone, added, mostly by labor, to the wealth cf the country, even though tho proprietors should gain nothing by tbeir business. Again, these three branches alone employ nearly two hundred thousand persons. The entire amount of capital employed in all the various branches is set down at S.ri30.000,000 ; while the number of persons employed exceeds a million. The raw materials consumed are estimated at $530,000,000 per annum, and the value of the annual product at more than $1,000,000,000. This exhibit shows an annual absolute creation of wealth io our country from these sources of moro thau $150,000,000. The British German legion, which bas been raised by Baron Stutterheim, to meet the exigencies of the war, will be sent, now that pence has been conceded, to the Cape of Good Hope. At the Cape they will garrison the colony, und officers antl men will receive grants of land for their military services. The strength ofthe force will muster by about the lfllli ol'April, when till the troops ea route will be delivered—about 9000 men. A. ladv in the county of Goochland. Ya., recently gave birth to three living daughters, al) of whom, as well as the mother, were doing ws-ll at, last accounts. It is said that during Monroe's administration, a lady of Louisiana gave birth to four sous, whom she named Washington, .fefl.-ri-on. Madison and Monrue, all of whom lived to manhood. The same lady, before her death, was tho mother of thirty-six childien. A bookseller of Southampton, England, was lately lined five shilling for selling a news-paper on the Sabbath. The insigistrate, in pronouncing sentence, remarked, that by the terms of Ihe English law (Stat. Charles II and William III) nothing could be sold on the Sabbath but milk and mackerel.. The income of Ohio last year was about four and a quarter millions of dollars, and [fa expenditures three millions and a hall'. It has 800 miles of canals, GOO of navigable rivers, and '2000 miles of railroad. Its wheal, crop last year was 30,000.1)00 bushels, and corn 80,000,000 bushels. The Christian Register says—It is calculated that the clergy cost the United States six millions pfdollars annually ; tbe criminals nineteen millions; tbe lawyers fhirty-live millions; tobacco forty millions, and rum one hundred millions. A large party intended to visit Mt. Vernon, from Washington, on the 8th inst.. when it was announced that the spirit of Gen. Washington would deliver a discourse through Miss Jay, a spiritual medium. What a humbug' The Viennese papers report that the Archbishop of Vienna lias relin-ed to allow a monument to be erected to Mozart in one of his churches, on iho ground that the worship of genius is a sort of idolatry. The great majority of the press of Spain now advocate, though with some restrictions-, the cause of religious liberty. Jhe lirst, Protestant paper iu Spain is about to be established at Madrid. The Revenue Cutter Washington, during her recent curise, boarded and spoke one hundred aud thirty-eight vessels and assisted out of the ice fourteen. A Yankee has just invented a suspender that contracts on your approach to water, so that tho moment you come to a puddle it lifts you over, and drops you ou the opposite side. M. Kossuth is said to be in straitened circumstances, and Mr. Walter Savage Landor haB proposed to open a *-ubseription for his relief. Au American prima donna, Madame Biscacf cianti, bas made a great "hit" in Paris. She is from Boston, and was formerly Miss Ostenelli. American silver, half and quarter dollars, by edict, aro henceforth to be worth only forty and twenty cents on the island of Cuba. At the close of this year Canada will have 2000 miles of fully equipped railways costing J.18,000,- 000 sterling. For pulling the nose and slapping the face of Jenny Lind1- husband, a speculator in concerts baa __-_ fined live ; hillings in London. The Gloucester Neu-s tells of a man who lo.t a favorite cow, and who wound up his eulogy on her by Baying, '0_tfiWee&S handsomensafichool-marm.* One hunter, in less thin one hour affer starting out from Waco. Texas, killed nine deer at two shots.' About seven and a half million of hats are sold in New York city annually. The expense of one trip of an ocean steamship is over forty thousand dollars. How tuk Was. Gteows.—A forty foot eo_'aro lot in Chicago recently sold for $24,090 I
Object Description
Title | Los Angeles Star, vol. 6, no. 5, June 14, 1856 |
Type of Title | newspaper |
Description | The English weekly newspaper, Los Angeles Star includes headings: [p.1]: [col.3] "The ocean of life", "Hiawatha", "The emperor of the French", [col.5] "Agricultural", "Commercial statistics"; [p.2]: [col.1] "Salutatory", "Correspondence", "A village press", [col.2] "Our position", The presidency", [col.4] "Court of sessions", "Satisfactory", "An Ordinance creating different funds, and appropriating moneys for the several objects of expenditure for the municipal fiscal year or 1856 and '57"; [p.3]: [col.1] "Later fro the Atlantic States", [col.2] "Western Texas a free state", "The Presbyterian Church"; [p.4]: [col.1] "Columbus", "A touching story", [col.2] "The first marriage", [col.3] "A death-bell", "Dickens' picture of Woman". |
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 | circa 1856-06-08/1856-06-20 |
Editor | Hamilton, H. |
Printer | Hamilton, H. |
Publisher (of the Original Version) | Hamilton, H. |
Publisher (of the Digital Version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
Date created | 1856-06-14 |
Type | texts |
Format (aat) | newspapers |
Format (Extent) | [4] p. |
Language | English |
Contributing entity | The Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery |
Identifying Number | issue: Los Angeles Star, vol. 6, no. 5, June 14, 1856 |
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Part of Collection | Los Angeles Star Collection, 1851-1864 |
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Repository Name | Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery |
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Filename | STAR_264; STAR_265; STAR_266 |
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Title | Page 1 |
Contributing entity | The Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery |
Filename | STAR_264.tiff |
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i.tktf. rfctlrg,
IIEAUTIFIK LEGEND,
N. P. Willis writes from Idlcwild :—""When
Copway, our Ojibbcway friend, was here, a day or
two ago, he told the children an Indian l.gend
of the water-lily, bow it came to earth-—heavenly
ftower that it is. One of our lair neighbors, who
happened to be a listener, thus rendered the beautiful storj in verse."
A star looked down from its glowing throne
In the aztire-vaulled sky,
And said—'' I am weary here nil alone,
Do'iug nought but throb and sigh.
Far down in the vallies of earth I sec
The red men's children at play ;
The innocent sound of their careless glee,
Rises faint ou the air all day.
I will speak to the braves at their council Arc,
And ask them to 1- t me dwell
Where earthly love may warm my heart
With its human, holy spell!'-'
So they told the star she at night might come
When the wood and wigwam were still.
And sit on the mountain aud throw her light
Through the vale and along the hill.
She came all trembling, but when the morn
Woke tlie birds and ihe childien again,
The star sat grieving and all forlorn,
For she knew Unit her hope was vain.
" _**.ot near enough yet! I can hear and see
Tbe red man's children at play,
But they waste neither wish nor thought on me
From the morn till the clu.e of day."
Then they bade her alight on the tree top old,
Tliey lulled them asleep with its song;
And she rock'd and wail'd and shtvcr'd with
cold.
Impatient the whole night long.
At length the children awoke once more,
And she heard the pine-tree sigh,
But took no heed of the watching star,
Between them and the sky.
She saw them skimming in a light canoe,
O'er the lorely lake below,
But tae longing that hourly tenderer grew,
How could she make them know.
She pondered another night away,
And at length when the morning broke,
She dropped from her height with fearful plunge
And sank in the silver lake.
The star was shivered ! but every ray
Was caught by a faithful wave!
Each scintillaut beam grew a mow (lower,
Where she thought to fiud a grave I
And when the red maiden in her light canoe,
Seeks lilies for bosom and brow,
The star is content, for she softly says,—
"I have conquered. I'hcy love me now."
ttstcll
-ItCOUS.
TIIE I..O„__ DIS ID.
The scene ofthe greatest interest at the Hospice of the St. Bernard—a solemn extraordinaiy interest, indeed—is that of the Morgue, or building whore the dead
bodies of lost travellers aro deposited. There thoy are, some of them
as when the breath of lift- departed
and the death angel, with his instruments of frost and snow, stiffened and embalmed them for ages.
Tlie floor is thick with nameless
skulls and bones, and human dust
heaped in confusion. But around
the walls are groups of poor sufferers in the very poiiiion in which
they were found, as rigid as marble,
and, in this air, by tho preserving-
elements of an eternal frost, almost
as uncrumhling. There is a mother
and her child a most affecting image
of suffering and-love. __e face ofh__t a plot has been discovered,
the little one remains pressed to __-„_£ for its object the placing of
tho mother's bosom, only the back Canada under the banner of the
part of the skull being visible the stars and, stripea, and that a number
"Naw," said she, they aro nut; for,]
sitho, aw've blioylt 'em ahoon an
heawer, un thir no softer yet." Now
he did not care much about this ;
but when he saw her take the child's
nightcap off its head to boil his
dumpling in ono morning, he declared that " he could nt ston it.''
■Sketches on Lancashire Life.
Rogers' Table Talk.
We take the following extracts
from a notice of this entertaining
work:
One of the Duke of Wellington's most perfect coolness on the
most trying occasions, Col. Garwood gave me this instance :—He
was once in great danger of being
drowned at sea. It was bedtime,
when the captain ofthe vessel came
to him and said; 'It will soon be
all over with us.' 'Very well.' answered the duke, ' then I shall not
have to take off my boots.' "
To the recollection of Wellington
let us add one of Nelson. "I have
seen him," said Mr. Rogers, "spin
teetotum with his one hand a
whole evening, for the amusement
ot some children."
A friend of mine in Portland
Place has a wife who inflicts upoi,
him every season two or thiee immense evening parties. At one ol
those parties he was standing in a
very forlorn condition leaning upon
the chimney piece, when a gentleman, coming up to him, said:—
" Sir, as neither of us is acquainted
with any ofthe people here, I think
no had best go boil e."
We close the miscellany of brief
extracts with some sayings of Sydney Smith, not to bu found recorded, we think, in his memoirs.
" He said that was so fond
of contradiction that he would
throw up the window in the mid
die ol the night, and contradict the
watchman who was calling the
hour.
* When his physician advised
him to take a walk upon an empty
stomach, Smith asked, " Upon
whose ?"
" Lady Cork," said Smith, " was
once so moved by a charity sermon that she begged me to lend
her a guinea for her cents ibution.
I did so. She never repaid me,
and spent it on herself."
Treason in Canada.—A Toronto correspondent of the New York-
Times writes as follows : A porten-
tious story is at the present mo
mint passing from mouth to mouth
and meets with some degree of
credence. It is confidently stated
body enfolded in her careful arms
affectionate in vain, to shk-ld her
offspring from the elemental wrath
of the tempest.
Tho snow toll fast and thick, and
the hurricane wound them both ap
in one white shroud and buried
them. There is also a tall, strong
man, standing alone, tho face dried
and black, but the white unbroken
teeth firmly set and closed, grinning from the fleshless jaws; it is
a most awful spectacle. The face
seems to look at you, from the recess ofthe sepulchre, as if it would
tell you the story of a death struggle in the storm. There are other
groups more indistinct, but these
two are never to be foi gotten ; and
the whole of these dried and frozen
remnants of humanity are a terrific
demonstration of the tearfulness of
the mountain pass, when the cle
monts let loose in fury, encounter
the unhappy traveller. You look
at all this through tho grated window ; there is light enough to make
it solemnly and distinctly visible,
and to read in it a powerful record
of mental and physical agony and
of maternal love and death. That
little child hiding its face in its
mother's bosom and both frozen to
death!—one can never forget the
group, nor the memento mori, nor
the token of deathless love.—Wanderings of a Pilgrim.
Untaught Wives.—A country
lass, not long married, was told by
her husband to boil him some eggs.
and to " bhoyle 'em soft." He went
out a while, and on his return they
were boiling, but not ready. He
Waited long, and then shouted,
"Are those eggs noan ready yet ?"
of men holding high offices in this
country are implicated in it. It i-
y-aid that when Mr. Seward, sometime ago in the United States Senate, spoke of the probable conduct
of Canada, in the event of a war
with England, he proceeded notoi
a vague estimate on the state ol
public feeling, but on tangible doc:
mnentary evidence in the shape of
letters from influential parties on
this side, then actually in his hands
And it is added that the conspiracy
has been blown upon, and that the
Governor General is now in-possession of the names of eight members of the Canadian Parliament,
and of a number of Canadian Magistrates, who have been engagsd
in treasonable correspondence with
Mr. Seward.
Onf evening, not long since,
Judge Conrad, Mayor of Philadelphia, was waited upon at his residence by two gentlemen, who stated that a carriage was at tlie door,
and asked him if he was ready to
accompany them and " deliver that
lecture." The Judge was surprised, as he had made no arrangement
of the kind; but his visitors showed him a paper in which he was
advertised to deliver a lecture on
" Women's Influence," and stated
that the audience had already assembled. The Judge finally concluded to accompany the committee
who had taken such a liberty with
his name, and although the subject
was one he had never before discussed in public, yet he delivered
a lecture which afforded unmingled
satisfaction to a large audience.
This beats the modern "surprise
parties."
ADVERTISING.
It is difficult to persuade some
men of the value of advertising, although the immense fortunes that
have been made by it in this country and in England, within the last
ten or filteen years, aro evidenced
by the palatial structures which
have been erected hy the shrewd
and fortunate advertisers in Phila-
lelphia, New York, London, and
other cities. It is said that the average weekly receipts of the London
Times, for advertising alone, amount
to $30,000, and they have frequently gone up to $40,000. This shows
ihat a just appreciation of advertising is possessed hy tho Londoners.
The New York Tribune in an arti-
■ le on this subject said, that nowhere is advertising carried on to
so great an extent as in England.
"Professor" Holloway's Pills are
advertised to the amount of $150,-
000 annually; Moses & Son pay
$60,000; $50,000 is also paid by
Rowland for liis Macassar Oil, &c. ;
$50,000 hy Dr. De Jough for liis
1 od Liver Oil; Heal & Sons pay
$30,000 per year for adverti-ing
their bedsteads and bed furniture,
sunt Fben Nicholls, a tailor, advertises to the extent of $20,000.
Large sums are paid in this country, also, for advertising; some houses in New York set aside ten, fifteen, twenty and twenty-five thousand dollars annually fr advertis-
ing,and this is continued every yeai
because it pays. We know of instances ot large sums being made
during the past year, within a few
weeks, hy advertising, when without the aid of the press nothing
could have been done. We lay it
down as an axiom, that the money
spent in judicious advertising by a
business man, invariably yields him
four-fold, sooner or later, and in
numerous instances one hundred
or one thousand fold
Some men advertise for a short
time after they commence business,
and think that is sufficient, and
others intermit advertising after
they have established a flourishing
business by its aid. This is a great
mistake. From the moment a house
ceases to advertise, however large
its reputation and standing, it begins to decline. The changes are
so rapid in this country, and the
public mind is so constantly occulted by new applicants for its favors sind its attention, that to be out
of the papers, where every one
seeks for information on every subject, is to be forgotten. The press
is daily more and more becoming
a necessity, and its usefulness as an
advertising medium is const mtly
increasing. No man is wise, or just
to himself, who undertakes to do
business without availing himself of
its advantages.
Tiicse Camels and Dromeda' ies
—The Washington Star ssiys that
the camels and dromedaries purchased and otherwise proem ed by
Major Wayne and Capt. Porter,
under the appropriation made for
the purpose at the iast session ol
Congress, in Asia Minor, (Feb. 11,
1856,) embarked, and tho vessel
ssii'ed with the first fair wind fo
the United St„tes. The number of
animals procured is 33, viz : 9 male
and 15 female camels, 4 male and
5 female dioin-claries
The vessel was expected to arrive at Indianola, Texas, about the
last of April, at which phi.ee they
were to be landed and suffered to
recruit before being employed for
army transportation purposes. Several of the animals are a present
from the Viceroy of Egypt to our
Government.
Louts Napoleon, we are credibly
informed, has a board hill unpaid
to this day in the hands of an ex-
andlord residing in Hoboken, N
J. The story is this :—When " the
nephew of his uncle" was last in
fhis country, he spent several day;
in luxurious living at an inn, then
kept hy one of his own countrymen over there, but the obligations
incurred at tho time have never yet
been discharged, though the Emperor, we are assured, has frequently
had his memory refreshed as to th,
fact. The apartments occupied h\
his defaulting majesty arc still
slown, with the imperial initials
" L. N." hacked out on the panel of
the door by a jack-knive, that (it
ay be added) the distinguished
stranger borrowed from a son ofthe
andlord, which he likewise forgot
to return to the owner.—N. Y. Express.
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