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Columbus. BY MRS. SiaOURNET. A student mused __ eloister'd cell— The midnight lamp declined— While visions of a vestal sphere Eriwrapt his ardent mind. At length, by mighty impulse moved, Decision sprang from thought ; And strong in eloquence of soul, The Genoese besought Of lofty Science—" Send me forth ' O'er yonder trackless sea, And glorious themes for deathless tomes, I will bring back to thee ; I'll win such undiscover'd fields, Such trophies of renown— That all thy harvests heretofore, Shall be as thistle-down." But Science stood with folded arms, In statued, sceptic pride, And like the Pharisees of old, Unvarnish'd truth decried. ne said to Commerce—" Give roe ships, And I the cost witl pay. New mines of gold, and Indian gems Shall sparkle to the day." Eut Commerce launch'd her clumsy boats That fear'd to leave the shore. And sternly bade tlie dreamer—hence— To waste ber time no more. He turned to Royalty, and cried " Deign then to speed my way. And realms and nations yet unknown Shall bow and own thy sway." But the anointed kings were bent, In conflicts of an hour, And chose iu petty broils to spend Their hcavcn*cntrustcd power, Then to the Church, Columbus knelt— " Oh Mother !—bless thy son— And send bim with a viceroy's right- Where heathen souls are won— And incense from a thousand shrines Shall on your altars glow, And chaunt.d praise from pagan tongues Thy temple-courts o'erflow." So, the tiara'd Church gave ear When her true suppliant pray'd, And Isabella's sceptred hand Its warm oblation made ; And gaily from tbe coast of Spain Three white sails met the morn- Westward they steer'd 'neath stranger-skies Till to grey Europe's wondering eyes This brave, New World was born A TOUCHING STORY. The editor of the Chicago Times, having been on the north side of that city to see a friend, was recently prevented from reaching his home, in consequence of a steam tug having passed up tho river with a small fleet of vessels in tow, one of which had boon cast off and hauled in just west of the bridge, leaving the " draw " still open While waiting, ho witnessed the following scene : The vessel we bave mentioned was moored or made fast outside of several canal boats; and. we stood looking at the mon upon her, ono of them approached a female, who had been crouched on the deck, and addressing her, pointed to the shore. then to the bridge, and then down toward the thronged and busy streets of living, moving, headlong Chicago. She rose, picked up a small bul die, from which she drew forth a coin, which she tendered to the hardy sailor. He refused it •whatever it was, and lending her a hand, helped her from the vessel to tbe dock, and from the dock up to the bridge. By this time a largo cro-ivd of persons thronged the north end of where the bridge would be if it were always a bridge, and in contemplating tbe new faces, and the representatives of the various classes there assembled, we had almost forgotten the incident we have related. Our attention was called from a vain endeavor to discover some cessation of tugs going up and down, and schrouers and brigs pulling in and out, by hearing a most audible sob from some one. near us. It was not tbe sob of childhood, caused by some sudden change from gaiety to grief; it was the sob of some maturer breast filled with a sense of loneliness and despair. It reached other ears than ours. A lady, dressed in a manner which bespoke the wealth that could gratify taste and elegance, and who, like ourselves, was detained at that place, stood near, accompanied by three children, whose desire to get at tbe extreme end of the platform Bhe with difficulty repressed. With a woman's tenderness her heart recognized the stifled ebullition of sorrow, and approaching the person from whom it came, who was none other than the woman we had just seen land from the vessel, sbe quietly, and in tnat soft, sweet voice of woman which none can resist, inquired if sbe stood in need, or was she ill, or was her sorrow such that she could not be relieved. A portion of the railing near us was vacant, and towards that, and almost at our side, those two women came to converse. The stranger was a fair, handsome girl of about seventeen years, neatly but coarsely dressed, with shoes not only well worn, but heavy and un- euitcd as much for ber sex as for the season, Tbe poor girl, in honest simplicity and with an earnestness which despair alone can impart, related her history, uninterrupted by a single observation from her companion, but often accompanied by tbe tears of both. We have not space for it at length, but we will give it, changing its order just enough to enable us to state it briefly. She said that she was born in Boston ; she had no brother or sister now ; she remembered that she had a sister, the oldest, whose name was Lizzie ; that sister, years ago, against her father's will, had married, and with her husband, bavin11" been banished from her father's sight, had gone off, and had not been heard of since—no doubt w dead. At the time of her sister's marriage, her parents were wealthy ; the pride which drove away Lizzie had brought silent regrets, and after a while came melancholy complainings by the mother, sighing for the embrace of her first-born. These soon led to anger and crimination at home and dissipation by the father abroad. Losses came upon them, and, at last, gathering the few worldly goods they possessed, they left the proud city of their birth, and settled five years ago upon land purchased of the government in Wisconsin. Her brothers, some older and some younger than herself, one by one drooped and died ; and soon the mother, calling in agony upon her long-exiled daughter, joined her boys iu a happier clime. None were now left but tbe father and this poor girl. He, too, was humbled and stricken by the glow, but certain disease that light up the cheek, and tiros tlie eye with the brilliancy of health, even when its victim is on the confines of eternity. He would sit and tell to his surviving child the acts of winning love and sacrificing devotion which had made Lizzie tho very object of his life. He would talk of her sweet smiles and her happy disposition, until memory would lead him to tbe hour when he bade her depart and let not him see her face again. His decline was rapid, and tbis lone child saw the flowers which the warmth of spring bad called from ber mother's grave disturbed uprooted, and thrown aside, that his ashes might mingle with those of the mother of his his children. At, his death he charged her to pay off, as far as .he might be able, the debts incurred to procure tho necessaries of life. The land, which from want of culture, had not increased in value, was sold,, and left her but a few dollars. These she expended in rearing some boards to mark the spot where she had seen buried, ono after another, her beloved kindred. She bad heard of Chicago. She had heard tbat in this city there were offices where strangers wishing employment could find work. Sbe had on foot travelled many miles, until she reached Milwaukie, and thence by the kindness of a poor sailor, who had seen her day after day on tbe dock, watching the steamers depart, had inquired and ascertained that she wished to come hither, but had not tho money. He brought her to Chicago on his own vessel, and told her that by crossing the bridge she could find one of those places where situations were given to worthy applicants. Such was her story. She had mentioned no name except that of father, mother, and the endearing appellations of brother George, Willie. Both of the women were crying bitterly. The fashionably dressed lady turned her face towards the river, that her tears, at such a crowded and unusual place, might not be observed. She requested us to take her two boys—George and Willie ns she called them—by the hand, to keep tbem from danger, and then putting her hand around the neck of the poor, friendless wandering, orphan stranger, said; " You are my own sister. I am Lizzie /" These two beings, children of the same parents, bow different havo boon their paths, and bow deep their sufferings! We have seen them together in " Lizzie's" carriage, driving along Lake street. They aro doubtless as happy as their bereavements, relieved only by tho consciousness of duty faithfully performed, can permit. But while tho suffering of that father and mother may be faintly known from the story of the daughter, what must have been the menial agony of that other daughter, unkindly banished from her i ther's side, and driven out into the world without a father's blessing? What must have been her grief when her letters, written from a prosperous city, from the house ofher wealthy and kind bus- band, telling them ofher success, and ofthe birth of her children, were unnoticed and unanswered T She must have felt Indeed that the hearts of that father and mother, her sister and brothers, must have been hardened against her. We will say no moro. That scene will live in our memory while we can remember the holy loye of a father, mother and kindred. -*•* ' «» ■ i»»- . Tub First Makhiaok—Adam's Wedding.—An English journal, tho Britannia, has an amusiu article under the head of Adam's Wedding.' The editor says that he likes short courtships, and in tbis Adam acted like » sensible man—he fell asleep a bachelor, and awoke to find himself a married man. He appears to have 'popped the question ' immediately after meeting Ma'amselle Eve ; and sbe, without flirtation or shyness, gave him a kiss and herself, Of that first kiss in this world we have had, however, our own thoughts, aud sometimes in poetical mood have wished we were the man that did it. But the deed is or was done ; the chance was Adam's, and he improved it. We like the notion of getting married in garden; it is in good taste. We like a private wedding, and Adam's was strictly private. No envious beaux were there, no croaking old maids, no chattering aunts, and grumbling grandmothers. The birds of heaven were minstrels, and the glad sky shed its light upon the scene. One thing about the first wedding brings queer things into our beads, spite of scriptural truth. Adam and his wife were rather young to be married ;—mere babies, larger but not older—without a houso, without a pot or kettle—nothing but love and Eden! "Por "What Citii My UTontH Be V* My mother tells me, " Nature has^given thee Lips to speak with, my daughter, my own : Aud so thou must use them for speaking alone." But why are they red then ? White lips would have answered for speaking as And why hasshesaid, then, [well, " Only for speaking." O. who can tell A poor innocent girl like mo, " For what, but to speak with, can my mouth be?" ■*■*■*■ ■■«»., i.-. —— A Dkath-Bell.—A story iB told ofthe casting of a bell for the church of St. Magdalen, at Breslau, When the metal waa just ready to be poured iifto the mould the chief founder went to dinner, and forbade hia apprentice, under pain of death, to touch the vent by which the metal was conveyed. Tbe youth, curious to see the operation, disobeyed orders, the whole of the metal ran into the mould. and the enraged master, returning fro'm his meal slew the apprentice on the spot. On breaking away tlie mould, lie found that be had been too hasty, for tho bell was cast as perfectly as pc ble. When it was hung in its place- tho master had boon sentenced to death by the sword for tho murder of tho apprentice, and he cntreifted the authorities that he might be allowed to hear it once before he died. His petition was granted, and the bell bas since been rung at every oxecu- Dickexs' Picture op Woman.—The true woman, for whose ambition a husband's love and her children's adoration are sufficient, who applies her military institute to the discipline ofher household, and whose legislative exercise themselves in making laws for her nursery : whoso intellect has field enough for her in communion with her husband, and whoso heart asks no other honors than bis love and admiration ; a woman who does not think it a weakness to attend to her toilet, and who does not disdain to be beautiful; who believes in tbe virtue of glossy hair and well-fitting gowns, and who eschews rents and raveled edges, slip shod shoes and audacious make-up ; a woman who speaks low and docs not speak much ; who is patient and gentle, and intellectual and industrious ; who loves more than she reasons, and yet does not love blindly ; who never scolds and never argues but adjusts with a smile; such a woman is tbe wife we have all dreamed of once in our lives, and is the mother wo still worship in tho backward distance ofthe past. "I — * \ \ m\ i Ambitions' Fate.—In the historic page, you of course find hundreds of men celebrated in their victories : amongst others, Alexander, Philip, Ca- sar, Hannibal, Pompey, Anthony, Pyrrhus, Sylla, Seleucus, and, in your own time, Napoleon. But it is equally true, that in alt campaigns, the conduct ofall _nd each of these individuals was governed by ambition, not patriotism—personal 0g grandizemenl, not the good of their subjects or fellow-countrymen. And what were their several rewards ? Alexander aud Hannibal a cup of poison ; Anthony died the death of a suicide : Pyrrhus was killed by a brick, thrown by a Spar- fan woman ; Sylla was killed by vermin ; Philip. Ca.sar, Pompey and Seleucus were assassinated . and Napoleon died on the rock of St. Helena, an exile from his country. A hevy of little children were telling their father what they got at school. The eldest got grammar, geography, arithmetic, etc. Tbe next got reading, spelling and definitions. " And what do you get, my little soldier?" said tbe father to a rosy-cheeked little fellow who was at that moment slily driving a ten-penny nail into a door pannel. "Me?—oh I gets readiu', Epellin' and spankins'." —. —_h~-a #■>,», . The World Moves.—The finger of Galileo is shown under s? glass case in the Florence Museum. It stands on a mysterious looking bit of parchment, pointing towards heaven. The hand to which it belonged is snppo?cd to have been put to the torture by the Inquisition for ascribing motion to the earth, and tlie finger is now worshiped for having proved the motion. J. M. Strobridge & Co., W1I0LKSALB AMD RETAIL CLOTHING EMPORIUM, CORNER OP COMMERCIAL 'AND SANSOME STREETS, I'lidti- St. Niiliola. Hotel, 8JIN FRAJVCISCO, OFFER the lur.est -_<1 most eomploU* n.*o-oi-_iiient of Clothing nnd Gentlemen?- Furi-isiiing Good, over opt-m-il In i-.au Francisco. e are receiving por every steaiu.r f-.m one Manufactory in New York, • Tlie Latest antl most FasSilona'de Styles - of all kind- of • ___.-__a,*__v& ^__^*-__-s. **■ —consisting of— _*'*___ Fine, Black, Brown avj.d Blue Dross and Frock Coats;' ™ Fin. mid Iloavj,- Ilea ver Overcoats; _______ o. every _e8c_ij>t-o_ ; Fine and HoavtFrench anil American ..issn'me re Pants; Fine Iliac, and Fancv Sill; Velvet, Satin and Cloth. Vests; ll.'ivy Kibbod .aKsiiiiuri'. anil Cloth Uus-ines.s Suit,.', etc. Also, a large assortment of llata and Cap.1* constantly on hand. Fine While and Check Linen ant"! Cottofi SMrtflj Fine Silk, Merino ani Cotton Undershirts in*.-.Drawers; Scarfs, Cravats Neck Ti.s, Su.spe_.J__s; Collars, Handkerchiefs, Gloves; English, Merino and Cotton Half Hose, etc., etc. 4 Everything connected with _ ' , Gentlemen's Furnishing Gopds constantly on hand. A largo and complete assortment of S5S ____!___©_• C3-0_»_li_i km Jr'titfk. rptetisnitutk _?ii_ #r^g^-_ttlistmtnts. CLOTHING ^VAEEIIOUsi, WM.G. BADGER iO_» Battery SStx-e-,. _____ ,,f it_„-_,t, **- -, _______ *^S-?-.sr_-__a_____ Importer of .very variety or 9 CLOTHING AND FURNISHING GOODS- —ALSO 0_— > DUCKS, DRILli, SHEETINGS, BLANKFT. HATS, BOOTS AND BROUANS ' By recent arrlvfQa, have received very lawn .__ - the most fc lln°-ei_o. Desirable Styles of Clothing now opening and ready for sale. Our stock consisting of over .100,000, wo invite alt, especially strangers visiting the city, to call and see tin before making their- purchases, as we flatter ourselves w_ can please in price and quality. Sao l-'i-ancisoii. May Hi, IK ."Hi. my 24 -lm For JS-alo, BY THE CASE OK PACKAGE, In quantities to suit,. LONG BILLPAPJ-I., J-EGAL CAP. LK'tTKU PAPER, INK U1.10A1) BILL I'AI'l.i. FOOLSCAP, .NOTE PAI'Kli, PENCILS, BLANK BOOKS, WAFERS, ke., __. Noisy Carrier. JSoo-t and Stationery Co., 87 Battery st. and 04 and 68 Long Wharf, San Franc l.y ______ C. P. KIMBALL. President. Travellers ! Bcwai'ii of tlie Impo.lHons of Hack _"__vcrs, l__.'iii~_s! _!_» ALL PERSONS ARRIVING TN PAN FRANCISCO AND INTENDING TO STOP AT Revenge.—The noblest revenge we can take upon our enemies is to do tbem a kindness, for to return malice for malice, and injury for injury, will afford but a temporary gratification to onr evil passions, and our enemies will only be rendered more bitter against us. But, to take the first opportunity of showing them bow superior ■we arc to them, by doing them a kindness, or by rendering them a service, the sting of reproach will enter deeply into tbeir soul; and, while unto us it will be a noble retaliation, our triumph will not unfrcquently bo rendered complete, not only by blotting out the malice that bad otherwise stood against us, but by bringing repentant hearts to offer themselves at tbe shrine of friendship, "Woman's Will.—Dip the Atlantic ocean dry with a tea-spoon; twist your heel into the too of your boot; make postmasters perform their promises, and subscribers pay the printer ; send up fish- ing-hooks witb balloons, and fish for stars; get astride of a gossamer and chase a comet; when the rain is coming down liko tho cataract of Niagara, remember where you left your umbrella ; choke a musquito with a brickbat ■ in short, prove all things hitherto considered impossible, to be possible, but never attempt to coax a woman to say sbe will, when she has made up her mind to say sbe won't. A Blind Historian.—One of the papers states that Wm. If, Prescott, tho American historian, who resides at Groton, Mass., lost ono eye when at college, by a blow from a crust thrown by a boy. The sight ofthe other was so weakened by sympathy, tbat be cannot use it. He accordingly uses the apparatus invented for the blind—a stylus, with tracing paper, and strings to guide the hand. He is thus able to sit up at night and write without lighting a candle. In this way his great liistori- cal labors have been perfected. Universality of Discontent.—A gentleman had a board put up on a part of his land, on wbich was written, "I will give this field to any one who is really contented ; and when an applicant came, he .aid, " Are you contented ?" tbe general reply was, "I am." ''Then what do you want witb my field." rejoined the gentleman. Dr. Franklin was once endeavoring to kill a turkey by an electric shock, when he received the whole force of the battery himself. Recovering, he good humoredly remarked, that, instead of killing a turkey, he had nearly put an end to a goose. .^ i o m '» Poor old Biggs, ot Boston, labored under two great natural defects, the one being his inability to pronounce the letter V, and the other a " pecuniary rotentiveness," vulgarly known as parsimony. " What a queer pronunciation your uncle has," observed some one to a nephew of Biggs. Ah, yes," replied the graceless youth—" it's impossible to get a V out of him." " It spoils a man to marry bim, And spoils a woman to love her." This matrimony is the greatest cure for romance I ever heard of! The thermometer is always " down to Zero" after the honeymoon has passed. There is a woman in the lunatic asylum at New York who thinks that the Roman Catholics are trying to build a cathedral in her stomach, and who goes to bed every night with a club to keep off the Papists. The richest genius, like tire most fertile soil, when uncultivated, shoots up into the rankest weeds; and instead of vines and olives for the pleasure and use of man, to its owner it yields the most abundant-crop of poisons.—Hume, Take the band of the friendless. Smile on tbe sad and dejected. Sympathise with those in trouble. Strive everywhere to diffuse aronnd sunshine and joy. If you do this you will sure to be beloved, _Jh._Pebguson says there is no country in the world where wives are more worshipped than they are in Prance. He regrets to say, however, that all the adoration comes from somebody else's hi band. Sidney Smith says, the Anglo-Saxon race was made for two purposes—to manufacture calico and steal land. A bard hit, and, we fear, not undeserved. Labor is the groat support of good morale. After Adam and Eve were obliged to earn their broad by tbe sweat of their brows we bear no more of the serpent's tempting them, A husband complains sadly at tho price of "ducks." W-« -*■■«» ™»a««-». *->- ■■-—- *- --- His wife recently bought three for $7. duck " of a dress, a^ " duck » of a para- —viz: i ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ sol, aud a " duck " of a bonnet. !_■ you are a very precise man, and wish to be certain of what you get, never marry a girl named Ann, for we have tho authority of Lindley Murn and others, that " Ann is an indefinite article.'1 Since tho Common Council of New York have ordered the street hydrants to be kept locked, milk has risen two cents a quart. To undertake to reason a girl out of love, ■ » ns absurd as would be the attempt to extinguish Vesuvius with a glass of water. " An Act to Amend an Act " :—To pick a man up whom you have knocked down. 119 and IB! Sacramento Street, San Francisco, UR E CA UTIONED To beware of tlio tricks and various impositions of Runners and Hack Drivers, representing themselves as being employed hy the proprietor of the What Cheer House, thereby inducing the unwary to get into their carriage by telling them that it belong, to tl^ House and is free, aud afterwards extorting from thorn exorbitant prices, Bonttl per Week SO 00 Board per Day SI 00 Meals, each. .SO cents. Tn addition to a large number of Rooms, having _____ two to three beds in each, there is also 100 well finished id neatly furnished single Red Rooms. The Beds are fitted up with springs and the best colored hair in it tresses hereby making this the best house in tht.city. __sOf.£.lng per Week $3, 3, 4, 6 00 .Lodging per Night 50c, 73, $1 00 JBS* FREE BATHS -_g£. The What Cheer House sends to tho Boats an express wagon, with the name of the house on it, for the purpose of carrying passengers and Baggage Free I The proprietor wishing it understood that all others act without authorl- ty from him. my3-tf R. B. WOODWARD, Proprietor. LosquePadezcan! Lean!! Lean!!! EL GRAN KEMEDIO ITALIANO DE DE. PAREIRA, Para la cierta y eficaz cura de las infermedades de una naturaleza privada, sin hacer cuso del tiempo que se ha durado y sin malos efeclos al sistema o sin ponerse en dleta. Nmicn ._ ha fait ado—Nt puede fn'ca a Ctirar. ESTE ESPECIFICO INVALUABLE FUE INTRODUCIDO haee cin.uenta anus an l'i_a,y pronto desp ties fitehicu conocido para una cura cierta que en los pueblos y ciuda- des no solamento en el Continente, pero tambien en Gran Bretaiia, la demamla por ella y sus merit os tan recuiven- dos que en menos de un afio de su introdiiceion. fue tornado en lugar de todos otro. remedies. Las fa.ulta.es de medieina de las citulades p v in ci pales de Europa fueron compeltdos a reconocer su asombrozo poder sobre enfer- rnedades. Proprietarios de otras medicinftS, colosos de su popular!dad que vian en vano detenerlo en su progreeo. Como el trigo delante el segardor, sus esfuer.os caiyeron al Biielo, y como el ltiego en les llanos Uovando todo por delante, su marcha fue un triunfo. _ e quedo en sus meri- tos, y un publico decemiente vi. probii y fue convincido de sus magicas virtudes. La Grande Fort nun adquerido por Dr. Pareira de la ven- ta de ello los seisaiios que la preparo solo atestiquaa sus milagososmoritos. Al f-lledmiento del Doctor lo roceta fue heredada por su hijo, quien recientemeute lo ha introduciilo en los Es- tados Unidos. El nilniero ile las ouraB que so ha heeho es a.unhrozo, Miles y miles pueden dar testitnonio de eu el'ecacia. Todos los que uscn, lo Curaran 1 I - con una seguridad, despaelto y a cierto que ning ana. otra racdicina ha poseida. No tomas falsas nostrums. Use un ..medio que ha sido probado puf ___ cincnenta __.OB pasados y que no se ha faltado. GUAR1)aN"*K DE FAISAS APARIENCTAS. La venta tan estensiva de es_te asomliru/.a medieina, ha causado ya personas a vender si los caiulhlos una composi- cion espurlfl, con aparienclas a la original. No compra sin la finne esct'ila do A. Pareira M. 1>. one] ovoltoriodeafuera do cada hotelia. Todos his demas son falsos, y sus fabri- cadores seran eastigados al estn-ino rigor do la ley. Pre- cio TR.-.*. 1'LEO. LA 1!()TE|,L... Para vender por P. Kab- C.ck, el uni.o agento para t'alt'.ornia, Oregon y Ian Lslas de Sandwich a quien toSoa Q__0__- han do estar dirijidos, *" " ien para vernier por Drognenis do esto Estado goner- Un discuento liberal para los que compran por aim out mayor. ■______________■_____■_ D. BADCOCK, Droguoro Mayor, 133 Callo de Clay Sun"Francisco. Tambien para vender por J. B. WINSTON, Drogerero Los Angeles. lilsta dc Agcntcs en el E.tado. Dr. J. Ti. WINSTON, Los Angeles. P.. K. STAtfKWi'ATill'R, I'tjl.i.a. do la Ciudad, . a.r__iet_to. Uil'l-:, COFFIN Y CA., Boficavios Marysville. W. H. BRUNEI!, Uoiica de Tuolumne, Sonora BENJ. SIIUR-LKEF, Roliea ile Shasta, Shasta. CHILD & WORTHF.N, " >' Plai-orville, Placerville. .ll'STIN OATES. Jr. Ciudad do Sacramento. In*, li. W, CARR, Downicville. Dr. JOHN LARK, Nevada. Dr. W. H. OATL1FF, Yreka. WHAI-HY *_ .M(.>i:s:-„ San Diego. GEOItt. 1. L. STORY, Portland 0. T a-i-il 19-3_i ■• uu«c. _j¥ -„n . tt**4<rt .•u«t,W.-«._Sl5j and it is the LARGEST STOCK The goodi and ■ th *____________________________________________ in the most durable manner. TEAIJl'RS frein, the country aro invited to *-*.m- I1EAV _•_ TOOK, aud they .ill find the pri,,-, ( o .u-,,''','!i* tbey can be found elsewhere in the market LKtl|n.- PURCHASERS may relv on receiving tin- Wst « . saleable goods, sis each a.rlicit* is t'UAl.AVl'FFli n3(iat ORDERS FROM Till*: COUNTRY pmnipUv _».. . , attended to. P P V *ai caref*% 10,000 pairs assorted Fancy Cassiinere Pants* 10,00(1 pairs assoi [ed Fancy and Plain Satim-tin i> , 7,000 pairs L-nenPants; "* *"ntgf 2,000 pairs (lomlveai-'s Rubber Pants; 1,000 Goody car's White Rubber Uoftts; 200 cases Coodyea r _ Long and Short _.__lj.e_ 1JU0._. 1,000 dozen super 1-annel'over.shii-ts;; 300 do Fancy Cassiinere Overs-shirts- 1,000 do White Shirts; 000 do heavy Hickory Shirts;: 500 do heavy Check Shirts; 300 do Merrimac Shirts; GOO do L'lnvVs Wool Oudershfrts- /300 do Regatta Undershirts; ' 200 do G-.ey Flannel Undershirts- 450 do Lamb's Wool Drawers;-! 250 do Bleached Drill Drawers: 1,500 do Overalls; 300 do Denim Frocks: 1,200 do . Country-It nit Wool Socks; 1,500 do heavy White and Mixed Cotton _atk_* 1,000 pieces super Silk Pocket .H.. -nlk ere hi-_(■■_.. r 100 dozen sup.r Black Silk Ne .kerchiefs-- " 200 do Cans'.rio Handkerchief..- ' 300 do Rubber Belts; 250 do Buck Gloves; 400 do Vu'.-:.skin Cold Bags; 1.000 Doeskin- Business Coats; 400 Black Cloth Frock Coats: 2,000 assorted Overcoats; 000 assorted Pea Coats; 3,000 Silk, Cloth and Velvet Vests- 20 hales Bins and White Bl-.a_.ts- 50 do AST-eeting: 50 do B-iM-; 30 do assorted Duck; 50 cases t_*e l-elt Hats;. 100 cases Straw Hats. For sale hy WM. C. Ba___S Wholesale Clothiu- W-nelim,__ No. 109 Battery St., corner Morel,am' Ssn, \X''ff N. B.—No Goods sold at Retail. ' „ Ir ■ NEW fEATViiE I ! J"- "W- S-.-ullivan's Glreat Pacific X>_pot and General Agenej-, FOR THE SUPPLY OF PUBLICATIONS. STATIONERY, i-ov PAPERS, PERIODICALS AND BOOKS, Received weekly by tbe Mail Steamers, and exclu.h-. .„- press, via Nicaragua. THE proprietor would respectfully inform Country Book- sellers, Canvassers, Agents, Pedlers, and the Publi. tyat independent of his genera I NV--_ paper business, l,eli„» constantly on l___d, an-1 receiving by every steamer „1T tht STANDARD BOOKS, MAGAZINES AND'REVIEWS OF UROPE AND AMERICA. Together with all tbe New, Cheap, and Miscellaneous no- els and publications of the day. Having been engage. iV hisbusincss for years, he assures all concerned tliat he is enabled to forward ail orders with promptness and dispatch on terms more favorable than most houses, ashegives dy personal attention to the selection and conveyance of crery order. Parties favoring him with their orders may rest assured Ot being dealt with in this most satisfactory manner and with works suited to their trade, SCHOOL, LAW ani MEDICAL WORKS, Supplied at earliest moment after ismie. Blank Books, Car._>___._ and Knv.iopes, and every Tarietj of COMMERCIAL AMD FANCY STATIONARY AH orders must be postpaid, enclosing CASH for Wot.. 4®- Bags kept open to the latest moment. United States Mail via Nicaruagua, by authority ofthe United States Government. Wholesale and retail department, next door to thePo*t Office, San Francisco. un7 OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. UNITED STATES OFF1CF.RS. United States District Court for the Southern District of California: I. S. K. Qgii£«. Judge \Jjf Ord, District Attorney ■ C. E. Carp, Clerk jA Hunter, Marshal. United States Land OjBe for the Southern District of California ■■ Andres Pico, Receiver ; ll. P. Dorsey, Register. United States Court of Claims: C. E. Carr, Commissioner: Customs Department—(San Pedro). Collector—Col. Isaac William.; Deputy— J. F.. Stephen-. Postmasters : J. S. \Vaite_. Los Angeles. G. C. A'.oxtsnder, San Pedro. Thomas Burdick, San Gabriel. Ira Thompson, Monte. First Judicial District, comprising the counties ef Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Diega. First District Court.—Judge—Benj. Hayes. COUNTY OFFICERS. Couniy Court—Wm. G. D-r-ydon, Judge. Associate Judges—J___c_ F. Burns antl C. O. Cunningham. County Treasnrer—II. N. Alexander. County Assessor—Antonio-P. Coronel; Deputy —J. II. Coleman. County Surveyor—II. Hancock, Publio Administrator—BR. Keller. Superintendent ef Publio Schools—James Hi. Burns. District Attorney—C. __ _.!iora. Coroner—J. Q. A. Snead. Sheril-—D. W. Alexander : Under Sheriff—G. E. Halo. County Clerk—John W. Shore ; Deputy—J. A*. Ilinchman. Jailer—Francis Carpenter. Board of Supervisor*.—Thos. Burdiok. Chaic- man ; David Lewis, John Forster, Jas. JR. Barton,. Christobal Aguilar. TOWNSHIP OFFICERS Los Angeles—Justices of the Peace—ATexan.cir Gibson, Russell Sackett. Constables—Mark D. Brundigc, W. W. Jenkins. CITY OFFICERS. Mayor—Stephen C. Foster. City Marshal—W. C. Gctman ; Deputy—W. ff- Pet erson. City Treasurer—Samuel Arbucklc. City Assessor—W. ll. Peterson. City Attorney—C. E. Them. City Council—M. Requena, N. Potte-tlgMW* del Valle, E. Drown, J. G. Downey, Ira Gilchrist). A. Ulyard. SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. County Judge—D. M. Thomas. County Clerk—R. R. Hopkins. s Sheriff—Robert CHft. Tlic law of Newspapers. 1. Subscribers who do not give express notice o the contrary, are considered a. wishing to continue their subscription. 2. If subscribers order their papers di. continued; Publishers may continue to send them until alt charges are paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their papers (rom the office or place to whieh they are- sent, they aro held responsible until they settle their account, and give notice to discontinue them- 4. If subscribers remove to other places without informing the Publishers, and the paper is sent to- the former direction, they are held responsible. 5. The Courts have decided that refusing to take a paper or periodical from the oflice, or removing and leaving it uncalled fosjsprima facia evidence; of intentional fraud. Postmasters wijuld oblige, by a strict fiilfillment ofthe regulations requiring them to notify Publishers, once in throe months, of papers not taken from their office by subscribers. VOL. VI. LOS ANGELES, CAL., SATURDAY, JUKE 21, 1856. NO. 6. Cos /_.uig_lc0 Star: PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, At Cells' Building, Main Street, Los Angeles, (Opposite Bella Union Hotel,) BY H. HA MIL. TON. TERMS: Subscription, per annum, in advance. .$5 00 For Six Months 8 00 For Three Mouths 1 50 Single Number 0 25 Advertisements inserts "atTwoDollarsper square of tea lines, for the first insertion ; and One Dollar per square for each subsequent insertion. A liberal deduction made to Yearly Advertisers. Agents.—The following gentlemen arc authorized Agents for the Star : L. P. I'i-hek •<>a_ Francisco. F. 1). Hall San Gat/rid. Messrs. K.fu_ Sc Whi-TI.kh Monte. Col. Ika Thompson Monte. N. Gl_-i_ Santa Barbara. Juik'kD. A. Thomas Sam Bernardino. h. M. Jacob., San Diego. . E. TB..H. C. __MS. THOM _ SIMS, Attorneys and Cotuisel-ors at Law, OFFICE—ON MAIN STREET, (Opposite the Delia. Union Hotel.) un7 WELLS, FARGO & CO'S "__ __: :_* _t_ ___ _» *s., A -.olitt Stock Company wltH a capital of $500,000, WIM-tlispnteti. tin E:.p_C_S front the City of LohAii_.1cs, by every Steamer, to all part, of California, Oregon, the AtlantieStat.es and Europe, in charge of regular aud expefienc.ed Messengers. _eTTE_S,PA-C_L., PACKAGES and'TREASURE received and conveyed to destination with safety and dispatch. Collections made, Orders and Commissions filled, and all business ps-i-taining to an Express and forwarding business, attended to with promptness and care. Sight bills of exchange procured on all the principal cities of the Atlantic States, Ore-ron and Europe. Un7 H. N. ALEXANDER, A__N"i PACIFIC EXPRESS COMPANY, THE undersigned, Agent s^3f>&rVi or tin- ■• I'ACiKir :■;;■ n:.. --■ ...' \ COMPANY," will despatch by is, in charge of a Special Messenger, to SANTA BARBARA. SAN LDIS OBISPO, MONTEREY, SAN FRANCISCO, and All parts of Northern and Southern Mines. —ALSO— Oregon, Atlantic State, and Europe. COLLECTIONS made in all of the above named places. TREASURE, PARCELS, PACKAGES and LETTERS forwarded. 'IRAKI'S purchasftdin Sau Francisco on tha Atlantic _ttTtJ_,_d Europe. D_Arar attention paid to the forwarding of Gold Dust . .it for coinage. IBlUOOj.e_ Letters, etc., raceived up to the latest moment anil ensured to destination un7 JOS. A. FORT, Agent. (irape Boxes and Sawdust. THE UNDERSIGNED HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO furnish Grap. Packers with Boxes of all sine., of the most suitable material, and dry Sawdust to any extent, upon terms lower than tlnjy c_u be had from San Francisco, and of better quality. Samples will Oe forwarded Immediately, and contracts entered into, and an ample stock always kept ou hand. M. KELLER. Los Angeles. -Tune 7, lSSli. NEW ESTABLISHMENT. Cabinet Making, Upholstering and .-DEB TAKING. respect rounding Tbe subscriber wool fully announce to the Los Angeles and si country, that he is n facturing at his new stand on MAIN STREET, three doors south ofthe U-nited States Hotel, Furniture of every style and linish on the most reasonable terms. The Undertaking Business Will receive the strictest attention, as he will endeavor rto keep on hand COFFINS of every style. Persons from the country can havo a Coffin of any finish at one hours' XJ phOlstering In all its branches. Spring Seat Sofas and Chairs neatly repaired, equal to i_y All orders filled with promptness and dispatch, jgi_f Remember the place—Main street, opposite William.. Grocery. un7 JAMES D BRADY. KIBES, WIIL II SHEEP SHIS. 2Etft 1 _p____ ]B_merson. OEVBS NOTICE to the Rancheros and Butchers of tbis vicinity that he will give tho highest price {orHides, CiAf, Slfi'p tend Gnat Kleins, and for Wool. -f_f LI Herat advances made on contracts for the coming .Up of Wool. Oflice-—Aliso Street, one door from the corner _if Vineyard street. un7 New Fruit & Vegetable Market rp.slE undersigned having purchased the entire stock o; I Groceries mid I,iriuors of.biiL.v .Mi.s'lii.'.'oi'oit & Co., beg leave to inform his friends aud the public that he has re sfltted and ___rte great (mproven*..]-., in the store, andal.t opened, in connection with the Grocery and Liquor Bu iness, A Fruit and Vegetable Market, AT TIIE OLD STAND ON _»jh: _____ ___ _■___■ ___s ____■* ■»__. ____: -i-R-: r__-_,*3 (Opposite Pine's Hotel,) a few doors from Com- , mercial Street, Where will constantly be found a. choice assortment, of tbe above articles cheap for CASH. g££~ Country Trailers are respectfully requested to call and examine the goods. , _j_g-All kind, of Country Produce taken III exchange. .-__-■" Remember the place —Opposiie Pine's Ho tel, Alain street, Los Angeles. __7 JOSEPH RICE. Hardware Store. THE subscribers having opened a store for the sale of i HARDWARE, -respectfully inform the inlisibitaucs of Los Angeles aud vicinity, that they aro prepared to supply all wants in their line of bti.iiiess, at WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, at the m„.,i ,',-„so„al,1o prices. Aim,,,, their stock may bo t'ouud a general a—ort- —eut of CARPENTERS' TOOLS. NAILS OF ALL KINDS. LOOKS. BOLTS, BUTTS AND SCREWS, HOUSE FURNISHINGS GENERALLY, MASONS' TROWELS, BUTCHER'S SAWS, CLEAVERS nnd KNIVES, BRASS KETTLES, IRONS nnd SCREENS, STEELYARDS ami SPRING BALANCES, OX. TRACE ami COIL CHAINS, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, etc., etc. C AMP HEME SIDE LAMPS, Glass Lanterns, O I_ O O 3__ SS. 50 dozen superior BROOMS. Also, a,large and ele.aut assortment of | CROCKER. All) GLiSSWARE, at whole; .le or I'l-fsstil. POTTER & Co. ■jr^Br-Q*- Stobb, Los __ kcelss Street. ub7 %mm Clark W. W. Handlin, ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Will attend promptly to all business entrusted Eo his care. Office—-III Ro we'. Block, Main street. _-_!_ .Mr. IT. is thoroughly acquainted with tho French mi .Spanish languages. un7 ALEXANDER GIBSON, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. OFFICE OJV MAIM S THE El', Opposite the U. S. Hotel. tin* __»_*. C_l_"t_,_-. OFFICE AMD DRUO STORE, _OS ANGELES STREET, —Ijoiinag Kollory Store. Wholesale anil Iiettvil Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, Wines, JLi- quors, X_ry Goods and Clothing, MAIN STREFT,—(old " Star Hotel" Building.) LOS ANCELES. N. II.—A well selected stock of the above articles can alwavs be found at my store in *_ni Bernardino. un'7 _,. t'LA-ER. O- ~W\ 01-_LiXc_.£_, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in G__.N__.UAI_ MERCHANDISE Also, Manufacturer of Tin, Slaeet Iron, and Copper Ware, LOS ANGELES STREET, un7 Los Angeles. P, C. WILLIAMS, At the old stand of J. G. Nichols, Main Street, —Healer in— Groceries, Provisions, and Produce. un7 CHA8. R. Johsso.v. II. S. Al.I-Als.-SO_. JOHNSON & ALLANSON, Successors io Alexander <_ Melius. "Wholesale and _-.et._S!. 13e._l._-- In GENERAL KITS' KC HAN BISE, MAIN STREET, Los Angeles. un7 G. C. ALJiX.-X!U'ii. ______)__. l_i ALEXANDERS & BANNING, Forwarding antl Com.i_Ll--._it .Xei-cl-__.t~, SAN PEDRO and LOS ANGELES, Cal. un7 AUG. W. TIMMS. Forwimiing aiu! Commi-Sion Merchant, Sax Pi-DBO and Los _____i__os, Cal., ,7 Ii. Rfc. A15, Agent, Los Angcle-,. II. MeLi_ug-ili-i & Brother, Blacksmiths and Carriage Makers, LOS A-dBLSS STREET, NEXT DOOR TO O. W. CHILD'S STORE, LOS ANGELLS. JSr_g~ By their works ye shall kuow th.m.-fSl un. <D~ Ducommun, WATCHMAKER & BOOKSELLER. COMMERCIAL STREET, un. Los Angeles, Cal. Home aSan ii factory, Main Street, OPPOSITE TEMPLE'S BLOCK. FOY & BROTHER, Saf-MIc aM Harness Makers, f^^*.. Keep constantly on hand an assortment of _is___aa, -AUDI.!-::-*, .RAK-XKo, \ .>-£*___ BRIDLES, Wlill'S. COLLARS, * SADDLE WARE, __. We are also prepsirod to execute allkindr- ol" work in our line at the shortest possible notice. Atioperior lot of California Bttta and Spurs always on hand. nn7 Important to Farmers and Others LOS ANGELES SEWIMG MACHINE. BAGS FOSt SAI___, or matte to order by Ma CHINF.lt-', at theve.ylowest market rates. Tothoss wishing to fur ni .-th the cloth, "100 lbs. sack, will be eu and io ado .or-So per ono hflndred. ALSO—Tents, Hose, Ceiling., Wagon Covers and other work of a like nature sowed with ueatnesa and despatch, V. BEAUDRY, Third door from Aliso Street Bcaiitlry'1- Block, Negro Alley. un7 Carnage and Blacksmith Shop. By JOHN GOLLER. LOS ANGELES STREET, NEAR THE FOOT OF COMMERCIAL. THE subscriber respectfully informs the publiei.enei'ally that he will keep constantly on hand, and will manufacture to order, CoacheSjBuggies, Wagons, Carts &c, in a neat and workmanlike manner. He has on handjand forsalea fine stock of Eastern White Oak and Hickory Plank andaxols. He Isoeps eonstsuitly on hand a large variety of Cart and Sttggy wheels. Spoke*;, Felloes, -hafts, Neck Yoke., Double and singletree.. Morse Shoeing: and JSlacksmithing: in all its various branches, eseen led wit 1) proniptneKsaiH dispatch, rarticolai- a .ton Hon will bo given to the maun facture and repair of 1'LOWS, HARROWS, and other Farm ingUntciisil;!. He has an exten.-dv_ afis-ortmcntoflronas els,Springs. Bolts, I'low and Spring steel, and other male rial pertaining to the business, too numerous to mention Also, 20 Tons of Blacksmiths' Coal. With none but tho best of workmen in liis employ, hi feel.i confident that he can give entire satisfaction to hii an.7 ' JOHN GOLLER. LOS ANGELES STAR !-_ .friiitiug €skMisg-ttitf. MAIN STREET, opposite the Bella Union Hotel. The proprietor of the Los AngelesStar, wouldrespect fully inform his friends and Hie public, that he hai just rtceived a large ami varied assortment of new material, and is now prepared to execute the following descrip' tions of PLAIN AND FANCY JOB _F»_E-.X_XTTI_SrC3-. In tbe best style of tbe Art. Book., Circulars, Law Blanks, Pamphlet a, Cards; Bills of Exchange Bill Heads, Deeds, Bank Checks __b6__, Hr-tBB, Programme.., Poster-, BHi.ta. B_Xs of ____. Or auy other do.cripHon of _.i_ttl_gs,tl_ftt ___,j be desire j ■ ■■;•.- v, ;.-'.i■-.*-; work do*ic ..re respectfully f»v_t_<J to call and ess mi Poor Man's Fatherland, Where la the Poor Man's Fatherland? I.'t where hi. sire was wed? Is't where hia mother, with gentle hand, Hi. infant footstops led? Not so, not so ! lie knowcth well The strangers now in his old home dweil. Where i» the Poor Man's Fatherland ? Is't where hia chilhood passed . Is't where, liko rivers o'er golden sand, Ills gladsome youth fled fast? Not so, not so! wo worth tlie day? lie wanders far from those scenes away. Where is the Poor Man's Fatherland! Is't where he toils and strives? Is't where he heareth a lord's command, Or wearctb. pauper gyves? Not so, not so! his master's will May cast him forth—as a wanderer still. Truly lie hath no Fatherland! On all this wide, wide earth ; In life he dwelleth by penury banned, An alien from his birth ; And dead, he hath no rood of ground— Not even the space of a church-yard mound! Truly, 0 Lord! why tarriest tliou? Thy children, suffering, wait; Their bread is eaten by sweat of brow, Within the stranger's gate. Yetjiopc they still those alien Poor ; Thy Word for them ie Promise sure. Surely thou scest a sparrow fall, And heare.t the raven'*? cry ! And al! the millions who dwell in thrall, Beneath thy mercies lie, With bfow erect they soon shall stand, And all the earth be their Fatherland! Glass and its Phenomcna- The elasticity and fragility of glass are amongst its most extraordinary phenomena. Its elasticity exceeds tliat of almost all olher bodies. If two glass balls aro made to strike each other at a given force, the recoil, by virtue of their elasticity, will be nearly equal to their original impetus. Connected with its brittlcness are some very singular facts. Take a hollow sphere, with a hole, and stop the hole witb your finger, so as to prevent the external and internal air from communicating, and the sphere will fly to pieces by the mere heat of the hand. Vessels made of glass that have been suddenly cooled possess tho curious property of being able to resist hard blows given to them from without, but will bo instantly shivered by a small particle of flint dropped into their cavities. This property seems to depend upon tho comparative thickness of tho bottom. The thicker the bottom is, the more certainty of breakage by this experiment. Some of these vessels, it ia stated, have resisted the stroke of a mallet, given with sufficient force to drive a nail into wood; and heavy bodies, such a» musket balls, pieces of iron, bits of wood, jasper, bone, etc., have been cast into them, from a height of two or three feet, without any effect; yet a lragment of flint, not larger than a pea, let fall from the finger- at a height of only three inches, has made them fly. Nor is it the least wonderful of these phenomena tbat the glass does not always break at the instant of collision, as nu__ht be supposed. A bit of flint, literally the size of a grain, has been dropped into several glasses successively, and none of them broke ; but being set apart and watched, it was fouud that they alt flew in less than three-quarters of an hour. This singular agency is not confined to flint. The same effect will be produced by diamond, eaphire, porcelain, highly-tempered steel, pearls, and the marbles that boys play with. Amongst the strangest phenomena observed glass are those which are peculiar to tubes. A glass tube placed in a horizontal position before a fire, with its extremities supported, will acquire a rotary motion round its axis, moving at the same time towards the fire, notwithstanding the supports on which it rests may form an inclined plane the contrary way. If it be placed on a glass plane, such as a piece-of window-glass, it will move from the fire, although the plane may incline in the opposite direction. If it be placed standing nearly upright, leaning to the right bandit will move from west to east; aud if it be placed perfectly upright it will not move at all. The causes of thetc phenomena are unknown, although there has been lack of hypothesis in explanation of them. _ The Type Battery.—Mr. Fry, of the New York press, being called on to reply to a toast En honor of the craft, at Iho late celebration of the Typo, graphical Society, made a very excellent speech— the spe_ch of the evening decidedly—in tho course of which he said : There are two kinds of weapons. Wc havo PaLxhan guns, Minie rifles and Sharpc's rifles - but there is ono thing that shoots further than all these. It is the shot from the type battery. It goes round the world ; It circles cities and threads plains; it wends its way through woods; it rattles in the rigging of the ship on the most distant seas; it Is never spent when aimed high, but ricochets with fresh force every form of evil, dishonor and oppression. In firing, then, let your aim always be true, and remember, that, to hit the mark, aim a little above it. This is handsomely said. There can be no doubt ofthe power of this formidable battery, but it ought not to be forgotten that it is as powerful for evil as for good. Were it always and universally enlisted in the cause 0/ truth and peace, who can estimate the valuable results to human happiness that it would produce? But, unfortunately, its good is not unmixed; it often excites civil and social convulsions and discord, and ministers to low and grovelling passions. The " Grand Trunk »' Railroad project of Canada bas turned out a ruinous failure. At Toronto on the 31st, legislative documents were presented, showing that the stock had become unsaleable, that the contractors have already lost a quarter of a million, and that the work cannot go on without further aid from Parliament. •*_!*-»■—<_» <■■- A sixty-four ounce nugget was taken out of a claim, a short time .iucc. on .__.__. . gon Territory, The President's Pardoning Po _ver Wuxhington, April 0, 1866.—In April, L85_ a mau named Well, was convicted of murder in this city and sentenced to be hanged. UO was pardoned by President .Fillmore, with tho condition that he be imprisoned for life. A year ago an application was made to the Circuit Court for lii?; (lisdii'U'.,'..*, under a writ of habeas corpus-- the prisoner's coun.cl, Ob._r.__ __> -Jo-nes, B» assuming the broad ground that the pardon whs absolute and the condition void. The Court re- lin-dl llie application and remanilcd WYlis to the penitentiary. The c.tsc came before Uie Supreme Court on appeal- Justice Catron delivered an opinion this morning, sustaining the b_JQ__or Court, and saying the condition of the pardon was not the exercise of a new power, but m_I_lj the substitution of oue puni*-hment for another, and arguing that the pardoning power must be understood as it existed in England and in these colonies prior to the formation of the Constitution, Justices Curtis and Campbell concurring, were understood as assuming that writs of errors* iu ci minal cases, not being pennissi.lile to the Supreme Court, it has no jurisdiction in the premises, and therefore the case should be dismissed. Justice McLean dissenting, argued that tlie example of England in matters of prerogative, was not applicable to this country, Uie Executive being confined to positive law—in tho absence of which in this case, the conditional pardon was not sus' tainablc. It waa the exercise of a uew power.— Boston Journal. A Rei„it.vj_ of Washington in Want.—A correspondent of a N. Y. morning paper says:— " I sec that Mr. Edward -Everett has declined to accept any part of tho proceeds of his late lecture on tho "Character of Washington," and that the Mercantile Library Association have decided to apply the amount—some $1,000 to $1,200—to the purchase of books for the Library. Should the Association have any difficulty in expending the amount judiciously, I ocg to suggest a mode. At No. 1014 Broadway resides a lady, 70 years of age who is a blood relative of General Washington. Her name is Mrs. Runnell. She is poor—very poor—but a female of good education aud unusual intelligence. She bears a striking resemblance to the portraits of Washington, and the writer has no reason to doubt the entire authenticity ofher statements. She supports herself by her needle or pen, often sitting up until 2 or 3 o'clock iu the morning. She has but one room, but tbat is large, neat, clean, and comfortable. Shecooksuo food— having no facilities—but lives upou what her friends choose to send into her room from day to day. She has had no milk this Winter, aud three of the coldest day. was without coal. Any one desirous of being satisfied of the truth ofthis article, cau easily do so by, calling as above." ___,__SKT___a__-rT OP Booics.—By reading, a man docs, as it were, antedate hla life, and makes himself contemporary with the agea past. And this way of running up beyond one's real nativily ia much better than Plato's pre-existence: because here a mau knows something of tlie state, and L wiser for it; which ho is not in tho other. In conversing with books, wc may choose our company. The reader has, as it were, the spirit and essence in a narrow campass : like an heir, ho it born rather than made rich, and conies into a stock of sense with little or 110 trouble. However, to be constantly in the wheel, has neither pleasure nor improvement in it. A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating, as wiser by always reading: too much overcharges nature, and turns more into disease than nourishment 'Tis thought and digestion which make books serviceable, and give health and vigor to ttie mind. Neither ought we io be too implicit or resigning to authorities, but to examine before we assent, andpreserve our reason in its just liberties. To walk always upon clutches, is the way to lose the use of our limbs. "T »t » 1^ Population of thi. Uniti-;d Static.—Tho population of the United States is estimated to be 27,368, CO.- Minnesota has increased In 6 years 500 per cent., California 300, ItUcoiS 53, Iowa Texas 75, Georgia 22, Iu wealth Minnesota has increased 1,000 per cent., California 200. Texas 100, Illinois 150, Iowa 21G, Georgia 20, New York 30. The States which have increased least are Vermont which has gained only 3 per cent, in population. Rhode Island, Delaware, aud S»uth Carolina 5, and Alabama 8. The wealth of New Hampshire, North and South Curolina- has increased only 2 per cent., and Massachusetts 4.— Boston Journal. Universality oi* Oxygen.—Chemists have found our terraqueous globe made up of sixty-three so called elements ; of these, thirteen arc most widely distributed, and ofthe latter again, one—oxygen, composes about two-thirds of our globe. Il is present as a gas in our atmosphere ; wo drink it liquid as water, and carry it about with us as a part of our nerves, our muscles and our clothing ; it feeds our blast furnaces and quenches our fires, while vast stores of it arc locked up in the solid rock. Married Misses.—Tho Pittsburg Chronicle, with great truth, says: It seems that every woman who appears before the public as an artiste of any kind, feels it necessary to represent herself as a miss, whether married or not. Is wedlock so ridiculous and prosaic an institution that ladies must hide their connection with it? We kuow of nothing more biLterly satirical upon marriage than this rapidly increasing custom. Brv-TSU Porcelain.—It is a singular fact that the British porcelain manufacture may be said to be the product of one ingenious working man, and he lame and enfeebled—tho well known Wedgewood, who aa ajourneyman potter, elava- ted Hie porcelain me_iafa_-_r.- of '■'■ .-'■ a rude to a mos-i ad w«fl cfeated _. member of the Royal Society, To a Pair ot Eyes. O, turn those radiant eyes away ! Tlu-in-li tenderly their radiance beams, I tremble 'neath each sunny ray. So fearfully, and dream such dreams, That I am half inclined to be Persuaded that I—must uot see! To meet that earnest, thiilliug ttm. So lull of heaven, I may not dare ! For O, another met Ita blase. And los! her Inst, nlfeclion's there ! By all that's pure, and bright aud fair, I'll only give thee prayer for p.uj er! Then turn from m-* your starry light! I must not, in Ita full radiance greet, Far heller nxe OD starless eight! For I,, 1 reel 'twere death to meet, And worse than death the misery Of looking, lovlogi hopelessly I -•_-—-, *»-^.™_-*_i .. The RbvbB-BS oi-* War.*—Au otllcer of the Contingent at Kertch gives the following description of the present Condition Of the principal families of 1-Certch :—-'Many Tartar and some Russian famitic. are now beginning to return to show themselves again in Kertch. Many of these, I am told, indeed I may say I know, who formerly dwelt in the best houses in Kertch, are now living in mud hovels and huts, out-houses and attics, in ami about aud near to their former palatial residence*.. The occupier aud proprietor of the houso whence I write this now lives iu some tittle den not far oil'; he was, when living here, very rich ; he has now nothing, nnd has saved nothing of his splendid furniture except hla daughter's piano, and which is a very handsome one. Another family, who formerly lived in another splendid bonne, perhaps the best in the place, now occupy tho adjoining out houses, and the ladies take iu washing ; and sonic of them are kind enough, and at the same time glad, lo do even for me domestic duties to which hitherto they have been quite unaccustomed. It i_ not a matter of surpiise to find from time to time a grandee or a rich merchant of former days now living in concealment in stables and haylofts. The former residents are very much to be pitied, as they have lost everything, in many instances the blackened and smoked walla having been left rootless. This house, which shows some signs of outward comfort, is a sadly dismantled pk.ee. Hy door is fastened by a string and a nail. This will satisfy you there is little inside to protect beyond military appointments, Indeed, positively nothing except a lady's table, which I think I have named, and which has once been very handsome, but is now almost entirely denuded of all the floral ornament with which it was oucc decorated." —aa M« Si A Bad &__r_t_S3.—la Rensselaer county, New York, a tavern-keeper had abandoned the traffic In alcohol, after having been several years engaged in if. Whenever the subject of his selling liquor was referred lo, he was observed to manifest a feeling ol' flsgret and sorrow. A 'friend one day inquired the cause. '■ I will tell you," said he ; and opening his account book, said, "Hero arc forty-four names of men who have all been customer.';, most of them for years—thirty-two of these, to my knowledge, uow Item the drunkard's grave, and ten of the twelve remaining are now confirmed sots ! These are the fruits of this frightful and degrading business." The Earth's Inteiuor.—In an article in tho Bibliotkeca Sacra, the writer, Mr. Means, says, it i;- generally admitted by geologists, that certain chemical combinations in the earlier period of the earth's formation produced combustion, the result being a melted Incandescent body, which, by radiation, became solid in the exterior only; thus a solid crust was formed covering a burnir.g fluid mass. Tho proofs adduced for this interior fire aro volcanoes, hot springs, and the increase of heat iu deep mines, lt is also asserted by the advocate;, of this theory, that the sun, on account of its immense si.e, has not yet cooled down to the condition of our globe, but is passing slowly into that condition; hence a period must arrive—if true- when tiie sun will cease to give light, and when it will become a dark body. — - «■»»'» —— Bright Hours and Gloomy.—Ah, this beautiful world! indeed, I know not what to think of it. Sometimes It is all gladness and sunshine, and heaven itself lies not far off, and then it .uddeuly changes, and is dark and sorrowful, and the clouds shut out the day. Iu the lives of tho saddest of us there are bright days like this, wheu we feel as if wc could take the great world in our arms.— Then come gloomy hours, when the fire will not burn on our hearth.--, and all without aud within is dismal, cold, ami dark. Believe me, every heart has its seend sorrows, which tho world knows not, and oftentimes we call a man cold when ho is only sad.—Longfellow. A Tame Woli-.—A lady near Geneva had a tame wolf, which seemed lo have as much attachment to its mistress as a spaniel. She had occasion to leave home for some weeks. The wolf evinced the greatest distress after her departure and at first refused to take food. During the whole time she was absent he remained much dejected. Oi). ber return, as soon as the animal heard be_ footsteps, he bounded into the room in an ecstacy of delight ; springing up, lie plneed one paw on each of her shoulders ; but the. next moment he foil backward and instantly expired. M. Docandelle, Lecturer on Natural History of Geneva, related this story. Ti;i:\i\(.' Tin-' T-J-UBB Really.—There was a grand row lately at a lecture in Paris. Police agents in plain clothes were present; they made a mark with chalk on the backs of the most uproarious of the students, so that tbey might be arrested when they left tbe lecture room ; the students ileieeled the maii'i-uvre, and then slyly chalked the police agents ; when the officers left t'i ere for a day and ■ -___________■
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Title | Los Angeles Star, vol. 6, no. 6, June 21, 1856 |
Type of Title | newspaper |
Description | The English weekly newspaper, Los Angeles Star includes headings: [p.1]: [col.3] "Poor man's fatherland", "Glass and its phenomena", "The type battery", [col.4] "The President's pardoning power", "A relative of Washington in whant", "Entertainment of books", [col.5] "To a pair of eyes", "The reverses of war"; [p.2]: [col.1] "Judicial finesse", "School examination", [col.2] "San Bernardino", "From the Desert", [col.3] "Miss Oatman""Court of Sessions", "First District Court -- San Bernardino County", "Judges of the plains", [col.4] "Correspondence", "Arrival of the Senator", [col.5] "Interview of the Committee with the Governor"; [p.3]: [col.1] "Total defeat of the Costa Ricans", [col.2] "Later from the Atlantic States", "Mr. Buchanan's mission to England"; [p.4]: [col.1] "Love is everywhere", "Absurdities", "Lawyer qualifications", "Cheap news", "Popping the question", "The wife of all work", [col.2] "The Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York for 1856 -- Curious antiquities", [col.3] "Equestrianism extraordinary", "A revolutionary incident", [col.5] "Official directory". |
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Geographic Subject (State) | California |
Geographic Subject (Country) | USA |
Coverage date | circa 1856-06-15/1856-06-27 |
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 | 1856-06-21 |
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Format (aat) | newspapers |
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Language | English |
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Full text | Columbus. BY MRS. SiaOURNET. A student mused __ eloister'd cell— The midnight lamp declined— While visions of a vestal sphere Eriwrapt his ardent mind. At length, by mighty impulse moved, Decision sprang from thought ; And strong in eloquence of soul, The Genoese besought Of lofty Science—" Send me forth ' O'er yonder trackless sea, And glorious themes for deathless tomes, I will bring back to thee ; I'll win such undiscover'd fields, Such trophies of renown— That all thy harvests heretofore, Shall be as thistle-down." But Science stood with folded arms, In statued, sceptic pride, And like the Pharisees of old, Unvarnish'd truth decried. ne said to Commerce—" Give roe ships, And I the cost witl pay. New mines of gold, and Indian gems Shall sparkle to the day." Eut Commerce launch'd her clumsy boats That fear'd to leave the shore. And sternly bade tlie dreamer—hence— To waste ber time no more. He turned to Royalty, and cried " Deign then to speed my way. And realms and nations yet unknown Shall bow and own thy sway." But the anointed kings were bent, In conflicts of an hour, And chose iu petty broils to spend Their hcavcn*cntrustcd power, Then to the Church, Columbus knelt— " Oh Mother !—bless thy son— And send bim with a viceroy's right- Where heathen souls are won— And incense from a thousand shrines Shall on your altars glow, And chaunt.d praise from pagan tongues Thy temple-courts o'erflow." So, the tiara'd Church gave ear When her true suppliant pray'd, And Isabella's sceptred hand Its warm oblation made ; And gaily from tbe coast of Spain Three white sails met the morn- Westward they steer'd 'neath stranger-skies Till to grey Europe's wondering eyes This brave, New World was born A TOUCHING STORY. The editor of the Chicago Times, having been on the north side of that city to see a friend, was recently prevented from reaching his home, in consequence of a steam tug having passed up tho river with a small fleet of vessels in tow, one of which had boon cast off and hauled in just west of the bridge, leaving the " draw " still open While waiting, ho witnessed the following scene : The vessel we bave mentioned was moored or made fast outside of several canal boats; and. we stood looking at the mon upon her, ono of them approached a female, who had been crouched on the deck, and addressing her, pointed to the shore. then to the bridge, and then down toward the thronged and busy streets of living, moving, headlong Chicago. She rose, picked up a small bul die, from which she drew forth a coin, which she tendered to the hardy sailor. He refused it •whatever it was, and lending her a hand, helped her from the vessel to tbe dock, and from the dock up to the bridge. By this time a largo cro-ivd of persons thronged the north end of where the bridge would be if it were always a bridge, and in contemplating tbe new faces, and the representatives of the various classes there assembled, we had almost forgotten the incident we have related. Our attention was called from a vain endeavor to discover some cessation of tugs going up and down, and schrouers and brigs pulling in and out, by hearing a most audible sob from some one. near us. It was not tbe sob of childhood, caused by some sudden change from gaiety to grief; it was the sob of some maturer breast filled with a sense of loneliness and despair. It reached other ears than ours. A lady, dressed in a manner which bespoke the wealth that could gratify taste and elegance, and who, like ourselves, was detained at that place, stood near, accompanied by three children, whose desire to get at tbe extreme end of the platform Bhe with difficulty repressed. With a woman's tenderness her heart recognized the stifled ebullition of sorrow, and approaching the person from whom it came, who was none other than the woman we had just seen land from the vessel, sbe quietly, and in tnat soft, sweet voice of woman which none can resist, inquired if sbe stood in need, or was she ill, or was her sorrow such that she could not be relieved. A portion of the railing near us was vacant, and towards that, and almost at our side, those two women came to converse. The stranger was a fair, handsome girl of about seventeen years, neatly but coarsely dressed, with shoes not only well worn, but heavy and un- euitcd as much for ber sex as for the season, Tbe poor girl, in honest simplicity and with an earnestness which despair alone can impart, related her history, uninterrupted by a single observation from her companion, but often accompanied by tbe tears of both. We have not space for it at length, but we will give it, changing its order just enough to enable us to state it briefly. She said that she was born in Boston ; she had no brother or sister now ; she remembered that she had a sister, the oldest, whose name was Lizzie ; that sister, years ago, against her father's will, had married, and with her husband, bavin11" been banished from her father's sight, had gone off, and had not been heard of since—no doubt w dead. At the time of her sister's marriage, her parents were wealthy ; the pride which drove away Lizzie had brought silent regrets, and after a while came melancholy complainings by the mother, sighing for the embrace of her first-born. These soon led to anger and crimination at home and dissipation by the father abroad. Losses came upon them, and, at last, gathering the few worldly goods they possessed, they left the proud city of their birth, and settled five years ago upon land purchased of the government in Wisconsin. Her brothers, some older and some younger than herself, one by one drooped and died ; and soon the mother, calling in agony upon her long-exiled daughter, joined her boys iu a happier clime. None were now left but tbe father and this poor girl. He, too, was humbled and stricken by the glow, but certain disease that light up the cheek, and tiros tlie eye with the brilliancy of health, even when its victim is on the confines of eternity. He would sit and tell to his surviving child the acts of winning love and sacrificing devotion which had made Lizzie tho very object of his life. He would talk of her sweet smiles and her happy disposition, until memory would lead him to tbe hour when he bade her depart and let not him see her face again. His decline was rapid, and tbis lone child saw the flowers which the warmth of spring bad called from ber mother's grave disturbed uprooted, and thrown aside, that his ashes might mingle with those of the mother of his his children. At, his death he charged her to pay off, as far as .he might be able, the debts incurred to procure tho necessaries of life. The land, which from want of culture, had not increased in value, was sold,, and left her but a few dollars. These she expended in rearing some boards to mark the spot where she had seen buried, ono after another, her beloved kindred. She bad heard of Chicago. She had heard tbat in this city there were offices where strangers wishing employment could find work. Sbe had on foot travelled many miles, until she reached Milwaukie, and thence by the kindness of a poor sailor, who had seen her day after day on tbe dock, watching the steamers depart, had inquired and ascertained that she wished to come hither, but had not tho money. He brought her to Chicago on his own vessel, and told her that by crossing the bridge she could find one of those places where situations were given to worthy applicants. Such was her story. She had mentioned no name except that of father, mother, and the endearing appellations of brother George, Willie. Both of the women were crying bitterly. The fashionably dressed lady turned her face towards the river, that her tears, at such a crowded and unusual place, might not be observed. She requested us to take her two boys—George and Willie ns she called them—by the hand, to keep tbem from danger, and then putting her hand around the neck of the poor, friendless wandering, orphan stranger, said; " You are my own sister. I am Lizzie /" These two beings, children of the same parents, bow different havo boon their paths, and bow deep their sufferings! We have seen them together in " Lizzie's" carriage, driving along Lake street. They aro doubtless as happy as their bereavements, relieved only by tho consciousness of duty faithfully performed, can permit. But while tho suffering of that father and mother may be faintly known from the story of the daughter, what must have been the menial agony of that other daughter, unkindly banished from her i ther's side, and driven out into the world without a father's blessing? What must have been her grief when her letters, written from a prosperous city, from the house ofher wealthy and kind bus- band, telling them ofher success, and ofthe birth of her children, were unnoticed and unanswered T She must have felt Indeed that the hearts of that father and mother, her sister and brothers, must have been hardened against her. We will say no moro. That scene will live in our memory while we can remember the holy loye of a father, mother and kindred. -*•* ' «» ■ i»»- . Tub First Makhiaok—Adam's Wedding.—An English journal, tho Britannia, has an amusiu article under the head of Adam's Wedding.' The editor says that he likes short courtships, and in tbis Adam acted like » sensible man—he fell asleep a bachelor, and awoke to find himself a married man. He appears to have 'popped the question ' immediately after meeting Ma'amselle Eve ; and sbe, without flirtation or shyness, gave him a kiss and herself, Of that first kiss in this world we have had, however, our own thoughts, aud sometimes in poetical mood have wished we were the man that did it. But the deed is or was done ; the chance was Adam's, and he improved it. We like the notion of getting married in garden; it is in good taste. We like a private wedding, and Adam's was strictly private. No envious beaux were there, no croaking old maids, no chattering aunts, and grumbling grandmothers. The birds of heaven were minstrels, and the glad sky shed its light upon the scene. One thing about the first wedding brings queer things into our beads, spite of scriptural truth. Adam and his wife were rather young to be married ;—mere babies, larger but not older—without a houso, without a pot or kettle—nothing but love and Eden! "Por "What Citii My UTontH Be V* My mother tells me, " Nature has^given thee Lips to speak with, my daughter, my own : Aud so thou must use them for speaking alone." But why are they red then ? White lips would have answered for speaking as And why hasshesaid, then, [well, " Only for speaking." O. who can tell A poor innocent girl like mo, " For what, but to speak with, can my mouth be?" ■*■*■*■ ■■«»., i.-. —— A Dkath-Bell.—A story iB told ofthe casting of a bell for the church of St. Magdalen, at Breslau, When the metal waa just ready to be poured iifto the mould the chief founder went to dinner, and forbade hia apprentice, under pain of death, to touch the vent by which the metal was conveyed. Tbe youth, curious to see the operation, disobeyed orders, the whole of the metal ran into the mould. and the enraged master, returning fro'm his meal slew the apprentice on the spot. On breaking away tlie mould, lie found that be had been too hasty, for tho bell was cast as perfectly as pc ble. When it was hung in its place- tho master had boon sentenced to death by the sword for tho murder of tho apprentice, and he cntreifted the authorities that he might be allowed to hear it once before he died. His petition was granted, and the bell bas since been rung at every oxecu- Dickexs' Picture op Woman.—The true woman, for whose ambition a husband's love and her children's adoration are sufficient, who applies her military institute to the discipline ofher household, and whose legislative exercise themselves in making laws for her nursery : whoso intellect has field enough for her in communion with her husband, and whoso heart asks no other honors than bis love and admiration ; a woman who does not think it a weakness to attend to her toilet, and who does not disdain to be beautiful; who believes in tbe virtue of glossy hair and well-fitting gowns, and who eschews rents and raveled edges, slip shod shoes and audacious make-up ; a woman who speaks low and docs not speak much ; who is patient and gentle, and intellectual and industrious ; who loves more than she reasons, and yet does not love blindly ; who never scolds and never argues but adjusts with a smile; such a woman is tbe wife we have all dreamed of once in our lives, and is the mother wo still worship in tho backward distance ofthe past. "I — * \ \ m\ i Ambitions' Fate.—In the historic page, you of course find hundreds of men celebrated in their victories : amongst others, Alexander, Philip, Ca- sar, Hannibal, Pompey, Anthony, Pyrrhus, Sylla, Seleucus, and, in your own time, Napoleon. But it is equally true, that in alt campaigns, the conduct ofall _nd each of these individuals was governed by ambition, not patriotism—personal 0g grandizemenl, not the good of their subjects or fellow-countrymen. And what were their several rewards ? Alexander aud Hannibal a cup of poison ; Anthony died the death of a suicide : Pyrrhus was killed by a brick, thrown by a Spar- fan woman ; Sylla was killed by vermin ; Philip. Ca.sar, Pompey and Seleucus were assassinated . and Napoleon died on the rock of St. Helena, an exile from his country. A hevy of little children were telling their father what they got at school. The eldest got grammar, geography, arithmetic, etc. Tbe next got reading, spelling and definitions. " And what do you get, my little soldier?" said tbe father to a rosy-cheeked little fellow who was at that moment slily driving a ten-penny nail into a door pannel. "Me?—oh I gets readiu', Epellin' and spankins'." —. —_h~-a #■>,», . The World Moves.—The finger of Galileo is shown under s? glass case in the Florence Museum. It stands on a mysterious looking bit of parchment, pointing towards heaven. The hand to which it belonged is snppo?cd to have been put to the torture by the Inquisition for ascribing motion to the earth, and tlie finger is now worshiped for having proved the motion. J. M. Strobridge & Co., W1I0LKSALB AMD RETAIL CLOTHING EMPORIUM, CORNER OP COMMERCIAL 'AND SANSOME STREETS, I'lidti- St. Niiliola. Hotel, 8JIN FRAJVCISCO, OFFER the lur.est -_<1 most eomploU* n.*o-oi-_iiient of Clothing nnd Gentlemen?- Furi-isiiing Good, over opt-m-il In i-.au Francisco. e are receiving por every steaiu.r f-.m one Manufactory in New York, • Tlie Latest antl most FasSilona'de Styles - of all kind- of • ___.-__a,*__v& ^__^*-__-s. **■ —consisting of— _*'*___ Fine, Black, Brown avj.d Blue Dross and Frock Coats;' ™ Fin. mid Iloavj,- Ilea ver Overcoats; _______ o. every _e8c_ij>t-o_ ; Fine and HoavtFrench anil American ..issn'me re Pants; Fine Iliac, and Fancv Sill; Velvet, Satin and Cloth. Vests; ll.'ivy Kibbod .aKsiiiiuri'. anil Cloth Uus-ines.s Suit,.', etc. Also, a large assortment of llata and Cap.1* constantly on hand. Fine While and Check Linen ant"! Cottofi SMrtflj Fine Silk, Merino ani Cotton Undershirts in*.-.Drawers; Scarfs, Cravats Neck Ti.s, Su.spe_.J__s; Collars, Handkerchiefs, Gloves; English, Merino and Cotton Half Hose, etc., etc. 4 Everything connected with _ ' , Gentlemen's Furnishing Gopds constantly on hand. A largo and complete assortment of S5S ____!___©_• C3-0_»_li_i km Jr'titfk. rptetisnitutk _?ii_ #r^g^-_ttlistmtnts. CLOTHING ^VAEEIIOUsi, WM.G. BADGER iO_» Battery SStx-e-,. _____ ,,f it_„-_,t, **- -, _______ *^S-?-.sr_-__a_____ Importer of .very variety or 9 CLOTHING AND FURNISHING GOODS- —ALSO 0_— > DUCKS, DRILli, SHEETINGS, BLANKFT. HATS, BOOTS AND BROUANS ' By recent arrlvfQa, have received very lawn .__ - the most fc lln°-ei_o. Desirable Styles of Clothing now opening and ready for sale. Our stock consisting of over .100,000, wo invite alt, especially strangers visiting the city, to call and see tin before making their- purchases, as we flatter ourselves w_ can please in price and quality. Sao l-'i-ancisoii. May Hi, IK ."Hi. my 24 -lm For JS-alo, BY THE CASE OK PACKAGE, In quantities to suit,. LONG BILLPAPJ-I., J-EGAL CAP. LK'tTKU PAPER, INK U1.10A1) BILL I'AI'l.i. FOOLSCAP, .NOTE PAI'Kli, PENCILS, BLANK BOOKS, WAFERS, ke., __. Noisy Carrier. JSoo-t and Stationery Co., 87 Battery st. and 04 and 68 Long Wharf, San Franc l.y ______ C. P. KIMBALL. President. Travellers ! Bcwai'ii of tlie Impo.lHons of Hack _"__vcrs, l__.'iii~_s! _!_» ALL PERSONS ARRIVING TN PAN FRANCISCO AND INTENDING TO STOP AT Revenge.—The noblest revenge we can take upon our enemies is to do tbem a kindness, for to return malice for malice, and injury for injury, will afford but a temporary gratification to onr evil passions, and our enemies will only be rendered more bitter against us. But, to take the first opportunity of showing them bow superior ■we arc to them, by doing them a kindness, or by rendering them a service, the sting of reproach will enter deeply into tbeir soul; and, while unto us it will be a noble retaliation, our triumph will not unfrcquently bo rendered complete, not only by blotting out the malice that bad otherwise stood against us, but by bringing repentant hearts to offer themselves at tbe shrine of friendship, "Woman's Will.—Dip the Atlantic ocean dry with a tea-spoon; twist your heel into the too of your boot; make postmasters perform their promises, and subscribers pay the printer ; send up fish- ing-hooks witb balloons, and fish for stars; get astride of a gossamer and chase a comet; when the rain is coming down liko tho cataract of Niagara, remember where you left your umbrella ; choke a musquito with a brickbat ■ in short, prove all things hitherto considered impossible, to be possible, but never attempt to coax a woman to say sbe will, when she has made up her mind to say sbe won't. A Blind Historian.—One of the papers states that Wm. If, Prescott, tho American historian, who resides at Groton, Mass., lost ono eye when at college, by a blow from a crust thrown by a boy. The sight ofthe other was so weakened by sympathy, tbat be cannot use it. He accordingly uses the apparatus invented for the blind—a stylus, with tracing paper, and strings to guide the hand. He is thus able to sit up at night and write without lighting a candle. In this way his great liistori- cal labors have been perfected. Universality of Discontent.—A gentleman had a board put up on a part of his land, on wbich was written, "I will give this field to any one who is really contented ; and when an applicant came, he .aid, " Are you contented ?" tbe general reply was, "I am." ''Then what do you want witb my field." rejoined the gentleman. Dr. Franklin was once endeavoring to kill a turkey by an electric shock, when he received the whole force of the battery himself. Recovering, he good humoredly remarked, that, instead of killing a turkey, he had nearly put an end to a goose. .^ i o m '» Poor old Biggs, ot Boston, labored under two great natural defects, the one being his inability to pronounce the letter V, and the other a " pecuniary rotentiveness," vulgarly known as parsimony. " What a queer pronunciation your uncle has," observed some one to a nephew of Biggs. Ah, yes," replied the graceless youth—" it's impossible to get a V out of him." " It spoils a man to marry bim, And spoils a woman to love her." This matrimony is the greatest cure for romance I ever heard of! The thermometer is always " down to Zero" after the honeymoon has passed. There is a woman in the lunatic asylum at New York who thinks that the Roman Catholics are trying to build a cathedral in her stomach, and who goes to bed every night with a club to keep off the Papists. The richest genius, like tire most fertile soil, when uncultivated, shoots up into the rankest weeds; and instead of vines and olives for the pleasure and use of man, to its owner it yields the most abundant-crop of poisons.—Hume, Take the band of the friendless. Smile on tbe sad and dejected. Sympathise with those in trouble. Strive everywhere to diffuse aronnd sunshine and joy. If you do this you will sure to be beloved, _Jh._Pebguson says there is no country in the world where wives are more worshipped than they are in Prance. He regrets to say, however, that all the adoration comes from somebody else's hi band. Sidney Smith says, the Anglo-Saxon race was made for two purposes—to manufacture calico and steal land. A bard hit, and, we fear, not undeserved. Labor is the groat support of good morale. After Adam and Eve were obliged to earn their broad by tbe sweat of their brows we bear no more of the serpent's tempting them, A husband complains sadly at tho price of "ducks." W-« -*■■«» ™»a««-». *->- ■■-—- *- --- His wife recently bought three for $7. duck " of a dress, a^ " duck » of a para- —viz: i ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ sol, aud a " duck " of a bonnet. !_■ you are a very precise man, and wish to be certain of what you get, never marry a girl named Ann, for we have tho authority of Lindley Murn and others, that " Ann is an indefinite article.'1 Since tho Common Council of New York have ordered the street hydrants to be kept locked, milk has risen two cents a quart. To undertake to reason a girl out of love, ■ » ns absurd as would be the attempt to extinguish Vesuvius with a glass of water. " An Act to Amend an Act " :—To pick a man up whom you have knocked down. 119 and IB! Sacramento Street, San Francisco, UR E CA UTIONED To beware of tlio tricks and various impositions of Runners and Hack Drivers, representing themselves as being employed hy the proprietor of the What Cheer House, thereby inducing the unwary to get into their carriage by telling them that it belong, to tl^ House and is free, aud afterwards extorting from thorn exorbitant prices, Bonttl per Week SO 00 Board per Day SI 00 Meals, each. .SO cents. Tn addition to a large number of Rooms, having _____ two to three beds in each, there is also 100 well finished id neatly furnished single Red Rooms. The Beds are fitted up with springs and the best colored hair in it tresses hereby making this the best house in tht.city. __sOf.£.lng per Week $3, 3, 4, 6 00 .Lodging per Night 50c, 73, $1 00 JBS* FREE BATHS -_g£. The What Cheer House sends to tho Boats an express wagon, with the name of the house on it, for the purpose of carrying passengers and Baggage Free I The proprietor wishing it understood that all others act without authorl- ty from him. my3-tf R. B. WOODWARD, Proprietor. LosquePadezcan! Lean!! Lean!!! EL GRAN KEMEDIO ITALIANO DE DE. PAREIRA, Para la cierta y eficaz cura de las infermedades de una naturaleza privada, sin hacer cuso del tiempo que se ha durado y sin malos efeclos al sistema o sin ponerse en dleta. Nmicn ._ ha fait ado—Nt puede fn'ca a Ctirar. ESTE ESPECIFICO INVALUABLE FUE INTRODUCIDO haee cin.uenta anus an l'i_a,y pronto desp ties fitehicu conocido para una cura cierta que en los pueblos y ciuda- des no solamento en el Continente, pero tambien en Gran Bretaiia, la demamla por ella y sus merit os tan recuiven- dos que en menos de un afio de su introdiiceion. fue tornado en lugar de todos otro. remedies. Las fa.ulta.es de medieina de las citulades p v in ci pales de Europa fueron compeltdos a reconocer su asombrozo poder sobre enfer- rnedades. Proprietarios de otras medicinftS, colosos de su popular!dad que vian en vano detenerlo en su progreeo. Como el trigo delante el segardor, sus esfuer.os caiyeron al Biielo, y como el ltiego en les llanos Uovando todo por delante, su marcha fue un triunfo. _ e quedo en sus meri- tos, y un publico decemiente vi. probii y fue convincido de sus magicas virtudes. La Grande Fort nun adquerido por Dr. Pareira de la ven- ta de ello los seisaiios que la preparo solo atestiquaa sus milagososmoritos. Al f-lledmiento del Doctor lo roceta fue heredada por su hijo, quien recientemeute lo ha introduciilo en los Es- tados Unidos. El nilniero ile las ouraB que so ha heeho es a.unhrozo, Miles y miles pueden dar testitnonio de eu el'ecacia. Todos los que uscn, lo Curaran 1 I - con una seguridad, despaelto y a cierto que ning ana. otra racdicina ha poseida. No tomas falsas nostrums. Use un ..medio que ha sido probado puf ___ cincnenta __.OB pasados y que no se ha faltado. GUAR1)aN"*K DE FAISAS APARIENCTAS. La venta tan estensiva de es_te asomliru/.a medieina, ha causado ya personas a vender si los caiulhlos una composi- cion espurlfl, con aparienclas a la original. No compra sin la finne esct'ila do A. Pareira M. 1>. one] ovoltoriodeafuera do cada hotelia. Todos his demas son falsos, y sus fabri- cadores seran eastigados al estn-ino rigor do la ley. Pre- cio TR.-.*. 1'LEO. LA 1!()TE|,L... Para vender por P. Kab- C.ck, el uni.o agento para t'alt'.ornia, Oregon y Ian Lslas de Sandwich a quien toSoa Q__0__- han do estar dirijidos, *" " ien para vernier por Drognenis do esto Estado goner- Un discuento liberal para los que compran por aim out mayor. ■______________■_____■_ D. BADCOCK, Droguoro Mayor, 133 Callo de Clay Sun"Francisco. Tambien para vender por J. B. WINSTON, Drogerero Los Angeles. lilsta dc Agcntcs en el E.tado. Dr. J. Ti. WINSTON, Los Angeles. P.. K. STAtfKWi'ATill'R, I'tjl.i.a. do la Ciudad, . a.r__iet_to. Uil'l-:, COFFIN Y CA., Boficavios Marysville. W. H. BRUNEI!, Uoiica de Tuolumne, Sonora BENJ. SIIUR-LKEF, Roliea ile Shasta, Shasta. CHILD & WORTHF.N, " >' Plai-orville, Placerville. .ll'STIN OATES. Jr. Ciudad do Sacramento. In*, li. W, CARR, Downicville. Dr. JOHN LARK, Nevada. Dr. W. H. OATL1FF, Yreka. WHAI-HY *_ .M(.>i:s:-„ San Diego. GEOItt. 1. L. STORY, Portland 0. T a-i-il 19-3_i ■• uu«c. _j¥ -„n . tt**4 |
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