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.
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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?"
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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
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km Jr'titfk. rptetisnitutk
_?ii_ #r^g^-_ttlistmtnts.
CLOTHING   ^VAEEIIOUsi,
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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.
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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.
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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
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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."
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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.
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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
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