-?f,.dr. florin?,
i.ii.iiftif..
--_.K-I._i-   IT."
n t    PBTl    .' Y INOIK,
Breathes fberea man Willi soul so dead
Who never to himself hntb said.
If he perchance -hould hump his head,
Darn it!
Lives there a lady with a mate,
Who, it he chances  to stay out late,
But would use these woids to veut her hate—
Darn it!
Where is th _ man that would not say—
If his. stir-p ■nders gave way,
While dancing brisk with ladies gav—
Darn it!
Suppose, when dancing at a ball,
The pumps you wore were most too small,
Who would not these two words let fall —
Dam it I
Or who, when shaving in morning cold,
Hath gashed hiseliiu with razor old
And could these powerful words withohl—
Darn it!
Or, if a fellow with love Ih smitten,
And letters lo his love has written,
And after all he should get the mitten—
Darn it!
Or, when one's notes or bills fall due,
And banks nre hard and wont renew,
In these two words there's comfort true—
Darn it!
Or if when riding in a sleigh,
Your horse takes fright ami runs away
And turns you out, who would not say
Darn it!
VV'li'Te's the man who. on ico or slippery stone.
Hath fallen and jarred hiscrazy bone,
Aud uot exclaimed in an angry tone-
Darn it!
SeoU need thisbrilliant exclamation,
When called to rule this nation—
JTis said he cried in desperation,
Wheu one is bent on writing rhymes,
And tried in vain a hundred times,
How well these wiih any chimes—
Darn it!
To all young ladies we appeal,
Who haven't a hole in their stocking heel,
If these two words are not genteel —
Darn it!
In short, when things have gone past bearing,
Ail into threads one's patience wearing,
These words arc better far than swearing—
Darn it!
 •*_►••	
TIS ALL. 0\K TO -UK.
KltOM THE   GERMAX.
Oh, 'tis all one to ine, all one,
Whether I've money or whether I've none.
He who has money can buy him a wife,
And he who has none can be free for life.
He who has money can trade if ho choose,
And he who has none has nothing to lose.
Ho who has money has cares not a few,
And ho who has none can sleep the night through.
ne who hftB money can squint at the fair,
And he who has nonu escapes from much care.
He who has money can go to the play,
And he who has none at home can stay.
He who has money can travel about.
And he who has none can go without.
He who baa money can be coarse as he will,
And he who has none cau be coarser still.
He who has money can eat oyster meat,
And he who has none the shells can eat.
He who has money can drink foreign wine.
And h_ who has none with fie gout will nut pine.
Hi who has money th;: cash must pay,
Ami he wao has none says, '* Charge it, pray!"
He wiio has money keeps a dog if he please,
Ami he who lias uoneis not troubled with fleas.
He who baa m.;i_y must die one day.
And lie who has none mast go the sa ne way.
Oh, 'tis all one to me. all one,
Whether I've money or whether I've none !
_\\ auctioneer does as lie is bid, a p us ..matter as
he is directed.
The only cure for love is-a shilling's worth of
poison taken inwardly.
tr _* • e.
C„p t_s _:._*.(a-its."
In tbe morning think what thou hast to do, and
at night ask thyself what thou hast done.
Betting is immoral ; but how cau the man who
bels be worse thau one who is no .cf-ter.
 _._*_,»»._*_. _______
Immense mental activity, steadily directed to
some leading pursuit, is the source of all distinction.
TlH-Subi _^^^^^
cil v, foi tin- .i_iit.,|it ui"
la-table terms,
1,-_0 gallon- of _* nil for ■> In Wine mid -100 gallons
of Aguardiente.
feL_—tf ._*____E_i C. FOSTER.
A woman charged with being drunk and disorderly, denied the latter charge, saying that she
was too drunk to be disorderly.
Tun vices of the rich aud great are mistaken
for errors, and those of the poor and lonely for
crimes.
Tin-; friendship of the world are often confederacies in vice or leagues of pleasure. If you
would be happy be virtuous.
War is associating with bad characters like
getting a leg crushed during the dog days? Because it is apt to lead to " mortification."
Tin; chap who look the thread of life to sew the
rent of his houso, has gone West, and invented
patent poiut for cross-eyed needles.
A -coi.i) keeps battering at the fabric of a good
man's name, like a billy-goat butting at a wall,
Shakspsar e.
Tub lawyer who believes it is wicked to lie, is
spending a week with the Quaker who indulges in
marine hornpipes.
A young lady being recommended to ex *rci-.e
for ber health, said she would jump at an offer
and run her own risk.
FOlt SALE,
aridAguartien'f]
■ offers f.i
_.. _.   _. s  resiikiii-.t
l it nia-y concern, and oa r
Carriage and Blacksmith's Shop
FOR   tlALf..
mill" SI."„__I.IBI.I-h_,viiij5  business,  to the  East, offers
X for sale lii:-, interest in the
Carriage nnd l_l.n-___ii_i_.iine- Estalillsliiiieiit
D_ tiie lirm of •'_*.  __ BOOT.   .-  CO.."   situated   on   Lou
4_.iri.les itreet.   This'a the wet extensive manufacto.;
ti tliis  business In SenfherB CaHforara, having fi out ties
nr carrying it on on a latg_ scale in all it*- branches.
Fur further partieulurs loltlress
r.i.2—tf B. h. SCOTT, I.os Angeles, Cal.
FAKM FOE SALE.
T OFFER FOR SALE MY" FARM, near the
_1_ .fission of San Gabriel, seventy acres of irrigable land, and a water ditch running through the
length ofthe Farm ■ a good Farm House, a small
Vineyard, say two thousand bearing vines, all
in good order, twenty acres enclosed with live
fence. The title to this land bas been approved
by the lT.   S.   Land  Com-mission.
Any one desirous to purchase, can learn particulars  hy applying to me at the Farm.
jnnlS—tf WIBBON W. JONES.
Pacific Express Co.
THE ttntteW _-__ -■sen* for
the*'l_U.'lFI'   JOINT Slur*.
l_Xl'liE__ COMl'ANY-''   will
._,   .'very Steamer  an Express In
large of rega__-r __e__._ig.r_,  on the Sou
SANTA RARBARA.
MONTEREY,
SAN FRANCISCO,
SACRAMENTO.
STOCKTON,
__ tlirongliont the Northern Mini
.iii* Packages, Letters, parcelst
&_r~ Collect:
Oregon.
"   i_Aii;.i?le., March t'ili 18.5.
i_T treasure forwarded
.de in   every part  of the "(Slate and
'Sim ^nuitist. |_l)ti-ii.tn«n}S-
_iir¥^iisni!i:!
For Si_s.ty I_,_stjrs
Below SSf ewYork Prices.
$250,000
___-.
Carpets, Paper Hangings
—AND— '
UPHOLSTERY GOODS
WELLS FARGO & CO'S
__3 _S_ 3P _E_ _ES S St .
A   Joint Stock Company with  a capital uf
$5O0,U00,
[Xfll.L, dispatch an Express from  the  City o*
VV Los Ati-i'les, by every Steamer, to all parts of CaU
fornia, Oregon, the Atlantic states, ami Europe, in charg-
<if reiriihn* anil "■xpovienceil Mi*., onirers.
LETTEES.PrlRCElS, PACKAGES and'TREASURE
received antl conveyed to destination with safety and dispatch. Col lee I ions made, Orders and Cuni missions filled
and all business _>._ l-iiintig to an Express and forwarilin-
business, attended to with promptness and care.
Sight bills of exchange procured on all the principal cities
of the Atlantic, tat e-   Oregon and Europe.
H, N. ALEXANDER, Alih.nt.
Angeles, March 24, 1855. if
To make a eliange in our busine.s wo shall close off
iimnun...  slock in  *-t_ro regardless of cost for _i_tv ri,»U*"
28,1.00 yards of Velvet CsirpetIng from ji 10 -,".-..>"__ :
_ 1,0.0 yai_l_ Brussels Carpeting from  HO to 1 -.- '
;;,.s-i.-O vai'.ls assorlfi! Iiis-min t '-ti'-.i-li—-, .. ■_- x   .      '** '
.0,1)00 van-Is Three 1 <lv Carpeting '...   _ 271-1[1 - £'
SO.OOO vards Oil Cloths       37S toTa*5
20,0 10 yards Curtain Hamas';  __"t. 2 ? _'
_-,000 pair Muslin and I_aee Curtains     1 T5 tn tin fin.'
10,000 pair Window Shades  50 to in'
'150,000 rolls Paper _ta_gi-_-  8 it, -•'
40. rolls Chineie  .tuning __ CCMls _„        'f,
Buff and White Holland Window Shade.. (_.,„,>_ T»._».j
Loops, and every article iu the way of furnishing. '
j%g- Callaud examine our _tt el; and save __ *■__ ---, -
buying at FRANK U..|_ElPs 'a
f_-t*,lll—3tn      11-0 and 1*12 Clay „.«*__, below Sar --
ilisttlkittfliis fy.ber&iMiiis.
LOS   ANCELES   STAR
$.. rfrinttiig (_5.t„His|iiitn{.
MAIN STREET, (Masonic Hall Building,)
The  proprietor of  the Los Angeles Star, we ulilreapect
ully inform  hla   friends  and   the  public,   that   he has
ust received a large and varied assortment of new inateri
il, and is now prepared to execute the following descrip
i of
Neveu trust a Becret with a married man, who
loves his wife, for he will tell her, she will tell
her aunt, and then it. goes ;-*- such is woman!
He that is taught lo live upon little, owes more
to his father's wisdom, than he that has a great
deal left to him does to his father's care.
PLAIN AND FANCY
a-ojB __»3a_r2*_r-!_?x_3_"c_j-_
lit the best style of the Art.
pi oo':s, Circulars, Law Blanks,
Pamphlets, C.rd.; Bills of Exchang.
Bill Heads, Deeds, Bank Checks
Labels, Notes, Programmer.,1
Posters, Billets, Bills of Fare.
Or any oilier description of Printing tliat  may be desired
JI_p'i*_r_o*_„ wishing work done are respectfully *     "   '
viled
call a
lestimnwfs.
Lafayette Restaurant,
FORMERLY THE OLD AMERICAN.
COMMERCIAL STREET,
if AS been splendidly refitted and thorough
ly renovated, and the   proprietors are  now
prepared lu   accommodate  regular boarders
with bed-rooms if desired.
Meals at aH"hour„, by  bill of fare.   Saloon for private
Families can be supplied at, the shortest notice
Cakes of all kinds constantly on hand
Partridge, Rabbit anil Chicken Pies.
Alimentary Preserves.
The best the market atTorsls will In- eoustsmtlv served 11 j
F..UR k CO., Proprietor..
Los Angeles, January 11.185S tl
A doctor advertised that " whoever uses the
Vegetable Compound Universal anti-Purging Aromatic Pills once, will not have cause lo use them
again."    Very likely.
Horace Greely is down on church fairs, aud calls
them pious gambling and cash-trap affair.—"devices by which the minds and moral, ot youth are
often sadly corrupted."
'•' I understand your father is dead," said a man
to a little boy, as he entered the house. "You're
right now, old boss,'*" said he, "he's laid out in
t'other room os cold as a wedge !"
A (lENics remarked the other day, with a grave
face, that however prudent and virtuous youig
widows might be, he had soon B~.any a young
widow err.
^eKljaiAisc, .__.
LEI any one remove his eye from tbe most mag*
iiificcrit parade 01* triumph to the expanse of hec*_
ven, and instantly what was great is little, what
was public is private.
As advertisement lately appeared in the Dublin
Eveninir Post, headed "Iron bedsteads and bedding?' We suppose, according to the latter term,
that the linen is of sheet iron.
A New Bedford paper, iu speaking of the contemplated additions to the whaling fleet, says that
■•...v_ral houses (tn that city) are in pursuit of
ships for the s?ervic.." It must look funny to see
a hou.e in pursuit of a ship.
-!1i.«IJiiiifi?u..,
Melancholy Presctitimetit of Death '>y a Young
Lady, and lis .ml Fulfill in Hit.
The following sad story appears in a late num.
her of the Rough Notes, a paper published at
lvinderhook, New York :
''Wo havo to record a mo-,t melancholy instance
ofthe p_"-vcr of hallucination over tho mind and
health of a highly Respectable intelligent young
lady of Kiiulei'Iioo., iu this State, who some two
years since, while in f'e enjoyment ol robust
health, was visited ono night at her bedside (as
she affirmed at the- time) by an apparition, wbich,
in solemn accent, informed her that at the a^e of
eighteen she would bo an inhabitant of another
aud a better world. She made the incident known
to her mother, who vainly endeavored to erase tho
circumstance from the mind of her daughter by
treating it as the hallucination of a dream. The
daughter, however, averred that she was in possession of her faculties and wide awake at the
time of rec.'tvinjj her spiritual visitor ; aud such
was the effect it had upon her _nind, that, a girl
full of life and glee, she became thoughtful and
reserved, aud gradually sunk under its depressing
influence, pining snulually, uutil recently she became a ttirjan. ofthe grave-yard just as she was
entering upon her eighteenth year."
 ■«■<»».»-     _—___
Timely Wakxino.—A Yankee editor thus con-
fusses to have had dealings with Satan, for the
good of his readers, of course ■■—I was sitting in
my study when I heard :'a knock at the door.
"Come in," *,aid I, when the door opened, and
who should walk in but—Satan ! "How d'ey do,'-
said he, "Pretty well" said I. "What are you
about?—preparing your leader?" "Yes," said I.
"Ah, I dare say you think you arc doing a great
deal of good? "Well, not so much as I could
wish ; but a little good I hope," said I. "You
have a large lot of readers," said he. "Well, prefe
ty well for that," said I. "And I dare say yon
are pretty proud of them," said Satan. "No, that
I am not, for not oue half of them pay for their
papers," said I. "You don't say so," said he. "Yes,
tbat I do," said t; "not one half of them pay for
their papers!" "Well,'' said he, "then they are
an immoral lot; but let me have the list, I think I
can do a trifle myself with such people."
—- ^m mc i__--i     	
To enjoy life you should be a little miserable
occasionally. Trouble, like cayenne, is not very
agreeable in itself, but it givts great zest to other
things.
Scexe on a West HUN Steamboat.—Captain.—
(awfully riled)—"How jn thunder came you to
turn in there with jour boots on?"
Backwoodsmcrn—(who has just woke up)—
"Why, you darned fool, do you want a feller to
turn in here among th*, m varmints barefooted."
Not Fast Colobs.—We see the important announcement made in an exchange, that " the light
of other days has faded." This circumstance will
probably throw a large number of persons out; of
employment, as the ladies'will not use anymore
of that article in the manufacture of their dresses
Human Natprb.—" I'm sorry, Mr. Wilson, to see
this splendid field of potatoes so seriously diseased," said a ■sympathising inspector.
Ah! weel, it's a great pity," replied the farmer, " but there's oue comfort—Jack -Tarason's is
no a bit better I"
The Bri ish Periodicals
AND THE
farmer's guide.
Great Reduction in the Price of the latter Pub-
Ik alio n.
L     SCOTT & CO., NEW  YDii"._, continue to publish th*.
0 following leading British Periodicals, via. :.
THE LONDON QUARTERLY (Conservative).
2.
TIIE EDINBURGH REVIEW (Whig).
3.
THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW (Free Church)
4.
THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW (Liberal).
5.
BLACKWOOD'S    EDINBURGH     MAGAZINE
(Tory).
The great and importafcit ev'flotB—Beligioiis, Political,
and Military—now a1.1L .': ... l',-' nations of the Ol- "World,
give to these Public-1 a   'T:i--rest and   value they
never before possessed. C ey - scapy a middle ground
be-._-ceu llie hastily wri ten n.-sM item ., crude speculations, and tiyin-j r_.mor_ of tl ■ 1.■■-,--pa;.er,-*nd the pon-
derou.Tom. of the I-i.-rtotlao a fttten long after the liv-
tercst in the facts li:' n --' shall have passed
The progress of the War in the East occupies 11
large space in their pages. Every movement is closely
'ticiaed, whether of friend or of too, and all short-coni-
 j*s (earlea.ly pointed Out.    The  letters i'n.m the <_i-l-
m<_R and from the Baltic- in ..lackwood's Magazine, from
o of its insist popular contributors, give a more intelli-
le and reliable account of the movements of the grea
lifliiisTrents than can elsewhere be found.
These Periodicals aljU   represent thi-three  great politl
cal  parties  of Great Mrttain—V. hig, Tory, and Radical,—
but politics  forms only one feature of their character.—
IBS of tlio   most prof-und   writers on Science, Literature, Morality, and Religion, they stand, as they ever
ave stood,   unrivalled in the world of letters, being con-
dered indispensable to the scholar and the professional
inn. while to   the  intelligent reasV.r of every class they
irnis.h a more correct ami salisfaetory record of the day,
throughout tho world, than can be possibly obtained from
.ny other source.
Early Copies.
The receipt of AnvA.ci-: Sfl-Bi-  from the Urlti'sh  pub-
isbtsis _ft',-<*•_ additional value to those Reprints, especially
during the present exciting state of European a Hairs, inasmuch as they can now be placed in the. hands of subscribers about as soon as the original editions.
Terms.
An old cynic, at a concert the other night, read
in the programme the title of a song, viz :
" Oh give me a cot in the valley Hove?'
Reading it   over attentively,  the   old   fellow
finally   growled—" Well,   if I had my choice, I
should ask for a bed.sfead 1"
Thkimi is a village in Michigan where the church
bell is rung every day at twelve for the people fo
take their quinine, as they have the chills and
fevei all round. They shake hard out there, aad
some of them turn it to account. The men, when
they get a " shake," climb an apple tree that they
want stripped, and when the "shake" is off the
apples are too.
Tue Seucca Falls Reveille tearfully tells of tho
following melancholy affair: "At Niagara Falls,
last Friday night, a youug man, name unknown,
who had been disappointed in love, walked out to
the precipice, took off his coat and hat, and casting
one lingering look into the gulf beneath hii
turned and went back to the hotel! His body was
lound the next morning—in bed I"
"Madam, can you give me a glass of grog V
said a traveller in Arkansas, as he entered a log
cabin ou the road side. "I hain't cot a drop
stranger." " But a gentleman told me just now
that you had lately received a barrel." " Why,
goodnsss graciou.! what do you reckon ouebarre
of whiskey is to me and my children when we ar
out of milk ?"
Proof of A-_-.CT-_n.-*—.' -BJfill, Tom, docs your
girl continue to love you ?"
" Yes. more thau ever."
"Indeed! What evidence have you ol that?"
"Why, she makes me presents,"
" What has she given you V
" Oh, she has made ine a present of niy picture.
which", paid five dollar* for before I^^v. it to
Ler.'-'
apCC-ME A.ND SEE !!!■«>
^^^   A   Rare   Chance    for   Good-^T^.
J. L. MG-liRIS & CO.,
At their Old Stand,
.OMM — RclAL,    STREET,
HAVE j_trpcplT_ the. PALL and WI.TEF. Stock
of CLOTHIWG-, consisting of un  assortment fro,,,
tho test i,o*>ort___s of
Black a„,l Colof.rt Dress ami _ rock Conls ;
BLACK CLOTH nnd BEAVER OYrat-COATS ;
BUSINESS SUITS, various style:
BLACK and FANCY CLOTH ami CASSIMERE
PANTS;
CLOTH, SILK ana VELVET VESTS.
An ample assortment of
FURNISHING  GOODS.
WOOLLEN, SILK Ai MERINO UNDERSHIRT..:
DRAWERS anil HOSIERY ;
b'INB LINEN, MUSLIJT and COTTON SHIRTS.
COTTON GOODS of all kinds.
BOYS'   CLOTHING.
ALSO—A large utoek of tine and coarse
BOOTS and SHOES, HATS, CAl'S, &c.
And Faii<■._. C-rt'M-s generally.
Tha public aro invited to examine our stoclc, which  -i.ilI
be fouud to equal any olfered for their inspection, and will
be iii>posed oil'on liberal terms.
^__S" Remember the Store. -_§&{
Los Angeles, January 6, 18 C.    tf
11. Hint ial Sacromento San Street.   FrancUc*
Centrally loeated betiveen !*,ii!i_ i-ii*_nd Montgomery f-t.,
in theitnmedlate viciuity of the _>iea.aguaandMailSt._m-
-ihip Co 's Offices, San Francisco.
GREAT REDUCTION
IN THE PRICE OF liOARD AT THE
WHAT CHEER HOUSE,
Nos. 119  and 121 Sacramento street.
fcAXl-K/iNCI.CO, CAL.
S*» no....
_ i oo....
50 _t_	
..Per*V\>cIc,
..Per Day,
.. JPer Meal.
LOIU'ITN-GS ON THE MOST EEASONAULE TKKMS:
From $3 to _ 0   Per Week.
From 50 cts. to SI Per Nlglit.
is'. 1!.—There are EIGHTY SINGLE _U*OM., fitted up ■*__
furnished in tlie uoalest manner, at from 7. cts. to tl per
ni. ht, and from  *. 5 to .. per week.
i_r The privilege o." LRU,. BATHS is al.o extended toths
pat-Oil. of tb£ bcii
May, 26, 1865.
It. B.
TIT7*OULD resnectfullv inform their friends s
VV   Le generally, that they have n
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prices will be allowed to Clubs ordering four or more
sopi.B of any one or more of tho above works. Tnus :
roar copies  of Blackwood, or of one Review, will be .eut
to on*, aild-ess for 39 ; four copies  of the  four Reviews
and Blackwood for .30 ; and so on.
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TIIE FARMER'S GUIDE
TO SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE.
Bv  Henry Stephens, 1". R. S., of I-.dinTiurgh. and the late
J. I'. Norton. Professor of Scit-nt i tie Agriculture in Yale
College, New'Haven.    2 vols. Royal Octavo.    IGOOpages,
and numerous Wood and Steel Engravings.
This is. confessedly, the most complete work on Agricnl
turc ever published, and in order to give it a wider circulation the publishers have resolved to reduce the price to
Five Dollars for the Two Volumes!!
When sent by mail (post-paid) to California  and Ore-
-•,..   ".. -,r-Ce  will  be $7.     To every  other jiart of the
Remittances for any of the above publications should
always he addressed  post paid, to the publishers
LEONARD SCOTT k CO..
feb2 NO. 51 Gold Street, New Toi-lifj
HEAP    CASH   STORE.
Rich, Newmark & Co.,
Next Door io their Old Stand,
COMMEKCi/_.___   STREET,
_ the puh-
_■ nave now on nand. and are
cry steamer, a large and splendid Sssort-
ni oi
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods?
together with  a largo  stock  of CLOTHING of the most
fashionable and seasonable  styles,   selected  expressly for
the trade In this city and viciuity.
HATS, CAPS, BOOTS   ANDSHOES
ofthe most desirabio and seasonable styles.
CARPET BAGS AND TRUNKS,
Ladles' ami ticntinmen _ Hosiery in great variety.
And a thousand articles we have not room to enumerate.
Their former patrons and ... generous public are solicited
i examine their stock before pure ridding elsewhere, a.
they are determined to keep the best goods, and the price.
Don't forget the place. COMMERCIAL ST.
next door to the old stand. jano
II STORE II If mn.
THE    UNOEll-IGiVBD   respectfully    In form
their friends  and the public, that they have moved
into their
New Store on Commercial Street-
next door to the old stand, where they are now opening i
large assortment of
Staple _a-__L-_a. Fancy
of tho most fashionable and seasonable styles ; togethei
■vith a largo stock of
CLOTHING, BOOTS- SHOES, &c, &c,
which they are selling WH01__-*8-__f__ AND RETAIL at the lowest price*.      Their  former patron., an'
til who wish to  boy goods cheap, are >■(•','.• ',:■ -1 '.., i-.ili am
examine til eir extensive stock before niiriha-.-i. , I ■■ -vin-i't-
RICH, NEWMARK, &CO.,
Los Angeles, December 1st, 1 .55
tf
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS
AND OTHKUS.
Los Angeles Sewing Machine.
A.G9 FOR SAI_J_i,   or muue to oriJci- by ___»
"■" '- ' "      '    '      ' Tot'
ii b
B
:to furnish theelo"th, 100 lbs.'"_a_!_._"
animal. ....S. -„,. one hundred.
AL*u_Ten.s    Hose,   Celllnxp,   Wagon   Cove.
an ■ other work of a like nature sewed with neat oess        .
do ipatch.
V. BEAUDRY.
Third floor from Aliso Street,
Beaudrtfs    Block,    Megra   Alley.
Loi|A,igel,„, No,.i_„. 3, ,_._.     » „„,_.._,
TUSTICKS'ULANKg ohva-B on -ami at thi,
<■ 0IB«- jar..e
t fail to a
it.
CLOTHIiVG   A-.!"   DRY
__3-va^^o_E__:-jj__.
ELIAS   & BEOTHEE,
TEMPLE'S BLOCK. MAM  ST.,
Opposite the head of Commercial, Los Angeles,
^gggg.   ARE CONSTANTLY RECEIVING BY
Sr     ' best and most desirable stock or
Dry Goods and Clothing,
ever before olfered irf this section ofthe State, imported
expressly for their own trade, and which they arc now
selling at ffhohssjilcand Retail, at a small advance on New-
York prices Without enumerating all their articles, they
would briefly say that they have en hand all kinds of ready
madeclothing, for Gentlemen or Boys, that may be called
for, of every descrip! ion of style and quality usually found
gentlemen's furnishing stores.
Hats, Caps, Boots ami Shoes,
orkmanship nnd ofthe most desin
ii poi-io
FANCY AND STAPLE DEY GOODS
is better than any in thtsOity in quality and quantity, and
embracescverr description of gnosis, which they will with
pleasure exhibit to all who may favor them with a call.
■   Thr-following ijntnh-T-te emhi-1-.ees a few of their articles-
SILKS—Color.*,I. Bin's--: .,,,.! m.-r- Ant i.ue.
SHAWLS—Ch,;:'■-'■. KnirlWi. Trench Sil!.. and Cashmere.
RIBBONS—Of all kinds, qiii-1 If >■>. ..nd prices,
■£(.!,<j\ _.:->— White and Colored, Silk, Kid and Thread.
EllGKIXG—Jaconet, .wis. and Muslin.
LACES—Thread andSilk, superior.
ARTIFICIAL, FLOWERS.
Black and figured Al'-aca.. Bombazines and Merinos ;
Poplins, _-_,.-., De Lames, ic.  kc.
WHITE  GOODS.
Thread, Lace, Capes,  Collars and Chemisettes, ;
Iris'n Linens. Cambrics, Swiss and l.vok Muslins ;
Linen and Silk Hs-.mil.ort.-hiefs, ol" every description ;
Sheeting and .Shirting, bleached and unbleached.   .
COLORED GOODS-
Ginghams, Muslins and Calicoes, In great variety ;
]!n>a-k-lothes,Cassimeres,  Sjil.tineits rind Flannels
GENTLI-.n.N'S AND LADII-S' HOSIERY.
Silkand Cotton Umbrellas ;
Muslin am'. Damask Window Curtains ;
Trnnksaud Carpet Bags, of v_rl.ii_ ?i„i.s and prices.
BEOS AND IiEOOIJVG
PBOVISIONS AND GROCERIES.
mil purchaser;
by the Barrel or Sack ,
Corn, Wheat and Barley in quantities t-
Wines and Liquors at 'wholesale.
And a thousand articles we have not room to mention
Tn short, we have any article in onr line, for the Con.fi
md convet.ien.e of our patrons, and  If those who wish
aurcliase will give us a finl call, thev will save themsel-
■mich time ami trouble in  traveling over tlie City, for ....
aavegot the GOODS that are wanted, and the prices we
(re determines! shall he saf.isfad orv.
DOA'TFORGET THE PLACE.
KLIAS1. BROTHER,
_I/-17_\T STREET, LOS ANGELES.
The hiirb<.fi„ pri.e nai.i for GOLD DUST and OLD SILVr'.R.
L_.MB_:i.. CORN, TvilEATaudBAULiCVtakenine-chanKe
'or Goods, ' *
I..s A-ngfits, D.eei*(>*i-1, IH*,
SEW FEATURE I !
If.  "VCT.   _3-__2ii-«_-_.3_L'_3
GREAT PACIFIC DEPOT,
....AND....
GENERAL  AGENCY
FOR THE SUPPLY UF CHEAP PUBLICATIONS, STATION A
, _C.
PAPERS, PERIODICALS, AND EOOKS,
RECEIVED "WI.EKLY BY TBE
Ms it Steamers
XCLUSlYJr; EXPRESS—VIA NK__RUA*9 __,
T'X,
.• Country Ilook-
NB REVIEWS OF
nabledtoforwai
lersoual attentic
few; Cheap, *___.<„ -liscellaiieous no-
he day. Having been engaged it
s. assures all concerned that he is
ers with prompliisss and dispatch
s he gives dy
-i tic,11
rots
met,
I   ■ IMERaAL AND FANCY STATIONARY
All on. ■-- m        ■    postpaid, encldslng CAS0 for TVork*
&&- Bat.'.- k'-pt open to the latest moment.
United States Mail via NLearuagua, by authoritv of tht
nited States Government.
V.'holesale and retail.lL-p:irtment, Post  Office Buildings*!
-"•.-.No. ... 111. st.'>R.
GSSESAL
ADVERTISING AGENCY.
97 MERCHANT STREET. SAN FRANCISCO
ADVERTISEMENTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BIT
THOS. BOYCE, Agent for the following newspapers;—
"Bemocratic State Journal," Sacramento.
"Daily Argus," Stockton.
•■ Sierra (.'itii.en," Ilownieville.
"Miners' Advocate,-'' Diamond Springs.
" Placer Herald," Auburn.
" Mount am Mes.-(oger,'' Gibsonville
" Contra Costa,"  Oakland.
"Tribune,'   San .lose.
"Star," Lob Angeles.
"Democratic Standard," Portland, O. T.
"El Clamor Publico," Los Angeles,    (Si,anisb Paper.)
May 19, 1S55. No.l—tf
WM. Y. PATCH.    CHAS. CLAYTON.     L. V. H. HOWELL
PATCH, CLAYTON & CO.,
Prosluce Commission Merchants
GEIn EE,AL AGENTS.
No. 40 Clay Strset, briow Davis,
SAN   FRANCISCO.
Goods Stored in Fire-Proof lVarc-Honsti.
__■ LhikR -,,. ,J-,_, Advaxu.S .: .■.„:, o\ „,N,;,ij.w:,is ,s Sto_.
July 21,1855. No. JO—ly
if STOKE JITJi llfflll.
€alisher &  Cohen
BEG leave to inform the citizens of San Remarilino-aiJ
vicinity, that they have opened a store in McDonald'*
liuildmg, next to the Union School House, where thev ar.
now opening a large and splendid assortment of
DRY GOODS. CLOTHING, PROVISIONS AND
O- __?<_> oeries •
which they are prepared to sell ■■
are solicited to call and  examine goods and
CS, Lumber a
of every descript;
chimp as the dn
The publ
nd all kinds of Produce taken in pavment
M.  CALTSHER.
S.  COHEN.
San Bernardino, Januar- 1st. 1856. jan.-tf
NOTICE.
milE combination of the Colorado and Pilot Knob
X Firry Companies   herctoiore  existing, was di.-
solved by mutual consent on the BO til ultimo.
JAEGER & CO.
IV, W. THOMPSON")
Colorado Perry, Cal., Dec. 31, 18C6
OLD   COLORADO   FERRY.
rriHE undersigned beg leave to inform travelers*, and tlit
X public in general, that thev continue Ferrying al their
old location, where thev have every laoilitv for crossing the
Colorado with safety and dispatch, nt tower prices thsn
an/ otheT Ferry on the river.
They have always on hand a supply of such provi.ioal
as are'required by travelers and emigrant s, at a* lo"*
rates as they can hepurchar.oi. in Sr.-.ithet-Ti ("sil'fornia.
U«GWt>«>   ■
_%ten<t»__Mf)<ti-).1])»f.ti,_fff jtwi.-* !
VOL. 5.
LOS   ANGELES,
SATURDAY,   MAECIT
NO. 45.
Insincss Car...
O. W. Childs __ Co.,
Wa0t.K3_._E   AND   RKT.UL   DEALERS IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
ALSO,
MANUFACTURERS OF
TIN,  SHEET   IRDN   AND  C0PPE_  WARE,
"do- Angelea Strftet-J
dec22-tf Los Angeles-
P. C. WILLIAMS,
At tho old stand of J. G. Nichols,
Main Street,
DEALER IN
GROCERI  S. PROVISIONS
A'-s'D PRODUCE.
DEAN & CARSON.
SUCCESSORS TO SANFORD & CARSON,
Tflain   Street,
Nearly opposite (_-. F. LamBOn's New Brick Store
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Groceries, Provisions, Tinware, Stoves, &e., &c.
Tin. Sheet Iron and Copper work done to order.
W
. Jons-ox. H. S. A„i_-_so_.
Jotinson A Allan.on,
Successors   to   Alexander   &    Melius.
llt-'LKSALE   AN'II   I.KI'Ail.   Di-lAi.ERS   IN   GENERAL
MERCHANDISE, Main st., Los Augeles.        aul.     tf
Ios Siuttlcs Star.
Prlateaaod published every Saturday.-in Masonic Hall
Building, Main street, by
J. S. WAITE.
r.i-ia.t."Subscription,Five Dollars per annum, payabli*
in advance.
Advertisements Inserted at Two Dollars per square of ten
ines for the lirst insertion, and One Dollar per square for
each subsequent insertion.   Terms, Cask.
Transient advertisements must be paid for In advance
toinsure attention.
No communication isadmis.a.Ie overa fictitious signature, unless the real author or writer is known.
Agents or the Los
The following gentlemen a
Star:
TlIOM-SHcRniCK	
Q-DROI Rick,	
Messrs. Kxox .. Wiusti.i.i.
S. S. Thompson'	
Coi„ Ira Thompson-	
CAPT. W_t. Martin-	
R. Hopkins	
Coi.. Jackson- 	
Tononl). a. Thomas	
Dr. J. L. Hoffmax	
r. Glbs.y	
_.lfx. S. Tatt.or :,.,_
Tn.lMA.   TllTCF	
Angeles Star.
authorized Agents for tha
 San Gabriel.
 San Gabriel.
 Monte.
 Monte.
 Tejon Reservation.
 San Bernardino
 San Bernardino.
 San Bernardino.
 San Dieiro.
 Santa Barbara.
 Monterey.
 San  FrmirUrn.
ALEXANDERS & BANNING,
FORWARDING & COMMISSION MERCHANTS
SAN PEDRO AND LOS ANGELES, CAL.
-4. ..V'f.—tl. M. .U.EXAND—t,   Le. An.j.d.s.
LoS An.ele,   August 25, 1855. No. 15—tf
AUG. W. TIMS.
Furwimling and Commission Merchant
San Fei.R0 amd Los An_el_9, Cal.,
H. R_AO, Agvnt,   Los Angeles.
3EI*   C_a-'Olc3LT3e.--Ts:
TAKES THI. METHOD TO INFORM HIS FRIEND.   AND
the public generally, that he will continue to (tell
GOODS   OF   EVERY   KIND  CHEAP,
at bis  Old   Stand  on
COMMERCIAL   STREET.
ALSO—That  he  is  now  carrying on   '
Tailoring Business
oection   with   __ E EC H A » D I S ____ G .
8_~ REPAIRING done at   the  shortest notice,
bast manner, and at the most reasonable rates.
s_f- All kinds of Kcatly-Macie ClotHInff on hand
twenty per cent, cheaper than they can be bought at any
oth.r house iu the city. mhl-tf '
hies, wool is sau mis.
B.alpli Emerson.
CAi.I-K I-KJ- AIASO,
(Don Lu
(1 [VE_ NOTICE *o the Ranch.
T vicinity tm-lh.   .iltijiretl
Call', Sheep and Goat Shin;. ,.>:,!,
Ua- Liberal advances made on
clip- of Wool.
Los Angelas, February It. 1856
Vigne's Building,)
e Ranei.i-ros -n. Uutehers ftf  this
,i _;.,* thu i.i_-l,e.st price Cor Hides,
made in contracts for the coming
tf
C.  B.  TllO?-.
THOM & SIMS.
Attorneys & Counsellors at Law,
OFFICE ON MAIN STKEET,
ppo.ite ttie Bella Union Hot.:)
BENJAMIN S. EATON.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Main Street, Temple's   Block,
LOS ANGELES.
ALEXANDER GIBSON.
JUSTICE   OP   THE   PEACE,
OFFICE OM MAIM STIIEET,
ODttostte the U. S. Hotel.
E, L. SCOTT & CO.
Carriage Makers and Blacksmiths,
_OS AM.ELI3S STREET,
OPPOSITE    MELLUS    ROW.
O. Puoommun,
WATCH-MAKER   &   BOOKSELLER,
COMMERCIAL STREET,
Loa A>:OEr,E3, Cal.
COUNTY SURVEYOR'S OFFICE.
ON Main street,   opposite   J.   G.   Nichols, new   brick
building.
U. HANCOCK, t'or.TV Survkyor.
GEO. HANSON. Deputy.
■on ingeles. April 28.1H55. «0. 50—tf
SAMUEL AiiBUCKLE,
lisilion & Commission Mcrciiant
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
f. __le    ',.©;»:.!,   Pi'_iicig»al   St■_*(._■ _,
Opposite Temple's Building.
iftg. Sales of MERCHANDISE every THURSDAY.
-/v_i- Sales of HORSES aud MULES every MONDAY.
•%%. i'artioular   attention   given   to   the   sale of Real
Estate    -1 fe-22-tf
HO ME    MAN U F A C TOR Y,
BIAIN   iTBSM,
OPPOSITE TEMPLE'S BLOCS.
Toy 8c Bro-iier,
__.'!lc  and   narness Makers,
Keeps   constantly on  hand an assortment of
SADDLES.   HARNESS,
BRIDLES,   WHIPS. COLLARS,
SADDLE WARE, &c.
We are also prepared to execute all kinds of work in oiir
line at the shortest possible notice.
A superior lot  of California Pitts and Spurs always on
hand. octl.   '54 tf -dpcS
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS
AN_r OTHERS.
Los Angeles Sewing Machine,
BARS FOlt SAJji-lj or motto to order by Ma
ClIlNEKI'. at thevci-vlowost market rates. Tothos
wishing to furnish the cloth, 1.00 ll>_. sack- will bo cu
and in ado  .or ...  per ono hundred.
ALSO—Tents, Hose, Ceilings, Wngou Covers
and other work of a like nature sewed with neatness and
despatch.
V. BEAUDRY.
Third door from Aliso Street,
Beaudry's    Block,    Negro   Alley.
Lo-f*AnB-el.«, Noi-cmh-nr 8, 18.8. »s.v_-lj*
The State of _.ew Mexico.
A corrfi-pondent of the New York Evening
Post, writing from Santa Fe, the capital of New
Mexico, gives it as lii» opinion, that the Territorial
Legtslaturti elect will make a strong effort to secure a State organization for that territory, and
that at the next Congress the State of New Mexico
will be knocking at the doors of both houses for
atlmi.. ion into the Union. The panic corres-pond-
cnt, however, gives an unpromising picture of the
state of affairs in that territory, and one which
would tend to prejudice the people of the United
States against tie proposed admission. He says
that the treasury is bankrupt, and that the people
of the territory are not better prepared to exercise the privileges of American citizens, than are
the negroes of our Southern States, and that in
fact their stat. of civilization is not of so high an
order. Their prejudices, he .ays, are opposed to
every thing American, and that the elections in
the territory are not only an injury, but an insult
to the American franchise—and are perfect caricatures of freedom.
In connection with this matter, the message cf
Gov. Davis sent to the Territorial Legislature, givei
some interesting facts:
He says the standard of education is at a very
low ebb in our territory, and demands immediate
legislative attention. We are almost without
schools and books. The census of 1850 exhibits
to us, that in New Mexico, in a population ot 61,-
54!), there were 2,5,089 adult persons who could
uot read and write, aud at the name time there
were only 4-(i6 children attending school. Ofthe
adults who could not read and write, 13,3.4 are
males, a number about equal to the whole votable
Inhabitants of the territory. This shows a fearful amount of ignorance aroong our people, and
is ground to que. tion their ability io make a pro
per use ofthe political power entrusted to them.
In comparison with onr sister territories. I regret
to say. that we fall'ar behind them. In Oregon,
in a population of l_-,294, there were, at the same
time, only 162 adults who could not read and
write ; and in Utah there were 154 in a population of 11,380, in the same condition. In the former territory there were 1.877, and in the latter
2,035 children attending school. From these lig-
ures it appears that our children are growing np
in ignorance, and noi being prepared to discharge
the important social and political duties that
must devolve upon them. If we wish to take rank
with the rest of the Uniou in intelligence, we
must dispel the cloud of ignorance that hangs
over us, by educating the rising generation.
This certainly does not present a very promising
picture, says the Alia California, and such a condition of things, is not ofa character to lead us to
take into full communion such a people. It is tru
that under a state government, a greater infusion
of the American element would doubtless take
place, but It would seem as though it were better
that New Mexico should go through a larger state
of probation than she has in order to test her abi
lity for entire self government.
There *_re, however, some good reasons why
New Mexico should be admitted, in case the people desire it. The admission of New Mexico would
of course, rid our national treasury ofthe expense,
consequent from the support of a territorial government there, and that territory has ample re
sources to sustain itself.
  mm**  'i  tn -*i   »*-
Em tliq-iii"..:;_ In < all f.u-iila.
The Monterey Seitinel, in commenting on the
recent earthquake at San Francisco, remarks that
it had made its customary annual visit to San
Francisco the same .._ it does to Monterey. Once
a year there is a great shaking of that part of th-
_ari_'sdry bones, wbich immediately binds California to the rept of her component parts. San
Francisco Bayand the Los Angeles country would
deem to be the great focii ofour groat c.tihquake
system. The Missson near Los Angeles was called by Padre .Tup'tnero in 1778, iu ona of his mauu-
■cripts, "San Gabriel de los Temblores." At San
Juan Capi.st*ano and Santa Yncz Missions in September, 1312, a severe shock of earthquake postrat-
etl the church buildings of those establishments,
and nuny persons lost their lives in the first
named; the church being full of people at the
time. The old tradition of the Indians is, (hat the
Bay of San Francisco was formed during a terrible earthquake. The earquake of Friday moruing
done no injury in Monterey: many persons did
not even f.el it. The weather was perfectly calm,
and the night clear and starry.
Not in the Bn.i..—At a theatre in Boston, lately, during the performance ofthe last act of''The
Beauty and Ihe Beast," a female dressed in black
rose from a front seat in the parquette and jumped
upon the stage, where she seized hold of one of
the B_p.raumer._8 and dragged him behind the
Bcenes. It was soon discovered that the "supe"
was a brother to the female, who was indignant
becaus" he bad "attempted to disgrace the family
by becoming a play-acfor," and she took this method of driving himfrom the profession.
A Wide-awake Miser.—A poor man once came
to a miser, and said, "Thave a favor to ask." "So
have I," said the raiser j "grant mine first."
" Agreed." "My request is/'eaiu tbe _ci_.r, "that
y_a _.k me for nothing."
The United State* Territory.
The total area of the United States and its territories, in round numbers, is three millions of
square miles. This is not ten times as extensive
as the soil of Great Britain and France united, but
is five-sixths as large as the entire continent of
Europe, with its sixty commonwealths and kingdoms. The magnificent empire which Alexander
the Great founded, and after establishing which he
wept for "more worlds,' to conquer, was not more
capacious. Nay, even the colossal empire of Rome,
which boasted that it embraced the whole civili/ed
glob *, was no larger than the exir-ting territory of
this Republic. Add to this that it was infinitely
less compact, and was never peopled as this is,
with a people all speaking one language, and we
begin to realize what America is, aad what will be
her destiny.
Of this enormous stretch of land, about one-
third belongs to the Atlantic slope, five-twelfths
to the Mississippi valley, and three-fifths to the
Pacific slope. The chief part of it lies within the
zone, or that part of the globe which is belter lilted for the perfect development of man, though it
touches ijn both the torrid and arctic circles. It is
Watered by some of the largest rivers on the globe,
the atmosphere is kept pure, and its vast table
lauds prevented from becoming deserts by the
presence of gigantic fresh-water lakes, the configuration of its mountnins, and the course of the
prevailing winds.     It has a shore line, including
lttnds and rivers to the head of tide-water, of
thirty-three  thousand miles ;   while  if the lak.s.
A ItEVOLUTIOIVAnl   JIKMISIISCKXC 11.
We like to treasure up all the historical legends
ofour Revolutionary strugglt*. They are _ket_b«8
ofthe past which grow more Valuable as yeitr ftfUr
year passes by, and the incidents they refer to become more aud more deeply enveloped in tlm
haze and my.tery of tradition. Tho one ffhlob
follow* is full of interest, and Lirnlshes an instance of courage, as striking «sany connected with
the part taken by South Car.H.ia in the events of
those troublesome times.
The patriotic enthusiasm which prevailed among
the people daring the siege of Au.gusta aud Cambridge, prompted to numerous nc.'s of personal
risk and Eacrifice. This spirit, encouraged by lhe
success of Sumpter and others over the .Iriti.li
arms was earnestly fostered by G-eu.'Grv'-Q* whose
directions marked at least the outline oft very un
dertaking. ln the efforts made to strike a .blow at
tho invader's power, the sons of lhe Martin I'.unily
were among the most distiuguished for acliv* service rendered, and for injuries (sustained at .the
uiieiD}-'.-■ hands. The wives of the two eldest, du.'*-
ing their absence remained at home with thcll
mothcr-iu-Iaw. One evening intelligence came to
them that a courier, conveying important dispatches to one of the upper .station*;, was lo pass
that night along the road, gtiards-d by two British
officer.. They determined to wnylay the party,and,
at the risk »f their lives, to obtain possession of
the papers. ,
For this purpose the two young women di
the frontier water., and  the tributaries of r.v_r_ j ed themselves in their husbands' clothes,and being
are added, the shore rises to the aggregate of fifty-
nine thousand miles, or very considerably more
than the circumference ofthe globe. Never before,
since the rise of the historic period, and we may
therefore say almost positively, uever before siuce
the world began, did a homogeneous and civilized
population inhabit so extensive a tract of country,
so favorably situated as to climate, so well watered,
so fruitful, or so open to the sea. It would seem,
without exaggeration, as if it was iutemled that
here the human race should culminate, that here
man's highest development was to be reached.
The geographical position of the United States,
in relation tothe globe at large, is also unrivalled,
Asia looks eastward towards America. Buf westward, long tracts of desert, and rigid chains of
mountains, and the whole continent of Europe
intervene between it and the Western World,—
Europe faces America on the west; but between
Europe and America on -the east, lie th_ stony
wildernesses of Asia, The southern continent of
this hemisphere, instead of being opposite to civilized regions, looks toward the Indian Archipelago
on the one hand, and barbaric Africa on the other
Nor does it possess the climate of the United
State*?, even if it occupied a good commercial position. No other compact and habitable region, of
equal size with thi.-g republic, in to be foS-d any.
where ou the whole surface of the earth. In this
respect also, this great federation of free _niini..n-
wealths is unapproachable.
Again we say, what a destiny is our. '■ For snch
instttut ons, such a position, such extent t/f compact territory is not given to this people for nothing. France, by means of her homogeneousness,
and her geographical situation in Europe, has exercised for centuries a lasting influence acror-s the
the Atlantic. But alas! she has wielded that in.
Ouence principally to embroil nations, to desolate
kingdoms, to let loose ou man the honors of war.
What France has been to a single continent, i{.
will be ours to bo to tho whole world ; and let our
mission be that of peace, rather than war.—Phil.
Ledger.
The Icar.axs at Nauvoo.—Nnuvoo, a pretty
village in the Stat-, oflllinois, handsomely situated
on the Mississppi, at the head ofthe first rapids in
that river, was laid out by the Mormons who settled
there under the lead of Joe Smith,the prophet,about
the year 1840. Under Smith, Nauvoo attained a
population of some twelve or fifteen thousand, but
after the Mormon war, in which these people wore
driven out of Illinois, the town went down, the
houses were left standing, hut tenant!ess. In lhe
year 1849,an association of French Socialists, head-
ded by M. Cabet, and doubtless attracted by the
cheapness ofthe property there, settled themselves
atNauvoo. The society, known by the name of the
Icarians, numbered, when they arrived, 280 souls;
they numbered, on the 1st of July last, 526 souls*
The system that prevails at Nauvoo among the Icarians is that of Communism, The individualityof
the man is merged in the general community, aud
oue family takes the place of many. The children
are the children of the association; tbey are all
taught in the same school aud the same studies.
Everything is held common, except wives ; the
free-love abomination is unknown among the loa-
rianp. This society has had to contend against many
difficulties, the chief of which was a want of funds.
The society was poor, hut the people are very
iiidustrious, and the possession of this quality will,
in time, make them rich. Although the gain looks
small, the population has nearly doubled iu aix
years. In six years the receipts into the treasury
have b-.'en 152,732 francs against a disbursement
of 1_9,;'15 francs.
By taking 400 as the average number of persons for the six years, lhe cash expenditure h,u
been only about $13 each person per year. The
difference between this sum and what it cost to
Bupport them, was furnished by the labor of the
people, besides the mills, factories and other improvements which they have made, la a few years
these people will not only manufacture enough to
supply their own wants, but have a surplus for
sale.	
"What is the chief use of bread?" asked an
examiner at a school examination. "The chief
use ef bread," answered the urchin, apparently
astonished at the simplicity of the inquiry,'•'the
chief use of butter ie to spread bread and molasses
on."
"Whe.*: may two people be said to be halfwitted?"
" Whon they havo an underetaudiDg between
them,
well provided with arms, took Iheir sialiun at a
point on the voad which they knew the escort
must past-. It was already late, and they had not
waited long before the tramp of-iiorses was hi ___
inthe distance. It may be imagined with what
anxious expectation the heroines awaited ihe approach of the critical moment _n which 10 much
depended. The forest solitude r.round them, the
silence of the night, aud the darkness mm t have
added to the terrors conjured up by busy fancy.—
Presently the courier appeared, Witt liis attendant
guards* As they came close to the spot, the di
gtii.cd women leaped from their covert in the
bushes, presented their pistols at tlie oftieers, and
demanded the instant surrender ofthe party and
their dispatches. The men were completely taken
by surprise, and their alarm at the sudden attack
yielded a prompt submission. Tho seeming got
Miers put them cu their parole, and having taken
jiossvesnion ofthe papers, hastened home by a short
cut through the woods. No time was lost iu sending the important document* by a trusty messenger to Gen. Green. The adventure had a atogular
termination. The paroled officers, thu.. thwarted
in their mission, returned by the road they had t;v
ken, and stopping at the house of Mrs. Martin
asked accommodations as weary travellers for lb
nii-lit. The hosti'1.» inq.hvd tha v.a_oo of theti
r, turning so soon after they had passed. They replied-by showing their paroles, saying they had
been taken prisoners by two rebel lade. The
dies railed them upon their want of Intrepidity
"Had you no arms." was asked. The offloerfl i
swered that they had firms, but were allowed no
time to use their weapons. They departed next
morning, having no suspicion that they owed their
capture to the very wom_u whose hospitality they
had claimed.
The mother of this patriotic family was a native
of Caroline county, Virginia. Her name was
Elizabeth Marshall, aud she was probably of the
same family with Chief Justice Marshall.
[belonged to the same neighborhood. Afier ber
marriage to Abram Martin, she moved to th,
settlement bordering on the Indian nation, Niuol.y-
six, uow Edgenfield District, South Carolina. The
country at that time was sparsely settled, most of
its inhabitants being the pioneers frcni other
States, chiefly from Virginia ; and their neighborhood to the Indians has caused the adoption of
some of their savage habits. The name of BdgOU-
field is said to have been given, because it was
at that period the edge or boundary of the respectable settlers and their cultivated field.'. Ct-
vilization,howcver, increased with tlie population,
and in the time of tlie Revolution, Ninety-Six w;t.
among tlie foremost in sending into the Held its
quota of hardy and enterprising tro.ps to oppose
the British and their savage allies.
At the commencement of tho contest, Mrs. Martin had nine children, seven of whom were sons
old -non;;h to bear arm... These brave young men
under the tuition and example of their parents,
had grown up into attachment to tbeir country,
and ardently devoted to its service, were ready on
every occasion to encounter the dangers of border
warfare. When the first call for volunteers sound
ed through tlte laud, the mother encouraged theii
patriotic zeal.
"Go, boys," said she, "fight fur your country
fight till death, if you must, but never let your
country be dishonored. Were I a man I would go
with you.K
At another time, whon Col. Cruger cO-taOfanded
the Btitteh at Cambridge, and Col. Brown at Au
gusta, several British ©dicers stopped a.her house
for reli'i-'shment ; and one o.'them asked how many
sons she had. She answered—eight; and to tlie
questien where they all were, replied promptly :
"Seven of them are engaged in the service of
their country."
" Really, madame," observed the officer sneer-
ingly. "you have enough of them."
"No, sir," said the matron proudly, " I wish I
had fifty."
Her house in the absence of her sons was frequently exposed lo the depredations of the Tories.
Ou one occasion they cut open her fe_tlier beds,
anil scattered the contents. When the young men
retursied. shortly afterwards, their mother bade
them pursue the marauders. One ofthe continental soldiers having been left at the house badly
wounded, Mrs, Martin kindly attended and nursed
him till his recovery. A part of the royalists who
beard of his being there, came wiih the intention
of taking his life, but she found mean, (o hid. him
_rc_a th.ir ^axdh.
The only daughter of Mrs. Mnrtin, Letitia. married  Capt. Edward Wade, of Virginia, who fell
th his commander, Gen. Montgi miry, at the
sieg. of Quebec. At the time of the lofe of
Cliisu-h-stoii by Sir JIrnry Clinton, the widow
WEB residing with her mother at Ninety-Six. Her
son Washington Wade was then five years old, and
remembeV-d many recurrences connecttd with the
war. The house waa about 100 miles in a direct
line wa It ef Charleston, lie recollects walking
in the pia ■•-.) on a calm evening wifb Ills grandmother. A li-jbt brcez. blew from the eaBt, and
the sound of heavy cannon heard at that time,
and in that part of the Slate, thi y knew must come
fram the be-Jicged cily. ... report after report
roached their ears, the agitation af Mrs. Martin
increased. She kucw aot what cviln might be
announced ; she knew not but the sound might b_
the knell oi her sons, three of whom were then in
Charleston. Their wires were with her, and partook of the same heart-chilling fears. They stood
still for a few minutes, each wrupped iu her own
painful aud silent re-lections, till lhe mother at
length, lifting her hands and eyr. toward heaven,
i-_-'.:s.,i;n'(l fervently—" fhuiik God, they are the
children or the Republic ln
t if th,.. stvon patriate brothers, bIi were spared
through all the dangois of the partiian warfare in
the rt'glon of tbe^darb and bloody ground."—
The cla'est, Wm. Martin, war a captain of artillery ;
and BftOt* having served with distinction inthe
siege of S ivannah and Churl..ion. was killed at
tin- ■:, :., of Apgoata, Just alter he had obtained a
favorable pos. don for his cannon, by e'evating it
on one of tlie to -vers constructed by Cen. Pickena.
it li related tbat ."tot long after his death,a British
officer passing to ITort Ninety-Six, then in posses,
sion of the English, rode out of his way to gratify
his hatred '•■*• thfl Whi^a by carrying the fatal news
to the mother of Diir- g ilbtnl yoOBg mau. He culled at the hcusu aud a.ked |M[-, Martin if she had
not a son in the army at Augusta. She replied in
the affirmative. " Then i naw his brains blown
out on the field of battle," taid the monster, who
anticipated hia triumph in the sight of a parent's
agony. But the effect of the u\ irtling announcement was other that; he expected. Terrible as
was the -hoel.", and aggravated !>y v'he ruthless cruelty with whieh her bereavement was made known,
BO v/oniAii's weakness was suffered to appear. After listening to tbe dreafal recital, the- only reply
made by this American dame was, "he c.uld not
have died in a nobler cause !" The evident chagrin of the officer as he turned and rodo away, is
still rememberad lo the family tradition.
The eldest son married Grace Waring, of Dorchester, When she was but fourteen yean of _ge.
She was the daughter < f Beujaniin Waring, who
afterward., became one of the oldest settlers of
Columbia when esl.tbiis-he- as the seat of government iu th-' Slate. The psIaei|dH of the Revolution had been taught her from her childhood ; and
her efforts to promote fts advaaeenient were joined
by those **f berhtsband _ familj*.   she was one of
the two who risked their lives io sieze upon the
ile;*,.'ticher. as above related. Her husband',
untimely death left her with throe young children
—two sous and a daughter ; but alio never married
'I'h. lJi-i.il H____it*a Train.
The Old Colony Memorial, published at Plymouth, Mass., narrates an incident which is sufficiently marvelous lo please the most ardent believers in "signs and wonders." It states as n
matter of common notoriety about Plymouth, that
during the last summer months, bclween three and
/our o'clock in the morni.ig, ther.- was n-gulsrly
and distinctly heard upon the railroad the whistle,
as of an approaching train. As it WCJ well known,
however, that no train passed over the rood at
such a time In the morning, four mti ot the Sam-
set House determined to investigate the mysteiy.
Accordingly, unknown to any o.*-e,lhey one morning, about two o'clock, stationed themselves on
lhe track, about a mile from town, -cid awaited
the arrival of the (.uperuatural visitor. They did
not wait long, or wait in vain, for immediately
they distinctly heard, far off in the m*rth, tho
sound of a railroad whistle, nnd presently "tha
distant clatter of wheels was heard—-louder, nearer, nearer still it caiao—the click ol therailr in
their chairs ; the rush of steam was as plait' in
their ears as if the lantern glared before them- —
the shriek of a demon whistle close at hand mad*
ihem leap from the truck as the train thundered
down the grade—(ho hot breath of the panting
steed was in their very faces as it passed—as the
unearthly scream ceased, they heiird the brakemin
screwing up their brakes, the tinkle of a bell and
a sound of meeting cars, as if the invirible spectro
monitor of the road had reached his journey's
end."
About a month since, ""nys the .Memorial, one
of the watchers visit _d a spirit circle in Boston,
where he was an sutlre stranger lo all present,
save one to whom Vie had never revealed the summer incident, when the engineer of the spectral
train held spiritual converse with the astonished
company. A protracted sitting was suddenly
brought to a '.loao by tbe communicating spirit
stiinonncing that he must go.
Whore a nd for what." som-! one asked. " To
run the train," was the p.-omp! answer. The sitters looked each  upon  the  other, and   "What
train?" 'ma the ooLi-ersal exclamation.    "The
Old Colony train," was lhe reply. " Do you mean
for us to uhder.land, that at this hour of the night,
a train fit cars pas,-:cs over lhat railway?" There
was a Io ng pause, Slowly and deliberately, as if
nking no common revelation, the arm ofthe mc-
ilium i.ioved at last, and the pencil wrote these
words : " In life I was an engineer upon that road.
At stat od intervals a train, un ecu of mortal eyes,
takes the spirits of pious dead to the Pilgrim home
they bt-d consecrated by tbeir Hvaa." We should
iay thi". line would not pay if so many dead-heads
travel t n it.
The mother's breath is a blessing lo a bouse,' ia
said ta   be au Irish ppoverb.   It is certainly a
heauiiffl I mode erf o_.*prc__5ng filial affection.