Can't Do Witliout a Paper.
What. do without a paper? no,
I've tried It to my sorrow,
So to subscribe For one I'll go.
Nor wait until to-morrow.
Should lovers drown or hang themselves,
Or other foolish caper,
I never gel to hear of it—
I do uot take the paper.
Why, there's my neighbor, Jolhara Stout,
He always has the news,
And having news *o talk about,
He never gets 'he blues,
"While others yawn in ennui,
His mind is light as vapor ;
The cause is plain to half an eye—
He always lakes a paper.
While neighbor Stoat has all ihe new.*.
And knows each current price,
Aud always minds his P's and Q'_,
By taking good advice—
1 cannot tell the price of calves,
Or poultry, eotl'ee, tape, or
Any kind oi" merchandise,
Because I take no paper.
Though. I have studies which require,
Much time rind  mental labor,
Yet I can spare a little time,
As well as Stout, my neighbor ;
Though lime be precious, 1 can use
A longer midnight taper ;
And Urns take time to read the news—
Therefore IT! take tlie paper.
'No.
»
There's a word very short, but decided and plain.
And speaks to the purpose at once :
Not a child but its meaning can quickly explain,
Yet oil 'tis too hard to prononnce :
What a world  of vexation and trouble 'twould
spare,
What pleasure and peace 'twould bestow,
If we turned wheu temptation would lure and ensnare,
And firmly repulsed it with "Not"
"When the idler would tempt us with trifles and
play,
To waste the bright moments so dear ;
"When the scnllcr unholy our faith would gainsay,
And mock at the word we revere ;
"When deception and falsehood and guile would
i A vile,
And Heeling enjoyments be.low,
Never palter with truth for a transient delight,
But check the first impulse with " No ln
In the morning of life, in maturity's day,
Whatever the cares that engage,
Be the precepts of virtue our guide and our stay,
Our eoiace from youth unto age!
Thus the heart shall ne'er waver, no matter how
tried,
But firmness nnd constancy show,
And when passion nnd lolly would draw us aside,
We'd spurn the seducer with "No!"
        n_a-<*■»«_-___——
Social Comfort.—" Good breeding," sayssome
one whose name i_ not, but might well have been
appended to the definition—" is the art of showing men by external signs, the internal regard
which we bave for them. It arises from good
sense, improved by conversing with good company." It is not uncommon-! for men and women
to suppose, when you speak of "well bred people," that you mean a class, or that it necessarily implies fortune aud fashion. There never was
a sillier mistake. The best bred men we ever
knew was brought up iu a nhip-yard, and commenced his fortune witb a broad-axe. His manners
were what yor usually bear called the manners
ofa court, and indeed he treated every man with
a delicacy and gentleness from which any courtier
might take a lesson. He had a regard for everybody', comfort; and a belief that man, hard hands
or soft, was something made in the image of God.
was the ruling principle of liis conduct. Good
breeding is the first clement of social comfort.
■' Vulgarity is a sin," and vulgaiity, the vulgarity of court or hovel, is the same thing; it is an
essential meanness and baseness of character, betraying itself in a want of consideration for the
feelings and happiness of others. But one of tbe
greatest arts in good breeding is knowing how to
let people alone.    It is just that part of it which
A Western JLa.v Suit.
La' is la'out West. Some years ago, an attachment was issued and levied upon the stock iu trade
of a stage company, and the consequence was very
disastrous, ot course ; passengers were piled up
here aud there, just where the *_rit found them ;
mails were stopped, and the deuce was to pay
everywhere.
J. Jones, attorney for the company, went out
through the several counties of the State where
the *"' plunder" was held by authority of the people of the State of  -. and  moved (as Jones
gbt move, as the law then stood,) before a side
judge,  lor a '■ dissolution of the writ."    Jones
vent forward swimmingly for a while and knock-
d over the writs, one after another, like a row of
bricks.   He finally reached the county of  ,
where Ite found the attorneys on the other side,
and the judge, all evidently expecting him, for
they we****, pouring whisky down the judge at a
g-tavern, telling him funny stories, and talking
travagantly about his legal ability and the high
reputation which he had acquired on the bench.
Tbe judge at last took his seat, put on his'specs,'
opened the " Revised Statutes," and spread them
out solemnly before him, and the " hearing" went
forward. But the Judge grew drunker—his eyes
waxed heavy—and now and then he gave a half
surge sideways in his seat. Jones raised several
objections to the proceedings, and insisted upon
points o! Irregularity ; but the judge replied thut
he di-did-u't k-know 'ow but Mr. Jones was right,
but ho flOttldo't tra-lra-Vel out-side 'er " The Stater's!'' At which the opposite counsel nodded
their heads and winked at each other.
At last Jones saw that it was all of no use,
Some six or seven times the judge had told him
"he couldn't travel outside ofthe Staterts," Yes!
—he would " tise upon him"—there was no other
way.    He did " rise upon him."
•■ Feu oid bloat!" exclaimed Jones—''you've
been in the keeping of those two pettifoggers all
the morning—yon are completely pickled with
whisky!—you are so drunk you don't know law
from gospel!—" Can't travel outside tbe statute,"
you can't. No! yon can't! . And if those two
"shuysters" on the other side of you could get
one more drink down your throat, you couldn't
travel at all— outside the statute, or anywhere
else!"
It is a singular fact, that Jones had no trouble
after this.—Knickerbocker Magazine.
PABBSTAL Dutt.—The father who plunges into
business so deeply that he has no leisure for domestic duties aud pleasures, and whose only intercourse with his children consists in a brief word of
authority, or a surly lamentation over their intolerable exuensiveness. is equally to be pitied and
to be blamed. What right has he to devote to
other pursuits the time which God has allotted to
his children '. Nor is it any excuse to say that he
cannot support his family in their present style of
living without this effort. I ask by what right
can his family demand to live iu a manner which
compels him to neglect his most solemn and important duties ? Nor is it an excuse to say he
wishes to leave them a competence. Is he under
obligation to leave them that competence which
nu desires? Is it an advantage to them to be relieved from the necessity of labor? Besides, is
money the only desirable bequest that a father
can leave to his children? Surely well-cultivated intellects, hearts sensible to domestic affection;
the love of paieuts, and brethren, and sisters *, a
taste for home pleasures ; habits of order, regularity and industry ; a hatred of vice and vicious
men ; and a lively sensibility to the excellence of
virtue—areas valuable a legacy as an inheritance
of property— simple property purchased by the
loss of every habit which could rcuder that property a blessing.
 _--»	
__S.___T__.-_ of .Vojiax,—From the lips of woman
every infant hears the first accents of affection,
and receives the first lessons of tenderness and
love.
For the approbation of woman,- the grownup
youth will undertake the boldest enterprise, and
brave every difficulty of study, danger, and even
death itself. To the happiness of woman, the man
of mature years will devote the best energies o_'
his mind and body ; and from the soothing and affectionate regard of woman, the man who is become venerable in years, derives his chief consolation in life's decline.
San Jfranrisw tyktimxfa.
J. !__. Strobridge & Co.,
WHOLESALE AKD  RETAIL
CLOTHING   EMrOEIUM,
CORNER OF
COMMERCIAL AND SANSOME STREETS,
Under St. Nlcliolos Hotel,.
SAN FRANCISCO,
OFFER the largest ac_ _ao_1 complete aB^m^*,0,f_
Clot K   »"<-   Gentium it's   Fiinil-W'E
GoimIk ever n-u-ued in . :tn l-_.i_._t. co.
V-"e are receiving iter every steamer from our __«-_.««■-
tiu-y in New York,
The Latest ami most Fashionable Styles
ofall kii'i.U of
SJ8^*«__^-*    *-»•-^'-»,-/-&-
_o._8i-ti-g-.of-
E.ine Bl_o_, Brown and Blue Drees antl Frock Coats;
Finn em1. Heavy B.av.. OveroofttBj
.almas of every description ;
Fine nnd llcixvv Fi-.nclt sin-1 Auicru-sit] Ca .simei-o Pi-tils;
Fine lii-ic'.- ii ml Fancy Silk Velvet, Satin and  Cloth Vests;
Heavy Ribbed Cassimere and Cloth Utisini-.s Suits,  etc.
Also, a large assortment of Hats and Caps constantly
on hand.
Fine While and Check Liii'-n and Col ton Shirts;
line Silk, Merino an .1 Cotton Undershirts and Drawers;
Scarfs, Cravats   Ned. Ti,:;., Suspenders;
Collars. Handkerchiefs. Gloves:
Engliab, Merino and Cotton Half Hose, etc., etc.
Everything connected  with .
Gentlemen's  Furnishing   Goods
constantly on hand.
A large and complete, assortment of
Siii-amei.   Goods
iv,- opening and rea.lv for sale.
Our stoe.l_coiisi.sttn.-; of over S .OO.O'IO, we invite all, especially strangers visiting lhe city, to call and see us before making- their pi_.___.e_, as  wc flatter ourselves we
can plea., in price and tpusilitv.
- .11 Francisco, May Hi, 185th my24 I'm
3_TI<_>__» Sale,
BY  TSIK   CASK   OK   PACKAGI-,
In quantities to suit.
•KN-
C1L*
Noisy Ci
S7 Battery st
Suit jmasts l.Mxriis.iittnfs
CLOTHING   WABEH0TJSE",
WM.~G." 15 AUGER
109  ZOf-tstox-y   Street.
Comet or Merchant, " *-»
__3f__DEl    ■OP_?S-_____a_S__iIJ
Import.
CLOTHING  AND
—A1S
DUCI*
try -vim-!.-,-.   __
FURNISHIKQ   GOODS-
,1_0 or—
S, DRILLS, SHEETINGS. BLANKFTtj
HATS, BOOTS AND lll'OGAXS.        '
By recent errlYals, have received very large invoice o(
Desirable Styles of Clothing
and it is (lie L.tllGEST STOCK ever offered in ttii,       ,.
Ihe goods ar. manufactured under my own „„„,.''
„,„! ot ll,.-boat nmteri.l.  .ell cot. Urge   me,   ,,,J    '"'
intl,..,n„rld„r„l,li.„,a„uer. ' "  ""•
TRADERS iron, ,he reentry are invited to exnmie.,, -
s_r;r_,'_iffi_:_;&
£^f^FFF^F:cFF^,l)F^rim^
Ol.DFKS FROM THK COUNTRY promptly  and cartful!
attended lo. "
10,000 pairs assortesl Fancy Cass '
Li,.,''. ?*I1.L PA l-T.k, LEGAL CAP. *t_*T_E"r_ PAPER, INK,
BROAD BILL PAPER, FOOLSCAP. NOT:
BLANK BOOKS, WAFF-ItS, &<     "
rriers l.oolt
...PAPER, !
nd Stat-on.-ry Co.,
___.<___ : Beware oi the Imposition- of Hack j
Drivers, I_._ii.____! __..
SAN FRANCISCO AI
" Brother Jonathan.'-—Tbe origin ofthis term,
as applied to the United States, is as follows :—
When General Washington, after being appointed
comm-rader of the army of tbe revolutionary war,
went to Massachusetts to organ.-- it, he found a
great v^ant of ammunition and other means for its
defence; and on one occasion it seemed that no
meant could he devised for the necessary safety.
Jonathan Trumbull, the elder, was then Governor
ofthe State of Connecticut, and tbe General, placing the greatest reliance on his Excellency's judg-*
ment, remarked, " We must consult brother Jonathan on the subject." The General did so ; and
the Governor was successful in supplying many of
the wants of the army ; and thenceforth, when dl-f-
licultics arose, and the army was spread over the
country, it became a by-phrase, " We must consult
brother Jonathan ," and the name has now become
a designation for the whole country, as John Bull
has for England.
In North Carolina, it is frequent, among her
forests of fat pine, for a lover in distress to send the
fair object of his affections _ bii of its staple vegetable production, with an eye painted upon it.—
This signifies, " I pine." If favorable to htm,- the
young lady selects from the wood-pile the best
and most favorable specimen of a knot—this signifies " pine not." But if, on the other hand, she
detests him, (there is no middle ground between
detestation and adoration with young women,)
she burns oue end of his message, and this generally throws the young man into despair, ior it
means, " I make light of your pining."
Thoughts on Flowers.*— Campbell saya that
the word " daisy" is a thousand times pronounced
without adverting to the beauty of its etymology
—the eye of day. A beautiful flower Is the type
of mortality ; it flourishes for a few days, the:
withers, dies and is seen no more. Christ say;
*' Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow
they toil not, neither do Ihey spin ; and yet I say
unto you that even Sol.mon In all his glory, wa"*
not arrayed like one of these." Ia the Old Testament, the lily is Gcd's chosen dower.
An-C'dot.- oi'- Washington, by Curtis.—One
afternoon several gentlemen, visitors at Mount
Vernon, were engaged in pitching the bar, one of
the athletic sports common in those days, when
suddenly the Colonel appeared among us. He requested to be shown the pegs that marked the
bounds of our effortsu then smiling^ and without
pulling off his coat,*eld out his hand for the
missile. " No sooner," observes the narrator, with
emphasis, " didHhc heavy iron bar feel the grasp
of his mighty hand, than it lost the power of
D;00() pair
aaso 11•■(! Fancy and 1'liiin Satin*.!- pft„,
2)000! ■*■'
Go   1   - ar'a Rubber Pants-;
1,0.0 _	
v-sirh- \\ lute Riil.i/.erCoat_;
0,., l':Y''
g i WP's Long and Short RnM.._ \_wU
1.01*0 doze
sop'.-. Flannel Oversliirts;
KOO    do
Fiincv _-is-sii..re Over, liirt.; •
1,000    do
White ShM,.;
eoo  do
500    do
heaw Check .Shirts;   '
300   do
Me-runae __ri_._;
600    do
Lamb, ffeoltlnderahiH-;
300   do
l;.t._lta Undershirt.;
200   do
Grey Flannel Undnr.hirts;
460   do
La_«b'sWo_l Drawers;
250   do
Bleached Drill Drawers;
1.500   do
Overall's;
300   do
Renin) Frocks;
1,200   do
Country-knit Wool Soc'-*-;
1,600    do
heavy White and Mixed Cotton Saeki;
'.» super Silk Rocket 'T.ndkerchief . •
1,000 pice
100 doze
n super Black Silk  Neckerchief-*-     '
_00    slo
Ciiinbric Handker.hr.f_;
300    do
Rubber Belt.;
250   do
Ruck Gloves;
.00   do
Buckskin Gold Bars:
1,000 Doeskin l.iisini-ss Coats:
400 Blue
1 Cloth Frock Cost.;
2.000 ___.
rt.-d Over"6at_;
BOO ass.
ted Rea Cos-its;
3,000 Silk
tTotl) and Velvet Vestn;'
20 bale
1 Blue anil While I)lank_t_;
50    do
A Shefitlig;
50   do    Drills;
Ted Duftk;
Iin. lelt Hats:
Straw Hats.
_w, fi. p.M>n^,
Wholes,-,Is- 'Ffoihiajt WarchouK*.
-"- M-rsihitfl't, „an Francfi.o.
n>h2'_-S_n
at Retail.
The Byes!   The Eyes !
____>:__•. _£__ _E_C. I*_AJFl_I_>3__-_E3*
OCULIST.
k ITER n protracted blindness, of more than _vey._r_
.'V Dr. Pardee ha., made himself thi. rouj-hlv aiui Kcienli'.
ii.s.tily aequinnled -.villi nil i)IB disorders 61' the Kl'E, >_'_
l.row p:-;i-lisin_;    veitl-  11 n ivrrsi,'■ ...;c.:. ns the sarim t™» ..
l Wiuthif (nutIon.-
1 delicate an organ to
E ol'random exparimenti
3 and perilling cure
- never 1";
—The e.ye is by far too preciouu
is trilled wit* or made the Mib-
■e.oro.   i_  would  be f_.
iiif-eroiiN to accept any
at are tendered  by the
......... ...-._.._.„,„, „„ „,.„,„„. for every  one 6fier_ _
j eeifie tor diseases ot the eye.
f!£r Many patient s can be seen at the  office of Dr. Par-;
ee. in dill'creiit stupes of recover*'.
OFFICI. -San Francisco, west ofthe Pl.-i_.-i. opposite tit,
■Id Post 0 lice, one door north ot th. Portsmouth Hon_.j
'P stsui-s. J_7—810
The Use of Money,—A vain man's motto-
Win gold and wear it. A generous man's—Win
gold and share it. A miser's—Win gold and
hoard it. A profligate's—Wi:/ gold and spend It.
A broker's—Wia gold and double it. A fool's—
Win gold and squander it. A gambler's—Win
gold and lose it. Asa'tlor's —Win gold and cruise
it.    A wise man's—Win goldand use i_.
'  -*---WC-~-».M ■-    —
HUB CAUTIONED
makes social comfort.   Allow people to be happy, gravitation and whizzed through the air, striking
their own way, and half the time they imagine) --**1 ground far, very far, beyond our utmost lim-
they have derived their happiness from their host's
or hostess's skill in entertaining them, which is
true, but not in the same sense Ihey take it. Insist upon providing amusement for everjbody
your own way, and you can freeze a hundred
people into icicles in an hour.
"its. We were indeed amazed, as we stood around,
all stripped to the buff, with shirr sleeves rolled
up, and having thought ourselves very clever
fellows, while the Colonel, ou retiring, pleasantly
observed, "When you beat my pitch, young gentlemen, I'll try again."
A Knowing Dog.—A shepherd once, to prove
the quickness of his dog, which was lying before
the fire in the house where we were talking, said
to me, in tho middle of a sentence, concerning
something else, "I'm thinking, sir, the cow is in
the potatoes." Though he purposely laid
stress on these words, and said them in a quiet,
unconcerned tone of voice, the dog, who appeared
to be asleep, immediately jumped up, and leaping
through the open window, scrambled up to th
turf roof of the home* from which he could see the
potatoe field. He then, not seeing the cow there,
ran and looked into the barn where she was, and
finding that all was right came back to the house.
After a short time the shepherd said the same
words again, and the dog repeated his look-out;
hut on the false alarm being a third time given,
the dog got up, and wagging his tail looked Lis
master in the face with eo comieal an expression
of interrogation, that ho could not help laughing
aloud at him, on which, with a slight growl, he
laid himself down in his warm corner, with an
offended air, as if determined not to be made a
fool of again.
Exposing the Parson.—A minister was, one
Sabbath day, examining the Sunday School in
catechism before the congregation. The usual
question was put to the first girl, a strapper who
usually assisted her father, who was a publican,
in waiting upon customers.
" What is your name ."
No reply.
" What is your name?" he repeated in a more
peremptory manner.
"None of your fun, Mr. Minister," said the girl.
'Yon know my name well enough. " Don't you
say when you come to our house, " Bet, bring me
some more ale 1"
The congregation, forgetting the saeredness of
the place, were in a broad grin, and the parson
looked daggerB.
_____.—Major Noah who was a close observer
and a connoisseur in these matters one. said:
That "a hazel eye inspired at first a Platonic
sentiment, which gradually but surely expands
into love as securely founded as tho Rock of Gibraltar. A woman with a hazel eye never elopes
from her husband.' never chats scandal, never
sacrifices her husband's comfort to her own. n_ver
finds fault, never talks too much or too little, al
ways ia an entertaining, intellectual, agreeable
and lovely creature." " We never knew," says a
brother editor "but one uninteresting and unami-
ble woman.with a hazel eye, and she has a nose
which looked, as the Yankee says, like the little
end of nothing whittled down to a point." The
grey is the sign of shrewdness and talent. Great
thinkers and captains have it. In women it indicates a better head than heart. The dark hazel
Is noble in ita insignificance, as in its beauty
The blue eye is amiable, but may be feeble. The
tolack—take care!
An Irish attorney, who died poor, was buried
by a shilling .ubscripiion. Some one asked Cur*
ran for his shilling. "For what?" he exclaimed,
" To bury an attorney."     " Here, take this pound
no.e,(jand bury twenty of tbem at a shilling al     Why are kind mothers like   novel writers?
Iwafl* I A-ns.—Because they indulge infancy.
A Cnn/i.',_ Answer.—A father ouce said playfully to his youngest daughter, a child about five
years of age, " Mary, you are not good for anything."
"Yes I am, dear father," replied she, looking
thoughtfully and tenderly into his face.
" Why, what are you good for, pray tell me, my
dear?"
"I am good to love you, father," replied she,
at the same time throwing her tiny arm around
his neck, and giving him a kiss of unutterable
a lie eti on.
Blessed child! may your life ever be an expression of that early felt instinct of love. The
highest good you or any other mortal can possibly confer is, to live in the full exercise of afiec
tion,—Ladies'  Chris. Annual.
_____._K)t_-H*_ Sarcasm.—One time a young man
attempted to make his acquaintance. He obtained an introduction, and among the first remarks said :
" I passed by your house a few days since, Mr.
Randolph."
M I hope you always will," was the reply.
Another once twitted him as to his "want of
education."
"The gentleman reminds mc," he replied, "ol
the lands about the head waters of Montgomery,
which are poor by nature, and cultivation has entirely ruined them!"
"My love,'-'said Boyle to his wife, "'why is a
Laplander like a umbrella maker? D'ye give it
up ? 'Cause he derives his support from the reindeer." "Try another," said our chief, as he threw
himself on the sofa on Saturday night. "Why is
your tired husband like an umbrella V "Because
he protects me ffom the elements, my love.'"
"Not a bit of it. darling, but because he is used
up."
" Quit spitting that nasty tobacker on the floor,
Josh, or I'll whip you!"
"La, mother, why don't you speak properly?
You should have said: Cease ejecting the offensive saliva of the Virginia weed upon the promenade, 01; I shall administer to you a severe oa.ti-
gation.    Ahem!-'-'
Fox was one day expatiating to a company, in
which Sheridan whs pre.cut, on t-he impossibility
of paying off the National Debt. "Ia *fact," said
he, -'the creditors of the nation stand as little
chance of being paid as"—he paused for a stnino-
illustration; ere he could find oue, Sheridan sop-
plied it—"jour own."
A WoxDKRFur, I3RAIN.—An exchange tells us
that "Mrs. Par ton (Fanny Fern) brings to her
-dowry,, two daughters and S2o,()00, coined from
her fertile brain." This beats Jupiter hollow,
for his brain only sent forth one daughter. -Minerva, without auy dollars, while Funny's brain pro-
j duces two daughters and S25.000.
Lame Ark ange me xt.—Some time since a music-seller's boy was sent to the publisher's for a
number of copies ofthe song, ■'I'd be a Butterfly
arranged for two-trebles," when, on being desired
to repeat his order, he replied, " I'd be a Butterfly, arranged for two cripples."
VERY L_K_3.
The gay Flirttlla showed her mimic bus-,,
And ask'd bli.nt Senson if 'twere fashion'd just.
-.Uv-t.n     bs replied-     in this 'tis much lik. you
The face is painted, and tbat badly loo."
A woman quarrelling with her' husband, told
him she believed if she were dead he would marry
the devil's eldest daughter. " You mistake," he
replied, "the law does not allow a- man to marry
two sisters."
A Pragmatical young fellow sitting aft table
over against the learned John Scott, asked him
what difference there was between Scott and Sot!
" Just the breadth of the table, answered the other."
If wc did but know how little some enjoy the
good things that they possess, there would not be
much envy in the world,
A farmer flagellating two of his eldest boys,
was asked what he was doing. " Threshing wild
oats," was his reply.
What Is the difference between an auction and
sea-sickness ? One is the sale of effects, the other
the eflccts ofa sail.
"Tom,wbodid you say our friend B. married?"
"Well he married forty thousand dollars—I forgot her other name."
The difference between a suit of clothes and a
suit at law is this—one provides you with pockets
and the other empties them.
A magazine report of the fashions says:—
"There is not much change iu gentlemen's pantaloons this month."
BY DR. DOKKB.
I am unable, yonder beggar cries,
To stand or go.    If he says true, he lies.
Unlilial wish of a medical student—"Oh, that
my father was seized with a,remittent fever."
When is a man shaved witb a silver razor?
When he cuts off his .eirs with a shilling.
I.'-nnl per
Bo-mi per
up with spr-inui. sis-,1 the   [>..S1  __].„. .1 ],_i.   „,-, t (-..._...-
jy malting this the best hunfiein the city.
I_otl&.Hg p._   n'l-ilv $%,_-,&,_, 00
_-_-_£_i-K per _r_g_tt 50c, 75, $1 00
jiigrFREG BATHS -_-*$
t Cheer House sends tothe Boats an expre*
the nai
; passengers, and li.-rCT^e Free I    The nn
understood that all others net without n
It.  B. WOODWARD, Propr
LosquePadezcan! Lean!! Lean!!!
EL GI.AN J..EMEDIO ITALIANO
DE DE. PAREIRA,
Para la cierta y eficaz cura de lus infe/me Jades
de una natural'eza prioada, sin hacer emo del
tiempo que sella durado y sinmalos efecios at
sistema o einponerse endieta.
,'uiica solia _T„lto_lo~S
|    OFFICIAL DIHECTORY.
UNITE!) STATES 0FF1CFR.S.
| United States  District  Court for the  Southern
District of California :
I. S. K. Ogier, Judge : P. Ord. _>.<-trt__ AUot-
;ney ; C. B. Carr, Clerk : E. Hunter. Man-Iinl.
| United  States Land Office for the Southern District of  California:
i     Andres Pico, Receiver ; II. P. Porsry, Register,
i United States Court of Claims:
'     C. E. Carr, Commissioner..
Customs Department —(San Pedr&f.-
Cnllector—Gol. Isaac Williams; Deputy —i, P.
Stephens.
Postmasters :
J. S. Waite, Los Angeles.
G. C. Alexander. Sail Pedro.
Thomas I'fl.diok, San Gabriel
Ira Thompson, Monte.
First Judicial District, comprising the coun/ip' if
Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Diege.
First District Court.—Tudge—Benj. Hayes.
COUNTY   OFFICKR-.
County Court—Win. G. Dryden. Judge.
Associate Judges—James F. Burns and C, 0.
Cunningham.
County Treasurer—II. X. Alexander.
County Assessor—Autonio F. Coronel ; deputy
—I. II. Ccloman.
County Surveyor—II. Hancock.
Public Administrator—M. Keller.
Superiiueud-ent of Public Schools—James F..
Burns.
District Attorney—C. E. Thorn.
Coroner—J. Q. A. Snead.
Sheriff—B, W. Alexander ; Under Sherifl— C-E.
Hale.
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por
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principales de   Em-op,, fu&ron
■   inieer su aflomhro*. i  poi.ler sobre enter
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1'■■:;" "! '"''  ■ ■■■   into el segardor,  sus __ftie___-_  i<.enni
1,1 -SI;    '    '    ''■"• ■ '■■'• l"1';-.'' en los liafios It.._._   . -,' h, ,,.„■
delante, sa marcha fue un trfnnfo.    Se querta en__s rneri-
Ids, j  on pnhlien d.ceri.iieu.o vid proud  v  1'i.e eonvineido
ile so.-' nia^icas virtudes.
La Grantle Fortuaa a__q-_erid. por Dr. Pareira de la ven-
ta de .llo los soisaiios q.ne la prepaio solo-ateitioua a sus
nnlaji.. os -.-eritos. '
Al*y,!oeimi.nto del Doetor lo receta fue■„____„<„■
si: Injo. i,men recienteniente hi ha introilneido en Iota.;..*; I iiiOOB Rlnuvnerodela.scuras ,,„e se ha heehn
S1/.I1I.1.1.-0/.0. Miles y miles jiueden dar testiimsni,, tie ,-
efecacla,
Toclos los que usen, lo Cnrnrmi ::;
enn una fiegtiriilad. despaeho j a cierto que nmguna ot
medieiita lm posehla.
No  tomas  falsas   nostrums.
Use un rrnu'dio que ha sido probado  p.f l0a  cincuen
anos paaadoa y qae no se ha faltsulo.-
tMIARRANSM J)].; .FALSAS APARIKNCIAS.
Ln venta tan ostt'ii-iy,. de este ;i..imbi-i;_;i, medieina   1
i-suisaoo y;i personss a tender a los eandiilos una eoinpot
U. RARCOCK. Ilroguerrj \!,n-or
133-Cal-e d.CIav Pun'Francisco
-i para vernier por J. "fl. WINSTON,
Drogerero I.os Angeles.
TAtjtn de Agcntc. en .-1 Estiulo.
County Clerk—John W, Shore; Depii'ty—J. __,
Hine'limiin.
Jailer— Francis Carpenter.
Board of Supervisor.—Thos. Burdick, Chairman ; David Lewis, John Forster, Ja.. Ii. Burton,-
Christobal Aguilar.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS
Los Angeles—Justices ofthe Peace—Ale.ande.
Gihson,  l_up_.H   Sackett.     Constables—Mark D.
Brundige, W. W. Jenkins.
tity 0_*FICERS.
lifayor—Stephen C. Foster.
City Marshal—W. C. Getman : Deputy—W. If.
Peterson.
Cily Treasurer—Samuel Arbuckl'c.
City Assessor—W. II. Peterson.
City Attorney—C. E. Thorn.
City Council — M. Requena, N. Potter. Ignftcio-
del Valle, E. Drown, J. G. Downey, Ira Gilebrisly
A. Flyard.
-     RAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
County Judge—D. M. Thomn..
County Treasurer- Samuel Rolfe.
County Assessor*. James Henry K. Ilia.'.
County Surveyor—Alvin Stoddard.
Public Administrator—Addison Pratt.
Superintendent Public Schools—H. Skinner-.
District Attorney—Ellis Fames-.
Coroner-—Wm. Cox.
County Clerk—R. R.Hopkins.
Sheriff—Robert 011ft
_ Supervisors—L.  Roubideaux, N. Taylor, Win--
D-. \V. 1-1. (JATLlT-'ir, Yreka.
WIL.U'Y k MORSj-l, S;,n h\^Q
GLOKGtl L. STORY. Portland" 0. Tj
The Law of Newspaper-.
1. Si.b*.eribers ivho do not give express notice
o the contrary, tire considered as wishing to continue their subscription.
2. If subscribers order their papers di.continuc<"iV
Publishers may continue to .end them until all
charges are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
papers from the office or place to which they are
sent, they are held responsible until they nettle
their account, and give notice to discontinue them.
.. H subscribers remove to other places without
informing the Publishers, and the paper is sent to
Lhe former direction, Ihey 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 Cor,if prim a facia evidence
of intentional fraud.
Postmasters would oblige, by a strict fulfillment
ofthe regulations requiring them to notify Publishers, ouce in three months, of papers not takein
from their office by tubscribers.
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YOL. VI.
LOS   ANGELES,   CAL.,   SATURDAY,   JULY  5,   1856.
NO. 8.
-£00 _vug_l_0 ©tar:
PUBLISHED EVERY  SATURDAY  MORNING,
At Cells' Building,   Maiu Street,  Loa Angcle3,
(Opposite Bella Union Hotel,)
BY   H.   HAMILTON,
TERMS:
Subscription, per annum, in advan
For Six Months,	
For Three Months ,.*
Single Numbee ** *_'
Advertisements inserte
,S5 00
. 3 00
. 1 50
.  0 25
atTwoDoIIars per square
of ten lines, for tbe first insertion ; and One
Dollar per square for each subsequent insertion.
A liberal deduction made to Yearly Advertisers.
gentlemen are author-
Agent..—-The following
i_ed Agents for the Star :
L.   P.   FlSH-H, ,	
F. D. Hall	
Messrs. Knox & Whistler....
Col. Irk Thompson	
N. Gl_..n	
J.no-D. A. Thomas '...'
L. H. Jacobs	
 San Fro
 San Gabriel.
 Monte.
 Monte.
. Santa Barbara.
 San Bernardino.
 San Diego.
WELLS, FAEGO & CO'S
EXPRESS.
A  Joint Sto.l. Company -with   a capital ot
9-00,000,
W_I*_.(l1_pa____an Express from the City of
Lo. An-ele., by every .Steamer, to all parti of Call-
ornia., Oregon, the Atl..*i_i__U:u ... _,__ Kurnpe, in chiirffe
of regular iituI experienced Messengers.
IBTTERS.PARCEtS, PACKAGES antlTREASDRE
received ami conveyed to destination with safety and dispatch. Collections inside, Orders nml Corn missions filled
andall business pertaining to nn Espi-ess and forwarding
business, attended to with promptness and care.
Sight bills of exchange pmeiireil on all the principal cities
ofthe Atlantic a lutes, Oregon and Europe.
unl H. N. ALEXANDER, Af'RN'
PACIFIC EXPRESS COMPANY,
THE undersigned,   Agent
I of the « PACIFIC KXl'RKS*.
I COMPANY,*' will despatchby -
„ .«£____ ....press, in charge ofa Special Menser.ger, to
SANTA BARBARA.
SAN LUIS OBISPO,
MONTEREY.
SAN FRANCISCO, and
All parts of Northern and Southern Mines.
—ALSO —
Ore_--i*.ii,   Atlantic   States aiUl   Europe.
COLLECTIONS made in all of the above-named places.
TREASURE, PARCELS, PACKAGES and LETTERS forwarded.
DRAFT3 purchased in San Francisco on the Atlanti
States and Europe.
Particular attention paid to the forwarding of Gold Dust
to the Hint for coinage.
Treasure, Letter.-, etc., meet.ed up tothelatest
.nd ensured to destination
un7
JOS. A. FORT, Aipmt.
..rape Boxes anil &i.Yilust.
THE UNDERSIGNED HAS MADE ARItAMGEM.-.NTS TO
furnish Grape Packers with Boxes of all sizes, of the
most suitable material, and d.y Sawdust to any extent.
upon terms lower than they cau be had from San Francis
co. and oi better quality.
-    Samples will be   forwarded immediately,  and contracts-
eutered into, and an ample stock ul,. ;i. _ kept on hand.
Lot Antreles. June 7, 1S56.
M. KELLER.
NEW   ESTABLISHMENT.
Cabinet Miking, Upholstering and
UNDERTAKING.
The subscriber would respect
y announce to the ciiizecs o
Angeles   and    surrounding
untry, that he  is  now manu-
itand on MAIN STREET three doors
nf'the United States  Hotel,   Furniture of every
(Style and tinish on the most reasonable terms.
Tlte Undertaking: Business
Will receive the strictest attention, as he wiil endeavor
to keep on hand COFFlNd of every style. Persons from
the country can have a Co_iu of any tinish at one hours'
UpHOlstering
In all its branches
Spring Seat Sofas and Chairs neatly repaired, equal to
new.
t_r AH orders filled with promptness and dispatch.
/jO~ Kern-tube, the place—Main street, opposiie Williams' Grocery.
UQ7 JAMES D   BRADY.
liisiitc.s Ciu-.s.
C. -.  TUOJ!. c. Slas.
THOM & SIMS,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law.
OFFICE—OA- MAIM STREET,
(Opposite the Bella .mon Hotel.) „n7
W. W. Ilamlliii,
ATTORNEY and COUNl*El_LOR AT I_ AW,
Will attend promptly to all business entrusted to his care.
Office—In Rowe. 1.1. .k,  Main   street.
tr____-P. H. is thoroughly acquainted with the French
id Spanish languages. n_7
ALEXANDER GIBSON,
JUSTICE   OF   THK   PEACE.
OFFICE ON MAIN STREET,
Opposite the U. S. Hotel. un7
3->__*_  Carter,
OFFICE   AND   DRUG    STORE,
I*OS ANGELES   STREET,
Adjoining Keller's Store.
Xj-   Orl£iSie___B7
Wholesale   and   Retail Dealer in
Groceries,  Provisions,  Wines,  I_i-
quors, Dry Goods and Clothing,
MAIN STRBFT,—(old " Star Hotel" Bui-ding.)
LOS ANGELES.
ie above  articles can
N. B.~A well selected stock  ,
Iways be found at my store in
I,. GLASER,
O.   ^VST.  Cli.iXc_.__,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Also, Manufacturer of
Tin, Sheet Iron, and Copper Ware,
LOS ANGELES STREET,
un. Los Angeles.
P. C. WILLIAMS,
At the old stand of J. G. Nichols,
HI a in   Strect,
—Dealer in—
Groceries, Provisions, and Prodnce.
un7
Chas. R. Johsbon. II. S. A1.I.ANSO.V.
JOHNSON & ALLANSON,
Successors  to   Alexander   iC   Melius.
Wholesale  and  Retail Dcrtlcr.  In   GENERAL
JIEUCHA-UISE,
MAIN STREET. I~os Angeles. un7
G. C. ALXXAKDKK.     1>. W. _4____-.D___,     F____U8 BASKISO
ALEXANDERS & BANNING*,
For .varclliig and Comnilssloti Merchaiii..
SAN PEDRO and LOS ANGELES, Cal.      nn7
AUG. W. TIM1S.
Forwnrding and Commission Ulcrcliaul,
San Pedro and LOS Angeles, Cat,.,
.7 II. REAP, Agent,  T-os  Angeles.
_El__a,lI>_l-L Emerson.
GIVES NOTICE to the Rancheros and Butchers of this
vicinity that he will give the highest price for-Tide.,
Calf, Sheep and Goat Skins, andfor Wool.
AS- Liberal advances made on contracts for the coming
clip of Wool.
Office—Aliso Street, one door from the corner
of Vineyard street^ ■"■"■
New Fruit & Vegetable Market.
T.1E undersigned having purchased the entire stock of
('i-.ieiii-ies mid Liquors of John- M.]K'..i.>i'i.h <-- Co., beg
leave to inform his friends and the public that he has refitted and made great improvements in the store, aodalso
opened, in connection with the
Grocery and Liquor Ba iness,
A Fruit and Vegetable Market,
AT THE OLD STAND ON
___■___-_- -■- -IW   SS'«'»'***EI"=^9
(Opposite Pine's Hotel,) a few doors from Commercial   Street,
Where will constantly be  found  a  choice Assortment of
tho above articles cheap for CASH.
,6__- Country Traders are respectfully rea*-_iit<._ to call
and examine the goo Is, «_____
_Qs*>- All kinds of Country Produce  taken   In
_xeiii.iii.i-- .      -».'-■_
;S__- Remember the place—Opposite Pine s Ho
teiMaui street, Los Angeles. ^^ ^
II. McLiiushliu & Brollier,
Blacksmiths.and Carriage Makers,
I^)S   A1VGEI.ES   STIIEET,
NEXT  POOR   TO   O.   W.    CHILD'S STORE,
LOS ANGEt.ES.
__- By their works ye shall know them..__ «n7
C.. JSucommun,
WATCHMAKER   &   BOOKSELLER
COMMERCIAL STREET,
un7 Lus Axgei.e3, Cal.
Home  .lam-factory,  Main Street,
OPPOSITE TEMPLE'S BLOCK.
FOY   &   BROTHER,
Saddle and  Harness Makers
Keep constantly on hand an assortment of
l_ADi__l__,   HARNESS,
BRIDLES,   WHIPS. COLLARS,
SADDLE WARE, ke.
e are also prepared to execute all kinds ol work in ou
at the shortest possible notice,
superior lot of California Bitts and Spurs always oi
The Vesper   Hell.
Lo l tfie shade, of eve are stealing
Softly through the (froaminp air ;
List I the vesper bell i _ pealtng
Forth [ta wonted call to prayer.
Ave Maria! Ave Maria I
Hark I tha holy prayer doth rife.
Like iucense floating to the skies.
Now Hie light-winged zephyr's blowing
O'er the sleeping, t-tar-llt st-a,
Refreshing ct oIqssb round bestowing,
Fraught, the air with melody,
Ave Maria I Ave Maria!
Hark! the hymn of praise ascends,
'Til with angelic strains it "ouuda.
Now the night-cloud's sombre pull
Steal th alone the quaint carv .d wall ;
The tapered altar bsowb I.ut, dim :
Tliou'rt dying eway, sweat vesjier liymu,
Ave MaTla 1 Ave Maria!
Hark I how . weetly .trikes tbe ear,
The echos of that erfenlog inayer.
have been washed down, and all the vines aud
oilvo and other fruit trees, ure ruined hy neglect;
those noble enclosures now afford scanty pasturage
for Crafts' sheep and goats. The walls of the
church are cracked, aud it Is considered dangefous
to enter tbem. Tlte great corridor, some four
hundred feet in length, haa begun to decay—the
tiled roof has in many places fallen lu ; and it is
feared that tbe next season ot rains will destroy all
the present outside symmetry.
There are Beveral claimants to thia property,
tbe most prominent of whom ia the Bishop of California, aud V. E.Howard, who holds under a
mortgage from W.C. Jones. The valley ia fertile
and extends from the sea back to the mountains.
There is-plenty of good grass, susta ning at the
present time some 4000 bead of cattle MflOglog
to different persons.
Hardware Store.
THE subscribers having opened a store Tor
the sale of
HARDWARE,
, Jrespoctfully inform  the inhabitants ol Las
Angeles and vicinity, that they are prepared to supply all
wants in tbeir line of business, at
WHOLESALE   AND   RETAIL,
at the m„s, reasonable prices.
Araontr their stock may be found   a  general   assortment of
CARPENTERS' TOOLS.
NAILS OF ALL KINDS.
LOCKS. BOLTS, BOTTS AND SCREWS,
HOUSE' FURNISHINGS GENERALLY,
MASONS' TROWELS,
BUTCHER'S SAWS,CLEAVERS an.l KNIVES,
BRASS KETTLES, IRONS and SCREENS,
STEELYARDS ,mcl SPRING BALANCES,
OX TRACE aad COIL CHAINS,
ACh.ICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, etc., olo.
campheme""'s1de lamps,
(_L.s.s Lanterns,
O la O O __£ tS.
—ALSO—
50   dozen   superior  BROOMS.
Also, aiarge ana elegant assortment of
CROCKERY AND GLiSSWARE,
at wholes _corretail.
POTTER * Co.
^_-BmoK SToitri, Los Akoei.es Stbeet.      tin?
Important to Farmers and Others
LOS ANGELES SEWING MACHINE,
BAGS FOR. SAJ___, or maae to ord<ir by Ma
nilN'l'i'.-, nt. thevervlowsi ninrket rates. To thos
wishing to furnish the cloth, lODllis. sack- will beeu
and instdi' ''or Sil per one hundred.
ALSO—Tents,   Hose,   Ceilings,   Wi-irou Covet*
and other work of a like nature .ewed with neatness and
"',lM- V. BEAUDRY,
Third door from Aliso Street.
B«_____lr$*a Block, Efegru Alley. uuT
Carriage and Blacksmith Shop.
By JOHN GOLLER.
LOS  ANGELES   STREET,
NEAR THK FOOT   OF 0O___dJ_fi ______
THE subscriber respectfully informs the publi ("generally that
he will keep constantly on hand,
and will manufacture to order,
Coaches,Buggies- Wagons. Carts &c.
inaneatandworkmanlikemanner. He has on hand (and
for sale a fine stock of Easveru White Oak and Hickory
Plank and axels. He keeps constantly on hand aiarge variety of Cart and Buggy wheels, .poke., Felloes, tihafts.
Neck Yokes,Double and singletrees
Horse Shoeing and Blacksmithing
in allits various branches, executed with proniptiieRsaiid
dispatch. Particular attention will be given tothe manufacture and repair of VIMW*. ITA IlliOWK. and other Farm
tng .utensils. He has an es tensive assortment of Iron axels, Springs,Bolts. Plow and Spr.Bg steel, and other male-
riaipertainiug to the business- too numerous to mention,
Also, 20 Tons of Blacksmiths' Coal.
With none but the best of workmen in his employ   "-"
feclsconfideutthat be can gi
customers.
entire satisfaction
JOHN GOLLER.
LOS AKGELES STAR
iulj fntriiit. ist_Mis|auiii
MAIN STREET, oppo:
Tlie propnet-
fully inform h
just received a large and va
al, and is now prepared to
te tho Bella Union Hotel.
f the Los Angeles Star, would respect
-ionii. and   the public,  that   he ha*
d assortment of new inateri
ecuto the following duscrip
PLAIN AND FANCY
JOB  .RDF-.I^NTTIKrCS-
Il_ tlie *est style of tlie^rt
Books, Oirculars,
Pamphleti
Law Blanks,
BillBofBnchange
Bank Checks
Programmes,
Bills of Pars.
Cards;
Bill Heads', Deeds,
Labels, Notes,
Posters, Billets;
Or any other description of Printing that n-ny be desired
aO-Persons wi-ihmg work done are r_sp__.fuUy iavited
to call and e.amine specimen!
Eor the Los Angel.s St__,
About SAN DX_D__0 ______ JSORDSI
r the Habits of the f»eoi*ile, by One who was
not lo«K am'o.ig IHein.—Extrnet.
[It might be  lu'cessary to premise  here, that
during the author', visit, nothiug wa. seen of tho
"grate wnter raaifc," which is spoken of in the
history of Sad Diego, and which tbe people bitve,
for several yea_B, been entleavoring to drive into a
bay they call "False."]
San* Dieoo is a .mall collection of bouses, of various sizes and dimensions, situated about a public
plaza, facing on all sides a can_i_e_ia belonging to
Andres Pico, and which oi-nameil.s the centre.*—
(Always the Pico ! wherever yon go the name
starea you in the face, accompanied by claims to
leagues of land, bouses and cattle.) Possibly it
might retjnire five minutes to walk through the
town in any direction. The city is famous f'or its
harbor, and also for its bcauti:ul senoritas. It ii
expected to become more so, from the discovery of
coal, under a blulf near tbe town, at u depth of one
hundred and eighty foot. The development Of the
coal deposit is due to mormon energy.
The people aro uniformly polite, and seem to be
very generally occupied witb each other's affairs
They are excessively fond of reading newspaper.;
for the payment of which they entertain a holy
aversion. They have been known frequcnily to
withdraw their patronage on presentation of the
printer's bill. Tliis is commendable and exhibits
a strong appreciation of the necessity of a presa
for the gratuitous diffusion of knowledge.
—We must not forget to notice that the most
prominent institution in San Diego, is its newspaper—its Ueuali. and its Editor, the great Ames—
one ofthe twelve fortunate men whose names and
faces are immortalized in this year's campaign literature;—Ames the ponderooa vnd vallaail—so
full of gas and good nature—such a compound of
impudence and generous impulses—the maker of
Squibob and John Fhceoix—and. as he says, ofthe
next President. Ames labored in thcPhilatlelpbia
Convention, and his reward is yet to come. Once
1 swore a vow to flog Ames whenever I met him !
—a rash vow! I have methimoi.ee, yea, twice,
an dl became nerveless—I will never make another sticb vow.
But Ames is a fortunate hombre. He was sick
when I saw him—p'is'ned by the too free use of
yedra—he was badly troubled with swelled head.
He was waited upon by a ministering angel—a
beautiful and accomplished young lady, who followed him all the way from Vermont. Her genial
nature would make a paradise anywhere. It is no
wonder that Ames—the great Ames—when he met
her, fell—not like Lucifer, but—in love.
But enough of San Diego. The indolence of the
people manifests itself in still eating carne, rice,
chile Colorado; while vines, fruit trees and garden
vegetables are ^et to be planted. Some philanthropic individual ought to offer a premium to the
first man who turns his atlention to the improvement of the appetites of the people.
San Diego will yet be illuminated ; by her own
coal, perhaps.
We spent two agreeable days in examining the
curiosities ofthe place; then,much delighted, harnessed the mules and took the road; retracing our
route till we reached the Alisos, where we left the
road and wandered in bye and forbidden paths.—
Late on the evening of the second day, sleepy.aiul
weary, alter riding twenty miles across tbe plain
without encountering ought save cattle, we saw in
front, a square black pile, which in the moonlight,
seemed to invite us to advance. It proved to be
the old residence ofthe old Yorba, nearly in ruinB-
We drove tothe door and asked for nightly accommodations. Everything indicated poverty;
but wc were welcomed with true Californian hospitality to such as they had. The hostess offered
us carne anil cbapurr_, a dish never before tasted
by white men. We drew our wagon under a tree-,
spread our blankets therein and slept. Next day
we were at home.
The face of the country varies considerably as
we go south. To the rancbo of San Joaquin it is
a plain—monotonous and oftentimes sandy. Beyond this rancho. the country becomes billy; often
interrupted by caiiadas, and difficult of travel.—
Except a few small Tallies that open out up-oa the
ocean, the whole country is worthless for all except grazing purposes. After crossing the San
Gabriel, there is not a single stream of running
water, except that at San Juan, which is very
small. At this season there is not much of intercit
by the wayside between Lob AngeleB and " the
most important barbor on tbe Bouthern coast."
SAN  LUIS RET.
Climbing a precipitous hill we descended, thro'
a winding caiion, into the valley of San-Luis Ret.
It is a mile or more iu width, and extends back
several leagues towards Temecula. The church
with its massive piles of outbuildings, is the first
object tbat strikes the eye. We rode up to it.—
Truly, all this ground is clothed witb history. A
few years R£0 t***-s*- bulldinge were reported in
good order, and the State was about to establish a
university here; and soldiers wer« quartered in
the houses, to guard tbe premises from squatters
Now the aqueduct, are inruins. tbe garden walla UtiU live.
Literary Items.
M. de Lamartine, the poet, historian, essayist,
statesman and patriot, whose genius and versatility of talent and whose purity of character commend him equally to the admiration and esteem
of mankind, is said to be reduced in his old agelo
acondition bordering on povcrly. But although
05 years of age, his courage and industry are unabated, and it Baid tbat he rises regularly at four
in the morning, and works to an advanced hour
in the day, for the benefit of his creditors. The
results of these labors wiil be embraced in a new
monthly periodical, which he has jnst started, entitled' " A F.uniliar Course of Universal Literature," from .which we extract the following touching confession :
lu spite of deceitful appearances my life is not
an enviable one; I will say more it is ended ; I
no longer live. I survive. Of all the different
characters which to a certain extent made up my
being—the man of feeling, the poet, the orator,
the man of action—tbe man of letters alone remains. Nor is the man of letters happy; my
years do not weigh upon me yet, but they must
be taken into itccount, and heavier far than my
years I feel the weight of my heart. The former,
like the phantoms of Macbeth, stretch their hands
over my shoulder and point—not to crowns—but
to a grave. Would to God I were stretched in it
now.
Nothing smiles upon me in the past, nor in the
future; I am growing old without posterity in my
empty home, surrounded by the graves of those
I have luved. I cannot cross my threshold without tripping again-, one of those stumbling blocks
ofour love or our hopes. There they are. like bo
many fibres torn from my still living heart and
buried before my eyes, while that heart beats in
my bosom like a forgotten time-piece in a forsaken
home;, which continues to rtrU_Q in _0U_O_-_ hour:!
that no one recI_on,_.-
What life I fiavo left is concentrated in a few
loving hearts and a small patrimonial estate.
And even those hearts suffer through me, and I
am not sure that I shall not be stripped of my inheritance to-morrow and sent, in the words of
Dante, to die in a stranger's home. The hearth on
whicli my father stood, and on which I stand today, is but a borrrowed hearth whose ashes may
be scattered at a moment's notice ; it may qe sold
to the highest bidder to-morrow, and re-sold again
for a whim; so may my mother's bed, and even
the very dog that licks my hands in pity when he
sees my brow contracted with anguish. I must
account toothers for all I possess; onthe faith of
my honor and my labor they have staked tho
heritance of their children and the fruits of
of their own industry. If I ceased to work for
them daily if even I slept my whole nights through
or ifan illness (which may God spare me till his
appointed time!) were to arrest my pen—the diligent instrument that I am wearing out for ihem —
these honest friends would suffer with me, and
would have to seek for tbeir fortuna among my
ashes. They would recover it all—no doubt-
but they would find it beneath my ruins.
You understand now why I often toil at my task
beyond my strength. Well! this labor, tliis obligatory virtue, this virtue of necessity, has been
made a subject of reproach, as though it were a
vain thirst for fame made rac thurst my name before the public. In Its inconsistency, the public
might as well reprove the laborer who breaks
stones on tbe highway for obstructine; tho road
where he earns the daily bread of his wife and little ones. Tbe children of Simos used to insult
Homer, saying that he blocked up the way wheu
he stood before their doors to recite his verses ;
and yet he could not sing elsewhere, since singing
under the open e>ky was his only means of publicity. The press is for the writer of the present day
what the high road was for Homer.
Sketches and Adventures in tue Andalusia.
of Spain.—Mr. Charles March in this very interesting work says:
In Paris, we find everything better than anywhere else—but little or nothing lo which we
have been unaccustomed. The difTeronce is not
one of kind, but degree. In Spain, on ihe contrary, everything strikes us ns fresh, original, pecu
liar. Besides the popular traditions and legends,
the novel manners, picturesque individuality, and
national cuslonis impress a stranger deeply. There
are spectacles and institutions, customs, and habits of life, different from all we had previously
seen or understood; these we must affect altera
while, and qtiit witb reluctance. Indeed I feel a
greater desire to reviBit tho Andalusias than any
country of which 1 have had experience, I liked
the people; I liked tbe bailes ; I liked the corridas de toros; I liked the olla podrida ; I liked
the insouciance, the devil-may-care sort of habits ;
I liked the majos, contrabandistas, and picaros
generally. Indeed I liked every thing but the
pulgas.
Living iu the Andalusias ib not d«ar. At the
best hotels the board is only seven and a half pe
setae—a dollar and a half; and this includes as
much tin ordinaire for your dinner as you wish.
The table Ib good and the cooking not indifferent.
Nothing could have prevailed upon me to leave
but the hope of a speedy return.    In that hope I
A London correspondent of the Manchester
Advertiser writes that—
" Thomas Carlyle Is applying himself with vigor
to termincte his long promised biography of the
great Frederick, which he more than oaca has
abandoned or suspended. It will be published lu
four volumes nertChristmas. There Is some gossip afloat, too, about a new work by Charles Dickens, who, as you will have seen, has returned from
i's,[ is, nnd haa been mora than usually active of
late at literary and dramatic public meetings.
The origin of the talked of work ia an attack mada
upou the eminent novelist by Count Montalem-
bert, the celebrated French writer and politician,
who, in a recent | ublication, with more zeal thaa
knowledge, accused Sir. Dickens of having excited the poor against the rich in his social fictions;
iu fact, of being an English Eugene Sue. Dickens,
It is said, Intend, to publish a reply to tbe Count.
which \\ ill appear simultsuieouily in French and
English, in Paris and London."
Iu a memoir of Martini Ney, recently issued-
Loid Brougham, after defending Wellington from
the charge that has been brought against him, of
want uf generosjty in allowing the punishment
to be carried into effect, mentions a circumstance
which we do not recollect to have seen elaewhera
rao-itta. i—
"While Napoleon passed within range of en
English battery at Waterloo, and the officers wer«
about to lire at the group, he at ouce peremptorily foi'lrtile it. "This passage," he adds, •' in hla
illustrious and unstained life i_ worth a thousand
superfluous panegyrics, and put- to flight all Imputations npon him as wanting in thoso (tallage
which, in the company of more rare and Btera
qualities, arc ever found to adorn the character of
the greatest men.
Wealth. _____j__E__a ____> IIungkr.—A native of
Com-tantinople, named Tinconi, about fifty years
of age, was found dead in his lodgings, No. 7, Rua
dea Vieux Augustins, one morning last week, and
on examination it titnied out, extraordinary to relate, that he had literally died of hunger. Ha
was, it appeared, possessed of a good fortune, but
was so passionately addicted to learning that he
entirely neglected himself, and passed whole days
among his books and manuscripts without thinking of Inking food. His apartment was in a slata
of indescribable filth ; his person, was, if possible
still worse, as, for two years, he had changed neither his linen nor his clothes, aud he was dreadfully emaciated. His attainments were very great,
and he spoke not fewer than twelve languages
with facility, and knew others.
At one time, too, he held high official dignities
in his own country, aud was even au ambns-tador,
but be abandoned everything for study. Hislodg-'
ings were encui-bei-eil with piles of books and
manuscripts in almost every language ; aud, In
addition to tbem, he possessed a great number of
r»rc and ciiriou. objects, such as Eastern arms of
all kinds, Damascus blades, antiquities, autographs of celebrated personages, Ac. By his will
he leaves six mamir-cfipts, supposed to be extreme,
ly precious, to the Mazarine Library, and hia fortune partly to the poor, and partly to the church
des Pctits Peres.- -Oalignani's (Pa/is) Messenger, April 7.
Curiosities of Criticism.—A book might be
written upon the curiosities of criticism. In a
review of Mr. Lougfellow's "Hiawatha," in a aerial of character and long standing, it is made a
fatal objection against the poem that the Supremo
Being is represented a*s a "smoking pipe I" la
a recent number of the " Leisure Hour," Juliet's
suggestion about cutting up Romeo into little
stars ("Romeo and Juliet," act iii. Bcene 2,)
which is referred to by Emeison, is quoted as on a
of that great Auu'riean'**. unintelligible vagarien.
In another magazine, Gerald Massey was charged
tlie other day with stealing from E. B. Browning
the words. " The Lord had need ofher." (See
Luke xix. 3'_.) Iu the B-imo article the obvious
expression—" Strength and beauty hand in hand,"
must needs be traced to Shelley, as if it could not
be fouud iu a thousand other places, and aa if
it were not a perfectly natural phrase which anybody is at liberty to use.— Tait's Magazine.
Th<! papers of Sir Robert Peel, including part
of an Autobiography, are announced. Lord Stanhope, one ofthe literary executors of the statesman, has had the' chief labor of preparing these
valuable papers. The Kist part will contain a
vindication Of th. part taken by Sir Robert Peel
in the passing of the act for Catholic Emancipation.
An attempt to dramatise the "Paradise Lost"
of Milton has been made at the Ambigu Comique
oParls, but continuing the hit Uay ofthe Creation until the Deluge. As a drama of course tsays
Calagnani.) the thing is absurd, but the variuty
and beauty or the BCencry and getting up will
probably secure it a certain run.
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A Lucky Shot.—During the siege of Sebasto-
p0] a Russian shell buried itself in the side of a
hill without the city, and opened a spring. A
little fountain bubbled forth where the cannon-
ehot had fallen, and during the remainder of the
siege alloi'ded to tbe thirsty troops stationed in
that vicinity an abundant supply of pure cold
water.
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Romtivo.—Never punish a girl for being a romp-
but thank heaven who has given her health to be
one. It is better tran a distorted spine or bectio
cheek. Little girls ought to be great romps-
better than paying doctor's bills for them. Where
is the gymnafiium which should be attached to
every school ? That's coming too, like other improvements.
v  —»»   'i»»o  <mm- ~
What a Woman sho.i.o be to pe Alphadeti-
CAL. A woman should be amiable, benevolent,
oharitable, domestic, economical, forgiving, generous, honest, industrions. judicious, kind, loving,
mirthful, neat, obedient, pleasant, quiet, reflecting, sober, tender, urbane, virtuous, wise, xem-
piary, yielding and zealous.
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By education men become easy to lead but difficult to dp<-c—easy to govern, but imposaible t_
enslave.