Paddle Your Own Canoe.
Voyager upon life's sea,
To yourself be true,
And where'er your lot may be,
Paddle your own canoe.
Never, though the winds may rave,
.alter
But upem
Leave
lorl
tlte
ok bats
iurltest
log tr
wave
tek.
Nobly ,l,i
wildei
t storm,
ferive of
'oag of tirro
Ween t_.
a and darts.
A.i.l tow,
u-nmrk
From ita sunny
Then let not ai
Cheat you o
But while it is
Paddle your
cmree has gone,
lour'a delay
pour due;
t led to-day,
,vn canoe.
If your birth denied you   wealth,
Lofty state and power,
Honest fame and hardy health
Are a better power ;
But il these will not suffice,
Golden gain pursue.
And to win the glitteriua. prize,
Paddle your own canoe.
Would yo
u wr
_st t
e
vreath
of fame
From t
ie b.
nd t
f
-ate |
Would vt
u w
ite a
dt
athless
name,
With t
Q gi
od a
.d
great;
Would yi
u bl
-ss y
UU
■ fellow
-men,
Heart t
nd s
ml
m
, a
uo
id I hen
With the
hoij
Paddle
you
own canoe.
Would you crush the tyraut Wrong
In the worlds free fight,
With a spirit brave and strong,
Battle for the Right;
And to break the chains that bind
The many to the few—
To enfranchise s'avish mind,
Paddle your own canoe.
Nothing great is lightly won,_
Nothing won is lost—
Every good deed, nobly done,
Will repay the cost.
Leave to Heaven, in humble, trust,
' All you will to do ;
But, if you succeed, yon must
Paddle your own canoe.
A Singular Astronomical  Fi-___._t-.iu alnmt to
be Verified.
We have on several occasions made reference to
arecent work, entitled "The New Theory ofthe
Creation and Deluge." Among other startling
predictions contained in that book, it is stated
that "it is probable the rings which surround Saturn are composed of water, snow or ice, which at
some future time, may descend and deluge that
planet, as ours was deluged in the days of the patriarch Noah !" It now appears that this event is
likely to take place a little sooner than was anticipated, for Sir David Brewster says: "Mr. Otto
Struve and Mr. Bond hav_ lately studied with the
great Munich telescope, at the Observatory of Pul-
kowav, the third ring of Saturn, which Mr. Las-
sels and Mr. Bond observed to be fluid. These astronomers are of opinion that this fluid ring is not
of very recent formation, and that it is not subject to rapid change ; and they have come to the
xtraord'mary conclusion that lhe inner body of
the ring has. since the time of Huygens. been gradually approaching to the body of Saturn, and that
we may expect, sooner or later, perhaps in some
dozeu ot years, to see the rings united" wiihin the
body of the planet." Had this prediction of a
citizen of Philadelphia, been made by one of the
agnates of Europe, it is probable it would have
beeu copied into most ofthe newspapers both here
and abroad, aud its near accomplishment heralded
Irom one end of the land to the other, which would
have stamped a value npon the book that would
have caused it tu be read by all well-informed individuals who desire to keep themaeivis posted up
aodeni scientific discoveries. But " who reads
American book 1" "Can any good come out
of Nazareth ?-'■ When Leverrier predicted that a
new plauet might be found outside of Herschel,
and.when that new planet was soon after discovered, he received, as he deserved, the applause of
.he world. Whilst here a prediction as purely
derived from a process of reasoning as Leverrier's
was, which few, if any, have noticed. Is it not
true that Americans should learn to appreciate a
valuable work, even thou.h it has not yet come
from the other side of the water?—Philadelphia
Ntivs.
Sun ixntiw %)\k%imml$>
SLOAN,   UAItTIifiAIf   &   BLO-OJJ,
ATTORNEYS   AT   LAW,
Wonders of tUe  Microscope.
The.meaning of Animalcules is animals whose
figures cannot be discerned without the aid of the
magnifying glass. The recent astonishing diseov
eries of Ehrenberg, a Prussian naturalist, have
given a new aspect to this department of animal
nature, even in a geological point of view. He
has described seven hundred and twenty-two living species which swarm almost everywhere, even
In the fluids of living and healthy animals in
countless numbers. Formerly they were thought
to be the most simple of all animals in their organization ; to be in fact little more than mere
particles of matter endowed wit i vitality ; but he
has discovered in them mouths, teeth stomach
muscles, nerves, glands, eyes and organs of reproduction. Some of the smallest animalcula. are
not more than the twenty-four thousandth of au
inch in diameter, and the thickness of the skin of
their stomachs not more than the fifty millionth
part of an inch. In their mode of reproduction
they produce their young alive, also by eg ;s, and
by buds or gems. An individual of the Hy datum
.senta increased in ten days one million; on tiie
eleventh day to four million, and on the twelfth
day to sixteen million. In another case Ehrenberg
says that one individual*!, capable of becoming in
fours days one hundred and seventy billions! Leu
wenhoeck calculated that one billion anlmal_ul_e,
such as occur in common water, would not altogether make a mess so large as a grain of sand
Ehrenberg estimates that five hundred million1 of
them do actually sometimes exist in a single drop
of water. Ia lhe Alps there is sometimes found a
snow of red color ; and it has beeu recently ascer
tained by M. Sentterworth that the coloring mat
ter is composed chiefly of sulusoria, with some
plants of the tribe of Algae. And what is tn.st
singular is, that when the snow had beeu melted
for a short time, so as to become a little wartnet
than the freezing point, the animals die,' because
they canuot endure so much heat, A specimen of
metooric paper which fell from theskyiu Courland
in 1686, has been examined by Ehrenberg, and
found to consist, like the red snow, of Conferva
and Infusoria. Ofthe latter he found twenty-nine
species. Surprising as these facts are, it will per
haps seem still more incredible that the skeleton
of these animals should be found in a fossil state
and actually constitute nearly ihe whole mass of
soils aod rocks, several feet in thickness, and extend ng over areas of many acres. Yet ihis, too,
has been ascertained by the same acute Prussian
naturalist,
    •*». _*_^fr<frn_~.
One's Mother.—Around the idea of one's mother the mind clings with fond affection. It is the
first dear thought stamped upon our infant hear:"-.,
when soft aod capable ol receiving most profound
. impressions, arid all the after feelings are more or
less light in comparison. Our passions and Our
wilfulness may lead us from the object of orr filial
love ; we may become wild, headstrong, and angry
at her counsels or opposition; but when death has
stilled her monitory voice, and nothing but calm
memory remains to recapitulate her good deeds,
affection, like a flower beaten to the ground by a
rude storm, raises up her head and
her tears, Around that idea, as we have Baid, the
mind clings with fund affection; aud even when
the earlier period of our loss forces memory to be
_ilent, fancy takes tbe place of remembrance and
twines the image of our departed parent with a
garland of j
we doubt nt
Jiait Jfrantisio ^b.frtisciimik
Clothing I   Clothing S!
JENNINGS   &   BREWSTER,
Manufacturers and Jobbers of Clothing,
_.-.). 7.1 Buttery Street,
SAN* FKANXft-CO-
TTfotJl_t-ir_*_pe_tf-liy call tlie t '
VV tlieii* I...;, and well tip.one-
.-.Uil-IliK CLO'i'lll.NG, consi8_i_.fiol
PANTS.
New styles plain mid __,_,__* casa. F.ntfl
Lin
1*1 Oil   I..!'
iduck a
VEST
SUITS
White sintl _lif__ Ms.-r.-otU-S V.stn
Plain is
Plain a
Plain and fancy cassimen** nusiness Suits ;
Plain and check linen Bu sinus
COATS.
_/rA.V__RS°'aND SHIRTS.
Gvav
Hick
Dei
1 Fin I
■ Shii ts
mis
.   l/M.V,
OVERALLS AND SOCKS.
, Merlliti und Wool socks.
HATS. BLANKETS,-so.
i ad-Mttoo io ihe above, we   have a One a
.i_s*! generally kenl in our line
liDicnx;^
axid   Medicines,
j_?__oc5.L:l_.-?.B'tc__.:___?.   _&?  Con,
il_. Battery  Street,
SAA
■Darling,"
FRANCISCO,
J. m. Strobridge __ Co.,
WHOLESALE AND  RETAIL
CLOTHING   EMPORIUM,
CORNER OF
COMMERCIAL AM SANSOME STREETS,
Under St. 3_r_cliola_ Hotel,
SAN FRANCISCO,
OTTER .lie'largest a__ moal ccniil.t. a_i-oi*tmi*_t of
Clothing   anil   GentU-TO.ii'jl   Furnishing
______ ever opened in *-ati _'rn ncisco.
We are receiving iioi-s.-v.rv _L.ii_.t_i from our Manufac-
tid most Fa.Mima'blc Style*
Tlie Latest e
all kind, of
_ Qr.se __*,_. Frock Coat.;
n Cassimere I'sinti
.li„ and Cloth Vei
u.ineaa Suits, etc
aud  Caps constantly
itton Ha1.__oai
Gentlemen's   Furnishing   Goods
constantly on hand,
A large and complete assortment of
_?    GrOOdJS
BY
For
THE   CASE
In quanlit
fSr£^X&
OU   PACKAGE,
Noisy Carriers 1
Astronomical.— Fixed stars are stationary, bul
planets revolve round the sun; shooting stars,
however, although  they shoot, are not revolvers-
Not so Bad.—A wit yesterday observed that
Judge Murray is a man of considerable forbearance but no resignation.— Town Talk.
On all occasions it is well to be a little more
than tolerant; especially when a wiser and better
man than ourselves thinks dilf rently from us.
Finn once addressed an individual by name of
Snow: " Hail, Mr. Sntnv,\t it rains, you'll be
mist?'    That's what we call atmospheric punning.
The first daily newspaper printed in Virginia
was in 1780 ; the subscription was $50 per annum
for one copy.
Wl_at is companionship where nothing that improves the intellect is communicated, aud where
the larger heart contract, itself to the model and
dimensions of the smaller?
A person asked Chapman if the tolling of a hell
lid not put him in mind of his latter  end?   ''No
Bsiv Hum
Jamaica Ginger
Calabrica Liquorice
Fresh Hops in Bales
'.       ..ti Papers
Iolide Potass
Adhesive Plaster
Sulphurate Morphine
Shaker's Herbs
Oil' [i_r_-_...ont
OH Oi-it-anum
Oil Lemon
Oil Rose      ■
Drugs, Medic nes,
Perfumery,   Fancy  Articles,   Ac
Crowe.!,  Crane &  Brigham,
(Late /-. Crowed _,- Co..)
IMPORT!'].-- OF FOJRHGN AMI I OM __■"*__-
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, OYES, PATENT MEI
cines, Perfumery, Fancy Articles
___l.COMM.__l.IAL ______,-, (Li.NO' WHARF,)
Sail   Froncist'fl.
/-•-.UR assortment now is tilt* largest on the I .icificC
sir, but the rope out. me in mind  of yours,"
Thai fas a shrewd reply of the poet Milton to
James II, when he, as Duke of York, called on
him out ol cur o.ity. in the course of their conversation, James said to him that he thought his
blindness v.-as a judgment of Heaven on him because he had written against Charles I, the father
of the duke. Milton replied: "If your highness tlrnks lhat misfortunes are an index of the
wrath of God, what must you think of your father's
tragical end? ' I have only lost ray eyes ; he lost
his head"'
God made both tears and laughter, and both for
kind purposes; for as laughter enables mirth auc
surprise to breathe freely, eo tears prevent sorrow
from becoming despair and madness, and laughte
ts one of the very privileges of reason, being con
lined to the human species.
It is a singular fact that, no matter how excel
lent the streets of Paris are, those who travel in
them are sure to rue it.
Why is a chair being re-seated, like a little boy
receiving punishment?
Because its having its bottom caned!*
A good anecdote is told of Ali Pashaw, the
Sultan's Grand Vizier, now in Paris, A few evenings a_o a lady to whom this gentleman was introduced at a soir.e, hazardtd the naive question :
"Is the Sultan married?-'' '• A great deal, madam," was the Turk's reply.
Of all the ills love brings, jealou-y is one for
which women have the least sympathy.
A good housewife hearing Venice Preferred
highly spoken of. asks for a receipt, to make it.
If eleetri.ily annihilates time, how about the
electric clock?
An inn keeper observed a postilion with but
one spur, and i quired the reason ? "'Why, what
wouid be the use of another?" said the postillion.
" if one side ot the horse goes the other Bide can't
lag behind."
&W_\$tm&m ^Ibte&mt-tiis.
CLOTHING   WAREHOUSE.
WMT__i.~_iAD.iEI.,
lOQ Battery   Street
Corner of Mer. han t,
-__•£____    5__Q!_?£____l_.a__ __c_>a
Importer of every variety   of
CLOTHING  AND   FURNISHING   GOODS-
—„I..O   OF— '
DUCKS. DRILLS. SHEETINGS, BLANKETS
■    HATS, BOOTS AND BROGANS.
By recent arrivals, havo received very large  invoice, of
the most
Desirable Styles of Clothins*.
ind It ia the LARGEST STUCK ever offered in thi. _f„.k_.
the goods arc maiuilaotured under my own aiipervimon
and of the bent material, well cut, large sizes, and  _„__£
u Un
able
TRADERS from tho country are invited to ..amine thi.
HEAVY STOCK, and they will lind me price. LOWER._.__
the} can be found elsewhere iu the market.
I'UltCHASl'JK. may rely on receiving the but and moat
saleable goods, „<• each art Jcie is CUARAK'JKKD
URIH'RS FROM THI. COUNTRY promptly and ea.e.ull.
attended to, *■
10,000 pairs assorted Fancy Cassimere Pants;
10,0.0 pairs asnoi t-d Fancy and Plain aatinutt* Pasti-
7,00b pairs Linen Pauls ; •
2,000 pair. Uoodye;i.r':. Rubber Pant. ;
1,000 Goodyear's WEtte Rubber Coata;
200 _ane_ Goodyo_r'_ Long and Short Ru_l,.i Boot.-
200   do   Miners' Boots: ' '
Overshirt.:
1,000 do_.
300    do    Fancy Cai
SV'h
te __ji)-t_;
e Ov
fflhirtBs
S00   do    M
600   do
300
200   do    Gr
4511
If,, at
Und-rah-rt.
1 tins
■_hi
Limb's Woi
250    do    Itl- ached Drill Drawers:
1,500    do    Overalls;
300    do    Detiim Frockn;
1,200    do    Country-knit Wool Socks;
1,500   do   heavy White and Mixed Cotton aaokii
1,000 pieces. Hitpi-i- Silk Pocket Handkerchief*-       '
100 dozen sit|ier Black Silk Neckerchief-*     '
200    do    Cambric Handkerchief*; '
300   do   Rubber Belt.;
250   do    Buck Gloves:
400    do   Buckskin Gold Bags;
1,000 Doeskin Business Coats;
400 Black Cloth Frock Coats';
2,000 assorted Overcoats;
600 assorted Pea Coi'ts;
3,000 Silk   Cloth and Velvet Ve_t_-
20 bales Blue and White Blanket*;
50   do   a Sheeting;
60    do   Drills;
30   do   as.orted Duck;
50 _ttB__ fin_ I elt Hats;
100 cases Straw Hats.
For sale by TOt. G. BAUGER
Whnl.Fiale Clotliint- Wn.eSiou.e
No. 109 Battery st., corner Merchant  San IthicIh.
N   B.—No Goods sold at Retail. jy_ti 3m
llie Eyes!   The Eyes J
!>__-_ ______ _e_e_ :f»-__v:r;o:____:e_,
OCULIST.
FTER a protracted blindness of more than five rears
"  . Pardee has made himself tlmroughlv and rcicnti*
.cquaintcd with all the di.-o.ders of the El K  and
i-itl. universal success the sat,,. tie_t-
i In-
ed
t\ Wonlof Cmillon— The eye is by .ar too nrrciott*
and delicate an organ to be trilled with 01 made the sub-
leet of random experiments, therefore, it would be exceedingly unwise and perhaps ilangeroiiN to ..ccept auy
ol the -1 never failing cures " that are tendered l*y tho
mistaken kinslness of all around, for every one offer*- a
-sped lie I'm- diseases ol  the eye.
_j_)f- Many patients cai* tie seen at the office of Dr Pardee. Id different stages of recover.-.
OFFICE—San Francisco, we-t of the Plaza op- osit. the
..Id Post Ollice, one door north oi the Portsmouth Route
" ' *-f" ■'■*-■   j nr—_m
OT^TaArblKlCTOKY.
JURE  CAUTIONED
L.l pe:
rd pe:
and beauties, and virtues, which
she possessed.
* told
A good Btory
can army, dnrin
is moreaes.ii.toi
the pen. While
two of hinsoldii
nedy, and u*u X(.
officerof whom
and issued it to
and proceed to a
Canada.?. The
be trifled with,
tions, and prepai
that he 0.1} not 1
one of the provi
;'Ho',v lcn,?,;? asked t«_|(oIeon, of David, « will
a painting last." "Seven hundred years, per
hap-."   *''And do yott call that fame?"
officer in the Ameri-
i_ war of 1812 14, who was, and
tothe use of the sword than
.tioned on the Lake frontier,
brothers, by the name of Ken.
stlled Kannaday, deserted. The
ire speaking, wrote an order.
ibaltgrn, to take a file of men,
ice named, and take the two
er was peremptory and not to
e officer looked at his instructs <FF-y ihem, but he remarked
;vehe could take more than
-. w-thout a reinforcement!
A lady, describing  an  ill-tempered man, said
he never smiles but he seems ashamed of it."
Woman's partiality for thin shoes  is to be ac-
uitited for by her insuperable dislike to a thick
miles  amidst I understanding.
The latest Irish bull we read of is the case of
the Irish gentleman, who, in order, to raise the
wind whereby to relieve himself of pecuniary embarrassment, got his life insured for a large amount
and then drowned himself.
" Papa, have guns got legs ?'■' " No." " How
do they kick theu?" "With their breeches my
son."
'■ Well, Annie, how did you get along with that
•-'tupid.fool ofa lover of yours? Did ycu succeed
in getting rid of htm?"
" Ob, yei! I got rid of him very easily. I married him and have no lover now." (Spoken in a
modest manner.)
"My dear," said Mrs. Dogberry to her daughter, "you should not hold your dress so high
crossing the street."
"Then, ma." replied the maiden, "how shall I
show the beauty of my flounced pantalettes that i
have almost ruined my eyesight to make? I'm
sure I don't care if the beaux look at me."
A London alderman was heard to remak, that he
did'ntsomnch mind living upon hashes during
Lent, but that as for the sackcloth, he'd only take
the Brut half of it.
DEMI-   WIRI.   W0KKS.
MANUFAUTORY  OF
Wire Cloth, Wire Netting,
Sand.   Wheat,  Corn and  Coal Screens, 'Sieves,
Bird Cage . Fende's und Fire Guards,
Aleut  Safes. Dish Cove-s. Patent
Gauze   Window Blinds,
Wit _  Fencing, ifc.
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E
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For Flour   and   Fanning
j-7—3,n M.chin
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UNITED STATES OFFICERS.
United  States  District   Court for the   Southern
District ot  California;
I.S.K.Ogier, Judge; P. Ord. District Attorney ; C. E. Carr, Clerk ; E. Hunter, Marshal.
United States Land Office for the Southern District of  Calif oi nia:
Andi-es Pico, Receiver ; H. P. Dorsey, Regisler.
United States Court of Claims:
C. E. Carr, Comniissi'iner.
Customs Department —(San Pedro).
Collector—Col. Isaac Willinm. ; Deputy—J F
Stephens. '
Postrnatfers :
J. S. Wnil.. Los Angi-les.
G. C. Alexander, Sau Pedro.
Thomas Runliik, San Gabriel.
Ira Thompson. Monte.
nfirs of
First Judicial District comprising th
Lot Angeles, >un Bernardiao and San Dire.,
First District Court.— _r__ge__ Benj. Hayes.
CtlCXTV   UlFICFl'S.
County Court—.Wm. G. Dryden, Judge.
Associate Judges—James P. Biu_b and O. O.
Cunnini-iiiim.
Sheriff—O. E. Hnle i Under Sheriff—W. II. Peterson : Dopuiv—J. J. Myers.
Couuty Trca'suivr—H.'N. Alexander.
Comity Assessor*—Antonio F. Coronel: D.uutv
-J. H. Cob man. J
County Surveyor—II. Hancock.
Public Administrator—H. __>tler.
Snpei-iutendent of Public richuoIs—James F
Burns.
Disiriel Attorney—C. K Thorn.
Coroner—L. ll. Snead.
County Clerk—John W. Shore ; Deputy—J. A.
II nchman.
Jaik-r—Francis Carpenter.
Board of Supervisor**-— fhoa, Burdick. Chairman ; David Lewis. John Forater, Ja&B. Banonf
Christobal Aguilar.
TOWX^Iill'  OFFICKR?
Los Angeles—iuntioea of ihe Pence—Alexander
Gibson. Kusstdl Sackett. Constables—Murk D.
Brondige, W. W. Jenkins.
CITY  OFFICERS.
Mayor—Stephen C. Foster.
City   Marshal— .v.   C.   Getman;    Deputy—Ely
Smith-
City Treasurer—Sanmel Arbnckle.
City Assessor— \Y. H. Petereon.
City Attoioey— G. E. Thoni.
Cit\ Council —M. Reqnen i, N. Potter. Ipnacl.
■lel Valle. E. Drown, J, G. Downey. Ira Gilchrist,
_-0_to_ fo. qu. iisen
aseguridsid. despachoy
SEWING MACHINES.
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TT  "„■ I,,    '
1 Ai'ARIEXClAS.
A'
INFORMATION WA-VTJED.
if Mr'A."F!c'|-_oRx! a citiz-'-n'of Havau'
ly. in calling at the office of
ALEXANDERS & BANNINi
is Angeles, June 28,1856 e
3AN B__tHA__OirO COUNTY.
Couniy Judge—D. M.   ""homas.
Couniy Treasu er- Sairmi-1 Bolfe.
County Assessor- Jam.s Henry Rolline.
Couniy Surveyor—A trio Stoddard.
Public Administrator—-Addison Pratt.
Superiniendeul Pub ic Schooln—U. Skinner.
District Attorney—Eiiis Fames.
Corom-r—Wm. Cox.
County Clerk—R.R.Hopkins.
Sheriff—Robert Cliit.
Supervisor*—___ Iloubideaux, R Taylor, Wn:
Cox
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--eut. they are held responsible until they settle
their account, and give notice to discontinue them.
-J. II BUbscribeis remove to oilier places without
informing the Publishers, and Uie paper is sent to
lhe former direction, they are held responsible.
5. The Courts have decider that refusing to take
a paper or periodical from the oflice. oi removing
and leaving jt uncalled i'oY,hprima facia evidence
of intentional fraud.
Postmasters would oblige, by a strict fulfillment
of the regulations requiring them to notify Publishers, once in three months, of papers not taken
from their office by Bubecribferfl,
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LOS   ANGELES,  CAL.,   SATURDAY,  AUGUST  30,   1856.
NO. 16.
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 (Opposite the Bella Union Hotel.) Un7
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Meases. Knox & Whistler....
Col. Ir_ Thompson	
N. Gams ,	
Judged. A. Thomas .....
L. It' .Tacobs	
.......San Francisco.
.......San Gabriel.
 ..Monte.
 Monte.
 Santa Barbara.
 San Bernardino.
 San Diego.
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WELLS, FARGO & CO'S
_3:__ _=*:__ ess.
A Joint .-jfoci- Company wltii a capital of
8500,000,
____, tll.patoIn an l_xi*■_-■:... from the City of
Lou An_;i-li;_, by overy Steamer, to all part, ef Gali-
nrnla, Oregon, tlie Atlantic States and Europe, in charge
of r.pillar anil o\-|.r-i'it-.iicr.-il Mits.onif1j][.H-i
LBTTBRS,P1R_ELS, PACKAGES antl'TREASURE
ceCBlveilsuitl conveyed to destination with safety and dis-
j.i_.t_li. (.oll-ctism.s msirl.t. Onlors aii.il Commissions filled
7 - 3 pertaining to an Kxpress and forwarding
irith _-rompti_e__ and care.
:ocuredon all the principal cities
-gnu a ii'A Europe.
H. N.  ALEXANDER, Ar.BNT.
. attended to w
ofthe Atl.-uitio-Sla
, "i
PACIFIC EXPRESS COMPANY,
Till-;   iiiiilei-riitcnoil,    Ar-'ent    a\   'Fr\-F-~.Ji'":ii\
of the '-PACn-iCEXl'lU-;^. . ,
I COiU'ANY," will despatch by ov.ry Steamer
a cur .[llL- .,_lU--.... in charge ofa Special ile_senger, to
SAXTA BARI5AEA.
SAM LUIS OBISPO,
AIONTEitEY,
SAN FRANCISCO, and
All parts of Northern and Southern Mines.
—ALSO—
Oregon-   __t__uit_'_   Stat...  ami   Europe.
CO___/EC1*iaJSS made in all of the above named places.
TREA.-s.UItI-;,  I'AltCELS,   PACKAGES and LETTER-  for-
warded.
l);lAi-TS n.ircliasr-d in  San   Francisco  on  thu Atlantic
States and Europe.
Psti-tii.nlstr attention paid to the forwarding ofGold Dust
to Hi--. Vital for ooinage.
ived up to the latest mon
ni n
el t
■ l.-.-ti
_tiou
JOS.
W. W. Handlin,
ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Will attend promptly to all business entrusted to his care.
Office—In llo-.vt-.-_ Block, Main street.
•fi®, Mr. H. is thoroughly acquainted with the French
and Spanish languages. un7
X>_i_*- Carter,
OFFICE   AND   DRUG    STORE,
LOS ATVGF.I.ES   STREET,
Adjoining Keller's Store.
Xj. G-laser,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Groceries, Provisions, Wines, JLi-
qnors, Dry Goods and    lotliing,
MAIN STREFT,—(old " Star Hotel" Building.)
LOS ANGELES.
Ni B.—A well selected stock  of the above articles can
always be found at my store iuSan Bernardino.
un'i' L. GLASER.
Cha_. R. Johnson. H. S. Ai.lanson
JOHNSON & ALLANSON,
Successors  to   Alexander   <£   Melius.
MAIM STREET, Los Angeles.
un7
AUG. W. TIMMS.
Forwarding and Commission Merchant,
San Pedro and Los Angeles-.'Cal,,
,1 H. READ, Agent, I,os Angeles.
C Ducom_nu_i,
WATCHMAKER   &   BOOKSELLER,
COMMERCIAL STREET,
un7 Los Angeles, Cal.
Home  manufactory,  main Street,
OPPOSITE TEMPLE'S BLOCK.
FOY  &   BROTHER,
Saddle  and   Harness Makers
p  constantly on hand an assortment of
SADDLES,   HARNESS,
BRIDLES,   WHIPS. COLLARS,
SADDLE WARE,   _c.
prepared to execute all kind, of work in ou
ortest possible notice,
tot of California Bitta and Spurs always ot
.Loving Hearts.
0 tell me not the world is dark.
With shadows lengthening to the tomb I
Mine eye*, would rather fondly mark
Where sunlight flashes through tho  gloom.
And I would fain in error dwell,
If truth such darksome lore imparts,
And rather die than e'er dispel
My dream of Loving Hearts.
Their perfume would forsake the flowers,
The golden hues of summer fade ;
The bush'd birds droop, in withered bowers,
And sunny brooklets sink to shade—
And o'er the soul of llviug things
Wouid fall the gloom that ne'er departs ;
If from our bright imaginings
Were banished Loving Hearts.
They are around us and above—
Halt hidden, as in wild-wood leaves
Close nestles some white-breasted dove ;
And he is happy who believes
That they are living, though unseen,
Like light, ere from the ctoud it starts—
And he is truly blest, I ween,
Who loves those Loving Hearts 1
Name in the Sand.
Here ia the best piece ever written by George.
D. Prentice, one of the greatest poets in America
Alone I walked on the ocean strand,
A pearly .shell was in my hand,
1 stooped and wrote upon the sand
My name, the year, and day ■
As onward from the spot I passed,
One lingering look behind I cast,
A wave came rolling high and fast.
And wash td my lines away.
And 80 me thought, 'twill quickly be
With every m_.rk. on earth from me !
A wave of dark oblivion's sea,
Will sweep across the place
Where I have trod the sandy shore
Of time, and been to me no more;
Of me, my day, the name I bore,
To leave no track or trace.
And yet with Him who counts the sands,
And holds the wak-r in his hands,
I know a lasting record stands,
Inscribed against my name
Of all this mortal part has wrought,
Of all this thinkiu- soul has thought,
And from these fleeting moments caught,
For glory or lor shame.
.  PORT.
ttrape Boxes and Sawdust.
TIE UN'lIEP.-ilCMEl) HAS MADE AftftANGEMe.N-3 TO
t'li-nish Grape Packers witii Bo-tes of all sizes, Of the
m i.i ..litable material, and dry Sawdust to any extent.
upon tern. Lover than ih.y can be hsul from San Eraaois-
cu, .i-i I sir' better quality.
Samples drill be  tor warded immediately, and contniirt-,
entered into, _n.i an ample stook always kept bn __tm*l.
H.  K ELL PP..
'.-is   _n.de_. .V.ine 7. 1866.
_NrE\V    ESTABLIS1BIEXT.
CibiuBt M.iking. Upholstering and
IT \ l> C H T 4KII.G.
The aabacrtber would reflpoct-
' fully urn-ounce to the citi.ens o
I   Angeles   and    suiTOun.lint
country, that he is now manu
>; hi. it.-a- -s'stu.f ,,it MAIN' STREET, three doors
nf'the United States  Hotel.   Furniture of every
■ tyle it.n-1 _____ "ii tils' nio.-t reasonable terms.
Tlie Undertaking Business
Will re_--iv_ the strictest attention, as he will endeavor
to keep siu bat..! COPl'IN- of every style. Persons from
tlie (■tmiiti-y cau have a Coffin of any finish at oue hours'
XJ T3l_L01*st©___*in.s
•^ In all its branches.
S-ii-in-.. .eat Sofas and Chairs neatly repaired, equal to
_j_S" Ul orders Hied with promt
RTff~ Ketiiei.h.r   tlie  place—Mai
Iness and dispatch,
street,   opposite Wil-
JAMES D    BRADY.
New Fruit & Vegetable Market
TIE uu, lorsi-rmsd
ii i*,ice ties .ml I
leave to inform bin
atte-dand m_deg-<
irc_____d the entire stock of
■_ 0. Jou.v McDdxougu &Co., beg
ds and tlte public that he has re-
proveoieuts in the store, andalso
tlh the .
Grocery and Liquor Business,
A Fruit and Vegetable Market.
AT THE OLD STAND ON
(Opposite Pine's Hotel,) a few doors from Commercial   Street,
Wbere will constantly be-found a  choice assortment of
the above articles cheap for CASH,
_j_r*- Country Trailers are respectfully requested to call
and examine the gools.
_*g- All kinds of Country Produce taken  In
exchange.
;___*** Remember the place— Ojyposile Pine's Ho
tel, Main street, Los Angeles
______   G--   _G_I__i_XJXJi,
IMPORTER AND DEALER. I_i
mik   Books,  Slniile   and fancy   Stationery,
Writing Paper, <Sm. &c.
Corner of Front and Commercial Streets,
SA« rP.A_-.CI.S0O.
Luc-riftt 9, 1856. 3m
JUST   RECl-lVEI),
NEW   SPRING  GOODS.
Rich. Newmark & Co.,
COMMliKClAJL   STREET,
V_7"OULD respectt'ullv inform their I'rieiis.ls audthepuh-
VV lie generally, that they have now ou hand, and are
receiv*j_g by every steamer, a large and splendid assortment of
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods.
Also, a large assortment of
Summer OXot_l__Li_i__Lgr-
eomprising the  newest and  most fashionable styles, selected expressly for the trade in this city and vicinity.
Ladles' and Gentlemen's Hosiery in great variety,
And a thousand articles we have not room to enumerate.
Their former patrons aud the public are solicited to
examine their stock before purchasing elsewhere, as
tliey are determined to keep the best, goods, and the prices
cannot fail to suit.
Don't forget the name—Ricll, TVewmarfe.
& Co.,  COMMERCIAL STREET,     JHQ?
Important to Farmers and Others
LOS ANGELES SEWING MACHINE,
B_GS FOR SAliHi-  or matte io ordci
CHINERT, at theverylowest market rate-
toy Ma
ill be cu
furnish the olo'th, lOO lbs. sacks
and made ""or £3 per one hundred.
ALSO—Tents.   Hose,   Ceilings,   Wngon Covers
and other work of a like nature sewed with neafn
despatch. - 	
V. BEAUDRY,
Third door from Aliso Street.
Beaudry*. Block, Negro Alley. un7
ker, the two
attire funeral
were placed at his grave, in lieu of grave-stones.
But worse than thia, and far more discreditable to
relate, there were no planks placed over the coffin, as is usual in all decent burials, and the earth
was thrown directly upon it.
This was a most harrowing circumstance to my
feelings. The impressions of it have never been
erased from my memory. Even now, as I write
this hurried letter, I seem to hear the clods rattle
on that unprotected coffin, in contemptuous derision of the transcendant genius of its occupant!
It must have been equally so to the two relatives,
the single other attendant, besides the officiating
clergyman, who was himself a relative of the deceased, and who, with the ui
coachmen, and myself, mad.* ■
cortege."
         _-_.-_-»-.■ 	
" Yod Must be Happt." — . . tbe expres
sion of a geutleman made to . ..;& at his residence, while both were gazing upon a broad domain, the possession of the person addressed.—
"Happy!" was the reponse, "happy I oh! no, I
am not, for I have no little boy to break the glass."
He had been blessed with a bright-eyed little angel—angel to the household, at least—but its spirit thus early had sped away to the mansions of the
blessed. ,
Oh! what an expressive sentence was that—"I
have no little boy to break the glass." He had
been happy—truly happy, while his little one was
with him, The hours sped lightly by, and no care
or trouble seemed to rest for a moment in that
household. 'Twas hard—very hard, to part with
one so dear to them. The almost breaking hearts
refused to be comforted in the hour of their affliction, for their bright star of hope had gone to
rest, and although possessed of wealth, surrounded by everything that affluence could command,
still the father was not happy, because his little
one had gone upon that long journey from whence
there is no return.
un7
jo.Erri rice.
Hardware Store.
Till-: subscribers Having opened a store for
the sale of
HARDWARE,
respectfully inform   the inhabitants of Los
Aii'i-Ifsstiio vidtnl.. , that they are prepared to supply all
wants in their line ofbusmess, at
WHOLESALE   AHD   EETAIL,
»t the most reasonable prices.
Anions their stock may bo found  a general assort-
"ci_PENTERS' TOOLS.
NAILS OF ALL KINDS.
LOCKS. BOLTS, BUTTS AND SCREWS,
HOUSE EUiiNls. lONGS GENERALLY,
MASONS' TROWELS,
BUTCHER'S SAWS.CLEAVERSatrcl KNIVES,
BRASS KETTLES. IRONS ami SCREENS,
STEELYARDS ami Sl'RlNG BALANCES,
OX. TRACE and COIL CHAINS,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, etc., etc.
—ALSO—
CAMPHEJVE    SIDE   LAMPS,
Glass Lanterns,
O I_ OjO IS_ s.
50    dozen   superior   B E O O M S.
Also  aeir„e ri„,i (,to.i„i^^.,o,-t,„ent of
CROCKERY AIVD GLASSWARE,
at wholesale or retail.:
POTTER & Co.
.£_**BiticK Stork, Los Angei.es Stkeet.       -p.7
NOTICE TO TIIE PUBLIC.
THE public are hereby notified, that from antl !
'after tins date, I will not be responsible tar ,
any d-.ts coi,traded, or any other liabilities in- |
curred by Santiago Jose and Dolores Kms my ,
sons ; and all people are hereby tprbid Irtish,iS
the samo-o,, my account ;\and further, all parties
arc hereby forbid from purchasing Horses or other
Cattle "from said parties w.__out being properly .
vented. -
Dated Los Angoles, July 14, 1856. I
j_l? lm* MARIANO RUIS.
Carriage and Blacksmith Shop.
By JOHN GOLLER.
LOS  ANGELES   STEEET,
NEAR THE FOOT   OK COM11ERCIAL.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the publicgcuerally that
he will keep constantly on band,
and will manufacture to order,
Coaches, Buggies, Wagons, Carts &c,
in a neat and workmanlike manner. He hasou handjand
for sale a line stock of Easvern White Oak and Hickory
Plank and axels. He keeps constantly, on hand aiarge variety of Cart and ilugicy \vlu*els, .Spokes, Felloes, Shaft.,
Neck Yokes,Double and siugletreee.
Horse Shoeing and Blacksmitliing
in all its various branches, executed with promptnessand
dispatch. Particular attention "ill hi- -.ivei* tothe manufacture ami repstii- oi' I'LOU'*.. HAKK.W**-. and other Farming U utensils. He has an extensive assort ment of Iron axels, Springs, Bolts, Plow and Spring steel, and other mave-
rialpertaluint' to the business, too numerous to mention.
Also, 20 Tons of Blacksmiths' Coal,
WitLu.iiobutthebest "■"■■      ■ ,"-,■--■-.,-■
feel 6 con li dent that he ca
customers.
UD.7
JOHN GOLLER.
llie Wine and Agnardiente.Siy
The Subscriber offers for sale at his residence in this
eitv, for the benefit of whom ttmay concern, and on reasonable terms,
I 300 callous of California Wine and 400 gallons
of Aguardiente.
fe_9—tf STEPHEN C. FOSTER.
LOS ANGELES STAR
lob fruiting §.t_M§W?i_.
MAIN STKEET, opposite the Bella Union Hotel
■ proprietor of the Los AngelesSta r, would respect
nfc
t race"
Tlis
fully inform his friends aud the public, that he ha;
tust raee.ved a large and varied assort:r_ .ut of new mater!
,1 and is now prepared to execute the following descrip
U0DS°f PLAIN AND FANCY
JOB  __P___XI3WTIKTC3-.
In tlie best.style of the A_t.
Books,
pamphlets,
Bill Head-
Labels,
Posters,
Or any other descript:
Circulars,
Cards;
Deeds,
Notes,
Billets,
of Printing that may be desire.
Law Blanks,
Bills of Exchange
Bank Checks
Programmes,
Bills of Fare.
83$-Person_ wishing work done a
, Qo,ll and oxaraine specimens
3 respectfully invite
.Edgar Allen  Poe—Hia  Death and
Burial.
Dr. Soodgrasa, of Baltimore, gives the foliowiog
account of the manner of Mr. Poe's death and
burial:
"On a chilly and wet November afternoon, I
received a note, stating that a man answering to
the name of Edgar Allen Poe, who claimed to
know me, was at a drinking saloon in Lombard
street, Baltimore, in a state of deep intoxication
and great destitution. I repaired immediately to
the spot. It was an election day. When I entered the bar-room of the bouse. 1 instantly recognised the face of one that I bad often seen, and
knew well, although it wore an aspect of vacant
stupidity, that maderae shudder. The intellectual flash of his eye had vanished, or rather had
been quenched in the bowl ; but the broad capacious forehead of the authcr of the " Raven," as
you have appropriately designated him, was still
there, with width in the region of ideality, such
as few men have ever possessed. But perhaps I
would not so readily have recognised hini, had I
not been notified of his apparel. His hat, or rather the hat of somebody else, for he had evidently
been robbed of his clothing, or cheated in an ex
change, was a cheap palm leaf one, without a
band, and soiled ; his coat, of commonest alpaca,
and evidently second-hand ; and his pants of grey
mixed cassimere, dingy and badly fitting. He
wore neither vest nor neck-cloth, if I remember
aright, while his shirt was sadly crumpled and
soiled. He was so utterly stupified with liquor,
that I thought it best not to seek recognition or
conversation, especially as he was surrounded
with a crowd of drinking men, actuated by idle
curiosity rather than sympathy. Immediately I
ordered a room for him, where he could be comfortable until I got word to his relatives—for there
were several in Baltimore. Just at that moment
one or two of the persons referred to, getting in
formation of the case arrived at the post. They
declined to take private care of him, assigning as
a reason, that he had beeu very abusive and ungrateful on former occasions, when drunk, and advised that he be sent to a hospital. He was accordingly placed in a coach, and conveyed to the
Washington College Hospital, and placed under
thecare of the competent and attentive physicians
of tbat institution. So insensible was he, that we
had to carry him to the carrigae, as if a corpse.
The muscles of articulation seemed paralyzed to
speechlessness 'and mere incoherent mutterings
were all that could be beard.
He died in the hospital, after some three or four
days, during which time he enjoyedonlyoccasion-
al and fitful seasons of consciousness. His disease, as will have been anticipated, was mania a
potu—& disease whose finale is always fearful in
its maniacal manifestations. In one ofhis more
lucid moments, when asked by the physician
whether he would like to see. ;his friends, he exclaimed '• Friend! my best friend would be he who
would take a pistol and blow out my brains, and
thus relieve me of my agony.'' These were among
bis last words.
So much for the manner of the death of Mr.
Poe. It has been called forth by statements published in the newspapers, hinting that he had died
" by his own hand."
Now for the manner of his burial:
The remains ot the author of the '■Raven"' do
not lie mouldering in a corner of the Potter's
Field, at Baltimore. The.ru.-., as I- remarked is
bad enough, and discreditable enough to his relatives, not to say the city where he died. He w.as
interred in an old Presbyterian buryhig-ground on
Green street, wnich has not been much used for
many years. On a portion of ita church has since
been erected, but not over his grave. Iu the removal of the dead, which will sooner or later take.
place, it ia quite probable the bones of " Poor
Poe"'will be collected among the remains of the
friendless and unknown, and removed beyond recognition, for notbiDg but a couple of pine boards
Curious habit's, op ____,0KER_il.—Tbe habits  of
these fish are very peculiar. Ar.tl although tbey
have been taken in immense numbers for three-
quarters of a century, their habits are not well understood. Tbey often move in immense bodies,
apparently filling the ocean for miles in extent.
They are found near the surface. Somctin.es they
will take the hook with the greatest eagerness.
At othertiraes, not a mackerel will bite for days.
although milHons of them arc viaible in the water. When they are in the mood for taking the
bait, ten, twenty, and even thirty barrels, are taken
by a single vessel in a few hours. They usually
bite most freely soon after sunrise in the meriting,
and towards sunset in the evening. Thev
to bite about the same time,as if thoy „,
ated by the same impulse. They are easily ,
ened. and will then descend into deep water.
has .ften happened tbat a Sect of yes-gels bat. bc.n
lying off tbe Cape, a mile or two from shore, iu
tho midst of a school of mackerel, and taking
them rapidly upon their decks, when the firing of
a gun,or the Wast ofa rock, would send every
mackerel fathoms deep Into tbe water, as suddenly
as though.they had been converted into so many
pigs of lead ; and perhaps it would be some hours
before they would re-appear. They are caught
most abundantly near the shore, and very rarely
out of sight of land.™Peter Gott.
A Beautiful Sentiment.—Shortly b.fore tbe
departure of the lamented - Heber, for India, he
preached a sermon whioh contained this beautiful
illustration :—
"Life bears us on like a stream of a mighty river. Our boat at fh_t glides down the narrow
channel—through the playful murmuring of tbe
little brook and the winding of its grassy bowers,
The trees shed their blossoms over our ;-70ung
beads, the flowers on the brink seem to offer themselves to our young hands ; we are happy in hope,
and we grasp eagerly at the beauties around us—
but the stream hurries on, and still our hands are
empty. Our course in youth and manhood is along
a wilder and deeper flood amid objects more striking and magnificent. We are animated at the
moving pictures and enjoyment and industry passing us j we are excited at some short lived disappointment. The stream bears us on, and our joys
and griefs are alike left behind us. We may be
ship-wrecked, we cannot be delayed; whether
rough or smooth, the river hastens to its home,
till the roar of the ocean is in our ears, and the
tossing of the waves is beneath our feet, and the
land lessens from our eyes, and the floods are lifted
up around us, and we take our leave of earth and
ita inhabitants ; until our further voyage there is
no witness save the infinite and eternal!"
The Pacific Railroad.—Recent developments,
says the Louisville Courier, have rendered the
construction of a Pacific Railroad no longer problematical. The special commUt.e in Congress will
report at an early day, after business is resumed
by cur national legisl tors, a hill providing two
roads—one to be constructed by the several companies now already chartered through Iowa and
Minnesota, by a union of said roads at Fort Kearny, and from that point a single trunk road to the
navigable waters of tbe Pacific Ocean. That portion of the Not thern route whicli lies within the
State of California, will be assigned to the Saa
Francisco and Sacramento Railroad Company.
The Southern route, through Texas and by El
Paso, is to be constructed by the Pacific and Atlantic Railroad Company of California, and their
associates. From tbat point eastward through Texas, the road is apportioned to the several railroads
of Texas already chartered. These roads are to
run through El Paso to such point on the eastern
boundary of the State as they may select. The
connections with the Mississippi river are then
given to several roads of Louisiana and Arkansas
as desire to make them, and to such points on the
river as they may select. Such is the substance
of the bill, which meets general approval.
Uselessness of. Avarice.—Lord Braco was his
own factor, and collected his own rents ; in which
duties he is said to have been so rigorously exact
that, a farmer being one rent-day deficient in a
single farthing, he caused him to trudge to a considerable distance to procure that little sum, before he would grant a discharge. When the business was adjusted, the countryman said to his lordship :
"Now, Braco, I wad gie ye a shillin' for a sight
o' a' the gowed and siller ye hae."
" Weel, man," answered the miser, " it'll no cost
ye ony mair ;" and accordingly he exhibited to
the farmer several iron boxes full of gold and silver coin.
"Now," said the farmer, "I'm as rich as yourself. Braco."
"Ay, man," said his lordship, "how can that
be?"
" Because I've seen it," replied the countryman,
" and ye can do na. mair,"
___!„____. Th. W_oda of Lancashire are a distinguished family for character, wealth aud talent;
the eldest son, John Wood, has been returned
member of Parliament for Prestoa several times,
and proved himself a steady supporter of civil
and religious liberty. A laughable circumstance
once took place upon a trial iu Lancashire, where
the head ot the family, Mr. Wood, senior, was examined as a witness. Upon giving his name,
Ot.iwell Wood, the judge, addressing tbe reverend
person, said, " Pray, Mr. Wood, how do you spell
your name?"   The oid gentleman replied—
0 double T
1 double U
E double L
Double U
Double 0 D
Upon wbich the astonished lawgiver laid dowa
his pen, saying it was the most extraordinary
name he had ever met with in his life, and after
two or three attempts, declared he was nnable to
record it. The court was convulsed with laughter,
A Western Boatman.—Some years ago, one of
this class took passage for N' -■ " -leans, and for
several days seemed quite-- 5 for want  of
excitement. At last the _. *.Napoleon, in
the State of Arkansas, I Just at that
moment there was a gent., .   '' .tending all
along in front of the town, -it   that  time,
consisted of a single grocer:. i'he unhappy passenger, fidgetting about, jerking his feet up and
down as if they were upon hot bricks, inquired of
a spectator: . Strauger,ar this a free fight?"—
The reply was prompt: "Well it ar. If you
wan't to go in, you needn't stand on ceremony."
The passenger went in, and soon after came out
again, appearing to be reasonably satisfied. Groping his way on board, his hair torn out, his coat
in tatters, one eye elo.ed up, and several ofhis
teeth knocked into his throat, he sat down ou a
hen-coop and soliloquized:   ..
"S.o,thisis:Napoleon,isit? It'sjeest the most
refreshing place I've" seen for many a day."  -
The Chemistry of Life and Death.—"If I only
bend my arm," says Professor Playfair, ■' or move
my finger, there is a certain portion of the tissues
destroyed, which must be supplied by my food;
the more work a man performs, the more of those
nitrogenous substances'he requires. The other
class of food serves a very important but quite
different purpose—supplying animal heat. The
temperature of our bodies is, in temperate climates at least, higher than the surrounding air ;
and in order to keep up this temperature, a combustion goes on, similar to that of OT "-'uary
fire. The same products—carbonic a.,
ammonia—are evolved from the mo_.
furnace of the body and the mouth of a _
chimney. In cold weather a certain poi'l:-..
heat is gradually abstracted from our body, v,,. _tt
must be supplied by tbe combustion of our food,
or of the matter ofour bodies; the colder the
climate, therefore, the more heat-giving must be
the food."
The Rising Tide of Democracy.—During a few
weeks past we have had the pleasure ot recording
democratic victories almost innumerable, aud m
all parts ofthe country. Seldom have the democracy within the same period of time achieved so
leu'-'thy a consecution of triumphs. As the Oswego
Palladium well remarks : " The tide of democratic power is rising steadily and surely on every
hand. It surged up in New Hampshire, increased
handsomely in Rhode Island, has nearly overthrown the opposing billows in Connecticut, and
rides triumphant through the cities from St. Louis,
through Chicago-, Milwaukee, Clcaveland, Oswego,
Syracuse, and hundreds ol other places to Albany.
TIk'sc waves, increasing in size, are destined to
swell on. until, by the ides of Novt-mber. Ihey shal
all unitedly and harmoniously fill the. lull flood
tide of victory, whose waves are surely destined
to carry upon their crest the demo-ratio standard num
bearers of 1856. Let the glorious tide sweep on
until it overwhelms every vestige of t?*taticial
demagogueism." This it will do.- Wa.... ngton
Union.:
How Many Miles a Printer's Hand Travels.
—Although a printer may sit all day, yet in one
way he is a great traveler, (or at least bis hand is)
as we shall prove. A good printer will set 8,000
ems a day, or 21.000 letters. The distance traveled over by his hand will average about one foot
per letter, going to the boxes iu whicli ihey are
contained, and of course returning, making two
feet for every letter he sets. This would make a
distance each day of 48,000 feet, or a little more
than nine miles ; and, in tne course of the year,
leaving out Sundays, the member travel, over
3,000 miles.   ;
A Grammatical Pupil.—A school master, after
giving one of his scholars a sound drubbing for
speaking bad grammar, sent him to the olher end
of the room to inform another boy that lie wished
to speak to him, and, at the same time, , mmising
to repeat the dose if bespoke to him ungrammatically. The youngster, quite sati.sli.d with what
he had got. determined to be exact, aud thus addressed his fellow pupil: "There is a common
bubstantive, of the masculine gender, singular
ber, nominative case, aud in an angry mood,
that sits perched upou the eminence at the other
side of the room, wishes to articulate a lew sen-
fences to you in the present tense.
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