The Heart'- Guests.
When age has cast its fhadows
O'er life's declining way.
And the evening twilight gathers
Round our departing day—
Then WB fhall sit and ponder
On the dim and shadowy past;
Wiihin tbe heart's still chambers
The guests will gather fast.
The Tri'Mids. in youth we cherished
Shall cOim* to us once more,
A-_itiu iy hold .omroaaiori
A- ni ihf Any. of yore.
TIh-v ti...v best*>rn and sombre j
TiK-v u ov br young aud lair;
h\\c th"- heart rtill have its chambers ;
The guests .shall gather theie.
How shall ii hr. my sisters?
Who. then, shall "be our guests?
Uow Phall it be. my brothers,
■Vlivn litc's. shadows on us rests.
Shall wc not, midt-t the silence,
In accents soft and low,
Then hear familiar voices.
And words of loug ago*.
Shall we not see dear faces,
Sweet smiling as of old?
Till the mists of that still chamber
Are sunset clouds of gold?
When age has cast it_ shadows
O'er life's declining way,
And the evening twilight gathers
Round our departing day ?
lingered long upon the hill. The tlmodera pealed, aud they rose at the command, diffusing waves
of light over the expanse of heaven. The chprus
was heard, still magnificent and melancholy, until
their splendor was diminished to the brightness
ofa star. Then the thunder roared again. The
cloudy temple was scattered on tbe wind, and
darkness, the omen ofthe grave, settled upon Jerusalem.
»1
Hniniuisrc^btofecnuitis,
SLOAN,   HARTMAK  &   BLOOD,
ATTORNEYS   AT   LAW,
San Frim .laco. -
0ffi-_-SOl:TH-Y;___T OoKNKK MONTGOMERY A*iD
c*0*,r.\!j_uaA_, ^'RKi'T_-.-F_araii _.. ou Commercial.
Particular attention given to business. In tho ,.u[*ier.!0
Court ofthis i-State. ami the U.  .. Courts. ,l-i— 3m
Tine Pall of Jerusalem.
One ofthe most splendid sketches it ha3 ever
Been- our fortune to peruse, is that by Croly, who
in one of his works, thus describes the fall of Je-
ruealeittw—
The fall of our illustrious and happy city was
miper natural.    The destruction of the conquered
was against the first principles ofthe Roman policy J and to the last hour of our national existence,
Rome held out offers of peace, and lamented cur
frantic disposition to be undone.   Rut the decree
had gone forth frotr_a mightier throne.     Spring
the latter days of the siege, a hostility,  to which
that of man was a grain of sant. to   the  tempest
that) drives i t on, overpowered our strength and se_-
1   sea.    Fearful shapes and voices in the air ; yisious
startling us from our short  and troubled  sleep ;
lunacy in its hideous forms ; sudden death   in the
midst ot vigor j the fury of tlio elements let loose
upon unsheltered* heads—-we had every terror and
evil that could beset human nature, but pestilence,
the most probable of nil in a city crowded with the
famishini.,   the  diseased,- the   wounded  and   tbe
dead.   Yet, thotfgh tire streets were covered with
iinburied bodies ; though   every well and trench
was teeming with them1; though six hundred thou"
sand corpses lay flung over tho ramparts and naked to the sun—pestilence came not, for, if it had
come, the enemy would have been  scared away*
But "the abomination of desolation," the  pagan
Standard was  fixed ; it was to   remain   until  the
plough h.td passed over the city of Jerusalem. On
tliis fatal night, no man laid his head   upon his
•pillow.    Heaven and' earth were in conSict.    Meteors burned* above us; the ground shook  under
out feet;- the wind, burst forth in irresistible b-laatsi
and swept the living and the dead, in whirlwinds,
lar into the desert.    We  heard the  bellowing of
the distant Mediterranean, as if its- waters were at
our side, swelled by the d.luge.     The   lakes and
_ivers roared, ami inundated the la-nd.     The fiery
swordaho. forth ten-fold  fee.     Thunder   pealed
from every quarter of the hen-feus..    Lightning,
hi immense sheets, of an intensity and! duration
that tamed1 the darkness into more than day, withering eye and' soul, burned from*- the zenith to the
ground, and u__rl_ed its track by forests of flame
and shattered the summits of the Villi
Defence was unthought of, for the mortal enemy
had passed front tho n_ind. Out hearts quaked
■with lear ; but it was to* see the powers of heaven
shaken. AU cast away the shield nnd tbe spear,
and crouched before the descending JM-.gn_.nl.
We were conscience smitten. Ou-r cries of remorse,
anguish audhorror, were .heard through the up-
j-oar ofthe storm-. We howled to tbe caverns to
hide us, we plunged into sepulchres to escape the
wra.h that consumed the living ; we wou'ldi have
Buried ourselves under the mountains.
I k-ucw the cause, the unspeakable cause,, and
_tnew the last hour of crime was at band. A few
fugitives, astonished to sec on. man among tbem
not sunk-into the lowest feebleness of fear, came
around me, and besought me to lead thena to some
place of safety; I openly counselled them to die
iu the hallowed ground of the temple. They followed', and I led through streets encumbered with
every shape of human su0eru_g, to the foot ol'
Mount Moriah. Eut beyond that we found «_-
-pance impossible. Piles of clouds whose darkness
was palpable, even in tbe midnight in wbich
stood, covered the holy hill. Impatient, and not
to be dauntedby anything tbat mau could over
come. I cheered my disheartened band, and at
tempted to lead tbe way up tbe as_. nt. But I had
scarcely entered the cloud, when J was swept
down by a girt that tore the rocks in a flinty
shower around-me. Aud now came the last and
most wouderful sign, that marked the fate of rejected Israel.-
While I lay helpless, I heart, the whirlwind* roar
through the cloudy hill, and the vapors began to
revolve. A pale light, like tbat of the risin,
moon, quivered on the edges, and the clouds rose
rapidly, shaping themselves into forms of battlements and towers, The sound of voices was heard
within, low and distinct, yet strangely sweet. Still
the lustre brightened. »nd the airy building rose,
tower on tower, and battlement on battlement. In
awe that held-us mu-te, we ko.lt and gazed on
this more than mortal architecture, tbat continued rising and spreading, and glowing with a se-
rener light, still soft and silvery, yet to which the
broadest moonbeam was dim. At last it stood
forth from earth lo heaven, the colossal image of
the first temple; of the building raised by the
wisest of men, on. consecrated to the visible glory.
All Jerusalem saw the image, and the shout
' that, in the middle of their despair, ascended
from its thousands and tens of thousands, told what
proud rem_u.i.rarii.._ tiiere were. But a hymn was
heard that might have bushed the world beside.
Never Jell ou my ear, never on bu nan sense, a
sound so majestic, yet so-Bubduing ; so full of melancholy, yet of grandeur, ;_i_d command. This
vast portal opened-, and from, it marched a host,
such as man hud n*:ver _ee.i before, such as mau
shall never .see hut mice again ;- the guardian angels of ihe City of David . Tbey came forth gloriously, but with- woe in all tbeir step*. ;■ the stars
upon their helmet.- uiuv; thi.ii* robes stained; tears
■flowing down. their cheek-' of celestial beauty.
" Let us go hence,-' Ewelled. upon th. night, to
the uUer ai os. .in...e of the land.
Going to S-EKP-—It la a delicious moment certainly, that of being well nestled in the bed and
feeling that you can gently drop to sleep. The
good is to come—not passed : the limbs have just
been enough tired to render tbe remaining in one
position delightful; the labor ofthe day is gone. A
gentle failure of the perception creeps over you,
the spirit of consciousness disengages itself more
and more, and with slow aud bushing degrees,
like a mother detatching her hand from that of her
sleeping child, tbe mind seems to have a balmy lid
cover It like the eve—'tis closed. The mysterious
spirit has gone to take its airy rounds.
Resistance to Ridicule.—Learn from the earliest day to inure your principles against the peril
of ridicule ; you can no more exercise your res-
sou, if you liveiu the constant dread of luugbte'*,
than you can enjoy your life it you arc ln the
constant terror of death. It you think it right to
differ irom the times, and to make a point of morals, do it, however rustic, however antiyuatcd.
however pedantic it may appear; do it, not for
insolence, but seriously and grandly—aa a man
who wore a soul of his own in his bosom, and did
uot wait till it was breathed into him by the
breath of fashion.—Sydney Smith.
Clothing I   Clothing ! 1
JENNINGS   &   BREWSTER,
Manufacturers and Jobbers of Clothing,
No.  7*_ Battery Str.-t,
3AN FRANCISCO,
-TTroULIi re_p..t fully call the attention of buyers to
W tlit-if Is,,!;, an.l well as.ovtpd stock olSl-KlKU AND
SUMMER CLOTHING, ou_ai„tin_:<.f—
PANTS.
New strips plain and fancy eoss. Pant* ;
jNeiv . t'vlo_ plain aius tauey satin, t Ps__t„ ;
Black Does-kin and .ftS-im«e Pant.-* ;
____.art.il __.titu.ky Jean Pants ;
Linen duck an. drill pant... ,
VESTS.
"While and _____ ".I___-ill._ Vesta ;
Plain and F___v _as-.ime.-_- Vents ;
Plain and Fane*-- siik vests ;
SUITS.
Plain aad fancy caBaimero Bufffnesfl Suits ;■
Plain and -Ik-cI; linen Business Suits ,
COATS.
Black eltith Frock Coats ;
DRAWERS  AND SHIRTS.
Gi-av and V. llttO Merino Shirts and Drawers ;
Hickory. Check and Flannel Shirts.
OVERALLS AND SOUKS,
Denim Jumps**-*- and Overalls ;
Cotton. Mei-itioaiKl Wool *._.„._.
HATS, BLANKETS, &c.
In ailiMtuin to the ii'bove, we  have a flue assortment ol
...iris .iceiieritHy knnt jii_..ur Hue juT—-I*.-
San ifrantisto
F. SU. Strobridge & Co.,
WHOLESALE AND  RETAIL
CLOTHING EMPORIUM,
CORNER OF
COMMERCIAL  AND SANSOME STREETS,
Under St. _Vtcho_.ua Hot.l,
SAN FRANCISCO,
M_.0_pideUMMM____U.rf
*>nt Iti-i-ii*.   J. urnlsimig
(_ockVs ever opened
...itit Jr„__i„.a %)>hx\hmi\\$.
OFFER the largest
Clothing   and
wc j,.cr
i fro
W.i are recoil*
tory fu-New Yu    .
The Latest and most Fashionable Styles
ofall _______ of
CLOTHSl CASSIMERS! TAILOR'S TRIMMINGS!
And Billiard Cloths !
I BEG leave to inform the public in general that
I keep constantly on hand ft complete and well
assorted stock of •
Cloths- CiUH.In_._rel, Tailor's Trimmings, BllllnM
Cloths, Velvets and V.-stltif*;.
of all descriptions.
Importing all these articles only (rom the most
prominent European Factories, I am able to _„ti_-
fy all reasonable demands. I am willing to _.l)
in quantities to suit, and soliciting orders I guarantee ihey will be executed faithfully and with
despatch. A. U BLUMENTHAL.
Sun Frari'eipob, Sacramento street, 142, between
Kearny &ud Montgomery. aug_6 3m
The Right Kjsd of Oratory.—It was a beautiful criticism made by Longinus upon the effect of
the speaking of Cicero and Demosthenes. He
said the people would go from oue of Cicero's orations exclaiming: "What a beautiful speaker!
What a rich, fine voice I What an eloquent man
Cicero is!" They talked of Cicero; but when
they left Demosthenes; they said. "Let ns fig'
Philip!" Losing sight of the speaker, they were
all absorbed in tbe subjeet; tbey thought not of
Demosthenes, but of their country.
— —-..»'  ■. __ » ■■  tat» —
"Where are You Goixg?"—An anecdote is
told of Finney, tbe revivalist, aud a canaler, to
the following effect:
He was holding forth in Rochester, and in walking the canal one day, came  across a boatman who was swearing furiously.     Marching up,
he confronted him, and abruptly asked—
"Sir, do you'know where you are going V!
The unsuspecting man innocently replied that
he was going up the   canal  on  the boat Johnny
Sands.
No, sir.* you are not,-' continued Finney, ■' you
are going to hell faster than a canal boat can convey you."
The boatman looked at him in astonishment for
a minute, aud then returned the question :
"Sir, do you know where you are going?'*
" I expect to go to heaven."
" No, sir, you are going into the canal."
And he tossed the parson in.
 ■_._- ,,-.»■■«>. —
A good story is told ofa tall, rawboned fellow,
who went into the market house, and seeing a
large hog on exhibition, was mightily struck with
it.
'■I swear," said he, "that's a great hog. Iswear
I never saw a liner looking one in my life. I swear
what short legs he's got.    I swear ,:—
'■' Look here, my friend," said a little dry-looking individual, trotting up, "you must not swear
so."
"I swear I should like lo know why," said the
hard swearer, with an ominous look.
"Because," said the little man, "swearing it
agin the law, and I shall have to commit you."
" Are you ajustice of tbe peace '." inquired this
swearer.
Yes, sir," was the reply.
Well, I swear," said the profane one. •' I an
more astonished at that than I was about theothei
hog .-"
-_— ->«—-8>-_>^.»»-—,—	
Speaking of doctors reminds us oi a very gtod
thing that the celebrated Zimmerman said to
Frederick the Great. The king was in his last illness, and one day said- to his physician, Zimmerman : " You have I presume, in your day, helped
many a man into the other world?"
This was rather a bitter pill for the Doctor, but
he gave a dose in return wben he replied.
" Not so many as your Majesty, nor with so much
honor to myself."
JudgeS. of Pennsylvania, a great sportsman
and something of an epicure, invited his friend
Squire W. to dine with him, having some game
which had been kept until it was quite ripe. Tbe
Judge noticed the abstemiousness of his guest, and
endeavored to'obviate it by placing choice morsels before him. He cut a fine large *di_e from
the breast of a prairie chicken and bunded it to
him saying, "There, squire, I gue__ that you will
like that j its a good piece," " Yea, its good, but
how li ke thunder it sm°lls.'" said W. "Well
well, growled the old Judge, " a man comes to the
table to eathisvictuals not to smell of rem."
A Terrible Rebuke.—Au exchange say., when
Monroe was about to be hung, the executioner said
to him, " vVhat have I done to you that you should
treat me iu this mauaer _"
'•You sold me liquor years ago," said the murderer, " which sowed the seeds of dissipation, aad
now you're going to send my soul to hell ! God
damn you, PU meet you there /"
Genius will 0_t.—It is said that & Yankee baby will crawl out of his cradle, take a survey of
it, invent an improvement, aad apply for a patent
before he is six mouths old."
A Curious Fact.—It is an inexplicable fact that
men buried uan avalanche of Bnow hear distinctly every word utterred by thoso who are seeking
for them, while their most strenuous about, fail to
penetrate even a few feet of the snow !
A stranger is received according to his dress,
and takeu loavc of according to his merit.
If civilization means anything,, it rau.t mean the
rendering more easy the application ofthe principles of common sense, reason and justice to all
the affairs of life.
Drugs   and   Med£cines_
_0.©<__li-_x___;t*t_>x_. c&; Oo-,
114 Battery Street,
SAJ\ FRANCISCO,
/•VFFER.or sale, Ex "Darling," "Tornado." and "-Re-
Fine, P.la.k, _*;.<
* .nd Heavy
A 1*0,
aa. Blue Dress a
ov Silk Velvet. Satin and  Cloth Vests;
mere ami Cloth Business. Suits, etc.
irtment of Hats  and  Caps eoiistantly
1   li.!
White and Check Linen und Cotton Shirts;
Mne.ilk, Merino furl Cotton Undershirts and Drawer.
___ri., Crav'itr.   Ni-ck Ti.s. Sii.penders;
Coll-u-s. H;i.ndkerehi-_-f_. Cloves;
En.'-li-li   ,__.ino it nd Cotton Hull' Hose. eti:.. etc.
Everything  connected   with :
Gentlemen's   Furaishing   Goods
constantly on hand.
A large and complete assortment of
^X_.XJ-_LXO.OX"    GrOOdS
a_y for stile.
_ $100,Ohm. -
j invit
call ands
all, '
The Eyes I   The Eyes
x»_-. es. "ee. :_"»._-.:e____.:e___.
OCULIST.
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and dolic-i.e un 0
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of tin- ■'•never fi
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Drugs, Medicines,
Perfumery,   Fancy  Articles,   _c
Crowell,  Crane & Brigham,
(Late E. Ciamell Sf Co..)
DRUGS," CHEMICALS^.Y.l," PATENt'nIEDI
cines, Perfumery, Fancy Articles, &c,
131 COMllElt'JIAl. tfl-UEEIS, (LONG __A.FJ
San Francisco.
Ol-^eXeXTfiV^-X'f^^
Druggists, Chemists, _ Assay ers' I u,
C_rX_-sis _>c__,xre>, cfco.
D';is=::_^s;^'_sl,
UNITED STATES OFFICERS.
'ted States District  Court for the Southern
District of  California:
I. S. K. Ogier. Judge j P. Ord. District Attorney J C. E. Carr, Clerk ; E. Hunter, Marshal.
United Slates XXanA Office, for the Southern _0i'_-
trict of California:
Andres Pico, Receiver; II. P. Dorsey, r.cgister.
United States Court of Claims ;
C- E. Carr, Commissioner.
Customs Department—(San Pedro).
Collector—Col. Isaac Williams; Deputy— J. F.
Stephens.
Postmatters :
J,S. Wait., Los Angeles.
G. C. Alexander, San Pedro.
Thomas Bunlit k, San Gabriel-
Ira Thompson, Monte.
'_ Judicial District, cornpr-.sing the covntitt nf
-s- AngeleS, San Bernardiao and San Diego,
First District Court.—Judge—Benj. H_v__.
COUNTY   0I-FICE1IS.
County Court—Win. G. Dryden. Judge.
Aflflnciate Judges—James P, Burns   aud C.
-_n_n {!____,
Sherill—0. E. Hale; Undei
rson ; Deputy—J. J. Myers,
County Treasurer—H. K. Alexander.
County Assessor—Antonio F. Coronel ;: DepflH**
-.1. H.Ccli'inan.
County Survevor—II. Hancock.
Public Administpa'ur—31. Keller.
Sniierintendeut of Public   Schools—Ja_ne_   F_
O.
Sheriff—W. H, P*.
District Attorney—(.. E. Thorn.
Coroner—%.ll. Snead;
Couuty Clark—John V\'. Shore; Deputy—J.
A_
_inclinian.
Jailer—Francis Carpenter.
Board of Supervi. ol**— Thos. Burdich. Cl^ir-
nan ; David Lewis. John Foreter, Jus. B. Stxr.vu,-
Jhristoljul Aguilar.
Los
DEMI.   WIRE   WORKS-.
MANUFACTORY  OF
Wire Cloth, Wire Netting,
Sand.   Wheat,  Corn and Coal Screens,  Sieves,
Bird Cage*, Fenders and Fire Guards,
Meat.  Safes. Dish Coves, Patent
Gauze  Window Blinds,
Wire Fencing, Sec.
No. 108 CLAY' STREET,
JETtl __.YBA TTERY AJYJ} SAoYSUME,
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..I'i-CIITCO  INVALCABLK FUF. INTItODUCHIO
PREMIUM  WIREi CLOTH,
For  Flour   and  Fanning  Mills   and   Threshing
ju7—_m Machines.
If you waut to see a black equal], just loolt  at
occasion __. negro bal-iy attack.d with tbe cholic.
_____   _E*_  ^,XJS3_3C_E___i_Ft'_S
ADVERTISING    AGENCY,
Iron B:uild'i?ig, opposite  Pacific Express   Company's Office, up stairs.
SAI* FRANCISCO..
4   DTEKTISEMENTS AND .UBSCIUPTION1. .solicTi.fl- for
___ [he following darned [laji
ii to Un-
. Joaqui.  Rcpubli.an,    Wei
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vi.iFj.D..mo<
u Democrat,  [I'l_-
s Chronicle, [Molt.
lowa'Ml. StA
Vuloafltri^teflr,
S_nJo.e*;e^raph*,
I'ot.-ilin.a.J_.r,.*.-i!,
California Fanmor,
Loa Anj-siesStar. [I,o__l
geles."]
Santa Barbara Gazette,
San Pic-go K<_.„-__,
Vallejo Ilulletin,
Leader, [Oaklaud,]
Humboldt Times,
Ci tb. v r-
Hill,
-.ha.-sta'Couni-r,
Empire Arj.us, [Coloma,]
Mariposa Gazette,
Oriental, [Chines and T.nrli. h.j _an Fr..nci.c«.
Oregonian. [Portland Oregon Territory,]
Oregon Statcsraan, [Salem, Oregon Territory,.]
Pion--erau-. numocvat. [Olympia, Pugot Sound, W. T.]
Puget, Sound ^oui-ier, '^teilar.nt. in, Pi.^ct f-otind, W, T.l
Polynesian, [Honolulu. Sandwich Islands.]
Advertising; In th. Atlantic States.
L. P. F. Will al. o attend to forwarding adverti. eraenti-
to papers published in any portion of the Atlantic Ptat.-s
,iu7_tf
LO. ANGELES STAR
|_.' 1 riding feteMi.j-raf.
MAIN STREET, oppo_ito tie Bella Union Hotel.
Th* proprietor of the Los AngelesStar, wouldreppect
fully inform his   friends and   the public,  that   he hat
ju?trr-c_iTed a large and varied assortment of now materi
_],and is now prepared to execute the following deKcrip
PLAIN AND FANCY
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and leaving ii uncalled i'ov.i^ prim a facia evidence"
of intentional frtuul.
Postmasters Mould oblige, hy a f*tri..t fnl-llrticnt
of the regulations reqalrinp tbem to notify I'ub-
lishers, once in three month*:, of papers not't-_k_i.
from their office by _ul.__ribe._.
Pistaiv.ce**'-
The following table of distances _-n__ me.i»urei.
-with a viameter, by Capt. "Warner, ofthe U/
__■-■ Topographical Eugin__r_, in the _ummcr'
of 1S43 :-—
From San Fran;.i_co to Mission Dolores..'._ miles.
In Oie best style of tlie Art-
Circulars. Law Blanks,
Card.; Bm_.of_____.a__,
Deeds, Bank Oliecka
Motes, P^ogrammcit,
Billets,               _   Bills of Fare,
Or any other de.cription of Pristine t-****-*- ma-y be deBire
j_£-_er_on_ wishing work done are respectfully (ttrWe.
■j call and e_amine .p.eimen..
Books,
Faraphlcl!
Bill Head
____g1s,
Posfm,s-
Dr
INSTON,
IB Augelos.
Iitnta de Agentes en dEiitndo.
Dr. J. B. WINSTON, Lou Angeles.
R. K. STARKWBATHER, Botuia de la Ciudad, Facramento
RICE, COFFIN Y CA., Boticarioi; Marysville. '
W. II. BRUNER, Botii-a, de Tuotunvoe, Sonora
BENJ. SHURVLEFF, Botica de Shasta, Shasta..
CHILD itWOBTHEN,     "      " Pl'acerville, Fi_.ccr-._13e
."U.TIN OATFS, Jr.  Ciurjad ,).-, Ssi .-si.ment-r-
Dr. R. W, CARR, Downiorillc,
Dr. JOHN" LARK, Nevada.
Dr. TV. H. GATGIFF, Yreka.
TVHALEY _ MORSE, San Diego.
GEORGE X,. STOIIY/Portha. 0, Tj
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Santa Clara	
_*an  Jose	
Murphy's	
San Juan	
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Honterey	
Mfssiotl Soledad..
Ojitos.,	
San Miguel	
Brakes' Ranch ...
Sanla Margarita.
San Luis  ObtspO,
Capt. Dana'f*	
Los  Alamos	
Santa  Jne_ ,
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VOL. VI.
Cos Angeles Star:
PUBLISHED EVEUT SATURDAY  MOItNI-JG,
At Cetia'Building,   Main Street, Los Angeles,
(Opposite Bella Union Hotel,)
BY   H.   HAMILTON.
LOS   ANGELES,  CAL.,   SATUEDAY,   SEPTEMBEK  135   1856.
NO. 18,
famm fok
TERMS:
Ktftliscription, per annum, in advance.
Fot-Stx Months,	
'For Tfcree Months ".'
Single Number 	
$5 00
. 3 00
. 2 00
.  0 25
Advertisements inserte at TwoDollars per square
of ten lines, for the first insertion ; and One
Dollar per square for each subsequent insertion.
A liberal deduction made to Yearly Advertisers.
A(Jemt_.—The following gentlemen are authorized Agents for the Staii :
L. P. Fi.iiKit san Francisco.
F- D- Hall San Gabriel,
Me-ars. Ksoi _c WHISTtaE Monte.
Col. Ira TuoarrioN Monte.
N, Gl-H. ; Santa Barbara.
JuoqbD. A. Tiiomab San Bernardino.
L. M. Jacobs. Sa-rt Diego.
' E- ™0M- 0. SMS.
THOM & SIMS,
Attorneys and Counsellors at I.av
office—om maim- street,
(Opposite tlie Bella Union Hotel.) uo'
JolasKi. -%i%r.   Sliore,
COUNTY CLERK.
Fees   pnya.lu   Invariably   It,   advance.
X>-*.  Carter,
OFFICE   AMD   DRUG    STORE
LOS ANGELES  STREET,
Adjoining Keller's Store.
. K. Jo
H.
JOHNSON & ALLANSON,
Successors  lo   Alexander   _   Mdlvs.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers  In   GENERAL
MERCHANDISE,
MAIM STREET. Los Angeles. v,n7
WELLS, FAUGO & CO'S
-3 _S__=• 3E_ __3 m S .
A Joint _tt.__.__ Company ivltli a capital of
SsiOO.OOO,
WXXaX* tllspntcl. an Bxprc_g from tlie City of
Lou An-Ble., by every rite.iuer, to all parti of Cali-
_rui_, Oregon, the AU_.iiti_s-ital.e_ nnd liuriipe, in charge
of re-jular ami esperieiiced  Mun.seHirers.
tBTTBR .P1RCELS, FACKA6BS and TREASURE
ceselvuduiitl conveyed to destination ivith satety and dls-
patcli. OollBCtious made, Order_ and Cuiiimisisions filled,
.-_nds-.il bu_ine_„ pi*rtaiuing to an Express and forwarding
buiine.s. attended to with promptness aud care.
Sight billt- sifs'xcksui-.. [truetired cm all the principal cities
_f the Atlantic States, Or.gou aud Europe.
tin*. it- S   Ar.EXAN'DEa, Ahknt.
i rog
rACIFIC EXPRESS COMPANY,
THK undersigned.   Agent
of the " I'ACIFIC EXl'llK-s". -_
COMPANY"," will ileapatohby t
r___. in charge ofa Special ______ njer, to
SANTA BARBARA-
SAN LUIS OBTSPO,
MONTEREY,
SAN FRANCISCO, and
All parts of Northern and Southern Alines.
—._r__o —
Or__j.it,   .Vtlmitlc   _t_.te.   and   Europe.
COLI.F.CTION'S mad. in all of the above named placer..
TBP:..nUItE,  I'Ai.CBl.-,   PACKAGES and  LETTEliS  for-
UitA-TS purchased in Sau Francisco on tho Atlantic
States and Europe.
Particular attention paid to tlie forwarding of Gold Dust
to the Mint for coinage.
Tre.-oun;, Letter*, etc., r-ceivisd up to the latest moment
and Hn^ured to d«_titiatiuu
u,i7 .JOS.  A. FORT. A_:«at.
..rape lioxcs aiul Suwdust
mHE UN*;iEi.*IG>,'IvI)   HA
X  f'tririA i.r;ipe Packer..
hey can be had fro
rde. Immediately.
SOLOMON   LAZARD,
IMrOltTER,
And Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
French,   I.nglisH   and   American
Dry Goods.
Corner of Melius Row, Los Angeles.      aug 9
AUG. W. TIMMS.
Forwurding and Commission Merchant,
San Pedro axd Los An*geles,Cai_.,
tT H. READ, Agent,  I_o_  Angeles.
_____   Gc.  -E-C.A.T.iXjy
IMPOItTER AND DEALER IK
Blaak   Books, Staple   anil  fancy   Stationery.
"Writing Paper, &c. __c.
Corner of Front and Commercial Streets,
SAN FRANCISCO.
August 9, 1856. 3m
Gr
fiP, WOOL il SHIP SKI. '
___=t ja 1 %y Tcl _i--S ____!■© __»•__*__> ii
IVES NOTICE TO THE RANCHEROS AND
Butchers ol tbis vicinity tliat lie will give the
highest price for Hides,  Calf, Sheep, and Goat
Skins, aud for Wool.
pg- Liberal advances made on contracts for
the coming clip of Wool.
X3_J__C_3_3__-.,
A general assortment ol Red wood and Pine
Lumber, lor sale at the Lumber Yard on Alameda
street, near Aliso street.
NEW   ESTABLISHMENT.
Cabinet Miking, Upholstering and
UNDERTAKING.
At-gi-IO!
and
that he is.
.-.ctitrvn:, at hi_ new stand on MAIM SI
nouth of the United States H'tel, Fu
• tyle and finish ..n the mo. t reasonable t_i
The Uudertakin
SlitU
Will r.ceiv. the .
o Iceep ou hand Cs
FFI
Business
.est attention, as he will endeat
IA of every style. Persona fn
Collin of any iini-h at one ho.
UphOlsterin
■^ I.i ail its bi-atiehes.
Spring 3e_t Sofas and Chairs neatly repaired, equ
Iff- All order, filled wiih prompt
:r* filled with prt
btir   the   place—
d dlftpa tch.
,   opposiie WH-
JAMES D    BRADY.
Sew Fruit & Vegetable Market
rf*..IE undersigned ha
i GrsiceriesandLi-!,
as UgDoMOcoH i Co.;
the publio that he Ii;l.
. to Infirm Ins frte
nttod and mado great ii
opened, in connection with the
Grocery and Liquor Ba iness,
A Fruit and Vegetable Market,
AT THE OLD STAND ON
im: ______ ii_; rwr B_Sf3C ■«.«=_ __e_ •____-,
(Opposite Pine's Hotel,) a few doors from Com
mercial   Street,
Where will constantly be   found   a   choice  ussortment of
the above articles cheap for CASH.
aSf- Country Trader, are respectfully requested to call
and examine the goo-r. .      -
4_T 411 kind, of Country Produce taken   In
«xclinnge.
7128- Remember the place —Opposiie Pine's Ho
tcl. Main street, Los Angeles.
' 7 JOSEPH RICE.
JUST  RECEIVED,
NEW  SPUING  GOODS.
Rich7 Newmark & Co.,
W
COittftXKKCJAL   STREET
rOL'l.Il respt'ctrully itifuvm their
lie-,'enei-ally, that th.-y have n
,-i.ig by every sWanier, a largt
tlie pub-
Iiaud. and are
plcudid assort-
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods.
Also, i*. Urge assortment of
S*vs.a___i3__a'exB Clotliing.
lected expressly for the trade in this cily nnd viciuity.
Lad!«_'and _rcntl4-iu.it's Hosiery In great variety,
And a thousand articles we have not room to enumerate.
Their former patrons and the public are solicited to
examine their stock belore puroha*.ine elsewhere, as
they are .etermined to keep tbe best goods, and the prices
DonH forget the name— _____.__, Newmark
& CO., COMMERCIAL STREET,     jutii
Extracts from ifc Hiawatha '?
[Criticsmay differ as they will on tire merits of
Longfellow's last poem, as an artistic' producti'on--
Imt every one who reads  the English* language,
will find in these extracts the flow of true poetry.
The first forms a sort of preface to Hiawath'a _
Ye who love the haunts of Nature,
Love the sunshine of the meadow,
Love the shadow of the forest,
Love the wind among Ihe branches,
And the rain-shower and thesnow-atorm',-
And the rushing of great river-
Through their palisades of pine-trees,
And the thunder in the mountains.
Whose innumerable echoes
Flap like eagles, in their eyries ;—
Listen to these wild traditions,
To this song of Hiawalha!
Ye who love a natioirs legends.
Love thebaliads of a people,
That like voices from afar off
Ci\ll lo us to pause and listen,
Speak in tones _o plain and childlike
Scarcely can the ear distinguish
Whether thev are sung or spoken j—
Listen to this Indian Legend,
To this song of Hiawatha !
Ye whose hearts are fresh and pimple,
"Who have faith in God and Nature,
Who believe, that in all ages
Every human heart is human,
That even in savage bosoms
Tiiere are longings, yearnings, strivings
Eor the good they comprehend not,
That the feeble hands and helpless,
Groping blindly in the darkness,
Touch God's right hand in that darkness
Abdare lifted up and strengthened ;—
Listen to this simple story,
To this song of Hiawatha 1
Ye who sometimes, in your rambles
Through the green lanes of the country,
Where the tangled barberry-bus!)es
Hang their tufts of crimson berries
Over stone walls gray with mos-ses,
Pause by some neglected graveyard,
For a while to muse and ponder
On a hall-effaced inscription,
Written with little skill of song-craft,
Homely phrases, but each letter
Full of hope and yet of heart-break,
Full of all the tender pathos
Of tbe Here and the Hereafter ;—
Stay and read this tude inscription,
Head thissong of Hiawatha!
Winter and Famine.
0, the long and dreary winter !
0. the cold and cruel winter I
Ever thicker, thickar, thicker,
Froze the ice on lake and river ;
Ever deeper, deeper, deeper,
Fell the snow over the landscape,
Fe'l the covering snow, and drifted
Through the forest, round the village.
Hardly from his buried wigwam
Cou d the huniet force a passage ;
With his mitten., and his snow shoes
Vainly walked he through the forest,
Sought for bird or beast and lound ucue,
Saw no truck of deer or rabbit,
In the snow beheld nn footprints,
In the ghastly, gleaming forest
Fed. and could uotri.e from weakness,
Perished there from cold and hunger.
O. the famine and the fever!
0, the wasting-of the famine!
O, the blasting ol the fever!
O, the wailing of the children!
0, the auguish of the women!
All the earth was sick and famished ;
Hungry was the air around them,
Aud thehungry stars in heaven
Like the eyes wolves glared at them!
NOTICE I!
Wood o
Santa Anita,
Notice.
HERE.;*" eiVENt   that all pet
Rancho of
■vill be pro
tin ...( Sau Gabriel
tie Law.
JOSEPH A. EOWE
restraining himself, cautiously opened the door,
and watched the old man as he entered, tt was
fitte_upwit_ plain, old f.shioned furniture,—
there was no carpet on the floor, there we.e rude
beams overhead. Six straight backed, antique
chairs stood agsdnst the wall, together with a
table of venerable oak. An old fashioned beaufet
was set in one corner ; a sampler very much faded,
and enclosed iu a black frame,- hung between the
windows, and an arm chair whose age was over
one hundred years, occupied a nook in the fireplace'.
Thcold man'stood'in silence for a moment, then
reverently toot oil his hat. Hlis thin lips were
quivei'ing, large tears stood in his dim bine eyes,
which ever and anon h'e shut, as if mastering some
strong emotion. Thenhebenf; forward; and resting his clasped'handffiipon the Old chair back, he
mn'nnu'red, " My Mother I" an_! there came a sob
from the depth's of his aged -..art, his head fell
upon his band., and he' wept like a child.
It was*, ery .oUcli.ng to see the few gray hairs
flutter on his temple's—and still more eo as the
hale and vigorous brother folded his arms about
that bowed down form, murmuring, " I must take
care of yotf now.- This is your room. Many miles
have I traveled to gather together the scattered
furniture that was so dear to us in the old homestead. Strangers hare sat here often since she
died, but nevertheless, it is a mother's chair.—
Welcome home—my brother.''
It is long since the'old man went to his better
rest, but his words still sound in our ears, " hold
them loosely, brother," and we have been tempted
to exclaim, when beholding those to whom God has
given great gifts or lovely possessions," hold them
loosely, brother."
You who hav. wealth—who* never knew the
canker tbat eats up the very heart'wben the body
is overtasked, and yet the hard wearing aud labor
brings not eveu food enough for the hungry little
children—hold that wealth loosely. It is not yours
A breath may dissolve it; the snapping of one
tender chord may send yon to the shadows that lie
over the grave-yard. It is God's wealth-hold it wiih
open fingers; scatter it as you go, and make a
heart sing for joy. Don't grasp it so eagerly ;: it
iB treacherous—it will mock you at the last; it
will not go one step beyond the world with you-;
nay, it will even lavish blessings and caresses on
those who have made your path thorny with curses ; it will stand in its real form at iht} bar of
judgement and sneer at you for the love you bore
it.
"Hold it loosely," and you shall meet your
Creator with a smile—make it your god, and in*
that day. the true, great and terrible Deity will
uot recompense you.
Mother, with your blooming children, "'hold
them loosely"—great man with your gifts and
your honors, " hold them loosely;" but oh ! cling
to the religion of Jesus Christ: fight for it, if it
must be, die for it—but fame, riches, worldly
ds and high places, "hold them Kssely, broth-
SEWING MACHINES.
GB.0VER, BAKER & CO.'S PATKNT.
THE undersigned has on hand and is constantly receiving a supply of the above superior machines, t,,_;t-ili-
«i with duplicate parts, Needles, Thread, &c, which he
-will sell at reasonable rates.
_J. B.    Machines ro_.;> is---,l and warranted.
S. 0. BRIGHAM, Sole Agent.
For California. Oregon, aud the entire Pacific Coast,
Office, Sansome street, near Calitoruia,
ju7—3m opposite Tehama House, San Francisco,
-s£5H». FOB. SALE,
§§__ Wine and Aguardiente
The dubscr.her offers for aale at his residenci
_ity, for the benefit of whom it may concern, an
son-blo torens,
1,300 calloiiaol California Wine and _00 gallons
of Aguardlelitc.
r__9—tf STEPHEN C. FO*_1F.R.
Carriage and Blacksmith Shop.
By JOHN GOLLER.
LOS   ANGELES   STREET,
NEAR THE FOOT   OF COMMKKCIAL
. TV-IE subscriber respectfully '
J_  forms the publi
he will keep
and will
■ally that
istantly on  hand,
amifacture to order,
Coaches,Buggies- Wagons. Carts &c*
in a. neat and workmanlike manner. He has ouhandjand
for sale a tine stock of Eas.eru White Oak and Hickory
Plank and axels. He keeps constantly on hand a large variety ofCart and Uug-.y ■■.■heels, Spoke., Felloes, .hafts,
Neck Yokes, Double and singletree..
Horse Shoeing and BlacKsntitiling
in all its various branches, executed with prompt
dispatch.   Particular attention will be j '
f-ctur- and repair of PLOWS, HARROW
ing '..utensils.   Hi) has an exten*-**--*
els, Spring-., Bolts, Plow and Spr
rial per tai airier to the business, I
Also, 20 Tons of Blacksmiths' Coal. „_
"WitL uone but the best of workmen m his employ, h.
feel* eon fide ntt hat he oan give entire satisfaction to hi
a tof.be manu-
i, and otherFarm-
irtmentot .inoiias-
steel, and other mate.
JONAS G. CLARK & CO.
128 Waslii-igtoii street,
SAN FRANCISCO.
IMPOETEES,
Wholesale and detail Dealers,
In every description of
FURNITURE," BEDDING, &c. &c.
FUR -Stir*!? XJ _E=t -----
W A R E R 0 O M S ,
In the Building opposite Washington Market
(Formerly known as the Clipper Warehouse,)
And -9 and 51 Fourth, street, between J and K
streets, Sacramento.
We have on exhibition and in great variety,
ROSEWOOD, MAHOGANY, WALNOT, OAK AND
PAINTED
PARLOR AND CHAMBER SETS,
SOFAS,
0TT0MA5S,
LOUNGES,
AND EASY CHAIRS,
Work, Centre, Dining, Estension antl Fancy
TABLES.
Merchants' and Lawyers' Desbss,
BOOKCASES,
SECKETArUES,
______ US,
SIDEBOARDS and
WHAT-SOTS.
Office  and  Kitchen  Furniture,
CHAIRS,
Of all qualities, newest style and most approved
make.
Large and small Freneli Plate Mantel and Pier
l_EI_-_-E_C>_FL'S.
$S- For tbe TRADE, we bave a large stock,
on clipuers to arrive heavy shipments, and will
receive regular and jomplete INVOICES ot goods
adapted to tbe wants of the interior and coast.
_6_* Particular attention  and care   given  to
TI1ADE. ORDERS and the FURNISHING of
Hotels and Public Buildings.
a_J- Goods purchased will be sent, to Steamers,
Vessels, and all parts of the city without charge.
JONAS G. CLARK _ CO.,
No. 128 Washington street,
_ug 30 3m, San Francisco-
" Hold tiiem Loosely, Brother."
So said an old man of fourscore years, as he
walked over the possessions ofa rich, y.unger
brother. The walls of that great house were hung
with gilded paper, and everywhere the decorations
of gold and silver made the house seem to be a
palace. The old man moved along In silence—now
paused before mirrors, now before paintings, rare
and rich ; liis old fashioned shoes sinking uneasily
into the velvet carpets—but at last he turned
round with his placid face all iu a glow, as he
whispered in a tender manner, "hold them loosely, brother—hold them loosely."
The old men's words were full of wisdom; in
tbe light of eternity were they spoken, for he had
seen the utter vanity of earth, and things thereof.
He had been poor, reared in poverty, nurtured in
poverty, continued in poverty—with a heart as
large as the world, yet lacking the means to scatter blessings as he wonld, because of his dearth of
gold. His little brother had in his early years,
been as a child to him. Earnestly did he labor
that the orphan might know no waut; many a
meal he denied himself, that the motherless boy
mi_.ht not -go hungry ; and it almost broke his
heart, when, as he approached the pale of manhood, he wandered from his sheltering care, and
went away to distant lands.
Many years passed, and misfortunes crowded
upou the elder brother. Wife and children died,
and left him a weary but patient pilgrim, to travel
on alone.
There came no tiddings of his charge. " Alas!
he said, " Robert has forgotten God and rae," and
he prayed tor him daily. On, still on, traveled
time; robbing him of his manly strength aud
manly graces : dimming his sight, and laying the
silvery tints on his browu hair \ and when he wat-
getting ready to depart, there came to him news
of Robert's return. 0! how the heart, laden with
fourscore years, seared with the sorrows of a poor
pilgrim'B fate and saddened by a sense of neglect
and desolation, leaped again! It seemed as if the
vigor of his youth flowed like molten fire through
his sluggish veins, and QUed them uigh to burst
ing.
He came—the boy of his love, ofhis care; a
man yet young, though bearing the scars ofthe
worldly struggle. He came a rich man ; ready to
repay fourfold, as far as worldly goods could do
so, the sacrifices of his aged brother.
He built hims.lf a maguificeut house, to gratify
his fancy. The rooms-were spacious, the balls wide
aud of noble proportions, the furniture sumptuous, and for the first time he was taking tbe old
many.his- brother, from place.-to- plaoe, that he
might sdraire and be pleasedi with him. At last
they eame to one apartment, before which the
younger brother paused, turned., as if to Bpeak.but
ESTOSO.. the Pierce Admi.\'ist-._tio.*.,—The
following rather piquant paragraph occurs inCol.
Benton's late speech at, St. Louis:
The Administration «as afraid of him (Gov.
Brigham Young) and undertook to out manoenver
him, and that in the highest style of West Point
tactics ; they determined to smuggle Steptoe in.
For that purpose, the military Governor was iur-
■hed with a battalion of soldiers, and directed
to proceed to the Mormon Kingdom, as if he was
going to California—stop there to hybernale-and,
■atcbing the chance, slip iuto the Governorship
some day when Brigham was out—something like
a weazel that gets into another's hole when he
_nds the occupant gone. When I heard of this
fine scheme, I said to my acquaintances, aud cau
prove that I said it, (for I do not indulge in ex post
jocto predictions) that the first time we should
hear of this Gov. Steptoe again, he would be on
tiptoes, marching to the tune of Heigh, Betty
Martin, tiptoe fine _'J and so it was. Por, before
the hybernation was over, he was ou his march in
good truth to California, to return thence to the
United States. Eut there was something else
which I did not foresee, which was that this military Governor carried off four dozen of th. Mormon Betty Martins with him—to the infinite dis*
tress of the Saints, profoundly chagrined to find
themselves so encroached upon by the Gentiles.
But it was the last encroachment of the kind. No
more of the United States military have been
there since ; and Brigham says he has promised
thu Lord that if they come again, he will Sx them
so that they will let ha Betty Martins alone. And
that was the end of the attempt, by this Administration, to give a Governor to Utah.
The Value of Civility to the Trader.
The Philadelphia Merchant, \i_ m. editorial on-'
der the title of '• A Secret worth Knowing," hap-"
pily illustrates the importance of civility .o the
business mau'.
One of thesteady, slo^-sure merchants of our
city, of the stock of Fox- and Felon, had accumulated a handsome competency, and retired from-
the activity of merchandise into such other activities as better suited his years,- if not h'is tastes.
Ayoungm-an, just entering into1 the life Of business, one'day said tc- the elder, '-Uncle David, thou*1
hast bceu-omirt-iitly successful in thy worldly career ; and as the secret of thy success may now be'
imparted without injury to thyself, I beg .hat it
may be imparted to me. Please let me' know in
what the secret of thy prosperity consists."
" Civility—nothing more,'" was the reply. It
was an answer worthy a book of details,
In our extended intercom* with the mercantile
community, in all branches of trade, we have observed every variety and* degree of temper and1
manner, and are happy to affirm t__a. Uncle David's secret (however obtained or acquired) Is
largely in practical favor amoi.g the merchants.
There are cases*, nevertheless, in which both
principals and employees wotild be the wiser and
better after1 a little drilling.
Fl.ss is not civility—ffummery i_ not civility ;;
yet fuss and fl_1mn_ery, like fashion and froth, are
not uncommon things; They perish inthe using,
and those who use them1 have not discovered the
secret worth knowing.
There is an opposite extreme, sometimes expressed in' grim gravity, which is the repelaut
end of the magnet—and sometimes iu a gru_.i_.esa
of speech1 which becomes a non-conductor betweeu
the merchant and the customer.
We may not be able to'define civility in words
—but it may be described as the attractive pole of
the magnet. It implies' combined calmness and
geniality, being neither the f'usiness of the jay-bird'
nor the gravity of the owl. It i-mpties combined
truth and geutleness, being neither the flummery
of flattery nor the flatness of contradiction.
We may say. in* short, thai civility is an embodiment of many graces. He'who properly exhibits
it will increase in the patience of hope, for he will
increase in-favor with the most reliable buyers of
the waresin whichhe deals'. Hiyfiiith ia combined*
principle and courtesy will, enlarge the circle cf
faith in him] and indue time _e may retire, as
did Uncle David, .ectm (lending-civilityjas one of'
the chief secrets of success iu trade.-
We cannot forbear allusion to the civility of a
friend of ours who is in the book and stationary
line.
Seiug in' au omnibus in the northern part of the
city during the l_te iee obstruction-in our streets,
we could not avoid hearing the conversation of
two ladies.
" The most civil manin all Philadelphia,'' said
one of thetu, " is the bhokseller at the corner of
—=— and streets."
'''How do you judge ?-" inquired the other.
"I was in his store last week, buying a few
.ffiirll'articlea. He accom-panied me to the door,
audh perceiviag that I waited for an omnibus, he
did not leave me until I wa*? safely seated."
On relating the incident to'in-y friend, he quietly
remarked that! a good reputation is a' grand ad--
vertisement.
X-aiiH Webster.
From Harper's Magazine we" take the following
extracts:
Speaking one day of the early Romans Mr.
Webster said that he could' almost believe every
thing related by historians of their extraordinary
virtues, public and dome-tie, when he dwelt upon
the fact that, though their laws authorized divorce,
yet, for the first five hundred years, no individual
ever availed himself of such a license! "It was
the domestic training," he _aid ; " '. was the mothers who made a Publicola, a Camillu., and Cor-
iolauus. Women, protected hy the iuviolability
of the nuptial bond, were invested with a dignity
that gave authority to instruction, and made the
domestic hearth the nursery of heroes.
"Public virtue," he said, "fell with private
morality. Under Imperial Rome divorces were
sought for and obtained upon the most frivolous
pretexts, and all domestic confidence was destroyed. The inevitable consequence was the loss of
all public morality. Men who trad beeu false to
their private obligations, would not be true to
their public duties ; Cajsar divorced his wife, and
betr.yed his con.try.
"The sanctity ofthe nuptial bond is, in my
opinion, one ofthe principal, if not the chief causa
of the.superior refinement, freedom, and prosperity enjoyed at the present time by Christian nations."
Isstisct of Plaxts.—In his treatise on the vine,
Hoare gives a striking exemplification of the instinct of plants. A bone wasp aced in the strong
but deep clay of a vine border. The vine sent out
a leading or tap-root, directly through the claj to
the bone. In its passage through the clay, the
main root threw out no fibres, but when it reached
the bone, it entirely covered it by degree., with
the most delicate and minute fibres, like lace, each
one sucking a pore in the bone. On this luscioiiK
morsel ofa marrow bone, would tbe vine continue
to feed as long as any nutriment remained to bt*
ex traded.
Tsk Atmospheric Telegraph.—The Washington correspondent ofthe Baltimore Sun says that
the experiment of an atmo-pheric telegraph for
the conveyance of the mails with lightning speed,
has beeu authorized Ly an act which passed the
Senate. The act directs the Postmaster General
to test the plan of Mr. Richardson, by layinguiider
ground a tube between Washington and Baltimore,
and appropriate, ninety-five thousand dollars for
the expense ofthe same.
Revenge is longer lived than gratitude. Endorse Mr. Smith's note to keep him from bursting,
and he will forget all about it in a month. Pull
Mr. Smith's nos<-, and he willtcherish a secret deBire to burn your house down for the remainder of
hie life. Revenge is a passion. Gratitude appears
to be only a Ben.iraent. We can all'hate. But it
is only one man in a hundredstsho posaess-B eens.
eaough to be thankful.
Cause of the Decline of Republics.—All republics, whether in aucient or modern times, have
beeu cursed with the presence ofa class, to which
all their misfortunes and the final extinction of
republican liberty is uniformly to be traced, This
class has always and everywhere consist_d of a-
body of landed proprietors, whose domains have
been cultivated by either slaves or serfs, and who,
however they may for a time have consented to
take on .b_ character of simple citizen, and to
put themselves on a par with the meu who labor,
have always felt a contempt, ill-concealed or openly avowed, for all industrious pursuits, and have
claimed that, as 8 superior class, having leisure
and capacity for poli.ieal affairs, it belonged to
them to govern the State, to fill all the principal
offices, civil and military, to control its policy
and legislation, with a view to their own Special
interests-—in one word, to be masters, and to reduce the industrious producers to the position of
their subjects.
From the earliest to the latest times, 'ha whole
history of republican communi.ies will b,* found
to consist in the struggle between these tw <.eia..-
ses—ou the part ol the indiistrt-_t_- producin-sr citizens a struggle t_-retain the p_-.iucal control ofthe society which tliey themse_v_a have created,.-
and which owes all its prosperity and all itsgmit-
ness to them ; a struggle on the part of tbe aristocratic class to gain tbeadm_iii.lr_._iou of aflairs,
to reduce the laboring citizens __> an interior position, finally to* deprive them of their political
rights, and to-quarter themselves inthe BhafiewC
office-holders, civil or military, on th. e0___-i.-_.t5
f.T'Support;—<Y. K, Tribune.