The Poor St-liular.
Death, old fellow! Have we, then,
Conic at last so near each other 'I
Well, shake hands, and be to nie
A quiet friend, a faiihiiil  brother.
All those  merry days are gone ;
Gone with cash, and health, old fellow!
When I read long days and uightS,
And sometimes (with a friend) got mellow.
Newton! Euclid! fine old ghosts!
'Nobis books of old   Greek learning !
Ah\ ye left huge aches behind-
Head and heart and bruin all burning.
How I toiled !    For one now fled.
I wore down the iiiidni»ht taper,
I,dieting—dreaming—till one day
I woke, ar.d found my life—a vapor.
Yet, I hoped (ah ! laugh not now)
Por wealth, and fume—the bubble 1
So I ol imbed up Wisdom's steeps.
And got a fall, boy, for n.y trouble.
Now all's over: no one helped,
No one cheered my Btrong endeavor ;
So I sunk, and culled on  thee;
2'hou wilt, be my friend forever.
—Hairy Cornwall.
What Uie Ocean  Does for Un.
Water   is as   indispensable to all    life, whether
vegetable or animal, as is the air itself.    From the
cedar on the   mountain   to the lichen   that din-is
to the  wall, from the   mastodon that primes on
the   lorest, to   the  suimalcale that floats    in the
sunbeam* Irom  the leviathan  that heives the sea
into   billows, to the   microscopic   creatures   that
swarm a million   in a pidgin foam drop : all alike
depend for  t!:oir existence on this single element,
and must perish if it be withdrawn.    But this element of water is   supplied   entirely by   the sea.
AIL the waters   that are iu   the rivers, the lakes,
the fountains, tho   vapors, the dew, the rain, the
snow, come alike   out of tho ocean.   It is a common   impression   that it  is the flow   ofthe great
rivers   that   fills the   sea.   It ia a mistake.   It is
tho   flow   of   the sea that   fills the   rivers.    The
streams do not make   tho ocean, but the ocean
makes the   Btreams.   Wa say lhat the rivers rise
in the   mountains   nnd run   to the   sea ; but the
truer statement is that the   rivers rise   in the sea
and run to the mountains; and that their passage
thence is only   their   homeward journey   to tho
plane  Irom which they started.    All tho water in
the river lias once been   iu clouds ; and the clouds
are but the   condensation ofthe invisible  vapor
that floats in the air ; and all this vapor has been
lifted  into tho air by the heat of the sun playing
upon the ocean.   Most persons have no impression
ofthe amount of water which  the ccean is continually pouring into the sky, and which the sky
itRelf  is sending  down to refresh   the earth.   If
they   were told   that   there is a river   above tho
clouds equal in size to the Mississippi or Amazon ;
that this river is drawn   up out of the sea, more
than a mile high ; that it is always full of water,
and   that it is mora   than   twenty-live   thousand
miles in  length, reaching clear around tbe globe,
tbey  would call it a very   extravagant assertion.
And yet not   only is this assertion substantially
true, but very'mucb more thau it is true.   If al! the
waters iu tho sky were brought into one channel,
they would make a stream more than fifty times as
large as the   Mississippi or   tho   Amazon.   How
many rivers are there in the sky ?   Just as many as
there are on the earth.    If they  were not first in
the sky how could  they be on the earth ?    If it i
the sky that keeps them   full, ihen the sky  most
always have enough to keep them full; that is,
must always be pouring down into the sea.   It
computed that the water which falls from the clondi-
every year,   would cover the whole   earth to the
depth of five feet ; that is, if the ocean was a level
plain, it would spread over it an ocean of water five
feet deep reaching round the whole globe.   The
eea, therefore, is the great inexhaustible fountain
which is continually pouring up to the sky precisely as many streams, and as large, as all  tbe rivers
of the world are pouring into it.   It is this which
keeps the ocean at the same level from year to
year.   If it were not sending oil" into  the air precisely as much as it receives from the rivers, it
would bo continually   rising   on its   shores, and
would finally overflow the lauds of the earth.
And now if the sea is the real birthplace of the
clouds and the rivers; if out of it comes alt the
rains aud dews of tho heavens, then instead of being a waste and an encumbrance, it is a vast fountain of fruitfuiuess, and the nurse and the mother
of all tho living. Out of its mighty breasts come
tho resources that feed aud Bupport all the population of the world—all cities, nations and continents of men, nil catlle and creeping things and
flying fowl, all the insect race that people the air
with their million tribes innumerable, all grasses
and grains that yield food for man and for beast,
all flowers that brighten the earth with beautv,
all trees of the field and forest that shade the plains
with their lowly drooping, or that lift their ban -
We of glory agaiust the sky as they march over
a thousand hills—all these wait upou th-. sea, that
they may receive their meat in due season. That
wbich it gives them they gather. It opens Its
hand, aud tbey are filled with food. If it hides its
face they are troubled, their breath is takeu away,
they die and return to their dust.
Omnipresent and everywhere alike is this need
and blessing of the sea. It is felt r.s iwly in tbe
centre of the continent, where it may be, the rude
inhabitant never heard of Ihe oeean, a-*- it is on tin
circumference uf the nave-beaten shore. tie is
■surrounded evety moment by the presence and
bounty of the eea. It is tbe sua that looks out upon him Irom every violet iu his garden bed ; from
the rustling ranks o! Ihe growing corn ; from every spire of irrass that drops upon his p-aesing feet
the beaded dew of the morning ; from tlie bending
grain that fills the aims of the reaper ; Irom the
juicy globes of gold and crimson that bum amongst
tbe (frecn orchard foliage ; from his bursting press
pa and his turns th it are tilled with plenty ; from
the broad forehead nf hie cattle and the rosy faces
of his children ; from tin; cool drooping will at his
door ; from the brook lhal mnrmaisal Its Bide ; and
irom the elm and s.;: rend nig ma pic Hint wave their
protecting branofaes beneath tbe sun, and Bwlng
iheir breezy shadows ever his habitation. If. is ihe
sea tbat clothes biio. li \» the sea that cools him
with tin: ■■niiiinei cloud, and lint warms him with tin*
blazing fires of winter, tie ems tbe sen. be drinks
tlie sea, he wears tbe sea, he plows nod sows nml
reaps tlie sea, and sells Hie sea, ami nabsti wealth
for himself and bis children out of iis rolling waters, though be lives a thousand leagues from the
shore, and has never looked nn its created beanty,
or listened to itseteninl anthem.
Thus the sea is not a waste and nn *>i*cui:,brance.
Though it bears 110 harvests on its bosom, it yet
sustains all the harvests of the  world.    Though a
desert itseir, \t makes all the other wildernesse 1 of
the earth to bad and blossom as the rose. Though
its own waters are salt nnd worm-wood, so that it
cannot be tasted, it makes nil tin* clouds of heaven
drop with sweelne*--, onens springs in the   valleys
:t,nd rivers   luiner;   the liiUs,   nml   I' tiling in   nil
dry plaoe*, and jives drink tn alt Lhe Inhabitants
if 'ai'li.- •Bibtiotki ca Sacra.
GkxeralSigel.—Major General F ran z Si gel was
born in 1824, at Uaden in Germany, and was educated at the military school of Carlsuhe. In 1847
beheld the rank of Chief Adjutant, and was allowed to be one ofthe most promising officers, and, perhaps the best artillerist in Germany. When tbe revolution broke out in 1648, be joined it at once,
and lost his commission in consequence. lie obtained service, however, among the revolutionists'
and soon rose to the chief command ot their army
When lite reaction took place, the sovereigns raised an overwhelming force to crush out Sigel. He
fought thorn with 30,000 men against 80,000, and,
more than nt Springfield, he brought off every one
of his gunp. Peace soon left the General without
an army, and he emigrated shortly afterwards to
country. Here he entered the academy of a
Monsieur Dulon, whose daughter he afterwards
married. A few years since he was chosen professor In a college at St. Louis, where be taught
■imong other things the art of war to his pupils.
When the rebellion broke out Gen. Sigel was oue
ol the first of tlie gallant Germans of Missouri who
rallied in support ofthe Government. He commanded the Third Regiment of volunteers raised
St. Louis. His memorable victorious retreat
n Carthage is too well known to be easily forgotten. He subsequently co-operated with vigor
and ability with the bite lamented Gon. Lyon, and
was with him up to tho eve of the battle ofSpring-
field. After the death of'Lyou, Gen.Sigel command,
ed our army, and led the retreat to Rolla, after
which he remained somewhat inactive at St. Louis until appointed to the present corps d'armee,ot
which be commanded a division, with which be
mainly contributed to the victory of the Federal
arms at Pea Ilidge, (Arkansas.
To all whom it may Concern.
BB IT I'Mi-WN THAT I,
THOMAS 0GG SHAW,
a08 Sacramento street,
San Francisco^
HAVE NOW ON HAND, l-'Oti BALB,
8 and 10-Horse Steam Thrashers
FOR 1SG2.
8 and 10-Horse Power Machines
Of JOHN A. PITTS' Genuine Make,
l.iUr.-Ll,,. X y.,   will, al| of C.   M.   Ku,
1 tlie Shoe and Cylinder; an
nil utiiri- ros|n;tilii   mi'iiiric
SStct'l Pivots, uni*
, .„. ... -he Russell -make of Ma-
cliiue. In 1 [li in iiuiio villi iiinl work mill! ^'ii|i, us   wi-11 us I'm-
lull; with the large-sized, improved Jack.
!    Six 12-Horse Power Steam
Engines, on Trucks,
p:i;>U> i.l' i-uiifiiiij; tin* laii-est sized Sopm-.
iing in one day, in a good and workmanlike
sacks of Grain.
4 and 6-Horse Machines,
In all respects tbe same
with til-Alt, siimi-as old sly
All of tin* iib-m' "hicliiut-
expressly t»'V me and under
want of auch machine- —
the large Mueliine
a Pitts'.
nre made at Buffalo, N.Y.
ay dlrnotion. Any person if
,ot fail to be pleaaaa, ' '''"
Machine stands unrivaled for Thrashing and Cleaning
('ruin nl. nm: 1. ■>•■". -r. ii>:i. If. is iu'Uikiv.-Wl'i-'I l '> lie siiiit'i'iov
to any other Machine in the WORT,!),'in its Operation.
Finish, anri Keel anleal Const motion:
EXfKA . SCI B '..- .1 all parts of the Genuine Pitts' Machine fin,-:,,i,!i, D-o linn.!.
NoMacMnm- gtnaina except tho.se made at Buffalo,
N.Y., andmarkud -* ,1. A, PITTS."    .
Ust of Articles Manufactured «t Thomas Oir^
Sfaaw's   Agrlcoltural  Works •
Tl.'STIVrf   CALIFORNIA    COMBINED  I'K.U'KR   AND
PUBLIC LANDS!  PUBLIC LANDS
PERSONS, who have settled or squatted, on
Public Lands, and who wish to purchase tlie
same Irom the State of California, can now do 60,
by taking the proper legal measures.
Those who have bsd their lands purveyed in
conformity with the United States survey, will not
need to have the name re-surveyed if tin' County
Surveyor can make a plot from the field notes
extant.
Twenty per cent on tbe whole price of the lands
and ten per cent, interest upon the balance doe
Ihe State, in nil that it is necessary lo pay on receiving certificates of purchase—and ten per cent.
per annum, in advance, upon the remainder, until
the purchaser wishes to pay the entire amount.—
Persons desiring, can pay the whole price nt once.
Take notice, that the present liberal terms upon
which the State lands are offered may not continue, and that Section 16, Article 1, of the State
Oonstitution says : " No law impairing the obligations of contracts shall ever pe passed." So those
who desire inay now put their lands beyond the
caprice of future legislation.
Sec. 11 of tlie State Constitution, Art. 1st, reads
thus : " Foreigners who are, or who may hereafter
become, bona fide residents of this Slate, shall enjoy the same rights, in respect lo tbe possession,
enjoyment nnd inheritance of property, as native
born citizens/"
I will, with pleasure, atmy office in Los Angelr.s
City, give information 011 tbe above   subject,
wiil use care and diligence to coufori
u all business entrusted to trip.
A. B. CHAPMAN,
State Land Locating Agent for the  Los Angel
District.
Los Angeles, Nov. 15.1861.
Educated Feet.—Who can  tell to what uses the
feet   and toes  could be   put, if tlie necessity arose
(or a full   development oi   their powers?    There is
a way of  educating tbe feet  as well as the band or
tho eye; and  it  is astonishing   what   an educated
foot can bo made to do.    We know that in the time
of Alexander,   the Indians   were taught   to  draw
their  bows   with their   feet aa   well as with   their
bands; and  Sir J.   E. Teunent tells us Unit this is
done up lo the present time by the  Rock Veddahs
of Ceylon,    And nearly all savage tribes  can turn
[licit:   toes  uot   only to  good but to bad account;
like the   aborigines  of   Austialia, who, while they
are  cunningly diverting your   attention  with their
hands, arc  busily engaged in committing robberies
with theil'  toes, with which they pick up articles as
lephant   would   with his trunk.    So,  also, the
Hindoo   makes his   toes   work   at Ihe loom, and
weaves   with them with nlmost as much dexterity
with his   fingers.   The   Chinese   carpenter will
bold the bit of   wood he is  planing by his foot like
a parrot, and   will  work a grindstone with his feet*
Tbe Baniika tribe, who are   the most famous  canoe
en   on  tho  West African coast, .will impel their
light canoes (weighing only from  8  to 10 pounds,)
with   great   velocity   over the waves,   and at the
same time will use one foot to bail  out  the water ■
and when   tbey   wculd  rest their   arms, one leg is
thrown   out on   either side   of tho   canoe, and it, is
propelled' with the   feet almost   as fast   as with a
paddle.    There   was also   Monsieur Ducornet, who
died  only four   years ago,   who,   although he was
born   without hands   was brought up as an   artist
and who annually exhibited at tbe Louvre  pictures
painted by his feet.    Then there was Thomas Roberts, the  armless huntan an to Sir   George Barlow,
whoee feet were   made to perform the duties of his
hands.    And   there was  William Kingstone,  who
ilh his toes  wrote out his   accounts, shaved aud
dressed   himself,   saddled   and   bridled   his horse,
threw sledge   hammers, and   iought a stout battle
which he came off victorious.
IIAKKUWX
ALL KIN J* OF irACJ-ITM* OASTIXG-'.
ALL KINDS OF REPAIRING DONE.
LVKI'Y ni'-ifl'll'l'DX  HI'- Ill'AS.S WORK.
BASH WEIGHTS t)F ALL RJZE8, TO ORDER.
GRATES AMI FENDERS, FUR MARBLE MANTELS.
Anion™ Ihe Ijciirtiii';- Avi'nU-s are t
IDSTIN'S  CALIFORNIA    COMBINED   BEAPER   AND
MOWEB, whieh outs aix feet in  width, and Ik the best
Machine on tli in C':kis! . :i.k il.  im.-srssies  nnuiy ;■ liYiuiliiges
over those made In the States.   This Machine took the
First Premium .it  the .Sac-riimento Pair, over all other
Tlii.s Miichinc is an constructed that it NEVER CHOKES
l'!\ having two BOts ot Knives, moved by the same
thereby causing twice tbe velocity of the knt
1 by a
uiliei
1   matter  how  wluw
that
lie  possh
till'    li.::in   mai
1 to the law.*
R. E. RAIMOND,
__>
COMMISSION MERCHANT
No. 105 Front street,
(Between Washington and Merchant streets,)
SAN FEANdSCO,
will  give  particular   attention to the
Purchase iasid Sliipiucnt,
as well as to the
SALS! OF   MERCHANDISE   AND   PRODUCE
RE. RAIMOND having been established in Saa
. Francisco siuce 184,-), and having been continually engaged in the Commission business tor
Merchants and Producers of the Southern and
Northern const ni'California, as well as with that
of Oregon and Wash ing ton Territories, feels confident that he will be able to give entire satiisaclion
to parties who may entrust their business to his
care. jylG
SHERIFF'S SALE.
TTNDFR and by virtue of an order ot sale ;«„„.
U out of the District Court ot the First JudioUi
District in and for the County ot Los Angel.
State of Calilornia, ou the 21st day of Decemh?'
A.D. 1861, in a certain case wherein" William Wolf"'
skill is plaintiff and Andres Duarte is defendant
and to me directed, I have seized on and shall -W
ceed to sell at public auction, to the highest hW
der or bidders, for cash, at the door of the court'
house, iu the city of Loa Augeles,
On Monday, the 31st day of March, a,d. \%m
at 10 o'clock, a.m. of said day, the following real
itate, in said order of Bale described and^com
manded to be sold, to-wit:
That certain llancho situated in tho county of
Los Angeles, State of California, known and de*-.
cribed as follows : Commencing at the  month of
the canon of San Gabriel River, thence rnnatDs
southerly and down the Baid river San Gabriel
about one league more or less, thence westerly
about one league to a tree, thence northerly to (U
base ofthe hills ; bounded north by the hill?, mt
by the river San Gabriel, south by the Rancho of
Sim Francisquito, and west by the Rancho of Santa Anita, containing about one square league of
land, be the same more or lees ; always excepting
therefrom such tracts and lots as have been Fold
and conveyed by the said parties of the first part
before the date hereof, (the said date being the
first day of April, 1859,1—tO-wlt: 150 acres to Jl,
Whistler; 50 acres to S. Tany ; and 26 acres[0
E. and C. Russell, together with all and singular
the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenance
thereunto belonging or in any wise   appertaining.
Given under my hand at the city ol Los Ang«.
les, this 13th day of March, A.B. 1862.
T. A. SANCHEZ, Sheriff
My A. J. King, Under sheriff.
The. above sale is postponed unt:l
WEDNESDAY, 30th APRIL. 1802,
at same place and hour,  by  order of plaintiff';
attorney.
Given under my hand at the city of Los Angf>
lus, the 31sl day of March, a.d. 1862.
T. A. SANCHEZ, Sheriff,
By C. R. Ayres, Deputy Sheriff.
ijilily nt choking.
Atte'ntloh ir; particularly called to thi\EAKIKG DEVICE,
-.viiioli will ralta off tho grain more regularly and evenly
tlma can possibly be done by hand, thus saving the pur*
chaser the Deal anm of U2 BO per dav.
The Machine la very light and durable.
CALIFORNIA FJKK AND BURi;l.r\R TRODI' SAFES,
which have been tested at various times aud fotmd to he
superior to any imported.   They  aro warranted  to
ml ,-nUre.r fr.-ofrou. -.v,-atm,> or tapn^, | STATE QF CA[jIt.ORNIA_Coullty of _„ An.
SUMMONS.
lliei
i  tins
iiplnint
■, the'
' tliii imported .^uiVr
ilh SteelVault*
    .. . .. -r.-lit:   and   Cliilli-il-iroii
ud Combination Locks, Is urisui-pass.',* l>y utiy.
iKg" All in-ilei-s promptl,- attended to.
And in oonclunion I will add, that all tlie above lists of
floods are inai.lo of the very "best, malonul Unit t.he coun-
r will afford. And while I feel thankful fur all past fa-
t-s. 1 tniHt thai- 1 may meet with good encouragement
the future.
(verv article that 1 import is of the very best style ai
list imprc-voil ^ooils in tho mark tit, and can  he  sold
::h;'np ns the cheapest    All norsdiis in lvsint nf anv off
.bovegouds, will please send in their orders in time, t<
TWOS.   OGG  SHAW,
SOS Sacramento Street,
(Opposite his former place of business.)
nn-24 SAN FfiANCISCO,
The Richmond papers of the 10th, contain a correspondence between liie Virginia Legislature aud
Jeff Davis, In relation to Ihe movements of the rebel army. The latter states he never entertained
the thought of withdrawing the army from Virginia or abandoning the State ; and that if, in the
course of events, the capital should fall—an cveut
whieh he did nol anticipate—there would be no
reason for the withdrawal of the army from the
State. __ 	
Saltpetre.—A correspondent of the Selma
(Ala.) Sentinel reports that four caves are now
worked tor nitre in Alabama. Tn one place li
hands in 4J months produced 2,755 pounds. In
another, 'J-,000 pounds were made at the cost of75
cents per pound. Tn another, 4,350 poutids, at 73
cents. It is, therefore, urged that the Government
price must be iucreased to secure a continuance ol
the work.
P.  X. EAST,
AGENT OF
A.   SEIBEKUCH,
BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTURER,
OF    I'lilLAllKLTlllA,
Ward lows'", 214   California   street, T>cl<y\v
Ualt.tM-y street, Wan Kraii-riseo.
Constantly on hand, a large assorted stoeli of
Gentlemen's, Ladies, Misses, and
Children's Wear,
Of superior quality ; also, French Calf Boot Legs
and Boot Fronts,
F. X.  KAST,
Sole Agent for California.
■SB-Country Orders promptly attended to.
geles Iti the District Court of tlie First Judicial District.
William Workman, plaintiff, Vt\ Henry Hancock, Matthew
Keller ; Julius J,, Jlm-ris, .luc-ob Morrih, iim.-il'.i Mm-ris,
Siiimiol l.'i-iiy.ei', Jinrt.11 ■*;!-,■■ uink'i:tin-1111 mi', firm nml style
of Morriii, li nit he rs iii. l'oiii|innv ; Miii-iiuio Villa, Tt-rusn
Villa, Ascension Villi*, de Sniiehe^, Jnsei'i Villa ..le Chapman-. Concession Villa de ?nnehe/. liui-iii. du I,on Aiigulcs
Villa, Villa, wliose t'ul! name- is unknown to plaint ill',
and I'linjumiiJ J. Virgin ilel'eiiilantn.
Action brought in Lhe llistrici Court ol'the First Judicial
District, and the complaint filer! in the Cit v ,'u:il Count v
of Lou Angeles, in tho ollice of ihe Clerk of t-aiil Histi-ic'i
Co
the
People nf tbe
Slate f( California semi
61
eating :
To He
QTV Hancock,
Matthew Kell
J]orris. .Ta-
cob Morris,Moiil
siIorrin,Sama
aa/ao Villa,
Ter
3sa Villa, Asci
■nsion Villa de
:l   ViHil i.le
Clui
.pinan,  Conee
salon Villa di
laria de Los
Ant
pla
-eles Villa, an
d Villa, whose
jamin J.Vivgi
unknown to
Tl
*']iiii'ci no appear in an
aet
ion brought
led tiliiinl-ilr.
iu our i)is-
trict'
DJiJlriet.
011(1 for  tbe
Coun
;y otl.i>s Anir*
iles. and to an.
-werthe ,
iplsiot filed
there
in, acertili-;*"
copy of which
jr-ouarehi
irith nerved.
within teu days aflei- lhe sti vice on you oft!
if served witliin thin County; or it' serve
County but within the First Judicial Hi-
twenty days alter- the Bervice hereof ; opij
the First Judicial! list r in t hut in I' , ■ I
within forty days alter tho service ii,i ivi.r. ,
sive of tlie day ef service ; or judgment by
be taken against you.
The said action   is brought  to recover tbe
1 two promissory notes due to the   ph. ir
On tlie ■llli April a ma tiny took place on board
the U. ?. barque Feraaadinfi, while ut sea. Lieut.
George W, Browne, the acting commander, was
compe lied to have recourse to arms, to reduce tlie
crew to a condition of order. During tbe enga
ment which took pluce between the oflicora and the
men, John Ililltmm lost his liie ; and William Hill-
man, Michael Heney, and Charles Eldridge, Master-
at-arms, were put in irons*. The case was duly reported to Commodore Goldsborongb, FI*-*—Officer
of tbe North American Blockading Squadron.
FRENCH, WILSON & 00.,
.... MAKK THI*;  BEST....
C  L  O TJL4  B   N   G.
Furnisliing Groods, All Kinds.
Retailing for Cash at Wholesale Prices.
THE LARGEST AND BEST STOCK OP
Clothing;.,
Fui'iiisliiEtg Goods,
Trim Its,
Valises,
Carpet Bag's,
Umbrellas
Kte.,
.... TO  BE ... .
Pound   lu   any   Retail    House   In   California
Good? suitable for traveling purposes in any climate.
We bave fitted up a Custom Department in connection with our former business, and employ over
seventy-five tailors to make up fine Clolhingto order.
We bave the best Cutter ou this Coast, which enables us to guarantee a perfect fit in all cases without
alterations.
Our stock ■ of Cloths, Cassimeres, aud Testings
are tho finest imported from Paris or New York this
season.
Strangers visiting the cily will please call and
leave ua their iimas***•«=', iree of charge.
William Gilchrist, arrested some months ago in
Philuddlpliia on tbe charge of l'unii--hi;ig " aid
and comfort to the enemy," and sent to Fort Warren, and afterward upon bis release, by order of
Govermneot, arrested by Deteotive Franklin on
tbe charge ul1, treason," has now been discharged
unconditionally, after many mouths imprisonment,
without trial.
Floyd has beeu appointed Major General of the
Virginia forces, with authority to raisi; a force of
20,01)1) new conscripts for lhe dub-tiec ol" Western
Virginia.
Italians in Paris believed tbat KoEH* will soon
be occupied by tbe I'iedinontese   troops.
The Paris Conetttutionnel asserts tbe recall of
General Guyon won't change tbe French policy iu
Rome. 	
In one of the Western States tbey passed an act
that no dog Bboali] go at large without a muzzle,
aud a man was brought up lor Infringing the statute. In defense, be alleged that hia dog bad e
muzzle.
■■ tlow's that?" ('uoth the justice.
'■ Oh," said the defendant, '■ the act says nothing
ol where tbe muzzle should be placed, and us 1
tbongbt 'in: aulmttl would like the fresh air, I put
the muzzle on his tail.''
My sos," Bald an ancient Hibernian   to the
heir of his principles and his stick :
" Take this stick, aud whenever yon sen a Rgh .
go in—whenever you see n head, hit it. You may
ii'it always be right, but it is better to be sometimes wrong than ever too late at a shindy."
The cheerful are tbe busy ; when troubbo knock:
fttyour door or rinns the bell, lie will i-cnondly
retire if you send him word ''Engaged."
ob22-y"
FRENCH, WILSON & CO.
ARMES& DALLAM,
(Successors to Hawkliurst &Son,)
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
WOOD AND WILLOW WAKE,
AXD MANUFACTURERS  OF
Brooms, Pails, Tubs, Washboards,
Churns. &c,
HAVE RECEIVED, EX RECENT ARRIVALS, thpfinestana
largert a-mnrtment of  WOOD  and WILLOW   WARE,
*)mVfll*:s; J-ASKKTri. rWIXKS, Cm.l'A'']', Kit., on tlie IV
i-jilic coast, wiiith Llicy ofler for sail- at the lowest ir.avkot
n.i i;-.*- !:!'-.■,■ |jr engage** tn tho MANUFACTURING RUSJ-
N'l'S.S, wo aro prepared to iilli'r ini.-in rjiinsmid nilvunl ajus
to tbe trade. Dealers ar« reipeetfully BoIIctted to call
Hint examine our stock and piices before purchasing else-
F O R
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara,
San Pedro and San Diego.
ON" ami niter the first of April, and until further
notice, the steamship
SENATOR,
T. W. SBEt-EY COMMANDER,
Will Make two trips per month on the Southern
Coast, leaving Bro fid way Wharf,
On the 3d and 18th of each Month
AT 'J O'CLOCK, A. M.
E*g~ Bills of Lading will be furnished by (he
Purser on board.
For freight or passage, apply ou board, or ftt the
n llir*- ol S. J. i feii;-lev, corner of Battery and Washington itt    decfl     S. J. HENSLET, President.
kno-
lag primer ty,
10 de las Aguas,"
nd for a eorbnleti
sjiad to the com]
iff from Henry
irid to foreoloee
■wit : AKancli
Httuate in the
ipti
nt  he
mi ty i
SCOVIIX'S
—AND—
STILLINGIA,
—OH—
BLOOD AND LIVER SYRUP.
[T is highly recommended tiy physicians to cure tbft
following' disinii.siiu, Jiaving their origin in a, dis orders'!
;ate of the blood.
fcei'ofi-lii. Titter or Suit Rlicmn, Scald head, Canker,
Ulcerations and Enlargement of the Joints,
Cancerous Tumor.*. Erysipelas,
King's Evil, St. Anthony's Eire, White Swellings,
Obstinate Eruptions. I'imipleK on tlie Face,
Kheumatiriin, Blotches, Pustules,
Dyspepsia, Ax.
Syphilis and  jriii-niirinl AITmHions .ire cured ;
Chlorosis or obstructions in Females,
Leucorrhea or Whiles, are   relieved   hy the
use of this  MEDICINE.
The medical |.>.roTj(,iiios of Smsiqiarilla   in  conjunclinn
with Stillingia are-well known  hy all medical  mentn)^
the best couipoiniil   yet discovered to cleanse and  [mvify
the blood, and eradicate all humors from the system.
We hate given the recipe to most physicians in tht
country, that thev mny know what they are usinjr; aDii
v-ill continue to senil il liy mull to tho.se desirous ol knowing the Ingredients entering into its composition, that
they may prescribe it in their practice.
This preparation slantlsal the head ofthe fist of remedies for curing all diseases ai-i,-;njr from impurities in tlm
lilood or diseased matter liukin*r in the system.
Thousands who- have used tho Stilling; a and Sarsapnrills
will testify to its remarkable effect in removing all impurities from their blood, riviiii* tone anil vijjer to the -I'linln
human frame, and restoring a healthy action to all tli»
ruections of tho body.
The testimonials i-eceii*ed in iis favor from many a
hers of the  Medical Faculty would,   were  we  to pnblb*
them, fill a large volume.
]t is prepared under the super-vision of one ef the oiliest and best practical chemists in the country. (Mr. IV. .^
Merrill, Cincinnati,) so as to insure an uniformity uf
coin position and purity in all its ingredients.
As a spring remedy, te parity and  cleanse the WooS,
leaving it  free fnmi ali  humors and impurity, wo ai
wjtli confidence, there is no ln-fter remedy.
Sold by all Drug;nsls, and  by
RKDIW-KTOIV Si CO., Agentn,
409 and 4*1 (.'lav street,  San Francisco.
Also, by
II. K.  MYLKSt ApoJhecaries IIaHT
ap26 Ptiisii street, Los Angeles.
ard, for a compl-te description of whieb  refarenci
bad totUcconipiaiin. hevv. tth M Bt—a i -i„i: -aid pro
perty may be sold at public auction, by the Sherilf. a;
properly sold n-mler execution, to .- i ■ ■ , ■,- ; .,.■ anion tit si
found due upon said notes, and if thi .,- bti cttReiency ol
such iiriiocods,  and a  balance  still  due  *,u tho plaint ill
that tiiejud^ineiit shall then t*e iiuckete*i hvj the balance
id for costs and for general relief.
And if yon Jail to appear and answer the said com
plaint as above reijuired, lhe said plaintiff will apply to
the Court fur the re!iff demanded in snid complaint.
Witness the linn. ISeojaniin Hayes, .lud^eot our District
Court, aforesaid. the:':id d'-iy of December, a.d. 11-61.
'j    Attest my hand and tbe seal of said Court tin
day and year last above written.
JOHN W. SHORE, Clerk.
SUMMONS.
STATIC OP C A t-I FORM A—County of Lost A
geles.—In the District Court nf ISie First .Jh-
(tkilnl District.
Phineaa Kanuhv^l'en-nminD. Wilson and Tlenry II. Myles.
plain* i Es, v-1. ,l"!n ii, Iloivuey, James P. McFarJaBd and
Man* b1    i ■,,:...■ ■*■', Dsfendanta.
Action :.r.-,i^ii;. iu tne District Court of tlie Tirst Judicial
District, ami tlie complaint filed in the Cily and Countv
of Los Angeles, iu tiie ulhceof the Clerk of .mid District
Court,
'fins People of lhe State if California send Greeting :
To John G. Downey, James P. McFarland and Manuel Do,
miliguez.
YOU are hereby required to appear in an action
brought against vou bv the iuihvii named i-laiulifl's,
in our District Court of tho l*'irst Judicial District, in and
for tbe Ciunty of Dos Angeles, and to answer the complaint filed therein, a certified copy of which you are here,
with served, within ten days after the service on you oi
I his summons—if served within this County ; or if served
out of this County hut within the First Judicial District,
within twenty days after the service thereof: o
served out of the First Judicial District but in the S
ofCaliio-iruia, within forty days after the service t.her
always exclusive of the day of service ;—or judgment by
defaiilt will he taken against you.
The said action is brought: to obtain the partition ofthe
following tract of land, situate in ttie County of Los Angeles, and .State of Calilornia. ami in case a parti tion of the
samo cannot bo made without great prejudice to the
owners, that then a sale thereof be declared and the proceeds divided, aller payment of costs of suit among the
owners, according to their respective interests, which is
alleged to be a*- follows : the said Wilson cine undivided
tilled—tl*,, ■-■; ,1 iTanning, llyles and Doiiiinjrne* each one
un,livid*','; -i -.*h, h u-i the said Downey and "ilci'in-land each
one undivided 1.\v*'ltlli ; said lands described as follows, lo-
wit - Doing a part uf San Pedro Diuicho fronting on an
]'-,t.uary of the sea which enters from the port of Sau I'e-
dro, commencing near some sunken barrels, near the
Verdes," being the same
. Ord in December, 1854,
-eyed fa
tract of land su
nod more oartic
thereof, made by him,  as foQo*
marked   "A," situated   near t.l
arj, and about 12 feet north of
by the name of "Lus liarriles"
niivr F IT" •>!,'   N unto a stake n
aledo
in.,,,
g at a stake
e oaiiKs oi tho «aid estu
irniie little wells, known
on a little bluff, and run-
arked " Ii'! two thousand
il and eiglity-three yards ('•IW) including the
tine fo the South of this line toordinn.ry lii.eli v-alermark,
according to said survey, and enibracin;: within its limits
an additional hundi-ed"yards more iu the said estuary,
sta.i'tio*; from a point distant ono mile, according to lire
turns and bends of the naid high water mark, from the
said stake " \V> aforesaid, so as to include an additional
.-.trip of land of a hundred yards broad and a mile long,
from the said point " IV unto a stake marked '-('," foi-
Irnviui*: the ordinary Itisrli wafer mark and distant in a
straiirh.t line sixteen hundred and nineteen yards and
three inches fl.'O:)::;) with a course hy compass E 47'N
from this point N 17*25' Win a straight line, unto the
point marked '-"J." distant t wentv-si v Lund red and ninety-nine (i!'ji'*!i) yards ; from this point W 17° 2S' a" tljirty-
oue hundred and forty-six yards and four inches {"'''M'.i :'i)
unto the point or stake. \ ; from this point to place of he-
I'liiniii!.' fliirtv-i'oiti' liun 11 red e.iul nine I v-two yards and
live  inches   (;8492:5)1   so as   to include neither
less, but exactly twenty four hundred acres,   w _   	
above described lirnils, fogelher with all and' singular the
hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging
in any wise a |i|ierl.ainii;g.
And if you rail to appear and answer tho said complaint
I,na.bove re*|iiired, fhe said plaintiffs   will   enter   your   '
fault and ask   the Court for  tho   relief asked   for in
complaint and tor costs.
Witness the  (Ion.  Denjamin  Hayes, Judge nf our
I riot Co-.u-t; aforesaid, the 17th day of April, a.d.  I8IV2.
[i.. H.*    Attest my hand and tho seal of iatd Court, the
dav and vear last above  written.
JOHN W, SllOlil';, Clerk,
aplS By A, U. Chapman, Deputy.-
The above sale is further postponed until
TUESDAY, the 20th day of JULY,  1862,
by order of plaintiff ys attorney.
Given under my hand tli is ^Otli day nf April, ad
1862. T. A. SANCHEZ, Sheriff, '
By A. J. King, Under Sheriff.
STATE OFCAL1FOBX1A-Countyof I,os An-
geies—In tbe District Court of Uie 1st Judkial
District.
Abe] Stearns Plaintiff, vs. Henry N. AWnnder,
Adminietrator o! the estate of Isaac- S. K. Ogier,
deceased, Anna Ogier ood Corinne Ogier, deleod-
aots.
Action lironght in the District Court of the First
Judicial District, arid the complaioi liled in Die
Connty of Lob Angeles, in the office of the Clerk
of paid District Court.
The people of lhe Slate of California Rend greet-
in-? to Henry N. Alexander, Administrator of tbe
estate of Isaac S. K. Ogier, deceased, Anna Ogier
and Corinne Ogier.
YOU ARE HEREBY required to appear in an
action brought against yon by the above named
plaintiff, in tbe District Court of the First Judicial
.District, in and for tbe County of Lob Angele?, and
answer the complaint filed therein, (a copy of
which accompanies this summons,) within ten
days, (exclusive of the day of service,) after the
service on you ofthifi summons—if served within
this County; if served out of this County, but
within this Judicial District within twenty daya 'T
or if served out of said District then within forty
days, or judgment by default will be taken against'
you.
The said action is brought fo obtain a decree of
this Court tor tbe foreclosure of a certain mortgage described in the complaint filed herein and.
executed by the said Isaac S. K. Ogier and Anna
Ogier, on Ihe 6lh day of May, 1858, to secure the
payment of three certain promissory notes, each
dated on the 6th day of May, 1858, executed by
tbe said Isaac P. K. Ogier, each for the sum of one
thousand four hundred and sixteen and sixty-six
one hundredth dollars ($1,116 66 100) with interest
thereon al the rate of one and one-half of one per
cent, per month, that Ibe premises conveyed thereby may be sold, and the proceeds applied to lbe
payment ofthe said notes mentioned in Ihe afore-
siiid complaint, and in case such proceeds are not
sufficient to pay the same, then have judgment
docketed against the said Henry N. Alexander,
Administrator as aforesaid, for the balance remtiin-
ing due, and also thai tbe snid defendants, and all
persona claiming by, through or under them. maJ'
be barred and foreclosed of nil right, title and interest in and to said mortgaged premises, and for other
and farther relief; and if you fail to appeur and
atiswr the said complaint, as above required, the
plaintiff will eater your default and apply to tbe
Court for tbe relief prayed for In hiB said complaint.
Given under my hand and tbo seal of tbe Dlfr-
[L.8.]      trict Court of  the 1st Judicial District
this 21st dav of March, a.d. 1862.
JOHN W. SHORE, Clerk.
Scott & Drown, Att'ys for pl'tff.
ALT.   HEALING
JAPANESE   SALVE.
Tli (-Japanese Salve is the bent preparation that has
bern discovered for the euro of
POISON FROM POISON OAK,
'•OSiiUTO lil'fKS,
CUTS,
SPRAT NrS.
BUBKS,
vu.m.
BOILS,
BRUISES.
CORNS,
CHILLIS [,A INS,
GUNSHOT WOUfvDSir
SORENIPPLBMi
NtmSINC SOliK HKKASTS,
Ami In fuel all let mis of Sores.
For Sale hy n.11 IlrufcEiBtB, and hy Dr. IT. It. MYLES,
December 8th, IRill-tim Loa AngejM*
UEOINGTON*CO.. Agents,
Snii   Fiaiiclseo*
Stmgeie
70L. XII.
LOS  ANGELES,  CAL.,  SATUKDAY,  JUNE  14,   18(52.
NO. 6.
Cos ^.ngclca Star:
PPBUSnED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING,
At the STAR BUILDINGS, Sprio-*; Street, Loa
Angeles,
BY   II.   IIIIILTOII,
TERMS:
Subscriptions, per inn urn, in advance. .$5 00
For Six Months  3 00
For Three Months   2 00
Single Number ;  0 12i
Advertisements inserted at Two Dollars per square
often lines, for tbe first insertion; and One
Dollar per square for each subsequent insertion.
A liberal deduction.made to yearly Advertisers,
San   Francisco Aeency.
Mr.C. A. CRANE is the only authorized agent
(or the Lou Anukt,k8 Stir in San Francisco.
All orders left at his office, Northwest corner of
Washington and   Sansorae streets.  Government
uilding, (up stairB) will be promptly attended to.
HOTELS.
BELLA UNION  HOTEL,
LOS     A-JGELES.
JOHN KING & HENRY HAMMEL,
Proprietors.
THE SUBSCRIBERS having leased the above
named  Hotel,  wish   to assure   their  frieuds
and the travelling public that they will endeavor
to keep the Bella Uuion what it has always   beeu,
TIIE  BEST   HOTEL
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
Families can be accommodated with large, airy
rooms, or suits of rooms, well lurnished.
The Bills of Fare
shall be inferior to none in tbe State,
AU the Stages
io and from Los Angeles arrive at and depart from
this Hotel.
The Bar and Billiard Saloons
shall   ruccive the   most  strict  attention, and the
patrons shall find that this house will be carried
on as a first class Hotel ought to be.
Los Angeles, May 31, 1862.
Frbdk. W. Koi.t,.      H. Dockwf.iler.      O. Fr.cur.
LAFAYETTE   HOTEL,
OPPOSITE THE BELLA UNION
ROLL  &   CO.,
PROPRIETORS,
MTHIS ESTABLISHMENT _^&_
offers superior inducements <$&!§_
to tbe traveling public, and &-:'jCmWi*
especially to those wishing a quiet home. The
location is dexiruble, the establishment. Inrga
uud commodioiii*, with rooms—single and for families—i-lean and w"->ll furnished, and a table well
j-upplled with tbe choicest viands and delicacies of
tlie-season, OS is welt known by those who have
lnvcred the house wiih ibuir patronage. Connected with the Hotel is a
Large Billiard and Bar-Iioom.
The Proprietors will use every exertion to give
their guests entire satisfaction.
Ilatir-- for jli-in's:
Early in the morning. Coffee or Tea and Rolls,
Breakfast, from 8 to 12 o'clock.
Dinner from 3 to 7 o'clock.
Board, per Week,      -----       §7 Od
Board and Lodging, jier Week, from 98 to- 813
(ACCORDING TO HOOM.)
Board avid Lodging, per Day,   -   $1 51) to $£ OlJ
single Meal*,      ------     sy 50
Los Angeles, January 1,1862.
business Carbs.
UNITED STATES HOTEL,
3%££&lxi. Street,
Los A.n gel
e s .
THE SUBSCRIBER having leased tbe
f -iboveestablistimeut, begs leave to in-
r formthe publicthat be has refitted and
 I refurnished  it  throughout,  and that   it
will be conducted iu the very best style. The
table will be liberally supplied with everything
the market affords, and every care will be taken
to make theUNITED STATES HOTEL a comfortable homo for boarders.
Attached to the Hotel, is a BAR, where the best
of liquors and cigars are kept.
Terms moderate, to Buit the times-
Miners coming from or to the mines of Hoi-
combe, Potosi, Mohave or Sau Gabriel, will find
this a convenient place to meet their Irieudr, or lo
obtain desirable information.
Los Angeles, December 7tb, 1802.—tf
H. 9TASSFORT.
R.  GARRETT,
WHEELWRIGHT & CARPENTER,
RETURNS thanks to tbe
public of Loa Angeles for
.past favors, and begs to
inform them he continues to conduct business as
above, in all its branches, and guarantees to give
satisfaction to all who may favor bim with their
patronage.
SMITH   WORK.
His shop is on  Aliso street,  adjoining Eeaudry's
Building;  where  Mr. F.   FORSTER will execute
SMITH WORK in thevery best manner.
Los Angeles, Dec. 7th, 1861.
GEO. W. GHAPIH & CO.,
JLtowcr side of Plaza, near Clay st.,
SAN FRANCISCO.
EMPLOYMENT   OFFICE   AND
GENERAl^AGEIMCY.
Furnish all kinds of help for Families, Hotels,
Farmers, Mining Companies, Mills, Factories, Shops
&c.
Also, have a Real Estate Agency, and attend to
business in that line. feb22
CLARK'S
INDELIBLEJ-ENCILS.
THE CHEAPEST AND BEST
ARTICLE
For Marking Linen.
For Bale by the gross, at
305 Montgomery street, Room No.
2, San Francisco.
«*28 W. HOLT.
C.  E.  THOM,
Attorney and Counsellor at L.aw
LOS ANGELES.
Office in Pico Buildings, Spring street. jyS
DR. J. C.WELSH,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Office, CITY DRUG STORE,
Main street, Los Angeles.
Office hours, 9 to 12, m ; and 2 to 9, p.m.
Aliens! 1, 18.-"9.
R. T.  HAYES,   M. D.,
PHYSICIAN ana SURGEON,
Tenders his services to the citizens of Los Angeles.
Office—Apothecaries' Ilnll, near the Post Office
Rksidkkoc  of Dr. Haves—McLaren s  House,
Fort Btreet. octl6
DR.   HAMILTON,
STJKGEON DENTIST.
Office—Over Banning & Hinehman's, junction of
Main and Spring streets,
myS LOS ANGELES.
v. E. Howard,      s. P, Hutte*worth,      m, J. Nkwmauk.
Howard, Eutterworth & Newmark
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
Los Angeles and San Francisco,
Cai.
Will  practise  in (lie Federal and  State Courts of
Calilornia.
Offices—Temple's Building,  Main street, Los
Angeles.
Armory Hall. .Montgomery streot, San Francisco
S.   &,  A.   LAZARD,
IMPORTKRS,
And Wholesale nnd Retail Dealers in
French,   English   and   American
Dry Goods.
Corner of Melius Row, Los Angeles. I  C2
GEO. THACHEE & CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Ecslers in
Choice "Wines and Liquors,
MAIN STHBBT,
Nearly   opposite    the   Bella   Union   Hotel,
LOS ANGELES. je!)
PHINEAS BANNING,
FORWA KDO'G and COMMISSION
AOENT,
Now San Pedro and Los Angeles.
Little at Pint, but Blighty at U".
A traveler through a dusty road,
Strewed acorns o'er tbe lea,
And one took root aud sprouted up,
And grew into a tree;
Love Bought its shade at evening time,
To breathe its early vows,
And age was pleased, in heats of noon,
To bask beneath its boughs;
Tbe dormouse loved its dangling twigs,
The birds sweet music bore,
It stood a glory in its place,
A blessing evermore.
A little spring has lost its way
Among the grass and fern ;
A passing stranger scooped a well,
Where weary men might torn ;
He walled it in, and hung with care
A ladle at the brink—
He "bought not of tbe deed be did,
But judged that toil might drink.
He passed again—and lo ! the well,
By summers never dried,
Had cooled ten thousand parching tongues,
Aud naved a life beside!
A dreamer dropped a random thought—
'TwftR old, and yet 'twas new—
A simple fancy ofthe brain,
But strong in being true ;
It shooe upon a genial mind,
Aud lo, its light became
A lamp of life, a beacon ray,
A monitory flame.
The thought wan small—its issue great :
A watch fire on the hill,
It sheds its radiance far adown,
And cheers the valley Blltll
A nameless man amid the crowd,
That thronged the daily mart,
Let (all the word of hope and love,
Unstudied from tbe heart;
A whisper on the tumult thrown—
A transitory breath—
It raised a brother from the dust,
It saved a soul from death.
Ogerm!   O fount I O word of love t
O thought at random cast!
Ye were but little at the first,
But mighty at the last.
A.   LSHMAN,
PLAIN AND ORNAMEXT.VL.
SSIO-KT   I» AXKr-TZN-'Q-,
CARRIAGE PAINTING, &C.
Inquire at Jon\ Go*.',■<*it's Shop. xhl
SAMUEL ARBUCKLE,
AUCTIONEER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
SaScsi'ooniin Temple's Block,
JUAIiV   STREET.
Strict attention (riven to all business.
Commissions solicited.
LosAmreles, May 17, 1862.
H HICKS & CARSON, &
DEALERS IN STOVES,
— AXD —
Manufacturers of All Kinds
TIN, SHEET MOW AND COPPER
WARE.
JOB W0SK DONE TO ORDER.
WITII NEATNESS AND DISPATCH.
Constantly on hand,
All Kinds of Hollow Ware, Pumps
&c. &c. &e.
TEMPLE'S BLOCK, MAIN Street.
July 20. 1861.
A.   F.  WALDEMAR,
COUNTY   SI-RVA-jTOB..
Office in Temple's Block, Spring street.
Los AngeleH, September 21, 1861.
SADDLEH.X.
M. RON TET,
ALISO STREET, la BEACDRY's BRICK
BUILDI.VU.
nAS the honor to announce to the Public, that
he still carries on his" business at the old
stand, as above, and having iu his employment competent workmen, he ia prepared to execute all orders with which hi3 may be tavored, in the Manufacturing of
PliieHarneas.CnrrlBg*; Repairing, nnd Mending
ot all kinds.
AlsOj-everytlili-iglii tlie Saddlery Business.
. Los Angeles,Feb. 1st, 1861.
DRUGS, MEDiCINES, &C.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
APOTHECARIES'   HALL,
Main street, nearly Opposite Commercial.
HAS ON HAND, and is constantly adding to,
one ofthe most complete assortment of Drugs,
Medicines and Chemicals, South of San Francisco ;
together with all the Patent Medicines of the day.
Also a fine assortment of
Perfumery and Toilet Articles.
All of which ho warrants genuine and of the best
quality; which he offers, Wholesale or Retail, on
the most liberal terms.
Physicians'   Prescriptions   compounded   at all
hours, day or night.
H. B. MYLES.
Loa Angeles, July 1,1860.
The Old Capitol Building and Its Imnnlta.
The Washington correspondent of tho New York
Times writes thus :
The old Uapitol building, which has been used
for the past ten months for the safe-keeping of
Secessionists, both political and belligerent, hi
become one of the "institutions" of the metropolis.
Sight-seers who come here to get a peep at our
'■elephants,-' never fall to include this prison
among the things to be wondered at.
It is a low, flat, brick building, two stories in
height on the front, with a three-story back addition, containing in all some-eighteen rooms. Situated at the north end of the avenue, 'and directly
in tbe rear of the present capitol, with an unbroken view of the country around, it is altogether a
pleasant and desirable place for a country residence
and affords our deluded Iriends a healthy summer
resort.
On entering the main door in front, and presenting your pass to converse with a prisoner, you are
shown to a neat, cozy parlor, where you are told
to await the coming of the desired individual. The
officer of thedny is on hand at the interview, and
as all conversation must be in a tone sufficiently
loud to be distinctly heard by the presiding officer
It is quite impossible that eecesh visitors can
squeeze in an interdicted remark to their imprison*
ed relatione. The-49 interviews are generally limited fourteen minutes, hut larger limit ia sometime
granted, and thirty minutes are permitted. The
f-tyle ol coc versa tion is restricted to that appertaining wholly to the domestic affairs ol the priwon-
er, and all remarks animadverting on the course
pursued by onr Government touching the imprisonment, is strictly forbidden.
The prison, which is under the management of
the Superintendent, Mr. William P. Wood, is in
thorough order, well cleaned, and in a condition to
render its inmates as comfortable as practicable.— -
At this time there are about eighty persons confined, of whom ouly some ten or twelve are political—tbe remainder being prisoners of war. Tbe
great feature of the establishment is the female
portion of its iu mates, three in number—Mrs.
Greenhow, Mrs. Baxley, aud Mrs. Morris alias Mrs,
Ewart.
Mrs. Greenhow, who has been incarcerated since
last summer, partly in her own dwelling, but for
he last three months in the old Capitol, is, or rather has been, a gay, dashing widow, rather tall,
of email facial outline, and graceful in movement.
We say she has been a g-jy, lively widow, aa we
understand her vivacity is considerably reduced
since her rebel plumage has been clipped with
Union shears. She is aged about 48, but presents
a much more youthful appearance, and would readily pass for a person of 38 summers. Her daugh
ter. Miss Rose, is a sprightly lansie of 14.
Mrs, Baxley has been sojourning here some three
months. She is a virulent, loquacious secesh, and
inclined to be troublesome. A black silk apron,
representing a rebel black flag, is sometimes bung
from her window, and though ordered by the guard
to withdraw it, it is not often that she agrees to the
request. She is aged about 4,'i, not prepossessing,
and would be termed plain-looking ; wears an air.
of nonchalance, aud seems contented with her
quarters.
Mrs. Morris, in style anH personnel is decidedly
the most interesting widow of tbe three. With a
fair, smooth complexion, aud finely cut none of the
Roman order, a well proportioned mouth of the
pouting disposition, and a mien at once erect and
commanding, she appears to a stranger rather "taking." Like Mrs. Baxley, she is disposed to "pitch"
into the guards outside ber windows, and annoy
tbem to the utmost. It is contrary to rules to lean
your body from the window, but our fascinating
subject, calculating, probably, upon a pretty face
for extra privileges from the guards, will thrust
her head from the opening, and make signals,
when unobserved, to sympathizing rebels who may
be passing by. She is emphatically uneasy under
her imprisonment, and chafes under tbe rod like
all refractory children. A chubby-faced healthy
son, six years of age, keeps her company.
These hoop-skirt rebels will leave us for Dixie
on to-morrow or next day. Already tbe sum of
four or five hundred dollars has been collected in
their behalf, as previously asserted in tho Times,
and it is said that they have been promised by Jeff.
Davis, immediately on their arrival, a position
under his threadbare Aaministmtion whereby they
may earn a livelihood—rather severe, I opine, on
Mrs. Greenhow, who has been an accepted Belle at
the White Honso under Buchanan, and especial favorite of ex-Senator Slide!!, uow Minister at large.
This Dkai'ii ok this Pout Souhkji O'IIi-ikx.—
Lieut. Fitz James O'Brien was sacrificed by an
ignorant .Methodist minister who hud received an
appointment as surgeon through sume political influence, aud who dressed his wound so uii'skillfully
that [or.more than a moulh the gallant soldier was
suppurating bis lila away. A resi'diiui of the
joint of his arm by a compelent person, oatissd tetanus, from which he died. The last words he ever
wrote were to a liiuml, describing the painlul ope'
ration :
" All my shoulder bone and a portion of my upper arm have tMQQ taken away. 1 nuarly died.—
My breath ceased, my heart censed to beat, pulse
slopped. ITuwever. I got through, f nm not yi-t
out of danger from the Operation, hut B worse disease has set in. 1 have got teUnun or lock-jnw.
There is a chance of my getting out ol it, that's
all. In case I don't, good-bye, old fellow, with all
my love. I don't want to make any leg-il document; but I desire Unit you nod Frank Wood,
should be. my literary executors, bsoanse, alter I
am dead, I mny turn out a bigger man Hint when
living. I'd write bom if I cmld, but I'm very
weak. Writo to me. I mny bQ alive. Also get
Wood to wiite.1'
The next morning O'Brien felt a little better
than usual, and, being helped up, sat for a time
on the side of his bed. He now managed to swallow a little beef ten, which was given him through
a syringe. The doctor then asked him if he would
take a glass of sherry. O'Brien said, "Yea."—
While slowly sipping Uie sherry he turned pale and
fell back. The doctors immediately dashed cologne water [fl his fees and begad to fan him with
tho pillows. But it was loo late. His fealures
were set in dealh. But for fhe incompetency of
the impostor who at first bundled his wounds, he
would now be alive and well,—Boston Post.
Axecdote ov thk Bi.iCKumi).—When a blackbird
once learns a tune, he never lorgets it nor any part
of it. I once knew a bird that could sing "Polly
Hopkins " with wonderful accuracy. His owner
sold him, at the same lime making the purchaser
acquainted wiih the bird's favorite tune. As soon
as the gentleman got him home, he at once bung
up the blackbird, and going to the piano, struck up
Polly Hopkins. The bird's new muster Introduced
parts into the tune that he had never heard before;
so after listening a while, he began hissing bis
wings and otherwise signifying his distaste of tin;
whole performance. Much surprised, the gentleman left off playing, and then the bird opened his
throat and favored his new master with his version
of Polly Hopkins, nor'would he ever listen with
patience to any other version. This BBiae bl ickhird
after ■tt»yi"g in the service of theabove mentioned
gentleman lor two years, was adopted hy a serious
family, where Polly Hopkins aud all such profanity were sedulously avoided. Whenever poor
•' Joe" (the bird's name ) attempted to strike up
the old tune, a cloth was thrown over his cage and
he was silenced. The family consisted of an-old
lady and her two dSQJtbterp, and every night at
seven o'clock prayers wero read nnd the "evening
hymn" sung ; and Joe, who was an obedient bird,
and anxious to conform to the habits of the house,
speedily learned the tune, and regularly whistled
it while the old lady and ber daughters sang. This
went on for six or seven years, when the mother
died, and the daughters separated, and Joe, now
iged bird, fell Into new bands ; but to bis dying
day he never gave up the'-evening hymn." Punc
tually as the clock struck seven, he tuned up and
went straight through with it, with ihe gravity ol
a parish clerk.—Bcelon's Home Pets.
RtSSltBLAMCB   BETW9KH   Vut,uii\ iVD THi I'kk-
— ■ iv—Tbe   poriraUa   of the   Royal    Family
furnish i;i i.iiein-.^lves n very cle.ir e\ a tuple of it-B-
wablaow oontkioed tbrotnrb ■ rniea of generations. The most otisiTvnlile peculiarity m:iy be
said lo consist of a fullness in the lower part of tht*
cheek. It can be traeed back imt only to the first
mOMtOb of the family Ot Brtrasviok Lunenburg,
bat tn ins toother, tbe tfileotraa SopbU of Hanover; which   shows Unit it did uot come frum tho
paternal Use of tba family( but more probably
from the house of Stuart, if which the Ml eet r ess
was nn immediate descendant, being granddaugh-
iii- io Clog Jamas 1. No attempt, bo far as the
writer is aware, has ever been -maile to trace Una
physiognomy further back than the Electresa Sophia j and certainly in her in Hlicr Elizabeth, we di)
not find any sinvi poculUi-ity prominently brought
out. There ta, nevertheless, reason to believe that
common points of physiognomy in the Stuart and
Hauover families on be traced to a generation
prior to tbe i-oi-ereign last-mentioned, who is the
conimuii ancestor. The writer, at least, must own
that be has been very much struck by the resemblance borne by the recent portraits of our present amiable Sovereign to one representing Prince Charles Edward in his latter years. The full-
iii.-*- Q i cheek is palpable in both portraits ; the form
of the mouth is the same iu both ; and the general
aspect, when tome allowances are made for difference of age and sex ia identical, lt is four generations back from the Prince, and eight from tho
Queen, to King James—two centuries and a half
have elapsed BtQOfl the births of the two children
from whom the subjects of thu two portraits are
respectively descended, yet there is a likeness exceeding what is lound iu hall the eases of brother
and sister. The peculiarity, however,is apparent,
also, in a portrait of Mary of Scotland, taken iu her
latter years ; and it may further be remarked that,
between the youthful portraits of Prince Charles
Edward and those ot the Prince of Wales now coining into circulation, a very striking reeemblanco
exist. Thus, the perseverance of physiognomy
may be said to extend over three centuries and eleven generations ; thereby reminding us of tho connection between the present ltoyal Family and
that ancient one which it superseded, aud telling
us emphatically thnt Possessor and Pretender are
now happily one.— Rook of Days.
Victor Hogo'S " LBS Miskiuiilks."—A curious
interest attaches to this icmnrliablo French novel,
now in course of publication in the columns of
the Echo du Pacifiqiie. Tho author's only other
novel. "Notre Dame do Paris," was accepted by its
publisher on condition that ho should bring out
every succeeding work by that author. "Notre
P,ime''proved a brilliant success, and made tho
fortune of—fAe publishi-r. Victor I hi'-.i I bun wn>t..i
"Les Miserablos," determining to respect tho
condition, but to make his own terms with tho
unscrupulous trafficker. These terms were at
once rejected, and the author, put by his manuscript lor a more favorable season. Year after
year he renewed proposals, increasing each year
hia demand, until at last the publisher died, and
after waiting nearly a quarter of a century, tho
wedl-sea-oned, if not seasonable, "Les Miserable--,''
is being published.—Alta.
Tub Vetturo Doa.—Ou bis first arrival in Rome
he had purchased one of those sprightly little
vetturo dogs, all wool and tail, that the traveler
remarks mounted on top of the traveling cvrriages
that enter and leave Home. With a firm foothold
theV stand on the very top of all the baggage that
may be piled on the roof ofthe coach ; and there,
standing guard and barking fiercely, seem to
thoroughly enjoy the confusion attendant ou starling the horses or unloading the baggage. They
are seen around the carriage-stands where public
hacks are hired, and as soon as one moves off, up
jumps the vetturo dog alongside the driver, and
never leaves the vehicle until it stbbs ; then, il he
sees another hack returning to tho cily, he will
jump into that, and be carried back triumphant,
This sounds like fiction ; but its truth will be confirmed by any one who has ever noticed the pecu-.
liaritiesof this breed of dogs, which love to ride.
— Continental Monthly.
Tub so-called OatuaniASttj o* tbs Bbbbls in
China.—The Rev. Mr. ItoberiH, the Bogllab Obl-
nese missionary, has published a statement which
upsets tbe theory that the reviLuiou iu China—
theTaep'mg movement—originated in the teach-
ingsofan American missionary, who instructed
the "Heavenly Father" iu the rudiments ot Cinis-
tianity. Mr. Roberts maintaius thnt the present
rebel leader. Hang Low Chuen, whom be has
known since 1847, is crazy, and that he is utterly
unfit to rule. He told Mr. Roberts that he moat
believe in him, or else he should perish, like the
Jews did for not believing In the Saviour. His re
ligious toleration arid multiplicity of chapels turns
out to be a larce—of no avail in thu spread of
Christianity—worse thau useless. Itonly amounts
i machinery for the promotion and spread ol
his own political religion, making himself equal
to Jesus Christ.
Sir Edwin Landseek.—The eminent painter, was
sued in the court of exchequer, England, lately,
for the Bum of £20 18s., the value of one dress
coat and one frock coat, made by .Messrs, Baldaoe
of the West End. The defendant had ordered the
two coats, and according to his evidence rejected
them because they were bad fiin. The defendant,
amidst great laughter, tried on both articles iu the
court, and declared with respect to the drees coat
that if he had gone to a dinner party in it he would
have been compelled to take it off before dining,
for be could not sit down iu it. The jury gave u
verdict for the delendaut.
Great Sat.t Lakk.—The water-marks show that
the lake is now a mere remnant of what was one of
the mighty water collections of the earth. Along
the base of the mountain walls of the valley, if we
may so term the limits of the bisin, are distinct
water-murks, the more elevnted order being from
75 to 100 feet above the level of the valley. They
are almost c inclusive evidence that a great sea
once existed in Utah Valley, whose breakers have
left the marks of their power indented upon tho
rooky front of their mountain confines as a monument ol their power. The whole face of tho
country appears to hive passed IbOQgb caloric influences of the iiitensest character. Enormous
rocks fringe its margin, which are charred as black
as ebony from the operation of tho heat, and their
fragmentary condition bespeaks the mighty convulsions which they have passed through. Near
the lakes center thero is quite a large island, upon
which these volcanic indication-* are equally
emphatic.
The SPI0B8B ok Ceylon.—Oue specie weaves
threads, or cords rather, athwart tho pathways,
which more than once actually lifted Sir Emerson
Tenneut's hat off his head in riding; and, whi'ii
they struck the face, produced a painful twang
across that tender district of the body. Thero ia
a Ceylonese spider with legs tbat would span an
ordinary—at sad breakfast-plata and it seems to be
a fact, now pretty well authenticated, that they
seize small birds and feast upon their blood ! It Is
nlso kuown that there are such spiders both In
Australia aad in HindosUm, The webs of such
spiders are strong enough to entangle and hold
the email birds, on which tbey are said occasionally to feed. The birds however, are more of the
nature of bnmmlog-birds than of larger sleQ.—
Small house li/.nrds will nlso be seized uud de-
vored by these  fellows.
Let me tell you an AXample of the police of Paris.    A quiet citizen Ol Franl'tort took, a few ilayn
ago, n pleasant trip to Paris, and waa very anxious
Lo lee tbe Emperor. After Hitidrv inquiries, be
was told to stand in the theatre, Se did so, and
When be beard that Napoleon was coming, he suddenly put his right hand in his pocket, but was
just as suddenly caught by four policemen, who
]u.([ been hid mi nn-where, iii* lim] inl.i uded to tako
his opera glass but the guards dreamed otan attack
Tbe Geriumi (although BOtbtOg bnt tho opi-ra-
Inss was found in  bis  pocket.)  was conveyed to
i-ison, telegrams wers sent to Firanktbft to inquire
ins character, aod niter four days tho man waa
released.— Cor. Bulletin.
OoBIOQS C(.>jnu!>kn('k.—.Struck by the wind tho
telegraph chords eoottd like a lyre, and when tho
word.- h/ tbe Megrapb ntrike the eye waaU admit
tbat it is the greatest liar in existence.—Vunity
Lair.
"Mamma, isn't Mr. lilanqne a wicked man?"
" Wicked, my dear I   No!   What makes you ask
puel) ii quesiion f
•'Why, because, mamma, dear, when he comes
nto church be doesn't smell his hat as other people do."
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