Castles in the Air.
Farewell, my castle, raised so high !
Farewell, ye bowers of beauty!
From your enchantment I must fly
To sober paths of duty.
Ah ! many an hour could I employ,
These mvely bowers adorning,
Till every airy hall ofjoy
■Should seem a star of morning!
But. go, vain dreams, depart!
Though fondly loved, I feel it,
That while you sooth the heart,
From bitter things you steal it.
When rose the storm of grief and care
On life's uncertain billow,
.1 sought my castles in the air,
And fouud a ready pillow.
Here joys to come were always shown,
The present grief dispelling ;
For future wo is all unknown
la.my renal dwelling.
The lesson thus was lost,
'•For which the storm was given—*
To show the tempest-tossed
A reluge sure in heaveu !
Here Hope, though cheated o'er  and o'er,
I thought would dwell securest ;
And deemed, of all her various store,
This gift the best and surest.
While Fancy strove, with magic glass,
To raise the scene ideal,
Still whispered Hope—" Though this may,
The rest will, sure be real."
Thus many a daring theme
Was lorming and undoing,
But still a brighter dream
Arose upon the ruin.
Thus, in the fields of wild romance,
I tarried lor a .season ;
But stili. at every change and chance,
I heard the voice ot reason ;
" Oh I  at some holier, happier shrine,
Devote my thoughts so ranging,
Whose base is truth and love divine,
Its fabrio never changing.
Thy hopes through youth and age,
If thou wilt hither guide them,
Though tempests rise and rage,
iieeiirely shall abide them."
I raised my eyes from all beneath,
And Hope stood in the portal,
She held an amaranthine wreath,
And promised life immortal!
I felt the scene before my view
WaB more than idle seeming,
And wished and strove to bid adieu
To all my days of dreaming.
Then go, vain dreams, depart!
Though fondly loved, I feel it,
Th.t, while you soothe the heart,
From better things you steal it.
Bm ixiuum %Wxllmxt\xte.
_0*o_f JSa-le,
BY  THE   CASE  OK   PACKAGE,
In quantities to suit,
LONG BILL PAPER, LEGAL CAP. LETTER I'APER, INK,
IIROAI) RILL I'APER. KOOLSCAI', NOTE PAPER, PENCILS, BLANK _,OOKS, WAFERS,,_-., ic.
Noisy Carriers Book and Stationery Co.,
87 Battery at    and 64 and 68 Long Wharf, San Franc-*..o.
my3—-m 0. P. KIMBALL. President.
To Parties Claiming Payment front
the United State* fur loss and destruction of
Property during tlie War  .vltli Mexico,
PARTIES desirous of having their Claims prosecuted by the undersigned before the Court of
Claims at Washington, can receive all the necessary information on the subject, and have their
Claima promptly prosecuted on application to O.
MORGAN, Los Angeles.
g 2 J. D. STEVENSON, San Francisco.
,n family less wortliy ol" pro t.
large, tliiit ther. never was, U not nr
i*:id, -iiic, iron, antimony, iodmi*,oi*
hich btoedin^. _up|-iii£ o
Clothing!   Clothing 11
JENNINGS   &   BREWSTER,
Manufacturers and Jobbers of Clothing-,
No. 73 Battery Street,
SAN FRANCISCO,
WOULD respectfully call the attention ol" buyers  to
tli_ii- liu-i'i. ami wl*U a _•**,> i*ti**l .stock uf SPRING AND
SUMMER CLOTHING, consisting of—
PANTS.
New Styles plain and fancy eass. Pants ;
Now stylo.*! plain anil iiuiey satinet Paais ;
Black Doeskin and casuimere Pants ;
Assorted Ktmtitckv Jean Pauls;
Linen duck and drill pants,
VESTS.
"White and check Marseilles Vests ;
Plain and Fancy cassiineie Vents ;
Plain and Fancy siik vests ;
SUITS.
Plain and fancy cassimere Ikisiness Suits ;
Plain and check linen Riisiness Suits :
COATS.
Black cloth Frock Coats ;
DRAWERS AND SHIRTS.
Gray and White .Mciino Shirts and Drawers •
Hickorv, Check and Fin mini Shirts.
OVERALLS AND SOCKS.
Denim Jumpers and Overalls ;
Cotton, Merino and Wool :-(■ ck a.
HATS, BLANKETS, &o.
i addition to the above, ive   have a Hue assortment oi
ds generally kept in our line. ju7—3in
Drugs   and  Medicines,
__R_oca.ixa.gftc-_t_L dfe? Oo-,
114 Battery Street,
SAN FRANCISCO,
OFFER for sale, Ex "Darling," " Tornado," and "B*
THE ELECTRO-CHEMICAL BATHS
OF   DR.   BOURNE,
Southeast Corner of Sansome and Coi
i* oil'ee'iiig themo.-it i
theLivev, Kidneys.
Doloreux, Stiff Joints,
%l Streets, opposite St. Nicholas Hotel, San Franciseo,
unary _u r.i__ of Fever and Ague, Intermittent and other Fever-, Jaundice, Diseases
ital and Urinary Organs, all sSexu-i" Disorders, Paralysis, Neuralgia, including Lie
also employed with as to uE hi n*-; success iii'
DISEASE OF THE EYES.
Also, all Indolent Ulcers, Tumors, Swellings,Absesses, Cancer of the "Womb, all other ale ot ions of the Womb, and
meer-us A'feet ions ^enerallv, and Scrofula.    These Baths seem' tobe Nature's own choseu   medium   for   cll'eei in*:
ires where all other me; ■■•*""" •*""' »ithnn-* them ■ and urove beyond the nosslbility of doubt, to all who  take
icm, the iniquity of Me*
lead, _in_, iron, antimonj
im, and are EXTKACTE1
Bm £xmtma l-hrfistmeitts.
s'ys-
__.. Scrofula. These Baths seem tobe Nature's own chosen medium
ild fail without thorn ; and prove beyond the possibility Of doubt, to
.■actice which poisons the human system by  administering  to   it   cal<
 ^ .._, , _        ine, iodide of potassa, and a whole host of deadlv dru"s which remai
re EXTUACTKiJ i.Y THEKI.' BATHS.
.arly lil'teen vears 1 have never sriren even a   solitary dose   of oil  or  salts,   much   less   any POISONOUS
DRUGS, or herbs, and haveNKVER seen a case in   whieh  they   -.re rei_uisite  if Water  Treatment  was  employed.
When will the people cease to bo such simpletons as to hire men to POISON and ULVA<]1)  them,   while   they   also   re
their statute books laws against poi.-ionin*.', maimim;-and hloodin;-- CATTLE " "
tion than animals?   I assert in tho face of  tliis
tnow, and never will be. a case in ivhich calomel, crime merouiy, <_-_„___-, _.-
.orauy other POISOM, shouldhave been, or be, administet-o'l  to tho  human
(ling, was required ; andfurther,   that hundreds of thousands   till   pr
i   State
o irraves through ;
ll-time"d o;
_   . f medii.-ii! rjisculily de.
NATURE'S AGKNCIES of Good Food, Air, I'u
nd Waking Hours, that without a part
that if there be any sti"*—""*•
,ded" to th
rORiu
.f others whose interest
Aihiress. bv letter or pecsonnllv, D.
i.-in Eraucisco, importci* into this St.-i
Electro Chcmieal Baths, and whose c
oys. Thev require great caution ii
■oidinj; all"danger.
A"^-So many lyinfi;
duseol*
■alth, Ip
,lie iMireeption oi* imtiu-al philosophy, as t
r tool-, and awake them to a knowledge of
these tilings, and if the poor
it least, that I will so employ
, Clothing, the Eleeteo-Chemical Baths, and the Sleep-
it NASTYand  PH1S0N0US medicine. I will so  arouse   the  powers  of
they shall speedily get pm-feelly well in   body,   with   minds  so  ex-
after to cau-o them to set their faces against all profession-
■ evils of entrusting their own vita! interest to the   keeping
CLOTHS! CASSIMERS! TAILOR'S TRIMMINGS!
And Billiard Cloths !
I BEG leave to inform the public iu general that
I keep constantly on hand a complete andwell
assortcd stock of
Clotlis, Casslmers, Tailor's Trimmings, Blllla_i|
Cloth-, Velvets and Vestlngs
of all descriptions.
Importing all these articles only from the mo-l
prominent European Factories, I am able to satisfy all reasonable demands. I am Milling to _el_
iu quantities to suit, and soliciting orders I 'guarantee they will be executed faithfully and wjth
despatch. A. L. BLUMENTHAL
San Francisco, Sacramento street, 142, betwe'tm
Kearny and Montgomery. augle 3m
. BOURNE. Water Cure Physician, Sansome street, opposite St. Nicholas Hotel,
te of the FIRST and ONLY apparatus 1'nr ^ivim, the.se delightful and lienelieial
*:perienee in their use warrants him in speaking of them in the terms lie eni-
i admin is term;; them, and Dr. Bourne never eu trusts that duty to others,  thus
lit'ul:
Jf';r '""US'
tf_r quici
i iii
1-lXni**!) editori:i 1 recnminendations are published,  that  those
fer, are withheld, rather than any should suppose they v
Litiraky OmTliAKiES.—The English papers announce the death of several persons more or less
connected with literature and art. Foremost, at
the advanced age of 80, is Admiral Sir John Ross,
•the commander ofthe flr_t Polar Expedition of
the present century. This was in 1818. He went
on » second expedition in 1827. at the expense oi
Mr. Felix Booth, a distiller iu London, and returned in October, 18-3. having discovered the
territory now called Bothia Felix, as well as the
North Magnetic Pole. In 1850 he went out in a
■mall vessel of 90 tons, at his own expense, in
quest of Sir John Franklin. He was author of
Accounts of his Exploration Travels and of a life
of Lord de Saumarez, and other professional
works. Sir Richard Wesfcmacott, sculptor, oldest member of the Royal Academy of England,
has also died, at the age of 81. He is best known
by his public statutes. Mr. William Yarrell, author of The History of British Fishes and The
History of British Brids, has died, aged 72, Scarcely any English writer has contributed so much to
the popularization of Natural History. Last in
this death roll is Gilbert Abbott a'Beckett, aged
■_3; he was essentially a humorist, as his Comic
Histories of England and Rome, and his Comic
Blackstone, have proved. After editing Figaro
Jn London, The Thief, and other precursors of
Punch, he settled down a- a leading writer in the
last-named, contributing largely to the Times
•also. He was a btrristor, without practice, when
he was made one of the Police Magistrates of London. Iu this capacity his shrewdness and common sense enabled him to do justice between man j
sad mau. Few public characters have seen more :
oftheupsand downs of life—certainly no judge
had greater or personal knowledge (as an insolvent,) ofthe Fleet, the Marshalsea, Wnitecrossj
itreet, and the Queen's Bench prisons. Latterly,
he was comparatively independent, though never j
wholly unembarrassed. He died at Boulogne, of
Congestion of the brain.— N.  Y Times.
■       -HM--^».>   <»fc_. ,
Virtue, like fire, turns all things into Itself;
onr actions and our friendships are tinctured with
It, and whatever it touches becomes amiabl.
Laziness begins in cobwebs and ends in iron
chains. It creeps over a man so slowly and imperceptibly that he is bound tightbeforeheknows
it.
Boiling shingles iu lime and salt for about five
•ratnutes, is said to preserve them for many years.
Also whitewash containing salt, applied to roofs,
is beneficial.
No one should ever make a.promise unless he
looks well into the circumstances beforehand, and
has every reason to believe that it will be in his
power to fulfill his promise.
Mrs. Smith hearing strange sounds, inquired of
her new aervaut if she snored inher sleep? "I
don't know, marm," replied Becky, quite innocently, " I never lay awake long enough to dis-
kiver."
What is an India-rubber conscience ? Why it iB
_• be a rogue among rogues, and live honest
among honest folks. Transpose it in the former
•Me and you may as well shut up shop at once.
Temperance puts wood on the fire, flour in the
barrel, meat in the larder, vigor in the body, intelligence in the brain, aud happiuess in the whole
family. Remember this all ye who drink, or would
be tempted to do so.
It is not what we earn, but what we can seve,
that makes us rich. It is not what we eat, but
what we digest, that makes us fat. It is not what
we read, but what we remember, that makes us
learned. All thia is very simple and worth remembering.
Reputation may I e- the reward of mediocrity
aad fame of talent that, panders to popular pas*
Sions ; but immortal renown is the endless chant
of generations, singing the [mtises of God like
men, who have lifted their race toward heaven.
We should be.cautious how we indulge in the
feeling of a virtuous imligiiation. It is the hand-
lome brother of anger and hatred.
Spirit is now a very fashionable word ■ to act
with spirit, to speak with spirit, means only to
act rashly aud to act indiscreetly. An able man
shows his spirit by gentle words aud resolute actions ; he is neither hot nor timid.
I'ltrtarie  Uid
Jayne's Medicines
Castor Oil
(irafenhorg Jlodicines
Sulphur
Sund'sSarsat-iarilbi
Bay Bum
to wn86Bd*„-Ji--"-_ !*ar.Ha
Jamaica Ginger
Roll's Sarsaparilla
Cnlabrica Lii|Uori_e
Phaker *a Sa_na par ilia
Fresh Hops in Bales
■      "'lustau*-'Liniment
'•         'l     '- Papers
Lyon's Floal'owdor
Iolide Potd-fl
TSi'uwn's JSsaonoe (Jinger
Adhesive Plaster
B-trry'H Trieojjli.roua
Sulphurate Morphine
Tslngl-ss    '
Shaker^ Herbs
Irish  .Moss
Oil I'ui-jj-nmont
Whit-* Glass
Oil Origanum
Yellow Wax
Oil Lemon
Epsom Salt-
Oil Rose
1'otash
Oil Sassafrft*-
porax
Togother -vith a foil a
ssortment   of Drugs  nod   Medi".
cinea, comprising every a
rticle required by tlie trade.
REDING TON kC'j..
Wholesale Druggists,
Jul 3m
fean Fra-i-isco.
Drugs, Medicines,
Perfumery,  Fancy Articles,   Ac,
CroMCll, Crane & Brigham,
(Late K. Ctmtetl Sr Co..)
IMPORTERS OF FORUGM AND JHi.MESTJC
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, DYES. PATENT MEDI-
cines, Perfumery, Fancy Articles, &c.,
131 COMMERCIAL STREET, (LONG WIIA111**.)
' San F'rancisco.
OUR assortment now in theWgentonthe PactBcCnast.
It has boon selected with groat care bv one of i in
firm, who resides iu the Bait. W'v slmll lie in eonstanl
receipt, by in-ery stuami-h nnd cuvvki: ship, of goods of the
best quality, wliich we will sell tit the lowest remunerative prices. Persons wishing good- of tlie best quality .
wild at the lowest i'wce'. can do better with us than by
any other house in California. s<ipt2*_—3m
Druggists, Chsmis.Sj & Assayers1
0-X£tJS^"^^-ffcj_?o_, cfco.
UG'GISTS' GLASSWARE!—Per recer.t arrivals. 10U0 gross assorted
Prescription Vials. Packing Lotties. Castor Oil Bottles.
Cologne Bottles, Tincture Mottles, Sample Rot lies, Sail
Mouth Bottles, Counter Jars, fhow .Tars, Leech Jars, Mortars and Pestles, Graduates' Funnels, Syringes, Corks,
Twine, etc., etc., embracing evory article in ihe line.
In store and for sale by
JOKN TAYLOR, 132 "Washington st,
i7—3m
l Fr»
CHEMISTS'   AND  ASSAYKK-.-   GLASSWARE.   ..c — Pe
recent   arrivals,   Crucibl  s,   Evaporating  Dishes,  Re
torts, Receivers, Mattrassos Tubeiog, Test Tubes, Anneal
ing Cups, Acii"l Hot tics. Syphons, Funnels, etc., etc.
tn store and for .sale bv
JOHN TAYLOR. l-_ Washington street,
ju7—3m San Fraoeis'-o,
CJODA STOCK!  SODA STOCK !—Hot t
hiivton c
troet
"uT—3m
San.Er.
mefsco.
iTNUT ARTICLI"S.
it of Perfumery.
l, Philadelphia,
PERI
(in
factory of M. Ro/.i
Also, a line assortment  of Combs    Rrusl
Articles generally. Forsalebv
JOHS TAYLOR, 132 Washin-
ju7—3m s^
om   the celcbra
*cted expressly
DENNIS   WIRE   WOfiKS.
MANUFACTORY OP "
Wire Cloth, Wire Netting,
Sand,   Wheat,  Corn and  Coal. Screens,  Sieves,
Bird Cage, Fenders and Fire Guards,
Meat Safes. Dish Cove.'s, Patent
Gauze   Window Blinds,
Wire Fencing, Seo.
No. 108 CLAY STREET,
BETWEEMBATTERYA.\'J) SAA'SOME,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Partieular Attention given to tlie Mamifaeturt
—of—
PREMIUM WIRE  CLOTH,
For Flour   and  Fanning Mills   and   Thresbing
jii7—3in Machines.
Xji-   aP. FISHER'S
ADVERTISING    AGEI\TGY,
Iron Building, opposite Pacific Express  Com
pany^s Office, up stairs,
SAN FRA.NCISCO.
ADVERTISEMENTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS solicited fo
the following named paper:
Yreka Union,
Weavervilte Democrat
Iowa Hill News,
Volcano Ledger,
San Jose Telegraph,
Petaluina. Joun;al,
California Farmer.
Los Angeles Star. ["Los A
■      geles,]
Santa Barbara Gazette,
Sacramento U
San Joaquin Republican
[Stockton.]
Marysville Herald,
Nevada Journal,
Grass Val'ey Telegraph,
Sonora Herald,
Columbia Gazette,
Mountain Democrat,   [PI
cerville,] ....
Calaveras Chronicle, [Mok.   San Jlk-go Herald
Hill,] VfiHflj- Bulletin,
Shasta Courier, Leader. rOakland.]
Empire Argus, [Coloma,]       Humboldt Times,'
Mariposa Gazette,
Oriental, [Chinese and English.] San Francisco
Oregonian, [Portland Oi-r^on Territory.]
Oregon Statesman, [.Salem. Oregon Territory.]
Pioneer and Democrat. [Olympia. I'uget. Sound.
Puget Sound Courier, [Steilaconm, Pnji-ct Sound, W. f.
Polynesian, [Honolulu. Sandwich Island^.]
::T-i
"VEr_-i,_t_it©ca.,
IjlURS WANTED ; Sea otter, Lancl otter. Bea-
■   ver, Martin, Bear and Deer skins, and al! other
kinds of Furs, for which fnir prices will be paid.
M. ROSENSTOCK.
No. 70, Battery street, up stairs between  Sacramento, and California streets, San Francis.-.,
sep*_0—2m
The Eyes!   The Eyes!
_D_e- IE. ___3C_ __=*-_nk_-=t_D-E3_l__:^
OCUJ-.BST.
AFTER a pro!railed blindness or more than fiye.j.aiii.
Dr. Pardee has made himsell'thoroughly and scientifically acquainted with all the disorders of the E1E, «n_
iscow practising, with universal success the same treatment by which lie was cured
A Word of Cant Ion.—The eyeisby far too precio.a
and delicate an organ to be trifled, with or made thenub-
ject of random experiments, therefore, it would tie Pi.
oeeding-ly unwise aud perhaps dangerous to itecept any
ofthe ''never failing cures" that are tendered by the-
mistaken kindHp.- of all around, for every one offere •
specific for diseases of the eye.
jbjSp Many patients can be (teen at the office of Dr. Par.
dee, in different stages of recovery.
OFFICE—San Francisco, west of the Plaza, oppVuit. the
old Post Office, one door north of the Portsmouth House,
up stairs. jii7—2ta'
OFFICIAL DIRECTORI.
RIIBIIS1     ' '        ''WWW
P^,V«_-~tei^H -__p___2»Jl*^="   -
^^^___-^-^^^Hm^^ig3__S-^^__i^__^p5___^-^^^5_^:__^_-^
PIONEER WATER CURE INSTITUTE,
Southeast Corner of Sansome and Commercial Streets, opposite St. Nicholas Hotel, San Francisco
Hai
nal. j
Dr.  BOURNE,
!- for the scientilic admiiih
effici
Water Cure   Physician
ration of Wat*
specially to those laboi
c RUINOUS EF)
lids, j
•ifchei
.cute
chn
*CTR OF CALOM-L, and Drug tr
wallow or pay   for,  as   Dr.   BQpRNE
bleed, cup or leech : so it is uot onl v the liK-Tbut UIIKAPF.-T sv.stem for re?
«g* InCbrouicorAculuRiieinnatism, Oiarrlioia, Dvspopsia. fin-or and Ague, Isthmus Fove
nl disorders—in fact, in all cases, the WATER CITKE is o'f UXEQUALFD VALUE.
Apply personally, or address by letter, as above.
pgf PARTICULAR   NOTICE. -^
The ■' Russian." Digger Indian ! Turkish or Egyptian " Stet
leir F.VlLCdX^iCOUKXCK.-" to W.ak Lungs. Palpitating Hoar
NOT Water Cure, and bear no mure relation to that gloriou^,-
11 the false- representations to that effect.    Or. BOURNE
!*ili<: Co:
ca(fi
v demo,
dalmos
g hii
1 the i
till h
lus
n Paths,'"—tlie invention of \
-, and Uebilitated Digestive ai
stem than does a horse to a ri
tho i'ioncet- and  only  Watei
such being the   iteneral   oha
* to com. and bo Ill.ALKD, an
utages    of thin   natural
j stages of -uffcrit g, an
t generally.
loes  hot  administer an
oration to health.
, ALL Ni.-rvi.uii and So
unds—wilh all
v.- Orpana. ftre
iK.twithstanil-
J. M. Strobridge & Go.,'Los que Padezcan! Lean!!:
WHOLESALE AND EETA1L * „,*_,'»-as^sU* ■ ■"-' ~:b :: ■' ;-
CLOTIIIJS'G  EMPOBIUM,      .
COKNER OF
COMMERCIAL  AND SANSOME STREETS,
tii"l_r St. Kicliolns H6-C--
SAN FRANCISCO;
OFFER the largest and most complete
i_I_ thing   nnd   G-ntlemeii-s
jean
in
M
tory in N
'J'Ue Latest
fall kind-of
g   nnd   Genti--lien's   Fiiiiii*_h<"ng:
.g per every steamer from our ilaaufac-
d most Fasliionalblc Styles       j
^2 ^j^^^SSi §_   ^^ \| ^^^^_ %
EL GRAN EEMEDIO ITALIANO
DE DE. PAKEIKA,
J sinpo
lifl   fill.
Gentlemen's  Furnishing   Goods
__B-_-_.-_-_i--_0.03L*   G-oods
UNITED STATES OFFICEES.
United States District Court for the Southern
District of California:
I. S. K. Ogier, Judge ; P. Ord, D_„tric. Attorney;    C. Sims, Clerk ; E. Hunter, Marshal.
United States Land Office for the Southern District of California:
Andres Pico, Receiver ; H. P. Dorsey, Register.
Customs Department—(San Pedro).
Collector—C. E. Oarr j Deputy—J. F. Stephens
Postmasters :
J. S. Waite, Los Augelea.
G. C. Alexander, San Pedro.
Thomas Burdick, San Gabriel.
Ira Thompson, Monte.
First Judicial District, comprising the counties of
Los Angeles, San Bernurdiao and San Dir_o.
First District Court.—Judge—Benj. Hayes.
COUNTY   OEPIQEBS.
County Court—Wm. G. Drydu*-, Judge.
Sheriif—J. R. Barlon; Under Sherift—Elyah
Bettis.
County Treasurer—H. N. Alexander.
County Assessor—Antonio F. Coronel ; D-ptity
—J. H. Ccleinan,
County Surveyor—H. Hancock.
Publie Administrator—M. Keller.
Superintendent of Public Schools—James F
Burns.
District Attorney—C. E. Thom.
Coroner—J. B. Winston.
County Clerk—John W, Shore ; Deputy—J. A.
Hinchman.
Jailer—-Francis Csirpentc-r.
Board of Supervisors*— J. R. Scott. M. ©-tain*
gnez, W. M. Stockton, Tomas A. Sancht-z, R. Vry-
er.
TOWNFHIF  OFFICES*?
Los Angeles—JuKticee oi' ibe Peace—Rns-scU
Sackett, J.   S. Mnlluirl.    Goust*_-*br-GliM|_. K.
Baker, Wm. II. Little.
CITY  OFFK'SBS.
Mayor—Jioha G. Nicho*P.
Citv Mai-sliiil—iV. C. Geiman ; DepnlY—__.M.
Smith.
City Treasarer—Samuel Arlmckle.
City Assessor— W- H. Petwwin
City Attoniej —C. K. Tlnmi.
Cily Council—M. Reqiieun, N. Potti-r. Itrntnefo
del Yalle. E. Drown, J. G. Downey, Ira Gil.TaiM,
A. Ulyard.
SAN" *'!*:i*NARj)lSO COUNTY.
County Judge—D. M,  Thomas.
County Treasaier— Samuel Rolfe.
County Assessor- J;mu-s Henry Rollins.
County Surveyor— Alyii" Stodaard.
Public Administrator— Addison Pratt.
SupcriiUendent Pubic Schools—II. Skinner.
District Attorney—Ellis Fames.
Coroner—Wm, Cox.
County Clerk—R. R. Hopkins.
Sheriff—Robert Cliff,
Supervisor--—L. l-oubideaux, N. Taylor, Wm.
Cox.
ir . '■■ -■--   ;'. ■:■-. --.:  in;
j    r_-j-
T-lsta de
Agent.
or
t el Estadoi.
119 and 121 Sacramento Stre
JIRE CAUTIONED
To Iicwar. nf tlie tricks ar.i'i" vartnu.s IjnROSittptfS ofKuri-
T-ers and Hack Driver-, reprose.niing tli-nisRlves as lieing
employe'l by tlie proprietor of tli- What Cheer House,
t)ierel)y induciriff tho iiiiwi.n-y to <«-X into tli.ii-carri;iE- Iiy
telling them that it bc-lfinsK i.o tlio House anil i.** free, and
FifU:rtt''i,i-r!J extort in*: I'l-oin Muon o.-vorhitaiit prices.
Hoard per Week  80 00
Board per Day , SI 00
Men is, each 50 cents.
In addition to a large number of Rooms, having from
two to three bo-lfi in each, then:-is also 100 well finished
and neatly furnished sui-He Bed Kooms. The Beds are
fitted up with springs a nd the best curled hair mntresses
thereby making thiB the best house in the city.
I-odg-tnjs- pe* Week S3, 3, *, 6 OO
tiOdglOg per JVIgllt 50c, 75, $1 00
jW(**i3_t___- B__THS--__5j
The Wliftt Cheer House sends to tho Boats an express
wfiuon. with the name of the house on it, for tbe pnrpoes
of carrying passenger a aad B_(rgaf(e Free ! The proprietor
wi-hinfi; it uiider-„t(jQ_ that all othcrsact without authority from him.
jy26-t. B. B. WOODWiAEPi Prijrle't'or.
Tlie l_aw -of _.e**vspapers.
1. Snb-cribers who do not give ej-p-e__ notice
o tbo contrary, are considered as wisiiing to continue tbeir subscription.
2. If subscribers order tbeir papers di,*-continni ■<]_,
Publishers may continue to send tbem until all
charges are paid.
U. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
papers from the office or place to which they are
sent, they are held responsible until they settle
their account, and give notice to discontinue them,
4. If subscribers remove to other places without
informing the Publishers, and the paper is sent to
the former direction, they are held responsible.
5. The Courts have decided that refusing to take
a paper or periodical from the office, or removing
andlenving it uncalled for,is_pri»*a facia evidenct?
of intentional fraud.
Postmasters would oblige, by a strict-fulfillment
ofthe regulations requiring tbem to notify Pub-
"shers, once in f;liree months, of papers not taken
-om their office b_* sub.cribers.
LOS AS GELES STAR
foil Iprintiitg (fstaMi-Ijiiunf.
SPRING STREET, adjoining the TJ. S. land Office.
The proprietor of the t,o„ Angele&Sta'., would respect
fully inform his   friends and   the  publio,  that   he hae
just received a large and vnried assoi-t ivieiil of new materi
al, and is now prepared to executo the following descrip
tiomiof
PLAIN AND FANCY
j-oas _iP-_=tx_c>-r-srx-Krc__r_
la tlie best style of the Art.
Law Blanks,
Bills of Exchange
Bank Checks
ProgrammeP,
Bills of Fare.
that may be required-
Distances.
The following table of distances was measured
with aviameter, by Capt. "Warner, ofthe U
S. Topographical Engineers, in the summer
of 18_8 :—
From San Francisco to Mission Dolores. .2i mile.,
"        " Sanchez Ranch 17
"        " San Mateo 21
"       " Santa Clara 48
"        " San Jose fil
"       '- Murphy's 70
"        " San Juan 94
''        '- ' Salinasriver 113
"        " Monterey... l-2ft
|M        " Mission Solcdad 166
"        f. Ojitos  .,266
<l        " San Miguel 237
"       " Drakes' Ranch..,. ..258
'•        " Santa Margarita.... 265
"        " San Luis  Obispo ?76
."        " Capt.Dana's. 29}»
"        " Los Alamos 321
Pamphlets,
Bill Heads,
Labels,
Posters
Circulars,
Cards;
Deeds,
Notes,
Billets,
Aud GTery'de-cription of I'ri'ntin-
.359
.421
'           Canega •,	
.475
._85 ■
.504
.SIS
.535
"           San Juan Capistrano.542
.562
.578
.6124
VOL. VI.
$os %xi%clts Stat:
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PACIFIC EXPRESS COMPANY.
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l of the i < PACIFIC KXPRESS __________
 | COMPANY," will ("e-jpatchby every St*
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SANTA BARBARA.
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MONTEREY,
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All parts of Northern and Southern Mines.
—also—
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»_d •nsiired to destination
un7 H. R- MYLES, Ag«--nt
LOS   AyCELES,   CAL.,   SATURDAY,   DECEMBER   27,   1856.
i-sires €mh.
NO. 83.
THOM &SIMS,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law.
OFFICE—ON MAIN STREET,
(Opposite the Bella Union Hotel.) un7
■_r<_>___t_o. "W". ssixo-tr©,
COUNTY CLERK.
Pee*   payabl.   invariably   In    advance.
-Dr.  Carter,
OFFICE   AND   DRUG    STORE,
XOS ANGELES  STREET,
Adjoining Keller's Store.
PRIVATE   RESIDENCE—ROWE'S  BUH-DIIVG,
DIAIN^gTREET.'
DK. A. COOK,
WOULD inform Ms friends and the public, that
he now occupies a room on Requena street, in
the city of Los Angeles, where he may be consulted at all hours, (except when abroad to visit the
sick.) He will be Happy to confer with all those
who wish his council or medical aid. A full and
unbroken confidence may be entrusted to him in
any one or other case of disease to which the human system is mad--* heir. He will successfully
treat all indolent ulcers, tumors, swellings, abscesses and scrofula; and will give particular attention to the treatment and cure ot diseases of
the Eye. oct!8
flfc.v Fruit & Vegetable Market.
rpilK ua-er-igned having purchased the entire stock of
JL tirocer-ies .ud Liquors of Jon- Mcl)o\or;i«i[ & Co., beg
I«»t« to infrinn his friends nnd the publii; that he has re-
fl'tteil and mail- great tmprovementa in the store, and also
opened, in connection with (.he
Grocery and Liquor Bn-iness,
A Fruit and Vegetable Market,
AT THE OLD STAND UN
j—m: __«_ bbc x«__-. s___-*^___r,.'_i«._____ _-__-.---_-'9
(.Opposite Pine's Hotel.) a few doors from Commercial   Street,
Where will constantly he   fmmd   a  choice f.s.-_t__-_*l Of
the ahore articles cheap for CASH.
.•__■- Country Traders are respectfully requested to call
and --.aH-iiii- ihe .i-ools.
OSf.AU kindj* of Country Produce taken   lit
£"_?- Remember the place —Opposite Pine's Ho
tet, Alain street, Los Augeles.
nit7 JOSEPH RICE.
SEWDntG machines.
. GH-OVJBB,' BAKER & CO.'S PATENT.
TllK-irirlersicned has on hand and U constantly reeeiv-
iiis'ii .u|.!-ly of the aliove superior machine, tojieth-
• i. irith dmiliciitc |i«.rts. Needles, Thread,  Jtc, which he
will ■oil _t rt_-w.tt_.blc rates.
.   N. It,-    Mnehiue.s repaired and warranted.
S. 0. BKICIIAM". .Sole Agent.
For California. Orcein, and the en tin* I'aeilic Coast,
Office. San.-tome street, near Calilornia,
jit7—3in oppo.-iit- Tehama House, San Francisco.
-KTotio©-
ALL persons are hereby cautioned against buying or otherwise trading for 'invented horses,
t-tr cattle of our brand''; ■ r tliey will be prosecuted to tlie extent of the law.
ANDREAS DOMINGUEZ.
s .p2.— tf JESUS Ma. COTA de DOMINGUEZ.
JS"
KTotioe.
OTICE IS HF.IU*T'Y GIVEN,   that all persons cutting
Wood or otherwise tre.-^jjuNsiujf  upon   my Rancho  of
nt_ Anita, in tin. Township of  S:.i_ Gabriel, will be pro
J0_K1*H A.  HOWE
•ecirted to the ext.ii. of the If
Lo.i Angelen, March 29.1856
Carriage and Blacksmith Shop,
By JOHN GOLLER.
LOS   ANGELES   STEEET,
NEAR THE FOOT   OF COMMERCIAL.
THE subscriber respectfully ii
forms the publici-ene-ally that
he will keep constantly on hae"
ititd will manufacture to order,
Coaches, Buggies^ Wagons, Carts &c,
in _ neat andn"orkmaulike manner.    Ho has on hand|i
-or-ale a due stock of Eastern White Oak and Hickory
Plank and axels.   He keeps constantly on hand a large variety of Cart and !*u,';'y wheels, Spokes', Felloes, Shafts,
-N«ek Yokes, Double and singletrees,-
Horse Shoeing" and Blacksmithingr
in all its rartoils branehes. executed with protnptnessand
pdisatcli. Particular ui. lent ion will be iriven to the manufacture and repair of-LOWS. HARROWS, and other Farming If utensils. He has an extensive assortmentof Iron axel-, Springs, Bolts, 1'loiv and Spring steel, and other mate-
Vialpertainiii- to the business, too numerous to mention.
Also, 20 -Tons of Blacksmiths' Coal.
With none but the best of workmen in his employ, he
■T»els confident that he can give entire satisfaction to his
cnitomers.
^ nn7 JOHN GOLLER.
JAMES CLARKE,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
—EL   MONT E.—
Office ia Whistler'- Block, oa Main Street.
dec2f>
SOLOMON   LAZAED,
IMPORT"-!.,
And Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
French,    English   and   American
Dry Goods.
Corner of Melius Row, Los Angeles.      aftg 9
AUG. W. TIMMS.
Forwarding and Commission merchant,
Sa.n Pkdro a\d Los Angeles,Cal.,
i7 H. READ, Agent,  L.os Ans-lcs.
BANNING & WILSON,
Forwarding and Commission Merchants, San Pedro-
Phinea,- Banning, S. H. Wit/JON-
sep27
GAMBRD-TTS. BREWERY.
THE best ALE and B-EBR manQfactared, and always on  hand.    Dulivered to city custom.rs
without extra charge.
Coopering and Repairing of Barrels,-tc.-tc.
An assortment of Barrel- always on hand.
K. MBSSI-R, Pl-opri-tb.i
______   C3-_   ___3_:_«SlXjX_i,
IMF OUTER AND DEALER IN
Blank   Book-,  Staple   and  fancy   Statloncry
Wrttlllg Paper,  _tc. SiC,
Corner of Front and Commercial Streets,
SAN FRANCISCO.
August 9, 1856. 3m
HIDES. WOOL MD SHEEP SHIS.
IO.a, 1 _o 1__ Knxerson
GIVES NOTICE TO THE RANCHEROS AND
Butchers ot this vicinity that he will give the
highest price for Hides, Calf, Sheep, and Goat
Skins, and for Wool.
0§t~ Liberal advances made on contracts for
the coming clip of Wool.
XjiXJ__-_C_0____-___:1.,
A general assortment of Red   wood and Pini
Lumber, for sale at the Lumber Yard on Alameda
street, near Aliso street.
New   Lumber   TTard.
IN I_OS ANGELES.
THE undersigned have established a Lumber
Yard, on Main street, at David Anderson's
-wagon making shop, opposite Dal ton's brick building, and have on hand a large quantity of White
(Jedar, of avery superior quality; and will be receiving every month direct from the mills, every
variety of sawed lumber, from siding up to floor-
ingjoicei white cedar shingles, plastering laths,
fence paiiing, pickets, &c, with every variety of
Lumber qaed in the community.
H, H.LTISE&CO.
V. ANDERSON, Agent.
LosAngeles, Oct. 11,1856.
J. C. EDDY & CO.S
IS THE PLACE TO BUT YOUR
CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS,
—AND—
FURNISHING GOODS.
FOB THEY HAVE UNEQUALLED FACILITIES FOB SUPPLYING E YEEY ARTICLE OF
GENTLEMENS'
'CVearing Apparel
—AT—
LOWER PRICES
tan any other Establishment in the State.
CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES,
i their ___tabllshtn-:>it on -tic Northwest Corner of Sansome and Commercial Sts,,
"rectly opposite the St. Nioholas Hotel San Fran-
«bco.   The place may be known by the stained
^jass windows. d.e.6 lm
JONAS G. CLARK & CO.
128 WasliBsig.on street,
SAN FRANC-SCO-
IMPORTERS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers,
In every description of
FURNITUEE, BEDDING, &c. &c.
_l_^TT_l_l-_^X--_?TJ__=l.____!
WAREROOMS,
In the Building opposite Washington Market,
(Formerly known as the Clipper Warehouse,)
And 49 and 51 Fourth, street, between J and K
streets, Sacramento.
"We have on exhibition and in great variety,
ROSEWOOD, MAHOGANY, WALNUT, OAK AND
PAINTED
PARLOR AND CHAMBER SETS,
SOFAS,
OTTOMANS,
LOUNGES,
AND EAST CHAIRS,
Work, Centre, Dining, Extension and Fancy
TABLES.
Merchants' and Lawyers' Desks,
BOOJKCASBS,
SECR—TAITIES,
BUREAUS,
SI-EBOAKDS mid
WHAT-NOTS.
Office  and  Kitchen  Furniture,
CSAIHS,
Of all qualities, newest style and most approved
make.
large anil small French Plate Mantel and Pier
:v___:_-.:_-.<o:_-._-.
_-^_*-*-For tlie TRADE, we bave a large stock,
on clippers to arrive heavy shipments, and will
receive regular and complete INVOICES of goods
adapted to tbe wants of the int.rior and coast.
;<"_©-Particular attention   and  care   given  to
TRADE, ORDERS and tlio FURNISHING of
Hotels and Public ]_uiI<Hi__rs.
^_B- Goods purchased will he sent to Steamers,
Vessels, and all parts of the city without charge.
JONAS G. CLARK & CO.,
No. 128 Washington street,
aug 30 3m, San Francisco
From the 1'aciHc Sentinel.
California Notes—The Aulone
Sliell-lisli.
This singular animal ha. been known for a long
time aa one of the most interesting featuri*- of the
natural history of our State.
The Aulone, as so named in the language of the
Indians of Monterey, ia found all along the ocean
coast of Upper and Lower California, and ia an in-'
habitant of shallow waters where rocky bottoms extend out from the shore. The shape ofthe animal
assimilates to that of the human ear, whence its
Spanish name of Orejones,, Conchas de Orejas,
and the English name of'-Ear Shells ;" it belongs
to the family of the Haliotis, of Lamarck.
The animal has only one shell the fleshy parts filling the entire cavity up to tho rim—its habit is to
cling to the rock, after the manner of a school-boy's
suchgee—when it is down it stops there from the
pressure of the water, and hugs snugly and exactly
every indentation of the rock—indeed, otherwise,
its body, which is nearly as soft as the oyster would
become the prey of every fish, great and small.—
There are said to be several varieties, all of wliich
are edible and form highly savory and nutritions
food. They abound around the south side of the
bay of Monterey, and formerly were the cause of
numerous bloody wars between the Indians inhabiting the coast valleys, and those living around Point
Pinos, and other parts of the southern coasts and
islands of Alta California ; none of which were more
prominent than the Indians of Monterey and the
Santa Barbara islands. To thia day may be aeen in
those islands, (as also around Monterey,) as we are
informed by several observing friends, immense deposits of the Aulone shells on the sites of the very
numerous old Indian rancherias or villages. The
coast Indians used to barter them off to the Indians
of the interior valleys, and even to those of the
Sierra Nevada, as they have often been found on the
sites of aboriginal camps in places two hundred
miles direct east from the ocean. They were also
sawed up into the shape of buttons, with one hole,
and used for money and for making ornaments.—
These were strung on a cord of sinew, to the number of one and two hundred, and were so highly
prized and coveted aa to cease wars between different raneherias for their possession.
Tbe flesh of the animal wliich is used for food,
in a shell of thelargest kind, (which iu some, will
contain a quart of water,) wiil weigh over two
pound. The viscera are very simple and contained
in a sack, and weighs about one quarter of the
weight of the flesh, and is easily cleaned off. The
part used for food is the portion which clings to the
rock, when the fish is alive. This is about the appearance and structure of that part of the- oyster
which connects the molusca to the shell. When
roasted, stewed, or made iuto soijp, after the manner
and method of a decent Christian cook, it makes
something to eat equal to the most delicate oyster,
and has all the delicious taste of that bivalre. In
its raw state, it is tasteless and unsavory.
The shell of the animal is beautifully polished on
the inside like the mother-of-pearl: on the bottom it
is perforated with five, six and sometimes more
holes, all in a line. On the rim of the shell, it has
an edging band of red ; the under surface is bluish
black, and it is generally found perforated with colo
nies of the different species of sea-boring anijnals.
Small pearls of an inferior class are also often found
in the stomach of the animal.
The entire shell and animal weigh from half an
ounce up to seven and eight pounds, according to
age and other conditions of life, consequently, complete nests of the shells, can be made to fit one within another, from the capacity of a filbert to that of a
first class military.
The Aulone within the last two years, has formed
quite an important article of traffic with the Chinese
of our State—and it would be well for the blancos
and anti-Chinese of California to learn the Apician
merits of this molusca*. A friend informs us that
there are now as many as twelve small vessels engaged in the business of taking and preparing the
Aulone on the islands of Catalina, Clemetne, and
those of Santa Baibara. In 1S5--55 the Chinamen
cleaned nearly all the fish from the water, around
Point Pinos. The manner of preparing, is to clean
them of the intestines, then soak it in weak lime water—then take them out and sprinkle salt on them.
After a day or two's salt, they are dried in the sun,
to the consistency of shoe-leather, when they are fit
for the market. They are largely used by the Chinamen as a substitute for the Beche le mar. Latterly
several parcels have been sold iu China, (as we are
informed,) and their ready sale there will likely lead
in a short time to an active demand. They are said
to be very abundant on all the island and continental coasts of Lower California. This year the Aulone shells, when fresh, have sold for six cents apiece;
the dried fish we are told has sold in San Francisco
from twelve to twenty cents a pound. The shells
are prepared in the Atlantic States and Europe, by
filing oft' the surface of the exterior and polished,
when they make really splendid parlor ornaments*
They are also coming into use iu the same manner
lor ornaments and inlaying as mother-of-pearl.
An old Monterey Indian told mo that his father
used to say, that the Aulone formed a kind of cpocha
for his tribe, as it was only found by the Indiati-
around Monterey bay, uot many years previous to
the arrival of the Spaniards in 1770.
The Aulone is of that family of molusca which arc
called hermaphrodites; like the oyster, it breeds
within itself. It forms the most distinguishing and
characteristic specie of the family of the Haliotis,
which is stated to be more abundant on the Pacific
coasts of the Western continent thau in any other
part of the world. There must be, from what we
hear from sea-faring friends, as many as twelve varieties of ihe Aulone on the coasts of the two Califor-
nias, all of which are good for food. Some live at
low water, others at mid-high water and others al*
■ways under the water.
Such is the valuable qualities of this shell-fish,
that we have no doubt, in time, that it will form an
important article of food on the Pacific, and their
i stocking and cultivation as carefully attended to as
the oyster is on the Atlantic. a. s. t.
<t-.ot_i-_.pIileal Tcrma.
CoitDiiXEitA.—Meane a long mountain r»n<re,!
composed of several parallel running integrating
ranges, which, however, can be occasionally intersected by passesor narrow cross valleys. The
essential characteristic of the term is, tbat a Cordillera is formed by two or more ranges, forming
one orographical body, aa a cord consists of several strings twisted together. The words cord and
Cordillera are formed upon one stem.
Sierra.—Sierra, in Spanish, is a saw, or a mountain range, with a serrated crest, and of a reef,
dyke, or wall shape, The cross diameter of both
the sierra aud cordillera is very small compared
with ita longitudinal axis.
Cucmrj.o.—Cuchillo is a branch, or outrunner,
of a sierra, partaking in its phsiography with the
latter. Its sharp edged crest probably caused the
uame cuchillo, which is also a knife.
PrcACiio.—Picacho means a sharply tapering
peak, pinnacle, or horn, the vertical height of
which shows a simitar proportion to its cross section, as the longitudinal axis of a sierra to its cross
diameter.
Puerto.—Puerto, a gate, or post; In its topographical application, a pas3 over or through a
mountain ridge not of any length, for instance, a
causeway, or canon.
Canon.—Canon, a mountain range, or defile,
with outlets on either of the sides.
Loma.—Loma is a long mountain, or hill ridge,
with a smooth horizon. Lomita is the same on a
smaller scale.
Me,_a.—Mesa, a table land, table mountain, or
table ridge, the top of which isof largerhorrizon-
tal extension. Messilla is the diminutive form of
the same.
_____ Pais.—Bad land, or mauvais tierres of the
French. In Sonora it is exclusively applied to
mesas, lomas, or any other table land constituted
by large beds of igneous roek, mostly compact,
or vesicular trap or basalt.
Cienaga.—Cieuaga Is a valley or mountain ba
sin with an obstructed outlet, and all round hemmed in by hills or mountains. Thus cienaga
abounds in hills and miry places.
Charco.—Water pool formed in lower and level
regions, either in a strata of rock or washed out
in abed of clay.
Pinaja.—Water hole in solid rocks, and met
with in the crevices and ravines of rocky mountains. Pinaja originally means an earthen jar
not glazed, burnt so as to allow exudation, by
which means tiie water inside remains cool.
Color of this Ocean.—The waters ol tha globe
exhibit various hues, whidi depend upon a variety of circum-taucea. The ocean absorbs all tha
prismatic colors except that of ultramarine wbich
is rejected in every direction. This is its true
color In general, when arien apart from atmos*-
pheric influence, modified by __pi_ ; but every
gleam of sunshine, passing clouds, winds, shoals,
and sandbanks, affect its tints. Particular parts
ofthe ocean show peculiar colors. The sea ia
white in the Gulf of Guinea, and black amid the
Maldive Islands. Variously purple, red, and rose*
colored waters occur in the higher part- of tha
Mediteranean, in tho vermillion sea off California,
the Red Sea, and in tracts along the coast of Chile,
Brazil and Australia. Green water appears in
the Persian Gulf, off the Arabian ooaat, audio
connection with the deepest blue in the Arctio
Ocean. These appearances are permanent, and
so distinct, that ships have been seen partly in
bine and partly in green waier at ihe same time.
These tints are occasioned by differently colored
ariimalculi-o, which swarm in countless myraid. in
the tracts in question. The same species of animal culre 'Trichodesminm erythneum) which
color theRed Sea have been found in other simt*
larly tinted districts of the ocean. The green of
the Arctic Seas is produced also by minute animals, which visit iu spring the coast of Holland,
and have been encountered in immense shoal ft
migrating in the Atlantic. In the Antarctic regions, Sir James Ross remarked repeatedly the
change of color of the sea from light oceanic blue to
a dirty brown, oauscd by ferruginna animalonlai.
The phosporcscence of the ocean, a magnificent
and imposing spectacle, when the waves scintillate with bright green spark'1, or exhibit a ' long
line of fire flashing in a thousand directions, by
minute organic beings, which are phosporescent
while alive ; a property retained by the gelatinous particles with which certain tracts of the deep
are thickly charged—their dead aud dismembered relics. At the same time, a disturbed electrical condition of the atmosphere maybe most favorable to the phenomenon.
The Huguenots In Anierlca.
Some ofthe French Protestants sent a letter to
the State of Massachusetts (among whose histori
eal papers it ia still extant) giving an account of
the persecutions to which they were exposed, and
the distras. they were undergoing, stating the
wish of many of them to emigrate to America, and
asking how far they might have privileges allowed them for following out their pursuit of agriculture. What answer was returned may be guesser"
from the fact that a tract of land comprising about
eleven thousand acres at Oxford, near the present
town of Worcester, Massachusetts, was granted to
thirty Huguenots, who were invited to come over
and settle there. The invitation came like a sud
den summons to a land of hope across the Atlan
tis. There was no time for preparations ; these
might excite suspicion ■ they left the "pot boil
ing on the fire" (to use the expression of one of
their descendant*?,) and carried no clothes with
them but what they wore. The New Englanders
had too lately escaped from religious persecution
themselves, not to welcome, and shelter, and
sloth, these poor refugees when they once arrived at Boston. The little French colony at Oxford was called a plantation ; and Gabriel Bernon,
a descendant of a knightly name in Froissart, a
Protestant merchant ofRochelle, was appointed
undertaker to this settlement. They sent for a
French Protestant minister, and assigned to him a
salary of forty pounds a year. They bent them
selves assiduously to the task of cultivating the
half-cleared land, on the borders of wbich lay tin
dark forest, among which the Indians prowled and
lurked, ready to spring upon the unguarded households. To protect themselves from this creeping
enemy, the French built a fort./traces of wliich
yet remain. But on the murder of the Johnson
family, the French dared no longer remain on
the bloody spot, although more than ten acres ol
ground were in garden cultivation around the
fort; and long afterwards those who told in hushed, awestruck voices of the Johnson murder,
could point to the rose-bushes, the apple and pear
trees yet statidiug iu the Frenchman's deserted
gardens.
The descendants of the Huguenot refugees repaid iu part their debt of gratitude to Massachusetts in various ways, during the War of Independence ; one, Gabriel Manigault, by advancing a
large loan to further the objects of it. Indeed,
three of the nine Presidents of the old Congress,
which conducted the United States through the
Revolutionary War, were descendants of the
French Protestant refugees. General Francis
Marion, who fought bravely under Washington,
was of Huguenot descent. In fact, both in England and France, the Huguenot refugees showed
themselves temperate, industrious, thoughtful, Intelligent people, full ot good principle and strength
of character. But all this is implied in the circumstance that they suffered and emigrated to
secure tho rights of conscience.
Joe and Hal were at an evening party, and
walked together to a window opening to a balcony.
" MissSmitherings is very beautiful, is she not?"
remarked Hal, in commenting on the company,
but without taking the precaution to look out on
the balcouy.
" Very handsome ; but has she  any brains?"
asked Joe.
l'Nary b>am,'" sighed Hal, as if he deeply
regretted the deficiency.
Ascrenmauda fall outside on the balcony;
Miss Sraitherings had heard and fainted. None of
the company except Hal and Joe ever knew why.
. What are Consols 1— Every one who reads the
accouuta of the European money markets, no
doubt, desirea to know what '■' consols " are ; and
here we have the thing correctly explained, wo
know not by whom :
" They are 3 per cent English stocks, which baits origin in an act of the British Parliament, consolidating (hence the name) several separate government stocks into one general stock, called iu
the act, "Consolidated Annuities," and commonly quoted, for brevity, as "consols." When the
consolidation took place, the principal of the several funds, thus merged, amounted to £9,137,831;
but, by the funding of additional and subsequent
loans and parts of loans into this stock, it amounted, on the 5th of January, 185_-^jjj;;£35(i,768,258.
Since that period, only one loan lms been raised,
that tor compensation to the West India planters,
ou the emancipation ofthe slaves—.£20,000.000—
and a few millions have been paid off. The total,
at the present time, is between three hundred and
seventy and three hundred and seventy-five millions. This stock, from ita amount aud ihe immense number of its holders, is more sensitive to
financial influences than any other, and is, th«re-
fore, the favorite stock for tho operations of speculators and jobbers. Its dividends are payable
semi-aunually."
Foun.—It has been ascertained that the figure
four is a remarkable figure. There are lour winds,
four seasons, four quarters to the moon, fourquar-
ters iu the year, four rent days, four hands at
whist, four kinds of cards, pianos have four legs,
quadrupeds have the same ; prisons have four
walls, most people eat four meals a day, mutton
and lamb are divided into four quarters • the fid'
die has four strings, aim most people aspire to be
President ofthe United States for four yeara, and
ride in a carriage and four.
The Soul.—What is there to survive the ago ?
That which the age has little thought of, but
whieh is living in us all—the soul, the immortal
spirit. Of this all ages are the unfoldings, and it
is greater than all. We must not feel In the contemplation of vast movements o( our own and
former times, as if we ourselves were nothing, I
repeat it, we are greater than all. We are to
survive our age—to comprehend it, and to pronounce its sentence. As yet, however, we are encompassed with darkness. The issm-sof our time
how obscured! The future, into which it opens,
who of us can foresee ? To the Father of all ages,
I commit this future with humble, yet, coragcoqs
and unfaltering hope,— Ghanning.
Un'cle Sam/s Cash Account.—There was on deposit at the several depositories, subject to tht.
draft of the United States Treasurer, ou the U'id
of Sept., the sum of $23,-.5,009 !U.
Strange Occ.krenc-.—A western editor on entering his office, and aoeiiig his apprentice boy
cutting some queer capers, called out to him,—
■ Jim, what are yon doing on the floor.?"
'Why, sir, I have had a shock !'
• A shock ?'
' What kind of a shock V
' Why. sir,' said the lad, gasping,' one of your
subscribers came in during your abs.noo--said he
owed for two years'subscription—paid it, and also
paid another year in advance.'
'In advance!' gasped the editor, nearly ns much
overcome as his lone apprentice.
'Yes, sir, and ithas produced such an efi.et upon me, that I have been perfectly helpless ever
since.'
' And well you may Jim.
But get up ; if you survive this, you aro safe,
as there is little prospect of another auch catastrophe In this o*fflce.'
The total length of the Mississippi and all its
tributaries is 51,000 miles, which is more than
twice the equatorial circumference of the earth.
Wrong Is but falsehood put in practice.