M^ttrJh^'
« Wc   tliauU Thee for   this Shower."
Fair Nature hath a tribute now,
To proffer at this hour ;
Sweet magic words Irom pure lips flow,-
'■ We thank Thee for this shower."
'■ Yes, Thee, we thank, Creator, God—-'
The gentle floweret smiles ;
Her drooping crown lifts from the sod,
A beauty that beguiles.
'■ We praise Thee too," a sister voice,
In mystic tones, replies;
And Nature's loves with her rejoice,
That God their need descries.
The modest lily droops her bead,
Yet speaks at sunset hour ;
" I soon shall sleep—they call mo dead—
Thanks for this gentle shower."
The mighty oak and lowly fern,
Hath each au anthem sweet;
To Offer with united tone,
To Him with blessings meet.
Majestic woodland, lovely glen,
And summer's sombre bower
Untrodden by the feet of men,
Are thankful lor this shower.
Ah! yes, and oft in soulful song,
At twilight's pensive hour:
Dost thou not list some modest tongue,
Thanks God for a sweet shower?
Salt jf rairasto ^bbcrtts'itttiifs.
Area and Poi'tt.ATiON' ov RnssrA.—Russia possesses in Europe and Asia a surface of ."518,105
square miles, occupied by Co,183, 437 inhabitants.
France and England present an area of 15,530
■square mites, and occupied by 53,407,990 inhabitants. While England has 4839 inhabitants to the
square mile, and France 8789, Russia in Europe
■has only 6*17, Bind in the whole of her empire only
0_. It ii thin want of concentration which ren-
dcriitof the first necessity that Russia should
connect her scattered people and provinces by internal communications. Mere extent of surface
and numbers arc otherwise sources of weakness,
especially iu defensive warfare. This has only
been discovered when she was assailed on diverse
parts of her extended empire by the allies in the
last campaign of the war. She makes peace to
repair this defect,— Westminister Review.
-— -^*^«*-^_	
Curious Coinc'dkn'CK.— It ia a curious coincidence that the Regent Morton, who first introduced the "Maiden,'" an instrument of decapitation,
Into Scotland ; that M. Guillotine, who improved,
and caused it to be used In France under his own
name; and that Brodie, who induced the magistrates of Edinburgh to adopt a "new drop," the
lame that is now generally used for the execution
of criminals; all perished by the instruments of
death which they had themselves invented ; Pha-
larin, the contriver of the " Brazen Bull," was also
destroyed by his own handiwork ; and the inventor of gunpowder perished in his attempt to realize
means for the destruction of his fellow creatures
—Exchange.
ROBERT JOSEPHI
Wholesale Dealer in Watches, Jewelry,  Diamonds, Tools, Glasses,
WATCH MATERIALS, FANCY  GOODS, &C,
1!)5 Montgomery street, corner of Jackson,
{Dr. Wright1* Building.)
#L ROBERT JOSEPHI having pur-
vf\ J chased the entire stock aud trade of the
«_____» business of Isaac S. Josephi & Co., will
carry on the same for his own account, at 195
Montgomery street, corner of Jackson, (Dr.
Wright's Building,) San Francisco.      dec27-3m
THE ELECTROCHEMICAL BATHS
OF   DR.   BOURNE,
heast Corner of Sansome and Commercial Streets, opposite St. Nicholas Hotel, San Francisco
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
..■ I';_.!i
EMBROIDERIES.
LACKS.
EIBBONS.
MEWS,   \VOMli*-V'S,    -t   CHILDKBN'S
HOSIERY,
0 r   B V E B T    D B S C R I 1* T I 0 _r .
GLOV-3S,   CRAVATS,
Collars, Shirts, Drawers.
AMERICAN, ___VOI-_.SIT PREIV-.H ANJB
■REM. MAN
FANCY GOODS.
BY  LATE  ARRIVALS   OF
STEAMERS AND CLIPPERS.
HUGHES & WALLACE,
105 mid 107 Snci*nm_iito nt.,
dec27 3mis SAN FRANCISCO.
It is highly ind-coroti- to inspect to narrowly the
dental cnowments of an equinine gift.
Why is a deputy sheriff like the first Roman emperor ? Ka/.e he's a " seizor."
Every man has just aa much vanity as be wants
under-tan ding.
The best certificate of a ___h'_ character is, "He
keeps his promises."
If you arc disposed affectionately toward me, I
solicit the same tenderness in behalf of my companion.
An infant which has beeu subjected to pyric influences, entertains an antipathy towards the genial
flame.
A vorbal allusion to bis Satantic Majesty is almost invariably followed by his personal apparition.
The vase whose journeys towards tlie aquaductive
reservoir are frequently repeated, is liable to meet
with an eventful fracture.
The feathered fowl whose matutinal habits arc
most correct, ordinarily succeeds in apprehending
the vermicular prey.
Previous to an extraordinary saltation, precautionary observation of surrounding objects  is  desirable.
Plants of the genius rastinaca cannot be properly lubricated by the application of tender or gentle remarks.
Two boys lately set fire to a ropewalk, for the
good and efficient reason " that they might have a
lunch with the fire engine companies !"
A Quaker was asked if L. would ascend in hia
balloon? "Friend," said he, "I do not meddle
with flying reports."
It was said of a certain musical dancing master,
that the whole " tenor" of his life had been " base."
Mr. D., well known for the depth of his understanding, gravely declared in a largo company "that
no woman should bo married, except she be a wid-
ow."
" The child is said to be father to the man, and
I'm never so forcibly reminded of this," says a philosophizing stock-jobber, " as when I see a boy flying a kite."
A juvenile spendthrift who had spent all his money
and got over head ami cars in debt, when asked
what he should do, replied, " I shall have to go to
the devil or get into Congress!"
The newspaper is a sermon for the thoughtful, a
library for the poor, and a blessing to everybody.—
Lord Brougham calls it " the best public instructor."
A negro hunting a coou in a tree, heard something drop on the ground. "Oh, golly! masa," he
cried, " I looked up an' found it was dis darkey."
"Joe, what is the cause of that bell-ringing?" Inquired Peter, "Why," spiled Joe, with great
gravity, " It's my deliberate opinion that some one
has pulled tbo rope!"
Among BU the would-be "accomplishments" which
our young ladies are expected to acquire, it ia to be
regretted that thu art of conversation is not included.
Mr. Smith told a neighbor that he had purchased
a set of jewel, for hia dear wife, which cost §2,000.
'• Guess she is rather a dem- wife," replied the other.
An editor out went has manied a giribv the name
of Chiu-ch. He saya he has enjoyed more happiness
since he joined Mm Ohm-eh, than he ever knew in
his life before.
" I never complained uf my condition," Bays   the
Persian poet Sadi, " but, once,   when  mv  feet  we
bare, and I had no motley to buy shoes* but I met
a man without feel, and became contented with  my
SMITH & WINCHELL'S
COMMERCIAL NURSERY,
S A TV   JOSE,
Received, from the State Fair of 1866
THE  FIRST  PREMIUM,
£5§§ HAVING become the Agent for the £||&
_____ above Nursery, and having made ar- _____
rangements for a constant supply of Trees from
the same, I now invite all persona who contemplate planting an Orchard, Garden, or a Single
Tree, to call and examine my STOCK before purchasing. If it is not convenient for ali to come
personally, then delegate some friend or Business
Agent to examine for you, or order directly from
mo a-Sample Lot of such trees as are wanted.
I bave arrangements with other Nurserymen
and Gardeners for a supply ol such minor fruits
and trees as may he necessary in order to keep a
COMPLETE ASSORTMENT of everything in
thia line.
The list below comprises a portion of what I
now offer at very LOW RATES.
100,000 FRUIT TREES,
Ofthe various kinds, consisting in part, of the
following:
APPLE,
From one to three years old, from four to ten feet
high, of fine symmetrical form, well branched,
and oi ali the choice varieties.
PEAR,
Dwarf and Standard of nearly all ofthe beat varieties.
CHEERY,
From four to twelve feet high, very fine and thrifty, including many of the leading varieties.
PLUM,
Of the usual varieties, also some oi the choicest.
PEACH,
One and two years old, ot fine growth and of tbo
leading varieties, also in dormant bud very low.
NECTARINES,
One and two years old, of choice varieties.
APRICOTS,
One anil two years old, ot choice varieties.
CURRANT BUSHES, Red and White Dutch.
GOOSEBERRY BUSHESJloughioA's Seedling and English.
RASPBERRY BUSHES, Antwerp, Eran-
coniaand .'astoltf.
STRAWBERRY PLANTS, Longwortb's,
Prolific, British Queen, Hovey's Seedling, Black
Prince, Large Early Scarlet aud Boston Pine.
ORNAMENTAL   TREES,
SHRUBS, PLANTS,   _.<_.,
Furnished at Nurserymen's prices.
Orders sent through Post Office or Express,
promptly attended to. Trees, packed for any distance.    TERMS CASH.
C. W.  JLECOUNT,
dec27 3m       99 Davis Street, San Francisco.
nd Ct
:tiug the must extraordinary CURES of Fever and Ague, In
iv.*i\ Kidneys, i Ik* (.*-iut;i.l and L'rinary Oiv-.iuia, :ill Sn-viiul
y, Stiff Joints, aad are alsoemployed with astonishing;sue
DISEASE OF T II
ill Indolent Ulcers, Tumors, Swellings, Absesse-. Carious Ail. ct ions {*;-iit.'i
ony, iodine, or
linR, oa'ppingo
ittentandothe
rdera.  Paralys
E    EYES.
..st of deadly dn
■i-s_ Jaundice, Disease
uralgisi, including Ti
B of the Womb, nnd
State •Government.
J, NEELY JOHNSON, Governor.
Robert M. Ani-kiison", Lieutenant Governor.
D. W. Douglass, Secretary of State.
Geo. H. Whitman, Controller.
Henry Bates, Treasurer.
John II. Brewster, Surveyor General.
Wm. T.'-Wallace, Attorney Geueral.
Paul K. Hubbs, Superintendent ot Public Instruction.
W. U. Kibbe, Quartermaster General,
James Allen, State Printer.
Wm. Bailsman., Private Secretary to the Governor.
:
TJnltcil Stntcs District Courts.
For the Northern District ef California.—Og-
den Hoffman- Jr. Judge ; John A. Monroe, clerk ;
-as. Y. McDuffie, marshal. Regular terms, first
Monday in June and December of each year. Special terms at the option of the judge.
For the Southern District of California,—I. S.
Iv. Ogier, judge ; C. Sims, clerk ; E. Hunter, marshal. Regular terms, first Monday in June at
Monterey; first Monday in December at Le* Angeles.     Special terms at the option ofthe judge.-
United Stated Circuit Court.
For the District of California.—M. H. McAhV'
ter, judge ; Geo. Penn Johnson, clerk.     Regular
term, first Monday in July of each year.    Special
terms at auy time after thirty days notice.
Supreme Court.
Solomon Heydenfeldt, Chief Justice ; David Si-
Terry, Hugh ■_. Murray, Justices. Regular terms-
of the Supreme Court commences on the first Mondays of January, April. July, and October.
Great Pacific I)**pot ami General Agency,
l**OR THES'Il'l'LY 01? I'U I'LK'ATloXS. STATUhNEKY,  &c.
PAPERS. PERIODICALS AND BOOKS,
Received weekly by the Mail Steamers,' and exclusive ex-
T HE proprietor would fesiiec. trull "inform Country Booksellers, (JiLnvusKtirs. Agents, P-dl.rs, and the Public
that independent f>fhi-.-„!i „■■;*.] Xewspinn*)* business, hehas
eon-tiintly  on  hum],  ;*.ud  I'oceivinj; by*every steamer, all
the; STANDARD HuuKS,  MAGAZINES AKD REVIEWS Ol?
EL'ROPl* AKD AMERICA.
i'OMMI'RCIAI. AND FANCY STATIONARY
All orders must be postpaid, enclosing UAS1! tor *.Vorl__
Vt'luiltisalerMid I'-'t-iiU'-ii-i.L-t.mi-iit, next door to thcPost
Ollic;. San Francisco. Un7
Turner's Ginger Wine.
THE MEDICAL FACULTY THROUGHOUT THE UNION
have acknowledged this to be one of the best family
medicines now in use. By caer.iieal process it has been
proved to possess
Alterative, Tonic _k A-iti-Dyspeptic
properties, far superior to those found in any other medicinal beverage yet discovered.
Tlie Medical Faculty
fit lias l>een Analysed
•; usi; wh
Caution to tlie Public.
PIONEEB- WATEK CUKE INSTITUTE,
Southeast Corner of Sansome and Commercial Streets, opposite St. Nicholas Hotel; San Francisco
Dr.  BOURNE
Havingevery facility for the
i-ntifio administration of Water Treatm
j, „3i__i*-sl i:in.;ie.i<Misiui)rUi of .uni**;* diii*-*son. to invalids in ei
lly to those laboring under tlie RUINOUS EFFECTS OF (.'■\]J('MFr
;are uo nauseous or poisonous medicines to swallow or ,lilv for
er, nor bleed, cup orloeeh i so ii is mil. onlv the BEST but ("'HE v
Chrouic.or Acute Rheumatism, Diai-rlii _;*., Dyspepsia Feve>- ami
)rdcrs—ir.fact, in ali eases, the WATKR CURE is of UN'FOD Wil
Water Cure   Physician,
The "Russian," Digu-or Indian!  Turkish or
leirEVlECnNrtEl-UI'NCEH to Weak I.im-s, ]■
NOT Water Core, and bear no more r-.l_l.io*] f.
all the false representations to thai ell'eci
Paeilic Coast, ami is dailv demon.stral.in_ his
al fraternity had placeil almost bevoud the .
audi-g and roceivingrelief nt his hands.   L
$&* PARTICULAR    NOTICE.
Indian ! Turkish or Egvptian '* Steam Baths ''—the inven
**" to Weak t.uii-s. Palpitating Ik-arts, and Debilitated Dig,
J- M_ Strobridge & Go.., Los quePadezcan! Lean!! Lean!!
WHOLESALE AND   RETAIL
CLOTHING  EMPORIUM,
CORNER OF
COMMERCIAL  AND SANS0IY1E STREETS.
Under St. -_f_!ioln_ Motel,
8AN FRANCISCO.
OTTER the largest and most complete assortment of
Clot bine   and  Gentlemen'a   If nx-iil _->:»"
Goods ever opened in San EiMiieiseo.      *
o are receiving por every steamer from our Mam
in New York.
Tlie Latest and most Fa slit on able Styles
of ali kind-o£
—conslstingjjof—
'ine, Bhi.k, Brown and Blue Dress and Erocl; Coats;
'ineaiul lleaw Ik-aver Overcoats:
Talmas of every description ;
ine and Heavy French ami American Cassimerc Pants-
ne Black ami Eruioy Silk Velvet, Sa:iu and   Cloth Vest,
envy Ribbed Cassimere ami Cloth Business Suits, etc.
Also, a large assortment of Hats   _ml   Caps eonsLaiillv
i hand. , J
Fine White and Check Linen and Cotton Shirts;
Kme Silk, Mcnm-an:! Cotton Undershirts and Drawers
Scarfs, Cravats   Neck Ties, Suspenders;
Collars. Tlamikercliiefs, Gloves;
English, Merino and Cotton Half Hose, etc., etc.
Everything _connected  with
Gentlemen's
Furnishing   Goods
A large a,
_&-o_____________e__"-'  ■G-q>>c_»c3.js
i'[
ready for sale,
sisling of over $100,000, we i
rs visiting the city, to call  a
ir purchases, as  wc flatter
ice and quality.
, May 16, 1856.
my W 3m
Travellers ! IE*m arc of the Impositions of Hack
Orlvci-s, Rnnners: __e.
..LL PERSONS ABBTONQ   IN SAN EflANCISCO AND
INTENDING; TO  STOP   4T
, Buffalo, (N. Y.) and San Franci.c,
YRUVS, AND BITTERS of every d«
TUKNER BROTHERS,
it, opposite the Orphan A-ylura
SA.N FliANCfScb,
ll'J and 131 Saorax
ARE
Board per Day.
Bnto Street, Sai
•AUTIONED
..$6 OO
..«1 00
. .50 cents.
\X»
p«x wcelc $3,:j,a,G OO
)-'■' Bttglit....;. .50c, 75, $1 OO
" FREE BATHS -8$
E. B. WOODWARD, Prpiirielor.
BL GRAN BEMED10 ITAL1AN0
DE DR. PAKEIHA,
Para la eierta y eficaz curet de las in/ermedades
de una naturaleza privada, sm hacer cuso del
tiempo que' se ha durado y sinmalos efectos a!
sistcmu o sinponerse eridieta.
_J mica sella faltado—Wi puctlc falta aCiirar.
ESTE  ESPEC1FICO IN7ALEABLE El'E INTKODUCIHC
hace cincuenta «/V«en I'W,. v [.,-m;t<, eesVues fue bien
conocido para una aura eierta que en los pueblos y ciuda-
dai
Todos los que-usen, lo Ciiraran
i soguridad, despacho y i(, cierto que n
ia ha poseida.
No  tomas falsas   nostrums.
medio que ha
robado  por los
LOS ANGELES STAR
lull °f rraikj ®-taMisJ)mral.
SPRING STREET,
l,and is now prepared to execute the following descr:
PLAIN AND FANCY
a"C_>_0   __P_EtI_KT'3?X_Krc_5-.
In tlte he
Books,
tyle of the Art
Law Blanks,
Bills of Exchange
Parnphl
BlllHeadB, Deeds, Bank Checks
Labels, Notes, Programmes,
Fosters Billets, Bills of Pare.
ind every description of Printing that ma.y be required
L .
DISTRICT JUDO)--.
1st, Benjamin Hayes j 2d; Jijacmfn Carrillo ; 3d,
Graven J°. He&t-*r ■ 4tti, John S. Hagar ; 5tli, Gliar
M. Creanor; 6th, Alonzo S- Moua*-n ; 7tht.]C. W_
McKinatry; 8th, J. M. Peters; 9th. W. P. _)__»
gerfield; 10th, William T.Barboar; llth, John
M. Howell; 12th,Edward Norton ; 13»h, K. Burfc* ;
14th. Niles Seartes ; 15tb. J. 8. Pitz.r.
TEKMS  OF  COURT.
The First Diptri_t Court holii-its terms in Loi
Aug el ps on the thiid Mondnyfi of March, July and
November; in >San.Diego, the third Monday- in
Apiil, August and Decemher ; iu San Bernardino
tbe third Mondays ol'February, May and October'
United States Land Office for the Southern Dim-
trict of  California:
Andres Pico, Receiver ; H. P. Dorsey, Register.
Customs Department—(Son Pedro).
Collector—0. B. Oarr ; Deputy—J. F. St.phens
Postmatters :
■). S. Waite, Lor ,\ngcles.
G. C. Alexander, San Pedro.
Thomas Burdick, San Gabriel.
Ira Thompson, Monte.
First Judicial District, comprising the counties of
Los Angeles, Fan Bernard-mo and San Die go.
First District Court.—Judge—Benj. Hayes.
COUNTY  O-'FICERSj
Countv Court—Wm. G. Drvden, Judge.
Sherill—J. .it. Barion; Under Sherifl—Elijah
Bettis.
County Treasurer—II. N. Alexander.
County Assessor—Antonio F- Coronel : D-puty
-J. H. Coleman.
County Surveyor—IT. Ilniieock.
Public Adu-inistnitiir—M. K.-ller.
Superintendent ol Public Schools—James F
Burns.
District Attorney—C. E. Thorn."
Coroner—J. B. Winston.
County Clerk— John W, Shore: D.pntj—J. A.
Hioehman.
Jailei'T-Francis Cnrpenter.
B-.anl ol\Su)KTvisors-J. R. Scoft. M. Domin-
trti-Z, W. 11. SlocliIon, Tomas A. Sancht-z, li. Fry-
townshii* onlrKB.
Los Angeles—Justices of the Peace—Kttwell'
Sackett, J.   S. Mallard.    Constables—Charles K.
Baker, Wm. H. Little.
CITY   t'l'flRKESu
Mayor—John G. Niclioip.
City   Marshal—vV.  C. Guiman : Deputy—E.M.
Smith.
City Treasurer— Samuel Arbuckle.
City Assessor— W. H. Peterson.
City Attorney—C. E. Thom.
City Council—M. Requeua, N. Potter. Ignacio
del Valle, E. Drown. J. G. Downey, Ira Gilchriil.
A. U'lyard.
SA\T BERXAIU'IVO COUNTY.
County Judge—D. Mi   "'lioinas.
County Trfei-sni-r- Samuel Knife.
County Assessor- James Henry Rollins.
County Surveyor—Alvin Stoddard.
Publio Administnito**—Addison Pratt.
Supei-iniendent Pubic Schools—H. Skinner,
District Attorney— Ellis "Eanies.
Coroner—Wm. Cox.
County CWrk—R. R. Hopkins.
Sherifl—Robert  Clilt.
Supervisors—L. Roubideaux, N. Taylor, ITm.
Cox. ' J    '
The T-ntr of I.cu-8papcn.
1. Snbscrilieis who do not give exprasuntie*
o the contrary, are considered as wishing Io continue their snbscriptidn.
2. If subscribers order their papers di.'continued,
Publishers may continue to send them u/itil nil
charges are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to lake their
papers Irom the office or place to whit*thi y are
sent, they are held responsible until they settle
their account, and give notice todiscoii'iDuethcni-
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, oi remoTinjf
nd leaving it uncalled for,is__cW''*„/.<:*'_ evidenc.
of intentional fraud.
obtmasters would oblige, hy a strict fulfillment
ofthe regulations requiring tbem to notify Publishers, once in three months, of papers not taken
from their mffice by subscribers.
Distances,
The following table of distances was measured
with aviameter,byCapt. Warner,   ofthe   IX
S. Topographical Engineers, in the summer
of 1848 :—
From San Francisco to Mission Dolores. ,2_ railea.
"        " Sanchez E_-C_ 17
"        " San Mateo 21
"        " Santa Clara...' 48
" San Jose 51
"        " Murphy's 70
"       " San Juan 94
"        " Salinas river 113
" '' Monterey 125
"        " Mission Soledad 166
Ojitos 266
" San Miguel.. 237
"        " Brakes'Ranch 258
" Sauta Margarita 265
"        " SauLuis Obispo 276
"        " Cap(, Dana's 299
" Loe Alamos 321
"        " Sauta.Inez . 340
"        " GaviotaPass 352
"        " Arroyo I-Ionde 359
Dos Ptieblos 370
" Santa Barbara .387
"       <( Carpenteria -.398
"       ',' -,       Rincon.. 402
"E        Buenaventura 415
"       " Santa Clara river 421
"       "u Canega 475
u Los Angeles 485
"        '(( Los Coyotes ...504
'u       u SautaAna 515
"       u        Juan Avila's 535
San Juan Capistrano.542
LosFloros 562
San Luis Rey...... .578
•San Diego 612j
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VOL. VI.
LOS   ANGELES,   CAL.,   SATUKDAY,   JANUAEY   10,   1857.
NO. 35.
■£00 ^.ugclt0 Star:
PUBLISHED EVERY  SATURDAY MORNING,
At No. 1, Pico Buildings, Spring Street, adjoining the U. S. Land Office, Los Angeles,
BY   H.   HAMIT-TON.
TERMS:
Subscription, per annum, in advance..$5 00
For Six Mouths,  3 00
For Three Months  2 00
Single Number  0 25
Advertisements inserte   at TwoDoIlars per square
of ten lines, for the first insertion ; and One
' Dollar per square for each subsequent insertion.
A liberal deduction made to Yearly Advertisers.
Agents.—The following gentlemen are authorised Agents for the Star :
it,. P. Fisher •*?a-'" Francisco.
Burns & Burdick, Post Office San Gabriel.
Wm-i.nu ft Kino Monte.
Coi,. Ira Thojo'sox Monte.
R   N. Glkxn Santa Barbara.
j-u__D. A. Thomas San Bernardino.
^usiiuss Carts.
C. B. T1IOM. 0. -IMS.
THOM & SIMS,
Attorneys and Counsellors at T_aw.
OFFICE—ON MAIN STREET,
(Opposite the Bella Uuion Hotel.) uiiT
PACIFIC EXPRESS COMPANY,
of the ^PACIFIC EXPRESS ____?
COMPANY," will liespntcliby ovevy Stuanii-i-
*reg-.in.i- j__pre_B, in charge of a, Special lt-.senger, to
SANTA BARBARA.
SAN LITIS OBISPO,
MONTEREY*,
SAN FRANCISCO, and
All parts of Northern and Southern Mines.
—ALSO—
Or-gnii,   Atlantic  States and ISurope.
COLLECTIONS made in all of the abo%-e named places.
TREASURE, PARCELS, PACKAGES and LETTERS forwarded. _,'._,     _.
DRAFTS p.urcliaaeid in San Francisco on tlio Atlantic
States and Europe. _
Particular ■lUv.ntion pai'l t<> Lhe rorivarding ofGroldllu-t
to the Mint for coinage..
Treasure, Letters, etc., riceived up to the latest moment
and ensured to destination
„„7 H..R. MYLES, AgRat
SEWING MACHINES.
QK0VEE, BAKEE & CO.'S PATENT.
rpilEviudersifjned has (in hand and is constantly receiv-
1     iftjja supply of tlie above superior machines, together with duplicate parts. Needles. Thread, &c, which he
will sell at reasonable rates.
-    _.. B.    Machines rcpaire'l and war ranted.
*_. O. BRRIHAM, Hole Agent.
For California. Oregon, and the entire Pacific Coast,
Office, Sansome street, near Califor
j«T—3m opposi
■Tehai
1 House, San Fra
_CQ"«_>1;io-©_
AT_L persons are hereby cautioned against buying or otherwise trading for -invented horses
or cattle of our brands ; cr they will be prosecuted to the extent of the law.
ANDREAS DOMINGUEZ.
«cp20-tf JESUS Ma: COTA de DOMINGUEZ.
_S_"otIce.
N1
OTICE ES HEREHY GIVEN,   that all persons cut tin
Tood or otherwise tre-pafesing upon  my Rancho <
Anita,, in the Township of  San Gabriel, will be pri
d to the *.„t-nt, of lhe l_w.
JOSEPH A. ROWE
Aiiffeles, March 29. 185G is tf
Carriage and Blacksmith -hup.
By JOHN GOLLER.
LOS   ANGELES   STEEET,
NKAK THE FOOT   OF CO_Ml_-_._
IE sabs—iber respectfully i
<To__._x  "W".   Shore,
COUNTY CLERK.
Fees   pnyal>le   Invanalbly  In   advance.
__»_?.  <_)-«_•__>:_•,
OFFICE   AND   DRUG    STORE,
LOS ANGELES   STREET,
Adjoining Keller's Store.
DR. A. COOK,
WOULD inform his friends and the public,that
he now occupies a room on llequena street, in
the city of Loa -VnEcelefi, u-here he may be consulted at all hour*?, (except when abroad to visit the
sick.) He will befiappy to confer with ail those
who wis_ bife council or medical aid. A full and
unbroken confidence may be entrusted to him in
any one or other case oi'disease to which the human system is made heir. He will successfully
treat all indolent ulcers, tumors, swellings, ab-
scessesand scrofula: and will give particular attention to the treatment and cure ot diseases of
the Eye. octlS
JAMES CLARKE,
Attot-Eiey and Cosnascllor at t,::tw,
—E L   M OUT E.—
Office In Whistler's Block, on Main Street.
riec20
SOLOMON   LAZAED,
IMPORTER,
And Wholesale aud Retail Dealer in
Freiicl-5    EfiT-gSis-ii   and    Aonericaii
Dry  Goods.
Corner of Melius ELow, Lbs Angeles.       aug 9
AUG. W. TIMMS.
Porwnrdihg ani Commission Mcrcliant,
San-Pbdeo ako Los AX(*1*L1*S,C_.L.,
if H. HEAD, Agent,   Los Angeles.
BANNING & WILSON,
Foj*"warding and Coiniiiissioii Mcr-
Cl_a_i_;s- Sait Pedro-
PhineA- Baxntkg, S. H. Wit,-jon
G-AHBRHP7S BREWERY.
rpHE best ALE and l*!l_ER mauufacfured. nnd al-
JL waySipn hand. Delivered to city customm
with"Ht extra charge.
Cotis>:*i*iiig ai"'  Ri-pairln-g of Barrels, -fee. -to.
An asKiH-tmi'iit of Barrels always on hand.
K. MESSER. Pi*n>rie(or.
mflE s
Coaches. Buggies, Wagons, Carts &c,
Eaa.neatandwofkinanlike__--nner, He lias .nhi.nd^nd
-foraalea lin*? stock of Easvern White Oak and Hickory
Plank aiidaxeis. lift 1,-ec.ps enustaiilly on liaiid a largo variety of Cart nnd Bujifv wliccU. *Spok<*.s, Felloes, Shafts,
Nock Yokes. Double and singletrees
Horse Shoeing- and _SIs_cks_nit_iing-
in ai-ll i tn various branches,executed with _.oi_p.nea_a,nd
pdisatch. Particular attention will be given to the manu-
fkcture and repair of I'LOW*-", MAKI'.OW'*'. and other Farming 'Jnteusils. He has an extensive assortmentoflronax-
•ls, Springs, Bolts, Plow and Spring steel, and other mate-
rialpertaiuilit'to the business, too numerous to mention.
wAIso, 20 Tons of Blacksmiths' Coal.
With none but the best of workmen in his employ, he
feelsconfidentthat he can give entire satisfaction to his
customers.
un? JOH_,T ROLLER.
New   Lumber   Yard,
IN _LOS ANGELES.
THE undersiKned have established a Lumber
Yard, on Main street, at David Anderson's
wagon making shoo, opposite Dalton's brick building, and have on hand, a large quantity of White
Cedar, of a very superior quality _ and will be receiving every month direct from the mills, every
variety of sawed lumber, from siding up to flooring joice_ white cedar shingles, plastering laths.
fence^painc.^ pickets. &c, with every variety of
Lumber used iq the community.
H, H. LITSE & CO.
D.ANDERSON, Ageut.
LosAngeles, Oct, 11, 1856.
J. C.  EDDY & CO'.S
IS THE PLACE TO BUT TOUR
CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS,
—AND—
FURNISHING  GOODS.
FOE THEY HAVE UNEQUALLED FACILITIES FOR SUPPLYING EVERT ARTICLE OF
GENTLEMENS'
"V.T'e-^x'i-txs Apparel
—AT—
LOWER  PRICES
Than any other Establishment in the State.
CALL AUD SEE ioi YOURSELVES,
At tl-eir Estal>ll-limciit on the Northwest Corner of Sansome and Commercial Sts.,
Directly opposite the St. Nicholas Hotel Sau Francisco.   The place may be known by the stained
glass windows.
dec6 lm
Set.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
County of Los Angeles.
The People ofthe State of California  to JOHN
W.HAGUE.
YOU are hereby summoned to appear before me,
C.O.Cunningham, a Justice of the Peace, of
the Township of El Monte and County of Los An-
.geles, at my office in Lexington, on the _d day of
■June A.D. 1857, at 10 o'clock A. M. of said day,
Ito answer the complaint of E. D. Wel|j&, who seeks
__■ recover the sum of thirty nine dollars and Bev-en
ty six cents on account.
And on failure to appear and answer, judgment
will be rendered agaiust you for $.39 7G-100 and
costs thereon.
Given under my hand this 2d day of December
;_ D. 1856. C, O. CUNNINGHAM,
__eqg Jugtip** of the Peace,
______    C_Z-_
__x__________r_iT
IMPORTER AXD DEALER IS
I-lr-i-I*:   Boollis,   Staple   and  fancy   Stafloncry
Writ"ng-?-a-]|->-rj &ct. &e.
Corner of Front and Cnnimercial Streets,
SAX FRANCISCO.
August 9, 1856. '       3m
eh fi m w m.
Halpli _-_-2-0-X*o__?^-t_>x_-
nlVES NOTICE TO Till. RANCHEROS AND
U" Butchers dl this vicinity that he will give the
highest price for Hides, Calf, Sheep, and Goat
Skins, and for Wool.
J_2_g- Liberal advances made on contracts for
the coming clip of Wool.
x_j"__ja__:-Es__s_o.,
A genera! assortment of Red wood and Pine
Lumber, for sale at the Lumber Yard on Alameda
street, near Aliso, street.
JONAS G. CLARK & GO.
IS-S WaslE-a-stmi street,
SftN •"■"ANCI*"*--'.
IMPORTERS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers,
In every description of
FUENITUEE, BEDDING, &c. &c.
_f_^ XT _0- MITU _0. _____
W A R E R O O M S ,
In the Building opposite Washington Market,
(Formerly known as the Clipper Warehouse,)
And 49 and 51 Fhurth street, between J and  E
streets, Sacramento.
We have on exhibition and in great variety,
ROSEWOOD, MAHOGANY, WALNUT, OAK AND
PAINTED
PARLOll AKD CHAMBER SETS,
SOFAS,
0TT0MAKS,
LOUNGES,
AND EASY CHAIES,
Work, Centre, Dining, Extension and Fancy
TABIj-BIS,
Mercliaiits' and Lawyers'  Deslts.
BOOitOASKS,
SECRET ATtlKS,
BUREAUS,
SIIJ__BOARI>S and
WHAT-JVOTS.
Office  and   Kitchen  Furniture,
O IS __3_.X _0. S ,
Of all qualities, uewest style and most approved
make.
Large and small French Plate Mantel and Pier
___^CX-_-:-.-E:-LC_>_Ei.®-
^__f- For the TRADE, we have a large stock
on clippers to arrive heavy shipments, and will
receive regular and complete INVOICES of goods
adapted to the wants of the interior aud coast.
«__"*• Particular attention and enre given to
TRADE, ORDERS and the FURNISHING of
Hotels ana Publie Buildings.
^__*- Goods purchased will be sent to  Steamers,
Vessels,and all parts of the city without charge.
JONAS G. CLARK & CO.,
No. 128 Washington street,
aufr 30 San Francisco
Memory of Friends.
I pity those who have no friends to mourn,
Or raise an urn
Over the ashes from whence life has gone,
Ne'er to return.
I tremble lost my fate be as theirs,
Alone to die,
And know no sympathising friend, who cares
For such aa I—
No friendly hand upon my grave to plant
One single flower.
Upon whose head the pleasant sun may slant
At sunset hour.
And oft, at eve, no mourning one will come
To drop a tear,
And read the sole inscription on my tomb,
"She's sleeping here."
But, when my life is o'er, mid I shall pass
Out from thy sight,
To walk with angels on the sea of glass,
In robes of light,
And thou no more shalt press thy warm lips on
My throbbing brow
Or-flushed clu'ck, nor ';iv thy hiuvl OpOB
My head as now ;
Oh! that a pleasing thought would sometimes steal
Within thy heart,
Of bygone bappy hours, in wbich you feel
I had a part;
That oft, if thou shonldst feel, when I'm away,
Thou knowest how,
Thy lips, with earnest truth, would sometimes say
I miss thee now.
The  Diuice  of  I-lfc.
Forever strange, and changing, and capricious,
Thou art a mazy dance, O human life !
Whose changes are the many fates that teach us
Tbeir brief experiences of peace and strife.
The world aroiutd us is the noisy Hall—
The orchestra, whose notes, fantastic move
To pleasure now, and now to mourning call-
To bitter hatred or to rapturous love.
Now passions dark the human soul pervade-
Now gentle Mercy pleads in man's defence—
Now putroged Justice draws the avenging blade,
And crime usurps the rule of Innocence.
Upon a lofty throne of pride and power
The haughty monarch sits secure to-day,
But goeth forth an exile in an hour,
His splendor and dominion swept away !
These are figures of this mazy dance ;
Ami right or left, or circling round and round,
We seem to obey the mestic voice of chance,
For the great cause is hidden and profound.
Blest are the dancers who through all this scene
Have in their souls the consciousness of right,
Their pathway leadeth to a land serene,
Of softer music and immortal light.
Vie
[From Benton's Thirty Ye;
Death of Silas Wright.
He died suddenly at the age ot fifty-two, and
without the sufferings and premonitions which
generally accompany the transit from time to
eternity. A letter that he was reading was seen
to fall from his hand—a physician was called—in
two hours he was dead—apoplexy the cause.
Though dying at the age deemed young in a
statesman, he had attained all that along life
could give—high office, national fame, fixed character, and universal esteem. He had run the career of honors, in the State of New York—been
representative and senator in Congress—had re"
fu-fsd more offices, and higher, than he ever accepted. He re-used cabinet appointments under
hia fast friend, Mr. Van Buren, and under Mr.
Polk, whom he may be said to have elected ; In-
refused a seat on the bench of the federal Supreme
Court; he rejected instantly the nomination of
1844 for Vice President of the United States, when
lhat nomination was the election. He refused to
be put in nomination for the Presidency. Healso
refused to accept foreign missions.
He spent that time in declining office, which
others did in winning it; and of those that he did
accept, it might well be said they were thrust
upou him. He was born great, above office, and
unwillingly descended to it; aud only took it for
its burdens, and to satisfy an important public
demand. Mind, manners, morals, temper, habits,
united in him to form the character that was perfect both in public and private life, and to give
the example of a patriot citizen-of a farmer
statesman—of which we have read in Cincinuatus
andCato, and seen in Mr. Macon, and others of
their stamp—created by nature— formed in no
school; and of whi.h the instances are so rare and
so long between.
His mind was clear and strong, his judgment
solid, his elocution smooth and equable, his speaking always addressed to the understanding, and
always enchaining the attention of those who had
minds to understand. Grave reasoning was his
forte. Argumentation was always the line of his
speech. He spoke to the head not to the passions ;
aod would bave been disconcerted to see anybody
laugh, or cry at anything lie said. His thoughts
evolved spontaneously, andin proper order, clothed in language of force and clearness ; all so naturally and so easily conceived that an extemporaneous speech, or the first draught of an intricate
report, had all the correctness of a finished composition. His manuscripts had no blots—a proof
that his mind had none ; and he wrote a neat com
pact hand, suitable to a clear and solid mind
He came into the Senate, in the beginning of
Jackson's administration, and remained during
that of Van Buren ; and took a ready and active
part in all the great debates in those eventful
times. The ablest speakers ofthe, opposition always had to answer him ; and wheu he answered
them, they always showed by their anxious concern, that the adversay was upon them whose force
they dreaded most. Though taking his full part
upon all subjects, yet finance was his particular
department, always chairman of that committee,
when his party was in power, and by the lucidity
of his arguments making plain the most intricate
moneyed details. He had a just conception of th
difference between the functions of the finance
committee of the senate, and the committee of
ways and means of the house—so little under
stood in these latter days ; those of the latter
founded iu the prerogative ol the house to originate all revenue bills ; those ot the former act
upon the propositions from the house, without
originating measures which might affect the revenue, so as to coerce either its increase or prevent
it- reduction.
In 1844 he left the senate, to stand for the gov-1
ernorshipof New York ; and never did his self-sac-1
ficing temper undergo a stranger trial, or submit
to a greater sacrifice. He liked the senate; he
disliked the governorship, even to absolute repugnance. But it was said to him {and truly, as
then believed, and afterwards proved) that the
State would be lost to Mr. folk, unless Air. Wright
was associated with him in the canvass; and to
this argument he yielded. He stood the canvass
for the governorship—carried it—and Mr. Polk
with him ; and saved the Presidential election
that year.
Judgment was tbe character of Mr. Wright's
mind ; purity the quality of his heart. Though
valuable in the field of debate, he was still more
valued at the council table, where sense and honesty are most demanded. Gen. Jackson aud Mr.
Van Buren relied upon him as one of their safest
counsellors. A candor which knew no guile—an
integrity whieh know no deviation—which worked right on, like a machine governed by a law of
which it was unconscious—were the inexorable
conditions of his nature, ruling his conduct in
every act, public or private. No foul legislation
ever emanated from him. The jobber, the speculator, the dealer in false claims, the plunderer,
whose scheme required an act of Congress; al*
these found in his vigilance and perspicacity a detective police, which discovered tbeir designs, and
in his integrity a scorn of corruption which kept
them at a distance from the purity of his atmosphere.
His temper was gentle—his manners simple—
his intercourse kindly—his habits laborious—and
rich upon a freehold of thirty acres, in much part
cultivated by his own hand. In the intervals of
senatorial duties this man, who refused cabinet
appointments and Presidential honors and a seat
upon the supreme bench—who measured strength
with Clay, Webster, and Calhoun, and on whose
accents admiring senates hung ; this man, his
neat suit of broadcloth and line linen exchanged
for the laborer's dress, might be seen in the harvest lield, or in the meadow, carrying the foremost
row and doing tho cleanest work ; and this not as
recreation or pastime, or encouragement toothers,
but as work, which was to count in fhe annual
cultivation, and labor to be felt in the production
of the needed crop. His principles were democratic, and innate, founded in a feeling, still more
than a conviction, that the masses were generally
right iu their sentiments, though sometimes wrong
iu their action ; and that there was less injury to
the country from the honest mistakes of tlie people, than from the interested schemes of corrupt
aod intriguing politicians. He was born in Massachusetts, came to man's estate in New York, re
ceived from that Hate the only honors he would
accept; and in choosing his place of residence in
it gave pioof of his modest, retiring unpretending
nature. lustead of following his profession iu the
commercial or political capital of his State, where
there would he demand and reward for his talent,
he constituted himself a village lawyer where
there was neither, and pertinaciously refused to
change his locality ; in an outside county, on the
extreme border of the State, takinjj its name of
St. Lawrence from the river which washed its
northern side, and dividing the Uuited States
from British America—and in one of the smallest,
towns of that couuty, and one of tbe least ambitious houses of tbe town lived and died this patriot statesman—a good husband (be had no children)—a good neighbor—a kind relative—a fast
friend—exact and punctual in every duty, and the
exemplification of every social and civic virtue.
id .I->V.
some  explanation1
:h we are now re-
■ as synonymous1
final history of
Official Vote for President hi Cal-fornln.
Counties.                            Buch.      Fillm'e. Frem't.
Alameda     7S0 213 728
Amador 1-78* 1557 657
Butte 2501 1902 714
Calaveras 2615 1515 562
Colusi   —— —
Contra Costa   468            238 ZSS
El Dorado 4072 2963 1*58S
Fresno   218             158 1
Humboldt   204            191 103
Klamath   832 440 S2
Los Angeles  721          186 521
Marin    348 81 160
Mariposa 1234 773 165
Merced   249 124 14
Monterev    267 Iti. 220
Napa   444 841 157
Nevada 3500 2230 1462
Placer 2808 ' 2096 932
Plumas   —— —
Sacramento 3438 3386 911
San Bernardino    814 1 93
San Diego    178 88 18
San Francisco 5300 1601 4997
San Mateo    282 113 238
San Joaquin 1284 1040 537
San Luis Obispo     83 1. '1(18
Santa Barbara    176 10 160
Santa Cruz    320 2S8 196
Santa Clara    576 673 809
Shasta .; 3 537 1083 167
Sierra .,2506 2196 693
Siskiyou  2075 1792 464
Solano'    799 634 189
Sonoma and Mendocino. .1516 498 482
Stanislaus   436 228 21
Sutter  491 345 92
Tehama 436 812 44
Trinity' ■ - ■ 1011 884- 189
Tulare    240 139 23
Tuolumne 2939 2111 1087
Yolo    553 583 180
Yuba 2462    .      2087 <S__
Total 51,985        35, L13        20,339
The foregoing table appeared in our last publication, but by an oversight, tbe names at two of
tbe columns, Fillmore and Fremont, were transposed. .
PETRIFIED Wood.—A block ofpetrified wood,
dug from the earth in Germany, has been sent
to the Vienna Museum. It is four feet in diameter, and has the appearauce of a butcher's block,
with a cleft at one end, extending towards the centre. The petrifaction is complete—extending
through the whole block. At the same Museum
is also a fragment of one of the wooden pillars of
a bridge over a river ofthe plain of Troy, destroy-'
ed long ago. but portions of (be pillars of which
remain in the earth. The bridge is supposed to
have been erected fifteen hundred years since, and
the pillar in the Museum has become petrified to
the depth of an inch and ahalffrom the surface.
Scientific men are endeavoring to compute, from
this example, how long it must have taken the
butcher's block, four feet in diameter, to become
entirely petrified.
H-bMW. •■">-
It may not be amiss to give s
of these various names hy wh>?o
cogni-/,od, inasmuch as what appe
mark ditlerent epochs in the 01
the nation.
The oldest expression. Hebrew, denotes " pass--
ing over:" wherefore, Alnaliani. who came from
Mesopotamia, was called the Hebrew ; ar, perhaps
because of his descent from Eucr. The sons of
Jocktan having been called Ebrews, besides the
Israelites, who have thus been denoted, exclusively, ever _iuce the time of Moses, may possibly confirm this latter opir-ion. See the note iu Il.v. J.-
Lessers edition of the Bible, which is reliable authority. Had not this application of the term
been made exclusively to the Israeli les, since their
flight from Egypt, then would all the posterity of
Ebcr be denominated Ebrews, being I\:k\g and
Yoktan, and their descendants. Abraham waa
tbe fifth generation of Peleg ; and irom Abraham
descended Isaac and Ishuiael. The name •- He_
brew" being given to Abraham, of necessity hia*
offspring became entitled to the same; and by
genealogy tlie Isbmaelites of Asia as fully merit
the appellation "Hebrews," as tbe descendants
of Isaac and Jacob ; which, however, is not accredited from partiality, tlie name being presumed
to descend only through tbe favored sons.
The term " Israelite," is derived from " Israul,"
meaning the "Prince of God"—the name given
to Jacob by the man witb whom " lie wrestled until tbe breaking of the day ;" and the name " Israel," is as often used to denote the nation, as the-
the term "Israelites," fhe people. AU lire sons
of Jucob became "Israelites," and, necessarjly,
"Hebrews," from their descent; yet, if we account
tbe persons who lived prior to Jacob, Israelites
we commit a chronological error.
The term "Jew," is derived from "Judab,"
signifying "I will thank the Lord," and was the
name of Jacob's fourth son. It is the term most
frequently applied to tbe Israelite nation, and
has, in some measure, been brought into disrepute
usaname stigmatised by prejudiced gentile writers ; for mauy have thought lit to malign tho
race for the very faults which they forced upon
them.
Levi, the third son of Jacob, with Judab, arc
the only two sons that the tribes of wliich are recognized to be still in existence, the other ten having become lost. Their descendants should be
properly known, respectively, as Jews aud Levites.-
The former clasification is lost; hut the latter
prevails to distinguish them from the tribes of
Priests who arc the offspring of Aaron. The Le-
vites and Priests are recognized to tliis day, iu the
synagogues. Levites, properly, are not Jews anymore than Jews are Levi tes ; yet, the term "Jews"'
is applied to the whole race.
We simply intend to point out the epoch when
each name became engrafted upon the nation, and
illustrate tlie appellation.
The term "Hebrew" is now used mostly to refer to the language: as we say, the Latin language of the Romans. Tbe term " Israelite V is
used in respectful addresses to one ofthe nation,.
The term "Jew" is used generally, and at time s..
in reproach, while tbe mau of true faith adopts it
in order to banish the false prejudices which surround it.
An Axguy Eoiton.—Parson Brownlow, of the
Knoxville Whig, has been necessitated from tbe
backwardness of bis patrons, to editorially lulmi-
nate anathema. Tbe following is a specimen of
the "extreme unction'' with which lie winds up-
his exhortation :—
'* Those of you who can't pay and will write to
us, acknowledging your indebtedness, we will record as clever fellows, and those et you who will
not do either we will publish this Spring in an
extra sheet as a set of graceless rascals, willing
to have a poor man work for yon lor years for
nothing, and pay for paper, ink, and the hire of
bauds to serve you without hire.
" Come to Knoxville, you rascals, on a pilgrimage, aud see our little ones, " chips ol the old
block," looking daggers at us and crying for
bread. Come ana see us with our elbows out. and
the officers of the law leading us about for debts
created to furnish you a paper, and you will fork
over at once!
" And you hypocrites, who are members of different Churches, owing us for our paper, bow dare
you, around your family altars, night aud. morning, pray to God, " pay us this day as we pay to
others!" He knows you owe us and won't pay,,
and until you do pay, you will never be heard!
Yes. you saintly vllliaus, you bave been owing
us long enough to make us poor, bait, miserable,
blind and naked, and yourselves ride at our expense. You get to heaven without paying up—
never 1"
Regularly Soli*, inn.
During the month of January. IS.'.O. while stopping at lhe Sutter House, in Sacramento City, Cai.
I accidentally overheard a conversation between
two gentlemen, one of whom was fiom New Yoi'b
city, and had been in the country nearly a year,
and the other had just arrived.
The newcomer was lamenting his condition,
and his folly in leaving an abundance at home, aud
especially two beautiful daughters, who were jiist
budding into womanhood—wheu he asked the New
Yorker if ne had a family.
"Yes, sir; I bave a wife and six children in
New York—and I never saw one of them."
After this reply, the couple sat a few moments
in silence, then the interrogator again cununeu-
ccd :
" Was you ever blind, sir ■"
"No, sir."
"Bid you marry a widow, sir?"
"No. sir."
Another lapse of silence.
■'Did I understand you to 5
a wife aud six children living
had never seen one of them ?"
" Yes, sir—I so staled it."
Another and longer pause of silence. Then the
interrogator again enquired :
"How can tbat be, sir, that you never saw one
of them V
"Why," was the response, "one of them was
born after I left."
" Oh I ah !—and a general laugh followed ; and
after that the New Yorker was especially distinguished' as the man who had six children and
'■ never saw one of them."
ay. sir  lhat y-r
' 1 New Yt-fc-if