.Stlcctrii |lo*trn,
.    ., BMBBB.
-
'.. ■ ■ .v.i to crei p,
. Bchief—
ii.... i wou! In . vo to bI ■■ p -
How i pulled tlie table Itncii,
With iti cont< nl    ■ ■ the floor ;
11  w    I.
l :.
vv mb r.
V, ivn [ first began to talk ;
And I also do row mber
Wei) the day I tried to walk ;
Firm I grasped old .fowler's collar,
Bat lie gave a sudden hop,
So, Into a pan nt  wattT,
Jowler split this child " ker-slop l"
I remember, I remember,*
When ! WA:, -a lltl ie oblld.
How fancy jsed to lead me
Into Bcenes mosl Btrange and wild:
How I thought, i he loud thunder
Wa-: a chariot swiftly driven
liy some big and mighty giant
Thro' the rock-paved streets of Ilcaveu.
I remember, l remember,
Whi D  1 ii-. A i" go In school,
HOW I kept a watchful ej e on
Tlie Eoboot-mauter'fl rod and rule;
How I cut up monkey shindies.
Bvery time his back was turned—
How I sentetimea used tu catch it.
When I'd not my lessenis learned.
I i'.- m'v',-, i remember,
Wii ai f wmu a booking peaches.
How a dog came out and caught me,
Bv tbe backBide ol my breeches
How  ! bung unto tin.' bit-lies—
How tbe dog una;; i.y. i to me
Till my orying brought a man who
Flogg«d ue both most "-orioHa."
I remember, I remember,
When the girls 1 usi-.i  tO fctSB,
How I thought it rather lunuy,
Bal il K»ve no extra bliss :
Now it Belzes me with rapture—
Now it lills my .soul wil
Yi.-t, with al) my manhood's pleasures,  '
Would that L were Btill a. buy !
tfull City.
The ceipieus rain? have been very heavy in
Sin Francisco during the past few days, an; the
(sireetsare a disagreeable compound ol mud and
water.   Tha News   ' To- Bday week pays thai the
.;,!!. and nothing of i
Ptirriog.    H.re and there  ki ota of pi  - ons v. re
: with in front of a. drinking saloon, can-
the relative reaulta ol the confirmation of
tht Limantour claim.
mt mit.
|BistcI!;uiroii5,
(telling *>( th« California >ilearner—Si-tut' at Uf
font Office.
The following description of Ihe -.cene at the
New York Post Office on the sailing of tiie Cali-
f rule mail steamer, we take from the New York
Herald. Tbe difficulties described mit, may ao
count for the failure oi' a good many people here
to receive letters hy the mail before last:
Tim new postal ordfer, requiring all letters after
tiie first instant to he enveloped stamped, or paid
bj letter stami ■■. cr ated Ihe utmost confusion at
tne eiiy post offiee. The clerics refused, acoordlng
i;> orders, to receive money In payment for letters.
Hundreds had assembled at (he Post Offioe to
mail their letters, offering to pay postage in current coin of the United States, Lut were told it
could not be received, and that they must go aud
purchase postage stamps before they could mail
their tetters. Tiie consequence was that all
the windows of the "general delivery," where
ana's post stamp;-; were to he purchased,
■ crowded by long lines in single Sles, waiting
their turn to purchase the passage of a letter, aa
we have frequently seen the office window ofa
moil route crowded with passengers for the same
purpose. The cry of "S^OW your tickets" at the
entrance of a railroad depot was equal, in this
instance, to the cry of the Post Office clerk-.', -'Get
your letter stamps.'' The California correspondents werelj terrible Stew and feme. It wanted
hut a halt an hour of th.' closing of the mail, and
the long columns of men at thu windows bid fair
to deprive those behind of the opportunity ol
mailing tbeir letters at all. Tbe postage on a
letter to California is Uai cents. A gentleman
who purchased aquarterof a dollar'.-- worth oi
btamps, iu "three cent" tickets, was afterward,
told be mnst go back aud buy a peuny Btamp to
nakeeveo change, aad ia despair told tbe clerk
he would put ou all tbe stamps he had. (eight) If
he Would only send the letter!
AasrOxKE's Sale op the Assets of Bankrupts.
■ ■ n riff Gorhara completed the sale of the
asBets of such persona as bad applied for a dis-
charge from their liabilities, under the bankrupt
act, during bis term of office and lor whom he had
)>■ ,a appoint d assigneeby the Court. The Bched-
u ■ wa a Un i [thy one, andembraoedaWge amount
of property, in.-U real aad pwsoaal. Tne estimate
pmc-i by tie assignors upon tiie asset* that were
o   !.■■■.[ at thia vale, amounted to about one million
dollars, aa.i they wiil hardly bring two thousand
dollars. Moat of the assets were greatly embarrassed by counter claims, or entirely worthless
fr .va the irresponsibility of the debtors, and. tli
v-'"- ■' id ao ea ani accounts; There were notes
aid obligations for Beveral thousand dollars Lhat
Bold for only a le.v dol ars, and for many of tli
there was no bid given. For instance, a $10,001)
note Hold for if aud one person's assets, estimtaeii
by bim at J53,O0O, sold :or $3 50. There wil
B ■ tre ay be enough realized from tiie sale to delra
the expenses attending it—Alta California.
V Ni-:w Way toXavigvtk A tUlLROAB Tu.MN.—
A curious accident reoenfly oecuned on Ihe New
Albany and Salem Railway. Tin* passenger iruin,
haying four care tilled with passengers, came to
the bridge over .Salt Creek, near BloOmiagton,
and    the    engineer,  fearing    that    ihe   previous
heavy rains w-ieh had swelled the stream bank
full had rendered the bridge Insecure, directed the passengers to gee out of the cars til! in
could test ihe strength of the bridge. He crossed
on foot, nnd then directed the (iieiuan to start the
engine, jump off, and he would "eatoh It" on tbe
other side. The train started, and on reaching
the center of the bridge it gave way, aud the locomotive and cars were plunged into the strean
and instantly disappeared from view. —Burlington {&wa) Tetegraph, Ike. 6,
Inialued
By the Mi   or,  Recorder and  Common Council
uf ihu't ii;/ oi   L"" -■iniwlfs, as follows:
"    ABTICLE IX.
OP   s;:.ai t'iin:HlXi.;   CATTLH.
Si:c. 1ST. No meat of horned or neat cattle shall
be sold or offered for sale within the corporate
limits of she City of Loa Angeles, except it be
slaughtered ami inspected us hereinafter provided.
Sbc. 2. All horned or neat cattle killed for public sale or private consumption, shall be slaughtered outside ofthe fire limits of the city.
Sec. it. Every person slaughtering horned or
ne.it cattle Ioe public sale shall, before selling any
Dart of the meat thereof, have the same inspected
by the City Marshal, or ere of his deputies, at ihe
.-hop or place of sale, and shall at the same time
exhibit tbe hide   taken   from   tiie  sane*, with   the
bnnd and marks of the animal so killed, together
with certificate oi the Justice ofthe Peace autho-
[filing bim or tin m to kill  die same.
Sec. -i. Il shall be the duty ofthe City Marshal.
or one of his deputies, to inspect the meat of ail
horned or neat cattle that may be sold or offered
or sale within the corporate i units of the city, and
view the hides taken (herefrom, and note the
brands a..d marks and keep a registry thereof, and
see that the requirements of this article are full)
complied witb. lu consideration of his servioe,-
hall he entitled to receive twenty-live cents
fur each head of cattle so killed and inspected, to
be paid oy the- person requiring such services.
Sac. 5. II any person shall offer tor sale meat,
■ shall slaughter animals in eontrayeution fo the
foregoing provisions of this; article, or shall offer
\iv Bate meat that is offensive or unwholesome, it
.vii.it. is krmed puffed or blown beef or meat,
witjiin this eiiy. . e shalI, upon conviction befort
Mayor, he  fined in a sum not less than tweutv-
five dollars nor more than oue hundred dollars,
and imprisoned until slid tine lie paid, irom 15 tn
!0 days, at the discretion of ihe Mayor, mm balf ol
aid Hne. exclusive cf costs, to be o.-aA in the Mnr-
ibal or complainant, the other half into the city
treasury.
Sec ii. Any person or persons purchasing cattle
f. r hlanghter with a tlie city , who shall not h-tve
in lis pOE-Receion at tbe time of killing tbe same
and exhibit when required by tbe Marshal, a cer-
tidcate of the Justice ol tbe Peace, ae required
ion seven ut' an act of the Legislature
paused May lat,1831, concerning mark and brunds.
bail be But d ma less than twenty five nor more
than two hundred dollars,and impriconme il in Lbe
diseretiuii ofthe Mayor, uol exceeding thirtydayej
half ol' the line ,.'h. n collected to ie: paid to
Ihe City Marshal ou informant, the other ha,i into
the C ty treasury.
Sec. 7. All ordinances and parts ol ordinances
heretofore pass al upou ihis subject arc hereby repealed, and this ordinance shall take effect from
nd after its legal publication.
iiu.Nin: irripjinoocii,
i're-iideiit/'ry tern.
W. G. Detpek, Clerk.
Approved—Los Angeles, February 14, 1856,
TIIO. I'OSTCU, Mayor.
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of an
Ordinance now on file in my oliice as Clerk of the
C.'iuuion Council of the City of Los Angeles.
W. Gr. .DRT.DEN. Clerk,
Los Angeles, February 16, 185th
.Sua Gi.-eiinilo
Por el   Mayor, Record rr y  Concil/o  Coinun de
la Ciudad de tos Arigelee, como sigue:
AET1CULO 9.
SOBBE MATANZA8   J,K   0ASAD08.
Sec. 1 ° . Nlnguna came de re/, d de otro animal
ra vend id a. iiol'reeida eu venta dentro los Jim it „-s
dela corporacion de esta ciudad,csceptuandoqnesoa
'nspeccionado y  matado como despues en esta se
ordena.
Sec. 2°. Toda rez u otro animal  matado para
. espendio publico 6 cons tt mo  privado, sera matado tuera de lus "limites de fuego" dc esta ciu-
'ad.
Sac. ?>°. Toda persona quematarezes u otros
umales para el espendio publico, sera nu   obiiga-
cion antes de vender alguna parte de dlohos animales, de haberles exaniiuado 6 inspeccionado poi*
'■I Marshal de e.>ta ciudad 6 alguno do sua dipu
tados, eu las carnicerias 6 lugares de vcma. al
mismo tiempo pi esejitaudo el cuero dela nrisma
animal matado. eon los Berroa y (tcnales one tuuga,
ademasei eei'tilieailo de u:i JLie/;deiJaz auforizaudo
6; oelloede mttarla.
s;a.'. ■['->. Sera ej deber del Marshal do la ciudad 6 uno de sus diputadosde inspeceionar la carne de toda reZ li otro animal que se veudo 6 que se
wfrece para su efpendio dentro los Ii mites de la
corporacion dc esta ciudad, y ver los cueros
(jmtados de diebos animales, y notar fierros y se-
h.tles, y tleyar un registro de ellos y hacer y ver
cumplir Ins coudieioues de este articulo. Y en
oousideracion de sus servicloa tendra el derecho
le reoibir veinteeineo centavoS pur cada cabeza
le animales asi inspccciouados y matado paga-
deros por la persona cp^te ha menester los servi-
CiOS.
Sao. 6°, Si alguna persona ofreciera en venta
rne 6 mature animales ooutrario a las provisio-
ueadeeste rrtlcnlo, u ofreciera cu venta carne
que es orensiva 6 mal sana 6 lo que se llama carne artirioialmente Ilenado con vieuto dentro de
j.-i.a ciudad, con\dcto que sea ante el Mayor, pa-
-jftpa una multa que no baja ra de veiutecinco pe
so^ ni pasara cien pesos, y a falta del pago en
uaroelacion por un termiuo que no baja de quince
dias ni pasa veinte dias a discreciou del Mayor,
una mitad de esta multa es.loslva de loscoatos,
s.eia pagada a! Marshal 6 ia persona que da la
iuformacioa,la otramitad eutiara en ia tesore
rla ile la ciudad.
Skc. (i3. Cualquiera persona 6 personascom
praudo gauado paru la matanza dentro de la ciudad. que no teuga en su poscsion al tiempo de
matarto y preseutarlo euando requerido por ej
Marshal, el certifloado de un Juez de l'az. como st.
urdeaa seccion riete, de una acta do la Lcgiaia
tura aprobado 1 "3. de Mayo, de 1851, relativa a
imrrosy seiiales, sera niultudo en   una  suma  qu.
no baja de reiutickico pesos, ni pasa de dos cein-
tos pesos,6encarcehicio;i a discreciou del Mayor poi
nn tiempoque no pasara trietitadi^.'Cnamitad de' Is
molta euando oourado sera pagado al Marshal o ,
ia persona que da la information, y la otra mitre;
entraraeu la tesorerla de t-aciudad.
Sec 7°, Toda Ordenanza y partes de ordeoan
aaa aprobadae auterionnente   Bobre  este asunti
eStanpureBUt  auuiadoay  esta   Ordenanza tendr,
eiceto ilumlu y dv.-jm.-s ie su legal   puMicacJou.
HENRY   UllliilHUUCK,
PriiSideute lutel'ino.
W. G. DktoEn, Secrctario.
Aprobado—Aiivdes, Febrero 11. 1859.
TOMAS POSTEK, Mayor.
Certiffco. que lo que antecede, cs una copa fi. 1
dvl o]'i;.iii:,l a que me 1'eiiero arciilvadu en la oiie.-
nu a mi^argo,
\V. G. BRYOENT.   Secrctario.
A-ngeleg, Fnbrero 16, 1856.
Qi^^"£ ■'■: ■  ■■-'-: ■- 1-ciii
A    GREAT    BAIIGAIX ! ! !
fobTsale,
i:sr,ABi<isn.tii:r.'i' op the
'Scots' Angeles Star.
1M,';i-i'H!-.'' WllJi 'Jill-. ALU'UNTS AND CAiOD ft'ILL
(..,' Hi : *'l*Hi I. The*-TAK is tin-' City unil County
Uoici il .v i, ■nd h ■ n large number of paying Subocrib-
<-.-*   .,iv   ; -i   .,   ,  iv   su.-s'tniiH'd  by   tin.' Mciv.iiiiiits   iind
Business Utm i i" Ubi-, i-iiv.   To a yoong man of energy an,
uliilisy, a l'lLi'n cliance iu now offered to spreadhinnsaij, aud,
inv-;i.lventure, realize a fortune.
;.,„:*.; J. g. WAIT*-:. Proprietor.
.,;.:.:,   : ....""■ <-
■■■: ::■;■ " '■   "      '
;.'.'.■   '.;    ',_f    ..:. H-V-si'v'*:-..   ._.'  ,..-, i.ouAiom   iiouv.t U
tANTA BARBARA,
MONTEREY,
SAN FRANCISCO,
SACRAMENTO,
STOCKTON,
;uul thi-OOgbont the Korthem Mir.es.
4__r Pacliagea, Letters, ParoelaandT treaBureforwojOe*
JT*.- Collections made in  every part oftli8|State am
Jregiiu.
Los Angeles, March 6th m>o. mlO»tf
Carriage and Blacksmith's fchop
FOR SALE
F-raE SCBSCRIBEB
fpiu-: s
1 for a
to   tho   East, otTers
ntei
i the
n*lag« ami BitftuibamitlUngB-'italbllshnient
of"E. [.. SCOTT S CO.,"  situated  on  Loa
et.   fhfa*'a the moat extensive manufactory
.ii-       v.   -vi, I im-1-:i l'rili;-i:.i-'!i:i,   liaiilVJT facilities
it o    -ii. Urge Bcale En all it-1* branches.
■i- uaiticalajs address
E. L. SCOTT. Los Anirele«. Cal.
FARM FOR SALE.
r OFFER I'"!)i.. SALE MY FARM, Dear the
j_ Missioa of Saa Gabriel, .seventy acres of irrigable land, and a water ditch running through tbe
length of the Farm ; a good Farm llou.ie. a small
Vineyard, say two thousand bearing vines, all
in good order, twenty acres enclosed with live
fence. The title to this land has been approved
ity the U. S.  Isiand ComtniasioQ,
Any one   desirous  to   p;nch;ise_ can learn  par-
ijieuiars   bv applying  to  me at the Farm.
jftnlfj—tf WILSON V,-. JONES.
WELLS FARGO & CO'S
_££_& 3E3 J&TIE* tt- ES SB S-
a Joiui stotit Company -cvltb. a capital or
$300,000,
TTril'I- dlspatol* an Express from  tine City o*
VV Los An-eli's. by every SkiimiT, io all j ai'ls of Cali-
Vn-nia, Oregon, ths Atlantic States and Euro- c, in chargt
if !■ ttlar and experienced Measeajrirs.
liETTERS,FAECEtS, FACRAGES anii'TREASURE
iceived anil conveyed to destination with safety and ftis
itch. Collections iii-kIh, Un!i'r.< nnd Commissions filled.
id all business pertaining to an Kkpress nnd forwarding
i.iiness. attended to with priimptiiess and care.
Sijriit billsofexcha.tis-irprocni'ciloii all the principal cities
ot'tbe Atlaiitii.-.:Stales, Oi-n^-on an-.lKurope.
H. N. ALEXANDER, Agent.
.Angeles, March24, 1355. tf
FARM FOR SAL
'f::r:„
FOR  SALE,      4|
■      ■ : ri"-''RK):.t €Ht&FP: VEVIGS, tu-o  jean
FOR SALJ^.
AS PEDRO ROAU,
Garden Products,
i lis, 8ARB. TIIlltE, ASPARAIItJS, ^s    3
300 THRIFTV PEACH TKEES,
SS ENGLISH W-UsKlTTBEES
35 Al'lU'iOT TREES,
-shs
ilbtcllancous ^tefccimiTt,
Cairlagc an,' JHaeJkMiiiith Shop.
By JOHN GOLLER.
IOS  AHGELES   STEEET,
NEAR THE FOOT  OF COMMERCIAL.
Coaches, Buggies, Wagons. Carts &c,
in s. asat and w-orkmanlike manner. He lias on hand ,Ds
!;!"*' Sis stork of Eas urn Whit. Oak and JIM,,,,.,
I JanK an11 ^\-■-!-.. i i fieeprt c ri.^tantly on hand a lar^e va.
rietyofCar   i  ..li  ,    -,  wl     U, Spobea, Felloes, Sftafta,
IIO.il SK SHOEING AND
;^01^,'ols.spsx33.i-t__3.i2a^
li-p'i--;,. i';i*iv -i-,!-,-: .-«.-:;,,;! -„j]i i... ,r;vi.,, !(l!lK! Ina',]v
-■ '..'" in*Jrepa rr PJ " 'S H LP.ROW: . and other Farm
■ '    ■-■■:.      le his ai ■ .    ■ ■■ ■    nrtmiMit oftronas
':-- ~> l*?*s. ■■ ,; ;;- ;'- « audSprinif ,teel, and other malt
■ial pertamiag to the busin9s_i. too aumeroua to mention.
Uso/fw^nty tonsoflllacksiHith^
OOALi.
~0 nl: none hot the best of -.vorfenjen in liis employ h,
>o"ss;o(i!!..3i;iit that Ue oaii. give entire salisf'a.„iiuii to ]ii
CCKtomers,
JOHN GOLLER.
[.oi> Anwle-i. .Tnneie. 1SS5 No. fi~1v
uui&iri ii mmwn mi
E. L. SCOTT & CO,
At the old stand of McLaug.iim
Scott & Co.,
I^OS a ng el es st r e F.T,
STEXT DOOR To O. W. CH1LDS & _o.
"Shootikq Foi.i.r Flies."—Tbas remarka the
North CaHfotnian t— ■■'! be Sao Ftancieeo pap jre
complain tbat the fashionable feminities effthat
c:iy are ruining their htaBbaads by ilieir exti'ava-
gseaoe is djesa Serves them ri^ht, No man
with aoj bpaloa would ever be caught by a painted dull in scarlet aud Sash— and the sooner a
rooHa money Is spent the better."
It is -more glorious to bear misfrrtanes with pa*
tlence, tUan to desire death to avoid them.
It in less pain to tea&t iu youtb, than to be igno-
rant in age,
11"
Ii
WAGONS, CARTS and DRAYS
Will be made to order in a substantial, neat and woi-.-
■ii.'uiliko manni*r. havin ^-,m hand a i_ood .snm.Iy of tli u Lost
.umber Un- that inn jiose.
[aallits branches wtll beeKecated with proQiptness;
is none (iut tie most eicparieneed wovkmoa willbe em]
■ !. vim- <;nsf..inior-i may ri*^t assisrod that  tlieir  work
ijedone to their satisfaction.
Particular attention will be given to
irwII_o rhs e. Sh pe In   .
' ;ii; line In   In* ""Sate, v.-i- are conH lent we can offer b
:''"''',FAl{MTx«}'sijTENSJLS
>fall kind*- iiiMiii!.ici.;ii-t'ii to order of the very  best ma-
Farmers. Teamsters and the puhU. generally   in want ol
vorb in our department, are re. spue Civilly aolicited toglvi
18 a call.
E. L.SCOTT ft CO
I."- Angeles, Septemher TS. 185S. IS tf
Cjf W6S tf flir.jjiiiiics^
GILliEAT & HEI:GE8.
Scuthern €oast Express
CONsN-KCTION WITH
Cf. II. WINES & CO'S
"CK.ifoi'Miia. *Orcg"ow, AtassiBlBC *a*as«l
■ICiiB'opesiM Express.
H*^^f:;-'vv
the   abOVO  name.
V.ETTKKS, 1'AOK'lOKSam
For Siacty XJiiiys
::,;v'.?;\;cv?'vcj-v;-^.£
—IN—
Carpets, Paper Hanging,
—AND— 6*r
UPHOLSFEY GOODS
a change in our  hu.sine.is v;o shall
i  stock im   "tore rejrardk'.-is ol" cost I'oi-kiv
irds ol* Velvet. Cai-jii-tin..; from «i ln .J' (ia:
irdsBrusseJsCarpfttiag trom.
nCartetii
. ,0rCl?S* 0lT c
-SI 10
■ ■      00 taT
L-.!s '1*1;
i h-'hs
10,000 ;
J0,0 iO yards Cui'taiii liamasl
i.,030 pair .Muslin and Lace
i 0.000 pair Window Shade,-
ling.,
12
;t(,
ifA'A
%t'$\mmits.
IIESTAIIKAKT du I'OMSIEIiCK.
[M tRSOUS AXftHItl ft'IFK. having reni.VHt
M
lestaurant ilu Commerce
L:ifojette lisA--.
Vi MERLY THE OLD .
OOilMESOIAL S 1
Mmlkmm.
anqele;
I'clr ipriitfing (SstaHis|mtnt.
MA1X ^TREr.T,  (Japonic Hall Building,)
The   proprietor  of   tlie Los Angeles Star, -ivoitid renpedf
.illy  inform his   friends and   the  public,  thai   he ba*
nel raceived a large and varied assorttoenl of new materi
!. and i.s now prepared te execute the i'oihiving do-ierip
ions of
PLAIN AND FANCY
Ea tilt! best stylt at the Art.
monks.
Pamphlets,
Bill Heads,
Posters,
)r any other &Bt
___.w Blanks,
Cards; Bills of Exchange
Deeds, Bank Checks
Notes, PpograjBoseK,
Billets, Bills of Pare.
iription of Printing that   may b« desired
hinir work done are respectfully invitee
Ll
us mi mm
MAIN STREET, OPPOSITE THE HEAD OF
Commercial.
SUAVE. SHAMPOO and CUT HAII
Where HOT and COLO Baths can be had at all hours oft
day at the following prices, :
COLD BATHS, . ...        50 Cents
HOT       •• . 7r, cents,
Boots willhe Hacked  as usual ; and WASIIINU done'
I'oi-'the   e,mveuier..-e.if I ],'■■,  public, a  Citv Exiu-fss a-
New- Store on Commercial Street,
lest door in th* old stand, where they ar« now oneni.^ ■
argeassortmeatof
Staple ctxicB. Fancy
■ .gethc
of  (ho
BtOCK   Of
.utile and t
.able i,lyk
CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, &c, &c,
vhirh   t'hey sre  -selling  WHOLKSAliE   ANO   RE
rAIL, at the lowest, prices.      Their  former  patroni*   an
.11 who wish to buy goods cheap, are .-elicited to eafi an
■xnminu their extensive ,-ityek ijefure |'-nrc liai'mi'idu'where
.Ull.ll,  XEU'MAKK, kCU.f
Coamsrcial Street.
Loi AnjuWn, Pticemlier 1st, 1656 tf
SI'LKNDII) STOC,v   OF
L^T E W   «- OCDSI!
OF   JILL    DESCRIPTIONS.
T-o.-53t   3Flece;iveci   toy
C. BUOOMMUN,
AT THE  OIVI   STAND,
„ Commercial street,
Isomprielntf an exti nuivu riirloty or
:tifj SILVER WATCHES,
'''"^FiNE'jEWELIlY,
of the mosl sis,.,,,! n«d fa.biouable styles.
Superior   Cutlery  and   Hardware
An,is lurffeon ] ,n!uableassortment of
NEW B0I1KS AND STATIOSARY,
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THE oemhitiatiori of the Colorado nnd Fi"iot Knob
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old location, where (.be? haveei-ery faoility for crfisRinffM*
Colorado with safety and dispatcii. at  lower prices than
They   ,--■  ■■   rays on haml fi supjily of such   provii
a ate  required  by travelers and  tanigratitF,at as
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MARCH  1,   1856.
NO. 42.
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Mlisalfintcoirs.
"Tine Lnst Clmiice.'"
" Why, hello, Tom !" exclaimed a woll known
citizen yesterday, under the window of our sanctum, at the same time rushing up aud grasping
the hand of a tall, long haired individual whose
heavy hoots, mammoth hat and generally rough
exterior did not hide th« air aud impress of the
gentleman. " Where in the world are you going
to in this dress, and with these tools ? Are you
crazy, or what V
"Not if I know myself, I ain't," was the laconic
reply.
'• But, my dear boy," continued the other, with
a great deal ot earnest solicitude, " you are too
old a Csvlifornitiu to be carried away with such
reports as have been circulated about the gold
discoveries over the bay."
" Yes, you talk smoothly," returned Tom, " but
a3 sure as Vm a living man, I'm going to try the
San Antonio diggins. I know I'm an old Califor-
nian, but I've never made anything, and now I'm
going back and take a fresh start"
"But your seat in the Legislature ? How about
that? What will your coustitueatseay 1 Wimt
will the Know-Nothing party think ?"
"Oh, never mind  that," answered Tom, "' my
constituents and I understand each other ; and as
for the Know-Nothings in the Legislature, they
woa't have a gieat deal to do."
" But you are losing—"
'■* There, that will do." interrupted Tom, " don't
talk of my losing.37 Then raising himself at full
length aud preparing to depart, he added : " See
here, Abner, you talk about my losing. What
have I to lose? I've prospected all over the State,
aad never could make it win. I left the Dtsmo-
crats last summer and joined the Know-Nothings,
because I thought our claim had run out, and the
Know-No tilings had the right color. I worked
their claim, and managed to get to the Legislature,
Bat what have I done there—-what have any of us
done? Ftitit turned against us ; Fiske turned
against us ; Waite gave us the cold shoulder, and
to cap the climax, Gov. Johnson has spit on his
party."
" But, my dear fellow—"
" Don't but me, Abner," again interposed Tom,
who was now boiling over; "my mind is fixed.
There is no room for a claim in the up-country
mines—the Democratic party won't have me again
—the Know-No things don't pay a half cent to the
pan, and my last chance is in the diggings over
the Ray.'"—saying which Tom left, leaving his
friend in much distress.— Town Talk.
TELEGKAPurt..—When it was first reported that
Prof. Morse had succeeded in conveying intelligence between Baltimore and Washmgdon, thro'
the wires of the magnetic telegraph, one old
savant, who had been a schoolmaster, and a member of the Legislature, gave it as his opinion that
the report was a "humbug." In fact from his
knowledge of " astronomy," he said he knew the
thing could not be done! Shortly after, OTleiley's
men were seen setting the poles directly by the
old man's dwelling.
One day he joined tho crowd who were witnessing the operation of stretching the wire. Upon
being asked what he thought of the matter then,
lie hesitated a moment—assumed an air of importance—and then replied—
" Well, gentlemen, while in the Legislature, I
gave tiie subject considerable attention, aud after
some investigation and reflection, I hare come tu
the conclusion that it may* answer very well for
■small packages, but will never do for large bundles—never!"
Theue was a famous Irish Member of Parliament
who was a glutton at dinner, and who was remarkable for lus neglect of all ablutions. His son was
one day standing in the bow-window of the Club
iiouse, in London, conversing with Lord Somebody,
when the father passed down on the opposite side
of the street.
" Jack," said the noble lord, "what does make
your father's hands so dirty?"
"Well," said the affectionate young man, "I
believe it arises from a bad habit he has of putting
them up to his face."
A Falsehood.—If you want to rejoice the internal soul of a reporter, tell him that six women
and children have just been tern asunder, limb
from limb, in a house around the next corner-
that blood is gushing from all the windows and
doors—that a steamboat has just " busted," killing
all on board—that the Rev. Dr. Exegesis has just
cut his own throat—and that an awful andimpene-
trable mystery surrounds everything.
The value of the hog crop last year in the United States fell abort a little of two hundred millions
of dollars, or §50,000,000 more than the cotton
crop. It is estimated that 00,000,000 pounds of
lard are made in the United States, of which 20,-
000,000 are made in Cincinnati. England and
Cuba each take 9,000.000 or 10,000,000 pounds of
American lard.
The  Closing Scene  of the  Full   of  Jcrusale
from  Salftthlol,
The fall of our illustrious and unhappy city
was supernatural. The destruction of the conquered was against the first principles of the Roman policy, and to the last hour of our national
existence, Rome held out offers of peaoe, and
lamented our frantic determination to be undone.
But the decree was gone forth from a mightier
throne. During the latter days of the siege, a
hostility, to which that of man was aa the grain
of sand to the tempest that drives it on, overpowered our strength aad senses. Fearful shapes
and voices in the air—visions startling us from
our short and troubled sleep—lunacy, iu ltd most
hideous forms—sudden death, in the midst of vigor—the fury of tho elements let looso upon our
unsheltered heads—we had every terror and evil
that could beset human nature but pestilence;
the most probable ofallinthe city crowded with
the famishing, tho deceased, the wounded, and
dead. Yet, though the streets were covered with
the unburied—though every well and trench was
teeming—though six hundred thousand corpses
lay flung over the ramparts, and naked to tho sun
—pestilence came not j if it had come, the enemy
would have been scared away. But the "abomination of desolation," the pagan standard, was
fixed, where it was to remain until the plough
passed over the ruins of Jerusalem.
On this night, this fatal night, no man laid his
head on the pillow. Heaven and earth were in conflict— meteors burned above us ; the ground shook
under our feet; the volcano blazed; the wind
burst forth iu irresistable blast, aod swept the
living and the dead, in whirlwinds, far into the
desert. We heard the bellowing of the Mediterranean, as tf its waters were at our sides, swelled
by a new deluge. The lakes and the rivers roared and inundated the laud. The fiery sword shot
tenfold fire. Showers of blood fell. Thunder
pealed from every quarter of the heavens. laglrl
nings, immense sheets, of an intensity of duration
that turned the darkness into noon day, withered
eye and soul, burned from' the zenith to the
ground, and marked its track by the forests on
flame and the shattered summits of the hills.
Defence was unthonght of, for the mortal enemy had passed from the mind. Our hearts quaked for fear ; but it was to see the "powers of heaven shaken."
All cast away the shield and spear, and crouched
before the descending judgment. We were conscience smitten. Our cries of remoise, anguish,
and horror, were heard through the roar of the
storm. We howled to the earth to hide us * we
plunged into the sepulchres to escape the wrath
that consumed the living—we would have buried
ourselves under the mountains.
I knew the cause, the unspeakable cause, and
knew that the last hour of crime was at hand. A
few fugitives, astonished to see one man among
them not sunk in tlie lowest feebleness of fear,
came around me, and besought me to lead them to
fome place of safety, if such were now to be found
on earth. I told them openly that they were to
die, and counselled them to die on the hallowed
ground of the temple. They followed, audi led
them through the streets encumbered with every
shape of human suffering to the foot of Mouut
Mori ah, But beyond that we found advance impossible. Piles of cloud, whose darkness was
palpable even in the midnight iu which we stood,
covered the Holy Hill. Impatient, and not to be
daunted by ar.y thing that man could overcome,
I cheered my disheartened baud," and attempted
to lead the way up the ascent. But I had scarcely entered the cloud when I was swept downward
by a gusli that tore the rocks in flinty showers
around me. Now came the last and most wondrous sign tliat marked the fate of rejected Israel.
While I lay helpless. I heard the whirlwind
roar through the cloudy hill, and the vapors began te revolve. A pale light that ofthe rising
moon, quivering on their edges, and the clouds
rose, and ^rapidly shaped themselves into forms,
and battlements, and towers. The sound of voices
heard within, low and distant, yet strangely
sweet. S till the lustre brightened, and airy
buildings rose, tower on tower and battlement on
battlement. In awe, that held us mute, we knelt
and gazed on this more than mortal architecture,
that continued rising and spreading, and glowing
with a sereuer light, still soft and silvery, yet to
which the broadest moonbeam was dim. At last
it. stood forth  to earth  and   heaven,  the colossal
imago  of   ihe iirafc temple,   of tin; "Ouililiiigis  rillseil
by the wisest of men. and consecrated by the visible glory. All Jerusalem saw the image ; and
tho shout, that in tha midst of their despair, ascended from Its thousands and tens of thousands,
told what proud rememberances were there. But
a hymn was heard, that might have hushed the
world beside. Never fell on my ear, never on
human sense, a sound so majestic, yet so subduing;
so full of melancholy, yet of grandeur and command. The vast portal opened, and from it
rnarctcd a host, such as man shall never see but
once again—the guardian angels ofthe city of
David! They came forth glorious, but with woe
in all their steps ; the stars upon tbeir lielmlets
dim ; their robes stained ; tears flowing down their
celestial beauty-—-"Let us go hence," was their
song of sorrow. "Let us go hence," was answer
ed by the sad echoes of the mountains.—" Let us
go hence," swelled upon the niglit lo the farthest
limits of the laud. The procession lingered on
the summit of tho hill. The thunder pealed, and
rose over tho expause of heaven. Their ohorui
was heard still, magnificent and melancholy
when their splendor was diminished to bright
ness ofa star. Then the thunder roared aga. .
the cloudy temple was scattered on tho wind ot
darkness, the omen of her grave, settled upon
Jerusalem
How to b.'. lieu milii I.
Thk following passage ia from one of Prof. Up-
ham's tetters to the \. V. Congregationaliat. Be
is speaking of the Captain of tiie steamer En which
he sailed from New York.
■ .Vv we were about to start, I saw him ir.ove
fo au elevated position above tho wheel : and it.
was interesting to see how quickly and completely the inward thought or purpose alters tha outward man. He gave a quick glance to ererj part
of the ship. He east his eye over the multitude
coming on board the ship, among Whom was the
American ambassador to England, who, if the
captain may be said to embody the strip, maybe
said with equal truth to embody iu his oSloial
person a nation's right and hocor. He Saw Ae
husbands   and wives,   the   mothers   and   children
entrusted to his pare ; and hia Blender form, . be
gave the orders for our departure, seemed at once
to grow more erect and firm; the muscles of his
face swelled ; his dark eye glowed with a new
fire; and his whole person expanded aud beautified itself by thepower of inward emotion.
I havo often noticed this interesting phenomenon ; and have come to the couclusion il man or
woman either, wishes to realize the full power of
personal beauty, it must be by cherishing noble
hopes and purposes—by having something to live
for, which is worthy of humanity—and which by
expanding the capacities of the soul, gives expansion  and symmetry to the body which   contain-;
It is said—by some Yankee, of course—to be
an excellent plan always to measure a man's
length before you kick him, for it is better to
bear an insult than to make an unsuccessful attempt at thrashing a fellow and get your eye-teeth
knocked out.
A f.vr.mkr who had lately become a widower
was aroused at midnight by the loud barking of
his dog. On going to it, the animal displayed
extreme terror, whereupon tho fanner took his
gun and proceeded to un inspection. All at once
lie saw a phantom, clothed in a white sheet, rise
behind thehedge. The farmer turned deadly pale,
■-'•■ 1 his limbs shook with dismay. He, however.
■ mtrlved to ejaculate, "If you come from God-
apeak; if from fhe devil, vanish I" "Wretch:''
exclaimed the phantom. " I am your, deceased wife,
come from tlie grave to warn you not to many
Maria A , to whom you are making love.    The
only woman to succeed me  is Henrietta A .
Marry her, or persecution aud endless torment
shall be your doom." This strange address from
the goblin, instead of dismaying the fanner, restored his courage. He accordingly rushed OU
the ghostly visitor, and stripping off its sheet,
discovered the fair Henrietta B-— herself, looking extremely foolish. It is said that the farmer,
admiring the girl's trick, has had the bairns published for his marriage with her.
A swindle has recently been carried out successfully at the West by a party who hud been forging
the acceptance of Mr. P. T. Barnum to draft*
which he negotiated, pocketing tbe proceeds. Tlie
amount f,f 'hose drafts we have heard variously
stated from $20,001) to $80,000. The exact extent
of this fraud is probably not yet known. The forgeries were well calculated to deceive those best
acqainted with Mr. Barmim's signature.
Mr. John Lawrence Bagler, in  the Louisville
a, offers to  bet from $1,000  to $3,O0t)_ that
iie can do as follcwa : Jump live feet further ou a
dead level than any other man in Kentucky-
three feet further that) any man in tha United
States—one foot further than any man in the
world—or that he can stand Oat-footed upon the
earth and leap a brick wall fifteen feet high and
four thick.
If to do were as easy as to know what were
good to do, chapels had been churches, aud poor
men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions. I can
easier teach twenty what were good to be done,
than be one of the. twenty to follow mine own
teaching.
A Mrs. Lucinda Thompson recently obtained a
bill of divorce from her husband, in Crawford
county (Ohio) common pleas, at 8 P. M. At 10 o'clock the same evening she was married to a Mr.
Talcott,in the presence of the court and bar. They
have a "fast" way of doing business in Crawford.
ATflaw Holidat.—A new national holiday, says
an Eastern paper, has been proposed by the Penn-
sylvauia Historical Society. The holiday is proposed to bo held on thj anniversary ofthe day on
which the Constitution of the United States waa
formally proclaimed as adopted—the 13th September, 1788.
Tim happiness of man arises more from his inward than his outward condition ; and the amount
of good in the world cannot be much increasd but
by increasing the amount of goodness.
Socrates thanked God for three things : first,
that he was born a man, and uot a woman ; second,
that he was bom a Grecian ; ami thirdly, that he
was a philosopher.
The blessing ot an active mind, when it is in a
good condition, is that it not only employe itself,
but is almost sure to be the means of giving wholesome employment to others.
A gentleman by the name of Lucas, in Demo-
pojis, Alabama, has recently obtained a verdict
of $1200 against Miss Lucinda Meiggs, for breach
of promise of marriage.
It is aremarkabie fact, that no Jew ever fails
upon the public for support. To their honor be it
said, they take care of all their creed when under
misfortune. ^^_________
An editor remarks that some one has written
on tlie art of making one happy without money,
and savs he is in excellent condition to be experimented upon ?
The Statk op Maine.—The Stare ot Maine owns
a Merchant Marine valued at over So0,000,000.
It is greater than the shipping of any commercial nation in Europe, England alone, excepted.
THE Cherokee marriage ceremony is very expressive—man and woman joining hands over a
running stream, indicating that tbeir lives may
run on in one current lite the water before them.
Ai--L.nit.siiN GalM.
The Memphis Express telle tbe following story
of a friend of tlio editor's who wen! into Arl-aniaa
recently to attend .1 break down 1
The ladies upon   [he occasion, were arrayed in
their best, with all the gay Dolors that ta   1
BUggest    The gentlemen were dressed in home-
pun clothe.-, and none but our friend bad broad-
oloth on bis back.    During tbe evenh
potatoes of an uuinnous sise, roturted io l-
were banded 1.round to tbe oempanj, together with
a handful of--alt for eaob em-.-., a beauUAtl
young lady soon became uolttea with our young
friend, iperhaps will, hi? magnilic, ni. uitiu^taches.')
and resolved to danoe with him.   she thereupon
turned tu a friend, and addressed her in these
words :
■■ B«l, ttOM mv i.;!- f While I   krol round With Und
niee boBB what's get OS Btore cloths."
 — »~»s»».._—- 	
How to Ti;kvt Slaxoeb,—Plato, bearing that
certain persons bed assorted that be was a very
bad man, replied—■■! shall lake euro to so live
thai bobody will believe them."   And Plato did
so   live.    Over   two  thousand   years  have passed
by since he lived, yet Plato is nn honored name
wherever learning and virtue are held ib esteem,
Nobody believes the slanders of his envious cou-
t.mpornries,
Slander ean not live, it let alone. It loves opposition, and thrives upon the excitement it makes.
Take no notice of It, and it will booh starve. The
backbiter loses his pains, when the oqjeotofhis
spite appears insensible of his attacks. He only
bites a tile, and destroys his own teeth.
If one wishes tO suffer from slanderous attacks,
he has only to Ily into a passion, endeavor to trace
out the author of the stories told to liis injury,
and thus minus the matter a common talk. It is
just what the author desired. His shafts have
hit the mark, and he is pleased. Whether his
stories are true or false, they have produced a
fluttering, and there Will be enough to believe
them. Plato's method was far better. A good
life will not long Baifer from raise accusations.
Burned All ive—A Utter iu the New Orleans
Picayune, dated Dec. -jth, written from Lexington, Miss., BBy3 :
Adaughter ofa very worthy gentleman, while
riding on horseback to visit a neighbor, was assaulted by a negro man, who made the most hellish attempt to violate ter person. She struggled
in his demoniac grasp and until her strength was
exhausted, until she was sadly bruised and lacerated, when a gentleman came in sight. The negro
flyd, and the gentleman carried the almost Inanimate* girl to her father's house. After depositing
her there, lie raised tiie alarm, aud the people hurried out to hunt the negro. They were not long
in finding him. He belonged to the Wader-slate.
They brought him into the town of Lexington, and
then, in the most public street, chained him to a
stake and burned him alive! It is thought the
young lady will not survive her injuries.
A Slvijclir. Will.—A man named J, de Dios
Chacon, recently died at Lima, Peru, leaving a
fortune of one million of dollars, all won at tho
gambling table, lie willed the whole to a woman
residing in the city, on condition that she would
give a peseta (quarter of a dollar) each day to
every convalescent discharged from the hospital
and receive a hundred poor men ami women daily
at her table. In case of the legatee neglecting to
fill either of the provisions above mentioned, tho
usufruct of the money is \p be vested in the Governments of Great Britain aud France on the same
condition.
-——- ■-    -*•>    V«»H    HI. —
An" UxExr'-XTim Finish.—At a temperance meeting in Scotland lately, a person in the hall got up
and said: ''ily friends, ihree months ago I signed
the pledge. In a month afterwards, iny friends, I
had a sovereign in my pocket, a good coat on my
back—a thing I never had before. A fortnight
after that my friends, I bought a coffin." Tlie
audience was going to cheer here, but stopped and
looked serious. " You wonder why I bought the
Coffin. Well, I. bought it, because I felt pretty certain that if I kept tho pledge another fortnight I
should want oue."
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More pAonriSjJl than* DIAMONDS.—-A nobleman who had been showing his costly cabinet Idled with valuable rings aud rare and beauhful precious stones to a friend, told him that their value
was inestimable, bat that they did not return any
income to him. Hia i'rieud replied that be bod
only two stones, which cost him ten florins each,
but they yielded him two hundred florins a year.
On expressing his surprise, the nobleman was
conducted to a mill and shown the mill-stouts,
which returned more profit than all his diamonds
and precious stone1;-.
Forty Days Without Food.—A lady named
Sillier, upwards of 70 years of age, residing in Uo,
biitson ToAinsliip, about eigbi miles from Pitts
borg, has been lying seriously ill for nome time.
During the past forty days she has not faint 8
morsel nf food of any kind, and her only drink is
water. She Is a widow, and the mother of a family. Htr physicians baye nut, given the disease   any   definite   nar.e.      She  was   stdl    alive,
though very weak.
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The editor ofthe Council Ii lulls Bugle must be
a smart fellow.    He has performed all his quill
and scissor duties, and wilh the help of two bands,
raised  seventy-live acres of corn, live of oats, lour
of potatoes, ten of wheat, five of buckwheat, one
of melons, one of pumpkins and squashes, one of
garden, and a half of millett. Couuoil Blufibwill
go ahead, if the rest of its citizens are one quarter
aa efficient.
Why U tWmrr l»r«rt
The following aitii.le is eupied from a New
York paper :
Tlivi-f is a line pasture all over th ; countiy uow,
snd the price of butter ought to bndowa to ashling a pound.
Why isn't it'.'
B mouse the women and -.'iris don't know how to
make it.   For twenty yean past tbe girl's batter.
making education has been sa ily neglected. Tiiey
can  play   the  piano, but cannot churn ; they can
talk a little French, but don', know how to work
Ol th« buttermilk. The ,vumcn who made tho
tmttcr in Westchester, DutoheSS and Orange ooun-
ties twenty yeare ago, are pernios »wny, ami thero
are none to take their places. That's why butter
is dear,
A Ballot was catted OpOO the stand as a witness.
'• Well, sir,'' said the lawyer, "do you know ihw
plaintiff and defendant"
MI don't know the drilf of them words," un-
swered the sailor.
" What! not know the meaning of plaintiff and
dafendant .'■ continued the lawyer; " a pretty
fellow you. to come here a--a witness. Can jou
tell me where DO board the ship it waa thai man
Struck the other one ■''
" Ainiti. the i'inimele," said the sailor.
"Abaft ths binnacle,'' said the lawyer, " whut
do you mean by that t"
" a pretty fellow you." responded the nailer,
''come   here M  a  lawyer, und  don't  know  wha*
nbatt the binnacle, minus."
'fn!: great Duke of Marlboro, passing the gate
of tbe tower after having inspected that fortress,
was ae.vislcd by an ill-looking fellow with —
" How do you do my lord I'uke? I believe your
grace and 1 have been in every gaol in the kingdom ',''"
" I believe friend," replied the Duke with surprise. '■ this ts the only gaol 1 ever visited t"
" Very likely," replied the other, "but! haft*
been in all the rest'"
Cowkxtiox oy HCSBANDfi.—The papers stato
that a convention of husbands is to be called shortly at Syracuse, N. Y., to adopt some measures iu
regard to feshlon. They say that since they have
to support the expenses of fashion, they have ihu
right to regulate its caprices. It is also said that
a proposition to raise boys only, in future, is to
come before the convention. The members aro to
resolve tbemetlves into a husband's rights party.
Tbujhfh of KcMccKv.—a talking match lately
came ofl in New Orleans for five dollai'H a side. It
continued, acoordlng tO the Advertiser, for thirteen hours, the rivals being a Frenchman and a
Kentuckian. The bystanders and judges wen
talked to sleep, and when they waked up to tho
morning they found tho Frenchman dead und thu
ECentuokian whispering in his ear.
TitE nrxsRS of tub soil.
WJio makes the barren earth
a paradise of wealth,
Ami nils Bach humble hearth,
With plenty, life and health!
Oh ! I would have you know
They are the men of toil—
The men who reap and sow—
The tillers ol the soil.
Six Tbcths Wbll Tiu.d.—Borrowed garments*
seldom fit well. Haste often trips up its own heel--.
Men often blush to bear What they aro not ashamed
to net. Pride is the flower that grows in thu
devil's garden; More are drowned in the wine-
cup than in the ocean. lie who buys too many
superfluities may be obliged lo sell bin uecewjuriei*
An old lady in the .State of Vermont was nuked
by a young clergyman to what denomination islie
belonged.
" I don't know," said she, "and don't care anything aboul your nominations ; for my part, I hold
on to the old meetln1 house."
A country parson had a singular peculiarity of
expression, always using the phrase 'I Hatter myself,' instead of '1 believe.' Having occasion to
exhort his congregation during arevival.be •fhit-
li-rcd himself' that one-half of them would bo
damned !
A friend asked a Diiichman what sort of winter
he thought, we should have. The Ibileltman, drawing himself up with philosophic equanimity, and
an oracular snap of the eye, said, '■ 1 tiuk we shall
have werry cold weddcv dish winter, or worry hot
—von of them both."
The Gospel Messenger argues that the cur_e
of the age is line preoehing : it i.s morbid and pes*
tileiitial. The attempts to say ihe line things in
the pulpit in a solemn sin: and flue scrmone—■
like all other linery—are very evanescent iu their
iniluence.
A mar's moral principles, like lbe dykes of
Holland or the   levees   ot   the   Mississippi,   need
to be constantly watched and  strengthened.—
lie   is ruined if they are   undermined   or  overthrown.
Let friendship creep gently to  a height:.    Tf it
rush to it, it may roon run towlfoa* oflretth.
"Sambo, can you tell me what difference there
in between a Northern and a Southern man 7"
■■ So, Bones." "Why the Northern man blacks bin
own boots, and the Southern man boots hia own
blacks."
It was the remark of J. IJ. Booth, tliat in ten
years IVum Ids time it would be impossible to get
in a city theatre an army fbr Diehard III, as all
the' opes' would be playing GHoster In the oonn«
try, ^___
ding in Cin*
A young
•California widow,'
ciunati. a few days since reoelyed a draft uf five
hundred dollars from ber husband, a digger in the
mines, and before night she had spent the major
part of the sum in ii''w and gaudy dreFsea.
" That man i-j a shoemaker, 1 am sure," said a
Judge to liis colleague.
■■ Are you a shoemaker, **ir ?"
■■Yes, sir." said the man at the bar, "a horse
shoemaker." _^	
A I'icivii:;;   down  South OQ%tt tO Bell   his whole
. -si.iiiii: hment for ii clean shirt and a meat of vie
■ lots lived on promises till his whifkera
have stopped growing.
Ir a man addicted to smoking marries a widow,
does it follow that he inuet lay down bis pipe be-
CfiWSJ she giro.- up her wceda?