.rlericj
PisttHancijHS,
I.IU IIT.
The following exquisite poem ly William Pitt
Pammer, waa, Borne 3 ■ ars ago, proaotuwed by one
of the most eminent European critloft. to he the
finest production  of the  same  length, in  our
language :
From the quiokened womb of tin; primal gloom
Th.* bud rolled black and ban:.
Tiil 1 wove Iviii a v.. ■ for bis Ktbiop breast
ui the threads oi mv golden hair;
And when the broad 1 nl ofthe firmament
Arose on Its aii v spars,
I pencilled tbe hue ol ii> matchless blue,
Aud spangled it ronnd with Blare.
1 painted the Bowers of, the Eden bowers,
And their leaves ofliving green,
Ai:!, mine w* re the dyes in the suileus eyes
Of Edcn*B virgin queen ;
Ami when th. .1 nd'i 1 rt do Ihe trustful heart
Had fasteni d il   raoi to] Bpell,
l„ the silv ,ry Bph re ■ f the fli .t-boru tear
To the trembling < arth I felL
-\Yhen uu. waves thai burs! <>'■ r a woi id accursed,
Their works o*l v.rvili bad s] i.!,
An e Ark1 ■   ■■'* true,
C mv forth among the dead ;
With the wondrous gl sens of my biidal beams,
1 bade their t< rroi ■ i ease.
Ar^ I wrote on tbe roll 11 the storm's dark scroll,
God's covenant of pfeuce.
Like a pall at rest on a senseless breast,
Might's funei al shadow slept—
Whereshepherd swains -i.i tbe Uetblebem plains
Their lonely rlgils kept. ,,,.,.
■fflien I Bashed on tbeir sight the heralds might
Of He»ven's n deeming plan,
As they chanted tbe morn of a Savior born-
Joy,"joy to the outcast man,
Equal favor I show to tbe lofty and low,
Ou Nn' just and unjuel l deeceud :
E'en the blind, whose vain spheres roll in darkness
and tears,
Feel my smile the best smile ofa friend.
Nay, the  fiowei of the  waste by my love is embraced,
As the rose In the garden of kings;
At tbe chrysalis bier of tbe worm l appear,
Ami lol-the gay butterfly wings.
The desolate morn, like a mourner forlorn,
Conceals all the pride ol her charms,
Till I bid the bright hours chase the night from
ber flowers,
And lead thy young day lo her arms ;
And when the guy rover seeks Eve for his lover,
And -inks to his balmy repose,
I wrap the soft res'; by the zephyr-fanned west,
In curtains of amber and rose.
From my sentinel -rleep,by the nlghMWoodeddeep,
I gaze with unslumbering eye,
When tlm eynoi are star of the mariner
Es blot led from oui the sky |
And guided by me through the merciless sea,
T toa ""h sped by the* hurricane's flings,
liis compassless, dark, lmm, weltering bark
To the haven heme Bafety he brings.
I waken the flowers In their new Bpangled bowers,
The birds in their ohnmbers of green,
Ami mountain and plain glow with beauty again,
As they bask in their matinal sheen.
()! [fsuen the glad worth of my presence to earth.
Though litful and fleeting the while,
What glories musl rest oo the home of the blest,
■liver bright with the Deity's smile.
I'M   GftOlVIVU   OLD.
BT JOBS  a. 3A3B.
My days pass pleasantly away,
My nights are blessed v.'illi sweetest sleep ;
I feel no symptom of decay,
I have no cause to moan and weep ;
Mv foes are impotent ami shy,
'\iy friends are neither false nor cold,
And yet, of late, l often sigh—
I'm growing eld!
My growing talk of olden limes,
My growing thirst for early news,
My growing apathy to rhyme"?.
My growing love for easy shoes,
My growing hate of crowds and noise,
My growing fear of taking cold,
AU teil me, in the plainest voice—
I'm growing old!
I'm growing fonder of my slali',
I'm growing dimmer iu the eyes,
I'm growing fainter in my laugh,
I'm growing deeper iu my sighs,
Fin growing careless of my dress,
I'm growing frugal of my gold,
I'm growing wise, I'm growing—yet—
I'm growing old.
I feel it in my changing taste,
1 Bee it En my changing bair,
I see it in my growing waist,
I sec it in iny growing heir ;
A thousand hints proclaim tlie truth,
As plain as truth was ever told,
That even in my vaunted youth,
I'm growing old!
Ah me. my very laurels breathe
The tale in try reluctant ears ;
And every boon the hours bequeath
But mokes me debtor to the years ;
E'en flattery's honied words declare
The secret she would lain withhold,
Aud tells me in " Uow young you are V
I'm growing old!
Thanks for the years whose rapid flight
My sombre muse too sadly sings;
Thanks for the gleam of golden light
That tint the darkness of her wings.
The light thai beams I'rom out the sky,
Those heavenly mansions lo unfold ;
Where all are blest, and none may sigh,
'■ I'm growing old !"
TUB   MEIIHY   IIKAR.T.
;,l'isr woll to have a merry heart,
However short we stay ;
There's wisdom in a merry heart,
Wimle'er the world may say ;
Philosophy may lift its h''ad
And iiiiii out marly a Saw,
But give me Ihe philosopher
That's happy with a straw.
If life but brings us happiness,
Jt livings as We are toM,
What's hard to buy, though rich ones try
With all their heaps of gold ;
Then laugh away, let otherasay
Whale'er they will ol mirth,
Who laughs the most may truly boast
lie's got tho wealth ol earth.
There's beauty in the merry heart,
A moral beauty, too ;
It shows the heart's an honest heart,
That's paid each man bis due;
Aud lent a share of what's to spare,
Despite of wisdom's fears,
And make the cheek less sorrow speak,
The eye weep fewer tears.
The sun may shroud itself in cloud,
The tempest wrath begin ;
It finds a spark to cheer the dark,
Its sunlight is within ;
Then laugh away, let others say
Wbate'er they will of mirth ;
Who laughs the most may truly boast
He's got the wealth of earth.
Peril* of Tencbing GraxamaXt
Mi:. Editob.—I have been seivdin' my (later
Nancy to school to a schoolmaster in this nabor-
hood. Last Friday I went over to the school just
to see how Nancy was gittin1 along, and I see's
things I didn't like by no means. Tiie schoolmaster was larnla' h"r things entirely out of the line
ot eddycation, and. us I think, improper. I set
awhile in tho BObool-fcooBfl and heard ono class say
their lesson. She said it very spry. I was shock!!
and determined she should leave that school. I
hare heerd that gramer waa an oncommon tine
study, but J don't want any more gramer about
my house. The lesson that Nancy said, was no-
thin' but the foolislicst kind uv talk, the ridicules
Inv talR you ever seed. She got up, and the fust
word she sed was. " ! lore !" I looked right at her
hard for doing so improper, but she went right on
and sed : uThou lovest, he loves,'' and I reckon
you never heerd such a riggermyrole in your life
lure, lave, love, nm! nothing but love. She said
one time, " I did love."
Sez I, " Who did you love ?" Then the scholars
laffed, but 1 wasn't to be put on", and I sed, " Who
did you love, Nancy ? I want to know who did
you love?'' The schoolmaster, Mr. McQuillister.
put in, and be said be wuuld explain when Nancy
finished tiie lesson. This sorter pacylied me, and
Nancy went on with awful love talk. It got wus
and wus every word.   She sed, "I might, could,
or would love."
I stoped her agin, and sed, I reckon I would see
about that, and told her to walk out of the house.
The schoolmaster tiicd to interfere, but I would
not let him say a word. He said I was a fool, and
i oockt bim down and made him holler in Bhort
order. I taukt the strate thing to him. I told
him Ide show him how beds larn my darter gramer,
I got the nabcrs together, and we sent Mr. McQuillister off in a hurry, and I reckon tharl be no
more gramer techin in these parts soon. If yon
know of any rather oldish man in your region th;
doant tecch gramer, we would be glad it you wood
-icnd him up. Hut in the footure we will be kcer-
(ul how wa employ men. Yung schoolmasters
wont do. especially if they teches gramer. It is a
had thing for niorils.
fours till deth,
Tho-uass Jbffebsos SoT.i:.
.lii.,.--i.ittri Democrat.
Soliloquy of a  Hon of Tumpi'v;..-;   .
The editor of the Sonora Herald was wending his
lonely way late the other night to bis "dingy dormitory," when be eoooon|ered " a new victim en-
Bnared in the toile ofthe Sobs'of Temperance."
nterrupting the stillness of the night, and in mo-
ring tones bidding adieu to King Alcohol, and renouncing allegiance to llacchus and bis satellites:
Tia done! I have crossed tiie rubicon, ami
entered upon new Holds. Oh. uow. forever, Care-
well ! Fai ewell the foaming champagne, the care-
soothing sherry, the royal hook: and lager b-cr.
porter, headiiches, regrets ami circumstances ui
inordinate drinking! And 0. you mortal bar*
keepers; whose rude hand oft thrust your deadly
poisons under my nose, farewell! Another customer's gone! No more shall my spare quarters
be disbursed foryourcounterfeit wines! No more
shall f suffer the torture of your stomach-rend rig
brandy I   AndOye guzzling crowds that hover
around bars for occasional ti eats, far-well! No
more will voir be oalled upon to * smile" «t my
expense! Many hours of joy have 1 experienced
'u partaking oi* your pleasures; many shouts ot"
laughter set up at your wit : but after alt. many u
night, and excruciatingly painful head, have caused me sadly to regret the pains and pleasures of
your acquaintanoe! Therefore, a long and lasting
farewell!'-' __
HPIORiH.
As my wife and I. at the window one day,
Stood watching a man with a monkey.
A cart came by, with a " broth of a boy,"
Who Wilis driving a stout little dmikey.
To my wile 1 then spoke, by way ofa joke,
'■ There's a relation of yours in tlie carriage!"
To which she replied, as tho donkey she spied,
"Ah, yes. a relation—'by marriage!"
—N. V. Eneui ig Post.
A cou.vn--.-i* ediior can't get his pay for publishing marriage notices. He says: "The minister
receives a fee, varying from $5 to S-'O for tho service—often it. perhaps, the V. That -publican and
sinner,' the printer, seals the matrimonial alliance,
by giving it publicity in his journal. Ho receives
twenty-live cents for his services, and sometimes
grumbling at that. This is the difference between
righteousness and sin—the printer and the minis
ter.
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C^rtss xfrn^m.
■ sjouiliei'i
Pacific Express Co.
Tilt: liodernigne-a A?'
Ui.: ■■PVL'l.I'K: JCIM."
EXPRESS COHfANY,
ipuicii oy every Steamer an Exp
ru'gool* reijulLi-i'ilcs'ieii-i-vs,   on   l-
SANTA BARBARA.
MONTEREY,
b^N 1'RANCTSCO,
sacrami-:n'to,
stockton,
and throughout the Northern Winea.
-:>.v,.s. Letters, Panels »ndt treasureforwarded
f' theJStale am'
Ore,
>■- Colly lit ions miiile io   every part  ■
n Angelee, March S*h 1865.
in 10-1.1*
WELLS  FARGO & CO'S
A Joint Stock Company v'ltb a .capital of
TILL <*M spa tell nn Express from tlio  City oi
mer. to all carts of Calf
charg
V,
■ r"' '".
LETTEB.,PABCEtS, PACKAGES nnd'TREASURE
I'i'ce!veil iiui'l nouvipyoil tn (lo^lmatiuii v.-i(li  safety ami  tlis-
patch.   Collections made, Orders and  Com missions  Ailed,
niiil nil busiiies.-i pni-tjiiniiig to nn Express and iorwariliiij:
Inis-iness. iittemleil to witli promptness nut! care. _
SiLfht bill-i<irexi:li;uive]H'oi'uri'(|on all the priiLt-ipal cities
ol' the Ai Ian tie States' (Jreurim aiv.l l-'nrepe.
.11. X, ALEXANDER, Agent.
Loa Angeles, Maroh -14. 1855. tt
CM?
For !Si3s:t-sr X>a,ya
Below Mewy ork Prices.
$S50,000
— ■:•:—
CarpetSj Paper Hangings
UPHOLSTTEY GOODS
I'o n-:rl:i' a change in our business w. sbsll doseoiT
iiiuiK-nse  Hlwk in  sti)n* i-c«::iii'(Hes,i oi* tost C,„. si,.j     \ "u**
-_,01HI yards ol Velvel. l.'arpeling fr.no _.: 1(1 ,,; ^'^ ■
p >i:i
IV! I
; Wl
-  I la,
-'. VoV
oils Oliinuse ii.iu.in_-.
nd White Holland Wil
and every artiele in I
Call and esamiae our
\—Sm      110 an:1. n2 Cla;
     J ^ i" W Ou'
'  SOtwio.'
;;-sh;,;if ic"tspw^'
wsy ol furnishing. '
"■'■■ :l'"- .~ave l'.'i  ii,.r CPnt.
FRA5JK ItAKKRN
>' slv-i-ct, billow SanB_i_(..
Sestimnmfi
Lafayette Restaurant,
FORMERLY TIIE OLD AMERICAN
COMMERCIAL STREET,
Meals
PR€Jc«t_5sa op Woman's .I.kiiit.s ix En-gland.—Tt
appears that tlio Home Secretary. Sir (Jeorgi*
Gi'i'y. having recently received a large Dumber ol"
ftppHoatious as to whether females wero eiitUlti!
to vote at the election under the Metropolis Local
ManagemeDt Act, snlmiittutl the qnt'.stion to the
Attorney General, who decided that tlie ladies
have a right to give their votes at suck election.
What next ?— Toronto Colonist.
A Simple Request.—It is customary in many of
our eity churches for tlio congregation to joiuii
singing the last hymn.   On Sunday last, a gentle,
man, accompanied by liis little girl of some five
years ol age, "strayed into one of the aforesaid
churches, and bis lino voice materially asssisted
the choir iu getting through " Winchester.'' JusL
before the benediction the little girl, observing
the effect produced by her parent on the occupants
of the surrounding pews, cried out in an audible
voice—"Papa! please sing ' Vitlikens and liii-
Dinah!'" It is needless to say that the benedic
tion was unheeded.
A GCOB*Blory is told of a rustic youth and
country girl, who sat facing each other at a husk-
injj party. The youth smitten with the charms of
the beautiful maid ventured his passion in
look**., and now and then touching ber foot under
tho table. The girl, determined to make the youth
express what he .appeared so warmly to feel, bore
with these advances a while in silence, when sh
cried out, " Look here : if you love me, why tell
mc so ; but don't dirty my stockings."
1 Facts are stubborn things," ^aid. a lawyer to a
female Witftess under examination. She was oue
of the Lizo breed, and she answered—
'■Yfis, sir-c-e; and so are women—and if you
get anything out of me, just let me know it."
" You'll be committed lor contemp'."
" Very well, I'll sutler justly, for I feel the utmost contempt for every lawyer present."
She was allowed to ■'run."
A MiTtEB op Pact Youxg Lady.—A   certain
oews_paper in Cleveland, Ohio, having advertised
tint they would send & copy of their paper gratis
or one year, to a person who would send them a
dub of ten, received the ten spot of clubs froi
yound lady in the country.
iv reno-    '-'... .-J   -'-"   1 -
prolan I to ae   .  , on I
-.villi bed rooms I! ■■■ uretl.
t amours, l>y bill of faro.   S
mean be supplied at the slmi'te?
.1 '.Al kiii.lscinii-tiuil.lv on lnuul
:v:. Unliliil ruiiLCIiiekeu I'lea.
lai-y Preserves'.
it the market affords will be coi
{regular boarder^
loon for private
^mteaiHSt, tv*;.
J
!OME AFD SEE!!!^
Bare    Chance    for   Gooil ^l*1**
L. "MOEEIS & CO.,
Ai iheir Old Stand,
iOMMESClAL     S'i'EBET,
■: jusl recetved their PALB and WIKTEE Stoc!
A l'oon actor lately applied for an
tating U ,'. be bi ■! had greatsuccess
Jrother"i   tl   ' D atli of Abel."   A
dm go throu^b one ofthe scenes, the
y remarked, "l should have  though
Uain, for Abel is certainly murdered
you played
y you."
The editor of the Boston Liberato
■  calls upon
BLACK an
I'ANT
Cloth, sil
)T1T:
sun
FAX
id Frock Vt
R OVER-C'
> of
the ladies of the Nortb to
that is produced by slave labor.    He
pect them not to use cotton.    Tiiey will not
so old a  friend  from   their   bosoms.—Lou-
Journal.
Evasions arc the common ;
hearted, the false and impoten
to assist; the real great aloir
help, oven when their looks ci
ticuities,—Lavater.
Sx&PfcE Honesty.—An honest dame ii
of , standing beside tiie corpse of he)
husband, bewailing in piteous tone;-; hi:
departure, observed, 'It's a pity he's de
teeth are as good as they ever were I"
A WRITER of a love tale, in d.escribii
roiue, aays; "Innocence dwells in tbe:
of ber dark hair." A critic corflmenti
passage, says—"Sorry to hear it."    We
tands a perilous chance of being coi/abu
A seoiso preacher, holding forth to his congregation upou the subject of obeying the commands
of God, says:
" Bredren, whateber God tells me to do in dis ya
book, (holding up the Bible) dat I's gwine to do.
Iflsee in it da* I must jump troo a stun wall, I'm
gwine to jump at it. Goin' troo it 'longs to God :
j ampin' ul it 'longs to me."
A tockg gentleman, very conceited and vain
of himself, and who, by the bye, was rather despised, with a lace  much pitted with  small po?,
was uot lung since addressed by a chap, who, after admiring him lor some time, said. "When
carved work comes in fashion, you will be th
handsomest man i ever put eyes on."
0ECi§r?S«"-A wocw about to sign a deed, was
aaked by the judge if her husband compelled her
to sign.
"He compel me to sign?" said the lady, "
nor twenty lilio bim !"
F U R NIS H IN f
EOT
CLOTHING-.
■iueryst.,
.liibu-um.
■;n the feiob of board at the
What cheee house,
I-Tos. 119 and 121 Sacramento street
rWc*k.
rlVlght.
m
1 th.
An Excclt.ent SuBSfrrtrra fob Bo
marry the nicest girl you know. Yo:
have her to preside at your breakfast table, and
unless you are a sad dog indeed, you will not require any but her.
■    vAP   GASH   STOKE.
;v.:v:;v,    v>'vv,vv-.vvrv:,..   ■■"■.    t:;;...
J\'ext Door to their Old Stemet,
COMMJERCJAJ",       .'.. EET,
' Iri
Recently the rector of the Catbolii
N. York denounced the formation of
Emigrant Aid Societies," declaring that their
members, if Catholic, shall be deprived of the
rites of the church.
Criors.—It is estimated that this year the crop
of wheat will rench the aggregate of lf5.000.000
bushels in the United States. In 1850 it was 92,-
000,000, aud last year but 70,000.000.
A DiSTixcmsiiED literary lafy was ouce found
in a paroxysm of tears over the supposed tomb of
Washington, at Mount Vernon, but which turned
out to be an icehouse,
Pleasant— to open your wife's jewel box, and
discover a strange gentleman's hair done up as a
keepsake. We know of nothing that makes an
ardent temperament feel more "knifey."
Ax old lady whose sou was about to proceed to
the Black Sea, among ber parting admonitions,
gave bim strict injunctions not to bathe In tbat
sq-a. for she did uot want to see him como back a
■nigger.'
J Ax Eastern editor, in an obituary on a youni
lady who had recently died, closed by saying
'She bad an amiable temper, and was uncommon
ly fond of tee cream and other delicacies."
.____ —a_B_g|-»»»     _BB    I 	
A market reporter suggests for the informatio
of "injured husbands," that according to tho "pne
current," the quotations are preceded by "con
hides held firm—transactions quick and lively."
Prof. Huntington is of opinion that woman has
kept Christendom from lapsing back into barbar-
It may be so ; at any rate, it would be folly
to deny that without her labors those of man
would be in vain.
Tub Editor of the Rochester Democrat gives
this receipt to kill lleas ou dogs :—Soak the dog
for Qvo minutes in campheue, and then set fire to
him.    Tlie effect is instantaneous.
Tub New York Times says that oue of the oldest
wine dealers in that city has offered to bet $1,000
that there is not a gallon of genuine old Port
wine in the city of New York !
A man wbo goes to church to chew tobacco and
spit on lbe floor, ought to bo taken by tbe bead
and heels and scrubbed on the soiled spot until il
is made clean.
Some people carry their hearts in their head
very many carry their heads iu their hearts.    Tbe
difficulty is to keep them apart, and yet actively
working together.
An exchange says, tbat the last thing a man
does is to repent. That is a mistake—the last
thing done is topay his printer's bill.
If you want to know the way to the penitentiary follow the man who believes that the " world
owes bim a living."
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods
HATS, CAPS,BOOTS  ANDSH
ofthe raprit desirableafid seasonable styles.
CARPET BAGS AND TRUNKS
I'l art lets' j*,.!;:". Gcti-kmi'ii's Hosiery in <*,'rs.it ■
P.. B. WOODWARD, Proprfet
Watsie sT77
CHEAT PACIFIC DEPOT,
GENERAL  AGENCY
H)i.CALS, AND ROOKS,
WEEKLY BY THE
amers
A nil 11 thm
Tliei
ud a.
r patn
ick before purcb
ed tn keep tbe bostg
pmtilic are solicit'
■oil-., and thu pric<
'orget the place, COMMERCIAL ST.
• to the old stand. jwno
fflmtBmm %\)kxik(nmis.
LOS   ANGELES   STAR
lull IImftty (£daHisIjiiuitf.
MAIN BtESmf, [Masonic Hull Building,.)
Tne proprietor nf tbe Lob Angeles Star, wouM respect!
.Ily inform liis friends and the public, th.tt be ha.
ist roctuvoil ;i hirgu :ui.l vnricd rir-r.-soi-lintrnt. of new mal<*ri
, antl is now prepurod to e.vuculc the !■>llowin"- (k-rfcriri
Ottfl of
PLAIN ANI) FANCY
a"o:_o :E*:o.x:DtfTx:0t-jQ-_
I
i tHc l>cst style of tl
raoo^s,
Piiinohlots
Bill Heads
Labels,
Notes,
Posters,
Billets,
Or any othei
deecripl ion of Printing '
flffl-l'erson
vrisbing work done are
inline specimens
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS
AND OTHERS.
Los Angeles Sewing Machine.
An Object of Inter, $t~
whose !ncn:i!-! is
Dn. South says—"Tbe tate bearer and tho tale-
hearar sbouUl be hanged np both togetlior, the
' b.J . ■''■;; '•:.*;—• iv^.  ■-y-.e,   ,.,-•*
fAG9 Ii'OK SAJL1U,   or mu«e to <
_ CHINEBY, at tbeveryiow
Los Angeles,
dcr by Ma
 ites.    Totbos
i-suniB in inrmsl] thect-.iUi. lOO lbs. sat-ks will he cu
vv mn.'o 'j.vp;! .,(.,■ ,„„. ininiln-.l.
ALSO—Tc.itN,   Hose,   Ceilings,   Wn^on  Covcis
run! other wor*. of a, lJUi maim.' .-;<v,vi'il with neiitaess  ar '
despatch.
V". BEAUDRY.
Thinl door from Alino Street,
Beaudry's     Block,    Negro    Alley.
■emhiiv o, 1866. nov3-ly
ClOTmiXU   AM   Bill    fiOOBS
ELIAS   & "BKOTHEK,
TEMFLI'S BLOCK, MAIN  ST.,
Opposite the head of Commercial, Los Angeles,
ssja. Ai'.ir CON-STANTI.Y RECEIVING BY
Dry Goods and Clothing,
Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes,
FAKOY AUD STAPLE DSY G00BS
better tbau any in tbis City ino_naiilyandquaotitr,»
EDQETNG—Jaconei
LACES—ThreacT an
ARTliJ
COLORED GOODS-
('in.eliuni'i, Muslins mid Cnlicions, In grent variety ;
J I M    III I'       tl J   il r x
Mu Iin ...v, , , _iasl_ U'imh.iv Curtains;
iTanfisana Carpet Bags, of various sizes mid prices.
BEDS AND BEDDING.
FROYISIOIS AND GROCERIES.
Flour by tbe Barrel or Sack ;
r.'m'ii,"Wlt(*.i.t nnd L'ai'U-y in .juantitics to suit nurcU-i^crs
Wines ami Liquors at viiolesale.
ani, iio
, tnkfi
"']'"-■
id i
variety
COASWAAIAL AM) J'MNCY ■STATICS'.*HY
All orders must he p.._tpaid, pnelostng CASB fur Wotki
i. i ■ ;■ . - kept open to the fatesl moment.
I'uiied stater, Mail via Nicaruagua, by authoritj olUi*
uileii Bts tc*B Ooyernmenl.
Wholesale aud retail depart moat, Post Office Baildlnga"
tmWE&Alb
ADVERTISING AGFJfCT.
97 MERCHANT STfiTSEfr., SAX FRANClStJO
MiVKiiTiSKlil-'NTs;  AND  SUJi.Sl'lill-TK'NS Kt.t l'.l\ 1.1) 1
■.'HOS.SOlfc'CSl. A-ri-t't for Ihe folhiwinir iii-w-vai.ers
SAL attached
TO   JLK1\
The -nli=ioriber ofTer.i TO LET hist XR\VL"V
RIJII.T CO'l.'TA('K, KiLnated on tlie corner ol l-'m,;
a-id L-'ni-t sti-eotg, in tli iri city, with the line COR.
nucli lime nnd trouble in traveling over the Citv (oi: wf
lavdjrot the. (■units tliat are wanted, and the prices wi
ire deterinineil shall be nut.s'Victory
DONTFORGET THE PLACE
„,    ,._      .      .       Mf l/,V  STREfST. LOS ANGELES.
! iir-liiirlur-st pi-i.-e nmd lo:AA)l,i> IH.iSTun.l OLD sii v'l.'K
Loa Ans;el*!a, Decamtisr 1, XS55, tf
\Y.\r. Y. PATCH.    CHAS. CLAYTON.     L. V. H. HOWELL-
PATCH, CLAYTON & CO.,
Produce Commission Merchants
GENERAL AGENTS.
So. 40 Clay Street, below Davis,,
SAN   FRANCISCO.
Goods Stored in Fire-Proof AVarc-Hoiiscs.
eejy- I.isssat. Cash .VnvA.srss sUSB 6
If STORE III   MWMl
J/alisher Ss. Cohen
aPleavo tn inform the citizens of Pan Kertiiirdui" a1*'!"
vicinity, that tiiey liace openeila store in McDonald'*
Building, next to the ttnion geiiool Ihinst-, where thoj art)-
ni.nvfi|)euing a hu-ge arid :._dendid assurtmeiit of
DRY GOODS. CLOTHING, PROVISIONS.AND
O-rooeries.
of every description, which ihey are prepared to nell as
eiii-aj. a.-r the ehemiesv.
The public ure solicited to call and  examine goods anil
ii;',\. Lumber ami .ill kinds of ProiUi
San Bernardino, January 1st, 1850.
e taken in pn vrncnt.
JL CAL1SHKK.
S. COHEN.
jsn5-tf
NOTICE.
THE combination of the Colorado ami Pilot Knob
Perry Companies   heretofore   existing, was d"*'
solved by mutual consent ou the '-MM, ultimo.
IAEGEB & CO.
W, W, THOMPSON!
Colorado Forry, Cal., Dee. 31, 18M,
OLD   COLOEADO   FEBRY.
THE undersigned beg leave to inform travelers, W*™}*
puhliein general, that they continue Ferrying ill Aim
s than
old location, u-ii.ere they iia ve every laeilitv I'or crossinfi tl
Colorado with safety and dispatch, at lower prices X"'
iinv otlier Ferry on the river.
tl,ey have always ,,n hand a supply of such   proviSi""1*
as  areirequired   by travelers   and   einigranls, at  ft* ln
rates an they ean he purchased in Son (hern California-
IAW1ER*®:
Col* ra rio Furry, Cal., De*. 21, 1893. Ja»lS-»»
nm
VOL.
o.
LOS   ANGELEsS,   CAL.,   SATUEDAY,   MAECH   8,   1856.
NO. 43.
Dttsincss (Iwcte.
O. W. Ohilds A Co,
Wfllr,i01U.il   AND   P.STA1L   DBALBB3 IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
ALSO,
MAXIJFACTLTP.ERS OF
TIN,  SH!E1   IRON   AND  COPPER  WARE,
Xi'OS Angolea Stre.ftt,
Loi Angeles-
P. C. WILLIAMS,
At the old stand of J. G. Nichols,
Main Street.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALES IN
Groo3ri33, Liquors  and   Family
STORES.
fes %wki ftitr.
pftyahle
re of ten
Prmteaaad pa&llshea eyerj S»tutday, laUu
Uailaing, Vtaia street, by
J. S. WAITB.
^  ftWM.*-3ttl)aijriptton>Fi« Dollars per unnum
^duei-(i,f.m.n;jinserteil at Two Dollars persnui
men lor the lirst insertion, and 0#e Dollar   per ■=,,„.,
f'ii.-.!i r.ob.soquoniiiiserlion.   Torma. Cash.
Transient ad/ertUemtnts mu,3t  hepaid for in advance
Lisinsere att.eiuioo.
Sooommanistvtton Isadailiuable overt, fictitious sir aa-
ture, unless the renl author or writer i.i known.
Agents of tbo I.os Angeles Stnr.
The Following jeatlemen are authorized Ageutsfor tho
DEAN & CARSON.
SUCCESSORS TO SANFORD & CARSON,
Main  Street,
Nearly opposite G. F. Lamson's New Brick Store
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Groeeries, Provisions, Tinware, Stoves, &e,, &c.
Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper work done to order.
CuAa. R. JOK.N-so.v. h. S. Alums
Johnson & Allansoti,
SiiMexsors   to   Al.-ymder   A-    Melius.
WIJOLEHAT.K   AND   RKTAiL    IJEALEUH   IN   GENERAL
MERCHAN	
I'lTSM. ■A-.:-
■nl7    tf
ALEXANDERS & BANNING,
F0RWAR0IN5 & C0M*Vi!SS!0N MERCHANTS,
SAN* PEDRO AND I.OS ANGELES, OAL.
AGels7T.—el. N. AtEXANnEa,   Lot Angeles.
Los Angfllsa  August 2S, 1866. No. 15—tf
AUG. W. TIMMS.
Forwarding and Commission Ulcrcliant
Sxn Pei.ro and Los AxGKid'**-*, Cal.,
Iff. READ, Agent,  I.oS Aiiei-Ips.
X-3I-  Q-oId."berg
fflAKEB THIS METHOD To rNFOBM HIS FRIENDS AND
J[. the public genoraUy, tiiat hi>will conlinua to aell
GOODS   OF   EVERY   KIND  CHEAP,
at  hi*   Old   Stand   on
COMMERCIAL   STREET.
AT.SO—That he is now carrying on the
I Tailoring Business
...on «ith MEBCHANDISIffG-
Kg- REPAIKETQ done at  the   shortest notieo,
iest maiimi". and at the most reasotiahto rates.
;*_5- ,VBVV Cl^OTHI.VG made to order in  tin
irit ;lii'1 1 no .-it fashionable styles.
^j- AU   !u;k1.«  of K-endy-Ma-ie Clbt*hln_. on
heaper than tlity  can b
ity pi
1 the city.
ii  hat.'*'
'hi-if "'
m ran. 1 sheep sun.
OAJUfclS DliL AI^ISO,
(Don Luis    Figne's Building,)
\X -. ■": Al- ■   -.'■■■   rill     ..■'*■-  . price for Bides
Sa" '■ ■•-■■"'.' a 1 Vance i ma won coatracte Poi the coming
TIIOM & SIMS,
Attoiin ej^ & Cuanseltors at Law,
0FS10S. OS MAIN  STKBET,
BENJAMIN S. EATON.
Attarnay and Counsallor at Law,
Main Street, Temple's   Block,
LOS ANGELES.
ALEXANDER GIBSON.
JUSTICE   OF   THE   PEACE,
OFFICE ON MAIN STREET,
Oono3ite the U. S. Hotel.
..Maate.
.Tejon Reservation.
, ..San Bi-rmii-diiio
..Son Bernardino,
,.San Bernardino.
,,San Diaao.
.Santa Barbara.
„Monferett.
linns,
E, L. SCOTT & CO.
Carriage Makers and Blacksmiths,
LOS ASOELES STREET,
OPPOSITE    MELLUS    ROW.
WATCH MAKER   &   BOOKSEllEK,
OOMMEKCI.VL STREET,
Los Angei.es, Cat..
o
COUNTY STTSVEYOB'g 0FPICE.
V M-iin street,   opposite   J.   G.   Nichols, new   brick
H. HANCOCK. Couvty SCBYBTOR.
GKO. HANSON. DbpbtT.
6*. April 28.1SRA, V-i. 50—tf
SAMUEL ARBUCKLE.
Aueiiau & Commission Merchant
LOS AiNGELES. CAL.
JSale   Room,   Princi|>ai   Street,
Opposite Temple's Building.
«&. Sales o! MERCHANDISE every THURSDAY.
1J3- Sales of HORSES and 1IULES every MONDAY.
■ ■(!___. Tarticular   attention   given   to   tlie   sale  of Reft]
Estate feb22-tf
Califarnla Notes—Oilvcs.
We are indebted to A. S. Taylor, Esq., of Monterey, for the tollowing article concjraing the
Olive:
It is a matter of surprise that more attention ie
not paid ia our State (0 the cultivation ofthe
olive tree. In the times of the Padres, aa we
gather Trom old residents of our town, as many an
a hundred large and fine trees existed in tlie gardens of each of the Missions of Sun Diego, San
Juan Capistrano, San Fernando, San Gabriel, San
Buenaventura- and San Luis Rey. In all this
region of tho Southern counties, the tree attained
a height and beariug equal to those of the finest
regions of Syria, Spain, or Italy. Tbe fruit of
those of San Diego and Sau Juan Capistrano
equalled in flavor and size those of the best Spanish olives, and the oil rich aud nutritious to Ihe
primest degree. We are informed by an old citizen, that be has seen fifty large hogsheads of the
fruit in pickle at the old mission of San Diego ;
and only last year, Capt. H. Burton of that town
collected a large quantity of them.
There arc some thirty olive trees of enormous
growth and fine bearing, still standing near San
Luis Obispo Mission. It grew thriftily also in tbe
Missions of Santa Barbara, La Purissima, Santa
Ynez, San Miguel. Sau Antonio, Soledad. Caroielo,
San Juan Bautista. Sauta Clara, San Jose and Sonoma. At each of these places may still be fouud
growing more or less olive trees, aud showing
that it is in every way admirably adapted to our
soil and climate. It is propagated like the willow,
by slips.
Tho value of the olive crop in the countries of
the Mediterranean, with tlieir hundred million nf
B)dlp, cannot be less aiuuu-Jly than one hundred
aad fifty millions of dollars, if not more. Whole
districts of country are overgrown with it in Italy.
Spain, Palestine, Barbary, Greece aud Turkey;
and iu some form or other it is the daily food of
their people. It is used in those countries for
cooking, burning, making acap, iu all sorts of
manufactured stuffs, and even in currying leather.
For the last fiftecu years, the olive crops ofthe
Mediterranean, like those of the vine, have been
decreasing every year in price. This has caused
tlie use of Jard oil as a substitute for it,
It will therefore be seen, tbat a great field of
material wealth is now open for California. It
will succeed with no other trouble than given
to the growth of oaks, iu any part of our State
below the altitude of two thousand feet, and from
the head of the Sacramento to San Diego. All
its roots requite, is to be within reasonable distance of underground moisture. It would flourish on the lower Sacramento bottotrswilh very
little trouble. In the South, it flourishes best in
warm rich bottom lauds and valleys.
It is very desirable tbat the Commissoner of
Patents should collect statistics of the value of
the annual crops of the Olive in the different countries of the Mediterranean, where our Government
have Consuls or agents. If this were accompanied with samples of the oil and fruit of the different species, with short notes ofthe manner of cultivation, it would be found of great value lo our
horticulturists and farmers. The different modes of
expressing the oil in those ancient countries
would add greatly to the value of these statements.
HOME   MANUFACTORY,
MAIN   STREET,
OPPOSITE TEMPLES SLOCK.
P©3r& Brother,
Saddle  and  Harness Makers,
Keeps coiiM.intiy on hand hi assortment o:
SADDLKS, *1IAKNJ-:?H.
BRIDLKS.   WHIPS. COLLARS,
SADDLE WARE, &0.
We are also prepared to execute nil kind-- ol'work in ou:
lino at the shortest possible notice.
A.superior lut of California Bitts and Spursalfrnya Oi
liana. octlil '54 tf—decS
Great Bargains! Great Bargains!
MESSRS. LAZARD  & KREMI-IK hep: leave to inform the
public thru thoy'is'-is sell; nir out. at very minced prices.
Merchants will do well to call before a ending their orders
to San EVanolaiJOJ  as wo will sell Cheaper than   San ErAn-
«lrtOO prjce.8, LAZARD & KUPMER.
All person's Indebted in the above firm, are requested to
settle before tho 15th March next, or they will Lie compelled to adopt measures contrarv lo tlioir former ruje.
janl9-t.f
The Soldiers In the Crimen,
From all accounts, are making themselves as
comfortable as they can well be, particularly the
Englisl). The weather had become very cold ; the
mercury going down to 8 degrees below zero on
the night ofthe 18th of Dec. "Instead ofthe
sullen, despairing look of last year, every man
now seems happy aud contented,'" cays the Times
correspondent. Various in-door and out-of-door
amusements have been devised, Mich as theatricals
and.concerts, and mock hunts and real field sport?.
Immeuse Hocks of bustards had made their ap„
pearance_ and many had been killed, some of them
■weighing as much aa 15 pcunds. Hundreds of
sportsmen wero on the lookout for them. There
was also snipe and wild-fowl shooting en the
Tchernaya, hut it was at the risk of one's life tliat
this sport was enjoyed, as the Russians are within
shot and generally take advantage of it. However, there were some men who were such eager
Sportsmen that they were not deterred even by
rifle bullets from enjoying their favorite sport.—
Snow-balling was a universal eport through the
camp.
The French were not quite so comfortable as the
Englisb, and some had suffered severely, and even
died of the cold ; but they were getting sheep-:*kin
coats from Cocstaatinople, which promised much
comfort.
Ill Milt or tht;  Cri.gua.
The census of New York and some of the New
England States has disclosed a fact which excite!
a good deal of attention, and which several or
our contemporaries have attempted to account
for. It appears that the increase of population
has been mainly in the cities and large towns,
while that of the rural districts has either remained stationary or declined. The Springfield Republican baa the tollowing sensible remarks on this
subje.ct :
No doubt the sparsely populated farming see.
tions will Iind disadvantage io the change. But it
occurs in the natural developement ofthe country,
aud is rapid and remarkable only becausi R.
changes are quick in the active and movable state
of American society. The precious dust is found
iu the sands of the Pacific coast, aud straightway
thousands of adveuturers flock thither, and a new
and powerful State grows up as by enchantment j
the virgin soil in the heart of the continent effera
its luxuriant crops to the lightest tcuch of labor,
and the highways to the West arc thronged continually hy a great procession of the sons of toil.
weary with the hard efforts to extort a subsistence from the thin, reluctant soil of the Bait, and
eager to make homes to themselves where nature
is more propitious. California and the great West
have drawn largely from our rural district-?. Our
young farmers are not content with thu Limited
operations and email expectations of the old homestead.
An instance that occurs to us is but the history
of thousands ot families. A well-to-d* Vermont
farmer sends his most ambicious son to college and
gives him a legal education, hopiug that he may
settle down at home and he content to live comfortably and be famous in a small sphere. He adds
by purchase to the homestead, that it may be divided between the other two sons, when he gets
ready to retire from active labor, and indulges
many a fond dream of the comfort of having his
boys all settled about him within hailing distance,
iu his old age. But the boys read th" papers, aad
the aspiring student learns how rapidly Now England boys grow into eminence and seats in Coa-
gress, in tbe young West, and the father cannot
find it in his heart to discourage ao honorable an
ambition. The second son is smitten hy ihe gold
mania, and hastens to California, promising to return and enjoy his fortune with the old folks at
home. And last of all, after a brief interval of
uneasiness, the remaining son gets permission to
go West and try his fortune on soil that does its
own work nnd only asks thatits bosom may bo duly
relieved ot its annual burden. Thus the old farmer is left alone, and is compelled to avail liiruself
of sue;!, assistance as he may, Field hand-; grow
scarce and he resorts unwillingly to the innovation
of modern farm machinery in their stead. But
farming on a small sftale with expensive implements
does not answer, and he buys two or three adjoining farm.? of neighbors whoure glad to sell and go
West. lie now operates on a large scale, and with
machinery and wild Irish power, cultivates an extent of soil that once sustained three or four thriving families.
The richer farmers in his neighborhood do the
same thing, aud the poorer sell and go West, and
thus the little village that had perhaps a hundred
inhabitants ten years ago, has now only about sixty
all told, and one-third of these aro Irish day laborers, with no interest in the soil. All over the
northern aad middle States, to a greater or less extent, this process has been and is going on. Its
results are seen in the figures of the present census. The West is the granary of the Union by a
law of nature, and the East its workshop, and
grain will not be grown on poor soil while that
which is infinitely better is accessible and cheap.
"Slew Route for tl.« Pacific Ilnllroad*
The Mississippi and Missouri road lias now, with
the exception of the bridge at Rock Island, been
all completed to Iowa City, and that work is expected to be finished by March.
This is the first finished section of Railroad west
of the Upper Mississippi, and in its continuance lo
Council Bluffs, is to connect the Upper Missouri
and the districts ol country bordering on it aud
lying still farther west, including the vast territory of Nebraska, with the Central and Atlantic
States.
At a celebration held in Iowa City, Gen. Dix
contended that this was the best aud most feasible
route to San Francisco and the Pacific. He held
that the populousness and wealth of the district
already traversed not only furnish the means of
sustnining the railroads which have been completed, but of contributing very largely to the continuance of the line further west.
'• The growth," he adds, "ofNebraska, Kansas,
Utah, and California, will settle the question of
construction before the political arithmeticians
have done adding up their figures to determine
whether the work will pay profits to the shareholders. We ask no aid ot the General Government, unless it be a grant oT puhlic land, a grant
which will take nothing from the Treasury ; which,
on the contrary, will increase the revenue by
bringing new districts of country more speedily
into the market ; which will give the General
Government tho facilities It requires for the transmission of the mails across the continent, and for
the transportation of troops and munitions of war
in case of emergency/'
Exti-noitllnnr}-""".-»I• of giiflVrli.g.
Jainci liti-sh, liic cabin boy of tlie pilot boat E.
A". Coliins, gives a fearful account of hit* sufferings when left upon that craft, after its wreck iu
the late storm.    It was bitter eold.
"I was in tho cabin when I was called upon to
enter the boat, hut before I had time to get to thu
side ot Hm vessel, tho sea raised so that .Mr. Mi:r
phy was compelled Iq cut the lashinga, and the
yawl was swept toward the shore, leaving me on
board, wilh Mr. Robert B. Mitchell, the other boy.
William Williams, aad the cook, whose naue
none of us knew.
About 'naif an hour after the boat left (this was
abcttt 10 o'clock, as near as. I can reiBt*mt,cr.) the
cook died. The ceok, when he died, was cvated
on the lowest step and fell over on the floor.
Hilly Williams died about half am hour afterwards.
and rolled over by tho dead man's side in doing
so. Mr. Mitchell, who was a large fat man, was
seated o» the same step with rae, and did not die
for an hour aad a half after the boat h.ft. During
all this time scaroolj any of CM Spotc* ; iml«ed, we
were so benumbed with cold that we lost all wstA
hilily, and l-:m!ly cured what happened. They
all died easily, lirst falling into a quiet sleep bo-
fore expiring. I had three flannel shirts 00 and au
Oilskin overcoat, which kept me dry and tolerable
warm.
About 11 o'clock the tide had fallen so lhat the
oabld was fit to enter. I crawK'd in nnd found
my way to the bed, upon which I lay down. It
was wet and encrusted wilh ice. The next tide
in the aUi.moon floated tbe beei, and during the
whole of Tbuieday night and Friday morning 1
remained in the cabin up to my armpits in the
freezing water. I wished for the morning to
bifiafc, and llio night seemed as though it would
never end. But with the moiuiug my position
became moro dangerous. The tide fesa U Erigfa
in the cabia, that there was no room left for me
tobrea&e fa, and I cams near suffocating--to
prevent which I broke the wii'dow in the itato
room, to get fresh air.
When (he tide went down I forced my way 0D
deck. Towarda two o'clock, I saw a schooner due
Bast, bearing down towards mc, and eager to attract attention, I climbed up the gaff to make signals, and in doing so burst my fingers, wlrich
were frost bitten, open. Tlie schooiirr kept oa
her way, and net 0 soul on board saw or knew of
my condition.
I returned to the deck, terrified at the prospect
before me, as night was approaching, and I could
not have survived the horrors of another night
like tho last. I got some loose fitubeiv with the
intention or making a raft, which tbe returning
tide would sweep in toward shore, and 1 get on the
sand to construct it. By this time tbe people on
shore saw bib oh tiie wreck, and they launched
the life-boat and took mo off, after having been
OB board for tl)irty-i*vo liotn'c. J. WM taken to the
light-house, aud on Saturday came up tc the cily
in the steam-tag Titan."
A CfiNTENARIAK ISMAM CsiBf,—His L'lvCelk'iicy
O'Brir.n Skadogh, a chief of the Six Nations, who
was born in 1752, was in this city yesterday. This
aged chief, now 10! yearn of age, was Bent to
France to be educated previous to the Revolution-
He returned to this country after going through
tiie medical school in Paris, in company wilh ihe
young Marquis dc Lafayette, whom he followed
through the wars of the American Revolution, and
did service in that campaign. He was at the battle of Brandy wine, where he attended upon General
Lafayette, binding up his" wounds, received in the
affair. During the war he received a bayonet
wound in tlie right lung, which even now DAQSeS
him uneasincssin ease he takes a cold. Although
more than a century has passed over his head he
i* still hale and strong, erect and lofty iu his
port. Ilia Masonic brethren greeted the aged
chieftain, and contributed to his neeespilies—for
although so old he has not been all the time accumulating gain. He was for many yearn at the
head of the Six Nations, and a chief of great iu'
flueuce. —Rochester Democrat, Jan. il.
BonHimnH
Look at the career of man, aaliepftuee turcugli
the world ; of man, visited by misfortune! how
often is he left by his fellow men. to eink under
tlie weight of his afflictions, unheeded and alone !
One friend oT his own pci forgets him, another
abandons him. a third, perhaps, betrays him ■ but
woman, faithful woman, follows him in his-afllic-
tiou with QpahakM a&MUoD] brave, the changes
ot his foeUogS) of his temper, nnliiitorod by tho
disappointments of tho world, wilh the highest of
all virtue? a resigned patience ministers tahll
wants, even when h.r own are hard and pressing;
she wc*T'ps with hh\ tear for tear, iu his distreu*.
Mldll the first to Qftteh nud reflect a rny of joy,
Aould bttt one light np his couateiiance in tht* '
EOldlt Of hUwShliagl | and  iba never leaves him
lu  nttaat7 while there raottahu ■■***•« act of love,
duty, or compaasion lo be performed. And at the
last, «h«l lift attd sorrow cease together, she follows him to tbe tomb, with that ardor of ftflbotttt
which death itself caunot destroy.
Those who are sensiblo to the true enjoyments
of life, and havo the sources of them in their own
breasts, will know the value of being caenply
pleaded.
To direct a wanderer iu the right way. is (o
tight Mother man's candle by one's own, wliich
loses none of ii. lighthj what the other gains.
It Ih only i« the company of the good that n:i\I
enjoyment is to be found ; any ether society iit
hollow and hcnrtless. Yon maj bfl OXelted by Gh«
playofwit, by the collision of miibilimn ipirlta,
and by the bctUta&t exhibition 0. sclf-eonfldeut
power ; but the -satisfaction ends with (hatoeao.
Par onlifco thia is tho quiet, confiding intercourse
ofafncerQ minds und friendly hearts, knowing and
loving and oateemlog each other.
Whatever strengthens our local attachments i a
Gavorabla both to individual and national character. Our home, our birth-place, our native land ;
think, for awhile, what the virtues are which rise
out ofthe feelings connected with those words.
 m 1 1 1 fi	
Ton "Hard Shell Bapti.sU" are a well known
sect En the south and south-west. They are not related, that we know of, to the Hard Shall Democrat--, though their christen name is the same.
They go dead against all Bible, temperance and
education societies ; lmte missions to the heathen,
and all modern schemes for csnverting tho rest of
mankind. Of course they nreopposed to learning,
and speak as they are suddenly moved. A. Georgia correspondent relates the following of one of
their preaoHersi ■' Two of them were iu the same
pulpit together. While one was preaching he
happened to say,'when Abraham built tho ark.1
The one behind him strove to correct the error by
naying out  aloud, 'Abraham   WOrii't thar,'     But
the speaker pushed on, heedless of thu [ntorrup.
lion, and only took occasion shortly to repeat,
■till mors decidedly, 'I say, when Abraham built
the ark.' 'And 1 Bay,' cried ont the other, 'Abra-
hatn wamH thar.' The Hard Shell was too hard
to be beaten down this way, and addressing the
people, exclaimed with indignation,'I say Abraham war thar or thar uaavwf "
Tut Gftfixr West.—People who emigrate  to
the "great west," i«hoiild bo ague proof, or it
would be butter for them to remain at home.—
Au Indianapolis journal has no doubt there ix
more sickness in Indiana this season, than evwr before. "From every quarter of the State ara
heard the gruntings of luck-racked palicutJ, and
the combined fevers of all the afflicted would
make a heat sufficient to set up a young rolo&no."
And up the Maumec_ whero
The potatoes they grow small,
And they eat them, tops and all,
the shaking ie said to ha terrible. In Lucas
county, Ohio, we are told it bas been found a difficult matter lo find healthy peoplo enough to
gather in ihe crops. Let all who have com-
fortable homes in uy State or conuiry, with an
itching for Western life, ponder well these stories
of the ague stricken prairie laud.
Tiik THU Commandments.— The following poetic
version of the Decalogue has often been printed,
but cannot be printed too often :
Have thou no other gods but me,
Unt© no Image bow thy knee :
Take not the name of God in vain,
Do not the Sabbath day profane :,
Honor thy father and mother too,
And see that thou no murder do.
From vile adultry keep thee clean,
And steal not, thougJi thy stale be mean :
Bear no false witness—slum that blot:
What is thy neighbor's covet not.
Write these thy laws, Lord, iu my heart,
Aud let me not from tlieui depart.
$r*L TO   LET.
J3"y Mi    Tlio subscriber   olVorj   TO   LET   bis NEWLY
;^L__1__S, I1UII.T COTT-ifJE, litui.tcl on tlie corner ol First
and I-o:*l atiw.tf, in tliii Lilly, witli the lino COlt-
■RAT, attaoheiii ...
Forjvirt'.e'jL-i-rs cao.uire on the pi-emi*.--.
Forjvirt'.e
Tkb* Director of the Sfalistical-Odicc- in Chili,
publishes (he names and ages of rinc persons—
tbe youngest of whom is 118, and the oldest 133
years of age. One of them, who is 120 yeara old.
recently married a widow of only 97 years.
Coxsciexc'E.—The State Treasurer' of Vermont
lately received the following note :
"Put the enclosed fifty dollars into tha Treasury of Vermont.    It is due from      Cktt&OlBKCie."
If'; Conscience " would only operate in a similar   manner   in California,   our  State T
would soon become plethoric.
A gentleman who had lost his wife, whoso maiden name was Little, addressed the following to
Miss Moore, a lady of diminulivd stature .*
I've lost the Little one I had *.
My heart is Bad and Bore,
So now 1 Bhould be very glad
To have a little Moore.
To which the lady sent the following answer :
I pity much the lor,s you've had ;
The grief yon most uidure—
A heart l.v Littlt niside ku sad
A little Moore won't cure.
A GitiUT   Coi;ntkv.—An  Inneoefit   and pure-
minded Jonathan, iu  a warm  argument  with a
John Bull, on our National Institutions, w&sen-
deavorlng to floor his antagonist, wlio hal mlmt-
ingly remarked that "'fortunately the Avm.rican:;
couldn't go farther westward than the Pacific
Bhore," Yankee Bearehed liis pregnant brain for
on instant, and triumphantly replied—'Wh7,good
gracious, they're already le-. ell ing the Eoclfy
ssnry ; Moi.ctains, and carting the dirt out West, I bad
atetter, last week, from aiy cousin, who in livin;;-
" I fhaii,'" said a country minuter to his flock, j
'■' when I explained to you, in my lastcharity sermon, that philanthropy was the love of our species, you must have understood me to say specie,
which jijay account for tho emallnesB of the collection."
He who hath a handsome wife, or a castle on the
frontier, or a vineyard near tho highway, never
wants a quarrel.
two hundred miles  west of the Pacilie shops—on
made land.
Love imoxu the Turks.—A young man desperately in love with a girl ut Slancho. eagerly
sought to marry her, but bin proposals were rejected. I'1 consequence of bin disappointment,
he bought some poison nnd destroyed himself.
The Turkish police instantly arrested ihe lather
ol tho young woman as the oatrse, by implication,
ol the young man's death, under llie filth IpBOlCS
of homicide; ha becam. therefore amenable for
this act OI suicide. When the cane came beforo
the magistrate, it was urged literally, by tliunc-
•users, that If he. the accused, had not a daughter,
the deceased would not have fallen in love, coime-
(jitently he would not hava been disappointed and
died. Upon all tbeso accounts he was mulcted to
pay the price of the young QUta's life, which was
fixed al eighty piaitrm, aud was accordingly «z-
hcted,
"IjIu;at men never swell. It is only three-conl-
[ndtvldnalB, who aro salaried nt the rate of two
hundred a year, and live on potatoes and dried
hurling, who puts on airs and flashy waistcoali,
!1, ]i;i!r, ami blow, and endeavor to give tbem-
aoves a consequential appearance. No dincrim:*
Dating person need mistake  fhe ■pnrfOHS for tho
genuine artlole.   Tho difference between the tiro
in as great as that between a barrel Of vinigar ai'd
a bottle o! i> urejafce ot ihe praps."
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A 'I'liAVir.u.EJi domiciling at :t botsl exclaimed
OOfl mooting to the waiter. -'• Wlr.il are you
about, you black raical 1 You have routed me
hrtoetTQSl my sleep by telling me breakfuet Is
ready, and now you are nl tempt"iig to nt rip off
the   iisd-clothei.    What do you mean T"—"Why,"'
replied Pompey. "tfyoolsn*! goin' to-jet up, I
must bab de sheet any how. 'game doy'r waiting
for the table aloft1'
Ci-Kinus  ELOFBUSlfT,— The  Chicago  Demo-rat
says that a woman arrived at that plane lately
with the dead body ot her husband, which she
was taking cast for burial. On the route, she
tell in with a young man, and, on the arrival of
the cars at Chicago, they went off (ogellrr, leaving the dead body ofthe husbaud in tlie depot.
"Tsacoa lost to light, lo memory deat," as the
maiden laid ti> bar IotOTi when his   face waa buried in beiird and whinker*.
Why i.i a con-icicnfiom* baker like a ihip "without ballast? Because, being Bhort of weight,
gives a roll over,