TO   MY   WIFE—IN   FUTURE.
0 unknown lady 1—who are you?
What is your name and what your rank, Mis
Live you In Peekham pr Peru,
Put up near Cairoor the Bank, Miss?
Or are you of   linm^siead's owu
Fair, lairv-iike, bewi telling beauties?
Or come you (rom another zone
Of tigers, elephants, and Sooties ?
Are yon tbe daughter of John Smith,
Or ire yoo heiress of a naborj?
Or bava \ ..ir; got no kin or kith —
An orpuau -left without e'en a bob?
Will no one clailtfyoti, make you rich.
Or ei-'va:.i' vim to tbe peerage?
Money in- rank, #0 matter which —
One '0113;- the other in "tbis here age."
And can you sing'1—I Iioj.h* you  do ' —
Aud :e ypur voice a liue soprano ?
And do you love your Harp ? and you,
Of course, pla-y upon tbe piano?
Ami uo you ever write in rhyme,
And have v.*-*.- gut a favorite muse, love?
Ami do vo;:--do you—think tbat I'm
The sort of mau you'd not refuse, love?
Bat circumstances arc the thin era
Most People lind that make folks marry ;
Tbey ii,e or Clip young cnpid's wings,
Until he cannot choose but tarry.
Thai, boautiinl Miss \Vhat's-her-unme,
I met ut. VUn-enee, who knows whether
Love inigf,;*. not nave lit 111.1 "'a fiftfoe,"
h' we had been ''much thrown together?"
i utcet,
>7a
But. unknown lady ! when \
Whether in Mexico or Sia
Jerusalem oi* R§tfeot sti eet,
I wonder il you'll kuow 1
I wviner it yi u'll then perce
That we ;.v,*iv formed tol
That yon and I shall joy or
HeqQ^fortb as one ?—I wonder whether!
1 together;
urder,
uger.
sactiou, and shall leave a record oi  them lor Lie-1    Tub Irishman axd His Drink.—Doctor Dodge,
tory. I the eclectic phyBician, waa lecturing through the
Another deed of murder, Mr. President,  nnd l| East on tbe laws of health, and particularly ou tbe
evils of tbc use of tea and coffee. He happened
to meet at the breakfast table, one morning, a
witty son of Erin. Conversation fumed ou thc
Doctor's favorite Bubject as follows :
" Perhaps you thiuk I would be unable to convince you of the deleterious effects of tea aud cof
fee
Ca«;. yiMiiiii.  v-_v iCi.-igstt.-ii, Jai'inicii-A I'Irate
011 Magna Cliarta!
Thefollowing is dipt.. Semmes's recent speech,
delivered eg Kingston, Jamaica, as reported by oue
ofthe local papers :
O.ipt, Semm.es thanked th c assemblage   and the
public for thc cordial reception   be bad received'
und expressed his delight at the  sympathy which
he had detected iti the community for the cause he
represented.    When   approaching   our   beautiful
island, bi;- first impressions were that  feelings of
prejudice might  exist agaiust him, butwitb great
pleasure be fo-upd  himself'disappointed,   and instead he founded Hue   sympathy.    (Cheers.)    But
v.-hy after all, ■■hotild he anticipate   any" other reception ?    Had he not come to a British colony,
and was lie not received by  Englishmen,  and   to
whom more dear than* to them were freedom aud
liberty, and for what  else  were the Confederate
States Lighting?   [Loud cheers!   They had been
caiicd ■■ ;:vir:!s;'! but were  they?   Iu England be
had tr.v the -ame cordial   reception wbich   he received hoi-e; nine   tenth   of   the   people of that
country being sympathizers with the South ;   but
he bad founiS a few, ouly a few, who asked whether
lie eould sustain Iceland and   Wales were  tbey to
rise iu rebeliou against England ; whether in such
case, tbey like  the South,  would not be  rebels?
He "replied, "So."    the condition   ot the  compact
under which iko States were united, from the first
day the thirteen were  banded together, was that
each State had within herself ber own free sovereignty, and when the Southern States desired to
sever thenjsejyes from the North, what more did
they do than follow the origiual example, when
as' a   colonial   possession  of England,   .America
fo tight, :o; a-id gained her liberty?    [Hear.]    No,
they were not rebels;  they  were fighting lor tbe
grc.v, cai:se nearest the heart of every   man,   aud
esneoi.iiiy a.i English man's [cheers,]  for the same
liberty lor which Englishmen themselves fought
till tbe glorious event of Magna Charta. [Hear.]
But   again tbey   had been called  pirates,   aud
been accused ot interrupting  commerce ; and further of destroying English property.    This is pronounced a falsehood,' for in  his whole  career be
never touched a dollar's worth o£ British property.
[Hear   bear.J]    True   he   had  seen   through   the
blind misrepresentation that would, under the pretense of its beiug British, protect   property  fairly
hia prize, and he bad hteffied  such attempts at de.
cepiioa ; but, he repeated, never iu hi life  had he
destroyed oue dollar of British property. [Cheers.]
As lar as others-Mae aifecting the commerce of the
Nortli, he admitted it, and iu doing so,  could   uo
more than say that he followed  the  exauraple in
tills respect ■... Great  Britain herself,   who  never
failed vigilantly to pursue the same  course wheu
she bad a war on hand.    [Hear hear.]    But   ultimately ia; ipt be not hope that apart from national cous^leratious,  even commercially, the  world
would benefit   by a severance  of the  South  from
the North !    for while the South uow fought to be
relfeVed ot 100 per cent, 011 goods from the North,
tee Southern perls would be thrown opeu lo the
world,   rrom Lyons in  France would   they get
silk for   their   wives and   and   daughters.    From
England, broadcloth for the coats of their sons and
them.-e;ve-_—aud who would say, that iu the course
ol lime, they might   not, as the advocates of free
tradg g rt  -veir from the Yankee   themselves theii
onions aod their pails?    [Hear, hear, and a voice.
" and wooden nutmegs ;" laughter.]    Capt.  Sem-
mes again acknowledged  the kindness he had received ill moat cordial and effective terms.
Tilt Join 1 Brown  "Raid.
Senator Swan, of the Massachusetts Legislature,
ie an ani.i-iiumner Republican.    Iu a speech made
pending the   Senatorial   election, he  threw some
new light upon the old John invasion.    We quote:
I come now Mr. President, to what   is known in
history as flic raid of Johu  Brown.    This expedition was plaaaed and fitted out in Boston, and its
t&peuses defrayed  by subscription.   Tiie day  lie
Bt&rtfcd for Harper's Ferry on his deed of murder
be dined in room No. 4 Parker House, in company
with e ime ol ibe most ardent and zealous supporters cf Mr. Sumner, and for this reason  I allude to
it.    John Brown was a bold man; he bad the courage Ur attempt 'o execute what  the cowardly ac-
ce.-v(. r:..- to tbe murder   dared not  attempt to do.
He knew the penalty il be failed in   his enterprise,
He carried hie life in   Ids haud  forfeited, and   be
paid the penalty manfully.    The Republicau party
low disowu tire act ; ihey now call him a mouoi
aniac, ftn Insane man ;   but wben tbe  telegraphic
wires, wilb lighting speed,  brought the   news of
hia death to  Hew England, so depraved at that
lime was the public sentiment here,   that tbe village chai ah I alia lolled out his funeral knell, aod
tbe miid.v.;.-: 0: God, with a few honorable exceptions, prayed iti their   pulpits  that the  departed
spirit ©flba   patriot saint might   rest in  peace
Thta :■(:'., Hr. President, was the death-blow to the
peace of the Uhioo.    Without it, Virgiuia would
not have receded—and God grant that we may yet
recover frcbl it.   I know the names of the persons
Who were esgaged iu this; treasonable, brutal Iran*
Mr. President,
will not detain you longer. When Anthony Burns-
the fugitive slave, was confined iu tbe Court
House iu this oity, a meeting was held at Fanenil
Hall to consider the subject. Teodore Parker, the
1 wbo presented the gun which was so affectionately received by his Excellency, and tbe Rev.
Thomas W. Hi-Sgin&on, were there. Mr Parker, in
concluding an eloquent speech, alluded to the fact
that a slave was confined iu tbe Court House, und
exclaimed in substance :
"Wby stand we here idle ?    To tlie rescue ! "
A rush  was immediately made  for the Court
House, and at.the door stood a poor laboring man,
Mr. Batchetder. a night watch. His wife and two
-tie children   were probably  sleeping quietly at
ime, possibly dreaming of him as be was  toiling
for their dajly bread.   The crowd demanded  ad-
ttance, he refused and was   immediatly assassinated upon the spot.    Wbo  killed him   the world
iverknow! These men, Mr. President, were the
nfidential friends and supporters of Mr. Sumnei'i
,d for this reason I have alluded to the subject.
itter -from  Bo-Jim*    Sc.oU,  _U_ti*   of   Calvary
CiniiiJi,  t_;iii Francisco.
The following extract from a letter   written by
Doctor Scott, lately pastor   of Calvary Church iu
.y, to   ti   friend   resident   bere,   have been
placed at our service for publication, says the San
roncisco Bulletin,    lt will interest many persons
iu this community :
BiRMiXGiiAM, England, J
Feb. i. 1863. _
I am happy to receive your let
ter dated in New York, January llth, aud hasten
to reply as to schools in France, etc. You may be
surprised when I tell you that it is my own and
Mrs. Scott's opinion, after considerable experience aud examination, that there is DO female
scliool in Europe equal to the Spiugier Institute
ud our other first class schools in America. By
travel in Europe oue gets au enlarged view of the
world ; but Europeans wbo travel iu America an
profited quite as much as Americans are who trav
el in Europe. I found no female school iii Franc
where I would be willing to leave my daughter
The best place for your wife and daughter would
be Geneva. I think that other Sau Francisco ladies have* there found a Pension with whieh the;
are pleased.
Ttie characteristics of a French boarding school
are light studying and starvation. Tbere are sorm
able Protestant Min is! ers in France,, and some pious people, but tbe public sentimeut is overwhelm
iogly Romish and irreligious. Paris is uow quit*
as expensive aB San Francisco. Eiviug in Franc
has risen greatly during tbe last ten years.
Fine clothing is out of place in Europe. Ther
is no difficulty iu a lady coming here without a
gentleman or servants ; none is needed, she ca:
travel any where without au escort. Fine Freucl
goods cau be bought us cheaply in San Francisc
as in Paris at retail. Tbe knowledge of the world
to be gained by coming lo Europe, I consider lhe
best and greatest thing the trip would do.
I hope and pray that the war is near its end,
and that I shall soon be able to return, when 1]
hope to see you in San Francisco. My health was
■er better thau oow, and the geueral health of
my family is good. I am stiil preaching in this
city.    Yours, etc., Wm. A.iCOTT. -.
A    TEltltlBLK    TRAGEDY.
On   a  pinewood   shed, in   an  alley dark, where
scattered moonbeams flitted through a row of lettering chimneys, aud an  awning, torn and droop-
fell, strode back and forth, with stiff aud tense
drawn muscles, and peculiar tread, a cat.
Norval.    Ou  yonder neighboring
shed biS father fought tbe cats tiiat came in squi
from streets beyond, in search of food aud strai
adventure.
Grim war he courted ; and bis twisted tail, and
spine upheaving iu   fantastic  curves,  and   cla
distended, and ears flatly pressed   agaiust   a  head
thrown back defiantly, told of impending strife.
Witb eyes agleam, aud screeching blast of w
and steps as of tbe dew, Young Norval crept along
tbe splintered edge, and gazed a moment through
tbe darkness down, with tall  awag triumphantly.
Then with an imprecation and a growl—perhaps
au oath, in  direct vengeance  hissed—he  started
back, and crooked in body like a letter S, or rath-
inverted IT—stood in fierce  expectancy,
well.    With  eyeballs  glaring   and   ears
aslant, and open mouth, iu which two rows at fangs
stood forth in dread conformity,  slow   np   a post
from out tbe dark below, a head appeared.*
A dreadful tocsiu of determined strife Young
Norval uttered ; then, with face uoblanched, and
moustache stranding straight before his nose, aud
tail flung wildly to the passing breeze, he stepped
back in-cautious iovitatiou to the loe.
Approaching the otber, and with preparaiions
dire, each cat surveyed the vantage of the. field.
Around they walked, with tails uplifted in the air,
while froth their mouths, in accents hissing with
consuming rage, dropped brief, but awful seuteu-
ces of malignant hate.
I Thrice round the roof they went in circle, eacb
with eyes upou the foe iuteutly beut ; then side-
wise moving, as is wont with cats, gave one long-
drawn, terrific, savage y-e-o-w, and in they went,
An hour they struggled in tempestuous might ;
then fainter grew the squall of war, tin
sounds were bushed. Then went I forth with lamp
n hand, and by its ghostly light surveyed the field.
What saw I?
Six claws, one ear ; of teeth, perhaps a handful,
and save fur, naught else, except a solitary tail
That tail was Nerval's—by a ring I knew it. Tin.
ear was—but we'll let the matter rest. The tail
will do without thWac.     %fH
i to be
"t don't know,''said Erin,  "but I'd
there when yon do it/'
■; Well," said the doctor, ''if I convince yon
that tbey are injurious to your health, will you
abstain from their use ? "
" Sure and I will, sir.''
" How often do you use coffee and tea? " asked
the doctor.
" Morning and night, sir."
" Well," said the doctor, " do you ever experience a slight dizziness of the brain on going to
bed ? "
"l"do; indeed I do."
iJAnd a sharp pain through tbe temples, in and
about tlie eyes, in the morniug ? ■__
■■ Troth, I do sir.''
" Well''' said the doctor, with an air of assurance and confidence in his manner, " that is tbe
tea and coffee."
"Is it, indeed 1 Faith, and 1 always thought it
was the whisky I drank ! "
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■417 y 4:19 Calle Montgomery, Sau Francisco.
minvJol4 mS.
■.-j; ;■;.-■
n*l:ii
ot I
ASKETS, TWINES, CORDAGE, fee, on ih.* I'n-
liich they oiler Ev tiii'.t: a; tlie Iinvst market
ng largely engaged in the;  M4NDFAcftKING   riTiST-
NESS, w* are prepAred to  offsr   unRurpaHnfl-d  arlvanta^t
rieriiei-s  are  respectfofty   solicited   to nail
t-0  !.h(i I
Sai
lUris**-***
"My dear madam, can you ^ive me a glass cl
grog?" as-ked a latigued traveler in Arkansas, as
he entered a cabin on the road side.
l' I ain't got a drop, stranger," replied the woman.
"But a gentleman told me you had a barrel.-"
" Why, good gracious! ■' replied the woman,
■' what do you reckon one barrel of whisky is tu
me and my children wheu we are out of milk? "
Tlie traveler sloped.
If I am not at borne from the party at ten
o'clock to-night," said a husband to hia wife,
"don't wait lor me."
"That I vvout ; but I'll come ior you," was the
reply,"
He returned precisely at ten.
At a printer's festival, the following toat wa
given:
'■The editor and lawyer—the devil is satisfied
with the copy ot the tirst but requires the original
of the latter."
Dickson, deWolf& Co
OFFER FOR SALE
WHISKIES:
CTi-.NTUHY—JACOB VAN HORN'S.
K{;^-U';i%"./v.
PIOSEEll-WM. H. DALY'S.
"XX"   FINE   CM.D   RYE.
"AA*"    VERY OLD AND CHOICE.
VALLEY—WM.   H.   DALY'S-IN CASES.
—ALSO,—
WM. H. "DALY'S  CI.T.1J HOUSE G1"V.
THE a^oveWHISKIES are.all copper distilled,
from the choicest selected Rye, aod are never
iiiii.rn.4l in the market, within three years'alter their
diatillatidn.    The stock now on band is
From Four to Eight Years Old.
These brunds of Whisky have been favorably
known iu <'nlifoniia durin-_: the last six years, and
tin- soiistatitly uicrensi:j£ demand f-r them dUMta
to tbeir exeeiienee and uniformity of quality
They are commended to the trade as anion" the
purest imported into this market.
«OT Sale by  all the piIi.cipal Dealers In tUU
DICKSON, DEWOLF&CO,
PASTURE.
THE undersigned informs the dfizeae of l.os
Angelea county, thai, lie has one of the best.
Pastures in the county, and has an abundance .of
water, corals and stabling, attached to sum.', with
all the varieties ot clover and «rass, both green
and dry, and solicits public patronage, at Die low
rate of 50 cents per week.
Tlie above pasture is situated six miles south of
town, between the old and new San Pedro roads.—
Parties w.shiDg to send horses to my pasture, will
please leave lhaiaat Mbtt'a, or Edward's. orTaaftV
S tables.
$&   Honied Cattle not received.
E. W. SQUIRES.
Los Angeles, August IC, 18C2. 6ih
,1.0,1    iriiyiri.h.
Bat  l-v<:v':nt* u
" liio.-Vilirsiroii
feb28
SoieAgeuts, Sau Fraatiisco.
F O R
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara,
San Pedro and San Diego.
ON and alter the first of April, and until further
notice, thc steamship
—Wk     SENATOR,
T. W. SEEI.K1T COMIIANIJKK,
Will Mai-, two trips per MB on the South.™
Ooust, kruving jiroadwaj Whai-1,
On the 8d and 18th of each Month
AT 11 O'CLOCK, A. III.
(rg~ Bills of Lading will bu furnished by lho
Purser on board.
For freight or passage apply on board, or at the
office of S. J. Uonsle., comer of Front aud JacL-
son streets.
<iM9 S, J, UENSLBY, President
DISr'GTOM  A CO..  Ailf'i'lSi
■Ton ana Iri Clay street, San Frftbcisco.
R.  MV LKS, ApoIltccari.'S TIall.
,21, Mt.lt,  sfreel, l.os   Angles.
p. x. nn st,
AOEKT  OF
A.   SB.! 111! ,i 1,1011,
BOOT & SHOE F^KUFAGTUREB,
OP    PHM.A i>I'.I,l'MIA,
[Waretiousr, at n.- Cnllfornla at*rc«t,1ie^ew
Bat ter j* street, Sati Francisco.
Constiimly on ]i;uui. ft laiga assnrted Stoek of
G-enUemen's, Ladies, Misses, ad
Children's Wear,
01'superior  tjualitv ;   also,   Freneli   Calf Boot U$
and ];uot Fronts.
'      F. X.  KAST.   .
Sole Ageut lor C;ilih>«!l!!'
j2a?*Couiitrj Orders promptly -attended to.
VOL. XII.
LOS   ANGELES,  CAL.,   SATUEDAY,  APKIL 18,  1863.
I\T0.   50.
Cos elngeles Star:
puisr.rruorD every satoiuiay itoRXirsQ,
At the STAR BUILDWGS. Spring Strcul, Lo
An»i;les,
BI   II.   II A m I t. T o w.
TERMS:
Subscriptions, per annum, in advance.. So 0(1
For Mix Months    S O'l
For Three Months    2 110
Single  Number   D I'V.
Advertisements inserted air Two Dollars per sqnan
often lines, lor tile first insertion; and Om
Dol'Kirpersrpiai-c for each subsequent insertion
A liberal d.rdnotion made to yearly Adverli.-ers
Mr. 0. A. OB VNH is thc only authoriz.-d agon'
■tor thc Los As-'iBLtrs Sua in Sue ffrauetaa
All orders left at Iris olliee, Nor:,hrv.-l reoiner o
Washington and Sansome sl.rems. Gov«rnm ml
ailding, (uo stairs) will be promptly attended ro.
II OTELS,
Business Carts.
C  E.   THOM,
Attoiney asirt CoienseSIos- a.t Law
Oilier'
LOS ANGELAS,
'too Biiildin_g-J, Springst-rect.
DR. J. C.WELSH,
PliVSleiABf AND SiU IIG Irl O N.
eifflee.  CITY JlTlVt:  STOBB;
Main street, Los Angeles.
Offiee hours, 9 to IS, a ; and 2 to 11. p.m.
August 1.  1859.
,V,
LAZARD,
BELLA UNION  HOTEL,
LOS     ANGELES,
JOILN KIIVG & tlKNRYHAMMEL,
pr©pu'Aett>»a.
*mHE sds!?GRIBEas Having fease-3 the abo-fe
I nameil U'ltel, wi^i, to n^nfe AiA. friend
aiul Uie trayelliui' puliiie tbat tliey will endeitvoc
to keep tiie Bella Union -.vliat it has nlway«   beeu,
TME   BEST   HOTEL
in satriHBRW California.
Families can be  aooomrnoilatefl witli large, airy
rooms, or suits of room?, v/ell inruisiietl.
Tha iiUi'6 of Pa$e
shall bo inferior to none in the State.
Ail. the Stages
to ajw. ii'om Ljos Angeles arrive at and depart from
Lliin HotieL
Tiie Bar and Ailltard Saldoha
sHall   rtreeivi', tiie   mu.-L  Hlriet  atiention. anil  the
patrons shall find that thia  liou.se will  be   carried
■oiiHfl a tirrtt Claris Hotel OOffht tu be.
Los Angeles, May 31. lS(i2.
UNITED STATES HOTEL.
Los   Angeles.
X THE SHSSeSlBER having leased tbe
■p^^S abnveestabli^iiuient, begs leave to i n-
JfvSfSpft forin the publie that he ba« refitted and
IW1 refuruirsiied it tiinn^heul. and tbat it
will u« conducted iti iM v-.'iy bi^gt style. The
table will bn liberally supi)l'ed wi«j everytbin-.
the market aftords, lind nvr v rars will be taken
to make tiie UNITED STAPES HOTEL a com.
fortable home   loi* lioarders.
Ati.aelied t.o '.he Hotel, in * BH.LIARD ROOM
and BAR, where the best ol liquors aud uigarH
are k«pt.
T&tm moderate, to fait the times.
Miner.-* comiug Irom Of to tbe mines of flol-
canibe. Pntosi, Mohave or San Gabriel, will iiml
this a convenient place to meet tiieir friend---, or lo
obtain  rje«ir«lile information.
A BAKESt is also attache'! to the Hotel.
LOIHS MflSSUER.
Los Angeles, November St.b. 1862.—If
SAS FKAXCISCO.
jWL^s&oxrjaZEx.
-HUG   FaMOU-5   PHUrpWIM'UR "f H)l«*s
id* i
1 Hi
ther on end wttief trie lirst of  Nueeml    186
will remove from lire old dihMii'Uod On id;
IJroudwsv. where he has r-.i-led since dune
ond will one: it  SPACIOU'.S  AND   5L1-X
URIOK STRirriTUUE, wliil* wes burn, cup
for » tiursl.ou lite sniHti-ssl 0 oner of Sm
unit Pine streets.    The Buiid'ne   is   lit-e-pt-,,.
r.MrorrTtrirs.
And Wholesale and ftetail Denlets in
frencli,   rEj,^|ja|,   _ua(i   Americaii
Dry Ooods.
Isomer of Melius Row,Los Aneeles. 1   (12
PHINEAS BANNING,
FOKWARJJING a.n«l C03iffigSSION
AGENT,
New San Pedro and Los Angeles.
SOUTHEM-iV   LYIJ.ICS.
Aii eminent BtftteBmao and philosopher, Lord
Kames, naid, " let me make tbe ballade for the
people, and I won't care who makes the law
Tbero nre not wanting lyrists among the rebels of
tbe South. We give the following rough aod
ready specimen of their efforts in the way of ballad-making. They seem determined to popularize
the sentiment of Secession—as Lord Kames would
the  principles  of his philosophy.
The   Stratliern    Wngon.
Come all yeSom* of freedom and join our Southern band.
We're going to fight the enemy and  drive liim   from  oui
'■     ■  land ;
Justice is our raotto, and Providence onr guide,
Spjamj into .tho wagon and we'll ali take a ride.
Ciioiil-S.—Wait for the waROn—
T'*e "Diiv-olutiOii Wagon 1
The South if; our v.-,. vjii,
And we'll all take a ride.
ir'rrciiof.lou ig OU i
And to defend <
Jeff Davis ia ou
\y !t'..It *,v
lur rights ive all demand,
•■- pledge our heartand hand.
it!i Stevens "by bU side—
al, will join us in th, nd
F. P-. RAMIREZ,
NOT Any PUBLIC,
mm with J. E. GiTcttET.T., E^ri., Temple:s Block.
PvencU,   English,   and Spanish Translnlc*!,
(J<:>i.l*.*<J(.lor).s M;ule,   <tc.
rPI.AirV AND ORVAaiESTAI.
E»IC3-j!=»r   PiUETTIIirG,
CEEAEE Pil.E'ITiSQ. QE=
In qui i
a.t John Goli&r's Sliu
augl
mb2e3 mmmEi m,
WHOLESALE A"N3 "RETAIL.
APOTHECARIES'    HALE,
.llrtiu sti-e-i-f, ncaily Opposite Commercial.
nAS e>S "HAKD,  nnd  is conslanlly  a(Uir!S to
lledicioes anil Chemical*, Soutl   ..;' San Fraucisco
losciVr witli aii rhe Patent Medicines of tSe dav
ilso a iiiicassonincnt of
pcrifrri.-.-v    P--fr'   ^'o^'ot     ^rtif1!^^
y or night,
gelet, Julv
■onri(k\-l   at  all
K. MYLES.
PALL AND WINTER TP.ADS.
mmin&lkmm,
sort IMPORTERS OF
' ' __f
er cn.c3>rois.32SL3r,
Taolo Oiitlerry,
G LOOKS,   MIRRORS,
Plaitod and Britannia Ware.
;■ iviL*_or)'N jjlf-nty hig (.■
3 stuffed  with  cotton
Southein   wo;, i
-v-h; tbe rumiii!sr gear!
-ound   the   sidr.-.-r.   aivi i
ser, with Georgia by her side—
r flag un, and we'll all take a. rid«
Thero
* Teane*sfe aiia-fctMa-re also Jn the riog^-
They
'ouhin't stay in a Government where Cotton
EingtJ
Alalj.-i.
na, too, and Florida, have long ago applied—
MJsait
iplii'.-j in thf; *nrag<jp, auxious for the ride.
(Oo™.)
ifisec
ri, North Carolina ami Arkans.iB are slow *
Ibi-y
■ust hurry or  we'll  leave thom.  and  then
would they go.
There's oft Kentucky and Maryl:
So I reckon, afUr all, '
(Choru,.)
j have to take them up behind 1
Letter   from a Solillei*.
A writer to tbe Mai-jsvilie Express sajB tbe
following are a lew lines I received from my brother, who joined the army tinder tiie exeitemen*
20 months ago. If jou thing tB'ey are worthy o
a place in your pa^Br toi; are welcome to use tliem :
TJjii.L PurX8, Vn, Feb. 17th, 18ti:i
Di-:ab BBOTHfifi :—Tbf(j is the 6tm oppoftLMiity I
bave bad to write to you for over two momlis,
and, fearing you oiigbf. think I had been rubbed
ont with some of the pest ol tlie "poor wbite trash"
here, I thought! would swindle myweli out of a
few moments' sleep—us swindle is tbe game bore
you a lew  lines.    Dear bnulier, I tell
you
ith bartl
ins  beftnn !
it, awiui co:
.o mnd at bi
ue ha
i pe-
to trudge
through it and-ilo the best v;e can ; and il «
out oo the road it is no matter, we only gel
we enlisted for. So what does it matter to us
wii a: tier we are rubbed out by exposure, hardships
and unnecessary marching, or vvbelber we gel. killed by a bulKjt or a eabrH* Tba end is tbe same
with us I tell you tlie Union ii? played out. Our
caiir-e is an unjust one. I thought I enlisted iu a
wben I joined the array. I thought I
"on aud   tbe
;* to fight for tbe Coustiti
ce
ol' tbia ita   noibuig  but   a
!?f
war.     Here we   bave bad
!: u have gained? Nothing
above  G-oods
■i to st:it, at tbi
n or i
s, and   the
in. It lias
.'-solaud many a happy borne, aud has left bleacb-
og OH Lbe plain of .Manassas the"bones of over
'.veiny liiour-aiid of our best soldiers. W'n have
ot everything, ar.d g.iiued nothing. I admit we
ave siolen a lew huudred negroes ; but w.ll they
ay ns for ihe men ive have bad slaughtered ? ami
an ilify re-establish tile rej;iti-ai.i-*_ n ol our ouce
ionou- hut now ruined cotuurj, ? I think  not.    1
tbe door every three minu'-es eacb way, to all j.
ot tbe city. Then; is a large Hauling Room
tached to the liouse and Liiirary couLainiiiir
Standard Work", exclusively for the use o:
gafista. Jloonis will lie let iiy tlie night, wee
mouth, witb or without board; also, suite
' Rooms to iamiiies or others a.t reduced rat;
Tbe Table will always lie supplied with ao nl
dance ol the choicest and best ihe market cat
ford, and no expense will be spared to set a t
that will defy Lhe criticism of tlie mnfi!; iastk*
epicure. JOIirN KELLY, Jut-
San Francisco, Oct. 23d, 18(i2.-3m
MfiRCHA
Sao Fn
THE ATLANTJC MONTHLY.
Beginning of a Hew Volimis,
The 2Srumber for January, 1863, begins
TUE EJUKyjpJfcTH VOLU3IK
Of t!»c Atlantic Monthly.
.: as to ge
J(_h the n:
tbeir kna
■tni
ud put in
tie  lull of
?snoni ihsv
ol us should
bx&  lor  i
LonIfl Napoleon ami the Tenlbli; Massiu-re of
December, 185^.
Hf. Eingaiake, Id Mb Invasion of the Crimea,
reviewH tbe biatory of Napoleon III., with caustic
pen. Of the massacre of the Boulevarda on the |
4th of December. 1852, speaking of tho (daughter
from tbe Rue do Seutier to the western extremity
of tbe Boulevard Montmartre, he observes tbat the
slayers were thousands of soldiers, and the slain
were a number that will never be counted; but
among all those slayers aud slain Ibere was uot
one combatant. ''What happened was a slaughter
ofunarmed men, women, and children. Where
tbey !ay, the dead bore witness. Corpses lying
apart struck deeper into tbe people's memory
tbia the dead wbo were lying in heaps. Some
were haunted with tlie look of an old man with
silver hair, wljose only weapon was the umbrella
which lay at liis side. Some shuddered because
of seeing lhe gay idler of the Boulevard sitting
dead against the wall of a house, and scarce parted
irom the cigar wbich lay on the ground near his
hand. Some carried iu their minds the sight of a
printer's boy leaning buck against a shop front.
because, though the lad was killed, the proof
sheets wbicb be was carrying had remained in bis
hands, and were red with his blood, aud were fluttering in lhe wind."'
One grand olject was gained by these military
operations, Tbey effectually stopped tbe iaugii
against the silent, torpid man who had undertaken
to succeed his uncle. Tiie comic side of the plot
of December 2d passed quite out of view. The
new power was from tbat time a thing which ali
men respect, "a great fact." One of tlie colonels
engaged declared tbat his regiment alone had
killed 2,400 meu. Paris on tbe 5th of December
looked like a city struck down by a plague. Tiie
Parisians are not afraid to look on street fighting,
but an English writer says tbat some of the people
retreating from the scene of slaughter were of a
strange livid hue, whicb he bad never before seen.
Thus, then, Louis Bonaparte was delivered, at
once and forever, from tbe ridicule wbich until
lhat day bad incessantly pursued bim. France
was effectually cowed, and now was the time to
disarm her. In a few weeks 20,000 men selected
in the belief that they were citizens who would
dare something for tbe honor and liberty of ihei
country, were seized and transported wilhout form
of law under a retro-operative decree oi the plotters.
These were tbe acts by whicb Louis Napoleon
founded his power, and thus be was enabled tosii,
like tbe Czar, and govern tbe movement, of the
police, the regiments, tbu cannon and the ships ol
France, by his own personal will
ild*-r brace in the shape of a 64-Jb eaouop ball.
must excuse rue ffcf  this time,   as I   have to
H under my biriukut. W'e have to march early
ie murning, and sleep is quite a stranger with
avaiiyLien, as we are continually scouting or
ou picket.    Our   duty   is  much  harder than
From v
ffecf
ouate brother,
CHARLIE.
WATTS' NERVOUS  ANTIDOTE
ANO PHYSICAL   RESTORATIVE.
rnHE MEDICAL W0NBB8 OF THE AOE.-
X Tbe most powerful and wonderful nu-dieii
ever discovered.
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Haa cured, und  will   cure,  more oases of nervoi
disorders tii
edy.
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Has and will cure Nervous Headache, Giddiness,
Fainting, I'aralvsis. Kxtreme Debility. Neuralgia,
Chronic and I u fl. i in ma tory Ebeumatism, Toothache
&c. &c.
"Watts' Dfeivous Antidote
Is an effectual remedy for Wakefulness. ItsHOotb--
ing and quieting influence is remarkable.
Watts' Sfervowa Ai.u-'ot-*
"Will cure Delirium Tremens, Nervous Trembling,
Epilepsy, Twitching of the Facial Nerves, Convul-
Btotis, and Pulmonary complaints.
Watts' Nervous Antidote
Will act upon that state'of the nervous system
-which produces Depression ot Spirit. Anxiety of
Mind, Mental Debility, Hysterics, ttc, and is so
wonderful in rejuvenating premature old age, and
correcting decrepitude brought on by excessive
indulgence, tbat nothing but a trial can convince
the patient of its qualities. Itis not an excitant
but a strting the ner, purely vegetable and harmless;
like a skillful architect begins by laying a firm
foundation, and gradually but incessantly adds
strength aud vigor until nothing is lelt unfinished.
For sado at retail by all Druggists.       jyl93;u
Essftys,    t.He Best i
'lie Best  PoeHis,
Tlie   Ii-lsli-Amoiicaiia.
The Irish seem capable of rapid changes heretofore believed impossible. Iiis within our own memory Ibat Father Matthew converted the entire
people irom whisky into milk and wi.ter drinkers;
and now, in America, tbey have recently become
totally changed—and fur the better. It Is not
long since tbe Irish were spoken of in our public
papers as'■ Tbe dirty, low Irish, wbo infest our
cities:'' "The idle, turbulent Itrisb, that are a
curse and a disgrace to our country." It is not
fouryears since every Irishman in Massachusetts
holding aa oflice of public trust was iguominiously
dismissed, tbeir convents torn down, and tbeir
etrapelB burned to the ground. Yet to-day we
lind this temarkable people totally changed. Tbey
liave seen their errors ; bave benefitted by liie lessons taught tiiem ; and from beiug " miserable,
filthy, pauper thieves,'' have become the people of
all others most beloved by the Great American
People. Tbe Press no longer calls tbem "Papists,"
no longer "dirty;" they have becouie: "The gallant
L ish," "The hard-working, tho honest, moral and
religions Lis!)*" who liave -poured out their
blood on every battle field." We rejoice to notice
tbis great improvement in a people coming " trom
the Old Country," and this liberal recognition of
their merits by   tho Press  aud people;   it speaks
Irish-Irish and lhe Irish people do not seem
o appreciate tbe disinterested sympathy belt for them, at tbe present moment in  " the
;" but it is grealiy to be hoped tiiat by tbe
ens of Father Paddy Lavelie and Mooncy,
storiau. that they will soou understand wbat
d for them.—S. F. J\'ews Letter.
North
exertl
tbe II
The democrats in Cass township,Sullivan county
Indiana, et a recent meeting, resolved that they
could aud would, in a great measure, dispeuse with
the articles sold by Eastern manufacturers.
TICKPfOR & FIELDS,
135 Washington street, Boston, Mass
A widow, whose lands supply rich grazing for a
thousand cattle, is an attractive grasa widow.
W. A. Bicil.vndson**.—Some oftbe Republican
papers are very severe on Richardson of Illinois,
since bis election to tbe U. S. Senate. Hu is called a '" butternut," "copperhead," '-traitor,' whose
' sympathies' are «ll witb the rebels "for whom he
would be fighting, if he were not a cowardly braggart."' We cannot say as to where Richardson's
'■ sympbathies" are enlisted, but we do know, that
tbose who picked him up for a coward are very
much mistaken in lbe man, as lbe following incident which we have on good authority, will illustrate.
At tiie disastrous battle of Bull's Run, Richardson visited the field in company wilh several Republican members of Congress, wbo were full of
patriotism and anxious to see the li„'bt. Pretty
soon after tbey bad taken up a position where they
could obtain a good view of the contest, one ol
the Federal batteries was forced to fall back near
to where the parly stood. Presently a couple
of shells came whizzing through tbe air and burst
right over the battery, killing five or six of tiie
gunners and tearing up the ground most fearfully.
This v.*as too much for the nerves of the valorous
Republicans, and taking lo their heels us though
thed—I was after them, tbey frantically called
out to Richards'on to '"come, let's retire, it's get-
ling daugerous." ''Dangerous he d—d. come
back and let's help work this battery." shouted
Richardson, aud throwing oil bis coal he assisted
the gunners, uutil an officer rode tip aud ordered
the battery to ietir*\
Tue Numbek <*» Words in Uas.—It is a curious
thing tbat with some 125.000 English words people
can get ou witb a very few. D'Oreey, a philologist
of ability, records that a country eleruyman \p England fold bim that some of the parts had not three
hundred words in tiieir vocafnlary. On tiie average, the childreu of persons with ordinary education do uot use more than two hundred words, un.
til tbe age of ten. Max Muller says: "A wt.11
educated person in England, wbo has been at pub"
lie school aud at the university, who reads the Bible, bis Shakespeare, tbe Times, and all the books
of Mudies Library (i. e. nineteen twentieths of ah
the books published in England) seldom uses more
than three thousand or four thousand words in
conversation. Accurate thinkers and close reason,
ers, wbo avoid vague aud general expressions, and
wait till th.ry find a word that exactly fits thei
meaning, employ a large sioek ; and eloquent
speakers may rise to tbe command of ten thonsand
Shakespeare, who displayed a greater variety of
expressions than probably any writer iu any language, produced all his plays with about fifteen
thousand words. Milton's works are built up witb
eight thousand ; and tbe Old Testament says all it
has to say with five thousand sis hundred aud for.
ty-two words."
Charleston and in Dkfkxcks.—The London
Times of February 18tb has a letter from Charleston, in whicli some interesting particulars are
gtveu ot the  place  and  its  defences.    Tbe writer
says :
To asscert tbat Charleston, in its present attitude,
is impregnable, would obviously be a ludicrous fallacy but it is none tbe lees truo tbat it couid pot be
taken wiLbout an enormous force attacking simultaneously by sea and land, and that the attack, even
iu that case, would have to be conducted witb desperate valor before it could be successful. At tho
entrance of the harbor, Fort Sumter, thoroughly repaired and mounting enormous guns en barbette,
frowns at the blockaders, while the neighboring
poinis, on Morris Island and Sullivan Island, from
whicli tiie memorable attack upon the ISth ot April,
1861, was conducted, are iu possession of the Confederates, and are not likely to pass out of their
hands. Behind Fort Sumter a new fort, whicb takes
its name Irom General Ripley, and built almost entirely of palmetto wood, enhances tho difficulty to
wbicb ships are exposed in approaching the town-
Ail tbat two of tbe most accomplished engineer
officers ofthe Confederacy—Gens. Lee and Beauregard—could suggest or devise bas been doue to
strengthen tho town on the land side, Gen. Lee,
before be was moved to Virginia and assumed his
present high position, was for some time in command of Cbarleeion, and by him the first line of
land defences was planed and executed. This lino
has grown aud expanded at tbe inspiration of Geu-
Beauregard, into a perfect network ot earth-works
and redoubis reaching Irom Cooper river on tbo
iioitii to Ashley river on tlie South. * * * *
In addition to the other sea and iand defences of
Charleston, great credit is due to its defenders for
tlie energy with wbieh they have buiit and equipped two large iron-clad rams, which are now lying
at the wlirirl, and are likely to be very prominently
heard of if ever tbe long threatened assault shall
fall on the devoted head of this -'pestilent nest of
sedition.' Three otber similar iron-clad rams are
in an advanced stage of progress. *****
It is hardly necessary to state that nothing has
as yet beeen done te repair the damage inflicted upon Charleston by the the terrible fire which swept
from river to river on December 12, 1861. From
tba; moment until the present hour the fate of tlie
city bas been so doubtful thit it has not been
thought worth while to build up, in order that (as
seemed at one time very probable) the Yankies
might destroy. But the fearful havoc and devastation then inflicted upon the town, aud which were
at the time triumphantly pointed at by the North as
the work of incendiary negroes, [are Still awfully
manifest, and place the fire of Charleston in tbe
category of the great conflagrations of tbis century.
Tbere seems every reason to belive that if the lar-re
building iu wbieh I am now writing—the Mills
House—bad caught, the fire would hare swept down,
to the battery and consumed all tbe riehest and
finest portions of tbe   town.
0xi5 ITrxoRKD Thousand.—Tbe New York Post
oftbe li>tfi ult. says : We understand it to be now
iscertained fact that there are more than one
dred thousand deserters from our army scattered over the country, loitering about the cities or
skulking in tlie rural districts, wasting ia dissipation the money profusely expended by a generous
people.
Quincy, tbe couuty seat of Plumas, has neither
a school bouse uor a church, allho' it contains tbat
other great concomitant of civilization, a prison.
The Standard thinks ft is the only county Beat iu
this State or auy otber tbat cau boast of having
no church or school building.
How TiTBflENnsE axd Tar ark Made.—The immense forests iu North Carolina, wbicb cover tbe
sandy ridges between tbe swamps and watercourses, consist alulost wholly of the long-leafed
pine, tlie Finnspalustris ol the Southern States.
From them is gathered one of tbe great etaples of
North Carolina—tbe turpentine. These trees at
maturity, are 70 to 80 feet iu height, aud Iheir
truuks 18 or 20 feet in diameter near tbe base.
Tbey grow close together,.very straight, and without brauohes lo two-thirds of their height, Overhead, tbeir interlocking branches form a continuous
shady canopy ; while beneath, the grouud is covered wilb u thick, yellow mattln;*: of piue straw —
clean, dry, level, and unbroken by undergrowth.
The privilege of tapping the trees is generally
farmed nut by the land-owner, at a stated price per
thousand, about from $20 to £30. Under this privi-
lige tbe laborer commences bis operations. During
lbe winlerbe chops deep notches into tbe base if
the tree, a few inches from the ground, aud, slanting inwards. Above lo the height of two or three
fe t, the surface is scarified by chippiug off lbe
bark .md outer wood. From this surface the res-
iucous sap begins to flow about the middle Of
March, at first very clowly, but more rapidly during the heat of the summer, and siowiy again as
winter approaches. The liquid turpentine runs
inlo the notches or boxes, as ihey are technically
called, each holding from a quart to half a gallon
This, as it gathers, is dipped ont with a wooden
spoon, barreled and carried to market, where it
commands tbu highest price. That wbicb oozes
out and hardens upon tbe scarified surface of tbe
tree is scraped down by an iron instrument into a
bod, and is sold at au inferior price. Every year
the process of scarifying la carried two or three
feet higher np the trunk, until it reaches as high
as a man can conveniently reach with bis long
bandied cutter. When this ceases lo yeild, tbe
same process is comnieued on tbe opposite side of
the truik. An average annual yeild ia about 25
barrels of turpentine from 1,000 trees, and it ises-
Umated that oue man will dip 10,000 boxes.
Tbe trees at length die ijuuder tbese repeated
operations. Tbey are then felled, split and burned
far tar. The dead trees are pi-referred for tbis purpose, because wheu life ceases, the resinous tnat_
ter conceutrates in the interior layers oflhe wood.
Iu building a tat kiln a small circular mouud of
earth is first raised, d ■dining from tbe circumference to lbe center where a cavity is formed, communicating by a conduit with a shallow ditch sur-
rouuding the mouud. Upon this foundation the
split slickB are stacked to the height of 10 or 12
(eet. The stack i* then coveied with earth as in
making charcoal, aud tlie fire applied through an
opening at lhe top. As this continues to burn
wilh a smouldering beat, the wuod is charred, aud
the tar flows into the cavity in lhe ceutre, aod
thence by thejeonduit into vessels sunk to receive
it.—Scientific   Ame-'icon.
The editor who ki.-sed bis sweetheart, saying
'Please exchange.' is believed not to have exceeded tbe proper ''liberty of tbe press."
Tbe man who tried soft soap to smooth the
harshness of his wife's tongue, says it took off a
little of the roughuees, but made i*. fly faster.
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