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Eastern times., 1855-10-11

SAN FRANcIsco, Dec. &c, lS49.
My Dear Friend Stubbs The uncertainty
of worldly affairs, the frequent occurrence of
disappontments, trouble and misfortune, and
the uncommon unpleasantness of this life in
general, have been favorte themes with The
sons Of song from the infancy Of poetry 10 the
present time and do not recollect in my
wide experience more striking illustration of
the justness of their views than the fate which
has befallen the articles which you so kindly
confjeG to my care through the medium of the
frail bark whose name have this moment for
gotten.
She was waited by favoring gales around
Horns tempestuous point, and like tired sea
bird dropped her wings as she neared the land.
(That's rather good idea, fancy, don't you
think SOY But it is with feelings Of no ordi-
nary nature that discover it to be my painful
duty 10 inform YOU that the individuals whom
| employed to transport your merchandise from
the gallant ship, as she lay on that day in the
bay of Francisco, to the neighboring shore, be-
came inebriated prior to discharging their ar
duous task. and by some error of Judgment
succeeded in overurning the gondola in which
your precious ffeight was embarked. The axes,
alas found watery grave. Five barrels on
Iy of the saleratus were rescued from tine roll
ing waves, but with the contents so impregna-
ted with the briny fluid as 10 form a sort OF
paste, which fear will prove rather unsalea-
BILE. Sic transit gloria, dc.
Yours while the sands Of life vet eaily run,
AUGUSTUS FITz ToMPKlNs.
P.S. have friend from New York who
is about establishing an auction room on the
Broadway principle, and were you again to
tempt the blind goddess, and send me an invoice
of galvanized watches, doubt no: that my
friend would have peculiar facilities for dispo-
sing of them to this promiscuous population
Don't be dsheartened, my old boy, bu, try it.
Chisel, Gouge & Co., of this place, are ma
king splendid fortune by representing to their
consignors that their property was all burnt the
other day. Easy way of settling account sales
isn't it I AFT.
As the newspapers say, further comment
is unnecessary Please request the carrier oI
the Post TO refrain in future from leaving at my
door any copies Of the daily paper that contains
news from California; or anything pertaining
thereto.
Your misguided friend,
AN UNFoRrUNATE APoTHEcARY.
Boston Post.
Eastern times., 1855-10-11
SAN FRAscrsco. Dec. o6. ls4e.

Sir-We regret to inform you that the lum-
ber consigned by you per Charming Nancy to
US, was entirely destroyed by the FIRE OF the
24th inst, and enclosed is our bill for disburse-
nenis on your account, amounting TO 81 ,S92 )
I'll, duplicate of which we have sent to our
attorney in Boston, Mr.. Samuel Sly, for collec-
tion. We shall be pleased to receive further
consisnments from you, and remain your obe-
dient servants,
CHIsEL, GouGE & Co.
Mr. Peter Ctnhhe
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The Dcnocratic National CoaventioU--I-ettor
from Mr.. Jonn Van Burcn.
TO TIE HDIrORS or THE AR3Us.

GNnxsKS-You we're present spectators at the pro-
ceedings Of our State Convention although members o
what Ia called the hArd organization and there
ask space In your columns make abatement 70 the
public Ar call has been mae for the assembling of th,
National Democratic Committee st Washington, on the
9Th Of January next, and the member Of that
nsittee from this State Ia if,imate and valued
personal and political friend Of mine, will probsoly
participate in III proceedings cssire 10 that sh III
In no way directly ,nciescy take part in any Of the
nomnat,ous that TO be made OF President and Vice
President prior TO he ensuing election When stated
recently IN Buffalo that desired to be doloxstc the
Cincinnati Convention had every to believe that
should rspresen. in part united and vicoroos party
ei.d the resu in the county OF Erie fully eluaici my
expectations. The vote in Kre coun,y tnis year. com
pnI ed with preyians Years atards thss -
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meet yesterday, from he "a qayrum several n
ne members being N Ia tn country ~ih ihsis f>uss
iotpsfd TrsntsTving fr,nn -. ss.kIy sI.~taent 4,
spissFs the number of emigran;s ehS arrived 10 tais
e'nu'ry during The lsrt y~-r has been - To- r.
lAr lat yssr .~tsE arrived tfug eecrrN.e a is5 fsI
Is receipt durirH tbs refiof have se1a
fAtII1s ~, an ~. expenditure ts'2 ~ H. present
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Asfh earfsr & musitis~, report thsi toaf vessel,
have arrived ssr3bs he tas. wv~. brinx.nx al
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owner namsd r. z. Angelo Observation-Disclosures.
9wner iam.d gray ymsre...................
Time: a.nS--3.OS.
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One ot those time bonorei holiday sports-a mule
will taie place at the Cen;revils Course this afternoon
when there viii be fun enough Tor the farmers TO talk
about Tor months 10 There ten entries the
mules TO start from the Inc coming IN ahead
hree tres viii win the purse Besides, there win be
mile race and another at mile hssts best three Ia
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Thc Turf.
CENrREyILLE caIrRsE 1.

CENrREvILLE COURSE, L I-rROTrfSG.
MONDAY, Nov 2s.-Frot'ing match, $500, mile hcats.
W Whehn named g. jake Oakley ito
9uo 10 wason) received forfeit
) Hoaglard named z. 8. Tecum ,eh {to 200
10 "sBuhJ..s.t,, P4id iorfst
SAsK psY-Trotting match $500 mile heats 10 wagons
owner named r. r. Angelo. o.......................I
Jwner famed gray ........................2 2
Time: 3.0S-3:0S.
RED HOUSE, HARLEM-TRorrISa.
TrEDAY, Nov. 27.-frott,ng match 81 600 mile heats
best three In Hve, to wagons
:. Walton named bis Black Bess. I
W. sbute named blue &. Blue Morgan. 2 2
TIM: 2J7--2aHh-2:sth.
troiiDs match for 81, ,oOo two mile heats in harness.
came OF yesterday afternoon, between b. r. Jake Oakley
and gray not yet named her first appearance In
public. Jake Oakley won with h. has won every
race in witch he has been engaged. He II very fast
horse, with every requisite TO make brilliant
With good management the coming winter, there .H be
ew 10 master him next spring. The is also very
last and viii do better after little prsstcs the turf
but at present she Ia match for Jake Oakley The
betting previous TO The start loo ~ 80 and longer
Odds we're offered the progressed The Elowing
IS ID. summary:-
wIDsHDAY Nov. aS-TrostDs Match o. GOO mile
heats, best three In Ave In harness.
". Nhelsn named b 4. Jake Oakley y..............
tA.ts aAv .n.A q IN
Washington telegraph., 1855-05-09
WoHlan's Sphere.

Charles Dickens never wrote anything
more beautiful and true than the following:
The true woman, for whose ambition a hus-
bands love and her children's alterations
are sufficient; who applies her military in
stincts to the discipline of her household.
and whose legislations exercise themselves in
making laws for her nurse; whose intellect
has field enough for her in communion with
her husband, and whose heart asks no other
honors than his love and admiration wo-
man who does not think it weakness to
attend to her toilet, and does not disdain to
be beautiful who believes in tie virtue Of
glossy hair and well-ftting gowns, and who
eschews rents ravelled edges. slipshod shoes
and audacious make-ups: 4 woman who
speaks low, and does not speak too much; who
is patient and gentle and intellectual and
industrious who loves more than she rea-
sons and rarely argues but adjusts with a
smile such woman is the wife we have
all dreamed of once in our lives, and who is
the mother we still worship in the backward
distance of the past; such woman as this
does more for woman's causa than all>the
sea-captains. barristers, judges, and mem
bers Of Parliament Put together-God-giv-
en- and God blessed as she is.
Washington telegraph., 1855-05-09

The Queen DOwager Of Holland (says the
\. 0. Bulletin) is the late Cars sister,
Her Majesty wished that the news should
he kept secret. but in the first burst of her
loss she had sustained, to the persons about
her and at once it spread ike wild fire
the live thunder leaped along the wires to
Berlin, Paris and London, and ere those eyes.
before which sixty millions of serfs were
wont to quail, were fixed in their sockets.
Lords Clarendon and Palnerston were COM
municating the news to the Houses of Lords
and Commons, some two or three thousand
miles distant
Washington telegraph., 1855-05-09

SHOT THROUGH THE BRAIN, AND YET
LIVED SEVERAL HoURs.-A post-mortem
examination, made on the body of Count
Ziegenhorn, who committed suicide in AL
bany, n. Y on last Thursday, on account of
unrequited love, disclosed the fact that the
ball which he discharged at his head enter
ed the right side. passed entirely through
the brain. and struck against the skull on
the left side, when, its force being spent. it
sank down two or three inches. STILL life
was not extinct for eighteen hours after
wards
Washington telegraph., 1855-05-09

MORTALITY AMONG BACHELoRs.-The
forlorn condition Of bachelors mas always
been favorite theme for ladies, editors and
other wits to expatiate upon. The untidy
room, the buttonless shirts, the stockings
full of holes, and the thousand other incon-
veniences of the unmarried state are famil-
lar, in this way. to the most obtuse of US all
The poor bachelors have. in fact. hard
time of it. They have been ridiculed by
the sex. and sometimes taxed by legislators,
and now statistics deal them the ''unkindest
cut of ALL by proving that they die earlier
than married men. The celebrated DIR.
Caspar. Of Berlin, estimates the mortality
among bachelors, between the ages of thirty
and forty five, at 27 per cent: while the NOR
tality among married men, between the
same ages. is only Is per cent. Where
IL bachelors attain the age of 40, there are
IS married men. difference of nearly two
TO one in favor of the latter. At the age
of go there are 4S married men to % bach
elors; at 20. IL bachelors to 27 married
men, and at 80. 9 married men to 3 bache-
lors. No bachelor, it is said, ever lived to
be 100.
Washington telegraph., 1855-05-09
IFronn .4rthur's Home Maga-ine-
HEART PICTURES.
BY WILLIAM EoDERICK LAWRENCE.

D4
The heart is picture gallery, in which may
he treasured the unfading counterparts of those
we have dearly loved and still continue to cherish.
Though the Angel of Death may have folded his
dark wings around some of them. and overshad-
owed them: though others be removed from Us by
s-rsarns valleys and snow-ciad mountains, and
are tar. far away, yet at any moment wherever
we NAV be- we can direct our gaze inward upon
the much loved face, and find it wearing the same
sweet expression as when last seen by US. Years
NAV have passed over us, the SHOWS of winter
NAV have bIanched their sunny locks, and ours
also while the burrows of care lie deeply implan-
ted upon our once youthful faces vet memory
paints Iiies earliest airest sweetest flowers upon
the tablets OF the heart where tEey ever remain
Young and blooming when we first knew and
loved them Treasure. then. with care. the hearts
brightest pictures. and never enshrine within its
holy sanctuary single form you would ever wish
to dispose from it's sacred resting place, or over
which you would desire to draw the dim veil OF
forgetfulness-
Within the heart are hid
Fair forms OF beauty which are all our own:
Thew come whenever bid, lstrewn.
Pure, fragrant flowers along lite's pathway
Neek-eyed and golden-haired.
Some gentle being radiantly fair;
Who all our pleasures shared,
Our trials, also, and each narrowing care.
Our young and 5eauteous child,
With rosy lips and voice of silvery tone;
The tendeT-hearted mild
From earthly scenes forever more have flown
Yet. in the heart of love,
Such forms are treasured ever pure and bright,
Oh may we meet above
Those gone BEFORE in everlasting light.
And dear ones far away
If we ne'er meet again till time is DER,
Let their pale forms of clay,
Within the heart be treasured evermore-
Washington telegraph., 1855-05-09

A Story FOR THE TIMEs-About the
time of the State election, and while party
spirit ran high, an energetic Know Nothing
canvasser had, in a very fiery speech deliv-
cred in Milville, in Worcester county, work
ed the foreign population up to point Of
indignation past all endurance. The day
following. as crowd of irishmen were col
lected in the street, brooding over their fan
eied injuries. gentleman named Holden,
noted for eceentricity. advanced among
them, and, TO their great delight, commenc-
ed violent denunciation of the new party
Beneath his magic influence the alien
audience became, in their own estimation,
the pillars of our republic, and as he warm
ed in his subject, Know Nothingism wither-
ed to bare name under his scorching
touch, while cheer after cheer burst from the
excited tbrong, now rapidly increasing.
Who" asked he, build our Rail-
roads, a''
Irishmen ~ was the enthusiastic re-
ply.
"Who dig our canals? ~
Irishmen !"
Who build our State prisons and aims
houses ~
"Irishmen ;" Numbered hundred vol
ces.
Who fill them ?''
Waiting in vain for reply, their whi-
Iom champion, clinching his fists. shouted j:
&c Lishnaeu-goa deuiks 1rishnaen '''
Boston True Flag
Washington telegraph., 1855-05-09

THE FIRST DUEL IN THE L. STATES
Many of our readers will be surprised to
learn that the first duel in the now United
States was fought at Plymouth in 1921 !;
the year succeeding the landing Of the Pill
grim Fathers. Sabine, in his Notes, says !:
The parties were Edward Doty and Ed
ward Leister, servants Of Stephen Hopkins,
and having dispute, they settled it-gen-
tleman like-with sword and dagger Both
were wounded Without statute Law on
the subject. the whole company Of Puritans
assembled to consider aud punish the offence
The decision was the wisest that could have
been made. Doty and Leister were order
ed to be tied together, heads and feet for a
hours, without food or drink; but the in
tercession Of their master, their own human
ity and promises, procured a speedy re-
lease"
Washington telegraph., 1855-05-09

The Ericsson experiment is at an end
The invention is considered to be failure,
and poor Ericsson is a ruined man. He
has spent all his fortune in building his ca
loric ship, and in the experiments he has
made on his vessel. He has done more, he
has spent all his wife's fortune, which is
great. and she, too, is beggared. BIT the
worst of all is that it has led to such re-
elimination and alienation that they have
separated, never to be united again. per-
haps. Had he been successful, his name
would have been enrolled with that of Co
lumbus, Newton and Fulton. and other men
Of illustrious renown. But he has failed
be lost his all; be has introduced ruin into
4 once-loving and happy home and the
world coldly looks on, and says. Il told you
So;
Washington telegraph., 1855-05-09

The Philadelphia Ledger has published
a statement of its daily issue for the month
of March. This statement is copied from
the packers book of delivery. and shows
over one and half million of copies of the
Ledger to be issued per month, or nearly
twenty millions per annum. The average
is fifty-nine thousand six hundred and forty
copies, or one hundred and twenty four and
a quarter reams of paper per day. This is
the largest edition issued by any daily news
paper on the globe without exception, by
about ten thousand per day. or quarter of
million per month. 1t includes neither
extras. slips. nor weekly paper. but simply
the regular daily editions of the Ledger.
Washington telegraph., 1855-05-09

IN selling provisions at high prices. it is
the POOR that suffer.
If the rich were ground down till the
sweat Of .their brows mixed with the very
bread they ate, it would be no cause of
complaint; but when lot of ragged chill
dren sit round the hearih-stone, hungry
breadless because Somebody demands a
high price for his corn. it is case of inhu-
nlanity which God will not overlook when
he compels that Somebody to take con-
science at the Day of Judgment.
S. W. Iadepea:dent.
Washington telegraph., 1855-05-09
Mrs. Puffits Boarding House.

A very genteel establishment is Mrs
Pufits-very One may be assured of that
by the manner in which the meals are serv-
ed There is no vulgar superhuity at Mrs.
Pufits table The smallest quantity of
food is placed symmetrically upon the great
est number of gilt-edge plates. Coarse
minded persons, unused to society, might
say that there was not enough to eat But
what Of that the silver salt-cellars are
carved superblv. and the napkins are of the
finest quality; and even if the joints of the
meat have TO be carefully carved to make
them go round" surely the silver-forks and
finger glasses are ample compensation for
such slight deficiencies Things are called
by their right names at Mrs. Pufit's, too.
She never asks any one if she shall help
them TO potato no. indeed she enquiries
if she shall accommodate them to p0nsa1se
de terre" Neither does she send slice of
pumpkie pie to Mr.. Glubbins she says,
"Jeemes. the pompion pastry to Mr.. Club
bins - and Mr. Glubbins is forthwith pro-
vided with a triangular wedge of that article,
nearly the size of his own finger. and an
immensely large silver fork to eat it with.
And then it is worth something to see Mrs
Puffit preside. She always dresses in black
velvet at dinner time; and she has such q
pretty. Juvenile way of Struggling her fat,
white shoulders out of her bodice, and is
so ingenious in the display of her pretty
arms and glittering bracelets. that it is a
treat to see her. And then the society =
they are not all common place people at Mrs.
Puffit's-not by any means. {.
Washington telegraph., 1855-05-09

THE CAPITAL OF NEBRAsKA-Omaha
City. the present capital of the newly Or
ganized territory of Nebraska is described
as containing from sixty to eighty houses
located on rising ground on the bank Of
the Missouri river. The government house,
occupied by the Governor and Council, is a
two story brick building, and the principal
hotel is also two stories, with q wing, the
rest of the houses being of all sorts and
sizes. In August last there was but one
small hut in this place, but now it contains
taverns, stores, shops, dwellings. and a
government fully organized in all its depart
meuts
Washington telegraph., 1855-05-09

A brilliant party was given in a fashiona-
bic circle recently, in Boston, and the fes-
tivities were kept up to so late an hour that
the fair hostess become completely wearied
out Some Is minutes after the lady sup
posed the last of her guests had left. she
walked into the supper-room, where the gas
had been turned down. and gave vent to her
wearied spirit by circulating
Thank God. they are all stuffed a,sd
gone t'
Not quite all, squeaked ont voice ;
Il have returned to find an earring which
I supposed was dropped while at the supper
table ~
The hostess chagrn can be better mag
ined thar described, when on turning round
she discovered one Of her nearest fashi0na-
ble neighbors
Washington telegraph., 1855-05-09

SPIRITUALIsM-The number OF Spirit
ualists,'' so called, are increasing to such an
extent in Boston that several leading pas
tors of the city feel called upon to denounce
the affair from the pulpit as dangerous
delusion One of the speakers spoke Of
Spiritualism as modern Necromancy. In
Boston, and in some Of the neighboring
toSns, this new sect. if it may be called one.
hold meetings, and are exhortcd By men OF
women every Sabbath.
Washington telegraph., 1855-05-09

The THREE GREAT DIaMoNDs.-Queen
Victoria's 'koh-i-nOor, (Mountain of Lightly
was worn BY an Oriental monarch, 5000
years ago. It weighs now only 100 carats
The Regent. the glory of France. weighs
1876 The Star of the South, :" discovered
last year in Brazil, by a poor negress, was
shown on the Sd ult, to the Paris Academy
Of Sciences, in its brute or original condi-
ton. It weighs 254 ID carats but the cut
ting will reduce it to 1876. It will shine
in May or June, at the Upiversal Exhibi-
ton.
Washington telegraph., 1855-05-09

THE BUTTER TREE.-The African tree
from which butter of most excellent kind
is obtained, is called the Shea tree, aud is
found near kaaba, on the banks of the Nj
ger. These trees grow in great abundance
all over that part of Bambarra. They are
not planted by the natives, but are found
growing naturally in the wood; and in clear
ing woodland for cultivation. every tree is
cut down but the Shea. The tree very
much resembles the American oak. and the
fruit, from the kernel of which, being first
dried in the sun, the butter is prepared by
boiling the kernel in water, has somewhat the
appearance of the Spanish olive. The ker-
mel is enveloped in sweet pulp, under a
thin, green rind, and the butter produced
from it, besides the advantages of its keep.
ing a whole year without salt, is winter
frmer, and Of richer flavor than the best
butter ever made from cows milk. The
growth and preparation of this commodity
seems to be among the first objects of Afri
can industry, and it constitutes a main arti.
Gle of their inland commerce.
Washington telegraph., 1855-05-09

How TURKISH LADIES TRAvE1.-The
Turkish ladies use two kinds of carriages
one, the ARABIA. is long wagon, without
springs, covereo! with scarlet wooden CLOTH
fringed and tipped with gold. and the body
is usually painted red and highly gilded.-
This is drawn by oxen, usually of dove
color, which are driven by reins. This
carriage is used in making short journeys
into the country, while the taLlkG is the
town carriage This has light body. hung
on springs, and drawn by a single horse
Both carriages are without seats, as their oc-
cupants sit on the cushions at the bottom );
neither is there door and they are forced
to climb over the side of the carriage by the
help Of ladder There being no roads in
Turkey, except neal the cpital, these carri-
ages cannot be used. and the ladies' often
tide on horseback, sitting astride ike men.