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»»<r-r= J?CTD?TT A hil. Estfl pW ■ -;■-.: -H ¡hi Ids fagelsl, eafrente-de !a cusa de Don A'-' !-. LEWIS & BAND. , i:;:-, ■■>.-. ¡CÍQ de lü -ll-i I'lpCiOO CStUCZ ■ ■ Lai avisos se pnbttcan n razón de doí peses pw ctfifct cuatÜWtó de otiHo lineas por la primara Sea, y un peso siguientes. __ « Meagracimitos «leettfs. DE UNA SEDUCCIÓN. Carta S; un ¡Üiniiao arifpf litigo, a au Híspaaa. Días ha, querida esposa. <|irn insidies en que te revele las causas de mi profunda melancolía; pero no he tenido valor para declarártelas en una conversación. -S'in em '-inrgo, conociendo que podría alcanzar algún alivio, depositando mis penas en tu pecho, me he determinado a escribirte esta carta, en la qae si bien advertirás que has .tenido por marido á un malvad,., sabrás al mismo tiempo que hoy se haya arrepentido de Htia crímenes, y que la que juzgas triste; a, no es otra cosa qu el producto del mas sincero arrepentimiento. Recordarás, mi dulce'amiga, que rooo después do haber contraído nuestro indisoluble enlace, descubriste en mi una conducta tan desarreglada, que llegaba ya hasta la depravación a consecuencia de la mala elección que hice de amigos, los cuates, casi desde mi juventud, vicia, ron mis sentimientos y dieron « mi carácter un firo demasiado imprudente' Por mi parte tampoco he borrado de la memoria, que in incansable silencio tu heroica prudencia, tu ama bilidad y demás virtudes conyugales, me (iiiíen- ban alg-ir.as veces a reconocer y detener temporalmente mis cstravios. En esos intervalos afortunados, ten'a lugar de conocer cuánto vales hallaba gusto en la felicidad domestica, y me complacía al verme rodeado de mis pequeños hijos cuya educación dirigidas sin perdonar cuidado. Mas para hacertó conocer los tormentos que ahora despedazan mi cwazon, necesito volver los ojos al tiempo desgraciado, ca que me dejaba arrastrar del ¿orrente de los vicios. Apenas habrían trasneurrido seis meses, des- " puei de nuestro matrimonio, cuando paseando mo una tarde á caballo por la hermosa ribera de San Cosme, y estando ya mu-/ corea del ce montuno do los Protestantes, comenzó a caer una menuda lluvia, á la que se siguió un recio y largo aguacero, Me refugié en el zaguán de .una casa, en ol que se hallaban también, por el .mismo motivo, tres señeras, a q-uienes ocompa. t un hombre, regularmente vestido, y que tendría unos »¡«—-*- —*— ■ - tomar las riendas del rra, me b: cincuenta años de edad. Ai principio no fijé en aquel'is mi atención: pero mi criado N. quo era mí agente en la dilatada secuela de mis desórdenes, las vio mejor que yo, y apeándose de au caballo, se me acercó para mío. Al echar pié a tie zo optar que una de aquellas-señoras era joven y bonita. Esta observación fué bastante par.i decidirme á su conquista, por loque sin detenerme inventé cualquier pretesto para entablar una conversación con aquella familia. ¡Qué tarde tan pésima, señoritas! Laseilo'a de mas edad.—Si, señor .tarde. i malisii ■ vivirán muy cer- YO.—Pero al menos, vdos .cade'uqui, ^^^^^^^^^^— El hombre.—-¡Oh! no, señor; nuestra casa está muy adentro de la ciudad, liemos venidoá pasear las huerta» y nts ha sorprendido la lluvia. ...¡Qué quiere vd!....Ks tiempo de ellas, y debíanlos haberlo considerado antes. La mas boniti.— ¡Y que haremosal .drina? La señora. talento, al mí.-mo tiempo que i i- nal, pero unte también que mi asiduidad Con ella y ln finura de mi lenguaje, le habian cau- tiiL,(0 ilguna impresión. Me prometía -pi- 1 i de los padrinos, me estrecharían e-iio.-¡ a entrar c ella, según so acostumbra en hincos semejan l.r\s. y (rus aun nie la olre- ccrian nara i<> sucesivo. Efectivamente sucedió así, ¡ i: la calle de **** v fúeron tantas las instancias de aquellos señores para que subiera, que no pude negarme, aunque realmente no deseaba yo otra cosa. Sin embargo de ser esta la primera visita, y que la urbanidad aconsejaba que fuese corta, permanecí allí algún tiempo, sondeando el corazón de Luisa, y encantándome cada vez mas su graciosa y modesta conversación. La miafué en esta ocasión muy estudiada : aparentaba en ella un pundonor de que me hallaba ecshausto, y una delicadeza que en este genero de trato no conocía: la hice ssteníñva a otras materias, y en cada una desarjolloba un foudo de probidad y un carácter tan generoso y amable, que mis oyentes elogiaban a porfía, unos sentimientos, que, según su propio sentir, eran muy poco comunes. ¡ Pobres -ente--! Yo ías vi felicitarse de aquel casual encuentro, ó mas claro, las vi beber el veneno en copa do oro. ¡ Era un basilisco el que tenian a su lado, bajo., la apariencia de un ángel ! Por último, eran ya las nueve de la noche, y fué preciso retirarme ; pero me estrecharon a que les prometiera una segunda visita para el domingo siguiente. Tal fu■'. querida esnnsa, mi primer conocimiento con Luisa. Habría valido trias que una enfermedad repentina y dilatada me hubiera sorprendido y borrándola de mi memoria: esa linda joven habría escapad^) *así de los lazos que ie tend¡ó su seductor, y este seria boy menos desgraciado ! Pero -estaba escrito qu" yo debía ser su verdugo, y qie por donde quiera debían seguirme los mas crueles remordimientos. Llegó, pues, el domingo, malignamente deseado por mi y sinceramente apetecido por la desgraciada Luisa, a quien hallé masamabley encantadora que la vez primera. El efecte qae e-i ella y en sus padrinos produjeron mi afectada moderación, y lealtad aparente de mis sentimientos, ae hizo mas notable que en la noche de mi anteriorañsita; y como sabia por esperiencia, quo un hombre de estas cualidades. se ha,ca todavía mas estimable para las muge» res, si a unos modales obsequiosos añade las circunstancias do no sor casado y gozar de algunas comodidades, tuve el cuidado de sembrar en mi conversación algunas especies que indi- oaban mi lib h inora, ma la agua Yo.—Sentó -Es ci emos que calme uu poco gracias. mucho, señorita!, no traer mas, ,do doe caballos que noson bastantes para todo?, pero... Todos.—Mucha^graeias, n A este corto dialogo siguieron otros varios sobre cosas indiferentes, en loque noté que á la joven bonita le daban el nombre ^e Luisa, y que la otra (que tendría poco mas de veinte .años) era hija de aquel matrimonio. Informado de estas particularidades, me resolví desde aquel punto a presentar mi-; obsequios á aquella linda joven, o lo que es lo mismo, juré la ruina de Luisa, Dije entonces a mi criado que Be llevara los caba!Ios,y volviera en un coche, adviniéndole en secreto, que no fuera el mió sino cualquiera del sitio, y que no me llamara por mi yerdadero nombre, tino por «I de .1 que fué el primero que me ocurrió. En da, supliqué a la familia esperra a que llegara el coche, y me concediera el honor de acompañarla hasta su casa: ofrecimiento que era imponible dejaran de aceptar en aquellas circunstancias, especial men td cuandoya se avanzaba la noche. El tiempo que empleó mi criado en ir a bufcar el coche, y el pequeño servicio que acababa de hacer a aquellos señores, dio lugar a que nos tratáramos todos con menos estrane* C, i seguí- para contraer matrimonio, y calidad de mi fortuna, cor. io que acabó de echar el sello de malignidad. En his frecuentes visitas que seguí haciendo a 1.03 padrinos de Luisa, fué ya fácil entenderme con esta, acerca de mis pretensiones, opie por ¡o pronto no se contrajeron a otros fines que a los de una union legísima. No tardé en conocer que, poseía un carácter desinteresado, y me amaba con pureza y sinoeridad. Sis padrinos, creyéndome hombre de boffvjr, hacían de mí la mas imprudente confianza, yen varios paseos que dimos a los pueblos inmediatos a la capita!, tuve ocasión de tomarme algunas li- Hertadea con Luisa; pero fui rechazado con a'pereza, pues en este punto era verdaderamente intratable: manifestábame siempre el mayor cariño; pero repelía mis tentativas con una iiime a que no bacía mai impuros deseos. ^B^^^^^^^^^^^^^ En vano le repetíala promesa de matrimonio, añadiéndole que su celebración dependía de la conclusion de un pleito que iba a consolidar para siempre mi fortuna, pues aunque Lui- .sa se allanaba a incierto, no convenit uaa que irritar mis Aninmda la conversation, no tarde en saber que Lifcía fcwiíijLTaj^. y que era ahijada do la señora, '"up^ffdemas, que esta ñifla proce dia de una familia^RjS^yiyro que vivía en la^rfcndad y^ e9ÍflHP^^B^^' de ■Os, sirviendo "de tiost^^^^^^^^^^ culaiydonde pernffiBeftft tudrt^a cencion de los u"faj2^^^^^ los pasaba en Itrada la nf. .hL cuando llegó el : entrames eñ^BP^ durante todo el £wÉjnailjíwiVürÍ7,andonie en la convergí, en quien descubrí gracia y casa partita semana a es- ^(inas üe pocas ñámente. esperar ese término vago é en modo alguno en contentar mis caprichos ; y para distraerme de este propósito me hablaba non la mayor sencillez y abandono, de ia distribución que haríamos de nuestro tiempo después de habernos unido- ¡ O liorna flor ! ¡ Tú te mostrabas tan bella é interesante a los ojos del hombre bárbaro; cuyo pecho endurecido habia jurado ajar tu lozanía! Una vez que di un dia do campo a la familia en el pueblo de '!"._, deseando poner un termino á mi infame proyecto, anuncie a todos q,ue dentro de un mes, alo mas tarde, podría verificarse mi matrimonio con Luisa, pues ya había concluido favorablemente el pleito que lo embarazaba. Estaíndicacíoii [os trasportó de gozo, y cuando nos sentamos a la mesa, la hi e beber de todos vinos en celebridad de mi triunfo judicial, abligándola a escederse en fuerza de súplicas, importunidades y aun ene jos. Concluida la comida, y bailándose aquella joven en un estado cercano a la embriaguez, la lle'é a pasear las huertas bajo el pretesto de tomar el aire; y en medio de la eoleiad que reinaba en una de ellas, redoblé mis conatos y multipliqué mis promesas y juramentos. Perdida casi su razón, debilitadas sus fuerzas con una resisten fia continuada, y no viendo en rededor do sí socorro alguno hum i no, la desgraciada niña no pudo impedir quo yo consumara su ruina. * - Poco tiempo después, cuando ya se habian distado los vapores del vino con la ■frescura de la tarde, conoció Luisa todo el horror de su situación, y prorrumpió en el llanto mas doloroso. Ningunos ccrisrftlos fueron bastantes a calmar su pena, y aunque repetí mis protestas trilladísimas de union inmediata y felicidad futura, parecía quo ninguna impresión causaban ya en aquellla niña inocente, toda ocupada de su pérdida. No hay duda en que el arrepentimiento es un posar violento, causado por las infraecrbnes do una rog¿a cualquiera, ó pollos daños que nos hemos bocho; pero también lleva consigo la intención bien decidida de repararlos y hacerlos olvidar. Esta es ¡a única tabla que nos queda después del naufragio, y el tínico refugio do aquellos males que son irreparables. Las lagrimas sinceras del arrepentimiento, pueden llamar la indulgencia al socorro del culpable, y forrar ó atenuar su crimen. Felices aquellos que las derraman ! Pero mas felices todavía a"uellos mortales p: giados que jamas tuvieron necesidad de ese remedio único, y por lo común importante! Iíendida una vez Luisa ¿ qué mucho quo se dejara vencer otras varías"! Asi permanecimos algunos meses basta que ella mo declaró con la mal amarga aflicción, que iban a ser patentes las consecuencias de nuestro criminal comercio. Yo, que ya lo pedia todo sobre esta desdichada criatuia. logré convencerla do la ne- i cesidad de salirse de la casa donde ee hallaba, ocultarse a las miradas de todos, é ir aocupar un alojamiento que ya tenia preparado en un barrio de la ciudad. Cuando sus padrinos me anunciaron con dolorosa sorpresa, el desaparecimiento de su abijada, fingí un sobresalto estraordinarío, y tuve la barbarie de injuriarlos, suponiéndoles que me la habian ocultado para frustrar nuestra union, y obligarme de este modo a que pusiera los ojos en su hija. Salí de la casa con afectada indignación; pero antes pude observar que aquellas buenas gentes sonreían a mis aparentes arrebatos, y meparecio que en esta vez no quedaban muy satisfechos de mi sinceridad. Sin embargo, descansaba yo en que ignorando mi verdadero nombre y domicilio, no se atreverían a emprender ningún reclamo judicial. Entretanto, pasaba agradables dias al lado de Luisa, y en mi amoroso emigenamíento olbida- ba aun las obligaciones que te debo, y la educían de mis hijos. Al tiempo fijado por la naturaleaa, la victi ma de mi seducción dio a luz un niño, que se empeñó en criar por sí misma a riesgo de desa gradarme, y a quien puso por nombro el que yo decia llevft*; pero deed» aquel punto, Luisa no era ya a nv's ojos aquella cncantodora criatura que tanto me había cautivado; y de la saciedad pasé el fastidio, y da este a la resolución de abandonarla. En efecto, la saciedad, después de haber sofocado el deseo y los demás atractivo» de la posesión, no me dejó ya percibir cosa alguna que pudiera agradarme, en aquello mismo que puliera lisongearme yqueanres bahía deseado con tanto ardor : a esta saciedad susedíó e\ disgusto, que me inspiro ya repugnancia para el objeto poseído ; y luego me asaltó la amargura, que cambia siempre,en aversion ucs'oiua, la posision- mas deliciosa. Confieso, querida, amiga que formé el proyecto de abandonar a Luisa, señalándole, sin embargo, un ausilio mensual para que viviera con su hijo; pero un suceso imprevisto frustró mis designios. Ei dia en que me resolví a la separación, tomando por pretesto un viaje lejano, llegó a- la puerta una pobre vieja, que por desgracia me conocía por haber servido muchosaños en casa de mis padres- Saludóme delante de Luisa por vni verdadero nombre, y y en seguida me preguntó por la salud tuya y del mis hijos Afectando no conocerla, le respondí con descaro que ni mi nombre era aqñ'e por que me hablaba, y 'a salud do mi esposa é hijos, estaba do manifiesto la de Luisa y su recien nacido.. Yo no pregunto por esta señorita, añadió la vieja con indignación, sino por su esposa de vd,.D N. y por sus niños H. y L. En cuanto a tener vd. otro nombre del que ie pusieron en el bautismo, y por el que conoce todo el mundo, bion sabe vd. que no puedo equivocarme, cuando lo he tratado desde q-re noció. ¡ Míente vd , solemnísima embuítera ! ledi ■lije dándola un empujón para que saliera, viendo a Luisa, añadí : ¿ Que vino a hacer esta insensata? ¿Que relaciones tiene contigo? Pero Luisa ya no me oía; la habia sobrecogido un mortal desmayo. A,urique procsimo a abandonarla, siempre estuve manteniéndole la esperanza de que nuestro ejilaee se verificaría muy en breve: mas en aquel momento acababa de adquirir la convicción de que yo la habia «ngañado, y que ya era irreparable su perdida. .Salió la vieja sin necesidad de que se lo repitiera; pero al alejarse me hecho una mirada de desprecio. También sal: yo poco después da que .Luisa recobrara sus M;uitidos, y esta salida tuvo por objeto evitar de pronto sus justas reconvenciones. A* la mañana siguiente volví a verla; pero me sorpredi demaciado al encontrar cerrada.su habitación. Al oírme llamar a la imerta, subió una vecina, y me instruyó de que Luisa habia dejado la vivienda desde la noche anterior, y que aí Írsele habia encargado mo entregase una carta, que desde luego puso en mis manos; abrüa con impaciencia; y contenia estas lineas. '; Eljioinbre vil que a sangro fría medito la ruina de una. infeliz mujer, no puede ser apro- pocito para íij'ir en el corazón ('esuhijolis principios de una sana moral, y encaminar sus áebile's p ¡sos por la senda dc la virtud, lié aquí el motivo por que ho resuelto sustraerlo de su vista. " La mujer que debe entregarle esta carta, pondrá tabico en sus manos la llave de la habitación, en la que no falta ninguno de ios efectos que me dícfpor precio de mí afrenta. Nada quiero de ta! hombre. Dios que ve mi arrepentimiento, me dará fuerzas, para trabajar, y acudir con el producto de mis labores al sosten y educasíon de mi hijo. ¡ Dichoso ¿1 jamas sigue los huellas de su perverso padre! Luisa." aunque, como ya he dicho, no ecsistia en mi sombra alguna de aquella pasión ardiente que , me devoró un año antes, no pude sin embargo dejar de conmoverme a la lectura de esta carta. Hice los mayores esfuerzos por encontrar a Luisa: poro todos fueron inútiles, y el tiempo ó por mejor decir, la escueta de otros desórdenes semejantes, me bioieron olvidar enteramente a i a desgraciada Luisa Pasáronse siete añJS, y ya el olvido de aquella ventura había cebado profundas raíces en mi pecho, cuando hace un mes que al pasar por una calle poco frecuentada, vi sentado en la puerta de una tienda a un niño cubierto de andrajos que lloraba auiargam"nte, sin que nadie se acercara a consolarlo. Su piel blanca y hermosa que so descubría a trechos por todos los agujeros de su, vestido; su pelo rubio y finicimo que caia en desorden sobre un rostro gracioso, pero macilento, llamaron desde luego mi atención, y me lucieron creer qus aquel niño pertenecía, sin duda, a alguna familia decente y desgraciada. Acerqueme, pues, a el, y entablamos ol siguiente dialaga, t Por que lloras, niño? Al levantar el rostro para responderme, faltó poco para que perdiera el sentido, reconociendo en ci toda la fisonomía de Luisa. Pasado aquel primer trasporto volví a preguntarle; Niño i por qué lloras? ¡ Ay, señor,! ¿ No he dc llorar, cuando mi adorada ma !re está moribunda y no hay con que alimentarla? Aquí me hallo implorando la piedad ae los que pasan para lleharle algún consuelo. Digno e vd. darme una limosna. -L'sfas palahr. s lastimosas, que acompañaba con sollozos, y aquel rostro infantil bañado do lagrimas, acabaron de est: eniocermc. Yo te socorreré, hijo mío ic dijo haciéndole una caricia: pero, dima ¿Cumo te llama-? edad tienes? Mi nombre es J. C, y teugo siete años, ¡ Gran Dios! esclaméen mi interior: ee nombre es il mismo con quequi^ llamarme cuando emprendí ia seducción de aquella infeliz y la edad del niño conviene esact imente con ei tiempo que ha trascurrido desde au parto. Y tu níndre ¿ com.) se Ihuuaí Sa diurna Luis'i. ¡ Olí, híj"o mío! eselamé al punto apretándolo contra mi pecho: yep a mis brazos, desgraciado niño, y cesa de llorar, puse has euouuti\;do a tu padre. No; vd. no ¡o es....¡ Parece vd. ser ta-i bueno! .... Mí padre es un nnstruode Perfidia.,.. Asi le Ihuna mi madre con frecuencia cuando se acordaba del: hoy ya no le llama a<i ni de ningún iñudo, por que apenas habla...¡ Dios libre i vd. de parecerse a mi pu dre! ¡ Que repro.die tan merecido, me hacia aquel li'no sin saberlo ! La confusion y ia vergüenza iue asaltaron de Un ¡nodo simultáneo, no sabía qua rc-ponder a aquel inocente; pero disimulando cuanto'pude estos sentimientos,--llévame, le dije a ver a tu madre, que yo la socorreré '■ Entonces el niño, saltando de go¿o me llevó a una casa inmediata, de un aspecto tristioimo. Su patio era también demasiado desagradable y en su rededor no se veia mas que una medí i docena de cuartos quS tenian la apariencia de sepudefDE vertica es. Cabalmente en el mas oscuro y arruina io, era donde .Luisa habitaba, indicándomelo el niño, muy ageno de saber la lúgubre impresión que me causaba;" Ar,ai es, fAILMEHO Y CERRAJERO, ARRE arcas de Fierro, Fabrica pone Garejiitem todns sus o de correduras y Ibf í; otinifl. Tiene eoHistantrmen un granfcurlidopitrit su expendio <ie escopetasde nnoydff Ciiiiont.-s, ltifli;s, ¡'i^tolriü, Polvorillas y downs artknlos poja „i ..,-- .1.1 1_ los que se -rerulernn a precios lini ratos, ígual- v munición por mayor y menor. Su es- cl uso deln " l;i <'.«"e d'JI Comercio, á pocos puer tas mas ubajo de la calle de Montgomery, Sa Toilii clase de trabajo i]ue se ordene al mismo ilcbiiidfitfjncíoii y ciimpliinóiite en el (ii-iiipo iji do ¡francisco.— e lo dará U sen «efiBla- ! ¿que. WM. H. STOWELL, COMMISSION MERCHANT FUR Un1 sale of prodm-.e aniHirii'.-ral Merchandize. Front Street, between Jlallerli nnd California, San Francisco, N. B.—W. II. S. make* no purchases of any description cf property on his own account, Imt asa*» ally has a large »s- eortment of laiin-li.'Hidize for sale on consignment,. He respectfully tenders Jiispfrvie.ns to any parlies who maywish t» employ an ajwiit for the sale of Produce, or oth« Merchandize, orf'or making purchases sepll 3m THE fail SHIPPING AND COMMISSION JHEHCHANT, No. 77 Davis St., between Washington and Clav, SAN FKANCISCO. formerly of San Diego, having established (■ommisfsion liusiaessin Sim Francisco, re- spoctfully temlers his services to any pHrtics who m»y wivb to.rtsploy an agent for the purchasing üi-.ú shipping of goods o any part of the Southern country. And he flat teas himself fnom his lonp; experience in the business of the South, "i"1 ™ith strict persona! attention, to lie able to gire Mflprfr&R ,i wno mliy ,.ti(rust him with their orders. * Mis—Ol. V, O.íerrell. and l'hinehas Banning;, and Capt. S. Harney. Santa líaibura. f]2.'>m ÁI K. JOSE PHI * CO,g " -i IMPOHTF.RS of Watches, Jewelry. ** TooJa: Watch Materials. Coifs Pis tols, &c., are i ow prepared to supply the trade in general, with all -—'-»-■! in tbe above line at th* priecH, n to I ho; lÍKPKTÍKS ■ All orders from the country addressed to It. JOSEPH! & CO., Washington H;,th liuiidirg. Washington strict, "be tVcen Kearney ami Muntgonieiy. tan r'ran- ciscn, will cieet with prompt attention. f5 tf (iciioid Advertising and Conimissiou Agéiicy, at the City Eirectory Office, Person's Euilaugs, 138—140 ('/."//-street, San Frajitwc4. . t'Otes, hiiisan, \ patties at a distai mp collected, e .nd a general i 1 Purchase» made, for ency íhttmeef trans- Kthr to the iditors ef this paper. J. Id PA7ÍKEK. ¡ry-1'A.avnTt's DrnnTORY oC tt¡B i';!y el ran &1BS0ÍFC - red fllreuti jy. .-. , . o.. . i i , í¡¡. Addn Joyera F a brizante y R el o j er o, Vendedor por mayor y Hrerrrr *• BIAMASTl V iíKI.O.)l-:.S. K1.NÜC, JO i AlUA. ll.ATA v PI,, Uto. j i. ndo por .lb \ Uiui os, " respondía la oriatufa con candoroso (jiiiusiasnio- Al acercarme sentí que mi corazón latía con TÍoicucia, y que mis piornas apenas podían sostenerme. ¿Qne significaban estna sensaciones: i Erm rneidas del deseo de renovar las muy agradables qua e-peri menté en días mug felices ó las producía el rerrurdímiento de mi pasad* conducta? Pero ya Luisa no estaba en el c:\so de despenar una pitsiim ■.< ue el tiempo Babia adormecido, y que su estado moribundo bacía I imposible. Era tan injusto en aquella especio de estupor que me agobiaba, que no me detenía en neusar a la Providencia da haber permitidn que un malvado como yo viviera en el seno de! lujo y de ¡a nbuiidaueia, mientras que la victima desgraciada de mis desarreglos, gemía sumida en oi oprovioy en 3a iudegsncia. Olvidaba que esta vida es transitoria, y que hay bienes eternos reservados exclusivamente tilos que han vivido resignados a las pr.vaciuues, demasiado Comunes en la tierra. [Con tinitdT ;i.n: vaii-!;nl. entve las cuales, al- ¡ue hay i n el pala, 3MHU, I.lav. s, Helaos, £53 tillas. Broches te deJoy agriado Plata, copas, cucharas, anillan para mantelo ,c etc Los cuales están vendiendo en precios muy lajoa Cronómetros arreglados, relo es limpiados y con.ooesi09 ■■■ cuíiledo.—y todo negocio a este ramo perteneciente ".. is, y toda cía: nihil íi ¡Ltei n!3-lj AMI-.IIK'AN AND 0M1I.E FLOUR AND BARLEY.—Wa are constantly receiving1, and oiler lor sale, at current rates, in lots I o suit iiui'c.hitr-ers.- ClIOjDE AMERICAN AND CUILfc FLOUR, of&ppróvccTb'ranijB, coáiprlsiDg, Gallego; Has all. l-iiclimond lit y Jiiils, Meliiios de Concepción, lielia Vista _ Also, CIIILJi BAULl'JY. new wop, in 100 lfc &T- Partícula: en tion paid to orders from the int':rit duníií: & co., street, near Jackson, San Francisco. Piüís'EEIt BOOK-STOKE "REMOVED MAEVIK& HITCHCOCK, r>OOKSKI.!,l';ii.V ANt STATIONERS, * at their new Firs Proof Building, IOS Montgomery-st, 'neit corner 0! Washington. KAN P1ÍAXCISCO. TI/Ehave removed < urlai-e ami increasing stork of Bcoh? <* Mercanlile ¡Stationery. M,.*tc and Mu-ical Inítiu¿«.t¿ to our large hiki eummodiutis .-tore. i(.fi, Monfaromaiv gt wh.-re wciovi.,. the :,t!entmn of the pul.lte to mir ncv. stoelt constantly arriving per every clipper from the states «IU ¿n* WAll\ IN & HITCHCOCK. ;1 . CUATRO RAZONES El porque. TI.'CKKli |.uede vender li el ojea y Joyaria mas barata que o:ra casa cu a km lera en la ciudad dy Kan }*ran.)sc.i. ^0 Tengo en arrendatnieiito toda la casa que ocupe y las « rentas que recil.o por las ].iezasa!(|„ili,iias reduce laemiaa a itua cantídud corto. 2° No tMigo socio con quien dehe partir las gnrancins y poi consequeucia puedo veuderaias barata que si lo tu-' 3= Atiendo p.rsonahnnitc a mis ventas, y nonece^íto d^: cajero, y ...st,.* es un gran ahorrativo raensusIntente ,JO No tengo que pauL.r los gastos di! un hnihrc'cn la Europapara esc.j-r inis cl.rtrs. ¡.ero los recibo por medio ,1.. mL-,,.,i-„,¡u,M (U; introducción délas mas principa, ib, y la prueba que los recibo Irkii es iiH ■r iiiupharüta. que casaal^una en el comer- Te invitó al publico de darme una visita ▼ no. J. "W. •JUCKKJt. * Jalle de Montgomery, cerca Sacramento. de órelent s de CÍO de la ciudad. VALLE A PENA. De visitar el almacén de efectos Chinos en San Francisco, donde scencuentnt una colección roagíiíica de curiosidades, casa de. Jabín y Düjicap, en el Muelle''¿forgo, Lu. estencion do este magnifico establecimiento es del Muelle largo haata la calle del Sacramento, entro las calles de ¡Sausome y Leioje^- doi-ff. 13s de 120 pies de largo y contiene to- d ls las man a facturas del Ymperio Celestial, magníficos y licrmósas chales de crespón, que Be aprecian tanto para regalos a parientes y amigos en otras tierras se hallan únicamente Jp este establecimiento en infinitan variedades Information Wanted QF I>r JJÍIIKMIAIJ JUL. ,by nis m(e,J>{. h Bryant jC* ALMACKN de insfrumen tos de agricultura, esquina de las calles de Ciey y ^^^^ Sansome, í'an Francisco. Siempre se ¡mundo venta en este establecí miento un surtido selecto de ¡'molimientos do agrien, tíira. herramientas jiara trabajar turnas y placeres y semillas, como también un surtido completo de herrería y mercería. ¡\Ja quinas de Patente de Rhtccormack para cortar paja, id, last heard tr ico, staying at the hsu letter was written l'V . Ilia and Mexico, u 1 e wrote, lis said that '1 ■ nilorreation respjecipg " pietreaeed and 80] Hill. When y of Alamos.Mex- i i on Rafael (Jehallos. JljB last '^üt.li. 1S51; lie «as [i en waiting .V "Constellation.'' bound for San 'ilin.,' along tiie coast of (!alifor.. |.-iit ¡¡on months, and when hé last cirh at, liomein live months. And ■id lie he gratefully received by his Ife at Kddyiiile, K.y. f26 C. E. CARH, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. ÍT* Angeles. Nov. 13, 1852. if [aviso.] Per que algunas personas con pretesto de Que pudieran hither sido he]'ederas,de mi señor pa; tire, van a mi Iíancho y sin mi pcmiaao sacan ¿sinado.sepan todas estas que dundo hay deudas no ¡i:iy herencia y qre mi Señor Padre no dejo ni hs bienes Miíicientes para cubrir sus eretli tos como es- publico y notorio. Mas i-i alguno se creyese con derecho ú hacerme algún reclamo, puede verificarlo desde ahora que yo estoy pronto a contestarlo judicialmente asegurando que todo cuanto existe en mi líancho me corresponde á mi solo. IGNACIO PALOiliAliES. LmS \-] acaba, de recibir cr \ oficina dc la Ka í^5 trella y se halla de \Jnta, un surtido de , ..... , . - - r -«*«« ^«ji*, m, i cubiertas para cartas, oye sea de una calidad para tnlUr grá -¡o, id, de vappr &c. &c. superior tf i VOL. 3. San Francisco Ádv's. ¿OS^NGELES^SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1853 New Goods, new Goods. I S GUN, LOCK, AND WHITE SMITH ""VLAMANDHll 8AFB3 «...no opened; Loekfl made and repaired All work Warranted. Also, constantly on hand and for mile, a large assortment of Doable and Single B¡ Gnus,Rifles Pistola. Qua Trimmings, & sold cueap. Powder and SJjnl ' Shot . . &c, which will be .^.i... wholesale and retail. All ordera for worli promptly attended short notice. rrillEanb-criber begs leave to inform the citizenfi of the JL city of Los Angeles and the the surrounding country '«"» *u-' '- ' received and openeda large and exteu- irally, that he ha ' Montgomery st sepli) ecutcd at Sun F. A, BABcrOCK, Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs, Perfvmery, Fancy Articles, Instruments, Glass Ware, etc., etc. ) EX Comet, Flying Dutchman,and Wild Pigeon—One ' ofthe largest and most complete assortments of 0B.ÜGS, MEDICINES, Sic, ever import-id, and oiler- ej to the trade at the lowest market rates, coiiuiytinK of every article nei-ded by the Druggist, Physician, and fancy Dealer PHilKüvIURV AND FANCY" ARTICLES—!ust landed from th*most approved American. Trench and English manufacturers, in part comprising— T.ubin's, Pinaud's, tides, Jules iTanel' Extracts for the llninlkcrchieti Teeth, nail and hair brushes, an endk Fancy Soap-, Shaving Creams, pomades. Hair Oils, (osmetics, Toilet P.m.h-r, Hair Dye. &c, T¿í"Couut.ry dealurswill find it to their interest to cull *nd etani ne my stock before purchasing elsewhere, aa.fn- tending to transact. excluiWely an imj orting -md wliolc-ale business , and Itavini a perm-men!, iig.yit estahlishi^d in thn Eastern States, 1 am confident I can offer facilities to the ptirchaj.'r that ennnot be surpassed. Agent fur California. Oregon and the Sandwich Islands, of Pereiias' celebrated Italian lle.nedj--never known to fail. ¡Miller's Mew Orleans Moss—for upholsterers' use. Mo 173, Siiusome street, hetw.-en lacks..n and Pacific P2ti SAN FRANCISCO. Ssá "" Pure Sperm Polar and other Oils. ÜAILKY t¿ GILBERT, HAVING established house nt the Sandwich [«lands.they arur gularly importing I'ure Sperot. P«lfte.aad Mack Fish l)i I. aud can supply (lie tridi. on better terms than any other house; and all sales mi.de by them 50,000 gallons i'ohir Oil; 5.000 do. Pure Sperm; 5,000 do. Black Fish; 2,500 do. Lard; 6,000 do. Elephant; rACIFIC OIL WORKS, Battery ,-t, between fine n Junggtf Pan l'«* Stock of General Merchandize, üiiitahl.' for the fall and winter trade, purchased in Sftn Francisco, from late arrivals from Europe, and the eastern cities. **riglisb and French broadcloths', llnglish .-md French black and fancy cassiraeres, Black broadcloth frock and dresa coatB, Boys' fine broadcloth frock coats. Boys' bronddothjaeketH and pants, tí cuts' fine black and tancy easnimer panti, Ci-ntl.mien's cassinett pants, Superior article of blanket, coats, Gents' eassimcr business coats, Plain black and figured satin Tests, Cottonade pants, English and French made calico shirts, Linen bosom shirts, French figured satins, in dress patterns, French silk shawls, Ladies' dress silk handk'rchiefs, Canton crape silk bandas, Mexican fiiTjipau ami Itcbosos, Brown and bleached cotton shirting and sheeting, English aud French prints, Cents'' line calf boots and shoes, Hoy»' do do do do Ladies' bootees and shoes, Panama and Kossuth hats, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF HARDWARE AND UTLERY, C£?>i£» c£i es est-ae &ca £3 9 Crockery Ware and Glass Ware, and a great many more articles ten rinmcr«u« to mention; all of which he oilers for sale at wholesale or retail, on the most liberal term", at the store, on thee, orner of Commercial nnd Main streets, formerly occupied by Messrs. Wilson & Packard, anu lately by Messrs Wheeler & Morgan. The strictest personal attention will be given to business, and all orders from the country, accompanied with the cash, will be duly attended to. SAMUEL AEBUCKLE. Les Angeles, Oct 30,1852. Cos 2V»9<tí5 Sí at, NO. 1, Published every Sanmlay opposite Bell's building City of Los Angeles, by LEWI! JOH& A. LEWIS. KAfV». VTM. II. RANI 1 per nnmiiri,piiyn Terms.—Subscription, Ten Dollars Advertisements inserted at Two Dollars per square for the first insertion, and One Dollar persquare icr each subsequent insertion. : terms easli- Th« midge orsttfhg. "Drowned, drowned.''—Hamlet.—ut iiiomas erS,_ manaren, and stockholders for not ¡ Coinage and Ourrciiey. court. The I Congress at its last session passed a number erne comes up in il/av, and thft argument will of acts modifying: the present coinage and cur- brin"- up tho r/unstinñ »« t^ n>-> «.I»—* -i''1 A ' reucy Jaws, ihe following is a Bynopsis of these provisions, which will be found of great complying with the decree of the ring up tho question aw to tho effect of the act of Congresi declaring the bridge a post road. , and Rousaelle'! Alexander & Banning-, Forwarding and Commission Merchants, SAN PED1Í0 AND LOS ANUEI.ES, CAL., HAVING lately purchased tbe interest of Jlssra.Douglass &. Sanford in this place, we are now prepared | To Store and Forward Goods to and from Loa Angeles. Produce hauled, stored and shipped on the most reasonable terms. We do not hold our selves responsible for damage to goocis-frooi Upe, or water, while on ftorage. A LINK OF STAGES «ill leaye for Los Angeles immediately oti the nrriva! of each steamer. 15AKLEY for sale in quantities to suit purchasers either in Los Angeles or San l'edro. Gho'bOs C Ar.EiAMJEit. rinnrAPlSANNiNi.. MYLES & KcMANTja, Agents.iu Los Angeles. tf'F19 JAMES WILSOIT, Attornoy and Counsellor Eat Law, san iatANUisuo, cal. HVVIXÍ) ceased tobe a member of the Hoard of Land Com- mi.isianers. the undersigned oifcrP his services to the land proprietors in this State, in i he preparation and presentation -it their claims, and the arguing ofthe same before the Board. Office in SanFrai JAMES WILSON. Webb & Co., Stationery * Paper Warehouse, ÍVason's Coasting Line. The subscriber has now completed all necessary irraingemenis for running a recalar line of Vessels between this port and San l'edro. lie ha» taken Store house on Sm'minen to street Wharf, where bring his Tffsei alongside, thus saying expense of fcaetwe aud #batfiig*. The BRIG FRKMClNT and another vossel of equal capacity will ply semi-monthly, touching at tbe intermediate ports. Aii jíi-rsí.iiH ou theline iifthe eoaat, and others, who may ivis'n to ship produce to this market, will find this line a fa- vuralilc opportunity te do so; and all those who «isii their s!.i|-iU'-!ii-- stored or sold on commission, «ill have their busi. •■-■ ■■ ■ ¡irtendi-'d to by the subscriber. For freight apply to " " Los Angeled t^^^H J. D.NASON. Francisco, July, ]S52. tf One more nBfortunate Weary of breath. Rashly importunate, Gone to her death. Take her up tenderly, Lift her with oare; Fasbion-idso slenderly, Young and so fair. Look at her garments. Clinging like cerements, Whilst the ware constantly Dripi* from her clothing; Take her up instaatly, Loving not loathing. Touch her not scornfully, Think of her mournfully, Gently and humanly; Not of the stains ofher, All that remains ol her ' Now id pure womanly. Loop up her tresses, Hsciiped from tbe comb, Her f.iir auburn tresses, While wonderment guesses Where w»s her nome? Who was her father?" Who was her mother? Had shea sister? Or had shea brother? Or was there a dearer one Still, and a nearer one Yet fHan all other? Alas! for the rarity Of Christian charity L'nderthesun; Ob! it was pitiful, Near a whole city full Home she bad none. The bleak winds of March Made her tremble and shiver But not tbe dark arch, Nor the black flowing river; Mad from life's history. Glad to death's mystery Swift tobe hurled, Any where, any where, Out ofthe world. In she plunged boldly, No matter how coldly The rough river ran! Over the brink of it. Picture it. thinkofit, Dispoiute man ! Lave in it, drink of it, Then, ifyou can. Take her ap tenderly, Lilt her with care, Fashioned so slenderly Young and so fair. Owning her weakness, Her evil behavior; Andleaving. with meekness, Her sins to her Saviour. Hit thew Keltei SAN FJUNCISÜO. Oils and Campheiie, Constant/if on hand at the New Bedford Oil Works, 95 and 9Q, Jackson st. EVERY variety of refined Oils, guarantied of the best (¡nal. ity, and on as favorable terms as can he liad in this city. Pure Uampheue, manufactured by ourselves daily, constantly ou hand, equal to the best that can be made, our apparatus for its manufacture baiag superior to anv thing in the country. Also, SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE constantly on hand at wholesale aud retail. Also, on Oommis.-ion, nnd for sale low to close: J5U casea best ltiile Powder; 50 do most approved Picks; 50 doz. hickory Pick Handles; 100,01)0 percussion caps; I superior platform, scale. F19 3m R. F. KN0Y& CO., Sau Francisco. 215 FIEKINS GOSHEN BUTTER, 4C)\ UiS.Hams, 36carta Putter in kegs, ¡¡iff 51)0 mats No I 0. Sugar. 1UU kegs lard. 4¿5 half bbls er Sugar, 05 eases lard, {¡50 mats China Rice, 50 hall bbls Carolina Rice, | 515 bags Chili beaos, "5 cases lt. W. matches, 4,")0 boxes daoiaiitine candles, 20 cn^ Clark"? mutches, 135 bbls clearandmess Pork,, 75 hlf bbls do do Pork, 275 tins cheese, prime, 120 doz yeast Powders, 570 bags Rio Coffee, 25 bags Pepper. '.¡10 rs Tea 1 aud 2 lb caddies, 115 half chests black Tea. Ü0'!> boxes brown Soap, 10') own F. Strawberries, 150 oases P. Peaches, 140 do B. Peaches, . 126 hf bbls Corn Meal, lOfJ casus nectar Tobacco, 115 do E. Wright's Oyst. JG0 do Pickles, Forsalcby ^jp* "5 ^k The Steamer OHIO, Capt. Briggs. will con- í\¿ finite to run semi-monthly during Ihe ensu- iiwMUMIInWiftfrDiego, touching at Santa Cruz, Monterey, Pan Luis obispo, Santa Barbara and San Pedro. This steamer, having undergone a thorough overhauling, off'-rs the safest and most comfortable accommodations to travellers tip and down the coast of any boat running. The berths are all in large State rooms, and the steerage is admirably arranged for the convenience ol passengers. Por freight or pissige apply on board or to J. Lyon, 1 uiont street San Francisco. tf _ TI1K new aud splendid sseamship ¡>EA MUD. Capt. Hif.t-iARo, will iiiakereguhir trips between oaniiaueisco and Sau Die.^o. touching at Monterey, Santa U-trbiira and Sun Pedro, leaving San Francisco on the 4th, 1-irh, and 24th of ea¡b month. Her accommodations for cabin and steerage passengers are unsurpassed ; and having a capacious and airy main deck, shippers of fruit will at once si>e iln- importance of shipping their produce by this Steamer. Por freight or nassa^e iipplv on heard, or to GOODWIN A CO.,Agents, oct2 tf Battery street, near Pacific, Sau Francisco. Aug 3 li-i 50 boxes S. W. Soap, 140 do preserved Meats, assfd, 75 do do Vegetables, 100 do Preserves, 50 hfbbli Mackerel, 50 cases grape. Tublicco. 12Ti kegs Pickles. 409 boxes bunch Raisins. WM. T. COLEMAN St CO.,' ■. California and F ts, San Franeisc SEW FIRM, FOSTER & WADHAMS WOULD respectfully announce to the peopli „_ les and vicinity, that they have purchased the slock of Goods formerly belonging to Messrs. Douglass & Saoiord, which they offer for sale at low prices. Ttiey will be constantly receiving sue:, supplies as the market demands, and particular attention will be give» to the supply of Family Groceries and Provisions. Their motto wdl be "Small Profits and Ready Cash ! T. FOSTER, C. WAD DA MS Los Angeles, Feb 5.1S53. tf GUILDS & HICKS, J. H. COGHILL & CO. Wholesale Dealers in Groceries, Provisions, Tobacco, Cigars, §c. §c. AOBST3 for the sale of J Thomas Jr.'s celebrated brands Oh"Wing Tobáceo : viz., " ""• Nectar1'—"Virgin ''—" $ Virgin"—"$ Eldorado;" " Diadem of Old Virginia "—' Diadem Twist; " " Ualifornia Ingots," anew brand manufactured expressly for us. BricL; Store, 115 Battery Street, near Washington. f5-3m E. riTi-GERALD & CO,"~ Importers and dealers in Hardware, Agricultural Tools,&c No. 100. Battery street, SAN FRANCISCO, keep constantly on h-iad rm?*cm B.,».-. Carpal icis', Millwrights'. Blacksmiths', Wlieeiwri^hts', Masons'. Machinists', Miners', liiu'gers'.Coopers',Sailmakers', Timers'. Saddlers'. Sii"c;nal;,-rs', and all kinds of edge tools, NAIL.>, 6>c. Horse, Wrought, Cut and Copper Nails: Spikes aud Bolts; Sheet Copper, llrass. Lead, Tin and Zinc; Lead I'ipeJiSolder. ' AGRICULTURAL TOOLS. Plows, Chains, Ok Voltes and Rows, Cradles, Scythes, Snaths, Rakes, Fi-iks, Bpad.es, Shovels, llocs, Field ana Garden Tool', of every description. •Table Cutlery and Kitchen Furniture. Table aud I'oi-ket Cii.l.-ry. Tea. aud Table Spoofis, Tea. Trays and Candlesthrks. Hollow Ware. Sauce and Frying. Pain, Gridirons,and a full assortment of House Furnishing jjoods. English and American Iloxes and Springs; American Locks and Latches, Ate. &e. ' ¡JX"Agents for Herring-sSslamander Safes oud.Maihleized Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Ware, A good asserrini-nt constantly on hand, for sale cheap. Well pumps, cooking, office, and parlor stoves for sale. Job work and Repairing faithfully atleudtd to. [¡Ci~ County Scrip taken at tbe highest market price, tf FARMS FOlt SALE. •SanFrancisq.uit.o, The lands known as the Ranch of ...—.." aitúated near the Mission of Sau Gabriel, in the County of Los Angeles, having been surveyed and laid out in lots ol fifty acres and upwards, are now offered for sale. These lands are of the very best quality, susceptible of [he highest cultiva tion without irrigation, the water being generally within ii or 4 feet of the surface. The tract is very well timbered, situated in the finest portion of California and in the immediate vicinity of good markets.— It oilers the best inducements to those wishing to procure homes. Those wishing to purchase will please call upon the undersigned, at the Law Office of Scott & Granger, in the City of Los Angeles, where charts of tho tract can he seen. o-2Li-tf JOHN O. WHEELER. ■t; Mowers mid Keapers Í! '¿5STV-FIVE Mowers it Keader, also Threshing Ma- L chins, and a general assustment of Agrie iltural Toob fjr ¿alo by, DbLonr McNeil & Co, itniitervit.—Between ornia & Sacramento sts. San Francisco Hatteryst.—Bet^eea Jonathan ft. Soott. Lbwsj Güiros; Scott & Granger, ATTORNEYS at Law, Los Angeles, California. Office popite the Bella Liiiou. Main Street. I, os Angeles, .In i y IT. 1852. if McFarland & RowneyJ DRUGGISTS AND CHEMISTS, Opposite .Matthew Keller's store, have always on hand í well selected supply of Drugs and Family Medicines Groceries, Garden Seeds, cíe. THE iiiideisi!.-ned have the pleasure of arThouncing to ihcir frii'iiils and the public, that they have just received a large assortment of Groceries, Provisions, Liquors and Cigars. Also, a general assortment of Cooking, parlor and Office STÓVFS. Tin Ware and Cooking Utensils, All kinds of GARDEN SFEDS-Osr-gc Orange, Alack Locust, Luzt-rne. black and white Clover Seeds, and Seed Oats, all of which they now offer to the public, at ihe lowest market prices. C1IILDS & HICKS. LosAngeleFj Feb 12. ftf Report on Hie Land Memorial to Uongrc&g- Judge Ralston, chairman, and Messrs. J. M. Estell. B. F. A'eeus, and J H. Wade, members ofthe Senate special committee to inquire into the expediency of memorializing Congress for all Public Lands in the .State, reported that .Some of the cummittee believe that the public lands within the State are, without further action, the property of the State, under the Constitution of the United States and of this State. The committee therefore do not advise the adoption of any memorial to Congress which will acknowledge the right o! the General Government in these lands; but for the purpose of quieting any doubt upon the subject, your committee have agreed upon a memorial on the subject, which they herewith report. The memorial niter stating that the true policy of all governments is to donate the public lands in small tracts to individuals, argues the question of title as follows: The rights of sovereignty and eminent domain possessed by each State carry with them the right to ah the lands, bays, lakes, rivers, water courses and other property in the State not belonging to individuals, unless the State have yielded up that sovereign right, in whole or in part, to another. The people of California, left without a government, formed a government of their own, endowing each department with such attributes as in their judgment would bejt promote their happiness, and secure to their successors and posterity the blessings of republican freedom and the protection of a wise and just government. Thus organized and possessed of all the powers of a sovereign state, they asked and' were received into the Union on an equality with their sister slates. They made no concessionsof their powers as an independent sovereign state, except such asare required in the observance of tbe Constitution ofthe United States. The right of the United States to the public domain within a State did not exist in the early history of our Confederacy. It has been created rince by compacts and agreements be- tw#*n tbe Federal Government and several of tbe new States. This State has never been a party to any such contract, nor does the Constitution of the State authorize the compact to be made on beh tlf of the State. It cannot, therefore, be asserted that any such has been made by the consent of this state, or by her constitutional authority. As the United States does not derive this right either from the Constitution or from compact with the state, it follows that she does not posses-; it. The sovereignty, the jurisdiction and the right to public property within the .State reside in this State as much as it does in the state of Texas, or in any ofthe original thirteen. *#''*"'* (* As the United States has done many acts tending to show that she claims right to the public lands of this State, inconsistent with the dignity ofthe State, it becomes necessary for the State to assert her rights, and to ask, in distinct terms, an acknowledgement of them on the part of the general Government. Ifthi-s acknowledgment should be withheld from us, then without admitting any right in the United States to the public lands in California, we ask that her claim to them be conceded to the State. * * If the permanent settlement of, and individual rights to the lands shall remain in abeyance during all the time the surveys are being made, no tig- urea can demonstrate, or powers of calculation determine,the extent of injury such delay would cause the State. The expenses of the survey will ¡ireatly exceed the proceeds of the agricultural lands, estimating them at tbe minimum price. The United States, therefore, have no pecuniary intrrest in continuing to hold for .«ale any portion of the public domain of the State. She should not do it to ,the injury of the State. Let all the lands be at once relinquished to the Stale, or iu other words let the right ofthe State to the whole domain within her limits be admitted. ISSTIJiCT OF A HYE3ÍÁ. During the mission with which 1 was charged in 1848 to Algeria, some ofthe natives gave me a young hyena, which soon be-oame attached .to me. after the manner of a faithful and gentle dog. This creature became tbe insei a- rable companion of my rambles. With an instinct, aided by bee uncommonly acute smell, she served me as a guide, and with her 1 felt certain of never going astray, to whatever distance I might penetrate, cither into a forest or into a mountuin ravine, or among rhose immense eandy plains which so much resemble the sea. As soon as I wished to return, and even befo-e it, if she herself felr weary the hyena, with dilated nostrils, snuffed the soil; and after a few minutet spent in careful investigation, she used to walk rapidly on before me.— Never did she deviate from the track by which we had come, as 1 constantly perceived by the marks which my feet had made in stopping to pluck some rare plant, or tbe evidence of where my hand had broken a branch from seme stunted shrub. From time to time she used to stop and seat herself on her haunches like a dog, fawning for a caress, and having obtained it, she would trot on again. If any noise were heard in the midst of the profound silence of the desert, she used to erect her ears and make inrjiiisition with her o_uick M«ot and*Wcaring If the result produced nothing alarming, tire would gaily pursue her route. If an Araban-* peared. she bristled up her Ior»g mane, took refuge between my legs, and remained there until she saw him pass on, after exchanging with i e the salutation which evefy-native be - stows on the traveller -whom be meets by the way. One morning, enticed onward by the strange phantasmagoria of a mi rage, in the sandy plain near Thebcssa, I found myself at length in the midst of a de.-rrt. 1 could see nothing on any side but sand, heaped up like waves, and over which ihe burning heat of the atmosphere formed a sort of undulating reflection which prr-duces the illusions of tbe míítfg* Faiigue at length overcame me: suddenly 1 fell on the ground without strength, my head burning, and ready to perish with thirst. The panting hyena came up to me, and smelt to me with apparent inquietude. Suddenly she darted off &0 abruptly, and with such rapidity, that 1 thrught sho had left me to n.y fate. 1 tried to rise and follow her hut 1 could not. Ten minutes passed and Í saw my faithful pet returning She rushed towards me and begun to lick my hands with her coo! tonguewbile her I'ps were dripping with fresh water. I observed that her track through the sand was marked by drops of moisture. The certainty of finding water restored my strength. I arose and managed to follow" the hyena, who walked on slowly in advance,turning her head from time to time toward me.— Kre long I reached a hole scooped out ofthe sand; its bottom was mois* but contained no water. I tried to dig it deeper, but my hands, scorched by the sand.reached no water. .¡Meantime the hyena wandered about scenting the ground. Suddenly she began to work with her paws, find made a small hole, which speedily became filled with water, although somewhat brackish, it seemed to me delicious; I drank of it freely, bathed my hands and face. and then proceeded liouievrard, following my faithful guide. Sucli was the extreme acuteness oí this c-ea- (u; e's serine of smell, thai at the distance of fire or six leagues from the house which I inhabi ted at Phj'llippeville, she used to discover tho existence of the carcass of a dead animal. Then the natural instinct of the wild beast awoke, and would not be restrained. She used to manage to elude my vigilance, dart off with marv-eleus rapidity, and ere long return, gorg ed with flash ¡iwd half dead with fatigue. It was on one of these ¡rasironomio excur¿io¡¡ri that I lost her. A panther, who had committed great ravages in the district, attacked and wounded her so severely, that she died in a few hours after her return home importance to the people of California: 1st. The relative standard of value between gold and silver has been altered at the rate of 691, 100 per cent, in order, if possible,to keep American coin in the country. There is to be an entire uew coinage of half dollars, quarters, dimes and half dimes, of less weight than th« present coin. The present half dollar become* worth nearly 04 cents in comparison with the coin that is to bo. 2d. A new three dollar gold piece is ordered to be struck. 3d. The present three cent pieces arc to be freed in a good degree from the copper alloy that now disfigures them after being a little ia use. These three cent pieces have now 750,- 000 in silver, and are really worth only 2 3.4 cents; but the new three cent pieces will have 900.000 silver, and be oflighter weight to correspond with the reduction of weight in the half dollar. The present three cent pieces will not ie worth so much as the new coin,but such is the demand for small coin that it is supposed the dcterioration will not be noticed. (Congress, oui;ht to have provided for the redemption of these old three cent pieces at the jMint; when it ordered the purer and better coin tobe struck.] 4th. Some important changes have been made in the Mint, and in the establishment of Assay offices- The California Mint is to be put in operation at an ea-ly period. A new Assay office was refussd there. In New York has been established an assry,parting and refining office, with very important privileges, that relieve New Yorkers from sending gold bullion ¿o "Philadelphia at their private expense, and that imposes that cost upon the Government. The provision! ofthe Assay office in N. Y, arc almost better than a Mint, for they return coin for bullion deposited there, as well as cast bars and ingots, and they make Mint certificates receivable for Government duos within 50 days. 5th. There is to be a charge of seignorage, but at the actual cost in New York and Philadelphia, and ibis seignnrr.ge in New York is to go to support the /bsay oilice Probably it will not be as much as it now costs to transfer gold dust and bullion to and from Philadelphia. Perseentloi» of Prottslants 1« Tuscany. 'ihe Tuscan government has at length determined upon a measure which has been far too long delayed, and our readers will lea; Wheeling Bridge Cur. Previous to the close of the U. S. Supreme Court, a motion was filed by the attorney general of Pennsylvania, and tho co-nisei uf the state, asking tor an order to the marshal to execute the decree o£ the court in relation to the VVheoling Bridge, declaring it to be an illegal structure,' and also for attachment against the Ii ap:! i i mili Literature. The press of France is busy with the project of a collection ci The Works of the Emperor Napoleon L, to ha completed in thirty five folio volumes. According to tho prospectus, this national work is to lie the Koran of the new era of France—and is important not only in a literary and liiatorical sense, but as a machina and an interpreter of government. What this testament, '-presented by France to Europe," is to consist of, no one seems as yet able to explain. Napoleon's known letters, speeclies. and dictations will clearly not Jill thirty five folio volumes But we have already an idea how the book of Napoleón is likely to* he made up. It is whispored about in Pans, that since December, 1848, Louis Napoleon has discover- ¡ ed an immense mass of his uncle's writings so that, it is premised that the new publication will contain a complete exposition of Napoleonic institutions, of the resources of the Empire and of the future career of the dynasty. Sew Terrl torj-. The following is from the Boslon Times.: The new Territory of "Washington.'created by the last Congresi, comprises that part of Oregon which lies north of the channel of the Columbia river, to where it crosses the 46th degree of latitude, and thence along said degree' of latitude to the top of the Rocky Mountains. The land occupied by Missionary stations, not exceeding 540 acres to each, together with the improvements, is expressly confirmed to the ./Missionary Societies respectively which eftab- iishod the same. Stations that were ro occupied prior to the passage ofthe Act organizing the territory of Oregon, are also confirmed to the societies which established them, even tho' they have since been abandoned. great satiifaction that tbe Aíadiais are released from prison and put on board a vessel at Leghorn bound for il/arsoilhs. The Grand Duko of Tugeanj baa professed latterly to keep them in confinement, und-r the infliction of most unmerited punishment, for no better reason than the care of his own dignity: and it was alleged on bis behalf that however he might be disposed to temper the rigor of ecclesiastical persecution, he could not yield without some show of independence to the pressing solicitations brought to bear against him. in our judgment it would have been a wiser and manlier course to wipe out at tho cariiest possible moment the stain which this transaction has thrown upon the administration of a Prince who was once considered humane, liberal and just. Nothii g he 'car. now do will obliterate the fact, that in his dominions, aud under tho decrees of his courts ot justice, at tho instigation of bfe public proseeutor, a man and a woman were sentenced to an ignominious punishment, which they underwent, not without peril to their lives, for t'e offence of reading tho Bible and using the English Book of Common Prayer. That act was ihe latest, though not we fear, the last, effort of the spirit which founded the Inquisition. Though Europe has still very little reason to boast ofher progress towards political freedom this outrage on relig'ou.s liberty was regarded as an auachrouism, and an outrngeous attack on those rights of consoler ce which ought at least to be secure in the bands of ustice. The f-elings of indignation which the condemnation ofthe filadiáis excited were honorable to tiie Protestant nations which joined in advocating their cuse, and we would ftin believe that amongst our liomnn Catholic fellow country- men ibero wire many who viewed tins abuse of power with as much pain nnd aversion as were felt by ourselves. But although it is long since any rase has occurred to rouse in an eijual degree the resentment that follows per- si'.'utin .. it cannot be d»ubtcd that this iniquitous sentence marks the revival of a spirit in the Roman Catholic Church which is not peculiar to the priests nn-1 the Government of Tuscany. I'nder different forms and to a different extent, hut with the same object, the pretensions of the Ultramontane party in the chureb of Rome are everywhere the same. [London Times, Bride Cake for tiie French Emperor, Tin: I'urisi ;ns.i; would appear, with all their proficiency in the preparutiep of delicacies for the table, have not as yet mastered the mysteries of plum cuke, khe great dyspeptic luxury of perlhie Alhio'i, soeing that some friends of the Kmreror in Pnris, whether English or native we have not learned, have determined on presenting him with a bride cake,were obliged to have it proponed i" Loados, its solid requisites being quite beyond the resources of Parisian patisserie. The order arrived on Monday and on Thursday the luscious ie«iathan dis- iji.ii ■thjjJofiv.'ruoni hieli haPpro'lueed if great gravity, 170 vessel, manned by 7000 men have left the ports of Newfoundland on their aunri-i! sealing excursions. played its full baked gb;rie table. ! : it, it aud containing ;■ . plums. 'I'ha de a circle of cornuenj i .,.-.' sugar, and each pourii.g fio-fh '' atical of the peace w' ' jii the ed at Bordeaux. In the centra ^tands an alabaster vase, mounted with thee*',. '■<. of Fran.ij, and containing an elegant bouquet ■/ flowers, amongst which the fieur de lys, jhe Spanish jessamine, aud the Irish shamrCTBPBPr* conspicuous. [Daily New*. 'íSüSS .tínei
Object Description
Title | Los Angeles Star, vol. 3, no. 1, May 14, 1853 |
Type of Title | newspaper |
Title (Alternate) | La Estrella, [May 14 de 1853] |
Type of Alternate Title | newspaper |
Description | The weekly newspaper has p.[1-2] in English and p.[3-4] in Spanish. Los Angeles Star in English includes headings: [p.1]: [col.3] "The bridge of Sighs", "Report on the Land Memorial to Congress", [col.4] "Instinct of a hyena", "Napoleonic literature", [col.5] "Coinage and currency", "Persecution of Potestans in Tuscany", "Bride caje for the French Emperor"; [p.2]: [col.1] "The force of habit", [col.2] "Mayor's message", "Election bribery in England", [col.3] "Washington gossip", "Items from the Atlantic States", "Advertisement to the public".; La Estrella in Spanish includes headings: [p.3]: [col.1] "Mil veces ha[u] llegado a nuestros oidos, ...", "Australia", [col.2] "Sre[...] Concilio comun", "Comunicado"; [p.4]:[col.1] "Desgraciados efectos. De una seduccion". |
Subject (lcsh) | Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Newspapers |
Geographic Subject (City or Populated Place) | Los Angeles |
Geographic Subject (County) | Los Angeles |
Geographic Subject (State) | California |
Geographic Subject (Country) | USA |
Coverage date | circa 1853-05-08/1853-05-20 |
Editor | Lewis, John A.; Rand, William H. |
Printer | Lewis, John A.; Rand, William H. |
Publisher (of the Original Version) | Lewis & Rand |
Publisher (of the Digital Version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
Date created | 1853-05-14 |
Type | texts |
Format (aat) | newspapers |
Format (Extent) | [4] p. |
Language |
English Spanish |
Contributing entity | The Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery |
Identifying Number | Los Angeles Star, vol. 3, no. 1, May 14, 1853 |
Legacy Record ID | lastar-m114 |
Part of Collection | Los Angeles Star Collection, 1851-1864 |
Rights | Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery |
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Repository Name | The Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery |
Repository Address | 1511 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108 |
Repository Email | ajutzi@huntington.org |
Filename | STAR_052; STAR_053 |
Description
Title | Page 1 |
Contributing entity | The Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery |
Filename | STAR_052.tiff |
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Archival file | lastar_Volume40/STAR_052.tiff |