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<, «o :LA ESTRELLA Este periódico se publica todos loa Silbados en la Ciudad, dü los Augeieíj err fronte de la casa de Don Alejandro Bel], por ¡sdica JAS. M. M'MRANS, Scsckifcioses: El urecio déla suscripción es di piros ni ano pagándolos adelantado*. Los avisos se publican a razón do dos pesos por cada cuadrado do ocho liueas por la primera vez, y un peso porcada una do las veces siguientes. 01i*«r*« &• piattm sóbrala form**i»is «tal Mundo. •oíoMwíw al Conclusion. Para oonoebir la causada estos dos movimientos encontrados, debemos observar que ta parte divina del aliña universal esta siempre «a oposiuiou con la parte material; que la primera, se hulla muy biéa ácirt laa estvemidades del mundo, y ía ultima eu la atmosfera que rodea la tierra y por ultimo que cuando se fue a dar movimiento al universo, la party material del alma, máaftaz de resistir a la dirección general impresa por la parte divina, recogíj loa reatos de un movimiento irregular que le habia .agitado eu el oaos, y lo comunicó a laa esferas que •ircuyaa nuestro globo. £ate mundo ya vivificado recibió una form* esférica la mas perfecta de todas y quedo sujeto a un movimiento circular el mas simple y el mas acomodado a bu forma. El supremo hace dor miró au obra con complacencia, y habiendo la comparado eon el modelo que habia seguido <n bü3 operaciones víó satifactoriamente que los principales rangos del origina) habian eído «praaados fielmente en la copia. Una sola propiedad esencial lo faltó, la éter nidad, precioso atributo del mundo intelectual, del cual no era susceptible la parte visible. Como no era posible que estos mundos poseyesen las mismas perfecciones: quiso Dios quo tuviesen otras muy parecidas y aproximadas, por lo cual crió el tiempo imagen movible de la inmovible eternidad; el tiempo que empegando j .concluyendo sin cesar el circulo de días y uooliaa da meses y años, parece que en bu curso no.reconoce ni principio ni fia, y que mide Ja duración del mundo sensible del modo qua la eternidad mide la del mundo intelectual; al ■tiempo Güilmorilo qu3 no dejaría rastro de sí si no le hubieran fijado señales sensible* para distinguir bus partes fugitivas para anotar sus movimientos.- Con esta mira ol Ser supremo .cehdio.elaol, y lo arrojo con lo* demás plano- tas al gran firmamento, desde donde derrama iu luz sobre los pasos de los planeta* y fija lo* limite de loa anos, asi como la luna detormina loa de los rn^s. Los planetas Mercurio y Venus, criados en la esfera presidida por el astro luminoso lo acompasan en to íoi a.u* progreso*: Marte Júpiter y Saturno tienen sus periodos particulares desconocidos del vulo-o. El autor de todas las cosas sa dirijió luego a los genios, aqi'Üan habia confiado el gobierno de las estrellas, en loa términos siguientes: "Vosotros !oh Diosos! que me debéis vuestra existencia oíd mis soberanos mandatos. 1V0 I6ne is un titulo a la inmortalidad; pero podéis participar de ella en fuerza demí voluptad, mas poderosa que los yinjjulos que unen las partea .deque estáis compuestos. Para perfeccionar est i grande obra falta que llenéis de habitantes Ja tierra el mar yel ayr.a. Para dar por mi mismo la vida a estas criaturas debieran estar Mentas del imperio de la muerte, y quedar igualadas a los miamos dioses. Y os encargo por lo^ tanto el cuidado dé producirlas; delegados de mi poder, unid a, cuerpos peresedores los gérmenes de la inmortalidad que recibiréis de mi, y formad aquellos seres-con autoridad sobre los demás animales mn sujeción a vosotros. Que de vosotros pues reciban el ser; que vivan para multiplicarse por vuestros beneficios y qua •!¿r Es en la mué- to se unan con vosotros para parlici par da vuestra felecidad. Dijo y poniendo la mano áiabia mezclado 1¡ en la copa *n qne a eseucia espiritual compuso las almas de los seres vivientes, y añadiendo a las de los hombres una porción de esencia di- Tina les fijo destinos irrrevocables. Asi pues se decreto qua naciesen loa mortales capaces de c nocer y servir a la divinidad; que el hombre tuviese la superioridad sobre 1* mujer ; que la justicia estribase en triunfar da las pasiones, y la injusticia en rendirse a ellas-; quo el justo pasará después de muerto a las estrellas, y .qua .disfrutase allídeunain. lterable felicidad, y qua .el injusto fuera trasformado en mujer; y qua ei persistía en sus maldades trasmigrase a diferentes cuerpos de varios animales, y quo no volvieae a su primitiva dignidad hasta que no hubiese escuchado la voz de la razón. Después de estos, inmutables decretos, diseminó el Ser supremo las almas de loa diferentes planetas, y mandó a los dioses inferiores que las vistiesen sucesivamente con .cuerpos mortales para que proveyesen a sus necesidades y los gobernasen; y entonces se retiro a sus eternas mansiones. El alma inmortal y racional tomó su asiento en el cerebro, como parte lamas elevada del cuerpo, afin de diríjir mejor sus movimientos. Pero adamas de osta esencii divina los dioses inferiores formaron un alma mortal destituida de razón, como residencia del deleyte, causa eficiente del mal; del dolor, principio repulsivo del bien; del entendimiento y del temor, origen de acciones imprudentes; de la ira, tan difioil de refrenar; de la esperanza que seduce con halago; y de todas pasiones violentas guasón inseparables do nuestra flaqueza. Esta *lma ocupa en el cuerpo humano dos regiones separadas por una partición intermedia. Los dioses inferiores a quienes se mandó que nos dotasen dc todas las perfecciones de que fue- ' ' ■'■■■'• ramos susceptibles, dispusieras que esta ciega y grosera oorcion de nuestras almas estuviese iluminada con un rayo de verdad, cuyo privüejio no pudo ser dispensado al alma inmortal, puesto que el por venir no e3 revelado a la razón, y tan solo se manifiesta durante el sueño, en los delirios procedentes de enfermedades, ó en los arrebatos del entusiasmo. .Las cualidades de la materia, los fenómenos de ¡a naturaleza, la sabiduría que tanto resplandece en la disposición y usos de las partes que constituyen el cuerpo humano, y otros varios objetos dignos do la mas seria atención, me conducirá demasiado lejos; por lo tanto volveré a lo que me propuse al principio. /)¡os pudo criar, y .crio en efecto el mejor de los mundos posibles, porque trabajó sobre una materia ruda y desordenada que ofrecía de continuo la mas furiosa resistencia a su volun tad. Esta oposición subsiste tu da vi a y de aqui las tempestades, los terremotos y todas las revoluciones que sufre nuestro globo. Los dios.es inferiores al formarnos sa. vieron también precisados a emplear los mismos medios que la suprema divinidad: y de aquí las enfermedades del cuerpo, y las mas peligrosas del alma. Asi pues todo lo que se encuentra do bueno en el universo en general y en el hombre .en partí cular, procede del supremo h roedor, y todo lo defectuoso debe atribu rsc a los vicios iriheren tes de la materia. (1) (1) En medro de las tinieblas de que estaba rodeado el entendimiento de este . gran filosofo de la antigüedad, ©a de admirar . su sublime penetración, pues apoyado tan solo en las luces naturales, y careciendo de la religion revelada, supo aproximarse a la verdadera creencia, y reconocer y adorar un ser supremo, principio y fin de todas las cosas, sin que algunos d.o sua errores en el modo de espli- car el ejercicio de esta divina potencia, destruyan el gran mérito contraído por este Babio escudriñador de la naturaleza, ouien por tal razón alcanzedel gran orador romano el titulo de Divinof * POESÍA. Vienen y van los dias silensiosos Y tras ellos los meses y los años, Y crece mas y mas la llama acdva De la inmensa pasión en que mo abraso : En el dia lo mismo que en la noche. En la casa, en la calle y en el campo, Padezco sin cesar a todas horas, Sin tener un momento de descanso. La seductora imagen de la ingrata, Que pagó con desden mi amante trato, Adoquiera que voy está con migo Y doquiera que estoy la estoy amando : Do mi ardiente penar serán testigos Las montañas, las selvas y los astros, Y laa aves canoras que circuyen rLos arroyjs, Jas fuentes y los lagos. Junto a la triste y viuda tortolilla tino mis voces a su ronco canto, Y llorando como ella de estar solo En sus dolientes quejas le acompaño : Al mirarme las flores se marchitan Se deshojan y mueren en sus tallos, Y las plantas mas bellas y lozanas Palidecen y socan coa mi llanto. Con mi llorar las piedras se enternecen, Los arboles doblegan sus ramajos, Las 6 vea que me escuchan condolidas Repiten mis lamentos en sus cautos. Tusóla para mi querida amiga, En vez de compasión muestras enfado, Tu sola contra mi te endureciste Y no tienes penares por rci daño. Tu que causabas mi esperanza toda En la florida edad del placer grato, Por un eoplode inconstancia ó do capricho En el mayor martirio me has dejado. Por ti el silencio de la selva umbrosa, Del ruiseñor el primoroso canto, Del solitario monte me agradaba £1 manso ruido y aun el viento heUdc. Por ti la esquividad y apartamiento Prefería del mundo a los halagas Y todo cuanto existe sebre el globo Hubiera por tu amor sacrificado . Mas ya ejue cen tristes tin razone?, Con deader, con doLlcz y can eagaiica, Cor alpendes amor tan grande y puro Que me queje do ti no sera oáSrano . El Ta.ni.iaio. i Que se hace en Postdamí preguntaba un principe real de Rusia—Se pasa el tiempo conjugando el verbo fastidiarse. Este Verbo lo podrian conjugaras! mismo otros muchos que viven en otros países porque eu todos es el fastidio una enfermedad muy propagada. Hemesius, que llamó al hombre "animal qu» se fastidia," parece que quiso asignar a dicho mal una influencia mayor. El fastidio ha sido denominado con razón la jaqueca del alma. El duque de ¿trancas consultó a sus medicos sobro si el fastidió pedia quitar la yida; y habiéndole contestado afirmativamente, quería que la Señorita Arnoult se presentase en los tribunales a reclamar daños y perjuicios contra el principe de Henin que la hacia morir con t^u cara patética, con sus fastidiosos discursos, y con su pertinaz asiduidad. Aun caballero tirado muellemente sobre el soíá se le oyó eselamar un dia: "Estoy asesinado, me han matado. " Corren en su auxi io y le preguntan, que quien habia atentado contra sil vida. El fastidio contestó." El fastidió penetra en todas partes se intro duce .como hus3pedel maa importuno en la» grandes funciones en las que parece reina inur yar alegría, y en las academias en las que se habla con el mas agudo ingenio. Cree uno que ha dicho cosas muy lindas y graciosas auna dama, y no ha hecho mas que aburrirla; Cuantos hombres en la Corte! ¡pero cuanto fastidió! Las imaginaciones ardientes sucumben fácilmente al fastío, no al que procedo de la inacción, por que este tan solo es herencia*, do los ne.'ios, y sí aquel fastidio mas profundo que nace del del vacío que encuentra nuestra existencia, el cual enmohece el alma y paraliza el genio. Por io regular se fastía uno mas con lo que se debiera fastidiar menos. No-hay cosa mas desagradable que ver eí aburrimiento de aquellas personas por cuya distracción tenemos algún interés, ¡"Tenor que divertir a quien ya no es di- vertible" ! decia madama Marutenont hablanr do de Luis XIV1 Lo peor que puede tener un discurso, un libro, un espectáculo, es el ser fastidioso. Nuda hay mas de intolerable que aquellas machacas qué se parecen a los lánguidos y relajados vientos del Sur,'pues desaparece la alegría de cualquiera parte a donde se presentan. Madama Levigije decía que comprendía a los fastidiosos en ol numero de los tunantes, pues vjuo hacen mas mal que si robasen y asesinasen. Las vir tudes mas c clarecidas y las máximas mas delicadas é injeniosas no tienen gracia si no se saben presentar con arte. Casandra profetizaba verdad, mas no era creída por que fastidiaba. Podía ser un hombre el prototipo de la honradez; pero .si es pesado todos huyen de él. Se cuenta que uno de estos pelmazos al entrar en el ¡Lüerno es-' pan'ó a los mismos diablo", los cuales ^e escabulleron del mejor modo que les fué posible dejándolo solo .nortiücado y confuso. 11 Esta si que es gracia, eschimó el cachazu '■do me sucede aqui lo mismo que en todas las " casas de, mi pueblo, que a nadie encontraba " cuando iba a hacer mis visitas." Se dijo, de un insigne posma : " Lastima que nosea un pillo, porque alómenos habría un derecho para ponerlo en la calle." El ministro que quiere agradar a su soberano procure no fastidiarlo, y esmérese a eu vez en presentarle todos los negocios con. la mayor cía - ridad para que los penetre fácilmente, Para grangearse, el favor de una persona es precito .entretenerla con agradable variedad. Cuan-o veas que laspersoras que visitas empica m a dar pruebas de aburrimiento, coja el sombrero y lárgate. líl que al L aliarte mano ¡* mano con su dama,' observa que bosteza y que se alegra de que entre otra persona,^recoja su maleta y levante el campo, por que el amor no vive en la casa del fastidio. Nada hay mas descortés que permanecer en sociedad con el fastidio pintado en el semblante, No se puede hacer ofensa mayor a un hombre de elevados sentimientos, que manifes tarso fastidiado do el. .. ■ i Que desgracia, es el fastidio! El confesor de madama de Jliaintenont, que deseaba humillar' la soberbia de su penitenta, le impuso por espí ación de sus culpas que habla de ser fastidiosa en la conversación. Aquella dama galante hizo todo cuanto pudo para cumplir la penitencia pero conociendo cuanto se aborrece el fastidio, y aun mas el que padece esta emfermedad, pidió a su padre espiritual una conmutación, protestándole que prefería vivir de raices y de langostas como los anacoretas de la Tebayda,. Florian, dijo : ',' Es preciso tener mucho ingenio para ser amable, mas no para ser insoportable.'' 11 No descuera V. su fastidio para que sus amigos no se rian de V," decia el poeta polaco Kokanowsky. Hablemos ahora del fastidio por la parte favorable, ya. que todas las cosas tienen su pro y su contra. Es preciso que haya no poco fastidio en el justo reparto de los bienes y de los males para que se restablezca elequilibrio en ei orden moral Si la dura suerte de los pobres es el trabajo para los ricos lo es el fastidio y la saciedad' El fastidio, que se presenta de un modo tan temible; tiene sín' embargo sus placeres y s^s ventajas. El hombre fastidiado del mundo y de su falso brillo entra en si mismo, se consagra a los estudios serios, busca el retiro y la soledad, y la sensatez habla a su corazón. Si no sucediera tan pronto el fastidio, se apuraría la crpa del placer, y so abusaría de todo. El fastidio es con respecto al placer lo que el descanso y el sueña con respecto a laa fuerzas y ai trabajo. Un soberano por huir del fastidio invade un reino, y deja las dulzuras por correr cien pelU gros; un viejo caduou por igual razón ha.-e la locura de casarse con una niña ; otro cansado de los goces de esta vida, ó mas bien fastiado con la monotonia, se hace saltar la tapa de los sesea. ■■.. la v Aqui yace el caballero Juan Berruczo, Que por librarse del fastidio se apretó el pescuezo. Es por el contrario cosa muy útil saberse fastiadar a tiempo, Mas de una vez se consigue un beneficio, un emplo, una herencia por haber sabido fastidiarse visitando aquel minis -tro orgulloso, oyendo todas las noches aquel viejo chacho y haciendo ta corte a aquella rancia matrona. Uu viejo riquísimo instituyó por heredero universal a un hombre astuto que ni remotamente era pariente suyo solo por que habia ■ i ■■,.. .; tenido ¡a paciencia de oír por el «spaciodo muchos años sus sempiternos discursos. £1 acto de fastidiaran supone un genio fino y delicado que requiere ocupaciones vivas y una amable variedad de recreos. Los niños del mismo modo que los tontos, se contentan con estar horas enteras a mirar un juego que no entienden ó á divertirse con el loro. Cualquiera comida es buena para un tosco paladar; el hombre de gusto y acostumbrado a las buenas mesas necesita do los platos eseoji- dos. Es precise, pues, quo se hallo en el fastidio alguna felicidad cuando se ven personas muy ociosas, y que par lo tanto no pueden menos do pasar muchas horas de fastidio, que tienen hermosas colores, yque duermen plaoidaiqent;). '■' Yo rne engordo decía el principo da Ligne, luego es señal que me fastidió." -V¿ladama Deffaut decia : Cuando me ooje algún tanto de mal hqnior, escucho sin oir, miro sin ver ; y salgo de mi letargo con un blando suspiro o con un langido bostezo, conozco q ue me fastidio ; este ea siempre un placer. Temiendo que ya debe fastidiar este artículo a nuestros lectores, lo, concluiremos con aquel dicho francos. " r^o os uno tan desgraciado cuando tiene tiempo para fastidiarse. AVISO fiSfE reciviran proposiciones selladas, en la S3 óficiuadel Tesorero de Condado del Condado de los Angeles, para redimir cinco mil pesso de la deuda del dicho Condado.. Cada propuesta representará la suma el propuestador se proponga'rediniir y a quo precio entregará lo cual por dinero contado. Las proposiciones se recibirán basta el dia 26 del corriente y serán abiertas en la oficina del Tesorero a las 11 eje la mañana de dicho dia, los intereses que se deban se pagarán hasta la feoha do la redención y ninguna propuesta se admitirá que sea por mas del valor de lo que resé el bale de su reclamo, y si se admitirá cuando sea por menos 25 por ciento de la suma propuesta tendrá que acampanarla apuesta como seguridad que el agostador se compürá con su apuesta. En caso que no acepta el ofrecimiento la cantidad depositada será devuelta. TIMOTEO FOSTER. Tesorero de Condado, Angeles Setiembre O de 1853. Bj^t L que suscribo administrador de los bienes Alá dé su esposa Duna Francisca Urive, pre viene a todos aquellos aquienes pueda importar que, todo ganado dé la propiedad de su refori da espoaa que se hallaré en poder de otra persona sin la respectiva venta, será reclamado y quenadie sino el que suscribe está facultado para venderlo. FRANCISCO OCAMPO. Angeles 9 de Setiembre de 1853. 2v. AVISO, A los que están sujetos a pagar contribución- EL que suscrito, Sheriff del Condado de lo Angeles, por el presente notifica a todos los que están sujetos a pagar contribución en est" Condado; qne con el fin de recibir y cobrar los impuestos correspondientes del Estado y Condado, vencidos en el presente año, se encontrará presente en los dias designados y en los siguientes lugares: A saber: En la Ciudad de los angeles, en su ofic;na, desde el 29 de Agosto basta el 3 de Setiembre inclusive, desde las 10 de la mañana hasta las 4 de la tarde. En San Gabriel, estará el 12 do Setiembre, en la easa de la Misión. En el üíonte, eí 13 del mismo mes, en casa del Señor Thompson. -, ■■ En San José, eí dia 14. en casa de D. Ricardo Vejar. En Santa Ana, el 16 en casa do D- Bernardo Yo' ba. En San Juan, los días 18 y 19, en casa de Don Juan Foster. J. R. BARTON, Sheriff. Los Angeles Agosto 27 oe 1853. POSTAGE ON PRINTED MATTER, Unten ofPostsge to be charged upoo Newspapers, Periodicals, Hooka, unswaLed Circulars, and every other deBCrlp- tioao;printed.mutter, transient or otZrerwiae, from and after tlK 30th September, 1852. Ne^apaper-i, periodical!, unsealed circulars, or other tr- titles ofpriuted mutter, (except hooks.) when sent to any fart of the United States, weighing I' '*" vunees audusdw, pneceot. Over three ounces tindnv-^jferfourjicts. Over oourand not. over five, 3 cents. And so on an extra cent for every extra ounce. Newspaper» and periodicals when circulate ih thfcState where published, half aent. 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The weight of newspapers, periodicals, magazines, or other printed matter, must be taken or determined when they are in a dry si ate; and when the weight ofany book or other publication exceeds one pound, the same progressive rates, above laid down, must he chained. 5. 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Hillard continuará haciendo sus viajes por la costa dos veces cada mes dorante la estaciorj próxima, cuya travesía efectuará entre los puertos de San Francisco y San Diego, tocando en los diversos puntos, Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara y San Pedro. Este vapor, después do haberle dado una completa recorrida a su casoo, oírece por todas circunstancias, mas seguridad y mejores como didades, a los pasajeros que ningún otro de los de su clase que navegan igualmente la costa. Su cámara principal se halla dividida en grandes departamentos, bien amueblados, en donde están sus respectivos camarotes, y se ha dispuesto muy bren la segunda cámara para que pueda recibir pasajeros a metros procia ,j , Por flete, o pasaje se ocurrirá a tratar a su bordo o ai despacho del Señor J. Lyons, que se halla situado en la calle de FremOnt, San Francisco. tf Bryant y C8*. ALMACÉN de instrumen tos de agricultura, eaqui na de las calles de Cley y Sansome, ?an Francisco. Siempre se ballade venta en este establecí - miento un surtido selecto de implimientos de agrieu tura, herramientas para trabajar mi na y placeres y semillas, como también un surtidos completo de hevreria y merceria. Maquinas de, Patentede Maccormack para cortar paja, ide para trillar grá 30, id, de vapor &c. &c. CARLOS ÉBTTAIÍDO CARR, Procurador y Ahogado. Angeles, Noviembre 13 de 1852. tf -wm. h; stgwell, COMMISSION MERCHANT FIOlí the Malear I'rudu.ee andiieii'.-ral ,\ú-r<-ii>n.di¡ie. frunt Street, between Ilalleek and California, Epn Franciíco, . N. 11.—W. II. S. makes no purchases ofany description of property on his own account, but. guneiallp has a large assortment of merchandize fur sale on consignment. Ilere- spectfully tenders his services to any parties who may wish lo employ an agent tor the sale of Produce, or other Merehan- " , orfor making purchases. sepll '¿to k,J¿¿*k EL nuevo y hermoso vapor Tho ¿ílf^llfjk mas Bunt andará regularmente ■np entre los puertos do San Fran cisco y de San Diego, tocando a Monto-Rey Santa Barbaray San Pedro, saliendo de San Francisco el dia 4 14 y 24 de cada mes.. Ese vapor tiene'comodidades superiores para pasajeros de cámara y de entre puente y teniendo mas entre cubierta con circulación do aire y ofrece grandes ventajas a los Señores que man den fruta o productos AKMERO í CEKRAJERO. A BRK areas de Fierro,Fabriennte de cerrsdurrsy les KM {*■ pone Gainintiíatodas sus obras. Tiene constantemstt* un gran surtido para su expendio de escopetas de uno y do Cañones, Kiüea, Pistolas, Polvorines y domas artículos p«» el uso del arma, los que se venderán a. precios barrates, igual- mente que pólvora y nnn>ic:,iu por mayor y menor, fu es- UMeeimient.ose hall!, ni l:i calle del Comeré!... a pocos puertas mas abajo de la calle de Montgomery, San Francisco Toda clase de trabajo qne se ordene al 'mismo pe le dará 1* debida atención ycnmpliendo ea el tiempo que itea señala- ■ jelÓíim. PIONEER BOOK-STORE REMOVED, MAKVIN & HITCHCOCK, BOOKSELLERS AVID STATIONERS, at their new Fire Proof Building, 168 Montgomery-;!, re t corner of Washington, SAN FRANCISCO. fE have removed our large and increasing stock of Book» Mercantile Stationery, Music and Musical Instrumenti ■ tgemary st: Y<¡'\ arge a»d ccnimcdioua Store, 168. Met re we invite the attention of the publtc U- our new stock tantly arriving per every clipper tr-'i. f;,e. state? " ' ' V1N fc. HITCHCOCK. dll2m' B. JE. iSAJlflOJV», SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS No. TT Davis St., between Washington and Clay, SAN FRANCISCO. ÍIUIE subscriber, formerly of San Diego, haiins established *- himself in the Commission .eusiseHs in San Francisco respectfully tenders his services to nny parties nho may wiih to employ fin agent for the purchasing and shipping of good» oany part of tüe southern country. And he flaftess hi» selffnom his long experience in the tusiness of the South and with strict t eternal attention, to be able to give satisface tion to those who may entrust him with their orders. Rf.ferknoes—Co!. V. C. Ferrell, snd Phinehas Banning Los Angele?; and Capt. S. Barney, Santa Barbara, f J2 3m ( ^ «.""JOSEPH! & CO, IMPORTERS of Watehes, Jewelry, j-*=v TüoIí, Watch Materials. Colt's V'm- } tols, &c. are i.ow prepared to sup- ¡V ply the trade in general, with all articles iu the aboye line at tho lowest prices. All orders from the country addressed to tt. JOSEPH! * CO., Washington Bnth Building, Wash, Kearney ;ind Montgomery. San.Fran- cisco, will meet with prompt attention. fotf General Advertising and Commission agency, at the City Directory Office, Parson's luiluingB, 188—140 Clay-street, San Francisco, Advertisements Mid SMibr.niptie.iis received for any of t-h» Newspapers, Periodicals, or Magazines in C'slilornia. Oregon or the Atlantic ¡-tutea. Notes, Bills and Claims collected, and Purchases made, fo? parties at a distance, and a general Agency Business trau«* acted. Refer to the editors of this paper. J. M. PARKER, ES" Paper's Directory of the City of San Francicco is now published and ready for delbery. It contains t map and history of the city, a general directory of efti?. ne, » treet directory, &c. &e. Price, $5. Addicts as above. AMERICAN AND CHILE ¿FLOUR AND BARLEY.-W. are constantly receiving, and offer for sale, at current rates, 50 lots to suit purchasers— CHOICE AMERICAN AND CHILE FLOUK, of approvedhrands, eornpjising. Gallego, Ilasall. Richmond City Mills, Melinos de OWndepeion, Bella Vista Concepción Sau Chriutova!. Also, (.HILE JJ All LEY. new crop, in 10011» f£f~ Particular attention paid to orders from theinttrio? DUNNE Si CO., estreet,neflr.TacXi-on, San i/rancisc« E. FITi-GERAlD ii CO, Importers and dealers in Hardware, Agricultural Tools,&c, No.100. Battery street, SAN i'ttANCISCO. teep constantly on hand ntBC-mj»&1a<?_^—t3t» Carpenters', Mili Wrights'. Blacksmiths', Wheelwrights', Masons'. Machinists', ¡Miners', luggers'.Coopers',Sailmakere', Tinners', Saddlers', Sbocniiikt rs', and idl kinds cf edge tools, NAIL>, fc. Horse, Wrought, Cut and d pper Nails; Spikes and Bolts; Sheet Copper, Brass. Lead, Tin and Zinc; Lead Pipe&SoJder. AGRICULTURAL TOOLS. Plows, Chains, Ox Yokes and Hows, Cradles, Scythe*, Snaths, Hakes, Forks, Spades. Shovels, Hoes, Field irnd Gar* den Tools, ol every description. Table Cutlery and Kitchen Furniture. Table and Pocket Cutlery, '.IV¡i. and Tabk Spoons, Te» Trays and Caudle sticks. Hollow "Ware. Sauce and Frying- Pans, Gridirons, and a full assortment of House Furnishing Goods. English and American Boxes end Springs; American Locke and Latches, ¿te. Uto. 03-Agents for Ilerring'sSsIaniandir Safes and Mai blciieil iron. Mhl9 , , —' ■ ■ Pure Sperpi Polar and other Oils, BAILEY & GILBERT, . HAVINO established house at the Ssndwich Islauds.ihpy are regularly importing Pure Sperm. Pohir.and Black * Fish Oil, and cim supply ihe trade on better teiius than any other house; and ail ¿ales made by them are guarantied.RSi -0» M(«n| 50,000 gallons Polar Oil: 5,000 do. Pure .S'penri; 3,000 do. Black Fish; 2,500 ■ do. Lard; 6,000 do. Elephant: .■/:;■ osx - ■ • . ' ■ . . ■ ■ .. ■ ¿. ■ . . :, ,■:: : ■ Mil ■■ ■ i ■ :■■ -■■- ■■' i ■' lit* -:-::- irfT .din, - . ■:■ ,. . ... ■■ ■ ■ . ' I - i i—wi,.mum» ii mi m^^^P^M*r m^i n- ^ajtc^i—■ r-.n i. ,wmiiummmtimmam^amémmgmii^ i —■»»■ —.m—É. ».i.*hímWi YOL. 3. LOS ANGELES, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1853. NO. 19. Alexander &. Banning, forwarding and Commission Merchants, SAN PEDRO.AND LOS ANGELES, CAI.., MAYING lately purchased the interestof.Mssrs Douglass flt Sanford io this ¡place, we are now prepared. -,; .[ To .Stoic and Forward Goods \h :á'áíl from Los Angeles. Produce hauled, stored and inipped on the most reasonable terms. . W'c do nothold our selves responsible for damage to goods from Gre, or water, while on storage. A LINE OE' S'PAOKS will leave for Los Angeles immedi- a.tely on the arrival of each steamer. U All'LEV for sale iu 'quantities to suit purchasers either ju ¿os Aúneles or i-fau l'edro' ■■Georoe O. Ar,E5c*.ivliB«. Piiiheas Banninh. MY!,US fcMoMANU^, AgentflJn Los Angeles tfFia **^-Jl^3\ 'l,JL' Steamer GOLlAli. Capt. luHianl, . San Luis obispo, í'anta Harbara and íí.-ui Pedro. 1 This steamer, having undergone a thorough overhauling .offers the saf-st. and most comfortable accommodations tt travellers up and dow i tbe coast ofany boat running Tht :berths are n,U in lar | ■ Í1M < roomp, and the steerage is ad iuirahly arranged for the convenience ot passengers. For freight or passage apply on hoard or to' [Vlyles & Mc Maims, Los Angeles. tf Pierce &■ Weed's Line. The clipper brigLAUHA BEV1N3, Capt F. Morton, will make regular trips between .uan Francisco and San l'elfo during the ensuing season touching at the intermediate ports. Any .person w'.s'umg to ship produce or other articlt the ports above will lind this vessel a favorable opportunity to do so; and all those vrho wish can have their shipment rtorwl or sold on commission. For freight or passage apply io Mylesfc M.'iem;inuH, ¡igents for an27 6m ALEX AND Ell fc RANNINO IVason's Coasting: Line. _j-- The subscriber has now completed all necessary ¡^U^v wrraingeme!irs for running a regular line of Vessels jWj§M^'between this port and San Pedro, lie. has taken «jaSaEÍMi.itore house en Sacramento street Wharf, where he'ean bring his vessel alongside, thus saving expense of i:«rta.g« ¡mil wharfage. The Ü LUG FftKilONT aud another vossei oí equal capacv- . ty will p'-y semi-monthly, touching at tbe intermediate porta. A!l persona ou the line of the coast, and others, who ma; vr'ifiH ta ship .produce to this market, will find this line a fa- woraAjle oppOftwuiiy tc do so; and all those who wish their shipments BCoi-mi or sold on coiemísciou, will have tbeirbnsi- pesa attended to by the subscriber. For ¡Viiight apply to Matthew Keller. Los Ang-les J. D.NASON. San Francisco, July, 1S52. tf '' ^ ^ . GUX, LOCK, AND WHITE SMITH. jg« VÍjAHA^DíKR SAFES opened; Locks made and repaired >9 All wort warranted. Also, ccnstantly on hand and for -aile, a Large assortment, of Double and Single Barrel Shot latins,Rifles. Pistols, (inn Trimmings, &c. &c, whiehwill be -itfiU cheap. ' Powder and Shotat wholesale andretail. All orders for work promptly attended to. and executed at «hort notice. Goiotaercial st., a few doors below Montgomery st , San Emntiieeo, California. seplfl tf WHOLESALE Bookstore anil Stationers' Hall Oor. Merchant at Momtcíomerí Stb, SAN FRANCISCO, IMPORT.EUS of English, French and American Fancy and Staple STATIONERY. VTholeea-teaud Iletaildealers in Law, Medical, Miecella- neous. Sohool and Blank Books. Agents and dealers in American and foreign Magazines, Reviews, and Newspapers. 03"Blank Books made to order at short notice, jell tf WM. H. COIIKH. CEO. L. KBNNf. OBO . STURT EVAN T . VALUABLE RAHCflO FOR SALE. THE Rancho '■ FIEDRA BLANCA," containing SIX SQUARE LEAGUES, situated at San Simeon.is offered -for sale in tracts to suit purchasers. The land is well waterd nnd timbered, and is located immediately on tbe coast of San jSimeon Bay, well known to be one of the best ports south of ;Siu tfranaiseo. The soil is of the richest description, and .capable «f growing any crop which the farmer might desire. ■For eítttíe grazing, it would be difficult to find a batter located rancho, either in point oi security, or for convenience to the gieat northern markets Apply to WM. J. GRAVES, San Luis Obispo, June 1, 1853 tf Dissolution of Copartnership. TUB copartnership heretofore existing betweeu the sub seribers under the name nnd style of L Kahn it Co.. S this day, hy mutual ronsMii., d-isf.oWcd F. Bachman and ■j¿. líauman are authri/cd to collect all debts due to the late ■aria. : LEOPOLD K-iHN, by Axon Kahn, his attorney. FELIX BACHMAN. HENRY BAUMAN. tos Auge!efl.,5d August, 1853. it The undersigned will carry on the business at the old stand nnder the firm ot BACHMAN * BACMAN, ' ' : . PUBLIC NOTICE. THE unáersigned members of the ciry Board.of Education, give nuie* that a free I'ublif; S-ehool for (lie instruction ofthe youth of the city of Los Angeles, is this day x>p»ued at tbe house of D. Ignacio Corma él under the su- perinteudance of the said Coronel. All persons desirous of «ending their children will please apply to the undersigned, or to "-itherof them S. O FOSTER, L. GRANGER, Angeles, July 30,1853. tf J. L. BRKNT. Postponed Constable's Sale. BY virtue of an execution tome directed by Ü. Toinpson ilurrill, a Justi. e of the Peace for Los Augeles township, in favor of .lames W. Gaylord and against Jose Antonio Yorba, I have levied upon a certain piece or parcel of laud, together with all tho improvements thereon, as the ¡uoperty of the Defendant, containing one thousani V square, lying and being in the County of Los Angeles, juiniug tbe lands 'Ji Uoii Teodocio Voi'ba, on the east bank of the Santip Anna River, and will proceed to sell the san as the law directs, on the Sixth Day ol October next, b tween the hours ot Tun AM. and Four in the PM. belore ti Court HouseDoor,in the city of Los Angeles,to satisfy the balance ol principal and costs on the above mentioned e: cutioo. This 9th d»y of Sept. 1853. s!04t J.D. BARKER. Conetafeb Administrator's Sale. BY order or the frobate Court of Los Angeles County made August 2ÜU.1353 the undersigned administrator or the estate of Nathaniel M. Pryor, deceased, will proceed co sell at Public auction, for cash, and as the law directs, at the Court House in Los Angeles city and county,on ihe I9th day oí September, proximo; at the hour of 12 o'clock Al. of said d.iy.tlie following described property of said estate to wit: all the right, tí le, claim and interest that the deeea- ted acquired in his life time, by purchase from Ignacio Sep ulbeda, to one fifth part of the rancho of .-'Patos Verles," situate near San l'edro, iu 6t"e county of Los Angeles; and so much of the north end ot ihe garden or vineyard of sai' estate, sitimte in the city of Los Angeles,to he divided by division line through faid garden or vineyard, on a straight Sue at right angles with the road running pns¡'sald'garden or vineyard on the east side thereof, as shall be sufficient to pay ali the debts of said estate and expenses of administration. THO.MAS FOIISTER, Administrator, by Scott & Üharosb, his attorneys. Los Angeles, August 39th. ^853, ' '3te3 Sheriff's Sale. BY virtue oían Execution issued out ofthe Clerk's offici ofthe ¿District Court for the 1st Judicial District ii favor Of Pedro Tomo and against Tomas Ijrijtiides and jOsi Ala, Cota, tomé directed, for the suirr of ftt.nuiia.nii interest amounting to $15990 and costs amounting to seventy dollars and flffy cents I have ItYJeu upon a ¡ot and improve mept.s thereon, the property of Thomas Urouidcs, situati iu the city and eounty of Lo* Angeles, on Principal street and bounded as follows, to wit; on the south by the tot occupied by J nan Moreno, ou the North by a piece of land re-< cently sold to B. A. Townsehd ofthe same lot by said Urqi des. and on tho east by Priuipal street and fronting the house of Petra Nieta twenty two yards front by sixty deep more or less, which property I will sell at Public auction at the Court House in the City of Los Angeles on the 24th in-1, atH o'clock, A- If., for B&sh, the proceeds of said ?aie to bt applied to satisfaction ofsafd execution and accruing c«sts. J.R. BARTON, Sheriff' by 'W. tt. HBNINGER, Deputy. Loi Angela»,Sept3J ad. 1853. 3t Notice to Tax Payers. THE undersigned, i-heriff of the County ol Los Angeles, hereby notifies all tax payers in said County, thai for the purpose of receiving and collecting the State and County Taxes due the present year, be will attend at ¡he following times and places, to wit: At the city of Los Angeles, in hia office, from 29th Aug. to Sept. M, inclusive, from 10 o'clock AM, to 4 PM. of each day. At San Gabriel, Sept. 12tli, at the Mission House. At the Monte, Sept 13tli, at the House of Ira Thompson. AtSan Jose, at the house of Ricardo Dejar.14th AtSanta Ana, at the bouse of Hernardo Vorba, 10th. At Sau Juan, house of Juan Fo-ter, 18th and 19th. J. R. BARTON. Sheriff. Angeles, August 27,1853. ALL persons having claims against the hite Fran el pulbeda. deceased, a :eby n oSe- id to exhibit tha vith the necessary vouchers, within ten montHs afte thidate of this notice, to the uri<!¿r,¡í-ied. KxecutriX of th. estate of the said Francisco Sepulbeda, at her residence, sit uated on the.Plaza, in the city of Los Augeles, or their claims shall be forever barred. RAMONA SEPULBEDA, Execute Lo3 Argeles, August 27th, 1853. Probate Court of Los Angeles County STATE OF CALIFORNIA... County of Los Angeles, I ÍN the matter ofthe Estate of MIGUEL MACHADO, deceased: To all whom it may concern: Thomas Foster h¡is mude application to the Probate Court of Los Angeles, itste of California, for an administrator to be appointed upon th estate of Miguel Machftdo. deceased, and the 12ih (fny of September next. AD. 1S&3, at 3 o'clock of said day, is appointed by the Court a special term for the hearing of said application^ theCourt lloure in " City of Los Angeles. In testimony whereof, I have herewith setrcy ban (ls) Clerk of said Court, with my privatesenl, there heicg no seal of said court as yet provided, on this 25th day of August, AD 1853. WILSON W. JONKS, Clerk. 3t p«rH.R.MYLES,Deputy i?aj«aDBrssr>3DCtfz:¿ar£:» ALT. persons are hereby warned from trading for a Land Warrant Certificate No 69:638, issued the 13th of May, 1S5Ü, to John Schumacher, of Capt. Stevenson's company of New York Volunteers, the same having been lost by me on boartl tho steamer Sea Bird, in February last, on h«r trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles, as it is my intention to make application to the Commissioner of Pensions for a du- plicateof said warrant. JOHN. SCHUMACHER. Angeles, July 30. 6t r buy- ¿T^I«U>r-g'¿B¿«^¿g^» 1 HEREBY forewarn all persons from trading for, ing a certain Note, drawn by John O. Jacobs, in of San Jose, county of Santa Clara, and State of Californ for the sum of Three Hundred Seventy Five ($375) dollnrs at 5 percent, per month inter est. t>.';irmg date July 15,1851. payable to me or order, said note being felouiously taken "om my trunk in the Mission of San Gabriel. FKANK CARROLL. San Gabriel, August 0, 1853. 3t Goodwin & Co., Wholesale Grocers & Commission Merchants, w California-ST., near Front, SAN FRANCISCO, OULI) beg to call the attention of Merchant of tb> Cos jViiiicCcs Si«t, Published every Saturday, opposite Dell's building City of Loa Angeles, by JAS. M. McMEANS, Terms.—Subscription, Ten Dollar3 per annum, pay ble in advance. Advertisements inserted at Two Dollars per square for the firs: insertion, and One Dollar per square Icr each subsequent insertion. : terms (ash- sed of their Drug Slore t ., »ud being desirous of settling u ilinir business., respectfully request all those whoar* indebt i?d to them to come forward ajid make immediate 8CttlCm"n 3y cash or.otoligation. MeFARLAND & DOWNEY, Office in the frame huilding opposite the Drug Store. August 6t.h. 1S53 tf. Copartnership ¡Votice. HAVING purchased the interest of Messrs. McFarland & Downey.itte uudersigned haveformeda copartner. «hip under the style of A. W. HOPK & CO., lor the sale of prugi, Medicines, Chemicais, Paints, etc., at the old Stand .corner of Commercial street- A- W, HOPK, WM P. REYNOLDS. Angeles, August 3. STYLES & McMANUS* Agenta for AX.ÉXANDEB & BANNING, San Pedro. BAN PKDRO STAGE OFFICE. . íUi9 (JOMUERCIAL-Sr—Los ANcKtES- . tf JOHATHAN K. ScOTT. Lbwi3 GftANGER. Scott & Granger, ATTORNEYS at Law, Los Angeles, California. Officeop- posit.e the Bella-Union. Main Street. Los Angeles. July 17- 1852. tf- , It» II. BIMMICK, Attorney and Connseller at law, Main street, opposite Commercial, Los Angeles, Cal G. TOMPSON BURRIIX, PACIFIC OIL WORKS, Cattery «,b«tw< 3nttó2 tf n Pi i dBu», Sin F»*KcrtB« C. E. CARIS, ■ Attorney and Counsellor at Late. Ix* Angelas, Ktw. 13, 1862. Southern Country, to thiir large and desirable as- lortmentofGEOCEPIES and PROVISIONS, to which they are constantly I'eeei.'ing accessions by every clipper, and which are offered for sale at the very lowest market rates their assortment comprises in part 250 bbls mes| and cl Poric, 500 bxs chemical olive Soap. 500 bgs Rio and Java Coffee, 500 " No 1 Yellow do, ¿150 bis NO & Ha Sugar, 75 tcs Sugar cured llama, 6W) ehsts Gun P &. Imp Tea, 50 do extra ei>ar hacen, 1000 i lb bis Y II Tea,í ¿100 cs Lard in small tins, 250 bxs Pou Oo do ia papers, 50 half bis Split Ft>as, 250.0U0 lbs No 1-2 Jjhiu Sugar,150 bis and hi bis dri'd Applt 50 000 '■ Manilla do, 175 bxs adamantine U;u'.c!'.es, •2!0 b!s k. half bis crushed do, 100 bNS French Bougies, 1000 bxs fresh Malaga Raisins 150 do Tie Fruits, 200 cs asstd Spices in glass. 100 do ap Preserves, 75 csSaleratusA. CrTartar, 200 kegs Syrup, 100 cs genuine Eug. Mustard. 200 ilci Eroonji 100 bi»gs Pepper in Graf ""'' 1000 lbs Penunge Nutmegs, 250 cs grouud Coffee, 150 bis Carolina Head Ries, 500 kegs Pickles, 200 gr Matches 11W boxes. 100 half bbls Molasf )kegg fresh Cranberries, Jfiü eases Gherkin Pickles, 200 casks English Ale. 100 doz 3 hoop lluckets, 75 cases Grape Tobacco, 500 eases Claret, a assorted Cracker and a large and varied assortment of Other merchandize. The most particular attention paid to orders, and all mer ohandize sold by us guarantied. itSm jy2 3@» A writer «gainst tire pernicious practice of smoking, takes tbe ground that if the fume» of the weed are actually necessary for man's welfare, the Creator would have giren him a longei neck to secure a better draft, put the smoking apparatus a little lower down, and placed oa the top of his head a patent arrangement to carry off the smoke. Admiration. We always love those whoad- mlre us but we do not always love those whom we admire. From the latter clause an exception might have been made in favor of self, for self love ia the source of s If admiration ; and thia is the safest of all loves, for most people may indulge in it without tbe feftr of a rival. ASC-IBST AMERICAS PYRAMID. Travellers on the Colorado and its larger tributaries have long since spoken of the existence of ancient ruins in different localities, embraced by the great American desert, lying upon both, though principally upon the west bank of the Colorado, and between ¡t and the California range of mountains. Even Baron Von Humboldt, during his researches upon the -íímeriean continent discovered evidenco of the existence at some greatly remote period of a race of people entirely unlike and apparently superior to, those inhabiting the continent at the time of its discovery by Europeans. These evidences are becoming everyday more and more conclusive, as the energy, love of travel and novelty of the American people, lead them into earth's wildest fastnesses, and over its most forbidding sterile and inhóspita ble wastes. We remark as above, on perusing an article from the pen of our San Bernardino correspondent, giving an aocount of an ancient pyramid, lately discovered upon the great desert ofthe Colorado, by a party i-f fid venter;^ five .in number, who attempted to cross the desert in a westerly direction, from a point on the Colorado, at least tjvo hundred miles above its continence with the Gila. (Placei'vtlie Herald. San Bernardino Valley, June 23, '53. _ Dear Herald:—There has been no little excitement here, of late, among the antiquarians and the curious, arising from the discovery of an ancient pyramid upon the great Colorado desert, and which fixes the probability beyond all dispute, ofthe possession and occupancy, at gomé greatly remote^period of time, of the American continent, by a race of people of whom all existing histo-y is silent'. . A party of men, five in number, had ascended the Col orado for nea-Iy two hundred miles above tbe mouth ofthe Gila. Their object being to discover if possible, some large tributary irom the west, by which they miglH make the passage of the desert, and enter California by a new, more direct and-.easier route, inasmuch a3 there are known to exist numerous small streams up' on tbe eastern slope of the mountains, that are either lost in the sands of, the desert or unite with the Colorado through tributaries heretofore unknown. They .-opre—.ni. tho country on either side of the Colorado, as almost totally barren of every vegetable prciJuct, and so level and monotonous, that any object sufficient to arrest the attention, possesses more or less of ciiriosüy and interest; and it was this that led to the discovery and examination of this hitherto unknown relic of a forgotten age. An object appeared upon the plain to the east, having so much the appearance of a work of art, from the regularity of its outline and its isolated position, that the party determined upon visiting it. Passing over an almost barren sand plain, a distance of nearly five miles, they reached the base of one of the most won* derful objects, consideringiiilocation,(it being tbe very horre of desolation.) that the mind can concieve of; nothing less than an immense stone pyramid;composed of layers or courses of from eighteen inches to nearly three feet in thickne-s, and from five to eight feet in length. It has a level top of more than fifty feet square though it is evident that it was once completed but that some convulsion of nature has displaced its entire top, as it evidently now lies a huge and broken mass upon one of its sides, though nearly covered by sands. This pyramid differs, in some íespects. from the Egyptian pyramid; it is or was more slender or pointed, and while those of Egypt are composed of steps or layers, receding as they ise, the American pyramid was, undoubtedly a more finished structure, the outer surf ce of the blocks were evidently cut to an angle that gave the structure when new and complete, a mooth or regular surface from top to bottom. From the present level of the sands that surround it, there are fifty two distinct layers of stone, that will average at least two feet; this gives its present height one hundred and four feet, so that before the top was displaced, it must have been, judging from an angle of its fides, at 'east twenty five feet higher than at present. How far it extends beneath the surface ofthe stands, it is impossible to determine without gre tlabor. Such is the age of this immense structure, that the perpendicular joints between the blocks are worn away to the width of from 5 to ten inches at the bottom of each joint, and the entire of the pyramid is so much worn by the storms, the vicissitudes and the corrodings of centuries, as to make iteasy of ascent particularly upon oue of its sides. We say one of its sides,beeaosc a angular fact connected with this remarkable structure is, that it inclines nearly ten degrees to one side of the vertical or perpendicular. There- is not the slightest probability that it was thus erected, but the cause of its incin- ation is not easily accounted for. Tho party, in their unsuccessful attempt to cross the desert at this p< int, in their wanderings discovered other evidences of a nature that would seem to make it certain that that portion of country upon the Colorado, now the most barren, was once the garden and granary of the continent and the abode of millions of our roce. Yours truly. tion,'—which, ns lovers of the 'union,' we feel bound to cherish; and as to gírla both large and small, we hold that no gentleman's family 'is complete without them.' Of littla girls, an American poet says, '■With rosy cheeks ami merry ilauainj curl», And eyes of tender light, Oh, Tery beautiful are little girls, And goodly to the sight." -¿nd as to large girls—big bouncing girls— what a pity they must soon bo 'women,1 state' ly, matronly, queenly women, who are only not angels because they are not girls!—who, by the by, are not angels either, hut vastly more charming than any members of the angelic host we remember to have seen in pictures or elsewhere. (Boston Post. THE DAY DREAM. BV TOM MOORE. They both were hushed, the voice, the chords, I heard but once the witching lay: And few the notes, and few the words My spell bound memory brought away. Traces remembered here and there, Like echoes of some broken strain; Links of sweetness lost in air, That nothing now could join again. E'en these, too, ere the morning fled: And, though the charm still lingered ou, That o'er each sense her song had shed, The song itself was faded, gone; Gone, like the thoughts that once were ours, On summer days ere youth had set Tho'is bright, we know, as summer flowers, Though what they were we now forget. In vain, with hints from other strains, I woo'd this truant air to come— As birds are taught-, on eastern plains, To lure their wilder kindred home. In vain:—the son^ that Sapho gave, In dying, to the immortal sea, No muter slept beneath the wave, Than this within my memory. At length, one morning, is I lay In that half waking mood, when dreams Unwittingly, at last give way To the full truth of day-light's beams, A face—tbe very faco. methought, From which had breathed, as from a shrine Of song and soul, the notes I thought, Came with it musing close to mine, tic Rallreftd. ttee appointed at the Girls. Holmes, in one of his poems, saysin a parenthetical way, ———"iny grandpapa ' Loved trirli when he wag young," No doubt of it, for Holmes is a sensible man and must have had a sensible grandfather. All isible men love girls when they ara young, and when they are- old too. (We apply the old' to the men, not to the girls, mind you.) Girlhood is an institution—a 'peculiar institu- And sung the lost mea-ures o'er— Each not and word, with every tone, And look that ient its life before- All perfect—all again my own. Like parted souls, when mid the b!e¿t They met again—each widowed sound Thro' memory's realm had winged in quest Of its sweet mate, till all were found. Nor e'en in waking did thec'ue, Thus strangely caught, escape again;. For never lark its matins knew So well as now I know this strain. And oft, when memory's wondrous spoil Is talked of in our tranquil bower, I [ sing this lady's song, and tell The vision of that mornhg hour. Miss Leslie ox Slang. iThe author of the Behavior Book says: There is no witin a lady to speak of taking a 'snooze,' instead of nap; in calling pantaloons 'pants,' or gentlemen 'grnts;' in saying of a man whose dress is getting old that he looks 'seedy;' or in alluding to an amusing anecdote or a diverting incident to say that it is 'rich. ^41! slang words are detestable from the lips 1.1 ladies. We are always sorry to hear a young lady use such a word as 'polking,' when she tells of having been engaged in a certain dance too fashionable not long since; but happily, ¡s now fast going out and almost banished Irom the best society. To her honor be it remembered, Queen Victoria has prohibited the polka beingídanec-d in her presence. How can a genteel girl bring herself to say, 'Last night I was polking with Mr Bell,' or 'Mr Cope came and asked me to polk with him.' Its coarse and ill sounding name is worthy of the dance. We have little tolerance for young ladies who, having neither wit nor humor, set up for both aud, having nothing of the right stock to go upon, substitute ccarseness and impertinence, nottosay impudence, and try to excite laughter, and attract the attention of gentlemen bv talking slang. Where do they get it? How did they piok it up! From low newspapers or vulgar books'! Surely not from low companions! We have heard one of these ladies.when her collar chanced to be pinnedawry. say that it was put on drunk; also, that her bonnet was drunk, meaning creaked on her head. When disconcerted she was floored.' When submitting to do arythin;; unw.llingly,she 'was bro't to the scratch.' Sometimes she did things -on the sly.' She talked of a certain great vocalist 'singing like a beast.' She believed it very smart and piquant to use these vile expressions. It is true, when at parties she always had half a dozen gentlemen about her; their curiosity being excited to hear what would say next. — And yet she was a woman of many good quaii- t:es, and one who boasted of having always dived in society.' Pacific and Tho Executive C< meeting of the eitixenn of San Franoisco, Sept 3, 18G3, to superintend the California movement in favor of a railroad communication with the Atlantic States, met at the Exchange in that city, on Tuesday, 6th inst. af 1 o'clock. F. W. Macondray was appointed chairman, and Geo Lewis I ooke, Secretary. A committee of fifteen was appointed by tho Chair, to raise subscripta ns for the purpose of defraying the expenses of collecting the necessary information, etc as follows, viz: San Francisco—C. J. Johnson, S. It.Throckmorton, I,. Maynard, John Parrott, Thomas O. Larkin. Sacramento—A. C Monson, F. W. Page, Col. Forman. Marysville, John C. Fall. Stockton, C. M We'bber, H. A. Crabb. San Jose, J Belden. Montarey, W. H. Ilussell. Los Angele*) — Abú Steirns. San Diego—Charles II. Johnson. C. J. Brenham was appointed Treasurer of the executive committee. Julius C. Rose, Alfred Dewitt, H. A. Chee- ver, W, N. Thompson, and Geo- Clifford ware appointed a committee to take measures for calling a convention to give vitality to the en- terpriso. Resolved, That inasmuch as it is important that all the information which can be gathered before the next session of Congress upon thia subject should collected: and inasmuch as nei* ther the Sierra A'erada from Carson's Creek to Walker's PaBfc nor the Coast Range from San Francisco to San Diego, nor the region west of the San Joaquin and cist of the Coast Range, have been sufficiently explored, that Thos. C. Hamhly, Thos O. Larkin, Wm. H. Russell, John ib/iddleton, and Geo. K. Gluya°, be a committee to take charge of this department, and report from time to time. The meeting adjourned to 10th instant. The CoMat'Esr of 2?urmah. We copy the following from tbe New York Herald of Aug 5; While Russia is vainly endeavoring to con» summale her schemes of aggrandirement upon Turkey. Great Britain is more successful in her . attempts to extend the boundaries of Her empire The Birmese war is virtually at an »nd; the most valuable portions of the emperor'» dominions have already fal'en into the British grasp Both shores of the Irrawady and the whole of the littoral are at this moment held by British troops Had it not been for the inexperience and mismanagement of the officer who commanded the British army on that expedition, the whole country would have been subjugated.and the new Kmperorand his court would have been compelled to seek a refuge ¡a the mountains. Aa it is, the Burmese havo been deprived both of their trade and their means of subsistance; what is left them is the least valuable portion of their empire. They will be forced to purchase nearly all the necessaries of life from the ter itories which have bean seized by the invaders. Every Burmese vessel will require to pass through British waters, and pay toll to British authorities before .Jtcan reach the sea. Every fort of importance •ii already garrisoned by British troops. The nation is impoverished, the army disheartened; a large number ofthe people have been driven from their Ironies, and are now enduring fearful hardships in the northern districts of the em* pire. . . Tho envoys of the emperor met the British commissioners a few weeks since to agree upon a.treaty of peace. The latter, as usual after a successful campaign, demanded that ft largo portion ofthe territory overrun by the troops should be ceded to Great Britain. This proposition having been ind'ignantlv declined by the Birmese, the commanding officer notified the envoys lhat thev must give an uncondition. al consent to his demand or evacuate tbe place in twenty four hours. Without tendering any reply the Burmese took their departure within ten hours after the receipt of the message. Thus stand matters at prosent. flé^Some persons are dignified for no other rea on than to conceal their wrnts: They dare not be sociable for fear their neighbors will (fia eover how utterly brainless they are. If you retide next door to a pompous individual, just you come to the'conclusion that/you live within touching distance of the biggest old ass in the block. By Bring so you will be right nine time3 out often. 8_*A slave belonging to II. France, Pettis county, Afissouri, wm publicly burnt on the 13th July, for murdering the wife of John Rains, under the most aggravated circumstances, and his master was ordered out of the State for conniving at the crime. 9®-Ypa say.MrsSmith, thatyou have 1'ved with the defendant eight years. Does the court understand from you that you are married to him! 'fncourev it does' 'Have -you a marriage certificate!' 'Yes, yer honor, three on 'em—two gals and a boy.' .» Eloquent Description. Mr Meaghor, in ft recent address delivered in New York, has the following eloquent description of the present state of .Europe. How impossible for a soul not stirred and even tried in fire, to conceive and utter such things as these: Austria, the whole German faroilv, tongue- tied the Rhine stagnant in its bed; Poland.the Niobe of nations, and her estate and children cut up and parcelled out among the robbers; Hungary, with tho knife at her proud and beautiful neck; Italy, locked within her sculptured sepulchre, and a profane Boldiory keep- watch upon it; France, griinmacing in a masquerade, the glare of which binds men to crimes of which it is thf senseless and reckless carnival: Ireland, her people decaying and disappearing faster even than the rums, which a ruthless civiliz tion has yet left standing on the soil. Where, where can the eye thatBcana the history ot this day turn with joy, without grief, without vengeance, without d-spair, unless it be to this great commonwealth, the power, the progress, the immensity of which are mapped out in those mighty waters of th» west, irom which I enme but yesterday." Junius on Newspapers. The following, written ■ bout seventy five years ago, showe that tho press in those ages was as great a ter>- ror to tyrants as it is now: They who conceive our newspapers are no restraint upon bad men, or impediment to the execution of bad measures, know nothing of this country. Our ministers and magistrates have really little punishment to frar, and few difficulties to contend with, beyond the censure of tho press and the spirit of resistance it excites among the people. While this censorial power ia maintained, to speak in the wcrds of a foreigner, 'both ministers and mag< istrates are compelled in almost every instance to choose between his duty and his reputation. A dilemma of this kind perp.etuaiy before him will not indeed work miracles on his heartjbut t will as uredly operate in wme ile-gree upon his eon duet.
Object Description
Title | Los Angeles Star, vol. 3, no. 19, September 17, 1853 |
Type of Title | newspaper |
Title (Alternate) | La Estrella, vol. 3, no. 19, Septiembre 17, 1853 |
Type of Alternate Title | newspaper |
Description | The weekly newspaper is in English (p.1-2) and Spanish (p.3-4). The English edition includes following headings: [p.1]:[col.3] "Ancient American Pyramid", "Girls"; [col.4] "Day dreams" by Tom Moore, "Ms. Leslie on slang", [col.5] "Pacific and Atlantic Railroad", "The conquest of Burmah", Eloquent description", "Junius on newspapers"; [p.2]: [col.1] "The election and its effects", "From Santa Barbara", "Sheep on the road", [col.2] "Recovery of stolen horses -- arrest of one of the thieves", [col.3] "Santa Barbara election", "The death of Vergara at the Colorado", "Startling discovery", [col.4] News from the north", "From Australia", [col.5] "Grand agricultural and horticultural fair".; La Estrella in Spanish includes headings: [p.3]: [col.1] "Recobro de caballo robados y arresto de uno de los Ladronca", "El Senor Don Andres Pico, ha llegado del Norte por el ultimo vapor", [col.2] Maravillas de la pluma", "Novela -- Tancredo, Principe de Salerno"; [p.4]: [col.1] "Dis[s]urso de Platon sobre la forma[c]ion del Mundo. Conclusion", [col.2] "Poesia", "El fastidio". |
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 1853-09-11/1853-09-23 |
Editor | McMeans, Jas. M. |
Printer | McMeans, Jas. M. |
Publisher (of the Original Version) | McMeans, Jas. M. |
Publisher (of the Digital Version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
Date created | 1853-08-17 |
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, v. 3, no. 19, September 17, 1853 |
Legacy Record ID | lastar-m32 |
Part of Collection | Los Angeles Star Collection, 1851-1864 |
Rights | Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery |
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Repository Name | Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery |
Repository Address | 1511 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108 |
Repository Email | ajutzi@huntington.org |
Filename | STAR_078; STAR_079 |
Description
Title | Page 1 |
Contributing entity | The Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery |
Filename | STAR_078.tiff |
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:LA ESTRELLA
Este periódico se publica todos loa Silbados en la
Ciudad, dü los Augeieíj err fronte de la casa de Don
Alejandro Bel], por
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JAS. M. M'MRANS,
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piros ni ano pagándolos adelantado*.
Los avisos se publican a razón do dos pesos por cada
cuadrado do ocho liueas por la primera vez, y un peso
porcada una do las veces siguientes.
01i*«r*« &• piattm sóbrala form**i»is
«tal Mundo.
•oíoMwíw al Conclusion.
Para oonoebir la causada estos dos movimientos encontrados, debemos observar que ta
parte divina del aliña universal esta siempre
«a oposiuiou con la parte material; que la primera, se hulla muy biéa ácirt laa estvemidades
del mundo, y ía ultima eu la atmosfera que rodea
la tierra y por ultimo que cuando se fue a dar
movimiento al universo, la party material del
alma, máaftaz de resistir a la dirección general
impresa por la parte divina, recogíj loa reatos
de un movimiento irregular que le habia .agitado eu el oaos, y lo comunicó a laa esferas que
•ircuyaa nuestro globo.
£ate mundo ya vivificado recibió una form*
esférica la mas perfecta de todas y quedo sujeto
a un movimiento circular el mas simple y el
mas acomodado a bu forma. El supremo hace
dor miró au obra con complacencia, y habiendo
la comparado eon el modelo que habia seguido
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