MtsitH iffeirjr..
THE CROPPY BOY.
BT  WILLIAM B.  MCBURSEY, ESQ.
" Good men and true, in this house who dwell,
To a stranger bouchal, I pray you tell—
Is the Priest at home, or may he be seen ?
I would speak a word with Father Green."
" The Priest's at home, boy, and may be seen ;■
'Tis easy speaking with Father Green ;
But you must wait, till I go and see
If the holy Father alone maybe.
The youth im entered an empty hall—
What a lonely sound hath his light foot-fall,
And the gloomy chamber's chill and bare.
With a vested Priest iu a lonely chair.
The youth has knelt to tell his sins :—
"Nomine Dei," the youth begins ;
At " Mea Culpa'- he beats his breast,
And iu broken murmers he speaks the rest.
" At the seige of Ross did my father fall,
And at Gorey my loving brothers all,
I alone am left of my name and race,
I will go to Wexford ami take their place.
" I cursed three times since last Easter-day ;—
At mass-time onee I went to play ;
I passed the church-yard one day in haste,
Aud forgot tu pray for my mother's rest.
" I bear no hate against a living thing,
But I love my country above my king.
Now, Father, bless mc, ami let me go,
To die, if God has ordained it so."
The Priest said naught, but a rustling noise
Made the youth look up with wild surprise ;
The robes were off. and in scarlet there
Sat a yeoman captain, with fiery glare.
With fiery glare and with fury hoarse,
Instead of a blessing he breathed a curse :—
" 'Twas a good thought boy to come here aud shrive,
For oue short hour is your time to live.
" Upon yon river three tenders float,
The Priest's in one, if he'smot shot;
We hold his house for our lord the king ;
And amen, say I, may all traitors swing.
At Geneva Barrack that young man died,
And at Passage they have his body laid,
Good people, who live in peace and joy,
Breathe a prayer for a Croppy Boy.
NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!
Direct from the Atlantic States.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE DAYS PASSAGE.
THE UNDERSIGNED offer to the Southern Trade, the entire cargo of Ihe Ship " ARCADIA;
direct from Boston, consisting of in part :
HARDWARE & CROCKERY WARE,
The largest and most com ploto assortment ever olVoroil in thin Market.
Brittania Ware, Fine China Ware, Gilt Edged and Fancy Tea Setts.
Furniture,   All   Descriptions,
Amongu1 whitih ure a tew Magnificent Chamber and "Parlor Setts.
CarpeHnga ; Brussels, THi'tc-Ply, Si Cnnvass, a  new  article.   Painted Floor Clofli, Rugs, See. Sic.
Carriages, Job Wagons, Carts & Cart Wheels. Handcarts, Wheelbarrows,
And :i lull assortment of  AGHICUI/TITRAIi IMPLEMENTS—Sucli BsReapers, Mowerg,Thrashers, Cultivators,
Plows, Rakes, Pitch forks, Shovels, Spades, to. kc. kc.
100,000 Feet American White Pine Lumber. 200 Doors and Windows,
assorted sizes ; Wooden Ware of all descriptions.
100 "Dozen liiooins all A Buckets.
GROCERIES & LIQUORS,  AEULL ASSORTMENT.
200 bbls. White Crushed Sugar; 100 do Whiskey ; 100 do Brandy ; 100
doz. Liquors, assorted, in cases; 2 doz. Liquor cases, rilled, a very fine article for private use.
400Boxes Chemical Olive Soap, Paints, Oils ami Spirits Turpentine, Tnlwcn, Pipes, Cigars, ke.. kc. Tlie?e floods iht*vine;
direct from tlio Atlantic Stales, we are enabled to furnish traders willi iheir Supplies, aa eiieap, if not cheaper, than
they can procure them in &ui  '■'nuidsen,
«$- GAVFGWA OALL AND SEE FOR YOURSKLYES. -©ft
Samples oi' tht I'nvjio can lie seen at onr Store in Steams' tluililiriir, and
THE ENTIRE CAU'GO WIEL BE DISPOSED OF CHEAP EOR CASH
Goods deliverable at San Pedro or Loa Angeles.
JOHNSON & AZXANSON.
Los Angeles, April 21, 1855. [No. 49—tf]
Suit imam ^totrtistintnts.lgan. jxmum fftirafetiimik
St. Nicholas Hotel.
South-west corner of Sansome mud Commercial Sis.
BAH MtAXCJSL'O, CAL.
THI'"-UNDERSIGNED have termed the above nev
and COMllODINliS  RRICK HOTEL.    The  Room
are larsre, well venl.ilaled and uewlv liaished, ain
from its central position it is unsurpassed I'or the
.tion of transient and permanent hoarders-
Families can  be accomodated  with Single  or  Si
Rooms. ^^^^^^^_
It   is  the  intention  of the  proprietors to keep the St,
Nicholas as a  first, class .hotel.    Tlie   Table mid bar will  hi!
supplied with the very best material the market affords.
Vi. ,1. ARMSTRONG,
"WM. P, RIIMIWAY,
.  Proprieto:
ISTERSATIOSAL   HOTEL,
Jackson st, bet. Montgomery and Kearney.
San Fhancisco.
central position Of this new Five-fitore Fire Proo:
Building,   convenient  to   the   steainlioat  landing and  th'
part of the oity,       "      " " - —■* *-~*—v,~ n'
renders it the most desirable Ho
tel i
ltly fiu-nislied and fitted up in the most approved
r comfort and convenience, and having ix table
rfth the best the markets affords, it is particularly
to the accommodation of Families as well as the
tizeas of the Southern partof the stale, and the
euei-ally, ai'e respect fully invited  to  call aud judge
a selves.
3m. PECK & FISHER, Proprietors.
H
N EW  COO DS!
The Old Stand of 0.  W. GUILDS,
AS beeu entirely renovated and supplied with NEW GOODS, J us t received and now offered
for sale to his old friends and customers at Great Bargains I
50 TONS NEW Q ^
among which are the following, viz:
GO KEGS Fast Boston SYRUP
9000 LPS. SUGAR, China, No. 1.
5000    •' ■'   q>     "       No, 2.
IA I'.IM.A. h Hf. Idils. Crushed & Powdered SUGAR.
3000 LPS. RIO COFFEE.
»5 CHESTS  linjiei-ial and Gun Powder TEA.
5000 LIIS.  Clear HACON.
3000 LBS   Jewell's aud Harrison's LARD, in Kegs an
Tins.
The Wine Trade of France.
LETTER PROH DR. GOODRICH, U. 8. CONSUL AT LYONS.
I propose to give you, in this communication,
pome account of the staple productions of France,
that may ha of interest to many of the readers of
the Merchants' Magazine, and especially so, as the
vine culture is beginning to attract attention in the
Southern and South-western sections of our own
country.
As yon are aware, tlie two principal products of
France are wheat and wine—both entering largely
into domestic consumption, and the latter yielding
a surplus for exportation.
The most productive wine districts of France arc
the South and South-western, and the least productive is the North-western. The vine grows not
only on the level and undulating lands, but also
on the hill-sides and mountain summits. These
lands are mostly stony, sandy, sterile, worn out,
and unfit for wheat growing. During the last
three or four years a destructive disease has attacked the vine not only in France, but in Italy,
Spain and Portugal. This malady is of a fungoid
character, and its preventative or remedy has
hitherto eluded the vigilance and researches of the
chemist and naturalist.
In the statistics I shall give you—and they will
be official—I will, for brevity, avoid the smallest
numerals, as my object can be attained without
them. The number of acres of land under vine
culture in France differs but a little from 5,000,000.
There arc about 2,000,000 of persons (mostly
females) employed in the cultivation of the vine
and the manufacture of wine, exclusive of 250,000
engaged in tiie transportation and sales of wines.
The average annual product is a little more than
800,000,000 gallons—for obvious reasons I give you
American rather thau French terms. The domestic
or home value varies of course with the supply aud
demand, say from ten to twenty cents a gallon.—
For the last two years, owing to the "disease,-' the
price has augmented from one to two hundred per
cent, on former prices. The annual value may be
set down in round numbers at $100,000,000.
In the year 18-19, which is probably the best for
several years, the number of acres under cultivation
was 5,500,000, producing 025,000,000 gallons of
wine. This was an increase of 115,000,000 over
that of the last decade, 1839. Nearly 50,000,000
gallons are annually exported as French whies-
In 1819, 41.000.000 were exported ; in 1850, 42.
000,000 ; in 1851, 49.500,000 ; in 1852, 53.200,000 ;
iu 1853, 43,500,000. Ninety millions'of gallons
are annually distilled into brandy, although for
the ensuing year, owing to governmental restrictions, there will be but little French brandy exported to the United States except that made from
American whiskey imported into. France. One-
seventh, or about 133,000,000 gallons are annually
exported from France, either as wine or its distillations. The excise duty on wine and its productions
paid into the French Exchequer during the past
year was $22,800,000. This includes the ordinary
excise, as also the "Octroi." or city duty. There
are, by estimate, 220,000,000 gallons of wine manufactured into spirits, inclusive of the 90,000 made
into brandy. This leaves more than 700,000,000
gallons of wine forborne consumption, or about 21
gallons i'or each inhabitant for the year.
Wine, as & beverage, ie universally used here by
all classes. The strong liquors are chiefly for exportation ; hence, you see very little drunkeness
iu la Belle France.
The,disease of the vine in France has for the last
two years been very destructive, and it has greatly
diminished the production of wine. This is on the
increase, and fears are entertained that it may
totally destroy tho vine. Under this apprehension,
may not the subject of vine culture legitimately
and appropriately attract the attention of onr
Southern and South-western planters? Many of
our Southern lands, I opine, are peculiarly adapted
to the vine, and from natural sterility or other
causes are unsuited to products requiring richer
and stronger soils. The lands of Southern Europe
employed by the vine arc light and sterile, unsuited to wheat and other grains.
If our Southern farmers would, at this time more
especially, turn their attention to this subject,
would it not ensure to their own individual interests, enhance the national wealth,andbe promotive
of national temperance by the introduction into
general use of a cheap beverage, that would ultimately root out those "-villainious spirits/' whose
baneful influence is felt throughout the length and
breadth of our land ?
In regard to the vine and its diseases in Europe,
■should the present condition of things continue for
a few years, would it be the strangest fact in the
history of commerce, if our favored country should
become the exporter instead of the importer ol
wine T And may not the vine yet prove one of the
sources of our national wealth, as well as tbe promoter of a sound national morality ?
Such a result would restore the vine to its pristine value, as one of the good gifts of God.—
[Hunt's Mer. Mag.
Duration of Veoetablb Life.—Lord Lindsay
elates, that in the course of his wanderings amid
the pyramids of Egypt, he stumbled on a mummy.
proved by its hieroglyphics to be at least 2,000
years of age. On examining the mummy after it
was unwrapped, he found in one of its closed hands
a tuberous or bulbous root. He was interested in
the question how long vegetable life could last,
od he therefore took that tuberous root from the
s hand, planted if in a sunny soil, allowed
|ains and dews of heaven to descend upon it,
'* e course of a few weeks, to his astonish-
joy, the root burst forth and bloomed
lauteous dahlia.
HAMS.
DRIED APPLES.
CHILI PEACHES.
FLOUR.
mv uu, v,™~icalOIL and English SOAP.
50 ILK-*,  lltl ice's A.bnninthieitnd Ki.orm CANDLES.
35     " " CANDLES,   White   and Colored, i
Cartons of (1 lbs. each.
20 CASES PICKLES in Qts. and HI'. Gala.
15 RBI.*-*, and Hf bbls. PORK.
TOBACCO.
CSGAPS.
['RESERVED FRUITS.
FRFSH CRANBERRIES   *    "       * -
40 CASES ASSORTED OANDIES~AJVD RAISINS,
FARMING- UTENSILS.
PLOWS-
SHOVELS.
HOES.
AXES.
WHEEL -BARROWS.
VA-fH THIS. 	
FAINTS.
LINSEED OIL.
TURPENTINE.
ALCOHOL.
-***---*****-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^—- WOOD
WINES   AND LIQUORS,      CROCKERY   AND   GLASSWARE,
Window Glass, Brooms; Manilla, Cotton and Hemp Cordage; Cooking
Office and Parlor Stoves of every "desirable pattern.
liniing Dishes, Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper
ii manufactured to order.
50 KEGS NAILS, assorted.
BRASS k LEAD FAUCETS, HARD WARE fc CUTLERY, DOOR LOCKS,   BUTTS, SCREWS,   HINGES,   TACKS,  BUND
FASTENERS,   Grass Scythes, GRAIN  CRADLES,   RAKES,  und, vm-ivus nthov M< ixdiandb.r too mum-i-ous to mention.
C»U at the Old Store, on  I>os Articles Street.
Los Angeles, April 28, 1855. No. 50—tf O. W- CHIEDS.
Jones, Tobin &C&.
IMPORTERS   AND    J O BB E.R S,
Sacramento Street, comer St an sonic,
San Franoisco;.
EKSPECTFULLY invite the attention ortho-trade to their
large and varied stock of Yankee and European Notions,
Km broideries, &c. &i*. comprising :
LACE AND MUSLIN EMBROIDERIES =
TRIMMINGS :
BUTTONS;
HANDKERCHIEFS ;
LACE GOODS ;
MILLINERY GOODS ;
WHITE GOODS;
RIBBONS ;
BONNETS;
HOSIERY:
GLOVES; COMBS :
BRUSHES:
ROCKET KNIVES AND SCISSORS ;.*
RAZORS;
ELS III NG HOOKS AND LINES ;
STATIONARY;
PERFUMERY OF ALL KINDS.
Together with  a general assortment of Varieties  nnd)
Small Wares, consist iug in pa i'i. of Hook sand Eyes, Eln-sticK,.
linge, Steel Pens, Needles,  Tapes,   Violins,   Violin   and
Guitar Strings, IVIiuleboues, Marbles, Dolls, Playing Cards,.
kc kc.
J. T. k Co. are constantly receiving, via the Isthmus and
per Clipper Ships, additions to their Stock of the latent ami
most desirahle Go.ids, carefully selected by one ofthe firm;
in New York, and from the unusual facilities which they
enjoy in this branch of tlieir business, they are confident
of heing able fully to meet the wants of the California market.
JONES, TOBIN & CO.
San Franciseo.
March 24, 1856. 3m
ht, GOc, 7**ic arid?!.
■k, ib,  34,  95 and $6,
c room, per night, SI-     -
■ge  of Free Paths is  extended to those
ii this house.
R.   R.  Y-OODWARO. Proprietor.
San Francisco Ahead, of tiie World.
Ever on apace with the Age and   'Times.
L.DELAPONT. J. PAIGE.
BEMPONT h CO.
130 WASHINGTON STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.
Frenola. Xaaa.i^-ortox'ss
AND DEALERS IN WINES, BRANDIES,
LIQUORS AND SYRUPS.
March 24.
tin,
I*. B. Oomins,
GUN, LOCF& WHITE SMITH
LOCKS MADE AND REPAIRED.
Salamander Safes Opened.    All Work
^^^^^^^^^jH Warranted.
Also, constantly on hand and for sale, alarge assortment
Oonlilc and Single Bnrrcled Shot Guns,
RIFLES,   PISTOLS,   GUN   TRIMMINGS,   &c,
Which will be sold cheap.
Powder and Shot wholesale and retail.
NO. 73 DAVIS STREET,
Third door north nf (lav street,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
U3"l, Ovder.-t for work promptly attended to, and executed
M
ONEV TO LOAN  AT 8 PER CENT PER  MONTH,   TO
ouni required, upon Ranches wilh  confirmed
MARRIOTT & WHEELBK,
Pacific Loan Sj Fceurity Bank,
tt0f
, Tea and Coffee 1
Li'iety constantly on
f qui ^kt'fctlltt'ttS.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Pe<Iro "Ronin,
VS.
Tomas Urquides and .Tosc UlniiaCota.
BY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION IN THE ABOVE ENTI-
tled cause, issued out of the District Court.of the first
Judicial District, for Los Angeles county. State of California, dated March 29th, A. D. 1S55, 1 have levied, upon and
siezed the undivided interest of Tomas Urrjuides, in and to
the following described property, to wit :
A certain tract or parcel of land, lying and being in the
Citv and County of Los Angeles, and hounded on the east
bv the road leading bv the House of S. C. Foster, to San Pedro ; on the north" by" the land of John Oroff; west by Ygnacio Machado. J nan Moreno, and Mnrin Antonio Jlachar'o ;
and on the south hy the land owned by the heirs of Disl-
derio Olivera, bein»- the property on wliich the mother of
s;ji iii Tomas Urquides now resides, about one hundred nnd
fifty yards east and west, hy four hundred yards north aud
south more or less, containing about liitecn iie.res. more or
less, which interest of said Urquides f will oiler for sale at
the Court House door, in the Citv of Los Angeles, on ""
12th dav of May next, at 11 o'clock A. M., for" Cash.
J. R. BARTON, Sur.Riv
Loe Angeles, April 13, 1855. No. 48.—td
H
isjiras Cmnpinics.
Pacific Express Go.
>'" 1 *k
SANTA RAEBARA.
MONTEREY.
SAN Fi
H«-
•Largest light i
-New building, con
ior  Sacramento an
d Montgome
y st.,
AN FRANCISCO.
Why should  ewj
one   co  to Vance
'B who wishe
s PER-
I iu half tlie time of any othe
: therefore they must be mc
■n, the shorter the time the r
establishment in tin
I perfect, for if is wel
re natural the oxpres
:ancisco.
sacramento-
stockton,
and throughout the Northern J
jRS- Packages, Letters, Parcels antlT treasure forwarded
and insured.
JJ-JT Collections  mn.de In .every part  of the   State and
Oregon.
CHAS, R. JOHNSON. A-ent.
Los Angeles, March Cth 18*56, mlO-tf
Hall, Piatt &  Co,
Temple's BlocJk,
OPPOSITE COMMERCIAL STREET,
AVE   ON HAND   New  and   desirable GOODS,
Consisting in part of
Pork, in barrels and half barrels.
Hams, dry, and in brine.
Bacon Sides, extra clear.
Sugar b.
Coffee.
Black, and Green Teas.
Young Hyson, and Imperial, lb. Caddies.
Dried Apples. Preserved Fruit, Apices.
Oysters, Sardines, Tomato Catsup.
Preston k Merrill's Yeast Powders.
Cream Tartar, Saleratus.
Pickles.  H gallons and riuurl jars.
Together witb a complete assortment of
LIQUORS,
Foreign and Domestic, of superior quality, in 10 gallon
packages and in barrels.
Dark and Tale i'elloro-iu Brandy.
Madeira and Port Vine.
Holland Gin, Old Bourbon Whiskey.
Claret and Sautern Wine.
Boker's and Leslie's. Stomach Bitters.
Turner's Extra Lemon Syrup.
American and Barcelona Playing Cards.
Chemical Olive Soap.
Adamantine Candles.
Grape Brand Tobacco.
Goodwin's Smoking and Fine Cut do.
Cigars, kc, ive.
Allot which, are offered at greatly reduced rates.
Wc sell for tanh, nnd ca«li only, and are consequently enabled to offer Goods at smaller profits than is generally demanded.
HALL, PLATT  & CO.
Temple Block.
Los Angeles, April 13, 1855. No. 4S—lm
WELLS. FARGO & CO'S
gSSSk E*SPH"BSS.
A Joint Stock Company with  a capital of
gjOO.OOO,
\\T7mj dispatch an Express from  tlio  City, of
VV Los Amreles. by every Steamer, to all parts nf California, Oregon, the AtlanticStal.es and Europe, in charge
of regular and experienced Messengers.
LETTERS.l'iBCElS, PACKAGES and TREASURE
received and conveved to destination with safety and dispatch. Collections made. Orders and Com in is si mis filled,
and all business pertaining to an Express and forwarding
business, attended to with promptness and care.
Siirht bills of exchange procured on all tiie principal cilie;;
of the Atlantic stales. Oregon ami Europe.
H. R. MYLES, Agext.
LosAngele--, March. 24, 1355. tf
SEBASTOPOL NOT TAKEN
COUNTY SUKVEYOK'S OFFICE.
[~N J. (i. Nichols, new brick building on Main street, up
H. HANDCOCK, Cocyrv Surveyor.
GEO. HANSON, Deputy.
Los Angeles, April 28, 1855. No. 50—tf
Notice.
:ed my private notei
^^^^^^—^^^^^—- ct- H- R- MYL
collection, wbo is authorized to receive and receipt for the
DURING my absent, I bave pb
and accounts in the hands of Doct. PI." R". MYLES, for
Sth. Bteauw he has of late, nfleri
bi-v ','i' r 'vuiii-al propaval ions
compound- entirety different from
used in  the  art.   which   enables  hi
likenesses at c-xnry sitfin.i
tiful tone, so much ad:
inch
r.ent ing.
expe
perfect: ^^^^^
ything   ever before
to   produce perfect
tli that clear, soft and beau-
n aR his picti
All those wishing perf'eel likenesses 'ivill do well to call
before sitting elsewhere and jadge for themselves.
fyry Prices as reasonable and work Superior to any In the
city.
DON'T FORGET THE PLACE.
'f/3^ New building, corner Sacramento and Jlor.tgomery
streets, entrance on Montgomery street, next door to Austin's, dccl-f-orn
3,000 PCKGS.   DRUGS,  MEDICINES,
Cliemleals, Dye Stuffs, Paints,  Oils,
Turpeiuliic, Perfume, y, fancy
Goods, Brushes, &c., Sic.
Henry Johnson   & Co.
WHOLESALE    DRUGGISTS,
140 Washington street, San Francisco,
,EFER EOR SALE tn the trade the largest and  test   assortment of Goods, in (heir line, ever imported iuto Cali-
to which tbey invite the attention of country  buy-
a, wbo will Iind it to their advantage to examine Their
ock, as they an- determined to sell at the lowest rates
mils can he afforded for.    Their chemicals area1,! received
.■(■'■' from the best manufacturers, and their Drugs are of
e !i"si quality, and selected by one of Cue firm in the
istern market's, and they will endeavor to beep on Heir
palatum o| (living tbeir  customers  the  best   quality   of
Gil
hcvet ofor   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
stock c-ousistsin part of:
Chemical-, of every kind.    Corks, every kind.
Story, It'
--HPORTERS
Perfumer-
Batters,
OSCOOD'p TXDIA niOLAO'H'l'i:. TVISTAR'? RALSAM OE
',"11.D CHERRY. <:!*:AEEi-*E\i''-:i*'' CO.'S MEDICINES, COR-
lETT'S   SBAKERS'    PARSAPARILLA,    DR.    HINT'   LIRE
Soda   Dottles.
-Whiting.
Oil Vitriol.
Togetl er with n full s
kind in demand, and (
Agents for Dr.
lis and Ointmei
Bitters. Ac.
narket, we Batter onrselv
■untaxes, both in quality
int! of business.
; ,-.-i will rvr-ide permanent-
and superintend in person th<
uid shipping of goods far thi.-
!H that wo can offer miperior ad
.md price, to anv other In mu
STORY, RED1XGTON fc CO.
A. Kremer,
San Francis
THEnmlet-si
But the latest News is Received by every
STEAMER.
THE SUtlS-crlbari having mndc nrraii^emeiils
witb J. W. SULLIVAN, E-;i[., of the Pictorial Depot, San
Francisco will receive supplies of papers by every Steamer,
These Papekhivu.i. he CAitiui-;r> ahoottne City oh thf.auri-
VAL Of every Steamer; thev can also he obtained at the office
of the LOS ANGELES STAR.
tos Angeles.
"11 and well established firm, would
•" -,- -.-: .;,■; juid patrons, that they
re prepare! to miy and sell Merchandise on commission.
hey are coB&ent th -■■-•. th ia knowledge of business,
nd Earn ilia ritj vi the mar&el ofSan FranctSeo. (a mem-
n of their ■ - residing oonntatnly fc that city,) they
v      ■    tie ' ii-  trading public than anv other
■      es ■  -'■-  ■ ofii  tl Iccity.
All orders for'.iit! por.-iuise of merchandise  In  Sau Fran
isco mast be accompanied with the cash.
LAZARD k KREMER.
Los Angeles, August 24, 1854 an24
Persons
WISHING     PeRIOEIOALB,
other
Books of any kind,  Magazines or
CHEAP LITERATURE,
Can obtain such, by leaving their names at tbis
Office, and they will be supplied at s-hort notice.
_%£$" Orders from the country solicited.
A. & S. WAITE.
Dos Angeles,   ApriV28, 185").
ft
Dry Goods and Clothing Emporlu
idersigned have removed their
took of  goods  from their old
lornei' of Commercial andPrin-
:, to tbe large and commo-
stand.
cipal street'
store,   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B
NO. 2 TEMPLE'S BLOCK,
Next door to the Post Office, Principal Street,
direr-'"-.■ i [.,,., ■:<•<-. n ,,!.- ,,i.i stand, where they will be happy
t.n si :'*l i in i ■ n. I ,:! find customer S. They have lately made larjr" additions to their stock, whieh is now tbe
most extensive in the city, comprising in part
READY MADE CLOTHING,
HATS AND GAPS, BOOTS AND SHOES,
FOREIGN AMI [>U*\1KSTI<.*J'RY<.*OOl>S, FANCY GOODS, ko.
Which are offered at greatly reduced prices,  either at
INDEPENDENT  LINE.
CARRYING THE UNITED   STATES MAILS-
I710R   MONTEREY.    SATNTA   HARI1ARA,
;   SAN i'EDitO AXD SAN DIEGO.
Connecting at San l'edro with stages for
LosAngeles, Sun Remardino. and Kern River Mines.     Departure irom Long "Wharf.
THE NEW AXD SPLENDID STEAMSHIP
America,
1,000 tonshurt.ii.:,,, C,\i-r. iSAMCEI, HALEY, will hereafter'make regular trips to the above ports, leaving Long
Wharf.     Eor freight or passage, apph- on i>o;in.i. or to
J.'.*. WRIOIIT.
37 Sacramento street, near Davis.
X. B-.—Shippers are requested to vt.d bills of Lading signed for their goods. May 5, 1855 No. 51—tf
BOOT ANDA SlfoifsTOGE.
f-jpiii; ottfewMMrfLOB Augeles and ids vicinity ai
JL respectfully informed that the mostextensi-
variety of HOOTS and SHOES in the Southern cou
try, may he found at the stove of
JAMES   M0RUIS,
ON MAIN STREET, NEXT   DOOR   TO
THE BELLA UNION,
Where every description oT Boots and Shoes for Ladies,
Gents', and Misses' wear, direct from the most celebrated
.nufacture in the East, mav he obtained, at less price:
m at any other establishment in this citv.
nosea Bieti ri i< r>w. will learn with pleasure thai
means ofa ■ - -j ■ -■ . a-n ■..-.-. Mr. M. is enabled lorcndcr
'ooi,  pei-f|-etlvi',.?\ aim comfortable to the foot.
Lafayette Restaurant,
FORMERLY THE OLD AMERICAN,
COMMERCIAL STREET,
HAS been splendidly re Iii ted and thorough
Dye Stuffs, every hind.
Perl'u in ery, as.~orhd.
1'iiint Brushes.
Whitewash Brushes.
Blacking Brushes.
Hair and Tooth i rush
Ppts. Turpentine.
ntialUils.
Tariaiie Aeidfi.
Cream Tartar.
i SU   Water.
I ay Water, in bids. ;
Olive Oil,
i barrels ami
bottle*   ^^^^^^^^^^
Alcohol, in tins and brls.
Hops, 1854.
Label*, evt-rv kind.
Trusses.
Sweedish Leeches, kc.
■ sorhnot ofPhtent Medicines ofevery
ii.-i-y other article appertaining to the
y,m = '  Famiiy   Medieines.   Holloway's
■anil's Sar.sa; arilla,   Moffat's Dills aud
lOO
BY EXPRESS,
Varieties of Roses,
TBE SUBSCRIBER HAS JUST RECEIVED FROM THE GAR-
deu of.], -i. THOMAS, ol' Mace.lon, X. T.. lOOvarietie* of
the finest sorts of D.OSES. ineliniinu' everv known treed ra-
v. Also a fewSX'iWILU.l.S. LILACS". SYR1XGOS, and
■r ornanieuial s':i:-ubs, I'v those who wisii lo adorn and
decorate a home uow is the time.
"W. B. OSBERX.
Los An-pile*, March 17th,186Sj tf.
WILLIAM SMITH'S
Tin, Sheet Iron and Stove Warehouse,      ,
Commercial Street, Los Angeles.
f^    rTlHE prorriitorof t lie alio ve pojm-    fflfa
iW|  extensive additions to his STOCK, of a great £01
X_Sf^ variety of pooda   pertaining   tothe trade,   V—^L-
is prepared to furnish purchasers with   every desirable article, and at   prices that defy competition.     IBs wares  be-
ing  manufactured   by   experienced workmen,   and   under _
his own supervision, expressly   for   this   market,   he feel*
warranted in soliciting a share of patronage.
PARLOR,   OFFICE AND   COOKING
STOVES
of the most approved patents, constantly on hand.
Tlie attention of Miners and Trnveiers is particularly invited to an examination of his assortment of
COLD    WASHERS,    CANTEENS   And   camp   utensils
MS- X'. B-—ROOFING and all kinds of JOB WORK, executed with neatness and dispatch, on the   most   rcasoua- i
is Angelo
March 31.  1881
3m
proprietors
commodate   regular boarders
if desired.
of fare.    Saloon for  private
Meals at all hours,
parties. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Families ean lie supplied al. the shortest notice.
Cakes of all kinds constantly on hand.
Partridge, Rahbit and Chicken Pies.
Alimentary Preserves.
The best file market affords will be rnnslantlv served
FAUB&CO., Proprietor
IjOs Angelea, January 11, IS5Q.
■,vhv
■etail. «^^™i^^^^™^^^^
apectfully solicit a call Trom purchasers, be-
■e rttn oiler belter inducemeotsin our line ol
any other bouse in this eity,
E1JAS &. BROTHER
Almanacs! Almanacs!
JUST RECEIVED AT THE STAR OFB1CE. a supply ofthe
CALIFORNIA STATE ALMANAC for 1855. janll
The Pioneer Soda Fount and
THE undersigned l>cgg leave to litfonii liSs
Friends and the Public generally, that he has opened
A "Soiin -Fountain anil Confectionary,"
in BAl'.RE'S I'l.OCK,   on   Commercial  Street, directly  opposite C. Ducommun.
Tbe patronage oi* the communitv is respect fully solicited.
CHAIILES SHACHNO.
April 31,   1855. No.*49—3m
Livery and Sale Stable
THE undersigned, having purchase!
the old stand of Messrs. Barker J
'Acron, on  MAIN STREET,  where lr
;  propa.rod  l.o  keep   ILiuses  by tbi
month, on the most reasonable terms.
i-    ! -r   b.leand Boggy Horses with  line Bog-
ffjy Horses houL-lit. soldor exciianged on commission.
Persons wishing tt) buy, sell   or exchange   ca.n   have  an
opportunity hy  calling at  the above  named  place of
JOBS C. NICHOLS.
Los Angeky, March 1, 1855. mhl   tf
FAMILY GROCERY.
fTTIE SUBSCRIBER HAVING LEAPEDTfife
BUILDING FORMERLY OCCUPIED BV.
.1. G. Nichols, on Main street, where he will
be happy to see his friends and the public
generally.
GROCERIES OF EVERY
DESCRIPTION,
[EXCEPTING LIQUORS,]
may he found at his Store,
CHEAP FOR CASH,
as he lias adopted I lie motto "quick sales and small profit/!."
Iiis stock of goods will always be selected of the bast quality, and with special reference to the wants of his customers,    AU who wish to purchase any article usually found
FAMILY GROCERY,
willrereivelhe full value of their money, bv calling at hi*
Store. P. C WILLIAMS.
Los Angeles, March 10th, 1855. tf.
Notice*
ndebted to the late firm of Scott ft
itANdEi'. are requested to make immediate payment
m, or to "WM. B. OSBURN,
16    tf -       Agent.
i   LL   person
VOL. 5
LOS ANGELES, CAL., SATUED^^^IySIv4^S
Printed and published every Saturday, in Temple's Buildings, Main street, head of   Commercial, by
J. S. WAITE.
Terms.—Subscription, Six Dollars per annum, payable in
advance, or Nine Dollars at the end of tbo year.
Advertisements inserted at Two Dollars per sqtiare of ten
One Dollar per square  for
lines for the first
oach subsequent i
Teems
Transient   advertisements must   be paid  for in advam
to insure attention.
No communication i:
ture, unless tho real u ^^^^^^^
Agents of the I.us Angeles Star.
Tbe following gentlemen
Star
Thomas BoRnicic	
Groroe Rick \'f
Messrs. Knox k Wui.stlkiV. '.
S. S. Thompsom	
R. Hopkins	
Col. Jackson "'." '
ALHX. S. Tayt.ok ..,,
Jos. A. IIischman	
Thomas J. Harvkv '..'.'
Thomas Boyck	
authorized Agents for tbe
... .fan Gabriel.
...Monte.
.. .San Bernardino.
.. Monterey.
...Santa iiarhava.
■.. San Luis Obispo.
, ..San Francisco.
LOS   ANOELES   STAR
MAIN STREET, (Temple's Buildings,)
The proprietor of tlio Los Angeles Star, wouhl re-ipeet
fully inform bis friends and the public, that lie ha;
just received a large and varied assortment of new material, and is now prepared to execute the following descriptions of
PLAIN AND FANCY
In tlie best style of the Ax-t.
Books, Circulars, Law Blanks,
Cards; Bills of Exchange
Deeds, Bank Checks,
Notes, Programmes,
Eillota, Bills of Pare.
iription of Printing {hat   may he desired.
diin:; work done are  respectfully  iuvited
ne specimens
jm Bit st §bt.
SO. 2.
FARMERS, iTTESTIOJI.
IKv-um-I.     Farming    Laii.l    For     Sale
milF.SUIlHCRIUKil having had a portion of hisranch sur
Lveve.i into fSd acre lt.N,  ,-„„],-   !.-, if.Hv-
tention'of Farmer and PrnitGroweri to the'sau The,,
1  111-:
Utiles from  Los   Aneele'
'    I Sai
nd 10 mile
i whioh cai
to each lot. They will be sold very low and in accordance
with the times. An opportunity is here offered tothe public to secure a most desirable homestead. a
Tho surveyed plot can be seen at thu office of J. R. Barton,
Esq., to whom reference can be      ' "        —
ulars enquire at this
Iebl5       tf
For forUffl partic-
f tiie subscriber. ,--
LEMUKL CARPENTER
House and Lot for Sale.
ji.    A VERY DESIRABLE HOUSE, suitable for a small
jl   fiianily, containing two )-ooms, witli a Lot attii'-lied.
". situated at the head of Main   street,   is  offered for
sale
d.- ten
For further part iculurs applv to
IGNACIO GARCIA,
fflbS-tf Temple's Row, Main street.
Pamphlets,
Bill Heads,
Labels,
Posters,
Or anv other>
aS-Persona
to call  ami ex
D'tsiuess €nth.
SAMUEL ARBUCKLE,
Auction & Cominissiou Mercbanf
los Angeles, cal.
Sale    Koosei,   Principal   Sti-cot,
Opposite Temple's Building.
■flat Sales of itfERCHAVDlSB ewrv THfRSnAT.
DAS- Sales of HORSErf au-1 MULE9 every MONDAY.
tft.^. Particular   attention   given   to   the   sale   of Real
Estate. r.,iv'->_rr
ALKXA
t to call
IOR SAJLB,       ^H^^
^S^TOO ACRES OF TU!-: HEST ACRKICLTURAL LAND
tOpprifa the County oPI/jb Angdles, which needs
-ai™ irrigation, 50 acres under   fence,   haa
HOUSE and necessary nnthooses.
WM. B. OSBURN, Agent,
FARM FOR SALE.
rphe  subscriber oflei-a bis  Farm,  eon-
\_   tainrng One  Hundred   and  Wixly   Acres  of
WiLLIi.*! Ii 0SBUR.VS
AUCTION"     ROOMS,
"LOS ASGIEIJGS STREET,
A'-GA-f 1)0011 TO TBE POST OFFICS.
OS- FURNITURE sales, every TOESDAY&
lj*»_ HORSES and MOLES sale I, every SATURDAY.
#d- au bm
.roste.l to  mt
latlsfactortly,
i.os ADgelei
March 24, 18S5.
apply at the UJiue of the L(
i the premises to
THOMAS B0RDICK.
rp
iiness in any p.ut of the eity and count
i  shall be  despatched  with 'promptness
WM. B. OSliUKX. Auction!
, March 1st, 1865. ml,l
W. W.  TWIST.
GROCER.   ^»<1 COSPKESSIOH MEUCI-IANT,-
Beautlryu II Lock,, Aliso Streni.
Los Alleles. April 21,  1S&&. No ^0—Sn
Doctor A. Ii. Slannum,
Offleeatthe Bella Dnf<
D
R*fattbetv LanfrattcO,
MLEi: IN" PI 10VISIONS. GROCElUia   AND LIQUOltS,
N;egros, Los Angeles. auSl    tf
■ -le lot
. Ar,LA.\eiO.\.
juas. R. Jo;i.vso\. H.
.lohiison & AIL-msoii,
Saceessnni   to   Alexanaer   <i-    Mel!;..,
WHOLESALE   AN'D   RETAIL   DEALERS   IN   OE^r.IUL
MERCH4NDI3E, Main st., Los Angeh
FOR SAIiE.
lie fine STEW   HOUSE situated on   AlamcfTa
aear tlie corner of Aliso Street, opposite  the
of Don Pedro Sansevaine.     The House has a
h-onI- of 80 feet on the street, and 21 % feet dsPp—ia two
stories tii-'lr—-t-on tains si\   rooms; three  above  nnd   three
below, built  of adobes   with   good .stone  ft/tradation,   and
Boors of American pine. 'Loi .SO va'ras frtnl and 100 deep.
Eutiuin.-of l'!-;,!:'i;-nONZAI.I'Son Iho premises.
Us-A^gflles-'MarchSO,  I8e6. tf
THE CHINESE   ADAM. ^^^^
Tho notions entertained by Chinese "ffidtera on
theautgect ofthe first man a;;d the cr nation of the
world, are very curious. They bftgis, like ottr
Scriptural account, with ;i timo when the earth was:
without form and void ; from that, they pass to an
idea that was of old part of the wisdom of E^ypt.
Chaos was succeeded by the working of a dual
power—Host antl Motion, the one female, and named Yin ; the other male, and named Yang.
Ofh'eaven and earth, of genii. of*flieo, and of all
creatures, animate and inanimate, Yin and Yang
were the father and the mother. Furthermore, all
these things are either male or female; there is
nothing in Natuie neuter. Whatever iu tlie material world possesses, or is reputed to possess, the
quality of hardness (including heafen, the sun,and
day,) is masculine. Whatever is soft, (including
earth, the moon, and night, e.s well as—earth, wood,
metals, and water.) is feminine. OJioolootssayson
this subject, "the celestial principle formed the
male; the terrestrial principle ftirmed the female.
All animate fcnd inanimate n  may be distinguished into mascnlfae and fcmlnlhe. Even vegetable prodtfciloQs are male and female; fbr instance, there is female hemp, and t'icre are male
and female bamboo. Nothing ean ppssibly be
arated from the dual principles named Xing and
Tang,—the superior and hard,—the inferta: and
soft." It is curious to find that tbe Chine.--.: have
also a theory resembllag one propounded by Pythagoras, concerning monads and dnads. ,L Dae,"
they say, " begat two, two produced four, aud four
increased to eight ; and tiro-: by spontaneous multiplication, the production of" all things followed."
As for tbe present system of things, it is the work
of what tl'icjy call "the triad powers."—Heaven,
Man, and Earth. The following is translated from
a Chinese Encyclopedia, pubjished about (Jt) years
ago :—" Before heaven and earth existed, they were
commingled as the contents of an egg-shell are."
[In this egg-shell, heaven is likened to the yellow,
the earth to the white ofthe egg.] '■ Or they wore
together, turbid and muddy. liko tl;:ek dregSJUBt
beginning to settle. Or they '.vere together like a
thick fog on the point of breaking. Then was the
beginning of time, when the original power created
all things, ileaven and earth tire the effect of tire
FiretCause. They in turn produced all Other things
besides/'
less, how far are we not behind her in corns***! roe
and in extent of empire !    I pray to know where
you will go that you will not meet the flag of
England fixed, planted, rooted into the very earth ?
If you go northward, it waves over half of this
continent of North America, which we cali our
own. If you go southward, it greets you on the
Bermudas, the Bahamas, and tiie Curibbee islands.
On the Falkland isiands it guards the straits id'
Magellan ; on tho South Shetland'nslands it
witches the passage round the Horn ; and at Adelaide island it warns you that you have reached
the An-tarct|e circle. When you ascend along the
south-western coast of America, it is.seen at Galo-
pagos, overlooking tbe isthmus of Panama; and,
having saluted it there and at Vancouver, you only
take leave of it in the far north-west, when you
are entering the Arctic ocean. If you Wait Africa,
you find tlie same victorious cross guarding the
coast of Gambia and Sierra Leon and St. Helena.
It watches you at Capetown as you pass into the
Indian ocean;-while on tlte northern passage to
that vast sea it demands your recognition from
griDF/alter, as you enter the Mediterranean; from
Malia. when you pass through the Sicilian straits ;
•on the Ionian islands it waves En protection of
The BritishFeriodicais.
Early Copies Secured.
LEONARD,  SCOTT  & CO., New Yorlc.  coiitj.
nue to rfe],ubli.,li thu lolloping British Periodicals, vi*,
1.
THE LONDON QUARTERLY (Conservatiee):
2.
TIIE EDINBURGH REVIEW (Whig).
3.
TIIE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW (Free Clmrcli).
4.
TIIE WESTMINSTER REVIEW (Liberal).
ilAGAZINE
LinZaril & itvemer,
IMI'ORTi-iltS. AM) WmH.LVAl.t AXD RETAIL DEAT.IT.S
l\- F,ji'.i;u;x AN'n DouiVTif ler-eeeie. a.oTin.YG.
[fours. mOES. ll.ite, ke.. c,nlei.„f MVI.is' Uo,,-, LosAn-
^^^  Iris   ly
gele,.
GEORRK   HAHSOIT,
DEPUTY COlfjVTV SURVEYOR
OFFICE—Up-stairs iti  Nichols' New F.ick Biiiliiin-, o
posite the 'Southern California" Oflice.
l,os Angeles, May 5, 1855. N'o, 51—ly
ALEXANDERS & BAlWtNfi,   "
Forwarding nnd Coiiimlsviou Merc Hai its.
SAN PEURO AVD LOS ANGKI-ES, Cal.
—-.U5KSTS. -
If- N.  ALEX\Ni)RR. Los Angeles.
IiA.VK.LV k CO., San Francisco. nov 23 1
O- I>uoomiiixiii,
WATCHMAKER   &   BOOKSELtEE,
COMMERCIAL STREET,
Los Axgeles, Cal.
BLACKWOOD'S BDINBTJRGH
(Tory),
The' present cHtipnl stntf1 ol Fnrofioan afTnirs will render
Uiv-v j-;i.hi.ic;i',ion.-; unu-uaitj irHt-r-.'-^lin.ir iHiring tho rortli-
Ddtoiog year. Tbey will occupy a middle ground between
tbe hantUy written news U^ms, crude RpiwJu la tions, and
dying nui-.oi-r- ni'the daily journal, end tbe ponderous tome
nf tha future Wstorian, written after tbe Hving l.i ■----,
and (vx>teii;i.-itt of tbe great political events of the time
sliiiil itiive passed away. Itia to these Ppriodicale tbat
renders itfuSt ft>olt fur the only reilly intolK#ibIe, and reli-
ablfi hisi-n.vv of ciirrent oven's, and as sncli, in addition . to
their well-established literal-;,', scientific .nnd theological
character, We nrge them  upon  the consideration ol* the
Payments to be made in all cases in advance.
Money current in the State where issued will be
-eceived at par.
Architect and Builder.
THE undersigned  offers his services to the public as aa
Architect and Builder.
-ELEVATIONS AflTiD SPECIFICATIONS
BRAWN.
Contract* for all descriptions of Buildings
made and executed in the best manner, and at the shortest notice.
Itiiililingi Materials
of all descriptions constantly on  haud and for sale at  his
Lumber Yard, MAIN STUE1CT.
DOORS, BLINDS AND SASH
of a.11 descriptions cnusi.rinUy on baud.
Workshop in Melius1 Row.
Office at Lumber Yard, Alain street.
IRA GILCHRIST.
REFERENCES:
Abel Stearnos, Esq., |     Hod. Francis Melius,
HenryDalton, Esq.. |     B. D. Wilson, Esq.,
■■-11   *f Wm. T. I?. Sanford, Esq.
CLUBBING.
A discount of twenty-fire per cent, from tl
will be allowed to ('lobs ordcringfouror mori
one or more of the above works. Tims: I
Blackwood, or of one Review, will be sent to (
SSI; four copies ofthe four Reviews and Blackwood for $31:
copies   of
- - -ess for
Postage.
janll-tf
Sanford He Carson,
HAVING removed to tlie large Brick Storo  on the west
side of Bkoad Place,
Los Angeles Street,
are now receiving at their uow stand, aud offer for sale a
general assortment of
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS,
HARDWARE, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE,
Tinware of their own manufacture,
PARLOR and COOKING STOVES, of tho most approved
patterns,
Pa?mel Doors, Lumber,  Wheat, Barley, Sec
They would particularly call a nent ion to their larg-o lot oi'
FRESH FLOUR,
,:.. -ity, anil wliich thoy guarantee better
manufactured in this . „„ llllltuu|
than any brought here from S;Ln Kranci
Los Angelos, Sept. 21, liij-1
sep21    tf
Salt!  Salt!!   Salt!!!
THE PACIFIC SALT WORKS CO. having
their block, consisting of fifty kettles, aiul '
in complete operation, are prepared to contrae
quantity of SALT, deli vera ble ai. lbe Company's Works,
the coast, abrlnt twelvo'n-filos noriii uf the ■mc-lnn-H^o of
San Pedro, and distant from Los Angeles sixteen miles.
e ves.iebc.au load with the.mum tost facility, tlie beach
isidered preferable  for  loading and disdianvin:; m
In all the principal Cities ami Towns, these works will he
delivered, tbroumh Agents. FREE OF POSTAGE. When
sent by mail, the postage to anv part of the United .States
will be but TWENTY-FOUR CENTS a vear for "Blackwood.-*' and but FOURTEEN CENTS a year for each of the
Reviews.
Remittances and communications should always bo addressed, post-paid', to the I'nhlishoi-s,
LEONARD SCOTT ,t CO.-,
54 Gold Street. New York.
N, B.— L. S.  &  Co.   havo   recently published,   and  have
now for Bale, tbe -FAUMEM'S (":UliiF.*! by Henry Stephens, of Edinburgh, and the laic Professor Norton, of
Yale College, New Haven, complete It: 2 vols., royal octavo,
containing' 16110 pages, 1-t steel and 600 wood engravings.—
Price, in muplin binding, $6.
"Saa. This work is sot the old "Book- of the
Farm," lately resuscitated and thrown upon the
market.
Another part of foe tradition rane as follows : —
"In the midst of this chaotic mass Pwankoo lived
during eighteea thousand yeam He lived when
tho heaven and the earth wore being created ; the
superior and lighter elements forming the arm**-
ment.—the inferior and coarser the ihy land."—
Again, "Daring this time the heavens increased
every day ten feet it! height, the earth as much in
thickness, and Pawnkoo in stature. The period of
IS tbotffland years being assigned to the growth
of each respectively, during that time the heavens
rose to their extreme height, fhe earth reached the
greatest thickness, and Pawnkoo his utmost stature. The heavens rose aloft nine thousand ffiUes.
the earth swelled nine thousand nii.es in thickness,
and ui the middle was Pawakoo, stretching him*
self between heaven and earth, until he separated
them at a distance of nine thousand miles from
eaclt other. So the highest part oi' the heavens is
removed from the lowest part of the earth by a,distance of twenty-seven thousand miles."
The name of the Chinese Adam—Pawnkoo—
means '-basin-ancient.'-' that is, '■ baslaed antiquity/'
It is probably meant to denote how thin father of
antiquity was nourished orignally in an egg-shell,
and hr:tidied like a chick. Among the portraits
commonly stored up by native arcineologists, we
find various representations of Pawnkoo. Ooeia
now before mc that exhibits him with an enormous
head tipped with two horns. His hair, which is
of a puritanical out on the ''row, flows loose aud
long over the back and shoulders. He has largo
a:i'l shaggy eyebrow?,—a very Bat nosey—a heavy
moustache and beard- Only the upper part of his
body is exhibited, and oue can scarcely tall whether ihe painter represents it as being covered with
hair, leave- or sir" p kin. i Eta arms are Dare, and
his hands thrown car ' ... the one over the other,
as if in complete satisfaction with himself. Another picture represents him with an apron of leaves
round bis loins, hoMing the sun In one hand,
aud the moon in the other. A third artist has pic
tared liim with a chisel and mallet in his hands,
splitting and sculpturing huge masses of granite.
Through the immense opening made by his labor.
(he Ban, moon, and stars are seen ; and at his right
hand stand, for companions, the unicorn and the
draggon,the pircenix and the tortoise.    He appears
aked giant,  tal
ng pleasure in the
stupendous pillars.
eighteen thousand
;. "his head became
ind clouds, ami his
■vas made the sun.
Blacltsmltli and Carriage SHop.
gtlet Street, next door to Cftflds, Ricks an& Dennison
THE StTBSCBIBERS wonH respectfully in
form t heir friends and the public that
tiiey are now preparoil to execute all
orders in the above Rues of business with
dispatch. None but experienced workmen
id, and as both departments an under the
-■•;-.- ,',.;;ee nf the proprietors, oureustom-
"■'!'■   t their work will be done in a sat-
rod^S f.f
any
whei.
any south ot'SanFrancii
Samples of tbe Salt can be seen at the offico of the Company, Loa Angeles, or at Case, Heiser & Co.. San Francia.
60• CHAS. E. JOHNSON,
Secretary P. S. W. Co.
^tItAV,keJ,f,lr ihe trade in my si-eii sacks, and dfliv-
■^M »t the Works, or at frhe Company's WaretiouMt. Los
•"""" febS-tf
Home   Mitnuinttory,
Main Street, nearly opposite the Star Office-
F0Y' & BROIHEB.
SADDLE AS-1.> HARNESS MAKERS,
Keeps  constantly ou Land an assort ment   of
SArilLFS.   UABNi:^,   liK!!)].!'--,   WHIPS. COLLARS, SADDLE WARE, ho.
We aro also prepared to execute all kinds of work in oinline at the slioi'iesi possible notice.
A superior lot of California Hills and f:purs always on
hand. octlB    tf
carving out of the mountains,
caves, and dens. During his
years of effort, we are told tbi
mountains, his breath winds
voice thmsder.    His left eye .
and his right eye the moon.- Ills teeth, hones, and
marrow wct: changed into metals, rocks, and precious stones. Iiis beard was converted into star.-,
his flesh into' fields, his skin and hr.ir into herbsand
trees. His limbs became the four poles ; his veins.
rivers: and his sinews formed liie undulations on
the face of Hie earth. His very sweat was transformed into rain, and whatever insects stuck to or
crept over Iris gigantic body, were made into human beings!"
The uneducated Chinese are careless, andtheed-
ucated sceptical about these things.' As a people
they are easily induced to pay much regard to
whatever has reference to more than every day
social wisdom. The sort of doctrine common now
among the learned, is indeed found in the succeeding passage irom a Chinese author :—'* 13ut as everything (except heaven and earth) must have a
beginningandacause.it is manliest (hat heaven
and earth always existed, and that all sorts of men
and beings were produced and endowed wilh their
various qualities, by that cause. However, it must
have been Man thar. in the beginning produced all
the things upon the earth. Him, therefore, we may
view as Lf' - **"-■' !l ' * c* * "'
the dignit:
Turkey ; and at Aden it guards the passage from
o the Indian Ocean. Y^h'tr n
ern commerce haa gained an entrance to the continent ni. Asia, tbere that flag is seen waving over
subjugated millions—at Bombay, at Ceylon, at
Singapore, at Calcutta, at Lahore, and at Honfa-
Koug; while Australia and nearly all the islands
of Polynesia acknowledge its protection.
Sir. I need uot tell you that wherever that Bag
waves, it is supported and cheered by the martial
airs of England. But I care not for that. The
sword is not tiie most winning messenger that can
be sent abroad ; and commerce, like power, upheld
by armies and navies, may in time be found to cost
too much. But what is to be regarded with more
concern is, that England employs the steam-engine
even more vigorously and more universally than
ber military force. Steam-engines, punctually departing and arriving between every one i'i' ber
various possessions and her island-seat of power,
bring iu the raw material for evitvy manu&cture
and supplies for every want. The ^team-engine
plies inceefeantly there day and night, converting
iliese materials into fabrics of ovcry variety, for
the use of man. Aud again the steam-engine for
ever aud without rest moves over the face of the
deep, not only distributing these fabrics to every
part of tiie globe, but disseminating also the
thoughts, the principles, the language, and religion
of England. Sir, we are bold indeed to dare competition with such a power. Nevertheless, the resources for it are adequate. We have coal and iron
no less than she, while corn, timber, eattle, hemp,
wool, cotton, silk, oil, sugar, aad the grape, lead,
quicksilver, copper, silver aud gold, ate all found
within our own broad domain iu iiie.\huustable profusion. What energies we have already expended,
prove that we have in reserve all that are needful,
what inveatiohs we have made, prove our equality
to any exigency. Our capital increases, while
labor scarcely knows the burden of taxation. Our
Panama route to China has a decided advantage
over that of the isthmus Of Suez, and, at the same
time, vessels leaving that country aud coming
round the Horn will reach New York, always, grt
least live days soonor than vessels of equal speed
can double the cape of Good Hope, aud make the
port of Liverpool.
Mr. President, wc now see how conspicuour a part
iu the great movement of the age Calilornia aud
Oregon are to sustain, and that, as yet, they are separated from us and isolated. They will adhere to
us only so long as our government over them shall
be commoted, not lor onr benefit, but for tlieir own.
Tlieir loyalty is great, but it cannot exceed that ol
the thirteen ancient American colonies to Great
Britain ; and yet the neglect aud oppression of their
commerce undermined tbat loyalty, and resulted io
their independence. I hear often oi tiie dangers to
the Union, and see lines of threatened separation
drawn by passionate men or alarmists, on parallels
oflatitnde; but, in my judgement, then; is only
one danger of severeuce—aud that h involved in
the possibility of criminal neglect of the new communities on the Pacific coast, while the summits
ofthe Rocky monntains, and of the Snowy mountains, mark the only possible line of dismember-
meat Against tlmt danger 1 would guard bs
against the worst calamity that could befall, not
only my country, at her most auspicious stage of
progress, but mankind also, in the hour of their
brightest hopes. I would guard against it by practising impanhr! justice toward the new and remote
States and Territories; whose political power is
small, while theirwants are great, and by pursuing
air the same time, with liberality and constancy,
the lolly course which they indicate, of an aspiring ,
vet generous and humane national ambition, j
—[Speech of Wm. H Seward iu fhe U. S. Senate.]
itliinliu-s lu  FIfty-Punr.
The New York Police Gazette, having kept a
record of tbe murders pbrntnitted in California during the past year, commenced with January, pub-
lidies tli.-m L'ntiro in it- issue of the 20th March.
The whole number of murders thus recorded,
amounts to four hifhdred attd siziy-four! Prom
*'*'- il can reasonably be calculated Chat at "least
ihis it c
.   ...,..>,,,,_. we eiuenmua;   unit
five hundred hitman   beings  have met ..
death at the hands of their fel lew men in California during the year 18547—Comment is unnecessary! The record is enough to blast the eyes of
every good citizen in tbe state,and make him start
at this damning evidence of the depravity of the
great mass of our population. We expected to have
found the ntiniber-large, yet ii mbre than doubles
thr*! number we had fixed for it. History caooot
show a parallel!—tbe murderer himself mu-t stand
ap.tiled in contemplating It: i'i California, daring
the past year, which has lx*m unprecedented for
its large nnmber oj'murders/the Union over-— even
in tbis State ofa quarter of mill! f inhabitants,
have there been almosl as many murders committed tis in ;iil the other Stat '& combined,—From the
same puper we learn tlmt in tho year 1851 there
were in Alabama 17 murders.aud l executions; in*
■ fl rirarders and ■■. execntiona ; in Connec-*
:Ye;  : mufd irs and ! ■■■■■■a" one
Onrder and no executions; in Florida 3 murders
and no executions ; in Georgin 39 murders and no
executions: in Illinois 26 murders And 3 executions; in Indiana 1 3 murders and no executions ;
in io'.''.-;; ■' immlet's ;..,ri a0 executions ; in Kentucky
■hi mind '!'■: and (J execution- ; in LouiHmmi li murders :."■! i'.. '.■::. vi.'ionH; in Maine 4 murders and no*
executions; In Maryland 15 murders and 1 execution; in Massachusetts 18 murd«rs and uo executions; in Michigan 7 murders and no executions;
in Mississippi 32 murders and 5 exoculioas : in ui->-
sour! 33 murders and 4 executions ; inNew Hamp-
phlre '■'-. murders and no executions; ia N iw -! in y
3 murders antl no executions ; inNev Jfork IA wat-
dera and S executions ; in North Carolina 8 mur- .
dersand5 executions; in Pennsylvania 28 mur-
executions; iu Rhodelsland 1 murder
and no execution ; in South Carolina 12 murders
Utions : iti Tennessee 2fl murders and no
executions ; in TexafffiO mUrders aud no executions ;
in Vermont 1 murder and no execution: in Virginia \.) murders aud 0 executions; in Wisconsin H
murders and 1 execntion ; makin j a ; rand total of
618 murders and 69 executions.   Of these murders,
:■■,-. r,i ki;l'-:.l by tlieir husbands, an
binds killed by their wives : 21 children killed by
■ ■.!!..--,   and three parent-;   killed
onildren ; and 5 brothers killed by broihe;
■tngeles.
F1UHT'* BRAND TOBACCO,   liav
and to arrivp, I iio following: woll known brands of Virginia
llnuulacmrM 'I'oSi.'ice.- :
A. L- KOYSTFR'S "FRUIT."
wm. c'.*;t;ANER-;; i;srx factory,"
TFRl'IN \-. YAKBOROFOi-rS "AI'RICOT,"
,1, IT. GRl'.AKER'S -: ;-PF.*"DE OF Tl'TF UMOK.*'
C. WORTl-IAU S -'SOd'ARK .'.xn COMPASS,"
AAO. -IILMOHE-'C*. "G(>Li> ITfGCtBE*3,''
L, LOTHEK'E ^eTKATBERRY." raH7       3ro.
3 Lord ; and it is from him, we may say, that
;nities of rulers are derived.-"—[The Albion.
Coinsnerce on t2ie Paciflc.
Who does not see that every year, hereafter.
European coram roe, European politics. European
thoughts, and European activity, although ;u.:l:millv
gaining greater force—and. European connections,
although actually becoming more intimate—will,
nevertheless, relatively sink iu importance : wb I ■
the Pacific ocean, its shores, its islands, aiul the
vast regions beyond, will become the chief theatre
of events in the world's great hereafter? Who
docs not see that this movement muse eii'eci our
own complete emancipation from what remains ol
European influence and prejudice, and iti turn develop the American opinion and influence which
shall remould constitution. laws, and customs, in
the land that is first greeted by the rising sun?
Sir, although lam no socialist, no dreamer of a
suddenly-coming millennium, .1 nevertheless can
not reject Ihe hope that peace is now to have her
sway, and that as war has hitherto defaced and
saddened the Atlantic world, tiie beti-.-'r passions oi
mankind will soon have tlieir development in the
new theatre of human activity.
Commero is the great agent of this movement!.
Whatever nation shall put that commerce into full
employment, and shall conduct it Bteadily with
adequate expansion, wiil become necessarily the
greatest of existing Stttes : greater than any that
has ever existed. Sir, you will claiflathatresponsi-
hility aud that high destiny i'or our own country.
Are you so sure that by assuming the one she will
gain'the other? They imply nothing else than
universal commerce and the supremacy of the seas,
"We are second to England, indeed; but nererthe-
Sttttttv's Claim Confirmed,
Gen, Sutter's land titles were confirmed by the
California band Commissioners on Tuesday last.
The decision is one ofthe most important ever rendered by the Board, as it gives permanent titles to
many acres ofland iu Sacramento county, and many valuable lots in Sacramento City, which have
been the cause of expensive litigations aud squatter riots for fhe past four or (ive years. Although
it will operate to the individual disadvantage of
many, it will prove a public blessing to the county
and city, lor now that undisputed titles to farming
laud aud building locations can be given, therew.li
no longer be any hesitation in putting upon them
such improvements as the means or the wishes ol
their owners may counsel. The decision does not
pecuniarily affect (Jen. Sutter, wc believe, as the
old Pioneer cannot now lay claim to a single acre
of thai: vast domain of ninety square leagues which
was once all his own, and his original title to which
has at last beeu confirmed by our government
agents. Captain Sutter—(we love to call him captain, for it was with that title that he endeared
iii'.'.ivv'i" to the early settlers ot'Califofnia)—is now
a poor man! Yes, he wbo was once Hie owner ol
two hundred and seventy square miles of the best
portion of California—who six years ago was the
possessor oi landed property now worth millions of
dollars—who was the first man to extend the hand
of welcome to American settlers in the Sacramento Valley—is now poor 1 Aero after acre has been
taken from him by conniving and unprincipled
speculators, until be is at last feftwitb nothing bul
the old homestead—the Hock Earm—and that, even, is mortgaged I'or its entire value.- The Americans are a great people! aud we are prot.'d of the
driving, pushing, trading und flickering spirt)
which characterises them as a nation, Vet we oan-
not admire tbe principle when it carries die man
so far as to rob his father for the benefit of his
children.—[Golden (S. F.) Era.
Castle r. ■«DeytlM oat of a Cliurc*"i.
A Methodist Minis ter a rrest, dfor assaulting a
Distiller, ■ - We are indebi id to our Friend ■!. M. Ellis, of Marietta, Ohio, for the following graphic
stetch. V-' ■ are work that the facts transpired
ally as narrated *
AMethodh t t:\\.'vyy:AA\] who has been laboring in
this vicinity, was not long since, preaching to his
people on the miraculous power of the Apostles
over the ttemoaiae spirits of their day. As he wan
pursuing his theme, the audience were suddenly
startled by a voice from some one in tii;: congregation, demanding, in a half querulous, half authoritative tobe. " Why don't preachers do such things
now-a-days '.''' Iu au instant, every eye in the house
was turned upon the individual who had the effrontery thus to invade the sacreduess of thwr
sanctuary.
Thespeaker paused Sa? a moment, and fixed his
penetrating gaze full upon the face of the questioner.- There was am interval of intense silence,-
brotoeu arl lasi by the -peal-vr in resuming iiis -subject, ile had not proceeded far with his remarks,
before he was again interrupted by the same impertinent inquiry. Again he paused for a time,
and again resumed his subject. Su' content with
a silent rebuke, oar redoubtable questioner demand -;i ..gain. •■ Why don't the preachers do such
things now-a-days'.':' ai.d curling his lips with a
sneer of seliLcomplaceucy, drew himself up pompously in his seat.
Our reverend friend, (-who, by the way, is a
young : an of great muscular power.) calmly left
the desk, and walked deliberately to the pew.
where the interrogator sat. and fast ning one hand
firmly upon the collar ofhis coat, Ihe other on the
waistband of his " unmentionables,'' lifted him
square out ofthe seat, aud bore him down t!
to the entrance. Pausing for a moment there, he'
turned his eyes upon his audience, and hi a clear,
full voice, said, -and they cast out the devil in the
form of a distiller.-'and suiting the action to the
word, out weut tlm knigl t of the mash-tub, a la
leap frog fashion, into the street.
The gootl pastor quietly returned tc his desk,
and completed his discouise. After closing the
services, as he was passing tut of the church, the'
out-cast distiller, with ati officer of Bhe law, escorted our clerical friend to the oflice ol a' magistrate,
to answer for an assault upon the person of said
distlllef. After hearing the case, the magistrate
dismissed tbe clergyman, and after ruundly reprimanding ll.ii■ oomptaifiant, lined him ior owtesting
tin1 services of the sanctuary.
Since that day we believe be has nevi r for a moment doubted cue power of Methodisi preachers to
cast out devils, at least within the limits of the
Ohio Conference.—[13 high amp ton (N.V.) Standard.
Woman's L.u-Gii.—A woman has no natural grace
more bewitching than a sweet laugh. It is like the
sound Of flutes on the wafer. It leaps from her
heart like a clear sparkling rill, and the hearl thai
hears it feels as if it bathed iti the cool, exhilira-
ting spring. Have you ever pursued an Uttseeo
fugitive through trees, led on hy  her  ihiry laugh.
nowhere, now there, now los*. now found? We
have. And we are pursuing thai wandering voice
to this day- Sometimes it comes to us in the midst
of care, or sorrow, or irksome business; and men
we turn away and listen, and lien r if ringing through
the room like a silver bell, with power h) scare
away the ill spirits of the mind. How much we
owe to that sweet laugh ! It turcs the prose of our
life into poetry; it flings showers of sunsaioe over
the darksome wood in whicli we are travelling ; it
touches with light even our sleep, which is more
the image of death, but is consumed with dream?
that are the shadows of immortality.
i
:ff*3~GHlcged Gold Discoveries in Braeil.—A.
Para paper of the 23d February contains ao article
dated Maranham, which makes au aunouhcem at <'f
important gold discoveries having been made in
that province.- The article is preladed with the
statement thai the ancienl dream of id Dorado has
uow been converted into a reality, El then gw a on
to say that in tbe steamer Impevatris, from Bio
Janeiro, arrived there in October, a commission in
beba&f ofaa anonymous company, whose capital
tvae $200,000 io explore the auriferou - lands comprised ietween tbe Turyassan and the Garupy. If.
consisted of professional men, and left on the 21at
for its destination, supported by a Aetachm ..: of
the Brsl regimenl of tbe line, al ^ disposal
by the Provincial Government, this commission
hasjust returned to Maranham with abundant specimens of the finest gold, having complel fl its examination In a few days, so y\- al i - the richness of
tin: mines. These specimens, the gold of which is
24 carats fine, were obtained almosl without auy
labor «f exploration ; and considering the great facility with which the preciona metal is there met
with, whicli is (so to speak,) as if it. presented it-
Bell ta tb i ha;vi of th ■ miner, and coi
-'.'.- vast area of the auriferous lands visited, those
iio understand the subject, ;- neve that tbis region will be even more prolific and rich than California or Australia. Tnis intelligence must of
Course be received with a flue degree of caution
aud distrust.—[Boston Traveller.
The Iron Hobsb.—I love to see one of these creature!*, with sinews of brass and musclesofironstrat
Forth from his smoky stable, and, saiuiing
train of cars with a dozen sonorous puffs, from bis
•a- strils, lall back gently in th i barn ] b t ■ be
Btands, chauipng and foaming upon the iroa track,
hi art a furnace of glowing coais. ble lymphatic blood is boiling in his velns,the strength of
a thousand horses is tii rving his sinews—he pan! •
to be gone. He would " snake " St. Peter's across
the desert of Sahara, If be could be fairly hitched
to it; but there h: a littlt ■."■ r <\veii. '"haoeochewing mail tn tbe saddle, who holdi him in with one
■ take away his breath inone moment, if
he should grow restive or vlcloas. I am alwojji
d :eply Jnl ■"
may ty- witb coal, diluted In oil and si 'am, 1 regard
bim r-titi'genins of ih'.1 v, --;.  as the
physical mind ol thai huge steam horse.—[Burritt.
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