1
Sfktó iflcfri!.
MEMORY.
FROM LONGFELLOW'S " GOLDES LEGEM).''
I cannot sleep : my fervid brain
Calls up the vanish?d past again,
And throws its misty splendor deep
Into the palid realms of sleep!
A breath from that far distant shore
Comes freshening ever more and more,
And wafts o'er intervening seas
Sweet odors from the Ilesperides!
A wind that through the corridor
Just stirs the curtain and no more,
And touching the JEolian strings,
t-'ainfs with the burden that it brings!
Come back ! ye friendships long departed !
That like overflowing streamlets started!
And now are dwindled one by one,
To stony channels in the sun!
Come back! ye friends whose lives arc ended!
Come back, with all that light attended,
Which scemVl to darken and decay
When ye arose and went away !
They come, the shapes of joy and w'oe,
Tlie airy crowds of long ago ;
The dreams and fancies known of yore,
That have been, and shall bo no more.
They change the cloisters of the night
Into a garden of delight 5
They make the dark and dreary hours
Open and blossom into flowers ?
I would not sleep! I love to be
Alone in their fair company ;
But ere my lips can bid them stay
They pass ami vanish quite away !
Alas! our memories may retrace
Kach circumstance of time and place ;
Bdft&OQ and scene come back again,
And outward things unchanged remain ;
The vest wc cannot reinstate
Ourselves we cannot recreate,
Nor get our souls to the same key
Ofthe rciwember'd harmoj.y I
Best! rest! O give me rest and peace !
The thought of love that ne'er shall cease
Has something in it like despair,
A weight I am too weak to bear !
Sweeter to this afflicted breast
Tranquility of endless sleep !
(fejjras CmitgiuiicsL
Alexanders & Banning's
EXPRESS,
BETWEEN
Los Anecies and San Francisco,
CONNECTING WITH INTEKMEDIATEPOKTS.
TREASURE, PACKAGES, PARCELS, &C:
Io.rwar.lesl by every steamer, in charge Of a Special  -Messenger.
— AGENTS —
RANKIN & CO., H. N. ALEXANDER.
Sun Francisco. l*os Angeles.
Los Angeles, March 10th, 1S55. tf.
f tgal ^Miseumtk
Pacific Express Co.
THE uni.ersisiiu.rl Agent for QtM   X—"k
I    fCnla-1^   the ■•PACIi-'le.MOlNP STUCK  «   TpV--R¡,
,Mm¿^=Mi   EXPKPS-S COMPANY,"   will M;;.?/-  '
despatch by every Steamer  an Express in  'bVhtiem.mtmir
(•liarsre of resruliu' Mes;senders,   on   the  Southern  Route to
SANTA BARBARA.
MONTEREY,
SAN FRANCISCO.
SACRAMENTO,
STOCKTON,
anel throughout the Northern Mines.
US- Packages, Letters, Parcels anelT treasure forwarded
ami Insured.
jftSr" Collections made in [every part  of the   State and
Oregon.
CHAS. R. JOHNSON, Agent.
Los Angeles, March Cth 1855. mlO-tf
WELLS, FARGO & GO'S
Grand Coup de Main contemplated by the Emperor Napolcon.—We copy the following from tlie
New Orleans Picayune of Feb. 21st. As to the correctness of the facts stated, future events can only
afford the proof:
"We give the following extraordinary intelligence to our readers. We are not permitted to
name our authority. It will suffice to say that by
the last mails a letter was received from Paris by
an individual in this city. We have been permitted to publish a translation of a portion of this correspondence.
' The Emperor has foreseen all the calamities-ami
reverses of Sebastopol ever since the allied army
sat down before the city. St. Arnaud was a trooper (pandour)—he might have taken the place by a
charge of cavalry at the first onset, but failing that,
a siege became necessary. Neither Raglan norCan-
robcrt were equal to their position, aud Louis Napoleon knew it. He did not want Sebastopol to be
taken this winter. He knew that short of a butch-
cry, of which the histoty of war affords no parallel, the place could not be carried. He determined
that Sebastopol should subserve a mighty political
purpose.
For this, he has been delaying supplies while ho
has concentrated his forcj. in France. An overwhelming army is gathering on the Prussian frontier. At Marseilles, Toulon and Algiers, a flotilla,
to be reinforced Ly English vessels, will be ready
to sail with seventy thousand men on March 15.
On the arrival of this armada in the Crimea, the
Emperor will leave Paris, and appear in person before Sebastopol. A coup de main, upon a gigantic scale, will be attempted. Sebastopol will fall.
The elated army, flushed with the feat, will sweep
over the Crimea and occupy the Isthmus of Pere-
kop. After a campaign wliich will endure a fortnight, Louis Napoleon will retyrn to Paris, where
the suddenness of his departure and the .promptness ofhis return will find all conspiracies unprepared for development, and where the glory of his
victory will scatter all further treason to the winds.
Such is the campaign contemplated by Louis Napoleon, lie assured that if Providence does not interfere, it will take place as I havesaid. Collaterally with the departure of the Emperor for the
East, the French army on tlie Prussian frontier will
operate upon Rhcimsli Prussia. A note will be'
sent to the king of Prussia, demanding free passage
for the French troops through his domInions,which.
if refused, will advance lo the Rhine.'
If the above prove correct, Louis Napoleon has
outplayed the whole world. We have only been
•creating a monster in Sebastopol, we have been endowing it with terrors, so as to appreciate the feat
in contemplation by the astute Emperor, of achieving a great Russian victory where his uncle encountered the most, disastrous'defeat."
33 :x: je» n :es ¡s ss„
A Joint Stocks Company wllh  a Capital of
gsoo.ooo,
WILL rtispnteli an Express frosm tl*e City of
Lo« Atiiioli's. by every Stciitner, to .ill parts of California) Oregon, the AÜantioStates and Europe, in charge
of regular ami experienced Messengers.
IETTERS,PABCE1S, PACKAGES anil TREASURE
received and convoyed to destination with safety and dispatch. Collections made, Orders and Commissions tilled,
anil all business pertain ins; to an Express and forwarding
business, attended to with promptness and care.
Sight billsof exchange pre,eurodoii all the principal cities
of the Atl.uiiie. Mates. Oregon and Europe.
IL R. MYLES, AflKKT.
Los Angeles, March 24, 1S55, tf
-WTT .T .X A. TVES'
FAMILY GROCERY.
■-P\ THE STIl^CimtERÍ-lAnNG LEAPEP TilII ¿r^xr*
;Í iaiUHNi; I'OliMEULV. OCCUPIED BY \--M
"! .1    1;. N'ielo.ls, on Main street, where he will ■.     __
f~j be happy to see his friends and the public
-Ole'i'silly.
GROCERIES OF EVERT
DESCRIPTION,
[EXCEPTING LIQUORS,]
may he found at his Store, •
CHEAP FOR CA SH,
,.., ¡ie has adopted the ni tilt n ¿miuIc.1; sales a mi small profits.'
His stock of goods will always be selected of the bist quail
' j. and with special roleienee   to  the wants  of his casto-
ier«.    All who wish to purchase any article usually found
FAMILY GROCERY,
ill roreive the full value of their money, by calling at bis
tore. P. 0. WILLIAMS.
Los Angeles, March 10th, 1855. tf,
SHERIFF'S SALE.
JAMES P. McFARLAND AND JOHN G.   DOWNEY,  Plaintiffs,
YGNACIO MACHADO AND ESTEFANA  PALOMARES, Defendants.
BY virtue of an Order of Sale, on a judgment for the iore-
closeure of a mortage in the ahoy.  cntiLleil_ cain-o    •>■-
sued out of the District. Courf ol't he First .1 udiessi 1 I-is-11 »
for the Count veil' Los Ansíeles, State ct C«lii«rui:i. <f"
March 30th Itiyii. and to me directo,!, 1 will «Her lor ssile , t
Public Auction at the Court ¡loose doer in the City ot Los
Angeles, on the -¿1st day of April vert, at I!. ochH-.A. Ji.
the following property, to wit : A tract ol land, l.uug an i
being situated in the City and County ofXOB Angeles, id
b.nnuie.l as follows to wit ; on its north-western side, 1 > "n
land of Angustio Machado, from which it. is separated 1» .
sniall/stnja; on tli- sen! 1, by a callejeo .ralley. « hicl. leads
from Main st. and pisses fhiongh I be-land ol the said Angustio Machado, aud along the boundary ofthe tract herein
described, and also by the land or Juan Moreno ; on tn -
cast or north, ¡>v lite lands occupied by Lewis Granger,
i,isgi'anteeiiud\liili:in Valdiv, containing, it is support'
about seven acres of land more or less, being a vineyniu
and having thereon improvements, consisting "I vines,
fruit trees, feoces'&c. The proceeds ot said sale to be applied to the satisfaction of said judgement and accruing
J. It. BARTON, Sheriff-
Los Angeles, March 31,1851
Sheriff's Sale.
Joseph Klee vs. Joseph l». T
J Y VIRTUE OF AN EXECU'
District Court of tlie First
t'liljlm-uei. for the County of Lot
1 will oiler ¡'or sale to the highes.
Door in the Citv of Los Angeles,
o/' .tprtf next, at 11 o'clock. P. M
properly, to wit : One BRICK HC
of Los Angeles, lying and bein
Main Street, and bounded or "'
Dalton's
House fonr
d welling.
sa.tisla.elim
Given un
by J-
■ said ,T(
said salt
Sim"¿tuasta ^trtistratitts.
St. Nicholas Hotel.
South-west come,' of Savsome amd Commercial Sis.
SAN F1U-VCISC0, CAL.
i _       TTlPTlNnERSICNEDliave Ieasedthe above new
^3bt   ™        i     ¡I '     r.V.WK   UMTEL.    Tlie   Rooms
iiffl   "v^li'^'ilMontilatedandnew^ finishes,,,,nd
,,,, it-j eeiitl'al  I'.i-ii i.oi it  o:
$x& ¿xmxmta S-iitefetiiraife
' from its central positioi
urpasstid for the
loomodatlon'of frarrsk.nfan.l jpruUIIBj K'&ilíí» of
Families can I* accomoilat.a with Singla or ¡suite, ol
"e'Ts-tl.o  intention of 11.0  proprietor, lo tap ll.o St
ski».... i-.,,i.-i...-.i......-i. -ii." V"1"»;;''. ;„ 2,,.'
s„,i,ill,.,i„llli tho v.-rv l.sst iii..|.'i-i..ltl.o „.:...,es......is-
E. J. ARMSTRONG, 1 pr<)prl,,or,.
dec.
WM. 1', RllHIWAY,
ISTEKNATIOIVAI.   HOTEL,
W/bjactun st, bet. Montgomery and Kearney,
Mm Sak Fbancisco.
The cental position of this now Fivo-story lac«ol
busina.! part ofthe rilv, ™...lor. it the most de.rrahle Ho-
stvlo for comfort ami conveiiienej, end having a table
spread with the host Ihe innrkel» i.llo.'.K ■' •» 1™ "="'»' .
aoSapted to ll.e ..ecominodalion of lamihes as well as tne
Trsveiline I'nlili.'. . .,     B.   . .   ,v.„
The eiiir.e.is ..f ihe SS.mfhern par+       l!|e Stale, ami tlie
ally, are rospecH-- <1 to call and jndge
ER, Proprietors.
pnt.lie
SHERIFF'S S,
> Y VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE,
>lien  in favor of A. Ii. Bennett, and a¡
 tied out of the County Court of Los An
ed .March tilth, 1S5-">, I will sell at Public
Court House door, in the city ot Los Angi
est bidder for cash, on the 10th day of A,
o'clock A. M.. the House and Lot known a
Lunch, situated on the south side of Loa
the proceeds of said sale to be applied to tin
said mechanics lien.
J. R. BAR',
Los Angeles, March 2-1, 1855.
Jones, Tobin & Co.
IMPORTERS   AND    JOBBERS,.
Sacramento Street, corner Sansoiuc,
San F it a n o i s c o,
RESPECTFULLY invite the attention ofthe trade to their*
large and varied stock of Yankee and European Notions,.
Pnibi-oide't-ies. So. kc comprising :
LACE AND MUSLIN EMBROIDERIES ;
TRIMMINGS ;
BUTTONS;
HANDKIiliCIUEFS;
LACE GOODS ;
MILLINERY GOODS ;
WHITE GOODS ;
RIBBONS ;
BONNETS;
HOSIERY j
GLOVES;COMBS;
BRUSHES;
POCKKT KNIVES AND SCISSORS ;
RAZORS-:
FTSJI ING HOOKS AND LINES ;
STATIONARY:
PERFUMERY OF ALL KINDS.
Together with  a  general assortment of Varieties  and
Small VVares, consisting in part of llooksand Eyes, Elastics,
Bindings, Steel Pons, Needles,  Tapes,   Violins,   Violin   and
Guitar Strings. Whalebones, Marbles, Dolls, Playing Cards,
J. T. k Co. are constantly receiving, via the Isthmus and
per Clipper Ships, addllious to their Slock of tho latest and'
most desirable Cooils, carefully selected by one of the firm
in New York, and from the unusual facilities which they
enjoy in this branch of their business, they .ore confident
of being able fully to meet the wants of the California mar-
March 24, 1855.
tí. S. DISTRICT COURT.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIEORNL
Xr°tice is hereby given that an adjourned te
_\ United Slates District Court for the Pouthei
of California, will bo held at the Court House, in
of Los Angeles, on Monday, the 9th of AprillS55,
By order ofthe Hon. I. S. K. Ogicr, District .Iu
J C. E. CARE,
Los Angeles, March lOtli, 1855.
llAII.KOAI> HOD
[V FRANCISCO, CA
USE IS NOW OPEN fu
yelling  public.    F<
the
clean hi
seel ou the Pacific, fl
anteo tor continueel pair,
re IIEST.VCPANTS 120 feet
cial to Clay streets, aud wi
one time. The Floors am
ory thing to correspond, an
rrangeinents ¡or
LOS ANGELES
BOOT AND  SHOE STOEa
THE citizens of Los Angeles and its vicinity r» *
respectfully Informed that  the most extenso
Special SJotice.
SAN FRANCISCO. February 25, 1S55.
jjy Wc tlic nuclei-signed,  Merchants of Snn
FRANCISCO, hereby agree to'receive CERTIFICATES of DEPOSITS of PAGE, BACON & Co., at PAR in payment ofmer-
chandise.
ARLINGTON & CO ; PICKETT ,v MOUNT ; EUe'lENE. KELLY .v. CO ; DOW. McRUEil&CO; P..\Kli Pl.PMMKR ; SHERRY, JANES k McCREA ; SAWYER. JOHNSON & CO ; GEO.
D1ETZ& CO: R. McKKE \-CO ; EARLE .t CO : WM. T. COLE
MAN & CO; 1ÍCSSEY. POND &HALE:STOKY. ÍÍ.E01NOTON
& CO : B. C. k T. L HORN ; W. W. BACKUS ; MOSES ELLIS &'CO: J. H. PINNER ; HENRY JULIAN ; L0UÜ& HOS-
MER ; HENRY HUGO & CO ; W- C. ALLEN & CO ; .JACKSON
McKlNLYtA.B.-MeCREERY ; 1I.AYNES & LAWTON ; WOOD-
WORTH k'CO ; A. L. EDWARPS k CO ; HARROLD. RANDELL A- CO ; DeLONO, IMcNElL & CO ; LOWE, ERBETá Í;
CO ; BECK k ELAM. mhlT
JAMES 1'ATRICK 6i CO., SOLE AGENTS  for
ROYSTER'S "FRUIT" HÍUND TOBACCO,   have  for sale
' "ie following well known branda of Virginia
Manufiif.tiiiv.l Tubs,
A. L- BOYS ii B
WM. G Q -.--' '.':
TU0PÍN & YAPP
J. H. GRE.VN'KR'
C. WORTH AM :S
JNO. GTLMORE'
■FRUIT,"
-SUN l^ACTORY,"
iROCOIPS "APRICOT."'
3 -' "PRIDE OF THE UNION."
SQUARE AND COMPASS,"
GOLD IVIGCKR'S."
ety of BOOTS and SHOPS in tbe Southern Co
try, may be found at the store of
JAMES   MORRIS,
ON MAIN STREET, NEXT   DOOR   TO
THE BELLA UNION,
Where every description of Boots and Shoes for Ladies,
Gents', aud'Misscs' wear, direct from the most celebrated
manufacture in the East, may be obtained, at less prices
than at any other establishment in this city.
Those all'licted with corns, will learn with pleasure that
hy means of a patent aparatáis, Mr. M. is enabled to render
a Boot perfectly easy and comfortable to the foot.
March 17, 1855. tf
fast, L in tell, Winner anel "Pea
i, and will be conducted on tlie most libcr-
..... iming eonlident that liberality secures patronage.
TÍie"lIotcl part of tbe house is  kept   upon  tlie European
plan.     Bttrbpr .-bop and Bath Rooms attached.
Entrance  to  the  Hotel  or  Restaurant, 87 Clay street,
and IS Commercial, near Battery.
HALEY  k THOMPSON,
' nov23       r.m Railroad House.
OA A BOXES CASTILE SOAP—500 boxes Hill's
¿i\J\) -Ooap;
350 boxes Colgate's Soap ;
100 boxes Essence Peppermint ;
100 cases saleral os, papers and glass ;
100 cases Cream Tartar, 1 lb papers ;
800 cases Tomato Catsup ;
150 cases Pepper Sauce :
125 cases half Gallon Pickles ;
150 cases or gallon l'ickels ;
75 kegs Pickles, 3 gallons ;
tor sale by
HARROLD, RANDELL k CO.,
No. 00 California street, near Front.
March 24. lm
| aa     HF BB;.S FULTON  MAR.KET BEEF—75 HALF
\J\J      bbls extra Mess  Beef ;
250 kegs Pastry Lard :
300 eases refined  Lard. 11,   15 and 20 lb tins ;
150 bbls new June Butter ;
100 bbls prime old Butter ;
For sale by
"HARROLD, RANDALL k CO.
60 California-street, near Front,
ii 24, Jin
HALF BARRELS OF PEA  BEANS—100 half bbls
Sandwich Island Sugar ;
10 half bbls Dried Apples ;
6 half bbls Split Peas,
joO kegs East. Boston Syrup, 5 and 8 gallons ;
175 kegs Cranberries, G and 10 gallons.
Eor sale by
HARROLD RANDALL & CO.
00 California street, near Eront. ¿
March 24, lm
L, LOTTIER'S "STRAWBERRY.'
;5eS*jT!ic news from the East occupies most ofour
■available space. There is little which will be considered startling. The same reports from the Cri
mea in regard io. the British army—almost destroyed by the totak incapacity of its aristocratic officers
. and the idiotic weakness ofthe noble ninnies in the
recent. Ministry, who have, as the Times declares,
been acting es grave-diggers far the noblest army
ever sent forth to battle. It is pitiable to see .fifty
thousand British troops, whose weapons
have never been giarshalcd together, go down to
their grave-: through sheer neglect. How the masses—the good old English spirit-of the middle classes, have borne and can bear to see their best blood
spilled and their best material Hi us thrown, away,
is a query not easily answered. Dut the change is
in progress. The democratic principle is progressing ; and Aristocracy is sedulously digging its own'
grave while acting the part of sexton for the army
-of the commonalty of Great Britain.
Tí is believed by many that the contemplated
campaign of Napoleon to the Crimea, as before
-reported, is in his mind a fixed fact. It is more
than possible. It is like him. And the fate of the
war aud of the allies would be vastly better off if
trusted to a single battle, himself the commander-
in-chief, than though forty old superanuated Raglans were roasting in warm quarters, while hardy
Britons were freezing and starving in the bleak
winds, snows aud rains of that dreadful Peninsula,
Napoleon is comparatively fresh from the people—
his line has not been royal long enough to degenerate into titled inanity.
Some of the eastern papers are severely handling I
the Congress just adjourned. The enormous bills |
passed, or attempted, extension of patents, subsidies to steam companies, spoliation bills, Texas
claims, land bills, etc., are cited as proof of the pilfering tendencies of that august body ; and even
corruption ofthe most shameless description, is
openly charged upon some ofthe members. So it
would seem that our immaculate cousins over the
mountains,, can keep our politicians in countenance. Their great love .for us and our interests
they have manifested by smothering the Pacific
Railroad bill after it had once passed. The Telegraph bill is not woith from us an acknowledgement of thanks-—[San Franicsco Chronicle.
M.ELÁNCH0LLY Affair,—On the Sunday nreced-
ing the memorable storm of the 21st of Jairffcry,
two families numbering ten persons, mov\\i<£\rum.
Southern Indiana to Northern Illinois, arrived at
Oxford, the county seat of Benton county, Iud.,
with two ox teams and well provided with the necessaries for the road. On the following Monday
they pursued their journey, but withia five miles
of Oxford, they J^-came inextricably involved in
the ^new-drifts m the prairie, and, losing their
presence of mind, the whole party perished. When
found it was discovered that they had burned their
wagons in the effort to save their lives. Two of
their oxen had been killed and the viscera removed
lo afford shelter to four children anda mother with
a nursing infant, all of whom were found frozen to
death. There was nothing about their persons to
indicate who they were, and nothing more is known
about them than was accidentally communicated by
them during their brief etay in Oxford.—[Boston
Jourrjftl.
BY EXPRESS,
lOO  Varieties of Roses.
THE SUBSCRIBER HAS JUST RECEIVED FROM. THE GAR-
den of J. J- THOMAS, of Macedón. N. Y., 100 varieties of
the finest sorts of ROSES, ineliullni; every known good va-
.'. Also a few SNOWBALLS, LILACS, SYR1NGOS, and
;r ornamental shrubs. To those who wish to adorn and
decorate a home now is tlie time.
•W. B. OSBURN.
Los Angeles, March 17th, 1855. tf.
IVotlcc.
ALL   persons indebted  to tbe   late   firm   of  Scott  &
Granoí-.I! are requested to make   immediate   payment
to them, or to WM.  B.  OSBURN,
novlO   tf Agent.
FARM FOP,, SALE.
Tlic subscriber offers liis Farm,
taining One Hundred and Sixty Acres of
choice Land, situated at San Gabriel Mission, on
tho main traveled road from this City to the
Monte anel San Bernardino. There is a large vineyard on
the premises, and a fine grove of Olive and other Fruit
Trees. There is a comforiable House, Corrals and other
conveniencies, that make it a desirable location for the
Dairy Business, or for keeping ranch stock, having the advantage of a large and unobstructed range.
For further in.formation   apply at the Office of  the  LOS
\_NGLLKS Stas:. or on tbe promises to
THOMAS BURDICK
March 24, 1855. tf
The British Periodicals.
Early Copies Secured.
LEONARD,  SCOTT  & CO.,  New York,   continue to republish tbe following lirilish Periodicals, vb.:
1.
THE LONDON QUARTERLY (Conservative):
2,
THE EDINBURGH REVIEW (Whig):
3.
THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW (Free Church).
4.
THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW (Liberal).
5.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE
(Tory). 9
The present critical state of European affairs will reader
these publications nniisuaily interesting during the forthcoming year. They will occupy a middle ground between
the hastily written news items, crude speculations, and
dying rumors ofthe daily journal, and the ponderous tome
ofthe. future historian, written after the living interest
and excitement of the great political events of the time
shall have passed away. It is to these Periodicals that
readers must look for the only really intelligible and reliable history of current events, and as such, in addition to
their well-established literary, scientific and theological
character, wc urge them upon the consideration of the
resiling Public.
iEg=- Arranireniorsts are now permanently made for the
receipt of EARLY SHEETS from the British Publishers, by
which we are enabled to place ALL OUR REPRINTS in the-
hands of subscribers, about as soon as they can be. furnish-
eel with the foreign copies. Although this involves a very
large outlay on our part,- we shall continue to furnish the
Periodicals at the same low rates as heretofore, viz :
TEK ASNfM.
For any one ofthe four Reviews í-3 Ot)
For any two of the four Reviews  5 00
For any three of the four Reviews  7 00
Eor all four of tbe Reviews..  8 00
, For Blackwood's Magazine   3 00
con-| For Plackwooil and three Reviews   9  00
For Blackwood and the four Reviews 10 00
200'
HAGS RIO COFFEE—150   bags  Sandwich
Island Coffee :
i Ground iiovec's ColTee ;    *
100 boxes Eagle Mills Coffee ;
50 bbls Carolina Rice ;
200 mats China Rice- ;
For sale hy
HARROLD, RANPEI.L k CO..
B0 California street, near Front,
March 24. lm
50
BBLS.   CRUSHED   AND   POWDERED    SUGAR ;
¡10 ceroons Chile Peaches ;
100 dozen brooms ;
20 bales Straw Paper ;
lOcases Sail Twine.
1'or sale bv
" HARROLD, RANDELL k CO
50
r week, So, $4, 55 and $0.
single room, pel night, SI.
rivUi-e of Free Baths is c
mis in this house.
R. p.. wnnmvA
San Francisco Alienü of tlic "Woi-lfi.
Ever on apace with the Age and   Times.
TIERCES  HAMS,   IN   BRINE—SO  1IHDS  GLAZED
HAMS ;
10 hhds extra  Clear Paeon ;
T5 bbls estra Uli'.-ir Pork;
100 half bbls Clear Pork ;
Fot sale by
HARROLD.  RANPEI.L fc CO.
No   60 Cali lor uia street, near Front.
March 24,    lm_
l7DKLAPUN1\ J. PAh.E.
DEUP0NT& CO.
130 WASHINGTON STREET, SAV FRANCISCO.
Prencli Importers
AND DEALERS IN WINES. BRANDIES
LIQUORS AND SYRUPS.
■eh M. 3m
I*. Tí. Comliss,
GUN, LOCK& WHITE SMITH
LOCKS MATE AND REPAIR] D.
Salamander Sales Cper.cd.     Ail Work
Warranted.
tantly on hand ami foi sub', si laiiio assortment
TJoiilüc lUMlSlnrf» Barreled Shot Guns,
RIFLES,   PISTOLS.   GUN    TRIMMINGS.    Ac.,
Whieh will be told ObMp,
Powder and  Shot wholesale and retail.
NO. 73 DAVIS STREET.
Third door north ol Clav Street.
SAN   FRANCISCO.  CAL.
í\5_ Orders for work promptly attended to. an it
PUBLIC NOTICE,
IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON THE 7TH INST,
there was found in inv Manada
ONE BAY HORSE,
branded and vented on the left side. _
As I have sold my Manada,   and,  knowing  this horse tt
be an estray, I shall take charge of him and the owner can
have him by calling at  my house,  proving property and
paying charges as the law directs.       ,-
Reference can be had at the Star Office.
GEORGE W. WHITEHORN
Los Angeles, Mareh 17, 1855. tor
Dry Gootfs and Clothing Empoil
Tho undersigned have removed their
utire stock of  goods   from  their old
t.and. corner of e.'(.iii!inerei;il ¡imi f'rio-
ipal streets, to the large and commodious store.
NO. 2 TEMPLE'S BLOCK,
Next door to the Post Office, Principal Street,
irectly oppo-Pe tl-'-ir old stand, where they will be happy
o see all {befa "'■' friereis and customers. They have lately mad. :¡, rgo additions to their stock, which -is now the
most extensive in the citv, comprising in part
READY MADE CLOTHING,
HATS AND CAPS, BOOTS AND SHOES.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC Í1RY GOODS, FANCY GOODS, ¡te.
Which are offered at greatly reduced prices, either at
wholesale or retail.
Wc would respectfully solicit a call from purchasers, believing that we can offer better Indncementsin our line ol
isiness than any other boose in this city.
decl4 FIJAS & BROTHER
Payments to'be made in all cases in advance.
Money current in the State where issued will be
received at par.
CLUBBING.
A. discount of twenty-live per cent, from the above prices
Will be allowed to Clubs ordering four or more copies of any
one or more of tho above works. Thus: Four copies of
Blackwood, or of one Review, will be sent to one address for
$9; four copies ofthe four Reviews and Blackwood for £30;
and so on. **«»%■#
In all the principal Cities amtTowns, those works will he
delivered, through Agents, FREN OK POSTAGE. When
sent by mail, the poatage lo any part of the United States
will be but. TWENTY-KOUR CENTS a year lm- '^ ¡¡lack-
wood," a£d but FOURTEEN CENTS a year for each of the
Reviews.
Remittances and communications should always be addressed, post-paid, to the Publishers.
LEONARD SCOTT & CO.,
54 Gold Street, New York.
N. R.—L. S. ¡t Co. have recen th- published, and have
now for sale, the '■ FARMER'S GUIDE," by Henry Stephens, of E'linbiire.'h, and the late Professor Norton, of
Yale College, New Haven, complete in 2 vols., royal octavo,
containing 1000 pages, 14 steel and 000 wood engravings.—
Price, in muslin binding, $6.
"{gag; This work ¿snot the  old "Book of the
Farm," lately resuscitated and- thrown upon the
market.
¡tsa i
W.
ONEY TO LOAN   AT 3 PER PENT  PEP.   MONTH,
uu\ required, upon Ranches with conliri
ilARRlUTTat WHEELER,
Pacific Loan ¡i Security Rank,
08 rVerchint st. san Prtnelec.
HURRAH FOR VANCE'S NEW PAGUEHREAN
BY—Urgent light ii
the world   (over 500   fe.
Sacramento and Montgoim
ALEE
glass
y St.,
New Store and IVew Goods.
=*ios3|   TfcTESSRS. Hall,Piatt & Co. 3iav   £2¡"3
=¿   H    i.YX.lHg taken the store in Teuiple'sBlock, JlXffl
WL nearly opposite  the   head   of  Commercial ÜI; LJ
street, arc prepared to offer the citizens of V-IIElfl
sis Angeles, and vicinity, a complete stock of.
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS AJVD LIQUORS,
at greatly reduced rales. Their eoniiecf ion with San Francisco, will enable them at all times, to have tbe advantage
of that market. - As we intend selling by package, the traders will do well to examine our stock bofore purchasing
elsewhere,
HALL, PLATT ¡fc CO
Los Angeles, March 24, 1855. tf
"F1 o -b?   Sale.
3YOKFoffine American Osen: 2 American  Coi
Calves ; 1500 lbs of machine thrashed  Barley.
at thu office.
WILLIAM SMITH'S
Tin, Sheet Iron and Stove Warehouse,
Commercial Street, los Angeles.
jl rTlHE pro r rK tor off tlic above nopii- -jsfV
,S2S" .J_l«r establish») out. ha vine- recently made ¿~ '~-2
gf?fi% eixterisiveadditionii to bis STOCK, of ;igreat ^"T^
<--"fC variety of goods pertaining to the trade, "-""^
is prepared to fnmia-h purchaser,, with every desirable article, and at prices that defy competition. His wares being manufactured by experienced workmen, and under
his own supervision, exprés;-ly tor this market, he feels
warranted in soliciting a share of patronage,
PARLOR,   OFFICE AND   COOKING
STOVES
at Ihe most approved patents, constantly on hand.
The attention of Miners anel Travelers is particularly invited to an examination of his assortment of
COLD    WASHERS,    CANTEENS    AND    CAMP    UTENSILS
JgS" N. B.—ROOFING and all kinds of JOB WORK, executed with neatness and dispatch, em the  most  reasonable terms.
Los Angeles, March 31, 1SS5. Rm
Why Should everyone go to Vance's who wishes PERFECT LIKENESSES.1    Because he has  now the best   ar-
ran.-' . e, p, .... , ,, |il0 ]'aei|ic coast, and not to be surpassed y as.;, in th" world. Instruments coniayiing lenses
more perfect, and with greater power than atif ever before
used in this country.
2d. Because he has mr: LABGBSt i.ir.rrr is the -world, from
which he can form three distinct lights—top. side and half
side lights—that now enables him to overcome the great
difficulty wliich every artist In this city has to contend
with—namely. In order to obtain perfect likenesses, different formed features re'|uIro differently arranged liuhts.
Having ihe largest light, he is enabled to make pictures in half tlie time of any other establishment in the
elty ; therefore they must lie more perfect, for it is well
known, the shorter the time tho more natural the expres-
4th. Because every plate is carefully prepared with a
coating of pure silver which-firodnees the clear, bold and
lasting picture that is so much admired, and which cannot
be producod on the common plates, as they are now used
by oilier artists.
5th. Because he has of late, after much experimenting,
brought his chemical preparations to perfection, using
compounds entirely different from anything ever before
used in the art. wliich enables him to produce perfect
likenesses at every sitting, with that clear, soft and beautiful tone, so much admired in all his pictures.
All thosu wishing perfect likenesses   will do well  to   call
before sitting elsewlrere and judge for themselves.
_ /Kg" Prices as reasonable and work superior to any in
DONT FORGET THE PIJiCE.
Uc3„ New building, corner Sacramento and Montgomery
entrance on Montgomery street, next door to Aus-
^^^^^^ t*tecl4-8m
Notice.
The Partnership Heretofore  existing   between
JAMES H.   WEATHERSBEE k  ALEXANDER   PUETT,
is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
JAMBS H. WEATHERSBEE,
ALEXANDER PUETT.
Monte, March 14. 1855. a       '¿l
Splendid Enterprise.
GREAT SOCTIIERX DISTRIBUTION   OP
HEAL   ESTATE
AND
Personal Property,
BY HENRY  PALTON,
LOS ANGELES.
Total Value,  $84,000.
Shares, $1 Each.
Splendid Dwelling Houses, Valuable Vineyard*
and Orchards,
Magnificent Farms, and City and Town  T.eits,
IN LOS ANGELES AND BENTON.
432 First Class Frizes.
Elegant Modern Built  Dwelling House on tlie
■and  Vines,
..$11,000
.  10,000
Story, Re<llM¿rton Xi Co.
IMPORTERS a nd dealers  in Drugs,   .Medicines,  Chemicals
Perfumery. Fancy Articles, ¡tc,
Battery Sired, between Washington and Merchant,
San Francisco
AOKTCS foi;
OSGOOD'S INDIA niOLAcnilPK. WISTAP.'S BALSAM OF
WlEDCHEltRY. CltAEFEENilEHC CO/S   MEDICINES    COR-
RETT'S   SHAKERS'    SAPSAPAIULLA,    DR.    HUNT'   LIFE
ELIXIR. AND HYATT'S  BALSAM.
From the fact that one ofour firm will reside permanently in the Atlantic Stales, and superintend in person the
purchasing, putting up and shipping of goods for this
market, wo Hatter ourselves that we can offer superior ad
vantages, both in quality and price, to anv other in our
line of business. STORY, REDING TON & CO.
oct ii-lira
M.   KKEMEU. ;-,.   jjAK.lKll
San Francisco. Los Angeles
THE undersigned, an old and well established firm, would
respectfully inform their friends and patrons, that they
are prepared to boy and sell Merchandise on commission.
Ibey are cotident that from their knowledge of business
and familiarity with the market of San Erancisco, (a member of their linn residing constatnly in that city) they
offer more facilities to the trading public (Pan any- other
bouse can boast of in this citv-
All orders for the purchase'of merchandise in San Francisco must be accompanied with the cash.
.       .       , . LAZARDfcKREMER,
Lo-s Amryles, A tig us* 21, ISj-l ftuW
6,000
2,500
1,500
One Vineyard, containing |
chard. Dwelling, &c. value	
One very line and  convenient   Dwelling House, opposite the Court House, value ',,,....
Two be'autile.l Residences, situated in the business
portion of the City, value each	
A new and desirable Dwelling House in the central
part of the City, value ,..., ,	
Numerous others at one thousand dollars,live hundred dollars, 4c.
A great variety of City and Town Lots in  Los Angeles,
many of which are situated on the most  business streets,
and are' vapidly vLing in value.
TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY ELEGANT LOTS in thetowR
of Benton.
TIVE NTV-FOUR
SUPERB FORTY ACRE FARMS ou the Rancho of Azusa, containing some ofthe richest and most fertile lands  in  the
World, with
HORSES, CATTLE, &c, &C.
For a description ofthe above large amount of property
CATALOGUES AND PLOTS OF SURVEY
are in preparation, and will be circulated throughout the
country.
As a guarantee of the reality, fairness anil security, reference may he made to Don A"iiki.Sti-:.',i:.\ks, Messrs. JiinNSOi,
¡fc AlaUMBOM, Messrs. Saxfoiui ¡fc CUBSoH, Hon. FjLUfCffl lt*V
Lis. Messrs. Aikxamikí; .^ Banmnc. Hon. ,1. P. McFAlti-AS»,
B. D. Wilson, Esq. and Hknuy OutOOQt, Esq-
Drawing to take place on the FIRST MONDAY IX MAY, 1855, In the City ofLoM Anecie».
febl-tt
NOTICE,
ALL PERSONS WHO MAY HAVE BUSINESS WITH TBI"
undersigned,   are  hereby noliiied   that  JOSEPH and
HARRIS NEWMARK, are   authorized by -Power   of Attorney,'   to transact the same  during  my   absence.    Those
who arc interested, will govern themselves accordingly.
JOSEPH P. NEWMARK.
Los Angeles, March 17, 1855. 4w.
^m«te
VOL. 4.
LOS ANGELES, CAL., SATURDAY, APEIL 14, 1855.
NO. 48.
Printed and published every Saturday, in Temple's Builel-
inga, Main street, head of   Commercial, by
J. S. WAITE.
advi
Advertisements inserted at Two Dollars per square of ten
lines for the first insertion, and One Dollar pur squaro for
«acb subsequent insertion.    Terms, Cash.
Transient advertisements must be paid for in advance
-to insure attention.
No
Agents of the Los Angeles Star.
Tho following gentlemen are.  authoriied  Agents for the
Star:
ThoMAS BnrroiCK San Gabriel.
Gsougk Rick  "
Messrs. Kuox k Wuistlku Monte.
K. S. Thompson	
R,  IIOl'KINS ,
Cor,. jAfiKaos	
Atmc. K- Taylok	
Jos. A. HlNOHMAN	
ThomaS J. Harvrv	
TflOWAS Boyce'	
 Sail Bernardino.
 Monterey.
 Santa ¡lachara.
 San Luis Obispo.
 San Francisco.
LOS   ANGELES   STAR
fá liMttji ifstálisjniteut
MAIN STREET, (Temple's Buildings,)
The proprietor of the Los Angeles Star, would respectfully inform his friends and the public, that he has
just received a large and varied assortment ol new material, and is now prepared to execute the following descrip
tions of
PLAIN AND FANCY
In the best style of the Art.
Books, Circulars, Law Blanks,
Pamphlets, Carde; Bills of Exchange
Bill Heads, Deeds, Bank Checks,
Labels, Notes, Programmes,
Posters, Billets., Bills of Fare.
Or any   either description ot I'rinting that   may be elesi
#iy-Persons wishing work done are respectfully inv
(o call  and examine specimens
jfor Sitlt Dr %tú.
M
To Rent.
EL.CEUS'   VINEYARD   Located in tbe vicinity of Los
Angeles with a GOOD HOUSE and about
Fifty acres of Irrigable I,nnd.
particulars intjnive   at the  store  opposite.   Mr. Celis'
.Main St.     [mlO-41 | PEDRO Pill  NI'I'LA. Ass,.,it.
FARMERS, ATTENTION.
Desirable    Farming    T«nin!    For     Sale.
TlTESUBSCP.IBEIt having had a portion of his ranch surveyed into HO acre lots, would respectfully ea.ll the attention of Fanners ami Fruit O rowers to tins same. These
lots are situated 10 miles from Eos Angeles and 16 miles
from San Pedro, on tlie river San Gabriel, from which can
be carried a never failing and bountiful supply of wat or on
to each lot. They will be sold very low and in accorelance
with the times. An opportunity is here olio red to tho public to secure a most desirable homestead.
Tho surveyed plot can be seen at the office of J, It. Barton,
Esq., to whom reference can be made. For further particulars enquire at this officii ex of t be subscriber.
feblñ       tf LEMUEL CARPENTER.
House and Lot for Sale.
M0.     AVERY  DESIRABLE HOUSE, s ,ble for  a small
i|il¡|jÍ!    family, containing two rooms, with a Lot attached.
KÜL situated at the head of Main street,   la offered for
sale on reasonable terms.
For further particulars apply to
IGNACIO GARCIA,
fcb8-f.f _____   Temple's Roie. Main street.
For Sale,
PACK. RIDING and WAGON MULES ;
SADDLE aod HARNESS MORSES ;
LARGE ROAD WAGONS AND HARNESS- :
Two or throe pair full blood SUFFOLK 11008,
And a number of HALF BLOOD do.
Purchasers wanting will lind it to their interest  to call
on the subscribers previous to purchasing elsewhere.
ALEXANDER ,t BANNING. Ss, n Pedro.
jan25-tf Or II. W. ALEXANDER, Ros Angeles,
Inmuta Catíw*
SAMUEL ARBUCKLE,
Auction & Commission Merchant
LOS  ANGELES, CAL.
Sale    Room,    Principal   Street,
Opposite Temple's Building.
KtS- Sales of MERCHANDISE every THURSDAY.
X?T Sales of HORSES and MULES every  MONi'aY.
ftiM, Particular   attention   given   to   the   salo  of Real
Estate. feb22-tf
WILLIAM 15 OSBUM'S
AUCTION     ROOMS,
JjOS A3IGELES STREET,
NEXT DOOR TO THE POSTOFFWS.
tf$~ FURNITURE sales, every TUESDAYS.
%%. HORSES a-nd MULES sale I, every SATURDAY.
j£7j~ All business in any part of the city and county entrusted to me shall be despatched with promptness, and
-.atislactorily, WM. B. OSUURN. Auctioneer.
LOs Angeles, March 1st, 1855. mhl    tf
Doctor A. B. Hnnnum,
TENDERS his services to the citizens of Los Angeles and
its vicinity in the various branches of  the prucliee of
Medicine.    Office at the Bella Union. febl-tf
I)
Matthew I-nnfranco,
EALER IN PROVISIONS, GROCERIES   AND LT'M'ORS.
los No r,-os. LOS Anieles. nu:'.\     tf   '
w
JOHKBOX II.  S. AlLANSO-V.
Johnson St Allanson,
Successors   to   Alexander   tf:    Afell tin,
HOLE-ALE-   AND   RETAIL    DEALERS   IN   f!ENERAL
MERCHANDISE, Main st.. Los Angeles. aul7    tf
X IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, CLOTHING
BO ITS, SHOES,  HAT'S,  fcc, corner of Melius' Row. Los An
gil**. jylñ   ly
C'. ALBXASmiR, n.   W.   ALEXANDER, I'lUNKASS l!.\.v.\j.l,
ALEXANDERS & BANNING,
Forwarssllnir mul Commission Merchants.
SAN PEDRO AND LOS ANGELES, Cal.
—a g e HT8.	
II.  X.  ALEXANDER, Los Angeles.
LYMAN, RICH. HOI'KINS ¿fa CO., San Bernardino.
W. ,L  WILLIS,   Lexington.
RANKIN & CO., San Francisco. nov SB tf
O. "Ducomiiiiin,
WATCHMAKER   &   BOOKSELLER,
COMMERCIAL STREET,
Los Angeles, Cal,
Architect  and Builder.
THE undersigned   oilers his seryieiS to the public as an
Architect and Builder.
ELEVATIOSTS AND SPECIFICATIONS
DRAWN.
Contracts for all ttcscviptions off Buildings
ruaele and executed in the best manner, and at the shortest notice.
Building Materials
of all descriptions constantly on hand and for sale at tiis
Lumber Y'ard, MAIN STREET.
DOORS, BLINDS AND SASH
of all descriptinns constantly on hand.
Workshop in Mel/us' Row.
Office at Lumber Yard, Main street.
IRA GILCHRIST.
REFERENCES!
Ahol Stearnes, Esq., I     Hon. Francis Melius,
Henry Daltou, Esq., |     B. D. Wilson, Esq.,
jiiull-tf Wm. T. B, Sanford, Esq.
FOR SALE.
IBfel00ACBJíSOFTnEi¡ESTA(nUCi.n:¡TRALLAl(rD¿¡
%J*f(§in i lie County of Los Angeles,  which   needs   no fc.
—Ji== irrigation, 50 acres under   fence,   has a goodjUKílL
HOUSE and necessary outhouses.
Also, 600 HOGS, among which are till) Breeding Sows in
pig ; twenty H0RSE3, TimLS,   WAGONS, ¡fee.
Tbe Farm is situated three miles from this City, and the
only object the present proprietor has iu selling it, is that
he wishes to leave the State.
IJs^. Terms easy.       Enquire of
nov23—tf WM. B. OSBURN, Agent.
Sanford ¿C Carson,
HAVING removed to the large Brick Store on tin* west
side of Broad Plaütí,
Los Angeles Street,
are now receiving at their new stand, and offer for sale a
general assortment of
&R0CERIES AND PEO VISIONS,
HARDWARE, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE,
Tinware of their own maixifaetiire,
PARLOR and COOKING STOVES, of the most approved
patterns,
Pannel Doors, Lumber,  Wheat, Barley, S¡-e.
They would part ¡cularh- call attention to their large lot of
FRESH FLOUR.
manufactured in this city, and which they guarantee better
than anv brought here from San Francisco.
Eos Angeles. Sept. 21. IKtU sep21    tf
Blacltsinlth «ml Carriage Shop.
Los Angeles Strp.e'. nert d.oor to Chikts,   llicl.s and, Dennison
(r--^swwa5^    THE SURSCPJIÍERS   would   respec! fully  in
^S»a£^jS*a orders in the above line- i.f }.•; -b.e-s wit.ii
neatness ond dispatch. None but experienced varkmag
will be employed, and as both departmeuls are under the
immediate superintendence! of the proprietors, our customers may rest assured that their work will be done in a sat-
isfa.ct >ry aud workmanlike maimer.
ii. Mclaughlin.
sopiR tf E. L. SCOT!'.
Lafayette Restaurant,
FORMERLY TIIE OLD AMERICAN,
COMMERCIAL STREET,
HAS been splendidly refitted and thorough'
ly renovated, and   the   proprietors are   non
prepared to  accommodate   regular boarder;
with bed-rooms if desired.
Meals at all hours,  by  bill of fares* Saloon  fW private
Families can be supplied at the shortest notice.
Cake- of all kinds constantly on baud.
Partridge, Rabbit .and Chicken Pies.
Alimentary Preserves.
The best tiie market affords will be coiisiantly served up
FAUlt k CO., Proprietors.
Los Angeles, January 11, 1856. tf
Salt!
Salt!!   Salt!!!
_TU<SE¿
ALT   "WORKS   Ca   having   coninleted
Ming of  fifty kettles,  and heiu-- now
n compteti        ,i '
in. are   prepared   to  contract  for   a;iv
eliverableat the Company a TPorlta, ba
she coast, il ■ ". •
.'ive miles north   of  the anchorage   of
San Pedro, . . I . '
te.nt iron! Los  Angeles   sixteen miles.
vhere vo      '     ms I
■. with thegreatest facility, theln'ueli
'    '''' J'"      r ■      V
■lerable for  loading and discharging P>
Sampl.es ofthe S
lt can be seen at 11, i office of the Com-
Kiny, Los Angeles,
or at Case. Holm -Hi     . 5   i Francis-
Salt packed fur the trade in   anv sized sacks, and deliv
ered at the Works,
or at the Company's   Vi ai'elmuse.   Los
logólos.
febS-tf
Almanacs! Almanacs
. DISSOLUTION OF CO-PAETNERSHIP-
-VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT THE UNDERSIGNED,
j_i under the linn and style of *
Mullally, Ayers Sc Co.
is this day disolved by mutual consent.
MULLALLY, AYERS & CO.
JJS- MULLALLY k PORTER will Continué the business
as heretofore, of making brick and building by contract
or otherwise. 4w.
£<Totice,
TO all whom it may concern, that a certain
Note of hand, drawn in favor of A. O LABATT & CO.,
for Seven Hundred Dollars, bearing the signature of the
undersigned, dated the fith of tho present month, was ob
tained in part under false representations sin.1 without any
consideration : and the undersigned warns all persons from
trading for said Note, as he will make no arrangements for
its liquidation. M. MICHAEL.
Los A ngeles, March 2S. 1855. 3w
Home   Elan nine tor j-.
Main Street, nearly opposite the Star Office-
POY   &,  BJtOTHEIi,
SADDLE AND HARNESS MAKERS,
Keeps constantly on hand an assortment  of
SADDLES.   HARNESS.,   BRIDLES,   WHIPS. COLLARS, SADDLE WARE. &c,
AVe are also prepared to execute all kinds of work in our
line at tlie shortest possible notice.
A superior lot  of  California  Pitts  and Spars always  on
hand. octio   tf .
Livery and Sale Stable.
Tlllvutv.lersiü'ncd. having purchased
the old stand of Messrs, Barker ic
Acron, on MAIN STREET, where he
is prepared to keep Horses by the
day, week or month, on the most reasonable term
ALSO—The best Saddle aud Buggy Horses with  fine Buggies to let at all times.
flS=- Horses benight, sol.lor exchanged on commission.
Persons wishing to buy, sell   or exchange   ran   have  ai:
ooport unit v bv   calling at  the above named  place  of
JOHN G. NICHOLS.
Lori Anéeles, March P 1S5Ó. mhl    tf.
SEBASTOPOL NOT TAKEN
NOTICE.
ALL Pki^ONS TV HO MAY  IIAVK BUSINESS WITH TIIE
undersigned,   are  hereby noliiied   that   JOSEPH  and
MAURIS  NEWMARK. sin-   ¡n, thori/ed K  ■ Power   of .-ith.i'-
ney,'   to transact; the  sanie   during   my    absence.     Those
iro interesj.ed, will govern themselves accordingly.
JOSEPH P. NEWMARK.
i Angeles, Hatch 17, 1855. 4,,-.
who a
STUART & STONE.
ARCHITECTS  AND  BUILDERS.
BUILDINGS OF BRICK, WOOD or ADOBE contracted for.
to be delivered complete.
Jf-j- Pi !'A , I'lDNSand SI'EC HI CAT IONS drawn for pub-
lie or p  , ,    ■.    ■   ■
lis» . OHAIN PFMI'S put up and warranted to give satisfaction or no i-harge.
lis,-' JíljílílNG .if all kinds done at. short notice.
&ip- OFFICE opposite,Johnson it Allauson's store. Store
on Main street, near the Montgomery House.
Los Angeles, April?, 1855. ly
But the latest News is Received liv every
STEAMER.
THE Subscribers having made  arrangements
with J. W. SULLIVAN, Esq."; of the Pictorial Depot. Sen
Francisco will receive supplies of papers by every Steamer.
These Patkiss will m: caurikh aiiout the City ox tiik aeki-
v VI of ever-v Steamer: thee can also be obtained at the oitiee
ofthe LOS ANGELES STAR.
Persons    wishing   Periodicals,
Books of any kind,  Magazines or   other
CHEAP LITERATURE,
Can obtain -such, by leaving their names al. this
Office, and they will be supplied at short notice.
^eS- Orders from the country solicited.
A. & S. WAITE.
FOR SALE.
The tine NIEW HOUSE situate,! on Alameda
Street near the'eorner of Aliso Street, opposite ihe
frame house of Don Pedro Sansevafne. The House has a
f,-oul of SO feet on the street, and '21K< feet, djop—rs two
stories hie-h—contains six rooms, three above, and three
below, built of adobes wilh good stone foundation, and
t!ooi-s oí Hmerloai. pine. Lot 80 «W»B front and 100 deep.
En.iuirc. of l'l-ilJPE GON/ALES oil the premises.
LoS Amueles. MareifJO,  1S05. tf
THE SEWING   GIRL.
[From CiiArfnKit'B Journal.]
Annie Linton was the best sewer in Nr.-. Roy'fi
school ; and the mistress declarcl, em insrieetino- tlie
Iirst shirt she made for her lather, '-Th-.it the Duke
of Iluccleuch himself might wear it!" This; was
high praise for little Annie, wjto was only eleven
years of age; and site never-forgot it. Her work
was the neatest and cleanest ever seen. Then, she
did it so quickly, her mothef could not keep pace
with her daily demand for "Tomething to sew/'
'T wish Annie would taketoher book/'sahlMrs.
Linton to her husband. But it was quité clear (hut-
Annie would not take to her book; she ha.! liflh;
reading and less spelling ; and yet she could "mark"
{with cotton) all the letters ofthe alphabet, as if
site was a very miracle of learning.
"Something to sew," eagerly demanded Annie.
"Will any mowing come to this sewing?" asked
licr father, with a very natura! attemptat a pun,
"Those who do not sow shall not reap." said little,
Annie, cleverly taking up her father's meaning and
¿ier work basket at the Rain» time, as she whisked
-past h'un in fear of being too late for school.
Three weeks after: "-'Annie's learning to lie &
scholar," said Mrs. Linton ; "no more demands for
sewing." That afternoon Annie cam'c bounding
into the house from school, sat upon her father's
knee, opened her work-bag. which hung over her
arm, and putting a screwed up paper into his hand,
said: "There's the mowing."
Her father undid the paper, and found four half
crowns. "Annie," <;'ueiitioned her father, "where
did this come from?"
"From the sewing," answered Annie, laughing
delightedly at his surprise, as she escaped from his
knee and ran out of the room, to delay a little longer the solution of the riddle. .
"Wife," said John Linton, "it is impossible that
Annie could earn all this by the sort of child's pi ay
girls call work ; and who'nf did she earn it from ?
I'm afraid there's something wrong. And, to tell
the tiutli, Annie Linton ivas practising a little disguise ; nor had she given her father all the money
she had earned. The sum originally was twelve
shillings. This was all designed for her father
alone ; but a prior claim had come in the way. It
was cold winter weather, aud the children of the
school brought their forms, in a sort of square,
around Mrs. Roy's fire. Annie, who was a favorite
with the mistress, always occupied a warm corner
close to her own big chair. Onthedayinquestion,
Mrs. Roy happened to be out ofthe room—
"I'll change seats with you, Jessie Wilson, if
you're cold," said Anuie, addressing a little girl, a
very book worm, who, clad in a threadbare printed
colton gown, sat shivering over her lesson.
Jessie, thus invited, came a little nearer.
"You should put on a woolen frock like mine,
and warm yourself well at your mother's fire before you come to school these winter days," said
Annie, scrutinizing the poverty struck appearance
ofthe girl.
"Mother says," replied Jessie, "that she'd rather
do without a (ire than ray schooling, and she can't
pay for both."
"Has your mother no (ire at home this cold weather?" asked Annie, in amazement.
"No," said Jessie. "I wish I had dai'cd to bring
her with me here, it's warmer than at home. And
I know mother is ill, though she won't tell inc.'
"Sit there," said Annie, placing Jessie in her
warm corner ; "and don't go out of school without
me."
That afternoon the two girls went hand in hand
to Jessie's door.
"Have you plenty to eat, if you've no fire?" asked Annie.
"Thie is. the first day mother has been forced to
send me to school without any breakfast,"said Jessie, hanging down her head, as if ashamed of hep
confession.
"Here," said Annie after a slight pause, untwist'
ing the paper in which were deposited her first earnings; "I wont go ín with you, lor your mother
might not like to take it from a little girl like me ;
but"-—and she put tWO shillings into Jesiie's hand
—"that is to buy you something to eat, and •fire ;
and, if your mother can sew as well as I can," Said
Annie, with pardonable vanity, "I can tell her how
to get plenty of money to pay for both."
No wonder Annie's riehes increased 5 the first investment was a good 0m1. Nevertheless, the concealing of it from her parents she knew to bewron^
she feared they would disapprove of it; and she
added to her utile prayer at night, after the usual
ending of "God bless father and mother—and forgive me for keeping secret that I helped Jessie Wilson." Could the Recording Angel carry up a purer prayer to Heaven ? *
Of course, Mr. and Mrs. Linton very soon discovered that Mr. Seamwell, ofthe 'Rcaely made Linen
Ware'house.' was the grand BOBTCe ofAnnie-'s wealth.
He said there was no one who could work like her.
and said that he would give eighteen pence each
for the finest description of shift making. This was
no great payment for Annie's eNtpiisiteititching—
and thirty years ago it would have brought her
ihr;:c-anii-sixpence a shirt. But Annie is of the present not of the past; and as she could complete s
shirt a day, her lingers Hying Ulster than a weaver';
shuttle, she earned nine shillings a week.
" Good wife," said Mr, Linton, "we are riot so
poor but that we can maintain our daughter until
she's twenty, and by that time, at the present rate
of her earnings, she will have a little fortune iu the
bank." But "this Utile i'ortt.ne amassed but slowly,
for Annie seldom had nine shillings at the end of
the week—there were other " Jessie Wilsons'-' who
required food and fucilad Annie been a poet, she would assuredly have
written, not the song, but a song of the shirt,
for once when she was questioned as to the elull monotony of her work: "Dull? Delightful!'' said
Anuie, in advocacy of her calling. "Why. with
this rare linen and fine thread, my stitches seem
like stringing little pearls along tiie wristbands
and collars!" What an anti-song of the shirt might
Annie have not written !
Annie's eighteenth birth-day was celebrated by
a tea-party to all the seamstresses of Mr. Seam-
well's establishment-, where she was now forewoman : besides,being a cheer.id, kind-hearted little
creature, beloved by everybody, it was a compliment Mr. Seamwell said, she well deserved—her
admirable superintendence uf the department al-
lottedher having increased his business ten fold.
Sometime after, there was a great day of rejoicing ih the firm of Seamwell & Co. The father had
taken his son as a partner, and the son took apa^
ner for life—the indefatigable little seamstress?
Annie Linton. There never was a blither bridal.
Annie herself having risen from the ranks, had a
present for every work-woman. Indeed, it was a
day oí presents, for on that very morning, and
time to be worn at the wealing, a shawl arrived
for Annie, all the way from India—an Indian
shawl that a duchess would have envied ! Upon
it w.as pinned a paper, on which was written:—
" Wear this for the sake of one who is now rich and
happy, but who never can forget the services you
rendered to the poor school-girl—Jessie Wilson."
"Annie." said young Seamwell after the marriage, " I fell in love with you when you were a
child, and came to our shop for your first sewing.
I also happened to be passing when you gave part
of your first earnings to Jessie "Wilson ; I was a
boy, then, but I said to myself: "If I were a man.
I'd marry Annie Linton ; in#because she's so pretty"—here Annie blushed most becomingly—"not
beoAQse she's so industrious, but because she's so
kind-hearted." "
Hitstclfitneiras.
TUc ChlneM Insurrection.
The Rev. J. P. Roberts, who has been employed
as a missionary to China, in a recent Itjctore delivered   at Louisville, Ky., made some interesting
statements m regard lo Ihe leader of the rebel party in China. It is .well known that sume extraordinary features ha.y,. boon connected wUh the rebel movement from the Bret—-that with a greai deal
ed heatheninem, some points of Christianity have
been dcvelopwl. Tiie sfalement of Mr. liobe'rls will
illuminate the subject, "He said that he was Iirst
visited by the man who is now the leader of tlie insurrection, in 1841!. The leader was. at thai time,
a literary man, and engaged in teaching BOhooL
Ho came to Mr. Roberts to learn something oí the
Christian religion—" the new faith." as he termed
it. He became a pupil, dwellin- with Mr.Roberts,
applied himself closely to the study of the Bible,
was strict in his attendance on worship, anel after
ihe e-viiiruliim of two mouth:;pivix.nij-d hims-.H'¡br
baptiam. and also desired to unite with the Church,
Bnl as such a proceeding would debar him from a
livelihood by his ordinary occupation, al the M ■■■■
gestión of one of the brethren he concluded to
defer it till some other means of existe
secured, and left Mr. Ii. for the purpose of accomplishing that end. Soon after this the insurrection
broke out. and Mr. R. received word from his pupil
that he was the leader of it, expressing at the same
time grateful remembrance of the new truths
he had received under Mr. Roberts' instruction.
The acts of the leader leave but little doubt oí
the truth of the matter. The decrees which have
been promulgated, that the Bible should be taught
in the schools, that idols should be destroyed, that
opium should not be used, aud other reforms
which belong to Christianity, show that the mind
which directs the movements of the revoiutionrSts
has learned some of the truths of the Bible. The
present aspect of the case is interesting. Mr.
Roberts thinks that the revolutionists will ultimately triumph, and anticípales important results
to religion and commerce. If such should be the
fact, history may yet record the name of the pupil
of the American missionary as the Cromwell oi'
China.
ft would seem from late reports from China, that
the Commissioners of the United States and England were disposed to assist, or at least to lend
theit influence to the government, with the expectation of obtaining a better intercourse of trade,
"We have already protested against such a departure from the principles of strict non-intervention,
and we think the view presented by Mi: Roberts is
well calculated to enlist the sympathies of Christians hereupon, ¿be sida ofthe revolutionists. It
is doubtless true, that it is of great moment to us,
as a commercial people, to obtain the greatest
possible facilities for trade. Our intercourse with
China is soon to be largely i'uereascd. The course
of trade is to bu changed, and a few years hence—
when the Pacific railroad has opened to us new facilities—we shall be enabled to furnish to China
many manufactured articles cheaper than can be
furnished by England. But we are not aware that
any evidence has been produced to show that the
revolutionists would not extend the same facilities
as are expected to be acquired by siding with the
imperialists. On the contrary, there is reason to
believe that greater advantages would be obtained
from the revolutionists. Mr. Roberts says that the
reforms introduced by the leader of the revolutionists have produced great benefits in the districts
where they hold sway—that there is a great advance toward civilization. It is natural, al-o. to
suppose that the leading spirit, which obtained its
vitality from the new faith, would take all possible means for an intimate connection with those
aationss (that profess it
To us, looking at the movement from so great a
distance, it would seem that greater benefits would
result, not only to us as a nation, but to civiKza-
tiuu and to Christianity, if the revolutionists
should gain the ascendency. Although there is
much iu their belief and course of action whieh is
heathenish aud intolerant, yet it is a great remove
from the present degraded form of Tartar heallieii-
istn and exelusiveness.
A Physiological Vleiv of tlic Day of Rest.
I!Y DR. PARRE.
The ordinary cxcriitKis of man run da:.e:i the
circulation every day of his life ; and tlic first general law of nature by which God (who is not only
the giver, but also the preserver and sustainer of
life) prevents man from destroying himself, is the
alternating of day with night, that repose may succeed action. But although the night apparently
equalizes the circulation well, yet it does not .sufficiently restore its balance for the attainment of a
long life. Hence one day in seven, by the bounty
of Providence, is thrown in -as a day of compensation, to perfect by its repose the animal system.
Y/ou may easily determine this question as a matter
of fact by trying it on beasts of burden. Take that
fine animal, the horse, and work him to the full extent of his powers every day in the week, or give
him rest oa« day in seven, and you will BOOO perceive, by the superior vigor which performs his
functions on the other six days, that this rest is necessary to his well-being. Man, possessing a superior nature, is borne along by the very vigor of
his mind, so that the injury of continued diurnal
exertion and excitement ou his animal system is
not so immediately apparent aa it is in the brute ;
but in the long run he breaks down more suddenly
it abridges the length, of bis life, and that vigor of
his oíd age which (as to mere animal power) ought
to be the object of his preservation. I consider,
therefore, that in the bountiful provision of Providence for the preservation of human life, the Sab-
batieal appointment is noi. as it has been BWa^-
times theoretically viewed, simply a precej I partaking of the nature of a political institution, but
that it is to be numbered among the natural duties,
if the preservation of life be admitted to be a duty
and the premature destruction of it a suicidal act.
And if you consider further the proper effect of
real Christianity, namely, peace ot mind, confiding
trust iu God. and good will to man, you will perceive, in this source of renewed vigor to the mind,
and through the mind to the body, an additional
spring of life imparted from tlds higher use of the
Sabbath as a holy rest. Researches in physiology
will establish the truth of revelation, and consequently show that the divine eommamlmem is no,.
to be considered an arbitrary enaetment, but as rm
appoinimeut necessary to man. This is the position
in which I would place it, as contradistinguished
from precept and legislation : I would point out
the Sabbatical rest as necessary to man; aud that
the great enemies of the Sabbath, ami u-onscqnent-
ly the enemies of man, are all laborious exercises oi
the body or mind, ami dissipation, which force the
circulation on that day in which it should repose :
while relaxing from the ordinary cares of life, the
enjoyment ot this repose in the bosom of one's family, with the religious studies and duties which tiie
day enjoins, constitute the beneficial and appropriate service of the day. The student of nature,
in becoming the student of Christ, will find, in (be
principles of his doctrine and law, the only and
perfect science wliich prolongs the pre sent and per
sects ihe future life.
Be always frank and true ; spurn every sort of
affectation and disguise. Have the courage ¡0
confess your ignorance and awkwardness. Confide your faults to but lew.
IT.  S. Laml Commission.
TurusiiAv, Match 29. ISiiS
Tue Claim ot"np.-: Catholic Ciu'Piu.—No. 509—
This claim of the Catholic Church. pre:erred in lite
name ol Bishop Allemauy. for ihe orchards.; and
buildings of all the Missions of California was submitted i'or decisions, with leave to the eouusel to
lile briefs.-
No.   6S7—The Claim of Julius  Workman  ct   aH
for the Mission of San Gabriel was also submitted,
Progress of Crrttlxatlott.
The course of civilization Bofeta ,,u )¡!,(. amighty
river lliroiiLih  a  boundl^s,  vallev.  calling to  the
■ treams from every Bide to swell its current which
fl always growing wider and deeper, aud clearer as
■' rollsalong. Lei us trust ourselves uponits bo-
'/lll! withou, fear ¡ aay, rather wiüi confidence and
joy. Since Ike progress .of tlie race appears tobe
of Providence, it becomes us all
to venerate tiie future. We must be ready to sa-"
orifice ourselves lev the coming generation, asthey
in their turn must live lor their posterity. ' We are
lh,! i!' he disheartened that the intimate connection
z\ humanity rendes it uiiposscbi: \_ any ,; i-ticn
ofthe civilized world to be much En advance of all '
the rest: nor i o grieve because aa unalterable condition of perfection can never be attained.
Everything is in movement, and for the better,
except only the fixed eternal law by which the tte-
cessity of change is e itablishi d ¡ <.■,[• rather, except
only Cod, who includes in himself all being, ail
truth, and all law. The subject of man's thou -his
remides fhe i-tiiiK'. but the sum of his acquisitions
!-'> er ct'sv, : wi;h time :   i o that hi mpl
philosophy is always the bes!, i'■:,■■ H in. !,,.:'
one that went before.  'Tiie   last m,lineal    .
ih" world likewise is ei er more exoell ml I
old. for it pros-eid.-: inactivity th< entire inheritance of truth, fructified ¡<y the living and moving
mind of a more enlightened raise. -[Bancroft.
Tiie Fanner's Bome*
What signify all the improvements in agricultural processes, which are constantly urged upon
the acceptance of farmers, .¡f the farmer's Home is
whal ii ought not to be?
Deep cultivation, draining, drawing, ditching,
mulching, composting, ¿fcc, are all important, as,
a means: but the proper end to be accomplished
is not tin multiplication of dollars and cents—not
■■■:■■■> in store of "much goods;" bal that
most desirable of all earthly ultimates.a plea ant,
al tractivej happy Home,
The farmer's Home should not be so much hin
castle, as his sanctuary. Over its threshold, disorders; and discontents should never be allowed to
itep. Harmony, order love aud peace, as Well
as plenty, should reign within the farmer's abode,
making it n paradise, as little marred by gross
and corrupting desires as may be ; where the intellect, the taste, aud the affections may seek and
find their appropriate and full gratification.—
What desolating nay, what wants abouud wiüiin
tho '....i-, where merely animal desires are cloyed
with material profusión, to the exclusion of that
higher food ed' the spiritual nature, which is, iu
fact, the "' bread of life !'' There tlie physical man
may grow, and Bitten; and rejoice ia its ease, and
its indolence, with a sort of porcine satis&ction ;
while the iuner life, the manhood, the God-spark,
Famishes and .lies.
The fields are the places where the head, aided
by the strong arm, should triumph tn material
achievements. In the true Home, the heart, aided
by ihe bead, should emulate the industry of the
bee, in storing its treasures, and like tlie treasury
of the bee, those of the human Home should be of
honeyed sweetness.
Wealth may build palaces to shelter gilded misery. Poverty. I'.y making a true home in an unpretending cottage, hallows it-self, and shames the¡
power of gold.
It is astonishing with what facility the cultivated
spirit changes even material objects into high
spiritual individualities, A tree, a shrub,a flower,
nay, a stone, may have its history, the recital of
which shall palpitate the listener's heart with joy,
or blur his eyes with tears of sadness. Inanimate
objects, (only so, perhaps, to our tbinkiu > •■•■. ■■.)
;¡;ay speak a language, which tin; hctrl shall bear,
and feel, and answer. Around the true home, sacred as were held the household duties of oidcu
times, Blaster (h, se otjeets of man's astbetic nature.
They make him better, happier and wiser : opening
up to him, even here, a manifold life, and enable
him to read sermons in stones, and to behold good
in everything.
\ erily, we are sorry to say it, but so it is, verily,
6be farmer's Home needs improvement more (ban
i.-sdiares. his threshers, or his reapers. It
ueeds more than improvement-: it demands a new
creation, fashioned on apian of such beauty and
harmony, that it may be a temple worthy to be
tenanted by beings who have spirits as weM as
bodies. TÍien, what follows in the way of even
unlimited improvement in modes of"material production, will be of the utmost importance, 1'or the
farmer's Home will be what it ought to be.— [Ohio
Farmer.
A Topcir Storm Stout.—The Peru (III.) Chronicle of Feb.7, learns from a farmer who resides ou
the south side of the Illinois river, ou ihe Bluff,
some particulars ofthe storm of tiie 20th January.
His cattle, though they were inclosed in a circle of
straw stacks and blay stacks wciv se much attected
by the driving blast that they refused to eat. Tho
snow was driven between their hairs, and coming
in contact with the skin, was fur a moment melted,
then frozen] until the whole covering of the animal
seemed one unbroken armor ol ice, which did not,
disappear on many for four days after. The snow
melting on the forheads ami running down, formed
bugd icles that passed down over the nice, aud
reached far below the nose, giving them the appearance oi' the beast with the ten horns in many
the broadsheet ot ice lulling wei tile
eyes, blindfolded them effectually.
Their nostrils were filled with frozen snow that
had been driven into them by the rioh uce' of the
wind. The quails thai hndgathereel about his barn
yard, as a Last report, were freaea to «Mia Prairie chickens were either frozen bo death or se ife-
numbed thai h > could take them with his hands as
they sat on the fence, sleeping with stupor, His
barn-yard ohickens were many of them frozen, and
whal Is singular, in nearly ej^ry ease they were
found with their bills wide apart as they COuld
be sundered-, and the mouth filial with solid ice.
He has driven his cattle and teams over his fences,
thesnow being o:i a level with them, and BO cum-
i sustain a heavy load.
HOW ABER-NETlir GOT MARRIED.
Have I mentioned Hie recent death of the widow
of the late John Abernethy, the great surgeon?—
Sim was well oq to eighty. There is a story of the
woman to marry
him. Once upon a time he went to church, and
was shown into a pew where there were two ladies.
•ie bad no prayer-book, and tiie lady banded him
one. They walked (Silt ofthepew together^ and
found, at tiie porch, tijat it was raining hard.    Ab-
erni thy offered bo take ahem heme in his carriage,
which was waiting.   They bad some chat, in the
course of which ii name oui that they were mother
and daughter, not very well off. and widow and
cerof the army. Abernethy «at
them down at their bumble dwelling. As he stood
at their table he handed his card to the daughter,
and said, ■■ Young lady. I am Mr. Abernethy, surgeon. I. have never marrii d, iov 1 never coulc!
spare the time. 1 should Hke to marry you. If
yeu would have Mm goodteess-tewriteineal^j-
saying whether yon will have •^1|* *
shall call the nexl day and take you to c' ,,-. ,.;¡~--.. ,
He could only spac fifteen minutes ;;,, ,..
ami when he same out, was she accepted of a very
pretty woman. They were m,,n.;0.</w, 'Pucsdav.
and he drove home wdhlur t„ Mr. standv mansion
ot winch she thus berlI1K, mistress. " My dear "
said he, after he had mtCQthtOed her to some of his
friends ass.■-.•..;>;.■.'. ¡0 receive her, - v(>u mu-d excuse me nntii three o'clock, fori have to give
my lecture at Bartaoiamew'a Hospital, which I
cannot omit on any account." Thev wore a very
&*3f! ":'-'i ■ : * -■ ' Vioucihi :-'S.-a i p-:i.
hi> widow.came in for all his wealth, estimated at
something Hke £10 »,000.—[London Sunday Times.