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LOS ANGELES, SATUÍÍ)AÍ, OCTOBER 16, 1852.
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NO. 23.
«UN", LOCK,  ASfJJ WHTT.E SM
SALAMANDER SAFES opened ; Locks ma% n.n-3 - .-,:'-.-:
iSjsic, cosisiiiitiy on 1,and aud lor
sale, »large assortment Of Double and Single Barrel Shot
Guns, Kites, Pistols, dun Trimmings, kc, kv., whieh will be
sudd cheap.     Powder aud Shot at wholesale and retail.
All orders for work promptly attended to, and executed at
short notice.
Commercial st., a few doors below Sloiitgoraery st , San
Francisco, California. jelQ   tf
THE new and splendid sseatnship SEA BIRD,
JCapt. llii.tr, will make regular trips between
¡san francisco and San Diego, touching at Monterey, Santa
ISarbara-and 9au Peejro, leaving gauFrauciseo on the 4th,
14th, and 2iih of each month. Her accommodations for
cabin and steerage passengers are uusurpassed j and having
a capacious and airy main deck, shippers of fruit will at once
see the importance of shipping their produce by this steamer.
Freight will be taken on the downward trips at $'2U por ton.
1'or freight or passage apply on board, or to
GOODWIN k CO., Agents,
oet2 tf Battery street, near Pacific, Sau Francisco,
WM.   H.   STOWEI.I..
COMMISSION MERCHANT for the sale of Produce and
General Merchandize, No. 4. Maynard's Fire Proof Stores,
California str.. San Francisco.
N. B.—IV- H. S. makes no purchases of any description of
property on his own account, but generally has a large assortment of merchandize for sale ou consignment. He -respectfully tenders his services to any parties who may wish to
employ an agent for the sale of Produce, or other Jlerehsiu-
dine, orfor making purchases. sepll ,1m
JONES }c CO.—Corner Battery and Clay streets, havanow
on hand landing from variods  clipper ships, which they
.eiSer at low prices, .tho following list of goods, viz :
, Grain HungariafiHooCs,
Wax do do
Calf Boote of all qualities,
Kip   do      do       do
tOalf Brogani,
Kip Brogana,
Patent and.enameled Bregan,»,
Patent Leather Gaiters.
do do       Congress Gaiters,
do do       Oxford Ties,
do        do       Opera Boots,
vyaj; and Grain Leather Boots,
—ALSO-
A general assort-mant of hoys, youth's aad children's boots
,of all kinds.   Also, a great variety of Ladies' Shoes, Leather,
■"Woolen Hoie, Ac. Bep4 Gt
BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS, Montgomery street,
corner of Merchant, .Sau Francigco. JV.e offer to the public our large and well .assorted Stock of Blank: Books, Stationery and Miscellaneous Publications, viz :
.-'. c :--,■-* i'c;'-'-, '■■"    -"i! balf-bCWJ3d, best quality.
-'"    ¡.taU-r Paj-'asr. Cip .-,<.■'_ ...il   ...., , fclin I'psí. HssKJap. Demy.
„■'■■■O  i,;:uf-criuissj'.c..
Mercantile Stationery and Counting llo.iisc F urn i tura in
.great variety and of tho best quality.
Gold Pens, Bagley's and Greaton's m.ftke, thti Unest assortment ever offered, of all sizes, with and without cs.ses, and
.guaranteed perfect points.
fine Cutlery, Rodger's, Wostfinholin'a, Crook'ss Barnes'
„-£. Wild's American Cutlery—250 doizen selected in New
York expressly for our trade.
Letter and Seal Presses, Copying Books, Manifold Writers.
,&(!-. School Hooks, aud alargo stock of Standard Works.
We invite attention to the above.
je5 tf MARVIN &, HITCHCOCK.
BOOTS, SHOES AND LEATHER.—The undersigned, having perfected their arrangements with the manufacturers
,in the Eastern States, would respectfully inform the public
íhat they will be in receipt by every clipper ship of a full
.and desirable stock of all kinds of BOOTS. SHOES, LEATHER aud FINDINGS, to whieh they invite the attention of
the public before purchasing elsewhere.
_wp4tf JONES & CO.
Worth a   Visit,
WHScJ YOD VISIT SAN FRANCISCO, call and see the
superb collection of Curios mas at the
Chinese gales Boom
.ofTOBINfc DUNCAN, Long Wharf, San Francisco. This
niiagninaent room extends from Long Whuri to Sacramento
street, between Sansome and Leidesdorff streets. It is 120
ifeet deep, and filled with all the beautiful manufactures of
¡ibe Celestial Empire. The rare and splendid CRAPE
SHAWLS, so highly prized as presents for home,can bo found
At this house only," in endless variety. je 5-tf
T- B. MffMANUS & CO.,
FRONT STREET. San Francisco, receive on consignment,
Fruit and Produce of all descriptions. Prod ucers lor warding consignments per the "Sea Bird" or '-Ohio," will hare
iheir business attended to with prompiitude and despatch.—
¿Should sales «ot be effected by return of steamer, advances
io one-half the fparKBt value ofthe consignments will he for-
■warded by the Purser of the vessel, and accounts closed and
.balances remitted by the following steamer. Partjes forwarding produce will please say in whose care monies will be paid
at the various ports.   Comraissions and storage moderate.
Empty Fruit Boxes always on hand. Grape Baskets and
goies. Onion and Potatoe Bags for sale.
stores a$d AXert&andiie purchased on Commission,
N, B.rWT- B. SpsM. it CO-i having devot.ed their exclusive
attention fo the above business for two seasons, can point
with satisfaction to the confidence existing between them and
¡those for whom they huve done business.
sepUit
VAJJNESS AND SADDLERY—Ex "Harriet Hoxie" and
<: &{¡c>hael Angelo," consisting of
Stage, Coach, Buggy and gig Harness;
Dray, plough, and Kentucky wagon harness for teams,
Of two, fonr, and si t torses ;
Mule, Stage, orrrf tc»n> oolloin,
Halters, blind bridles, and trace chains;
Horse brushes, curry sombs and whips;
Spanish,  Califoruian,   Mexican, Ranchero, Creole, and
Ather saddles;
Wood stirrups coyer«ed with rus«e|¡ *°A pat leather;
Extra reins of yarioui kinds ;
Spurs in great fariefy ;
Girths and mar fu ngai.es ; fly nets t
Extra hickory stage stocks;
Stage, male, aad ox tbongs ;
Ei jjraisly made to order, together with many other articles
in this Jine, and ftr sale by R. UARD1NER,
Wholesale Saddlery and Harness Warehouse,
seplSSt        No. 25 Jackson st-, below Battery, Sau Francisco
CKAEüES SEXTON,
Attorney and Counsellor at taw,
OFFERS his professional services in the Supreme Court o1
the United States, In claims liiforo the Court of Commis;
sioners, and in claims against phe various Department" o1
the General Government and before Congress; in procuring
patents, in obtaining pensions and honnty lands, in collecting debts and inheritencas, and negociating the purchase and
sale of lands in any part of tbe United States; especialiyin
prosecuting claims before the Court of Commissioners under
■our treaty with Metico, is prepared togiva faisfull attention,
and to California land title cases coming up in the United
■States SupremeCourt on Appeal.
The latest maps of the States and Territories, compiled
from tbe surveys of the General Land Office, and statistical
information embracing the improvement and population of
ihe Territories andthe important towns in tbe United States,
»c¡r»eal>ly to the last census, can be obtained at his office, on
Fifteenth street, opposite the Treasury, Washington, D. C.
rejterinces:
Hon. Justin Butterfield, Washington.
His Excellency, Alexander Ramsey, St. Paul, Minnesota.
John R. Livingston, Attorney at Law, New York city.
Peter It. Burnet, Attorney at Law, Alviso, California.
Messrs. Thomas, Cowperthwait k Co., Philadelphia.
Messrs. A. P. Ladew fc Co., St. Loui».
Messrs. G. Abernathy 4 Co , Oregon olty,       myl6 6m*
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. County of Los Angeles,   Probate
Court.    To silt whom it may concern :
Ou the 19th day of October. A.D.1S53, will  be taken the
proof of the last Will and Testament of Leandro Serrana, deceased, at the Court llous.e in the city of bos .Angeles, at 10
o'clock. A. M.
As witness my hand as Clerk of the Probate Court of Los
Angeles, and there being no seat of ssiid Court
(l. s.)      as yet provided, in y personal seal affixed this
8th day of October, A. I). 1352.
. lt. MYLES, Deputy.
THE SU
ested.
¡SCH I i: MR would cal
i the purchase ofhis
e water, three house
ound.
RAFAEL GALLARDO.
BlacItsmttJ.irig, etc.
rjlUIIOLOKK   ROSS  and   UUN IIY  JARBOE   :
A  citizens of Los Angeléis that t.bey have taken s
. 'is.- repairing of oarriageá. TI.:-. s..l ■
satisfy the citizens of (.bis no mil y tli tt, they are
experienced and skillful workmen. Every description of
work in their line will be executed vvith iiealncssaud dispatch, sepll tf
BRf ANT & CO.S
AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE, corner of Clay and San-
some streets- -Hsu Francisco.
Coiistciitly on band, a select, assortment of Agricultural
Implements. Mining Tools, and Garden Seeds,
Also, a full and complete stock  of Hardware and Cutlery.
Unhand, ¡"VleOonnack's t'.'itent .Reaping Machinen. Thresh-
ng Machines. Horse Powers, &c , &e. jetf
300KS &. STATIONEBY,
JIOOTCK * LKCUUNT, Booksellers and Stationers. Howard';
V (¡reproof bniblhis;1,  Montgomery  street,  San   Francisco,
publications, English and American; all kinds of blanks, &c
■y't:
rCLAITDE JONES,
ATTORNEY AND CO IJNSI5LLOR AT LAW, will attend to
. all business before the Commissioners appointed by the
United States Government for the settlement of land titles
in California. Helias an abstract of every title in California,
and having expended much labor and means to protect, (he
rights of the Califoruians. lie hopes tn receive a share of their
patronage.   Address CLAUDE JONES, lienicia.
Refer to GREGORY YALE, San Francisco. jy26 tf
SAN ERANCISCO CHEAP BOOKSTORE.
THE subscribers having made arrangements with all the
United States Publishers, for an early supply of all New
Books, Magazines, i.e., as soon as they are issuedfrom the
press, are now enabled to publish New Hooks in California
simultaneous wall those published in the eastern cities.
They Will receive orders for .all the various Magazines and
Newspaper* published in the United fc tatos. Also, for all the
Foreign Newspapers and .Via:;::'.:• hies. English, French. Span
ish, German, fee.
W. F. Burgess will attend to the business in New York,
and from his intimate connection with the various publishers
throughout the'conntry, they feel assured tbat they will be
able to supply all demands from the State of California.
Orders will be received aud promptly executed by return
steamer for all articles in their line, Books, Stationary,
Blank Books, Papers, .Maps. Charts, &c-, &c.
BURGESS, GILBERT fit STILL,
Publishers and Booksellers,
Portsmouth Square.
N. B.—Orders for English and Fren.ch works will require
aaadditioua, time of six weeks to be executed. m-yl7
WANTED, at this office, and for which a
liberal price will be paid, a book giving
an account of tho Life and Missionary labors
of liey. Father Juntpf.ro Serra, and also a
minute .cbi-rmiclfl ;if n31 tl'.es Missions in California. The work was published in Mexico in
the year 1787. sep4 tf
W'ANTED1 at this office, numbers 2, 3, 6,
7, 17,18, 22, 31, 33 and 35 of the first
volume of the Star.
McEAIiLAND & DOWNEY, Druggists
and Chemists, opposite Matthew Keller's
store, have always on hand a well selected supply of Drugs and Family Medicines.       mjl7
B
COTJNTY SCBIP,
OUGHT at sixty cents on the dollar, for
Goods at cash prices.
ALEXANDER & MELLUS.
COUNTY   SCRIP. The  subscriber will
purchase County Scrip, on application to
him at Douglass & Sanford's store.
Approved ¿'crip only is desired.
BENJ. D. WILSON.
Angeles, April 17, 1852. tf
NOTICE.—The copartnership ' heretofore
existing under the name and style
of Wheeler & Morgan, is this day dissolved
by mutual consent.
JOHN 0.   WHEELER.
O. MORGAN.
Los Angeles, September 25, 1852- 4t
gi@„ NOTICE, .-^j
rWMIE BELLA UNION is reopened under the
M.   management of the subscribers, who will
be thankful to the public for their patronage.
,aug7 tf WINSTON'S & HODGES.
FOR SALE, at this office, full and correct
copies (_in pamphlet form) ofthe Organization, Acts and Regulations ofthe U. 5. Land
Commissioners, for California ; with the opinions of Commissioners Hall and Wilson on the
Regulation to allow -4dyei.se Claimants to intervene in the Original cases : and Commissioner Thornton's Opinion, Dissenting from that
Regulation. Also, a List of Land Titles presented to date.    Price 50 cts, jel9
Myron Norton,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR at Law,
offers his professional services, and will
devote his particular attention to the presentation and prosecution of Land Claims before
the United States Land Commissioners. Office
iu the building of Don Abel Stearns.
references :
Hon. O. S. Witherby.   Don Abel Stearns.
Don Manuel Requena. Don Andres Pieos.
Don Hugo Reid. Alexander & Melius.
N. B.   It ia understood that the  Commis.
sioners will meet in this city on or about th-
let of September next,
jyiotf
NOTICE.—The Arkansas Hotel, on the
corner of calle de los Negros, and in
front of Bell's Building, will be opened on Sunday. 26th instant, by the subscribers. The
table will be supplied with the best that can
be obtained.
Board per week, $9 00
Board per day, 1 50
Breakfast, 50
Supper, 50
Dinner, 75
JOHN MEADOWS,
sep 25 tf WM. WYNN.
The Steamer Oil to; &pt. F.Jttil-
liard, will continue to run semi,
monthly during ihe ensuing season between San Francisco and San Diego,
touching at Santa Cruz, .Moiterey, San Lais
obispo, Santa Barbara andjSln i:
This steamer, having undejgone n, thorough
overhauling, offers the safest and, most comfortable accommodations to travellers up and
down the ceasfc  of any boat  ' """'
berths aro all in large   State fi
steerage is admirably arrange;
nicuee of passengers.
For freight or passage appl-
Nífl.ssoii.'s < i
ííEsk       ■,i''ic SU'J;''
i'm-Tunnin.
nsgular lino of Vessels between thi;
port and San Pedro. He has taken a store
house on Sacramento street Wharf, where he
can bring his vessel alongside, thus saving expense of cartage and wharfage.
The BRIG FREMONT and another vessel
of equal capacity will ply semi-monthly, touching at the intermediate ports,. All persons
on the line of the coast, and others, who may
wish to ship produce to this market, will find
this line a favorable opportunity to do so; and
all those who wish their shipments stored or
sold on commission, will have their business
attended toby the subscriber. For freight ap
ply to Matthew Keller, Los Angeles.
J. D. NASON.
San Francisco, July, 1852, tf
PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, &c.—15 tons superior white lead;
7 tons assorted colors, ground in oil;
7 tons putty, in bulk and in bladders;
5 tons whiting;
3 tons red lead: 2 tons litharge;
15 bbls fire-proof paint;
2 cases orange gum shellac; i
500 cases French windovf glass, assorted sizes
from 8x10 to 32x48;
J500 galls boiled and raw linseed oil;
,800 galls spirits turpentine;
200 galls copal varnishj
15 bbls bright varnish;
10 galls fine whits Frejich picture varnish;
Brown and black Japan, bhrome yellow;
Chrome green, .Prus. bice;
Burnt and raw terra de ienna;
Burnt and raw umber, oi-y & ground in oil;
Ultramarine, Vandyke, bipwn, American and
English vermillion; i
Venetian red and yellow'bchre;
Paint brushes, white wasa brushes, etc.
The above, together with every other article
in the line, ave offered by th* subscriber at the
lowest market prices.    Tho» persons wishing
iü'pui,-jí.tíist¡ would uu well tc ciiK before pnr-
chas'uts; olsowhere.
ROBERT üsfARSH, Sanso*ie street,
Three doors north of Washington st.
Jyl7 3d Sitti Francisco.
PUBLIC    NOTICE.
ALL PERSONS having claims against
Charles W. Flugge, deceased, are hereby
equ ircd to exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers, within ten months from the date of
this notice, to the undersigned, administrator
of the said Flugge, at my house in the city of
Los Angeles.
L-EONOE HOOVER, administrator.
Angeles, Oct. 2; 1852. 5t
X^ITUS   WAKENREUDEtt,
CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR,—
Is now prepared to perform every description of drafting and surveying. Residence
in Santa Barbara. Land claims will be surveyed with the greatest care, and the drafts made
with proper neatness. sep4 tf
JDougluss  * Sanford,
FORWARDING & Commission Merchants,
San Pedro, California, are now prepared
to forward goods to Los Angeles: also to re-
cei ve, store and forward them to San Francisco,
Santa Barbara, &c.
Douglass & Sanford are not responsible for
damage which may occur, from fire or water,
to Goods upon storage.
í AZARD & KREMER, corner of A. Bell's
JLi Row, wholesale and retail dealers in Dry-
goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Groceries of
all kinds, &c, which we will always sell at the
lowest market prices for cash.
N. B. The highest price always paid for
gold dust. SOLOMON LAZARD.
aplO-ly MOBICK KREMER. '
PUBLIC   NOTICE.
ALL PERSON.? haying claims against José
Antonio Menendetij d« -eased, arc hereby
required to exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers, within ten months from the date of
this notice, to the undersigned, executor ofthe
said Menendcz, at the house of Indart Brothers, on Main street, in the city of Los Angeles.
JIJAN MANSO, Executor.
Angeles, Sept. 25th, 1852.   -,sep25 5t
Child's, IlicKs ¿fc WaAhams,
DEALERS in Groceries and Provisions of
every description, and mtnufachirers of
and dealers in Tin. Copper and Sheet Iron
Wares. A good assortment constantly on
hand, for salo cheap.
Well   pumps,   cooking,   offici,   and parlor
to.vesfer sale,
stoob work and repairing faithfilly  attended
N-B.   County Scrip taken a; the highest
market price. my 1 tf.
Benjainin Hayes,
ATTORNEY at  Law.    Office at his  residence, Main Street, near the bridge.
May 1st, 1852. t:
Jonathan R. Scott. Ljwis Grahbi».
Scott &. Granger,
ATTORNEYS at   Law, Los ingeles, California.    Office opposite the Bella Union,
Main Street.
Los Angeles, July 17, 1852. tf
C&'&tMpb* Star*
Published every Saturday, opposite Boll's buildings
City of Los Angeles, bv
LEWIS    &   RAN». >
JOHN A.   LEWIS. WM. II. RANI).
Teems.—Subscription, Ten Dollars per annum,payable in advance.
Advertisements msiorted at Tv.-o Dollars per square for
tlie first-insertkm, and One Dollar per simare for saeli
■    subsequent insertion. : terms cash.   .
Tlie   Appropriation».
The following extracts from the Act mak-
;"rr anpropñations for the -expenses of the
government, (pastea at tlic lott, session of Con
gross,) contain every thing particularly m£er>
■estingató thisS-aefction of California :
JUDICIARY.
For salaries of the district judges, seventy-
two thousand dollars. And the district judge
of the northern district of California, until otherwise provided by law, shall be judge of the
southern district in that state, with an additional compensation of fifteen hundred doliars,
so long as ho discharges the duties of both districts. And aa appeal from all final judgments
and decrees rendered in any of the district
courts in California, in cases of equity, of admiralty, andmaritimejurisdiction, and of prize
or no prize, when the matter in dispute, exclusive of cost, shall exceed the sum or value of
two thousand dollars, shall be allowed to the
Supreme Court of the United States, and upon
such appeal the like proceedings shall be had
as now provided by law on appeals in like cases
from the judgment or decrees of the circuit
courts to the Supreme Court of the U. States.
SURVEYS    OF  PUBLIC   LANDS.
For subdividing lands in California into
townships, equal to two thousand seven hundred miles of surveying, at a rate not exceeding
twelve dollars per mile, one hundred and eight
thousand dollars.
For extending surveys in California through
the mineral region, twenty thousand dollars^
For surveying private claims in California
which may have hsen presented in good faith
to the Board of Land Commissioners, twenty-
ty-two thousand dollars : Provided, That the
authority hereby conferred on the Surveyor
General shall apply only to such unconfirmed
oases as in the gradual extension of the lines
of the public surveys he shall find within the
immediate sphere ofhis operations, and whieh
he is satisfied ought to be respected, .and actually survcyedin advance of confirmation.
For subdividing the islands of Santa Cruz,
San Miguel, or Santa Rosa, San Bernardo,
Santa Catalina, San Clement, or San Salvador,
San Nicolas, and Santa Barbara, on the coast
of California, by the coast survey, according to
such pian as may be devised by the General
Land Office, so that said islands may be readily disposed of under the laws of the U, States,
and in establishing the necessary corners along
the meanders with which to connect the lines
of the subdivisions under this appropriation,
twenty thousand dollars: Provided, That the
Superintendent of the Coast Survey shall return to the General Land Office two complete
eopiea ofthe maps and field notes of said subdivisions with the meanders and connections
as aforesaid, one of which shall be for there-
cords ofthe Surveyor General: And Provided,
further, That all leases of any of said islands,
or of any part of either of them now outstanding, shall b« regarded as without authority
and void.
MISCELLANEOUS.
For salaries and incidental expenses of the
commission appointed under the act March 3,
1851, for settling land claims in California,
fifty thousand dollars : provided, That said
Board be authorized to appoint and employ one
secretary and three clerks, in lieu of the number provided for in the ahonrrecitcd act,whose
annual compensation shall be two thousand
dollars each.
For running and marking the boundary lino
between the United States and .Mexico, under
the treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo, one hundred
and twenty thousand dollars : provided, That
no part of this appropriation shall be used or
expended until it shall be made satisfactorily
to appear to the President of the United States,
that the southern boundary of New Mexico is
not established by the commissioner and surveyor of the United States farther north ofthe
town called " Paso," than the same is laid
down in Disturnell's map, which is added to
the treaty.
BRANCH    MINT.
For establishing the branch of the U. States
mint at San Francisco, California, in accordance with the provisions of the law approved
July 3, 1852, tbe sum of three hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That no contract for
materials, or for the purchase, lease, rent, or
erection of buildings, shall be made; except to
the lowest bidder, after sixty days' advertisement in at least three newspapers, two of
which shall be published in the State of California : And 'provided, further, That nothing
herein contained shall prevent the transfer of
machinery and materials from the U. S. mint
or branches to tho branch mint at San Francisco at a fair valuation ; Provided, further,
That said contract or contracts for the buildings and machinery for said branch mint shall
not, in the whole, for the completion, exceed
the sum of three hundred thousand dollars.
LAW  AGENT FOB CALIFORNIA.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That
the President of the United States appoint an
associate law agent for California, learned in
the law, and skilled in the Spanish and .English languages, whose duties and compensation
shall be the same as those of the law agent:—
Provided, That the compensation of agent and
associate shall not exceed five thousand dollars
each. And in every casein which the board
of commissioners on private land claims in
California shall render a final decision, it shall
be their duty to hare two certified transcripts
prepared of their proceedings and decision, and
of the papers and evidence on which the same
are founded, one of which transcripts shall bo
filed with the clerk of the proper District Court
and the other shall be tninsmitfcd to the At-
torney''General of tlic 'United States, and tho
filing i>f such transcript with the clerk afere-
said shall ipvo fac'o operate as an appeal for
the party against wbom the decision shall be
rendered; and if such decisión shall be against
the private claimant, it shall be his duty to
file a notice with the clerk.'aforesaid within.
six months thereafter of his intention to prosecute the appeal: and if the decisión shall bo
againsi; the United States, it shall he, the duty
ofthe Attorney General., within nix months ¿X-
terreseiving said transcript, to cause a notice
to be filed with the clerk aforesaid, that theap-
peal will be prosecuted by the United StateaJ
I and on a fUihire of cither party to lite such no-
i-ice with the clerk aforesaid, tho appeal shall
bo .[■■iigv-trcL.id-o.a dismissed.
TAJ OF ARMT   Or/JOKR*   AND MEN;,
Sec. 3. That so much oftlie act making appropriations for the support of I ho army for the
year ending 30th of June, 1851., approved tho
28th of September,-1.850, as provides extra pay
to the commissioned officers and enlisted men.
ofthe United States, serving in Oregon and
California, be and the same is hereby continued in force for one year from the 1st day of
March, 1852, and that the provision of the last
mentioned act be and the same is hereby extended to New Mexico during the current year
provided for by this section; anel that $300,000
be and is hereby appropriated for that purpose;
Provided further, That said officers and men .
shall receive only one half of the increased a-
mount over the regular pay allowed by law.
That for the pay and equipment as mounted
riflemen, finding their own hotscs: ami forage,
ofthe volunteers under the coinirni^ijpftiffPCapt.
John C. Fremont, in California during the
year 1840, as appears by the muster rolls on
file in the War Department, and for the subsistence and supplies consumed by said volunteers in said'Service, 108,000 dollars is hereby
appropriated out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated ; and the Secretary
of War is authorized and empowered to appoint
three competent and disinterested officers ofthe
army to examine and report to Congress upon
all such claims as may "be presented for funds
advanced and supplies of all kinds furnished or
taken for the use of the command whilst thus
engaged in the public service : 2000 dollars
are appropriated to defray the expenses of said
board of officers.
The 2d section of an act entitled ': An act to
provide for the settlement of accounts of public officers and others who may have received
moneys arising from military contributions or
otherwise in Mexico," approved March 3, 1849
shall be so construed as to extend to officers
and others engaged in collecting military contributions as collectors in the ports of Mexico
or California, during the Mexican war.
ItULaftB  iJiriiovi::.¡::\T.,.
For bailding a levee across the mouth of San
Diego river, to turn it into its former channel,
into False Bay, 30,000 dollars.
The 18th section provides that hereafter no
person who holds any office under the General
Government, whose annual salary shall amount
to 2500 dollars, shall receive compensation for
discharging the duties of any other office.
Hot Summers.—The excessive heat which
prevails at present gives some interest to the
following account of remarkably hot summers:
"In 1132 the earth opened, and the rivers and
springs disappeared in Alsace. The Rhine waa
dried up. in 1152 the heat was so great that
eggs were cooked in the sand. In 11(30, at the
battle of Bela, a great number of soldier» died
from the heat. In 1276, in France, a failure
of the crops of grass and oats occurred. In
1303 and 1304, the Loire, the li Line, and the
Danube were'passed over dry-footed. In 1393
and 1394 great numbers of animals fell dead,
and the crops were scorched up in 1440 the
heat was excessive, In 153S, 1539, 1541, the
rivers were almost entirely dried up. In 1718
it did not rain once from the month of April to
the month of October. The orops were burnt
up, the rivers were dried up,.an the theatres
were closed by decree of the Lieutenant of felice. The thermometer marked 36 degrees
Reaumur (113 of Fahrenheit.) In gardens
which were watered fruit trees lluwered twice.
The highest temperature whieh man can support for a certain time varies from 112 to 120
degrees.
A Good Story.—During the  war against
Napoleon, men could only be obtained for tbe
English men of war by means of the rres»
gang, the operations of which interesting body
lad now and then to some laughable incidents.
Among those bogged in 1798, says a writer,
rras the Lord Chancellor, who was nabbed one
dark and drizzly night, while crossing lower
Hill, a little disguised with liquor. His Excellency was sent on board a tender, and was not
beard of again for upwards of seven months,
when he was discovered on the Gatsjpaw frigate,
slashing down the mizzen, in tow trowsers.
When his Lordship first came on board, he endeavored to explain matters, but his story was
so extravagant that Capt. Sterling informed
him that if he repeated the nonsense: he would
have him keel-hauled.
IVliat Private Enterprise »itU Energy
can do-
Only three years ago, when Mt. Gregory
landed at San Francisco, an Express an the
Pacific Ocean was entirely unknown. By his
industry and reliable regularity, exerted to
meet the wants of California, he has established offices of his .Exprese in this city, Boston,
Honolulu, (Sandwich Islands,) Hong Kong,
(China), New York, Liverpool, London, and
Paris, to each of which Gold Dost, Letters, etc.,
are forwarded via Nicaragua, in charge of special faithful agents.* But the fame of this Express has been acquired chiefly by the two
facts that, running via Nicaragua and New
York, they have delivered gold at the Bank of
England in thirty-eight days! aud also delivered a chest of tea to President Fillmore, at
Washington, only seventy-two days from Hong
Kong. China, via San Francisco !~ N. O. True
Delta.