An   Act Concerning Lawful Fences.
The People ofthe State of Californiareprescnt-
edin Senate and Assembly do enact as follows :
Seo. 1, Lawful fences are described as follows,
vi/.: First wire fences shall be made of posts not
less thau twelve inches in circumference. Bet in the
■'-round not b'ss lhan eighteen inches, aud not more
than eight fectapart, with not less tiuui three horizontal wires, each one-fourth ofan inch in diameter. The first one shall be eighteen inches from
the ground*, the other two above this one, at intervals of one'foot between each, all well stretched
and securely fastened from one post to another, with
one rail, slat, pole or plank, of suitable size and
strength, securely fastened to the post notless than
four and a half teet Ironi the ground, Second-
Post and rail fence shall be made of posts of the
same size aud at the same distance apart, and the
same depth in the ground as above, with three rails,
slats or planks, of suitable size and strength, the
top one to be four feet ami one hall from the ground.
the other two at equal distances between tbe lirst
and the ground, all securely fastened to the post.
Third—Picket fence shall be the same height as
above, made of pickets, each not less than six inches
in circumference, not more than six inches apart,
driven in the ground not less than ten inches.
all well secured at the top by slats orcaps. Fourth
—Ditch aud pole fence shall be made of a ditch not
less than four feet wide on top and three feet deep,
embankment thrown up on the inside ofthe ditch,
with substantial posts set in the embankment, not
more thau eight feet apart aud a plank, pole, rail,
cr -Jl-.it securOv i'-.i.:t;.n?dto ::aul r.csts. at, least live
feet high from"the bottom of the ditch.—Fifth-
Bole fence shall be four and a half feet high with
stakes not less than three inches in diameter, set in
fhe v-rmr-d not less than eighteen inches, and where
the stakes are placed three feet apart ; ihere shall
be not less than six horizontal poles well secured
to tiie slakes: il'ih*' -t^kc* are six feet apart, live
poles; lflhree or four feet, lour poles ; iiTVto leei
apart, three poles ; and the stakes need not be less
than two inches in diameter ; if one foot apart, one
pole, and stakes need not be more thau two inches in
diameter. The above is a lawful fence, so long as
the stakes and poles are securely fastened and in a
fair state of preservation, lleilge fence shall be
considered lawful, when by reliable evidence it shall
be proved equal hi strength.and as well suited tothe
protection of enclosed lands, as any one of the fen-
CC9 described in other subdivisions of this section,
Sixth—Brush fence shall be four and a half feet
high, and at least twelve inches wide, with stakes
not less than two inches in diameter, set in the
ground not less than eighteen inches, one on each
side, every third foot tied together at the top, with
one horizontal pole tied at the outside stake, Ave
feet from the ground.
SEO. 2. Any fence which, by reliable evidence,
shall be declared as strong, substantial, ami as well
suited to the protection of enclosures, as either of
the above described, shall be a lawful fence in ail
the counties of this State, except Sonoma, Napa,
KI Dorado and Marin.
Seo. 3. In each ofthe counties named in the preceding section, of this act, the following described
shall be a lawful fence, viz: First, post and rail
fence shall be made of posts not less than four by
six inches, set in the ground not less than two feet,
with rails not less than three inches thick, placed
not more than five inches apart, for the lirst three
feet, and after that not more than eight inches
apart, the fence to be not less than five feet high :
(Second, worm fence shall be five feet high, with additional stakes and riders, no greater space to intervene between the rails, than ina post and rail fence:
Third, post aud slat fence.shall be of the same space
between the slats as above in ihis section, the post
shall not be less than twelve inches in circumference, and not less than two feet in the ground, the
slats to be not less than one and a half inches thick,
and well fastened to the post with twelve-penny
nails: Fourth, paling fence, shall be of the same
height, and the post ofthe same size, and set in the
ground the same depth, as in a post-and-rail fence,
with posts not moie than ten feet apart: Fifth,
dicth fence, shall be four feet wide at the top, and
three feet deep, with posts set in the embankment
not ever seven feet apart, with three slats not less
than four inches wide, and one and a half inches
thick, all securely fastened to the post.
Skc. 4. Any fence which by reliable evidence
shall be declared as strong, substantial, and as well
calculated to protect enclosures as either of those
described in the third section of this act. shalt be a
lawful fence in each ofthe counties named in the
second section of this act.
Sec. 5. When a fence shall hereafter be erected
by any person on the line of hisland, or that which
he may have a lease for one or more years, and the
person owniig the land adjoining thereto, or holding a lease of the same for one or more years, shall
make or cause to be made, an enclosure oa the opposite side of such fence, so that such fence may
answer the purpose of enclosing his ground also,
such person shall pay the owner of such fence already erected one half the value of so much thereof
as serves as a partition fence between them.
Sec. (i. When two or more persons own land adjoining, which is enclosed by one fence, aiyl it becomes necessary for the protection of the rights and
interests of one party, that a partition fence should
be made between them, the other or others, when notified of such fact, shall proceed to erect or cause to
be erected, one-half of such partition fence : said
fence to b3 erected on, or as near as practicable the
line of said land ; and if, after notice is given by
either party, and a reasonable length of time has
elapsed, and the other party persist in refusing to
erect, or cause to be erected, one-half of such fence,
the party giving notice may proceed to erect, or
cause to be erected, the entire partition fence, and
collect by law one-half the cost of such fence from
the party.
Skc. 7. All partition fences separating adjoining enclosures, shall stand upon the line, and any
person or persons when erecting a partition fence,
und refusing to place it on the line dividing such
lands, or to remove it to such line when erected
otherwise than thereon, shall subject himself to one
half the cost of its removal and erection in the right
place.
Sec. 8. The respective owners or lessees of lands
which now are, or hereafter may be enclosed with
fences, sball keep up aud maintain in good repair
all partition fences between their own and the next
adjoining enclosures in equal shares^ so long as both
parties continue to occupy or improve the same.
Sec. 9. , Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to supply to the counties of Butte, Amador,
Tuolumne,'Calaveras, San Diego, Nevada, San Bernardino, Colusi, Placer, Santa Barbara, Yuba, Trinity, Shasta, Klamath and Siskiyou, and said counties are hereby excepted and excluded Irom the provisions of this act.
Sec. 10. An Aet entitled an Act concerning
lawful fences, &c, passed March thirtieth, eighteen
hundred aud fifty, is hereby repealed, except so far
as the counties exempt from the provisions of this
act are concerned.
AX ORDIJVAKCE
To provide for the. Construction, Repairing and
Government of the Water Canals that irrigate
the lands of the city of Los Angeles, and to
secure the fust distribution of water for said
irrigation.
The corporation of the city of Los Angeles do
ordain as follows :
Sec. 1st. Tne Mayor shall appoint, subject to
tlio apj robation of the Common Council, in the
month of January of each year, and when the
oflice shall be found vacant, a Steward of the water
canals ; who shall discharge the duties imposed by
this ordinance. The said water steward shall hold
ofl.ee until the end of the year in which he shall
he appointed, or until his successor shall have
qualified ; and he may he removed from office by a
majority of the votes of the Common Council.
2d. It shall be the duty of the Steward in the
month of February of each year, to make and deliver to tbo Mayor, who shall deliver the same to
the Common Council, a clear and distinct relation
of the length of each principle water canal, and
the branches leading out of the same ; the number
of acres of land cultivated and which must be irrigated, the kind of cultivation aud the names of
the persons to whom the same belong, and the water
canal or branch to which they correspond, marked
numerically in the same manner, the improvements
shall be numbered belonging to each proprietor
upon the said water canal, in the order of their
eo location.     There shall also be included in the
relation, a calculation of the class and quantity of
work necessary to be done, the repairs upon each
canai iu the current year, as near the amount as
mav be possible, and what expenditui es shall have
to tie made upon dams and flood gates necessarily
required to be made.
'Ad. The Common Council immediately after ttie
receipt of the report and calculation above men-,
tioned, shall make any amendments that it shall
deem just, ami when approved, shall proceed to
designate tho work that each water canal and its
branches shall require iu the way ot repairs, to
each owner of irrigable land, in proportion to the
number of acres he may wish to irrigate,
■ith. The Common' Council shall form a water
fund, which shall not be directed to any object, but
the payment of officers, erection of bridges, flood
gates, dams, or whatever else that may be beneficial
to the said waters. This fund shall be created each
year,—1st, With a part of the contribution paid by
persons who use the water, but have no lands to
irrigate. 2d, Willi the sum produced by the ordinance with'date loth August, A. D., 1852. 3d,
With the fines of delinquents, and 4th. by the
voluntary subscriptions that may be given for this
purpose.
5th. The Common Council shall fix the salary
of the Steward for the current year, and the expenditures to be made in the different water canals ;
which two payments shall be made out of the water
fund, and if said fund shall not be sufficient to
cover the said expenditures, the defalcation shall
be made up by designating an augmentation to the
water fund.
Cth. Immediately after the conclusion of the
apportionment or regulations above mentioned, tbe
Mayor shall give public notice for the space of at
least two weeks before the time, when the Common
Council shall meet at some designated place, as
Board of equalization, to hear aud determine every
well founded complaint.     It shall be the duty of
the suf&x&it*' * 'v'- r-—'*"*" -fcVWBi rtwang
or the Common Council. The different complaints
having been adjusted, the Mayor shall give to the
Steward a copy ofthe apportionment of labor designated to each party interested, and it shall be the
duty of the Steward to notify the party of the same.
7th. When the water canals shall require repairs, the Steward under the direction of the Mayor,
shall notify each interested person of the time and
place when and where the work shall commence ;
it shall be the duty of the Steward to see that the
work is done, making all proper suggestions ; and
that the servants who shall meet to do the work,
shall fulfil the orders of those that sent them, or
direct them in the fulfilment of the said labor or
work. It shall also be the duty of the Steward to
keep a correct and exact account of the persons who
fail to fulfil that work and labor apportioned to
them as set forth in Sec. 3d of this ordinance.
8th. It shall be the duty of the Steward as soon
as possible after the month of October in each year,
to make out under oath, and give the same to the
Mayor, an exact statementof thequantity of labor
fnrnished by each individual, in conformity with
his apportionment; as also the quantity of labor
which each person has tailed to furnish in like respect. The said delinquent list shall be delivered
tothe Common Council immediately after its reception by the Mayor, and if the Corporation does
not excuse, fbr the reasons that may be presented,
the same list shall be delivered again to the Mayor,
to the end that he may make the recovery, as for
other contributions.
9th. The Mayor and Common Council shall each
year by ordinance designate and fix a time when
irrigation shall commence ; which shall not be
later than the 15th day of May. determining in a
separate schedule for each interested person, the
number of days or times he shall or may irrigate
in the intermediate space between the 15th Alay
and the whole month of September, whieh designation shall correspond to the number of acres that
each person irrigates. It shall bo the duty of the
Steward to adjust as far ns practicable each aod
every difficulty that may arise between two or more
who irrigate, with respect to their water privileges.
At the same time and in all cases, to take care that
sufficient water passes for economical purposes, to
those residents who live below.
10th. After the publication of the ordinance
and schedule mentioned in Sec. 9, each person interested when his turn shall arrive, will take and
use the water fbr the timo mentioned in the schedule, and immediately after will permit the same
to pass on uninterrupted. If sueh person should
uot think proper to use the water himself for the
time which it corresponds to him as set forth in the
schedule, he may sell or exchange his right of irrigating to another, but in such case it shall be his
duty to inform the Steward of the same.
11th. Each and every person shall be permitted
to take and use water for the irrigation of vegetables, without regard to the time designated in the
schedule ; understood, however, that such taking
and use shall be one hour before sunset, and no
more water shall be taken than that indispensible
for vegetable irrigation, and that only once a week.
12th. lt shall be the duty of all persons to keep
in good order the border or banks of the canals
that pass over their lands, and iu case the water
should break them, it shall be their duty to give
immediate notice to the water Steward.
13th. All persons that irrigate, shall construct
in the banks of the canal out of which they extract
their water a floodgate, to prevent the destruction of the borders; and in order that the Steward
may proportion the water equally, and in case the
party should not do it, the Mayor will order the
same to be done, charging tho expenditure to the
person or persons who should make the flood-gate.
14th. All persons are prohibited from making
or causing to be made an aperture in any place
where water is drawn out of the river into a water
canal, or making or causing to be made any opening in the banks of any water canal, raising or
causing to be raised any flood-gate, destroying or
causing to be destroyed the same : placing or causing to be placed any obstruction to the course of
the water in any canal, in this manner thereby
impeding the free current and distribution of the
water ; placing or causing to be placed anything
that shall injure the banks of thecanals, rendering
the water unclean destined for irrigation out of its
proper time, as provided in Sec. 10, to the prejudice of another, each fault of the above mentioned
he by whom the same shall or may be committed,
shall be fined, if convicted, in a penal sum, which
shall not be less than five dollars or more than 20
dollars, or may be punished by an arrest for a term
not less than six days nor more than twenty days.
The Steward shall have the general supervision
and government of all the water canals that lead
out of the river of Los Angeles, for the object of
irrigating the lands which correspond to the city
and particularly the principal water canal. He
will name by and with the approbation of the
Mayor, proper persons to direct the repairs in the
different water canals, and the distribution of the
water when the Steward cannot do it.
16th. The Marshal shall collect the contribution
for delinquent labor, and the fines that may be imposed for disobedience of this ordinance, and shall
receive therefor the same per centage as is allowed
for the collection of city revenue.
17th. This ordinance shall take effect in the
present year of 1854, continuing the labors and
distributions of the water regulations in conformity
with previous ordinances and established customs,
under the supervision of the Mayor, until the present ordinance can have its full application.
18th. This Ordinance shall take eftect from Its
publication. MANUEL ItEQUENA,
President of Com. Council.
W. G. DRYDEN, Secretary.
Approved—Angeles, 15th March, A. D. 1851.
A. F. CORONEL, Mayor.
lEWC O OPS!
The Old Stand of 0. W. GUILDS,     .   q    ,       _„.,
TTm AS been entirely renovated and supplied whh NEW GOODS,'.™ received and uow offered
41    for sale to his old friends and customers at Great Uai"„'ailis .
50 TONS NEW «
m
Mtmmm ^krtkmtnis.
0000 LBS, SUGAR, China, No. 1.
500O   •» '' "       -**■'"■ 2
7.-. imr,S. & Hf. bhU. Crushed
3000 LBS. BIO COFFER.
■Ir, CliKSTS  Ini[ieii;il and Cii
5000 LBS. (Ileau TUCON.
3000 LBS   Jen-ell's and Harriaon
among which aro the following, viz:
GO KIKiS V.'Xnt  Huston SYRUP.
I'M ISXS. Chemical OIL ami K.i-lisn SOAI .
Ml  BXS.  Jlawo'a Adama.UiiK-and Spoi-m ( AX OLl.*i-
•45      .< 'i CANDLES,   White   and Colored, i
Cartons of 9 lbs. each.
ao CASE'S 1'U'KI.KS in ()ts. and Ilf. Gain.
15 BBLS. and Hf hbls. PORK.
l'owih'vcd SUCAtt.
Powder TEA.
LARD, in Kegs ana
HAMS.
DRIED APPLES.
CHILI PEACHES,
40 Ca/eS ASSORTED CANDIES* AND RAISINS.
TOBACCO.
CIGARS.
TREP.KP.Vl-'H FRUITS.
FRESH CUANISI-'URIKS. i
FARMING UTENSILS
PLOWS.
SHOVELS.
HOES.
AXES.
WII EEL BARROWS.
WASH TUBS.
PAINTS-
LINSEED OIL.
TURPENTINE.
ALCOHOL.
WOOD BUCKETS.
CliOCKERY
WINES   AND LIQUORS,      OROCKEK*   AND   GLASSWARE,
Window Glass, Brooms; Manilla, Cotton and Hemp Cordage; Cooking,
Office and Parlor Stoves of every desirable pattern.
Brttta»Ia«naFancyB^
WAM of every variety cou-nantly
nnl'actured to order.
50 KEGS NAILS, assorted.
l--\l, FUJCFT?   11A til J WAUL: & CIV'L
ui-aU Scj-mcs, CHAIN  riiAllLKS.
Los Angeles, April 'IS, ISlily
BDTTJ   SCREWS,  HTNCES,  TACKS,  BLBIP
i.i various otber Merohanaizo too numerous to m.ntron.
11 ut llic Old Store, ,m  I.os Ai.gelc. Street.
No. 50—tf O. W. CH1L.DS.
f epl %aWhm&At;
Hoard of Supervisors, l«os Angiles 1
County, May 9th, 1855. j
IT is hereby ordered by this Board that all persons who
may liemi'Vr have iiccmuils 'i^'vinsi the said County,
to be presented to this Hoard for their netion, shiill present
the same to the clerk thereof, properly endorsed and certified and accompanied with the necessary voucher.-:, -.villi
tho correct date of each item charged oa said accounts, at
least forty eight (48) hours pre\ *..-.i- to a i; i '■l'1' ■' ' «ng
of thiri Hoard. And it is hereby uirtlier ordered tt . the
District Attorney shall previous to any re.joliir iiuvt-ai; nt
this Board, examine all the accounts so pvc-sculed to said
Clerk and report in writing on tlie first day of any regular
meeting of this Board as to the legality el' said accounts.
And it is further ordered that all officers and persons
presenting accounts to this Board, shall present the same
written in a legible hand, on not less than a half sheet ol
fools-cap paper ; and if more than a sheet of paper be
necessary,then the several sheets shall be properly fastened
tope ther.
And it  is further ordered that all  orders   or  parts  of
ders heretofore  adopted by this Board and conflicting
ith this order are hereby repealed.
A full   true arid correct  eopv et*  the original order.
Attest.       JOHN TV. SilOKU. Clerk.
Loa Angeles, May 19, 1855. No. 1—4w
t&qpw €mpm*.
Pacific Express Co.
THE undersigned Agent for g$M   T^T.
the "I'ACll-'IC .HUNT ^TOOK a.   MMM^
KXl'KKSS, COMl'ANY,-'   will 'J^^fg^
verv Steamer   an  Express in   WmmWVtti!IBS»
cliarge oi regular Messengers,   on  the Southern  Route to
SANTA RARBARA,
MONTEREY,
SAN FRANCISCO.
SACRAMENTO,
STOCKTON,
and throutrliout the Northern Mines.
jfcj- Packages, Letters, Parcels andT treasure forwarded
and insured. .
Xftf- Collections made in every part ofthe  State and
regU"' CHAS. R. JOHNSON, Agent.
Los Angeles, March 6th 1SS5. mlO-tf
110 and 131 Sacramento St
Centrally located between Sanso	
the Immediate vicinity ofthe .Nicaragua and Mail Steamship Co.'s Offices, San Francisco.
GllE AT REDUCTION
IN THE PRICE OF BOARD AT THB
WHAT CHEER. HOUSE,
Nos. 119 and 121 Sacramento street,
SAN FKANCISCO, CAL.
so 00...
Sill 00...
50 <;ts...
 Per Week,
 PcrDny,
 Perineal*
LODGINGS ON TIIE MOST REASONABLE TERMS:
From $'A to so Pe* Week.
From atl cts. to $1 Per Sight.
*-T. B.—There are EIGHTY SINGLE ROOMS, fitted up and
furnished in the neatest manner, at Irom 75 cts. to Jl per
night, and from $5 to $6 per week.
«£- The privilege id* FitKE JSAT11S is also extended to tho
patrons of the house
R. B. WOOinVARD, Proprietor.
May, 26, 1805. No. 2—3ra
1000'
, Boxes Adamantine Candles—15, 30,
84-Jb boxes;
201) bxs Sperm Candles ;
30 cases P & M Yeast Vowdors ;
50 cs Piper's Oysters ;
40 cs jlradford & Macomber's Oysters
100 cs assorted Preserves ;
406 cs Gherkin:', hi galls, qts and pts
150 cs assorted Pie "Fruit ;
25 cs Walnut Catsup ;
200 cs Tomato Catsup ;
For sale by HARROI.O, RANDALL & CO., _
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Pedro Homo
VS.
Tonins Urqiildcs and Jose Maria Cola.
BY VIRTUE ofan execution issued out of the Dis* trie
Court of the 1st Judicial liislriot of the State of Cali
lornia. fertile County oi" Lus Angeles in the above case am
to me directed, dated Mav mh, ISM. I have levied npo:
the fcdlovvine: propertv. to wit : All the right, title and m
terest ofthe said ,lose Maria Cola, in and loa certain vi:i.
yard situated in the City ami County of Los Angeles, an
bounded on the west by the road leading hy the house c
S. C. Foster to San Pedro i on the north by the vincyar
of S. C. Foster ; on the east hy the vineyard of Casildo A.u
uilar ; and on the south by an alley leading fnnii tbe *ra
Pedro road to the house of CasMo Aguilar, fr6nUn|r» on
140 yards on the Sau Pedro roa l. and 11 i * It about fl
vards from said road, with  imprwemen',-, there,,ny. ii:;isl
ing of Fences, Vines. Fruit Trees, &•
Also, all his interest in and  to a
thereon, known as the Cota propert.
Citv of Los Angeles,   fronting about 30 yard:
ami heins: si bout  40 yards deep,  bounded
Prudhomme East by Leonardo Cota, South by the Af.">..-
do properLv. and West bv Main Street ; all of which property I will" offer for sale "at the Court House Door in the
Cit'v ol* I.os Angeles, oo the Sixteenth tlay of .ione next,
af il o'clock. A'. M., io lbe highest bolder tor cash.
J. R. BARTON. Sheriff.
Cos Ahgeles, tla? 26,1S65. No  hi—-Gr
WELLS FARGO & CO'S
g£Sk "Ei ss: i3 "o. -js s ss.
A Joint Stoclt Company with   a capital of
#500,000,
TTJITj-L dispateli an Express from tlie City of
VV I.os Angeles, bv every Steamer, to all parts tif California, Oregon, the Atlantic States and Furope, in charge
of reltular and experienced Messengers.
fETTERS,PAKCEtS, PACKAGES and TREASURE
received and conveyed to destination with safety and dispatch. Collections mane, .Orders and Comini^ions filled,
aifflall bush,.'-- pertaining M a:* Bxprena aad forwarding
LosAngeles, Mareh 2-1,  1SS5.
■tinlot   and   House
Main Street, in the
said Street.
th by t. V
NOTICE
Of the Establishment of the Office of Surveyor
General of Public Lands for the Territory of
Utah.
IN virtue ofthe authority contained in the act, approved February 21st, 1856, entitled •• An act to establish
the office of surveyor general of Utah, and to ?rant land
For school and university purposes," tlie President ofthe
United States has directed the oliice of Surveyor General of said Territory to be located at Cheat Salt Lakb City,
until otherwise ordered.
Given under my hand  at  the  city  of Washington,  this
twenty-fourth dav ot March, A. I). 1855.
JOHN- WILSON,
Commis/inner of Ihe Gen-.ral Land Ojjiee.
May 26, 1855. No. 2—bw
AUCTION SALE.
Samuel Arbuekle, Auctioner.
SALES ROOM MAIN STREET, OPPOSITE TEMPLE'S BLOCK.
OTI Saturday, t"H<* 3(1 tiny of .Tunc nextfttlO o'clock A. M,, I will sell at Public Auction, for. and on
account of Alexander & Banning, to pay expenses, if not
taken away previous to day of sate, thu following properiy
1 CARPET RAG, contents not known.
1 BOX MARKET' W. II. contents not known.
1 TRUNK"       YERKER   " "       "
1       *'        <'       BROWN     '• "        '*
1 TRUNK " "
1 CHINA TRUNK "        •'        "
1 BOX STARCH.
1 MATTRESS.
1 TIN BOILER.
1 BARREL P;lRT'XTXE. marked Francisco.
1       "        FRENCH BRANDY, marked T. M.
ALSO,
ON PRIVATE ACCOUNT.
1 SUPERIOR MAHOGANEY SOFA.
1 " "       CENTRE TABLE.
4 DOUBLE MATTRESSES.
1 SINGLE
PAMUKL A1-.RUCKLE. Arc.TioxEi-.it.
Los Angeles, May 19, 1855. No. I—tf
INDEPENDENT  LINE.
SIHl
F*
CAESYIKG THE UNITED   STATES MAILS-
EIR-:Y.   SANTA  BARBARA,
THE NEW AND SPLENDID STEAMSHIP
America,
1.000 tons bunben, Cait. SAMUEL HALEY,  will "hereaf-
■v make regular  trips   lo  the  above ports,  leaving Long
Wharf.     For L're'e;kt or passage, applv on board, or lo
J.T. WRIGHT.
37 Sacramento street, near Davis.
B.—Shippers are requested to get bills of Lading signed for their goods. May 5,  1855 No. 51—if
X
EWGoodn-Ncw Goods—Expressly for
Fs
100 hf bbls C. Sugar ;
3 hhdfs new Eleme Figs, hf drums ;
100 hf boxes new raisins ;
25 bbls Almonds ;
10 boxes new Citron.
BRADSIIAW fc CO.,
Cor California and Battery st«.
f 23, 1855. No. 2—tf
Tlie Pioneer Sada Fount  and
THIS ande-rala-ned b<*ga lctwe to Inform Ills
Friends and the Public generally, that he lias opened
j\_ a Soda Fountain n,,<^ Confcctioitnry,"
BARRE'S BLOCK,   on   Commercial street, directly  op-
>siteC. Ducommitn.
The patronage ofthe comm unite is re--peel fullv solicited.
CHARLES S1IACHNO.
April 21,   1855. No. 41"—Mm
New Store and New Goods.
5-T21   -*tf-"ESSRS. Hall, Pint t; & Co.'
' i(l     1Y1 in?; taken the store in Temple's I
j|;& nearly opposite the  head   of Commercial BTna
street, are prepared to olfer the eili/.i
Los Angeles, and vicinity, a complete stock of.
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS ND LIQUORS,
'. greatly reduced rat en. Their connection ivith FanFrnn-
isco, v.-ill enable them atn.ll timer-, to have the ailvuutaee
of that market. As we intend selling by package, the ira-
.ers will do well to examine oui- stock before purchasing
lse where.
HALL, FLATT St CO.
Los Angeles, March 24, U?65i tf
SEW FEATURE ! !
i. W, SULLIVAN'S
GREAT PACIFIC DEPOT
....AND....
GENERAL  AGENCY
FOR THE SUPPLY OF CHKAI* PL'RLICATiON^, STATIONARY, tcC,
PArERS, PERIODICALS, AXD BOOKS,
RECEIVED WEEKLY BY THE
BSsil Steamers
AND EXCLUSIVE EXPRESS—TOA NICARUACUA,
Till-: proprietor would respectfully inform Country Booksellers. Canvassers. AeenU. I'edlers, and tbe I'ul-lic,
tliat independent of his -/eneral Newspaper busing—, he has
constantly on hand, and receiving by every steamer, all
the STANDARD HOOKS, .MAGAZINES AND REVIEWS OF
GEROI'E AND AMERICA.
Together with all the New. Cheap, and Miscellaneous no-
els and publications of the day. Haying been engaged in
this business for vear.s. he assures all concerned that he is
enabled to forward all orders with prompliK'ss and dispatch,
on terms more favnrable than most houses, as he gives his
personal attention to the selection uud conveyance of every
oriler. Partfea favoringblin with their orders may rest assured ofbeiii" dealt with in ibis most salist'aclorv manlier,
an.! with works suited te their trade. SCHOOL. LAW and
MEDICAL "WORKS, aeppliid at earliest moment after issue.
Blank Books, Cards, Inks itnd Envelopes, and every variety
of
COMMERCIAL AND FANCY STATIONARY.
AR orders must be postpaid, enclosing CASH  for Worti.
IV;:- I lavs he'd open to the latest moment.
Cuited Stales Mail via Nicaruagua, by authority of the
Cniied Slates Government.
Wholesale and retail department, Poat Office Buildings,
Room No. 5, up stairs.
St. Xlcliolns Hold.
South-west corner if Sansome amd (Vmmt.mal Sis.
Bin FBAJSOBCO, (Al..
TIII-: UXOERSIONEO have leaped the abore new
and  COMMOPEsTS   RR1CK  HOTEL.    Tbe   Room!
are large, well venf ilaled and newly finished, ind
from its central position it is unsurpassed ferthe
ition of transient and permanent boarders*
lilies can   be accomodated   wilh fcingle   or  Suite, of
It   is  the  intention of the  proprietors to.keep tbe Pt,
Nicholas as a  first class hotel.    The   Table and bar will be
Supplied with the very best material ihe market aflbrds.
K. J. ARMSTRONG,  \ ,.roDrietorg
de-7 WM.  P. R11K.WAY.   |  lr°iirllIor!-
COUNTY SURVEYOR'S OFFICE.
CN J. G. Nichols,  new brick building on Main atreet, up
II. HANDCOCK, Cou-tty StravsTOR.
GEO. HANSON, Deputy.
Los Angelea, April 28, 1S&"5. No. 50—tf
.^-Stockton has elected an Anti-Knownothtng
Mayor, and seven Know Nothing Couneilmen out
often.    The San Franciseo Jleruld says :
•'The Society of Native Californians organized
to move in a colony to Sonora, has done nothing
for several months, on account of internal discord,
and appears to be defunct.
■Eha. brig Vesta, destined for Nicaragua, sneaked
from the tiarborat one o'clock on the morning of
the 5th inst.,T*^rkg*«.0«'-board Wm. Walker, Ex-
Prosident of Sonora, and fifty-five kindred spirits.
They are all fighting fellows, armed to the teeth,
for the purpose, as it is understood, of taking part
in the internal troubles of Nicaragua. The vessel
was in the hauds ofthe sheriff"at the time she left
i mt they mitiiHged the keeper by threats and set him
on shore at the entrant"? of the harbor.
Dry Goods and Clothing
"Fly-fr-a jp>*-*-r-Ti ^i*m.
The undersigned have removed theii
entire stoek of goods from tlieir oh;
stand, corner of Commercial and Principal streets, tu the lai've and commodious store,
NO. 2 TEMPLE'S BLOCK,
Next door to the "Star" Office, Principal Street
directly opposite tlieir old stand, where thev will be happy
to see all tlieir old friends and customers. They have late-
ly made large additions to their stock, which  is now the
READY MADE CLOTHING,
HATS AND CAPS. BOOTS AND SHOES,
'OREIGN ANn.DOMKSTIC.idtY GOODS, PANCY GOODS, .tc.
Which are offered at greatly reduced prices,   either at
We ■..-,,;' ] ;■■   ^-lAfrMy solicit a call from purchasers, b
'vi'i'l'vt   '\,   ciin otfer bel ter   iiidiiei'ineutsin on r li oe i
u ine s than any other house in tbis citv.
decl4 ELIAS k BROTHER
Lafayette Restaurant,
FORMERLY THE OLD AMERICAN,
COMMERCIAL. STREET,
HAS been splendidly refitted and thoroughly renovated, and  the   proprietors are   non-
prepared to accommodate   regular boarders
with bod-rooms if desired.
Meals at all hours, by  bill  of fare.    Saloon for private
Families can be supplied at the shortest notice.
Cakes of all kinds constantly on hand.
Partridge, Rabbit  and Chicken Piea.
Alimentary Preserves.
The best the market affords will be conste.ntly served up
EATJ'R k CO., Proprietors.
I/O" ASgs!«B, January 11, 1855. tf
IWIIiDIAMS'
FAMILY GROCERY.
Tm.   THE SI.TRPCRIP.ER HAVING LEAPED THE    /"-jagg
:'7"t'|     UClL.t'lNG   I'OKMKI'LY    Oi'U']';]'.!)   1SV     | ...   .jjjj
JI-7fj .1. G. Niclvds, on Main street, where he will \ 'fo
[iff be happy to see  his friends and the  public
GEOCERIES OF EVERY
DESCRIPTION,
[EXCEPTING LIQUORS,]
ay be found at bis Store.
CHEAP FOR CASH,
: he has adopt oil the mol to '-fjiiick sales and small profits,
is stock offroods will always be selected ofthe b:ist qnal
ty, and with' special reference   to  the wants  of his custo
-iers.    All who wish to purchase any article usually foun
FAMILY GROCERY.
ill rcreivc Ihe full value of their money, bv calling at li
tore. P. C. WILLIAMS.
Los Angeles, March ]0th, 1855. tf.
USTKRWATIOWAX*  HOTEL,
,'■;..'Jackson st, bet. Montgomery and Kearney,
Bi— San Frabcibco.
Tiie central position ot ibis new five-story Hw Proof
BuildiiiLT, convenient to the steamboat landing nnd tbo
business part of the cily, renders il  the most desirable Ho
tel i-
San E
Ele-zanlly furnished and lilted up m the most approved
style I'or comfort and convenience, and having a Ubie
spread with the best the markets affords, it is particularly
adap-ed to the accommodation of Eamilies as well as th«
Travelling Public
The citizens of the Southern part ef the State, and thi
pnblic generally, are respcellullv invited to call and judge
I'or
a-lv.
oct!9    *im
PECK b FISHER, Proprietor*.
n.clsco Aiicnd of Ihe "\Vor!<l.
nice with the Age and   Times.
Hall, Piatt  &  Co.,
Temple's  Block.,
HAVE Received per S.  I). Bailey and Steamer America,
a complete assortment of
GHOCKKIES,   PROVISIONS   AXD  I.IQ.UOKS,
bought at the present low prices existing in tlie San Erans
Cisco .Market, and which are offered to the citizens of I.o-
Anjreles and its vicinity, at a   iinall  advance  on  cost  and
In our Stock may he found ;—
Blls., and Half Bivvrclls, ofR. L. .fc A. Stuart's
Refined crushed Sugars.
Assorted Candies in 25 ft casea,
No. 1 China Sugar,
Chemical Olive Soap,
Adamantine Caudles,
Assorted Tie. Eruils,
Oysters, Sardines, Pickles,
Preserved Fruits,
Chile Peaches. Dried Apples,
Young Hyson. Imperial and  Rlack Teas,
Coffee, Rice, &c. kc.
FLWE WINES, BRANDIES, and DOMESTIC LIQUORS.
Cenuine Rokers Stomach Bitters,
Sautern and Claret Wines,
Lemou Syrup,
Cigars, kc,
All of which are offered for Caah Only, at prices worthy the attention of purchasers.
HALL, PLATT & CO.
Temple Bloclt.
Opposite Wells, Fargo & Co.
Loi Angeles, May 12, 1R5G. No. 52—lm
Almanacs! Almanacs!
JUST RECEIVED AT THE STAR OFFICE. ;,. supply of the
CALIFORNIA STATE ALMANAC for 1855. janH
HURRAH FOR VANCE'S NEW PAGUERRKAN AI.LE
RY—Largest liKht in the world (over 500 fee (flaw
—New building, comer Sacramento and Mout gome y A.,
SANEKANC1SOO.
Why should everyone go to Vance's who wishes PERFECT LIKENESSES? Because he has now the best Mr-
ranged Gallery on the Pacific coast, and not fo be surpassed bj any in the world. Instruments containing least*
more perfect, and with greater power than any ever before
used in this country.
2d. Because he bas tiik t..w»!eft i.iriiiT is Tin: WOSID, froin
whicli he can form three distinct lights—top, side anil ban
side lights—that now onahles him to overcome the gr«j
difficulty which every artist in this city has toCOWMrtt
with—namely. In order to obtain perfect likenesses, different formed features require differently arranged lights.
t'd. llaviiiLr tlie largest light, ho is enabled to make pictures ill half the lime of any other establishment in the
eify ; therefore theymust.be more perfect, for it is we'1
known, the shorter the time the more natural the eipres-
4th. Because every plate is carefully prepared with a
coating of pure .silver whieh produces the clear, held and
lasting picture tbat is so much admired, and which cannot
be producod on the common plates, as they arc now nsea
by othorartists.
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, which enables him to produce perfect
likenesses at every sitting, with that, clear, soft and beautiful tone, so much admired in all his pictures. .
All those wishing perfect likenesses will do well to ca"
before sitting elsewhere and judge.for themselves. ■
K#- Prices as reasonable and work superior to any i" '»*
city.
DONT FORGET THE PLACE.
•flf-fl*. New building, corner Sacramento and Montgomery
streets, entrance on Montgomery street, next door to A«''
tin's.. decl4-3m
%natlt
VOL. 5.
LOS ANGELES, CAL., SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1855.
NO. 5.
PrlutoC and published every Saturday, in Temple's Buihl-
-iiijrs,  Main Street,  head  of   Commercial,  by
J. S. WAITE.
Terms.—Subscription, Five Dollars per annum, payable
In advance.
Advertisements inserted at Two Dollars per square of t'en
lines for the lirst insertion, and Oue Dollar per square for
each subsequent insertion.    Terms, Cash.
Transient advertisements must be paid for in advance
to insure attention.
No cQinuiunicaiioii is admissible over a fictitious signature, unless the real author or writer ia known.
Agents of tlie Los Angeles Star.
The following gentlemen are authorized Agents for the
Star:
Thomas Bunnies  San Gabriel.
George Rick  "
Messrs. Knox & "Whistler Monte.
S. S. Thompson	
R. Hohuns	
-Col. Jackson	
AlBX. S. Taylor -Monterey.
Jos. A. HikohmAH Santa fitsrbara.
"Thomas ISoyce San Francisco.
.San llr.rnardiiin.
LOS   ANGELES   STAR
Jfalr Bi'httmg (SstitMisIjttteitt.
MAIN STREET, (Temple's Buildings,)
The proprietor of the Los Angelos Star, would respectfully inform his friends and the public, that he lias
just received a large and varied assortment of new material, a nil is now prepared to execute the following descriptions of
PLAIN AND FANCY
JOB FRIN-TIN"G-,
In tlie best style of the Art.
Books, Circulars,
Pamphlets, Cards;
"Bill Heads, Deed-*,
Labels, Notes,
Posters, Billets,
Or any  other description of Print
/jQ-Persons wishing work done
to call and examine specimens
Law Blanks,
Bills of Exchang*
Bank Checks,
Programmes,
Eills of Pare,
ig that  may be desired.
Ftro respectfully invited
Jf0.r Sale m <§tsi
House and Lot for Sale.
ftm     A VERY DESlRAfiLR JIOCSK, suitable for  a small
fell    familJS cout'".mins,' two rooms, with a Lot attached,
iSML situated at the head of Main street,  is offered for
sale on reasonable terms.
For further particulars apply fo
ICNACIO GARCIA,
feb'-'-tf   Temple's Row, Main street.
For Sale,
PACK. Rini'XC and W.U'OX Ml"LI->: ;
SADDLE and HARNESS HORSES ;
LARGE RUAfJ WAGONS AND HARNESS :
Two or three pair full blood SUFFOLK HOGS.
And a number of IIA LP BLOOD do.
Purchasers wanting wilt find  it   to their interest   to call
on the subscribers previous to purchasing ei-sewhere.
ALEXANDER ^ I'ANMNG, San Pedro.
jan25-tf Or H. W. .ALEXANDER, Los Angelas.
FOtt SALiE.
jffl!^100ACR'!;SO:i''T[n.:!j|.;.-sTAGRlCC].;rCRAT/LAND<^^
""jjffllgin the C«unty of Los Angeles,  wliich   needs   no 'f-ijlij
—J3™ irrigation   ou acres under   fence,   has   a  food.;1: GAG
11','L'SE a.nd necessary outhou.-.es.
Also, 51)0 HOGS, anionsf which :■ re ICO lbeedhi" Sows in
pig ; twenty HORSE--, TOOLS,    WAGONS, &c.
The Farm is situated three miles from thia City, and the
only object the present proprietor has in selling it. is that
he wishes to leave the State.
flTjl-, Terms easy. Enquire of
nn.v23—tf WM. R. ORRURN, .--en
llrara €mh.
W. W.  TWIST.
(-< UOCER niKl COMMISSION MERCIIAXT,—
Jf* Melius Row, Aliso Street.
Los Anpjeles, April 21, 1855. No. 49—3m
FARM EOR SALE.
Mmiie aul>serll>er offers his Farm, con-
X tainiug One Hundred und Sixty Acres of
eooice Lund, situated at San Gabriel'.Mission, on
the main traveled road from this City to the
Monte and Sau Bernardino. There is a large vineyard on
the premises, and a line grove of Olive and other Fruit
Trees. There is a comfortable House, Corrals and othei
eonveniencies, that- make if- a desirable locution for the
Dairy Husiness, or for keeping runcli stock, having the ad-
van luge of a large and unobstructed range.
For further Information  apply at the Office of the Los
Axi'iiLE* Star, or ou the premises to
THOMAS RURDICK.
March 24, 1861}. tf
Stlt;}f!t) U«ttr2.
IN THE MARKET.
BY A  CALIFORNIA  WIDOW.
Just do me the fuvvr,  kind bachelor Printer.
lo spare inea piece of your   heet —
A corner, I meant—whereupon I may ventura
To lay myself out at your feet.
First, I know I'm a human,
Ry namelietsev Newman,
A wo-iau's right's woman
In marrow and bone ;
As free as an elf, sir,
I seek not for pelf, sir,
Can care for myself, sir,
But pine, thus alone.
Than mildew and rust, I would far rather marry,
And jar I'or aijuis.emeiii or spite :
'Twas rubbing togeth r, kept ine and poor Harry
Continually polished and bright ;
And now I would rub up
My affect tone, and scrub up,-
j\nd go to tbe hub up,
I've an eye like a hawk, sir,
,  in person no gawk, sir,
And I can out-ialk, sir,
O'f men half a score.
able-bodied—
■as!i. tbtM    :-.--d iron*.
SAMUEL ARBITCKLE,
Auction & Commission Merchant
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Sale    Boom,   Principal   Street,
Opposite Temple-s Building.
•Sf9u Sales of MERCHANDISE every THURSDAY.
4S- Sales of HORSES and MI'LES every MONDAY.
•OyVL. Particular   attention   given   to   the   sale  of Real
Estate. tsVSSUt
WILLIiM B. OSBVUVS
AUCTION     ROOMS,
I,OS AIVGBIjFS STREET,
NEXT DOOR TO THE POST OFFICE.
ff&-  FURNITURE sales, every TUESDAYS.
•fi3"U HORSES and MULES sale I, every SATURDAY.
J!3p All business in any part of the city and county entrusted to me shall be despatched with nroinptne.is, and
satisfactorily. WM. B. OSBURN, Auctioneer.
Los Angeles, March 1st, 1S55. mhl    tf
Doctor A. B. Hanmiin,
DERS his services to the citizens of Los Angeles am
vicinity in tlie various brandies of tlie practice o
ne.    O'liceatthc Bella Union. febl-tf
D
Matthew tarrifrniico,
EALER IX PROVISIONS, C-UOCF.RIES   AXD LIQUORS.
Calle de los ffegros, Loa Angeles. auai   tf
CiiAb. R. Jon.NSO.v. II. S. AxlahSOX.
Joliuson & AUaiison,
Successors   to   Alexander   A-    Melius.
WHOLESALE   AXD   RETAIL   DEALERS   IN   GEXERAL
MERCHANDISE, Main st,, Los Angeles.       aulT    tf
GEORGE   IIA!VSO*V,
DEPUTY COUNTY SURVEYOR
OFFICE—Up-stairs  in  Xiclnds' Xew  Brick Building,
posite the •'Southern California" Office.
Los Angeles, May 5, 1855. No. 51—:
C. C. AI.EXASPER. I>.   W.   AUSXAHUBtt, PII1NEAK UAXM1IG
ALEXANDERS & BANNING,
Forwarding am! Commission Merchants*
SAX PEDRO AND LOS ANGELES, Cal.
 A GENTS.	
H.  N.  ALEXANDER    Lo,-  Angeles.
RANKIN & CO., San Francisco. nov 23 tf
O- Duoomm iXAti.m
WATCHMAKER   &   B 00 KS E L L E it
COMMERCIAL STREET,
Los Angrles, Cal.
Architect and Builder.
TrIE undersigned   oilers his services to the public as an
Architect and Builder.
ELEVATIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS
DRAWN.
Contracts tor nil tlcserlptlons of Buildings
made and executed in the best manner, and at the shortest ntitico.
Builuiii"-" Materials
hand and for sale at his
DOORS, BLINDS AND SASH
«f all descriptions constantly on hand.
Workshop in Melius' Row.
Office at Lumber Yard, Main street.
IRA GILCHRIST.
REFERENCES'
Abel Stearnes, Esq., I     Hon. Francis Melius,
H«nrvDalton, Esq.. B. D. Wilson, Esq.,
janll-tf Wm. T. B. Sanford, Esq.
Salt!  Salt!!   Salt!!!
THE PACIFIC SALT WORKS CO. having completed
their block, consisting of fifty kettles, and being no'w
in complete operation, are prepared to contract for any
quantity of SALT, deliverable at the Company's Works, on
the coast, about twelve miles north of the anchorage of
S.in Pedro, and distant from Los Angeles sixteen miles,
where vessels can load with the greatest I'm.-ility, the beach
being considered preferable fur loading aod discharging to
any south of San Francisco.
Samples of the Salt can be seen at the office of the Company, Los Auti-eles, or  at Case, Ilviser & Co,, Sau Francisco. CHAS. R. JOHNSON.
Secretary P. S. W. Co.
Salt packed for the, trade in any sized sacks, and delivered at the Works, or at the Company's Warehouse. Los
Angeles. feb8-tf
U.S. LIVERY STABLE.
ON MAIN  STREET,' OPPOSITE   THE
Residence o f A It n 1 Stearnes, Esq.
THE UNDERSIGNED ARE
now prepared to furnish
to the public, with PROMPT- J
 NESS and DISPATCH, at all 1
times, the best Horses and carriages
double and single, and Saddle Horses, on reasonable
Families or persons, wishing tli go to any part of this,
tho adjoining counties, will find
Ooxtveyanoe
by applying to us. -
Horses kept by the. day, week or .mouth in good and a
cure stables, as we are responsible for the safe delivery  of
the same,
afj* Persons wishing to buy, sell or exchange,  "will do
well to give us a call before tr.v'in,; tico where.
RORER & STONE.
Jos Angeles, April 7, 1E55. **'
FOR SAMJ.
The fine MEW HOUSE situated on Alameda
Street, near the corner of Aliso Street, opposite the
frame house of Don Pedro Sansevaine. The House has a
r.-onl of 80 feel on the Street, and 21>£ feet daep—is two
stories hiffh—.contains si\ robins three above and three
below, built of adobes wit:, ..i ! -t.iuc. fbundation, and
floors of American pine, l.-.j siMari- frtnt and 100 deep.
Enquire of FELIPE 60NZALES on foe premises.
Los Angeles, March 30,  1855. tf
FOR SALE!
mite Entire   Furniture   and Bar Fixtures of
The Los Angeles Exchange
r:ro now oiierert for ralo cheap for casli, as the Proprietor  illton.is leoviii:.'tlie place.    Per   information,   apply at
the I.OS Angeles Exchange, MAIN STREET.
Los Angelos, Jane -J, 1855. No.4—lm
The British Periodicals.
Early Copies Secured.
LEONARD,  SCOTT   & CO.,  New  York,   eonti-
nne to repiiMVh tiie foiiou-inj,' iiritisii Periodicals, viz:
I.
THE LONDON Q1JARTEKLT (Consereatlee):
2.
THE EDINBURGH REVIEW (Whig).
■i.
THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW (Free Church).
4.
THE WEST1HNSTER REVIEW (Liberal).
5.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE
(Teery),
The present critical st'ite ol  European affairs will rendu
itarestlng during tlie fortii-
a middle grtninrl between
. crude specu ial ions, and
il, and the ponderous tome
these pubKeationfl anosually
coming y-.tir.   Thej will occu
the liastily '.vrPtvn  ju-ws   itt-i
flying rumor;: of the daily
of tbe future hiatal  ■ *- ■"   I
and eNcitemeui of I v % ■ea I
shall have passed ti-i..-, II
readers inusf loo : '• • i
able htstorv oi" convi ' ■ ■ .'i'
their well-established literal
character, we urge them up
resding Public.
g.eg- Arrangements are now
receipt of KAKLY SHEETS fn
which we are enabled to place ALL Old'. BEPR1
hands of subserihera, about as coon as tfae'j ■ a '
ed with the foreign copies. Although this inv..'
large outlay on onr part, we shall continue to f
Periodicals at the .--nine low rates as heretofore,
pcrr
r tiie lir.iti.
isideration of  the
nciitly made  for the
e of the four Reviews.
r Kevit
! 5 00
7 00
   8 00
For l!i;., few* '."- v., maine  3 00
For nia.-kunod ani three Reviews    !*  00
For Blackwood and the four Reviews 10 00
Payments to be made in all cases in advance.
Money current in the State where issued ivill be
received at par.
CLT7BBING
I ■
k discount of twenty-five per cent, from the above prices
will be allowed to Clubs ordering four or more copies ofany
oneorihoreof the above works. Thus: Four copies of
Blackwood, or of one Review, will be sent lo oue address I'm
$9: four copies of ihe four ReviL-ws and Blackwood for S30
and so'or
Postage.
sent by mail, the postage to   ni    irtoftl    unri   IStates
will be but T\n*V!'Y-'--!rr, GENTS a yen- for "'Blaekwood," and but FOURTEEN CENTS a year for each of the
Revieivs.
Remittances and com in unier! lions should always be addressed, post-oaid, to tbe Publishers.   .
'     LEONARD SCOTT & CO-
SI Gold Street, New York;
N B —i„ g. fc CO, have rccentlv published, a (A have
now for sale, the " FAUMLlvS GUIDE. *' by Henry Stephens, of Edinbunrh. and Ihe late Professor Norton, of
Yale College, New Haven, complete in 2 vols., royal octavo,
containing 1000 pages, M steel and 000 wood engravings.—
Price, in muslin binding, $6.
^^g. This work is not the old "Book of the
Farm." lately resuscitated' and thrown upon the
market.
Blacksmith and Carriage Shop.
Los Angeles Street, next door to Childs, J licks and Dennison
THE SUBSCRIBERS would respectfully in
form their friends and tiie public that
they are now prepared to execute all
orders iu the above lines of business with
neatness ond dispatch. None but experienced workmen.
will be employed, and ns both departments are under the
immediate superintendence of tlie proprietors, ourcusiom-
ers nnv rest assured that their work will lie done hi a sat-
isfa.ct try and workmanlike manner.
IT. MoLAUGHUN.
BOpagtf E.L. SCOTT.
Home   Mai mi »e ior j.
Main Street, nearly opposite the Star Office-
POT   & BROTHER.
SADDLE AAD  l/ARA'ESS  MAKERS,
Keen-*   constantly on  hand  an  assortment   of
SADDLES,   HARNESS,   BRIDLES,   Willi's. COLLARS, SADDLE WAKE. kc.
We are also prepared lo execute all kinds oi work   in  mil-
line at the shortest possible r.oiie.e.
■V superior lot  of  California  Bills  and Spurs always   on
hand. »0tl9    tf
J jUUElS PATRICK SiCtr., SOLE AGENTS for
Kiil'STl'lCS -FI'ITT" ISIUND TOBACCO, have for snie
and to arrive, the following well known brands of Virginia
SLaiuifnel ured Tnbaccu :
A. h- BOYSTER'S "FRUIT,"
WM. (*1-*EANEK*S '-SUN FACTORY,'""
TUP.l'IN k VARH-lROl-i-I-VS ■*AI,R1C0T,"
J. H. GBEANEK-S " -PRIDE OF THE UXIOM
C. WORTHAM'S-'SQUARE AND COMPASS,"
jno. gii.moi;f'S --cou) pigcer .v
L. LOTTIER'S -'STRAWBERRY.'* mhl?       Sm.
"WATER NOTICE.
THE WATER STEWARD, will he found at T. Strafford's
vineyard iin the S:n- l'edro road, the fifth house tielow
S. C. Foster, from 8 o'clock iu tiie morning uat-.i TJ o'clock
of each day. 0. D. (MSB.
Los Angeles, May 26, 1SSS. No. 2—tf
lone nt ii
If of Black-;time, the lifblo and Byron
And w
ip anv man of my s ze !
For a truckman or tailor,
A soldier or sailor,
A mate ofa whaler
I'm littcd complete.
At the head ofa battle,
I'd gee U|i tlie cattle.
And tbe wav tilings would rattle
Could never be beat I
go for
he ri: lit of crab-fishiny and gunnieg,
lutingwheu meetings convene ;
\mi I A;
im for myself the - road privilege of B
loing to ilrag  ■- dec mersheen '."
And h
If my ricture. dear printer, should please your nice fancy,
You've nuthinar to do furthermore
But to leave '; sealed proposals,1' directed to Nancy,
In the cat-hole, just under the door:
aOMEKOXtS  '■' -
[From the Union Democrat.
Honest Miner On Tlie Love Question.
We saw a notice in the "Union Democrat/'
not long since, of a challenge to fight a duel
passing between two 'gents-'—something about a
lady. If either of tftem want to fight, let them
meet me, and we will ■' sock" it to him, with any
weapon lie wishes, from a cannon to a darmog-
neetile,—as we have indistinct ideas that it is onr
duty to " lick'' somebody. If any lady or gentleman wishes to know what makes us so desperate,
we will tell them: About three months since,
after prospecting the entire country from Bald
Mountain to the New Diggings, we were lucky
enough to find a place that would pay China wages.
In order to work fhe claim, we had to cut a tail-;
race, which occupied four of us for seven weeks.
We finished everything in complete order, aud set
the sluices, expecting to commence work on the
following day. Suddenly the storm-king sent down
four hundred sluice-s.n-euiiis of rain, wben we did
not want but one. Tbe consequence was that
stumps,"pine trees,roots,beniders. ■' shiin-gullion,"
and mud, came down like a crowd of " dead heads"
on a "free lunch." As a matter of course, the
next morning the entire race was in the deep creek
buried. We considered that " piling on the agony"
the " one drop too much." My last hope i'or do!-
ars was shivered. We had considered otirself as
standing upon a high promontory, with tiie fog- of
single wretchedness on the one side, and the vast
financial sea on tho other. We Felc more terribi-
than an "army with banners." But it, is impossible
to keep a man of '* genus'-' down. Creeks, thunderstorm.-*, starvation. And pestilence may oppose him ;
but he will not remain prostrate ; he wiil arise,
and finally stand erect upon the broad platform of
universal approbation. So it proved in otiv ease.
Jumping on a pile of "'tailings" whieh had survived the general wreck, we poured forth the following sublime speech eloquently defy ng all the
combined powers of nature: "Thou mighty,
rushing stream ! how are you ? I suppose that yon
ore bound for the great Pacific. If I had a -dugout' I would not object to going along with you :
but I am poor now. However, mighty, rushing
stream, you are not original in your movements
you imitate the Sonora -swell-heads' when you
make a raise. I knew you once when you were flat
broke; but now you are more trouble tome than
the great Mississippi was ia the States. But you
will soon be down in the world, aud then we intend
to'sock'it to you. In our present situation, we
can only tender the compliments of the day to yon,
Mighty,rushingBtream! goon—goon! Farewell!'1
We then went home and penned a final " sockdolo-
ger" to our lady love; and we would advise all
the honest miners who arc in a similar predicament
todo likewise, as by so doing they may induce their
sweethearts to come to Calilornia ; and if not, they
will set all love questions ai rest. Seating oursclf
close to a pine table, with a pot of beans and a
bottle Of unpaid-for milk glimmering in the distance, we commenced as follows :
•'Dear Laura .—This is to certify that I am flat broke.''
We scratched our head for the next idea, fbr some
time ; and finally concluded that was not the right
wav to commence a love letter. That language
would do well enough for Messrs. Adams &, Co., Dr.
Wright, etc.. or men whose ideas lean to business
matters':, but it will not answer (bv a man of 'genus.1
He should be more highfalutin ; he should hurl
forth his affections as a volcano would pour out
boulders and lava. He should clothe his ideas in
all the gav trappings of rhetorical poesy. He
should shoot the arrows of 'genus' into the very
centre of his Duleinea's heart, and cause the entire
system to thrill with delicious pleasure. 'Genus'
never cares for expenses. So it proved in my
case* and awav went a sheet of double-refined,
gilt-edged love-paper.   Here we go again.
" SCNKT HfSTGHTS, April 2G, 185.5.
" Sweet Angel:—&■* longyearsiiave taken their
rcturnlees flisrht to the unseen country, since I resolved to roam, and see the green earth and blue
waters, i/iiiy havo been the trying s'tivt-ixis in
whieh 1 have'been placed, but have beat my way
manfully so far, and have never, been so utterly cornered as .1 am now. It requires all my philosophy
to pen these lines. You are aware that my former
letters have all been ting.ed with the sublime hope
of future fame and riches ; but duty impels me fo
tell you that they were written under the excitement -incidental to an honest miner, when on a lead ;
that they were the cvtrfi-'ivi-igs of a ..:::, vivi 1 \n
agination. The first two years of my California
experience led me to believe that the entire conn try
was composed of two distinct strata?, both of equal
size, viz.: Gold and quartz rock. My ideas for
some time have been gradually undergoing a
change, and I am now convinced that I was wrong
in my geological notions. The quartz strata is all
right; but I think nine-tenths ofthe other strata
is top dir't and boulders. It is of no use for me to
trv to keep up appearances any longer.    I acknowl
edge that I am a total wreck upon the great financial sea—nothing in tho world left but one-fourth
interest in seven sluiee-boxes.a long-handled shovel,
and a good suit of clothes. But thank Heaven, a
theless ambition and a vigor that never quails,
buoy up my soul, and enable ine to smile complacently oj the general wreck that (surrouad i ob. I
still cherish the kiodeat emotiotae towards vou :
but I would rather have a half-peck of dollars than
a bushel of emotions. Dollars are available : emotions are not. Dollars would enable me to visit
you ; emotions keep me uneasy, and do not facilitate locomotion, lam the Same individ;:.d 1 was
in the days of yore ; only a tittle handsomer. The
climate of this country has tinged my enti frame
with a golden hue, and ihe scenery h':is thrown the
charm of romance over my countenance. A'',h!
all the exploits, dangers, and excitements wliich I
have undergone, you have eves been the object
around which my fondest heptes and  midnight
dreams have lingered, with ecstatic joy. When n
man of hieh, strong -genus'' is in love", all the tt-
Efltements in the world eaoaot qttencb Iris :-.
You might as well try to put out a mighty eonfift-
gratiou with a scfuirt-gun, as to try to extinguish
ihe flame. So it proved in my case. 1 have stood
upon the lofty mountain-peak, audgtizeu with rapt
pleasure at the beautiful landscape spread out before me, beautiful with hiii. hamlet aad forest. I
have' walkefl upon the verge of roaring aataracts ;
I hare pillowed my head upon banks of roses; I
bave stood upon the shores of the ocean, and gazed
with Indescribable emotions at the lone magiflcence
of ite waste ef miters, and watched with awe to
see the giant waves come in charge, like a regiment
of maddened soldiers, upon the barriers which
dare impede tlieir progress. Tho wild waves of
the sea foamed in grandeur at my feet; but the
wilder waves of love and feeling were beating in
my bosom. I have rolled, like a hog, in gulden
sands. I have watched the great condor, as he
circled in his lofty High*, and finally pta'clmi hiiti-
aell upon the rifted rock-.   Bat in all these shifting
Scenes, you were ever by my side.
"I must close by saying that I am completely
" gone in." I spent the last " scad" whieh I had.
in order to see the great " caucatic troupe of monkeys and dogs." thinking the excitement would
throw oli'the pressure that rested on my mind,—
But it was of no- use ; in vain did the show-man
" stir up the monkeys with a long pole." I would
rather see you than all the monkeys, hyenas, and
wild-cats in the world. Perhaps, my dear, you
would like to know what I mean by '■ gone in."-
A man is " gone in" when his financial ideas become adumbrated with tho intellectual clouds of
impervious tenebrosity—when the rattling of dollars sounds like a forgotten strain—when he sits
down to a first-rate breakfast,, but does not know
where Iiis dinner will come from. A man of
genus" is '' gone in" when his head is stuffed full
of gorgeous and heavenly conceptions, and his
pockets fall of nothing—when he lays down at
night to dream of love and glory, and wakes up in
the morning to work for common " grub." But to
all this yon may ask, why do you not give up the
mine's and fall back on your" genus?" The answer
is short: I have been " laying low" for "' black
ducks" a long time ; but it seems that the Democratic party is bound to split its ranks, and will
never carry the day;' and 1 am afraid that the
Whigs will march thiough, and have the Democracy of both columns bowing and scraping to
them ; whereas, if they would concentrate their
forces, and fall back on a third person, they would
win the race. Eight dollars per day is more than
I can make at mining. But it is useless to grieve
over the matter, though I feci that, if the people
would give me a chance, I would soon raise my
name to the eternal clouds, and shed a ray ot sublime effulgence over this entire country. But they
know I am broke, and consequently throw me oil'.
"Genus" and steamboats, "genus" and railroads,
"genus" and vara-lots, cr "genus" coupled with
any kind of "material aid," makes the greatest
team in the world. I never felt so insignificant as
when contemplating that one-horse concern,'genu;
in the abstract. But you will say tbat (here are'
other fields open besides politics. I admit it. But
Poetry is " done for," long ago : the sir,'am of Helicon is taken tip, and the entire Mount of Parnassus, from base to summit, is claimed. J. might do
something in the way of statuary ; but California
marble is not good aud you know that true -genus'
never spreads itself on anything short oi' genuine
" Carrara." I only know two tunes—'iHard road
to travel over Jordan," and "Bold Soger Boy;" consequently, could not turn my attention to music.
What am I to do? To remain here without you is
nearly " Hades.'-' Ii'I return,famine and starvation
await me. California still holds out inducements
superior to the Atlantic States ; and I might yet-
come out victoriously.
But I must bring this letter to a focus. I have
been trying for about half anhour to wind up with
a " grand flourish ;" but it is useless ; I am obliged
to enunciate the bitter fact. If you love me now
as well us you did when I owned the big quartz-
vein, before Adams & Co. " burst up," in the days
when I '•' struck the lead, then I am " all right.''—
Come out and join me ; and we will build a little
cottage1, beside some purling stream, and yet spend
our days happily. You need uot bring any money;
but if you have any old clothes, fetch them alolg.
Yours forever, if you " stick" to me : but, if you
throw me off in this hour of my adversity,
Yours, in defiance, Sniktaw.
Hints AND UnA.—Short Business Visits—Idlers
in Starts.—A correspondent complains that some
or his customers, who we very valuable to him, are
neverii less in the habit of lingering in his estab-
*■ hours at 0> time, much to' his annoyance, lie can not treat them wilh discourtesy, and
has no iin.!i:iaiion to do so. But he thinks that a
hint or'two Eft Eo the poftcy of short visit's on busi-
i'ialiy when others require a fair degree
u, would not only prove serviceable in
his eas , ijnse.    The error alluded
to is a . ■ dottS one. im<! it prevails to a very great
extent. Ybtare are some people who fancy that
others have little- or nothing to do. They stop-
ihem in the street during business hours and at-
I :.mp' iii got nil along conveisr.fion en triflingmat-
ters -they visit iheir stores, and lounge on theii
de;-ks ;;ini counters—they repeat silly stories that-
have been told a dozen times before—and  still
■-■ pry into matters w\th which they have
no concern, aad thus aot oiUj -umoy mid vex, but
[nfftel absolute tajwy. a MeaS wmrmep a leading store :-.'. -. informs
us that ' ■ . of .■'...■."omeri, In
consequence of the almost pttvetftol presence of
loalfcrs, wherstarewim rnde impudence,-
and wba will not take any ofthe many eenflVBan-
ly hints tliat he has nmtured Bo give tlieflo. He
does nwHike to turn  (hemos;'. :-b.-olu!.el     hatha
(bat be ii": i oly s: ir-- ■ in hii .
bat in his business. Some ef ilie:ii may mean no*
harm, bat the effect is not the less pernicious. A
man ofcommon Be»e. and a gentteman*, could readily imagine the indelicacy of standing beside tbe
counter ofa book-tore, with a lady tanking application for pr.blivaiions, either for hcrse!-, or a member of her family. Nay, weknoW of a case, in which
a young nan, who kept a store !or the sate ol works,-
was absolutely ruined in the manner described. He
lacked the mora) courage to drive away the ilJera
who infested his establishment, and tbe consequence
was, that all his customers left him. But as a general rule, a visit of business should be brief, especially when other parties are to be consulted with,
or waited upon. When, too, any matter, private
or confidential, is in progress, everything like curiosity should be regarded as ill-timed or impertinent. It is quite a common occurrence ior an idler
to step into a room, and exclaim, ' are you engaged?' seeing, at the same time, two or shree persona
busily occupied, and hence such a question being
altogether unnecessary. But even when an affirmative answer is given, he will take a seat coolly,-
pick up a paper, and attempt to listen V> all that
is passing. Nay, he will venture ever and anon, tc -
throw in a passing remark, as if he were the party
concerned, and as if his affairs were the topics under
consideration. But enough for the present. The
subject is a fruitful one, and we may return to its
consideration again.
C.
7.
8.
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11.
12.
Vi.
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ed.-
A Rich Speech.—-C. C. Childs. Esq., at a jollification in New York, recently, delivered himself of
the following speech.   He is"a preacher, a Know
Nothing, and calls himself a denroerat,
"To the eleventh toast, 0. C. Childs, Esq.,i*-
spended. He said lhat lie had been connected with
the democratic press in tins city fbr twenty-five
years, therefore lelt no hesitation (laughter,) in rising to respond to this sentiment. During this long
time, said he, I have been of all religions—Methq-
dist. Universalis!, Presbyterian, Quaker—and no
religion at all. according as party exigences required. When Aid. l'urdy told me that the Methodists were the elected people of heaven, I was s
Methodist (laughter)—-when Delavau proposed to
me to be a Quaker I acceded at once (renewed
laughter)—when Shepatd said cut all the creeds
and"take the outside chances, 1. did it, (great laughter in which the ex-District Attorney joined)—when
Swaekbamer (renewed laughter) told me to forget
God and serve .Mammon. 1 agreed with him. (laughter ami applause) when Cochrane told me to be a
Know Nothing and of no religion, 1 was found ready.—(Laughter.) And I think (hat in a great country like this, where there is much difference of opinion about religious matters, that every smart politician ought, to be abde lo be of all creeds.    I give
you—
The Neiv .l/i7",w—When the party went into the
Woods for a candidate, they found a d—d good
stick of timber."
That is what we call a model speech, and a confession of sins that ought to give to its author a
seat In the first circles.—[X- Y. Herald.
" Does your son play eacher-?" said a gentleman
to old "drs. Partington, ou seeing lkey enter the
room with a pack of cards in We hand. " La sukes,"
answered the good old lady, looking over the top
of her spectacles; "lkey don't play the pianuy,
but I shouldn't wonder if he could whistle it for
you lkey ; put up those v.ieked cards, and whistle
eucher for the gentleman." '' I can't," said the
young hope-full. '-It is strange how that boy has
regenerated lately," said the old lady ; and taking
up her knitting work, she commenced to knit in a
dejected manner. Don't you feel well, mother?"
asked lkey. " No, my son, I do not- feel well. I am
digesied with the immortality, of the young folks
now-a-days;" upon which ikoy brought the camphor bottle to the good old lady. "Ah," said she,
"Ikevvou're on? of Job's counterfeiters."
The AfiSHES of Caui-'obxia summed up*.
1. One State of California with 121,000,000 «f
square acres.
2. Said acres have on them 250,000 sturdy young
laborers.
3. These have ft regular State government of
500 officers.
•i.    These last live on the fat of the land, eari"e
ing S2,00O,-000.
5.    The State has a revenue of $2,158,099.
A debt also of 52.520,204.
On taxable property of $111,000,000.
Exports of gold and silver $36,000,000,
Of literary periodicals, in number 82.*
Of public aud private schools 214.
Wiih scholars numbering 20.071".
Of cultivatable lands,- in acres, 70,000,000.
Of saw mills some 100.-
Of flouring mills some 60.
Of .hardy, camp-inured, brave, ready-equip-
ready mounted citizen soldiers in the coasts
and sierras, 30.000.    Besides ships, steamboats, sett
steamers. 200 miles of electric telegraphs, 3,000
lawyers, 130 post oliice?, 5,000 miles of established
mail routes, a weekly line of sea steamers coitneel-
ing with the Atlantic, a railroad communication
from ocean to ocean in six hours, another isthmus
route through belchiug volcanoes, by daylight ;■
twenty   express   companies, 100   bookstores^ 100
churches, 130 cities, towns and villages (all done
in six years'), an agricultural society incorporated
granting premiums of $5000 annually, live volumes of State laws, thirty miner's canals ot won*
dcrful construction and great benefit, 500 miles of
gold placers ;   silver, quicksilver, sulphur, salt,-
soda, iron, copper, lead and platina mines ; ocean
coast of  700 miles, and  three navigable rivers
penetrating the State ; a public pencitentiary, au
asylum for the unfortunates deprived of reason,-
conducted with great credit to the State and honorable to our pride as Californians ; a commodious
marine hospital built with Uncle  Sam's money,
and au invaluable dry dock and navy yard for our'
maritime  forces,  some excellent lighthouses ;   a
mercantile library association of 5,000 volumes, a
city of 40,000 inhabitants, plenty of banks and
bankers,  a   fertile,  fruitful   soil, prctluciug   tlie
grains, plants and  fruits, tropical  and teinporaio,
and a climate of unrivalled salubrity.   Also the*
sea abounding with fishes of divers kinds, great
and small, even unto the the great leviathan—all
good, and iit and useful to make a great State if
the hand of the diligent shall bear rule, and we
seek  truth, in the words of Washington, "only
through the channels of a temperate and well informed investigation," aud to live up to that " honesty, whieh is the best policy for nations, as it is
for individuals.*'     And "Nought shall make us
rue, if California to itself do rest but true."
A Cfffiiovs Mission".—Mr. Soule, in one of his letters to the State Department, makes some singular
disclosures, lie says ihal Louis Napoleon, before
his celebrated coup d'eiar. whieh placed him at the
head of an empire, had concocted with General
Narvaee, tbe Spanish minis; or, the plan ofa mission
to the United States, to sound how far this counVry
was vulnerable in a military point of view. A secret agent was to be sent with instructions prepared
by the Department of Foreign Affairs. These
instructions, duly signed, were presented to Napoleon Bonaparte, the son of Jerome, with a tender of
what amount of money he might require to carry
them out. The latter refused, telling Louis Napoleon that he was n.t the man for such a work; that
he was a democrat, and would rather be wilh the
United States than with him. The matter was
dropped, and has not been resumed s nee, at lease
to the knowledge of Mr. Soule's informant. Mr..
Soule himself appears to have full faith iu the
statement.
jHJ-StKABGE Story.-—The Quitman (Mississippi) Intelligencer, of the 16th April, says a strange
thing recently occurred iu Kemper county. A wo-.
woman gave birth to a child covered all ever
with hair. It lived three hours and spoke three
distinct words—" seven years' famine." The-
strangest thing about it is,'half the population of
Kemper belit ve it, and are struck with tcrvorat the
portentous warning. The Mormons, who. also pro-
die! a famine,and are making prep aval i;i us .<»:; hording up grain to last them through i;, will no doubt
j:;mp at tins baby story as an additional tore-runner of ihe event
A RAI TRAM.—A sporting gentleman in N. York
oflfera to bet a large amount that during tiie com-,
ing summer he will drive from the Astor House to,
Union Sqinire. in a light wagon drawn by rats. He
cs.b'uiates that he ean accomplish the task with one
hundred rats in harness
, !.—In a history of Roger C'app.
who came to this country in 1830, and settled  in
Dorchester, ihe names of his children arc given as
follows—Samuel, WilU&iu, Elizabeth, Experience,
Waitti'.l, Preserved, Hopestill, Wait. Thanks, De
■sire. Thorns. Unite and Supply